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I J. Jft HAWAII'S ROYAL PASTIME.
ttf ft' ' atOlUEH OF BVllF JtlDtXO EXJOTXD
HPf W OX TllK WAT TO XtAXILA.
W ? Sensations or (Joins At Railway Speed on the
j3 Crest of nuns Waves More Abont the
JjH 8 s Welcome (liven Our Tronpi nt Honolulu
jlffl K The lluln Hula end lit Peculiarities,
fjf, & V. B. Transpobt Australia, Juno 4. Back
h k to blue waters again I Hospitable Honolulu
toa almost shroudod In the Illusory mist that ever
Si j .' cnvolops her bluff mountains. Tko stratus of
J "Auld Lang Syne," played by the Hawaiian
jN ., band, mingling with those of "Tho Star-
4j ' "aoeled Banner" dono by tho Govemmont
M- '! band on the steamship piers, dying away In
T I the rapidly Increasing dlstanco, Two glorious
In j ' days only a memory I Now lined along tho
S rail wo face toward Diamond Head, that stands
a ' like a rugged sentry ovor Walkikl, and give
j , three throat-spllttlng choors and a"Wolo ko
,', haol" for tho people and tho place that havo
i 4 written these two days In tho history of tho
- i 'Hirst Brigade of tho Phlllpplno army.
D 1 s Capt. Iloudletto of tho Australia, who has
5 ! il it! been running Into Honolulu for nlnctoen years,
H : x ','. I had told us on the way down that wo would get
L r I K great reception In tho Hawaiian capital. Vleo
fi v. '5,' I Consul Boyd, who wos n passenger on tho ship.
' it had emphasliiod Cnpt. Houdlotto's prophecy,
I, But no one dreamod that It would bo anything
5, , ; ' , near what it was. Tho wholo city gavo tho re
la ' (' , I eeptlon, and tho natlvos took as cheerful n part
S j 'I In It as the whites. On both sides It was n won
L ' I ' dorful performance. From tho moment of land-
I ' ' ; fug until tho last ship rounded out of tho chnn-
' neland turned her noso toward her western
I J goal thore was not tho ellghtest hitch. In tho
j ' V matter of executive ability tho Ilawallans
L j E l cave a demonstration of tho forco that
T w' iv i r' "" '""blod 'ho existing Gorcrnment to
1 ! l.,. I establish and maintain Itself. It is no
' " I small task topreparo for and take care of an
: ;' army numbering nearly 3.000 men for two
days and havo no dotal! overlooked. At tho
I l! great banquet In tho Government grounds yes
fl , i . terday 2.500 men sat down. Tables wcro flllod.
j , l, ji cleared, filled ngaln and overythlng went as
1 8 i smoothly an If it had been drilled again and
(f I' again. Yet there had been no drill. Such a
1 . I thing was impossible.
! .! ' That was n noblo picture. Under tho heavy
j shado of tho beautiful palms and banyans the
if i long tables were set up. Tho whlto llnon.glls-
SIS'- . Jjj terdng glass, nnd gleaming silver sharply eon-
jj f ' t HJC tmsted with the greens and yellows of tho turf
,, i J III and tho trees. In marched tho boys In (holr
, I'- dull army blue and ranged themsolves nbout
Ik , J j, ji the tablos. Immediately thoy wero crowned
I ; t ! jjL with flowers. Great stores of lels had boen
! . I jj 5 prepared by the ladlos who had charge of the
,? ! ji j feast. Many of tho boys had already received
j j j ' II lolsfrom frlonds on tho way to tho banquet
I jr. I Hit Bround. but now the decoration was srstematlo
l ! ' i Jjl "' complete, for every man thero woro a
'i I ? ' Hi. wreath, and all tho varied hues of nature's gor-
' I- . il :" ffoous troplenl paint box woro In them.
, I ! ' jjj j But tho banquet was only a part. Thoprl-
i ' i ' fllr "rttes of tho Nntlonnl Guard of Hawaii had
J; I g been detailed especially ns gulden of tho vlslt-
j j J Ijjj; Ing soldiers. They wero nsslstcd by every
. j njj Bblobodled man nnd boy in Honolulu who could
j Hy' Bet away1 from his work, and that included
B- f lit- nearly everybody In the city, finch guides
; J JH never woro seen before. They know every
s JJB, nook nnd cranny or Interest In tho place, and
i j jjll' they saw to It hnt the soldiers visited them.
if ' , !jts Every man was occupied every minuto ho
j j ' ijf was ashore, nnd most of them got ashore
I j jj most of tho time. And to thoir over-
1 . ; jjjj- lasting erodlt it Is recorded that not
j : jjlj, once did thoy overstep the Imtinds ro far
I ', i U II aB no'r hosts woro coneerneil. With tho city
J i - j',- absolutely belonging to them, their money
j " j jjjl of no posslblo ue. there wnR no drunkenness,
I If no bo'stco"sn,,,,'' "" rough behavior. Somo
j J jjll of them overstayed their shoro leave: tho won-
I t j jjj, der Is that thero wero so few. Bomo of them
j) - j jjlj' drank, but no nno mndenny troublo In tho city
I j Hjjv or misbehaved himself Rorlously. One man
il ! I ' flF at0t ,n, tro,ll)'0 on h,s "n,P- nn,l refused to
V.I Vs njj, work. Itwnsnstonlshtngto see bo many sol
jji jjj dlersletout of restraint, and just off ship, bo
ll h i" ill" havo so well.
JI f 1' nONOLt'LU CJ.KAST.D OUT.
II ; j j For the officers of tho National Guard of na
il L J Wall, tho officers of this brigade have only un
I , I j : boundod admiration. Outnumbered as thoy
S jf jj wore ton to ono they stood to thoir task man
8 jj j!', tully for three nights nnd two days, nnd not a
i ! jj ' man fell by tho woysldo. In nil tho clubs, nnd
, '; j. especially in tho Omcors Club, thero wero such
;1 ' Jj; cracking of bottles nnd popping of corks ns
; ' ' suggested a flro In tho sun-drlod rcods of a
;j jji . Kansas slough. Drinks enmo up os If served
jji by tho ammunition hoist for a qulck-flro gun.
il jjl, butlf, when Itnll was over, thore wero any
! i I Wind faces that cried and couldn't wlpo their
ji j jj . eyes, thoy woro not In Honolulu.
