| Show ACROSS THE CONTINENT on board the Wa esland aug 23 1898 18 3 8 p nl we are now sailing the st georgea George 9 channel with a lively breeze agall agal us but breezes billows or breake the old Wa esland still plows thi the BC ii with the same triumphant pride in 1 own safety today as she has borne bantel I 1 one and thirty years our trip has been one of ext efti bellg delight h t t to 0 M meet t of the party fact to me it was almast too tod dell ful to be pleasant if such a oar parade ta ical term can be used my se was hardly as mich as I 1 had hoped fl for I 1 wanted to know what it MOA meal there was a longing within r my bra to meet one of those grand 0 old atorre at orrt at ait sea 11 where I 1 could stand and wa watch the angry waves leap up 1 likera like 91 leopards and trite the tortuous tortu oUa wa wing but when I 1 saw what A groans were brought on ua by t th gentle rocking of the ship I 1 abo thought tej perhaps per hais best to sail on leaste lesa tem seas the first day out was beautiful precisely at on the morning of th the esth dinst we were tugged out into dae deep water on the delaware ri river ver and alao a good pilot steered us past tk thy breakers and climbing down the sig of the steamer stepped into a 41 a sn boat which carried him arid and our J farewell letter back to the earth f waved us a sweet toned pleasant age and we were gone the water wate turned greener and deeper and nd d darker the waves though gentle were b beginning to roll t in n splendor beneath U and aid then foaming faces looked like moving inov liag snow drifts down the mountain atte ade As we lounged loung ed about now in our reclining chairs with the evening breeze tanning fanning our brows and now out on anthe the open deck looking alternately at the strange sight below and the old fA familiar millar sky above the time speed quickly by and soon the darkness was upon the face of the deep oh how lovely who have a home on the sea no wonder a sailor boy sings singa all the day but wait this swing ing of the ship affects the brain I 1 am really reaby getting dizzy troubles seem to follow and suddenly from the door of the kitchen there rolls out in volumes of floating fragrance the mingled perfumes of a hundred hot pots St stronger than ever comes the desire to bend over the railing and look down upon the waves a they rise in gentle majesty to re twelve your humme humble tribute from fore to att aft and from port bostar to star of the gal taut ship the winds are bearing the same ame message of congenial emotion there Is an artificial arti fIcal language being taught today and I 1 think it advocates aavo oates are working hard bard to make ft universal they call it the I 1 suggest to them the addition of one more word to their vocabulary and believe that its universality will be sufficient recommendation it is the word of the sea and used on every ship that plows the deep it is hard to spell and even more painful to pronounce but it expresses the same idea throughout the whole world it is spelled a w h w haw h a w and pronounced with a gurgling accent on the second syllable the Is the only language that can consistently adopt it well as we passed on the sea flea sickness passed oft off our fun however was turned to real sadness on the evening of our first day on the water about 10 the awful cry of man overboard rang out on the deck of the steamer and many were the hearts that beat in anxiety and fear f bax lest a loved one or a dear friend was he who had been so unfortunate we had on board with us the crews of two other vessels whose ships had been left in america and they were on their way home borne to the british isles it was one of these men who had fallen from the railing while curelessly cre lessly sitting sitta n there ere talking with one of his st shipmates P the night was very dark and it ft was several minutes before the Wa esland was brought to a standstill stand still and the life boat lowered the brave sailors rowed this lit little tills ule boat far back into the night and were tossed about on the mad billows but they neither heard a cry of distress nor hor found the man in silent sleep he hold had soils gone to his rest in that dark green sepulcher of the sea and we went to our rest in gloomy sleep to cream of that great beyond the next day was sunday A rev mr 30 beveland was on oil board and held diwine services he invited our crowd to join him and assist in the singing the next evening we were invited invite to hold a meeting and explain the principles of our religion to the cabin passengers there were present a number of prominent doctors and lawyers and in fact the whole assembly was made up of a wealthy and educated class of people jos jon W smith of arizona henry catmull of idaho jeppa monson P F 0 ralph john jones joseph boyce clarence M cannon joseph M reades geo C wood J F merrih prof and mrs J A widtsoe soe miss mies lulu gatey gater D N white and myself were the number of our company it was decided that brother should hould preside and make such remarks as an he thought most fitting for the occasion and elder smith was to