The Republican journal., 1913-09-11
OVER SEAS.

VENICE, 1lALi, aug. IL, A0Ao. VIC
II beautiful Funchal and the island of
MADEIRA Sunday evening, July 9th, at
inset. standing easterly for Gibraltar,
sing the crater-like SUBMITS of Porto
-soto. the twin sister of Madeira, to the
..,,theast. The sunset and the day fol-
.,,ir- were most delightful. The stars
might were the celestial splendors of
.r.r1uiity. Tuesday morning at day.
.,.4s several fellow voyagers joined me
t. homemade deck, to catch at once
-. .anorama of dark Africa to star
....- with the French town of Tangier
sht. and of the Spanish Andalusian
.ss- rarifa and the Trafalgar waters and
..rs where Lord Nelson fought his eel
.,.r-d battle, on the port side. The ''Pil-
..,. If Hercules, "the'Ne Plus Ultra''of
.aa sncients, Apes Hiu in Africa and the
,..rlsh Rock of Gibralter, for 209 years
stronghold of Great Britain, have
.4 waters of the Atlantic at a three
rate forever setting between them
If fre Mediterranean; for the rivers of
..a Africa and Europe do not feed the
20. aand sea as fast as old Sol draws
.a. M vapor and drops it into other
,vstems of the globe. Both pillars
.oout 1,400 feet high. They are
seventeen miles apart. The city
--,t -estles under the northwest side of
k has a cosmopolitan population
out $4,000, one fourth of it British
-ers The Governor General makes
Ass for the town, there being no
.,r.- The features OF interest are
.. Moorish market, the battery tunnels
M rock, 2 IL miles in extent, wide
..sa for carriages to meet and pass,
n. lovernor's palace, the public gar
Europa Point, military position
king the strait, the neutral zone,
.-.-away of ! 1-2 miles, connecting the
,aa. vs.. til the Spanish coast, and having
--a IN double roadWays a dock for
-- and in the harbor a large coaling
station. The town has one spacious
,-eet one half mile long, paved and
.tue lighted, with lanes leading from
.sr distance up the steep side of the
-.e There is an admiralty and naval
.a.n-al, a handsome theater, the house
anglican bishop, Catholic and
f. stant churches, Jewish syna-
.-.e. public schools. a public library
..aU aImshouse The port is free to
IONS, but is in the main an entry
FIR the distribution of British manu-
res IN the Barbary States and
rsrranean countries. 1t is the seat
4rre eontraband trade with Spain.
81 nailed with delight the Stars and
,.s floating over the battleship Hi
-. the Port of Gibralter, and We're
-.l Of our boys in blue on shore. Cur
nc captain, walking with US, him
au officer of the British Navy, spoke
-..r fine appearance. With eX-Lleut.
$50. rockingham and Mr.. Johns, a
astral composer Of Boston, crossed
AZ and visited the Spanish town of
r-ciras. 1t has some fine hotels for
winter sojourn. | cannot forbear
o ate that two little brown-faced gen.
D., merchants from India, stood in
a.r handsome store door in Gibralter
recognized me as having called on
a=a asst year. My Spanish child play
ssT-s and my gentle faced little beasts
-5er, the donkeys, were also in evil
-1.- Oh, this cosmopolitan world
a,at an appeal it has for one who loves
nd, and indeed more than his kind,
'l-l-h not all of US called human have
red ouc long ears.
tem a fleet of liners lying in this
=uIs port, that has not been Wrested
The Brltons in two hundred years,
nip at noon weighed anchor and
Hry took her way into the blue
Of the ELECTROMAGNETIC wonder
Yue, but indeed no bluer than all
road Atlantic east of the Arctic
'e that laves our North American
ae vest OF the Gulf Stream. We
ined at Gibralt4r by group of
rom Baltimore, one Of the party
Aonseignor Shane, the President
atholic University at Washing
ID. c. Circumstances soon brought
= to his acquaintance, and | found
a most charmingly interesting
@ Walking the rounds of the
"nnade deck the next day, | re-
marked to him That Cardinal Glib
Dong IS very old man and cannot
l- with his people long, ard that if
tstoad be my lot to exchange word
WITH his Holiness in Rome, of an audi
s.1e with whom | had assurance, should
'aTe Monseignor Shane as man to be
-1l7red in the succession to the Balti-
more Cardinalate. He modestly replied
'4a' MS work of training young men for
stiffness and good citizenship, on which
le life Of the nation depends, was more
4-1S'snt. He has been spending his
A'a'lon in part in Seville and Granada,
Hn Among the interesting things
tsre noted, he told me of seeing in the
0a} at Seville copy of a book writ
@'y the ancient philosopher Seneca,