.11 Jj" Honolulu says tho reception to tho First
I I j Bngado is only tho startor; that what sho will
JJ do for tho othor brigades os thoy stop ovor on
Ellj I ij thflrwaytothej'hlllpplneswlllboonagreater
iir cafe. But Honolulu viows tho situation with
j S ovoraangulneeyos. When the ships pulled out
J. i cf thoir berths this morning you couldn't buy n
J , 1 1 ' potato In all tho Hawaiian capital. Tho com-
j j J rnlssary of tho oxpeditlon had bought all tho
j . j iupplies tho city had. and still did not get all he
j , , 1 1 wanted. Tho city hnd boon devastated. In
Ij ; J liquid supplies as well, as If tho Ancient nnd
Honorable Artillery of Boston had stayed there
. j ; ft week. If tho next brigade gets along before
1 j ' ft aupply fleet reaches Honolulu It will got a
1 h Blad hand and a warm reception, but It will go
j ' Il dry and hungry.
Kjjj f I To the very last tho city kept up Its pace,
jjj j- Ij' Xto yostorday afternoon Capt Glass of tho
jjj j Charleston aent word to Gen. Anderson that
If ft I ,1 - ho would ltko to sail early this morning. Gen.
jjj ; jj Anderson at onoo Issued ordora to bo In readl
Hj ' j ness to sail at 7 o'clock. It got about the city
KjJI ', JJiat wo would start even onrllor. possibly nt 0.
H , j j Thoro was little sleep in Honolulu. All night
II j, carrlagos rattled about tho strecta. All night
j J there wan singing and cheering at the clubs.
j ( ( Frinco Oupld and Frince David gavo a great
Hu I hula danco and lunu, nnd most of tho officers.
.' ' Including tho General and his staff, saw It.
Hlt'' There had been dinner parties before It which
J fcrokoup when tho diner went to tho dance,
'If-' ; j" After the hula thero were supper parties
jjl ' i ji t which they gathered again. The early
Jjl , j ' birds that got up at sunrlso to sing tho day-
ji light over tho mountains with tho sun, saw tho
j, : flrstof thothrongsthatlatorcrowdodtheplors,
j; aettlng out toward the berths of tho steamors.
' In constantly increasing numbers tho carriages
- j' turnod toward tho piors. By 0:30 tho whole
il! I , city, afoot and on wheels, was headod (or the
ji i ! r transports, or crowded about or on them. A
j Ircsh breero blow down from the mountains and
Kjj - . anappod tho thousands of star-spangled ban
Hj: , Hers and kept them straining at tbelr stafTs or
I' ', ,. tugging at thoir halyards. Ovor the dull roofs
H t nd tho green and yellow follago and tho gor-
m r . J. seous flowering troes tho beautiful red. white
Hf -If, ftnd blue flag greoted the morning sun, out-
B ' I numbering a thousand to ono tho broad bars
m i, i and cross of tho Hawaiian republic.
H -j There had been lels before. In number that
j' ' . j 5 seemed without limit, but now thoro were
R j ' P, myriads more. Tho carriages that swarmed
f - s I about the docks brought them In heaps. Tho
I l i : pedestrians carried them In annfuls. Every
1 ' j k Officer who waa seen was stopped and covered
i - . I', with them, Everysoldlernndevory man con-
f i i , nected in any way with the expedition waa
j ! loaded down with thorn. They hung about the
HI 'i ; necksof tho men in dozens. The General came
R j ' "board tho Australia with half a dozen bright
Hi ' ? wreaths about his neck, and one great circlet of
J I, t baylonvesoverthemnll. Col. Summers's white
B i suit was picked out In gorgeous colors with
I i ' wreath after wrenth of bright flowers. Capt.
sf'K 1 , JJoudlette. who Is a great fa vorito In Honolulu,
!i i j -aed the table In his cabin with the leis ho
.( r took off to mako room for tho new ones his
; friends showored on him. It was tho same on
the other ships. Thoy were bowers of beauty,
f .' ' rAnriNQ bcknes.
HEg Along the waterfront whoro the troopships
K i t ). the piers woro crowded a thoy wero when
Jf I . the oxpodltion arrived on Wednesday ovenlng.
Bf p . I Both tho Govemmont and tho Hawaiian bands
I 5 K wero doing their best, anil that Is the best that
f j can be dono. Finally, at 7 o'clock the City of
ft Pklng moved out Into tho main channel. Her
t ' , band was playing, and both bands ashore wero
I h . M It. too. but over tho roar of the vast crowd
Hsl
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roee the shrieks. of the siren whistles of the
Charleston and tho Bennington. Thon came
tho sharp staccato cheers of the California boys
on the Peking. The roar ashore kept up nnd
deepened n little If possible as tho cruiser
Charleston, which is to convoy us to Manila,
slipped her moorings and prepared to follow
Feklng. With her whist going and her
onslgn dipping In acknowledgment of the
salutes of the shipping she passed, tho lead
colored cruiser moved out after the first ship of
hor convoy.
Tho crowds of friends ashore and aboard tho
Australia keep Increasing. Chlneso tailors who
have workod all night on duck suits or light
clothing for tho officers hurry down to deliver
their goods. A few last belated supplies como
aboard. Tho cabin boy goto out his big gong
to warn ashore all not going with tho expedi
tion. A messenger rushes down with a bill for
supplies for the men. While that Is being fixed
up by tho Quartermaster's clerks, word comes
that thero Is troublo on the Sydney, lying just
astern of us. Some of her stokors are afraid
they are going to war, and they don't want to.
It Is pntchod up. rid they conclude to go.
Tho cheers that died away after the
Charleston pulled out start up again with
sudden enorgy. The Sydney Is moving.
Tho cheers doepen Into a hoarse blur of sound,
to which whistles and bands and an occasional
gun from a merchantman In tho harbor add.
Itlstlmoto take In tho gangplank. But tho
sentries havo not been recalled. Somo of tho
officers, too, aro standing with friends on tho
pier. A man with a basket stands at tho
gangway collecting letters, which ho will mail
for the boys. Thero Is to be a special
issuo of postago stamps for this purpose.
Thoro are the buglers. Thoy troop down to
tho foot of the gangplank and all togothor
sound tho "assembly." How that call
thrills I It rises abovo tho din of cheors
and blnro of hands and shrieks of whistles,
and sounds clean to the ond of the pier. Tho
sentry posted thore hoars it. Ho has been
waiting for It for a long time. He grasps his
gun In ono hand and starts down tho pier on a
run. Tho others ho passes fall In and all reach
the ship together. Thoy scramble over tho
rail, not waiting for tho gangplank up which
the last offlcors aro hurrying. Hawsers aro
cast off, tho engines move, and tho old throb
of tho screw Is felt again. Wo'ro off twenty
days to Manila.
