OCEAN RACE FROM NEW YORK.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1950, 6 January 1885, Page 4

OCEAN RACE FROM NEW YORK.

CossiDKKUti.F interest bas been felt cluiing the past fewdajs m the result of a iare between the newly-acquiicd Uunairi steamer Oregon and the Niition.il linei Ameiiea, winch had pieviously ui.ulo a \ « i v fast pas«.ige. Tin so two vessels left New York 01 the Sth, tinCunai dm dealing the ulmif about 20 minutes ahead of the America As it was the His* time these two steamers had been pitted ag.imst each other, hea\y sunn weie laid loMi in New York and Lncr pool as to which would anive Hrtt. At 10 minutes before 12 on Tiusday night the Oiogon was sighted o(F Browlicad She had made the passage in (5 dajs !) horns and 27 minutea, and as the Ameiiea was not in sight or been heard of, the Oiegon was e\idently the winner. She ie ports h.uing exponenced light not th-eastcily winds and line weathet .ill tluough her passage. The following are liei daily mns :— October S, 37 miles ; Oth, IH\ ; 18th, 402; llth, 40(5; 12th, 410 ; 13th, 120 ; 14th, 430 ; 15th, 275. The Ameißn, though visible to those on ho.ud the Oi oi(on until dctik on the <l.i\ of staitine, had not ufteiw.uds been sighted. The America arrived at Queens town yesterday morning at half-past 8, having made the passage in ti days IS liouisaiui 7 minutes, neaily nine horns longer, than the Oregon. Lloyd's signal station at Roches Point telegraphed yesterday at 8 .">3 a.m. ; — " Cunard steamer Oregon, from New York and Liveipool, landed mails and passengers and proceeded at 330 a in. National steamer Ameiieo, from New Yoik for Liverpool, landed passengers and pioeeeded at 8 30 a.m. These two steaineis are undoubtedly the fastest on the Atlantic Taking into coiiHideiation the great difference in si/c, consumption of coal, and horse power between thorn, it is very remarkable that the ie&ult should be so neaily equal in a passage of 3,000 miles. Thejr dimensions are as follows : Oregon : 8,3"«"> tons gross, 3.5'2f) net ; 00l feet long, 54 feet beam, 3S feet depth; the engines being 1,000 horse power nominal and and about 13,000 horse- power indicated. America : .">,52S tons gross, 2,834 net, 441 ft long, ."ilftbuim, 3(sft depth; the engines being 1,064 hors>o power nominal and 9.000 hoise-power indicated.— " Times,'" October, 1884.

Chh iv\ I'assengei — "Any fear o' my diatui Ijiny the magnetic cut rents, Captain, l>y yoiu' neai the compass ?" Captain — "Oil, no, sir. Brass lias no effect on it whatesei, sir." Faith is sometimes personified as a dienched female clinging to a seawashed rock ; but a much better personification would be a bald-headed man purchasing a bottle of patent hair restorer. .Srmjj-i i-oktiikNii^ Kapmiltion — Returns aie neing prepaied to show the numl er of packages which h.i\p been prepared and sent to Egypt dm ing t>epteinbei, and it may be mteiesting to show, fiom the statistics nlicady furnished, what ha\e been the supplies in the way of food and requisites for the troops of Loid Wolseley's small army. The Hist order was received on August 23d, and by September 2.~>th the following quantities had been shipped and sent of fiom Woolwich: 1, (WO, 000 lbs of preserved corned beef, 153,(500 lbs of preserved ft call meat, 134,400 lbs. of bacon, 1.3,400 lbs. of boiled mutton (added at later date), 52.500 lbs. of cheese, 1,.3<>6,000 lbs, of navy biscuit, 1 92,000 lbs. of cabin biscuit, 160,000 lbs. of flour, S.OOO lbs of baking powder. 70,000 lbs. of tea, 11)2. 000 lbs. of sugar, 53,000 lbs. of silt, 3,300 lbs. of popper, 134,000 lbs. of compicssed vegetables, 13,600 lbs. of jam (extra mtion), 7,000 gallons of lime juice, 13,000 lbs. of marmalade, 1,033,(500 rations of eibworst (pieserved soup), 32 000 lbs. of cocoa and milk, '21,(500 lbs. bottles (half-pound) of pickles, 1,500 gallons of vinegar, 32,000 lbs. of rice, 32,000 lbs. of otmeal, 42,000 lbs. of tobacco, 10,23 i bais (tlnec-pound) of yellow so.ip, r>4,2.~>(5 piti.es (I lbs.) of carbolic soap, 800 field hospito.l supply cases complete, 153,000 boxes of matches 500 lbs of cxtiactum cainis 20,000 lbs. of coffee, 1,000 bottles of Tanagona, 50,0001b5. of picsei\cd potatoes, 1,000 bottles of buudy, 30,000 gallons of nun, 2,000 bottles of ale, 2,000 bottlesof stout, 1,000 pint bottles of champagne, 500 tin* of various soups, and 1,600 tins of condensed milk. The OiiiTi'VßY Notick.— " You see," observed the law icporter, leaning back to sharpen his pencil and contemplating his work with much misgiving, " yon see, I'm a little behind on this obituary business. So far as I've got, I think it a top shelf production ; but I seem to get knocked out on the wind up." "Help you any '/" inquired the police reporter " How have \ou got it ? ' " I've told all about who he was and what ho was," replied the law reporter. And then I say : " Our loss is Ins eternal gain, and let us hope that while he rests in the peaceful usufiuct of such gain ' And there I stop." "Ha\e you put in anything about casting a deep gloom oxer the community ?" asked the police iepoit<'i\ "If you haven't, there's ]ust the place for it." "Is that necessary?" inquired the law reporter, doubtfully. " I ne\ei &aw one without," leplied the police reportei p ititcly. " I don't think his friends will be satisfied if it is left out." " Suppose I nuke it read . 1 Our loss is his eternal gain, and let us hope that though he has cast a deep gloom over the community, he rests in the peaceful usufiuct of such " "Can't you ling in Roscoe Conkling's speech on Oliver Y. Moreton ?" asked the police lepoiter, as the law leportei looked up enquiiingly. "That runs: ' He needs no epitaph but bis name.' Try it, and bee how it will look." "I guess that's a pietty good idea," absented the law repoiter, filling it m "Can't you think of something about his goodness? He was up in chaiitable matters, and folks always like to hear it alluded to." " I saw rather a neat thing once," said the police reporter. "It said of a man th.it he would always be lcmembercd as possessing the highest attnbute of mankind for his fellow men. How's that sti ike you ?" " Couldn't be better !" exclaimed the law reporter, putting it down. " Now, I'll ring in a send oil for the man who gave me the facts, and we've got some thing to be proud of." "How does it lead ?" askul the police reporter, as the law reporter shoved his pencil behind his car after a few moments of Inrd work. " First-rate ! Tip top !" smiled the law repoiter. "Just listen to this: 1 Our loss is his eternal gain, and let us hope that though he has cast a deep gloo n over the community he icsts in the peaceful usufruct of such gain. He needs no epitaph but | his name, and he will be remembered as possessing the highest attributes, for he loved Ins fellow men, and was the fatherin law of ex-Police Justice Jim Swell, now of Colorado ?"' "Iregaid it as ,i touch of nature," conceded the police ropoiter, asthe law reporter led the way to the billiard rooms. "We couldn't use the ' dull thud," because he didn't go out in that way ; but as it is I look upon it as a gem." And the law reporter smiled pleasantly, and with the air of a man who could go out-side the line of his duties and still shine. — BiooUlyn Eagle.

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