Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-06

On Board Moltke. March 10. 1872
| Charlotte Amelia, the capital OF the
| island Of ST. Thomas, winch is u city
Of about 1900 inhabitants. The harbor
is the best of any in the West Indies
end is deep and land locked. The city
| is built at the base of circle of nils,
and the dome like appearance OF them
as the steamer entered the harper
with the buildings painted white with
red roofs and the green vegetation IN
dicating plentiful supply of rainfall.
was very attractive and striking. The
government Of the United States, as Is
wen known, has made repeated efforts
to purchase the island on account Of
the harbor and coaling facilities, but
has heretofore failed. The investment
would assuredly be a good one.
Two hundred years ago this was a
noted rendezvous of pirates. and on the
summit of the two hills are the ruins
Of two castles called Blue Boards and
Black Boards castles. These were SAID
to he the headquarters of two of the
NEST noted pirates ard they with 9TH
CTS of their kind gave the Spanish
main its unenviable reputation as the
scene of the most desperate conlilctS
with these buccaneers and robbers OF
the high seas. Certainly the visit TO
| Charlotte Amelia will remain in mem
ory as one of the most enjoyable OF
the trip The grand view from the deck
OF the vessel, the balmy air, the Won-'
derfu display of tropical vegetation,
| the buildings with their varied color
ing rising on terraces one above the
other. capped by hills in the back
ground. gave one the Impression he
was on one of the Italian lakes OF
which so much has been written, in
stead of the harbor of one of the Vir-
gan group of islands OF which ST.
| Thomas ls one.
| 1t is fad with passengers, or at
| least large numbers of them. on
cruise like this. to buy certain things
at certain ports. Thus at Port of Spain
coolie made ornaments seemed to have
the lead. at Caracas chocolate. at an
c ther baskets, but at Charlotte Amel-
/ ia bay rum and panama hats were the
specialties. One sober faced man from
Lawrence was carrying what was evil
Gently a new and empty basket suit
Gaze ashore. To an inquiry he answered
he was going to buy bay rum. and he
brought on board fifteen quarts. The
article made here is pure, and the
price being about one-thfrd what 1t Is
in the states. seems to be the induce
ments. Large numbers of panama hats
were also bought here. 1t is said the
passengers of the Laurentic spent 49,
| 600 for these hats at this city. To one
who does not care for the articles the
mount Of expenditure in that way is
| really surprising. Our next and last
| stop is Hamilton, Bermuda.
Today's sailing has brought US de-
! cidedly cooler weather. Instead of the
white flannel or linen suits, the dark
colored heavier clothing appears o?
deck and everything denotes that we
| have left the torrid heat behind US.
The sea is smooth as glass and indeed
thru the whole voyage there has hard
ly appeared what could be called a
wave Of any consequence. We have not
seen sea gull since we left the nor
thern ATTITUDES. Occasionally schools Of
flying fish have been observed and at
times porpoises apparently racing with
1.-The ship and one gazes and wonders
at the immensely and loneliness of the
ocean.
1 March Il, 1912:-We have made our
last stop on the cruise before arriving
at New York, which is timed for 4
o'clock on the evening Of March 90
Hamilton, the capital city Of Bermuda
Islands is, on account Of it's nearness
to New York. getting to be. and indeed
has been for years, a favorite resor'
for the winter months. 1t is a fine
clean looking city with none OF the APP
pearance OF desperate poverty sc
N arked in most OF the islands. Here
too the island appears to be of cora
formation and is famed for Its beau
tifdl roads. cut in many places thr,