If tho friends ashoro choered botoro. what
did thoy do now? The cries of the Kanaka
boys swimming alongside and diving for coins
thrown Into tho water, even tho sound of tho
playing of our own band drawn up on the spar
deck, are drownod by tho tumult of ohoers from
wharves and piers. But thero comes a lull, and
over tho roar of farewoll sounds rises "Auld
Lung Syno." Tho two Hawaiian bands nro play
ing tosothor. On tho Australia tho band stops
playing and tho noise ceasos. Ashoro the people
grow qulot. The bands swing quickly Into
"Tho Star-Spanglod Banner." Instantly comos
tho answor from the ship, a burst of frantic
cheering that dies away, repoats, dies nnd re
peats ngaln. Then with hats Off to tho colors,
we pass along tho star-spangled wntorfront.
swing Into tho main channel, bow to tho first
long swell from tho Pacific swing out of tho
channel as tho last sound of music and cheers
dies out ashore and there's Wnlktki and Dia
mond Hond abreast. Ono cheer more for tho
friends ashore, and thon wo faco tho west nnd
tho work beforo us.
Two glorious days in Honolulu, the most
hospitable, as it Is one of tho fairest, of earth's
cities. Ovor tho business houses and over tho
dwellings floated tho onslgn of tho United
States: up the streets we marched under tho
Stars and Stripes; we dealt in American shops
with Americans for Amorlcan goods, nnd wo
paid In American monoy. Wo met Amorlcans
undwero entertained by thom: thoy wero of
tho samo blood, but ovor thoir Government
buildings floated n strange flag. Wo wero in a
forolgn land. By this demonstration Hawaii
has thrown to tho winds nil obligations of neu
trality. Long beforo this finds Its wny Into
print she should havo her rownrd. and tho Stars
and Stripes should be floating over tho publics
as woll as the private buildings In Honolulu.
hotal spoht or sunr mdino.
Of all thnt Honolulu showed tho soldiers
two things stand out particularly, surf riding
and the hula dance. Surf riding Is a sport for
kings: as for tho dance well, when you havo
seen it you will know .whether you want to soo
It again or not. Surf riding is one of tho groat
sports of all tho South 8ea Islands. Tho nn
tlvos aro experts both with boards and In
canoes. Whlto men become expert with
canoes, but raroly with boards. The canoes
are dug out of big logs. They aro vory deep
nnd narrow and seats are stepped nearthe gun
wale so that they would tip ovor at a Blanco if
It wore not for tho enormous out
riggers thoy carry. Across the gunwales
aro lashed two short sticks, olo fore
nnd ono aft, whioh extend about eight
.feat-out on the port side and curvo down
to the water, where they are fmtoned.to.a four
Inch log of an extremely buoyant natlvo wood.
Getting swatnpod is mighty dangorous busi
ness, for tho surf booms in so rapidly nnd
heavily that it Is an Impossibility to ball out the
canoo and it must bo taken to tho beach, a task
of great proportions in a heavy sea and ono
that demands that tho men with the oanoo
shall be good swimmers. Tho canoes almost
never upset, but unless a comber Is handled
woll It Is likely to break over tho canoe and fill
It with wator, and thon there is trouble.
The canoe Is manned usually by two blg.husky
Kanakas, who can fairly smoll a big broakor
long boforo It lifts Its head above tho sea. Some
of tho white men who were born In Honolulu
aro nearly as expert as the Kanakas. I wont
out with Billy Dlmond, who has spent nearly
his whole llfo In Honolulu, and as Tao-hal. one
of his Kanakas, says, is a " vor good man." Wo
paddled along tho beach to a place whoro the
surf was running high about as It booms In
along tho Jorsoy coast under a fresh breeze.
Then out to sea wo went until wo were beyond
tho line of the breakers. Thero we
lay. watohlng the sea. which was so
nulet that I could hardly distinguish
tho long, regular heave of the Pacific, swell.
Suddenly Mr. Dlmond began to shout to his two
mon In Kanaka. Instantly a feeling of wlla
confusion and exoltement pervaded the canoe.
Tho Kanakas and Mr. Dlmond drove homo the
broad paddles and shouted in the Hawaiian
language Tho othor passengers and myself
paddled on as hard as wo could and shouted,
too anything that came Into our hoada wo
oouldn't help It. Straight toward shore we
drove tho big canoe, almost lifting It out of tho
water. The long, broad-bladed paddlos
whipped through tho water, and the shouting
was like that when tho cowboys repulse tho
Indians nt a Buffalo Bill performance.
Three other canoea wero out near us.
They wero working for tho samo breaker
wo wero trying to catch, and all wore
yelling ns hard as they were paddling. In
one of them Lieut. Sidney A. Cloman. Fifteenth
Infantry, the Commissary of this expedition,
was having his first experience In surf riding.
He, too, was the guest of Mr. Dlmond and old
Tao-hal was In charge of his canoe. The
whole outfit of us were In bathing suits, with
pajama coats to prevent the sun from burning,
and a conglomeration of skull caps, toques, and
straw hate for head gear. Tho Kanakas wore
bright yellow sweaters and gaudy bandanna
handkerchiefs tied on their heads as turbans.
Tho oanoes were bright yellow, the color of the
sweaters, trimmed with a black line at the gun
wales. The day was bright and fair, with tho
usual storm ovor Punohbowl, the mountain
back of Honolulu, and little elouds breaking
away from It occasionally and drifting down
toward Diamond Head.
ON THE CBEST OF A, BWiKXC
AH abreast the four canoes shot In toward the
beach. The paddles ripped tho elear, blue
water. The spray dashed over the bows.
Everybody yelled. No one looked fcehlnd. but
all knew that the big, rolling sea was overtak
ing us. If we did not havo sufficient way on
the canoo the comber would go by us and wo
should be left the objects of derision of all the
yelling crews that caught us. How we yelled a
mixture of Kanaka and English, everybody
shouting at full lung power, the Kanaka ex
clamations coming wltb sharp, exploalv
fores that contrasted with tho slower
English like the crack of slx-ponnders
with the roar of guns I On we go.
and thore's hardly time to notleo that wo aro
just a llttlo ahead of the other throo canoes
whon " There ah.o comes I" shouts Mr. Dlmond.
Thoro Is a sudden lifting of tho stem of tho
canoe, an instant response In tho yells of tho
crow, a lightning Increases In speed, and wo'vo
caught tho roller. Tho others havo caught It
also, and all four abreast wo dash ahead. Now
I paddles aro at red, and down tho Inshore side
of tho rollerwo slide, always just ahead of and
just under tho curling crest that breaks Into
foam almost undor tho sharp stern of tho
canoo. Tho sooed Is tremendous. It
seems as If we wero outrunning the
Empire State Erprees, Lucanlas and
great Kaisers novor dreamed of such speed.
Troin the sharp cut watorof thecanoe the foam
fllos In two lines back up to tho crest of tho
roller. Tho spray dashos over us in streams.