explain or rather give an account of the founding of our church in this dispensation re marks on the restoration of the gospel gosp from a scriptural standpoint should follow by myself the spirit of the lord was with us and it made an impression pres slon on the people for good many of them have been to us during our voyage to inquire further into our belief one lady just came to me while writing this letter and gave me her address and a dollar bill to send her some of our literature with slight exception our party has been in good health and spirits almost from the day we left our homes in zion our trip across the continent I 1 suppose was much the same as that of other groups of missionaries we so often read of but to us it was very different from the ideas we had gained from reading we were strongly impressed in leaving our loved ones and home and friends that parting issach is such sweet sorrow the short distance from the door of the depot was harder to travel than a thousand miles on the atlantic or across the plains but I 1 must not weary you with that which interested us alone our tears were soon dried by the sunshine of song and we wheeled away like the chariots of morning in less than 36 hours we had covered the desance which occupied the time of the pioneers for more than a ai hundred days our flight was so swift that had we wept our worst the live long day and night it still would scarcely count one single tear for every grave they gather round to weep within an hours walk of the very spot where the saints camped on the west bank of the missouri river now stands the finest monument to human art the world has ever seen the name the trans mississippi exposition is all I 1 need to say thanks to those in charge of the utah exhibit for their courtesy in our behalf the stop over in chicago was but short but the scenery along the shore shor e of lake michigan say the least beautiful some of afie party went via niagara falls and the rest of us through washington where we spent one day it would take as many columns as I 1 am writing lines to tell you all we saw and heard that day so much has heen said of the sights in that great city that it would be useless to reprint the words one or two features however might be mentioned here we went into a building the treasury where to is deposited enough gold and silver to load a string of wagons that would reach 15 fifteen and a half miles and eh each wagon carrying four thousand pounds we looked from the washington monument feet high etc we rode from washington to philadelphia over the baltimore ohio railroad one of the fastest trains in the world the conductor permitted jr me is to ride through the great tunnel under we the city of baltimore on the reat rear end of at the car so I 1 could see the structure as we passed through there ja no smoke as the trains are pulled through the tunnel with electric motors it is one and one eighth miles long and to is one of the remarkable pieces of engineering gi of this century we were told tolda by the conductor to time it while ahil e giong down one of t those h ose slopes into philadelphia we did it was wonderful I 1 timed it by holding my breath and to my astonishment we passed just two and four sevenths miles without the least respiration I 1 I 1 we were joined by the rest of our party at the green hotel in philadelphia where we visited a few of the old historic spots and then started for this seafaring sea faring life of which we are just now nearing he close england Is in sight on the one hana and ireland on the other with writ ing and talking and sightseeing sight seeing and eating it has now grown dark we will be in liverpool in a few houra houm kugust we came into liverpool i at 1 a in too much noise to sleeps sleep took breakfast on board and were met by elder george E Ca carpenter menter who conducted us to the old mission house houft on 42 Is lington farewell to the wass land just another word about her on monday evening last the elders elder were e allowed the privilege of going through the ship and being conducted by ar ap officer he took tooh us through the machinery halls that was a tion it told what had pushed uw against the wind and the wave at the th rate of miles per day As near aa we could learo learn iliev consumed about 60 or 70 tons of coal every twenty four hours there are twelve furnaces the shaft which turns the propeller to it solid steel 44 inches in circumference ference and running half the length of the ship which is feet long this la mense bar weighs about tons and f yet the sailors consider it a affair when comp compared ered with some of the great ocean steamers of more modern type our ship sailed alonto S with about 26 25 feet under and 20 above S the surface nl L the water it would rii re quire more than tons to sink net to the deck 1 well this Is enough we are her ea 1 and all well among the great thing which have already come under our OW ob atlon was the broad smiles on tha faces of elder mcmurrin and the breth i ren of the office they were really american in dimensions yes both h th taft men and the me smiles J W boota |