And all tho time everybody rolls. It Is like tho
performance of an amateur fire department
trying to score out a fire by nolso. It, Is half a
mllo to tho beach, but there Is hardly time to
catch sight of that gorgeous rainbow under tho
black cloud that hangs over Diamond Head, we
aro in bo quickly.
Not yet though, not rot. There Is n little
back swoll. causod by tho beating back of tho
big surf from tho bench. Tho watchful Mr.
Dlmond at tho helm catches sight of it, and
his shouting takes tho form of directions to his
Kanakns. Tho ruddles that have been drip
ping llttlo silver balls into tho foam, leap for
ward again. Thoro Is a sudden spurt by tho
canoe In response. Two or three seconds It
lasts, hardly long enough to shout "Well,
ko hno"and wo'ro ovor It. That long-drawn
wolf howl from tho noxt canoo Is Cloman, voic
ing his satisfaction thatTao-hnl has caught the
swell too. Tho othors nro managed well nnd
no one has boon left behind. Now tho four etill
abreast drive straight at the bcaoh. Wo aro on
tho loft flank. Cloman nnd Tao-hai nro noxt,
tho othors beyond. Mr. Dlmond shouts to Tao
hal ond gets a staccato response. Wo nro not
twenty yards apart and almost on the beach.
Down goes Mr. Dlmond's paddle to port, hard
hold against tho rushing boo. Tao-hal follows.
Off to port wo swing nnd slide by the beach
In lino. In half n foot of wntor. Skilfully man
agod wero tho other canoes also. At tho
instant that wo nwung to port they swung to
starboard, and now, all head back toward tho
reef where tho breakers start, wo ore standing
up In tho canoes, drenched with tho salt spray,
but yelling llko Indians with tho pure joy of it.
A sport for kings, but ono thnt few kings know,
and most of those tho world regards uncivil
ized. De Quincoy found tho glory of motion
on top of a slx-horso coach. Othors havo
caught tho samo spiritual intoxication in tho
wild, free forward sweep of a fast locomotivo.
De Quincoy mused from tho top of his coach
thnt tho heart of man was tho all-compelling
power of his glory. It is tho heart of nnturo
that knows tho surf and drives the surf ridpr's
iiviiomD ouw nuu uin uto DUtl IIUtTfl
canoo,
A MOMENT rOLL OF EXCITEMENT.
Out boyond tho reef again, waiting for an
other swell I Down through tho glnss-clcar
wator we seo tho coml growing at tho bottom.
Mr. Simond speaks to ono of his Kannkas.
Over tho big fellow goes, yellow swoator. rod
bandanna and all. Tho little column of bub
bles that followod his descent has all disap
peared, and down at tho bottom wo sco him
tugging at a coral bunch. Tresontly up ho
comos with a beautiful great piece of coral ond
n broad smile on his faco. Wo take tho coral
from him nnd ho goos down for nnothcr piece.
Starfish, crabs, tiny lobsters, and dozons
of small bright-colored flsh, in nppcar
anco much llko fresh-wator sunflsh, havo
mndo their homes in the folds of the coral, and
now they crawl and flop about tho bottom of
tho ennoe. Tho Kanaka comos In with tho
second bunch of coral, nnd Is about to dlvo
again when Mr. Dlmond shouts to him In ap
parent excttement. A seaward look shows no
appearanoe of a swell to mo, but In climbs tho
Kanaka with all haste, and at the paddles we
go. might and main. The other canoes lying
further Inshore tako the wnrnlng and dart
away. We are going now at racing speed and
just In time. Tho swoll behind us has de
veloped Into a giant. Just as It begins
to break wo catch It nnd away we
swash for the beaoh. It Is tho first
rnco over ngnln. but this fellow Is blggor. Tho
bow of the canoo dips under wator. Instant
shouts from Mr. Dlmond and tho Kanakas
and all threo paddles are jammed Into the
wator. holding hard, to stop the tremendous
hondway. Tho moment's check serves the pur
pose Tho lone stom of tho canoo rides on top
again, nnd on wo go.
Now Mr. Dlmond shows us a trick that re
quires consummate skill nnd Judgmont. Wo
are shouting a derisive challougo to Cloman in
tho othor canoe, when Mr. Dlmond driven
down his paddlo broad across the course.
Sharpoff to port swings the eanoe on tho very
top of tno giant roller. Tho foam breaks nil
about us and gallons of it como aboard. Tho
Kanakas laugh and shout, but tho passengers
.hold thoir breath. The outrlggor rides freo of
tho water and wo are broad away on top of tho
wave, rolling beachward beam on. Still Mr.
Dlmond holds his paddlo hard to port. Pres
ently tho canoo answers. Tho outrigger drops
Into tho sea again, the roller passes out from
under us nnd leaves us headed out to sea.
Somewhore out of sight, on tho other side of the
swoll. rlso the shouts of Cloman and Tav-tal,
fooled for a moment Into thinking we have lost
the comber.
"That is what wo would have to do." says
Mr. Dlmond quietly. " If wo saw a swamped
canoo just ahead of us."
It was marvellously dono: oven the Kanakas
were moved to prolso tho skill of their master.
Now back outsldo again for a swim In tho
Pnoiflo boyond any reef. What a beautiful plo
ture Honolulu Is from here. Nostllng down in
tho foreground in front of a semicircle of
mountains. Diamond Head at the right, just at
the end of Wnlklkl. the beautiful beaoh rises
bluff and rugged almost out of the sea. Bo
yond It in the centro is Punohbowl, covered on
its smoother slopes with cultivated fields, cut
by sharp-edged gorges, and crowned eternally
with ever-shifting yet always rcmalnlngclouds.
and to the left at tho sea's edgo tho Pall, with
tho dreadful cliff ovor which Kamdhameha
drove his victims when ho conquered Oahu.
All the hundred shades of green show in tho
follago which hldos the buildings of tho city,
sneckod with yellow and whlto nnd blue and
purple and vlolot and lllao where tho flowering
treos chow through. And over nil a myriad of
flags, always tho Stnrs and Stripes with two
exceptions, whoro over tho public buildings
float the cross and bars of Hawaii. Along
tho boach swarms of soldiers, the water
full of them, surf-rldlnir onnrwn ham .r,ri
m.i u. tuoiu, ouwriuuiit canoes nero ana
there, tho white sails of a few small yachts
dotting tho bay, and over all the bright sun
shine, with that perslstont rainbow hanging
over Diamond nead, one end In the sea and the
other just at tho foot of Punchbowl.
THE nULA-UUH.
Now, the swim over, one more roller, and
then back along the beach to tho cottage. One
plunge In the deep pool whore the coral has
beon blastod out. a oold fresh-water shower,
and "Here's your drink, sir." a long, slender
glass, with Ice In it, and Scotch and soda. Then
the last exhibition by the Kanakas. An ordinary
tumbler two-thlrds full of clear Scotch down at
one gulp, and repeated, with a grin and the re
sponse to the offer of water: "Too much drink
Make drunk." Then a cigar on the veranda,
under the cocoanut palms, and a song, with
banjo and taro pa tee fiddle accompaniment, and
the broad, blue Paclflo for outlooY. and
tho surf booming In almost at the front door
step. The sun has dropped from his basket of
clouds into the western ocean, the electrlo
lights begin to twinkle, and-there's dinner.
Who wouldn't live at Waiklkl ?
Now the danoe-the hula-hula national
dance of Hawaii, it has been called. As such It
was exhibited at the Chicago Fair in 1803
This one was on the lawn of the residence of
one of the largest planters in Hawaii. A
marquee stood under a bunch of tall palms and
there was spread the luan. or feaat. About the
tables gathered halt a hundred natives. They
were garlanded with Uls and crownid with'
fi'f.',', ,' nn i.u'.n'.flst m iimu 4 "i i i ' i ' ..' ,' ,
uonors, and they nte pot with their fingers In
the good old-fashioned way.whllo thowh!t
strangers looked on and commented audibly, to
the evldont amusement of the natives. In front
of the mnrqueo was spread a mat about ten'feot
square. Squatting cross-legged bohind tho mnt
wero two men who had each a hollow gourd,
shaped something llko an hourglass, oxcept that
ono half was larger than tho other. In each
gourd wero a lot of dried seeds. With their
left hands tho men lifted tho gourds nnd
brought thom down smartly on tho ground, nt
tho samo tlmo beating them with tho open
palms of tholrrlght hands. Tho seeds rattled
and the result was music If the musicians are
to bo believed. To this accompaniment tho
men sang. Most of thoso who heard tho song
dtorlbo It as weird, and I guoss It was. It was
all on-ono note, aflat, level monotone, abso
lutely without Inflection, droned out with a
nasal twang and with eyes closod. But It served
the purpose as admirably as clapping doos for
a darky danco.
Out on the mat thore stepped two Hawaiian
womon-by cour-csy called hula "girls." Be
yond doubt thov VAro llttin nt horlv. ns thft ftillt.
iiuuuuui. mujr wurc liuio ui uouy, OB me suu-
soquent demonstration showed. They wore thin
white waists and short, thick salmon-colored
skirts that came allttlo below the kneos. Legs
wore bare except for anklets of tho samo soft
material as tho skirts. Feet woro bare. In tho
glorious days of old, before the missionaries
rulod tho islands, tho hula girls wore grass
skirts and anklets, and that was all. Theso
two girls wore short and thick set. Thoir facos
wore round nnd flat, thoir black hair was
oiled until It glistened. Thoir arms woro bare
and about their necks thoy wore lels. Tho
muslo struck up. They strotchod out
their right arms, ojaculatod something that
sounded llko "Mollcan man gotta da gooda
banan"and began a series of most amazing
abdominal contortions. Tho only leg motion
was a short forward jump, most of tho tlmo
both foot togothor, and the necessary retreat
to koep on tho mat, usually mado at the oloso
of tho particular danco In which tho advanco
occurred.
MATHEMATICAL CVBTES SET TO MUSIC.
Each danco lasted from throe to five minutes,
and was supposed to exemplify somo particular
phase of llfo or to accompany somo particular
prayer or to have something to do with somo
particular kind of worship of something or
other. For tho contortions, language Is weak
In adequate description. The most eminent
contortionist who pver performed In all tho cir
cuses of the world fails mlsorably In compari
son. Tho abdominal display began by being
simply protuberant, and the repression of
tho missionaries had contrivod only to
heighten tho effect by tho skilful con
cealment effected by the flimsy waists
the dancers wore. From simply protuberant
tho display progressod rapidly through all tho
movomonte of tho soldier's manual. Advanco
nnd retreat, right nnd left oblique and whool
wero oasy. It was when tho manual was ex
hausted nnd tha complications came In that tho
exhibition became lively. Practical illustra
tions of tho clssold of Dioclos. tho conchoid of
Nlcomodos and all tho spirals, colls, curves
nnd twlsta that mathematics knows followed tho
simpler movements. And it all wound up with a
grand climax of wriggling, hips and shoulders
motionless meanwhile, and thon tho arms wero
extended again nnd tho old chant was re
peated, "Mollcan man gotta da gooda banan."
Throughout this performance the arms kept
up a continual dollnoatlon of Imaginary goo
metrical figures in tho air. Tho gourd gentle
men pounded, shook, nnd chanted, nnd tho
man In the moon behold it without a grin.
Soatod about tho square mat were tho spec
tators, tho whlto ducks and blue uniforms of
tho mon contrasting with tho soft colors of tho
dresses of tho womon. A flaring torch horo
nnd thero gave a flickering, uncertain light,
and tho background was tho deep green of tho
turf nnd tho trees. General, Colonels, navy
Captains, nrmy Captains, Lioutenant-Colonols,
Majors, and Lieutenants sat togethor with tho
twodrivcrs. and it was a great time. Part of tho
tlmo four girls danced at onco on tho mat, and
when It rained, as it did for a few mlnutos, tho
mat' waB moved inside tho tent. It was all over
by 11 o'clock, and tho First Brlgado of tho
Philippine army had seen tho hula.
Of course, you knew nil about tho protests
mndo by tho representatives of tho French and
Spanish Governments In Honolulu to the Ha
waiian Government about tho roceDtion of the
United States soldiers, but thoro is a joke about
tho Spanish protest which you may not havo
heard. Tho Spanish representative Is a Ger
man whoso personal proforenco Is for the an
nexation of the Islands to tho United States.
As a German annexationist he subscribed to
the fund for tho entertainment of tho boys.
Then, as tho Spanish representative, he pro
tested. And he profossod creat grief that his
protest had so little effect.
OPy FOB MANILA.
. Honolulu and hor mountains nro out of sight
now. Ahead tho.dull gray Charleston leads tho
wny toward Manila, steaming about nino knots
an hour, with two curious square sails set, ono
on eachlmast. Tho threo troopships follow in
line abreast, the Sydney on tho right, next tho
Australia, and tho Peking on the loft. Tho
stars como out and for the first time we ralso
tho Southern Cross, much vaunted in poetry
and story, five faint stars that show little
brilllanoy to repay tho fine things that
have beon said and written about them.
To the north the Dipper, a far brighter
constellationshows low down to tho horizon.
Behind us the moon rlsos round nnd full, out
of tho low-lying bank of blue-black clouds that
fringe the horizon. Ahead, through a rift
brighter than over planet flared, Vonus, the
evening star, marks tho west, west by south
half west tho compass shows tho courso and
out thore beyond the dim skyline, Ave thousand
knots away and more, lies Manila, the goal.
O. K. D.
ItELIOIOX ASIOXO OUR FianXEBS.
nequests for Prayers Beeelved at Camp
Meetings from Soldiers and Sailors.
Beadixo, Aug. 13,-Features of oamp meet
ings hereabouts this year are prayers for sol
diers at tho front and letters from soldiers on
religious matters. At Joann Heights one
elderly woman said she had a letter from her
son at Blboney. Cuba, saying that he was so
tired In tho trenchos just before the surrender
of Santiago that he forgot to pray. Ho asked
for tho prayors of thoso at home, and suggosted
that during tho present season people all over
the United States worshipping In church or
woods should pray for tho boys, as during
stormy war scenes tho lads were too apt to for
got their religious duty.
At the Mennonlte camp meeting down the
Schuylkill Valley one woman said: "I haven
letter from my nephew In Santiago. He says
his thoughts are frequently on camp meetings
now. where ho knows we aro now." Another
woman had a letter from her grandson with
Bampson'a fleet. He said his comrades wero
all religious, and had services on the battleship
Massachusetts. "Wo havo service," he said.
" but It Is not the dear old camp meeting hymns,
praise, sermons, prayors, experiences, revivals
and happy conversions that made us all so joy
ful last yoar. This season I shall miss our
camp meotlngs very much."
At tho LandlBvtlle camp meeting sovoral let
ters were shown privately to friends from ab
sent soldiers, who deeply regretted thoy wore
not borne at camp mooting. All praised the
Christian services on shipboard, but anything
like Methodist revival services could not be ex
peetod among the lighters of the battleships,
they said. However, they added, tho service
kept men In line to think of their religion and
church at home.
One soldier on tho hotahts of El Caney wrote
to his mother at the Adamstown camp mooting
to the effect that quite a squad of regular"
S..? '.'.'gsorronder got together at night and
f4"6 V,oa1.MOodtoThee." "Praise God
from Whom AH llloBSlngs, Flow." and I other
liymns after tho bands had ceased playing pa-HL0,"?81,-.
feme soldiers could slug only 5no
SiSSS I'll1 ithls was repeated over and over
"ffj'n. All along thelines oould be hoard somo
eh ,lnlne. Very many soldiers. It was re
ported lii the camp meetings, attributed all the
AH?flf an Tl?tries on sea and land to the Lord.
One letter shown by asoldier'seu.terread: "Of
course, we nay the .Lord's Prayer, especially
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Willi OUU TROOPS AT SEA.
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LVtV tOWARl MAX II. A.
Scents on flonnl the Trnnsport Auitrnlln,
with flen, Anilemon unit Staff Abonrd,
After the Vint Expedition for Manila
I.ft Honolulu The Oregon Troops.
United States Transi-oat Austbiua, xn
bouts to Manila, at Ska. Sunday. June C
At breakfast this morning probably not half n
dozon of tho 1,000 men aboard the Australia
had ever heard of Guam or tho Ladrone Isl
ands. Now everybody is studying the map or
a chart or reading whatever can bo found about
tho Islands In the Chaplain's library. The Cap
tain's copy of " Tho North Pacific) Directory"
has boen tho rounds among tho officers, and wo
nil know the latitude, longltudo and cllmato of
tho place wo aro going to capture. Of course
you will know tho bald fact of tho conquest
long beforo this reaches tho light of publica
tion. Perhaps you know now that wo are
bound there. The Ntivy Deportment some
times does that. But It created a great stir
aboard tho convoy this morning when tho
signals from tho Charleston wcro mado out.
At sea the Charleston Is boss of tho llttlo squad
ron, becausa Capt. Glass, hor rommandor.ls
tho senior naval officer.
There had been a lot of signalling going on
among tho ships of the convoy on the way down
to Honolulu, for practice, nnd somo of the offi
cers on tho Australian woro getting proflclont
enough to read wig-wag signals with consider
able accuraoy. This mornlng.whcn the Charles
ton called tho Australia nndbeganamessago
to Gen. Anderson, thoro was an Interested
group along tho rail trying to find out what It
was all about. They caught just words enough
to start a lot of excitement nnd speculation,
and there was great satisfaction when Lieut
MoCaln, Gen. Anderson's Assistant Adjutant
General, made publlo tho message. It was
from Capt. Glass, nnd this Is what It said:
Gen. AnpebsoK: My Instructions require me
to capture i the Spanish forts nnd vessels at tho
island of Guam on route to Manila. Tho trans
ports will accompany this ship to Guam, ns only
two or throo days' delay will occur. This may
bo made public Glar.
The flrst Inclination was to choor. but almost
Instantly thoro nroso tho doubt that will not
down, which is vory disturbing. Action, sure,
nnd wo shall seo It. That Is tho first thought.
But shall wo see It? Thoro's tho doubt. Will
tho Charleston go In nlono and do her work, or
will the troopships accompany her? The wholo
afternoon has been given up to this absorbing
question. It hardly stopped for service, which
tho Chaplain held on the hurricane deck. It
has Interrupted, accompanied and punctuated
the assiduous study of all that was obtainable
In the way of Information nbout tho Islands.
One of tho ship's Quartermasters Is an old
whaleh Twenty-flvo years ago ho touched at
Guam for wood and water, and in his opinion
It's a " just no account place whatever." Tho
third mate. Mr. Hallett. has boen thero within
a few years, and he's blessed If ho ovor saw a
fort thore. But we know thoy aro thoro. Tho
Paclflo Directory says thero aro two of thom
up on the hills, and thoro's likely to bo a flno
bombardment. And maybe wo shall havo to
land some troops. Perhaps pome of tho Spanish
gunboats that fled from tho Philippines hnvo
takon rofugo thoro. Wo don't know for sure
that any got away from Dewoy, but wo hopo
some did and that wo shall Und thom there.
And perhaps there will be somo transports to
tako. Nobody can tell just what transports
would bo doing at suoh a place, but then they
may bo thoro. and, by jingo, if they nro .
Tho only sure thing nbout it is that Guam is nt
least two weeks away, so wo shall havo plonty
of tlmo to decide these minor as woll as tho
weighty questions of what we shnll do some
time beforo we got thore.
that mixtdbe of unifobms.
Yesterday, when we pulled out of Honolulu,
the Oregon officers wero a picturesque lot By
tho way, thoy onll tho reglmont the Second Ore
gon, instead of the First as it Is. It seems
that thero was a First Oregon, which wont
to tho front In tho sixties, and the Governor
was proud enough of its history to want to
keop it inviolate and not mixed up with any
thing else. So ho callod this regiment tho Sec
ond Oregon. After you got usod to it. it isn't
very puzzling to see somo of tho officers with
1 on thoir collars, somo with .'(.somo with no
numeral, nnd somo with 2. Thoy represent
all parts of tho State ond all Its throo regiments
of National Guards.
Well, they came aboard after thoir brief stay
In Honolulu arrayod In immaculate whltoduok.
cotton and llnen-ln whlto duck that wns onco
immaculate, but will havo shrunk a lot in the
wash beforo It Is so ngaln in all shades of
brown and speckled linen nnd wool crash. In
soven different kinds of caps, somo all white
and somo white nnd black.nnd scarcely nny two
shaped alike. Thoy woro whlto canvas shoes of
sharp iocs, round toes and square toes, high cut
nnd low-cut; brown canvas shoes of as many
varletlos or more, for somo of thom had whlto
straps on tho brown shoes ; black and tan leather
shoes nnd patent leathors. Thoir coats showod
n curious and Interesting dlvorslty of opinion
in tho matter of braid. Thoy showed also a.
childllko nnd confiding trust in tho knowledgo
of the Chlneso tailors of Honolulu as to what
tho "regulation braid" Is. Bomo woro braided
and some wero not. Those that wero bore
braids of all widths, but mostly of the same
pattern. Bomo had brass buttons with anchors
on thom, others had brass buttons with guns,
nnd somo just plain brass. Somo hnd pearl
buttons and some bono. Some hnd the proper
llttlo silts In the sido for tho sword, nnd somo
had curious llttlo imitation shouldor straps.
AH were worn with porfect unconcern and self
complacency as "uniform."
Gon. Anderson took ono glance around and
held a short conversation with his Adjutant.
At luncheon all tho Oregon officers appeared In
the regulation army uniform of bluo. It wns
hot but it was uniform. This afternoon It got
so hot that the General relented. Perhaps he
found the bluo n bit uncomfortable, nis own
whlto duck Is faultless, but Oregon Is more
picturesque than over, for it has added Chlneso
bath slippers to Its list of footgoar. Also, some
of them have fished out big rod silk handker
chiefs, such as the privatos have, and wear
them carelessly nbout tho neck. A fow stick
to blue and sweat. They looked llko a com
bination of Flro Zouaves nnd Amoskeag Vet
erans, but they were in tho way of being cool,
and that Is greatly to be desired,
Tho sea is very qulot, but the Australia lives
np to her rolling reputation, nnd to-night somo
of the officers and men who had lost their sea
legs in tho two days In Honolulu were seasick
again, very muoh to their disgust nnd the
amusement of their comrades. All day bunches
ftt Oft ft dnwntr Lnn J 1.1 I. .. .
oi sou, nowny cotton and black velvet elouds
wandered aimlessly about the sky. Tho hor
izon was ringed with them constantly, and the
sun wont blazing down into them, throwing its
red light behind it and lighting them up llko a
furnace glare on a dark night. Tho Charleston
tested her searchlights this evoning.and where
the long beams tipped tho waves and
touched the little hillocks of water up
lifted on the crests thero gleamed a series
of silver flashes that a score of times brought
tho outcry! "Looknt the lights." In the east
a single battlemented tower of blaok roso
straight out of tho sea, and behind It. fringing
Its edges with pale gold, came tho full moon
Straight up between the battlements of the
gloomy tower It rose, and Its soft light spread
In a broad shlftlnc bar to where tho wake of
tho Australia, star dusted with the broken
Phosphor flamo of the southern soa. dlsap
peared In the waste behind us. a broad, white
spangl6d track. '
Up on the hurlcano deck the string band of
E Company haye been playing some of the old
home songs. Just now they are singing;
I knows valley flr.
So do we all falr.nnd far.,
BcnOOL, ON BOARD SHIP.
At Sxi. Tuesday, June 7.-The troopship has
been resolved into a school.hlp. There aro
three schools a day. with sometimes an extra
session thrown In. The flrst is In the morn
lne. when the Oregon officers gather In the
main saloon and listen to a lecture on the reg.
uUtionsby on of the staff offloers. BcSt
times Major Jones, tho Qnartcrrnasler. Is tho
lecturer! sometimes Lieut McCain, tho As
sistant AdJutant-(Ienornl. Is iheschoolmosten
somotlmcs Llout. Cloman. tho Commissary,
talks. In Ban Francisco his frlonJa ioi tho Bo
hemian Club call Cloman "Kld.'Mbut on tho
Australia his luok has won him tho name of
"Capt Kldd." All sorts of conditions which
moy arlso are discussed, nndnll phases of nrmy
lite explained at length. Tho regulations nro
'takon up seriatim by sections. Tho Oregon otn
cers flro all sorts of quostlonsat tho regulars,
who nro perfect oncyolopsxilns of military In
formation. Tho morning sohoolhas dovoted itself par
ticularly to dopartment work, BUbslstonco and
quartermasters, andnowthero is to bo nn even
ing school In tactics. Tho momlngsehool lasts
until luncheon, and Boon'nftor that Is over tho
non-commissioned officers of tho First Bat
talion fneo Major Gantonboln and begin
the recitation of regulations nnd minor tactics.
This Is a very buslnossllko school. The Major
has found tlmo enough from his legal duties In
Portland to become thoroughly Informed In
tkla wjidr na whtl flfl IflW. nnd hft COn-
tnis worK, as won as law, anu no v-ju-ducts
his school with decision, precision
and celerity. Tho Sergeants and Corporals nro
required to rnomorizo certain parts of tho
regulations. Tho regulations provldo that
such work shall bo dono. Thoy have been pay
ing particular attention to tho duties of son
tries, pickets and outposts, and tho first thing
each afternoon, after tho non-com. roll Is
called. Is for tho men to reelto In tum: "My
general orders are to walk my post in ft
military manner." Ac. through all tho list of a
sentries' duties. Tho mon tako to tho school
kindly onough, but somo of thom seem to havo
troublo in committing tho regulations to
memory, although thoy remembor tho sub
stanco of them well enough.
As soon as tho First Battalion school Is dis
missed the newcomers of tho Socond Battalion
tako their turn with Major Willis. Lieut.
Brazee, Adjutant of this battalion, acts os re
corder, and, parrying out tho Idea of n school,
has a marking system and grades, the work of
tho Sergeants nnd Corporals. Tho Major told
tho men at tho first session that theso records
would bo kept for reference in the future as
part of the raon's records.
FI.OOnED THE MAJOR.
All the non-coms, did thoir best to put their
schoolmasters In tho "sweat box," and once
they neatly succeeded with Major Willis. It
was in the mnttor of saluting tho Colonel, The
First Sergeant replied that if he were on post
No. 1 and saw his Colonel apnroochlng ho
would turn out tho guard. Bight It it wero
nfter dark ho would challenge. Bight again.
Up bobs nnothor Sergeant "Sometlmos," ho
Rays, "tho ordor Is not to chaltongo until nftor
10 o'clock. What would you do if tho Colonel
came between retreat and lOo'clook?"
This was to tho Major, and ho hadn't thought
of thnt contingency.
'Ah you woro directed." he repllod after a
moment. Tho Sorgennt sat down with a puzzled
grin on his race, and a Corporal jumped up and
finished tho trick.
" v)!i'?,wo,uld d!reot usv..no askod. "and what
would tho directions bo?"
The Major got red In the faco and the discreet
Adjutant consulted his record. "Wo will settlo
thnt to-morrow." said the Major, "nnd go on
now with the lesson." nnd all in tho world tho
sentry does do in such a caso Is to salute nnd
call the Corporal of the guard. It appears that
In tho army, as In othor proiosslons. llttlo
points aro overlooked sometimes.
Hero is a curious fact about this Oregon reg
iment. Congress went out of its wny to framo
tho law for the calling out of troops In such a
manner that tho National Guard would surely
be taken. It worked as fnrns tho officers wero
concerned, but not with tho men. Company II
has tho lorgost number of guardsmen of oil tho
Oregon companies, and Cant McDowell has
JUsttWentr-ninomombers of his old company
with him. That Is about 34 per cent, ft
that holds good throughout the country, tho
nrmy of trained soldiors" which was to bo re
cruited from tho National Guard is two-thirds
freen men. Tho Kaunas troops are not so well
off. They wero tho worst looking lot of hay
mnkors who ever got out of tho way of tho cars.
uLperh.aDa..P0A'- h?e$T thuKht thev woro to
be armed with pitchforks.
SYDNEY TO BEPEti BOABDEBS.
.. AtSea. WEDNESDAT.Juno 8. West by south,
hall south, steadily toward Guam tho course
has been since leaving Honolulu. At flrst It
E?? !.ust .B01"1 S?UJK to2le 2ptn. parallel,
but then tho signals from the Charleston set
the coureo still to the south Instead of dead
west Tho orders to Capt Glass to take Guam
wero sealed, and ho did not open thom until he
was n full day out from Honolulu. Now that
wo are getting down more and more toward
the enemy's country, thero is increasing spec
ulation as to tho chance of falling in with a
Spanish ship.
There has not been much serious considera
tion of that possibility aboard tho Australia,
but the Sydney has o fully prepared soheme oi
defence. At Honolulu ono of the naval ofllcers
aboard the Bydpoy. entertained Gen. Ander
son's staff with tho details of the plan. At sight
of tho Spaniard the Sydney is to run. If it
appoars that the Spaniard Is too Tast for hor
sho will hoavp to und have recouroo to this
plan: When sho heaves to all the voluntoers
abonrd are to bo sent bolow. Tho threo com
panies of the Fourteenth Regulars will bo or
dered to lie down on the decks along
tho rails, concealing themselves complete
ly from tho sight of parties ap
proaching n small Jsoats. To thom will bo
served a full supply of ammunition, and they
will all havo thoir now army rifles, which aro
very hlgh-poworod guns. Tho flag will not bo
struck when tho Sydney heaves to, so that this
will all be fair fighting. When the boarding
boats, coming alongside, get In proper rnnuo
tho regulars will open flro nnd tho boarding
pnrty will bo annihilated. As soon as firing
beglnB the Sydney will go ahead at full stenm
and trust to luck and tho consternation of tho
Spaniards to got away. Isn't that a great
Thorekingand Australia nro simply relying
on the Charleston. If sho should fall in tho
almost inconceivable emergency, nnd we could
not run away, why ypu won't seo this at least
until after It is Intended and oxpoetod you shall.
lint Joking aside, thoro haR been nnd Is somo
attention given to tho matter, Tho sailing
orders of the convoy, ns originnlly given, con
templated only resort to uiriKsssiblo speed to
getaway. Tp-dny theso orders woro modified
by tho Charleston. Three sots of flans wero
Solngon thocrulsornt once as sho wigwagged
lis messngo to the sklpporspf tho transiwrts:
Those signals will be usod In enso n strnngo
iSTi'i ,s .I'l'i'61?,,0,1 n'Rht. A roekot followed
by a blue light will Ira usod, for n sailing vessel.
If u Rtenmor Is sighted tho bluo light will bo
followed by a rocket. The danger signal it
night from tho convoy will bo n roekot followed
1?i?JSd.(fV,,on B B.nnU,rcml the Charleston it
'r.'Ltboreo.irei,JlBh,s.8ho7n trom the fore
mast. When the Charleston shows tho danger
signal tho vessels of the convoy will Btop and
await ordors. Glass
a ,,.? ro.fo.itln?i?0 exP0rt a wigwagging on the
Australia tjiat the message waaaUtakon down
by several llttlo groups of officers. Thoro was
abuzz of talk obourit. as It revived the old
tTeOCoUru,irbnya?dTn8,lir GlM8 modlfl
So now wo havo our code mado up. and tho
JJ.WilhVl'' -w,,otnk.0 thol.r enjoyment of thS
SSrlF,t ljrof nwnke and on deck will havo
an added incentive for crowd ng tho bridge
and bothering tho officer of tho watch. "uuu
We liegln to wonder what tho temperature In
iXK? '? lsil'kol. Tho books wy thnt Ills hot and
humid. It is hot horo. and humid, too. but not
IV?.?nd.ura.b..lyT?0- ,nn1 X9 ?re m ' so'ith as wo
shall bo at Manila. If thore woro Ice on the
ship and thognliey wero not such o T furnace
that tho whole sh n responds to 1 iSS !?
could be kept open o llttlo for venlllatlon. and
Jfn few other things were different we would
be much more oornfortable and llfo on Stroor,
fessPoi :b fleIr0PsfUp- n"-wiWta much
A MATTEB OF TO-MOBBOWS.
At Sea, Thubsdat. June 0. To-morrow w
cross the Iftoth meridian, nnd therXymTseYa
peculiar complication, for there wlllliSnoto?
morrow. Wo just drop It out of the reckonC
i8l18iJH,io0,.Th"r??Ry' h0 next day "w &
.,nel?nBaturda'1 lf yu consider thnt a bit
8mnw"'rrreSr?n"E6 . ve.rr anomalous con
dltion. To-morrow, to-day will bo dav h
fore yesterday. To-dny. to-morrow Is da
after to-morrow, nnd to-morrow, day nit
to-morrow, will be to-day. To'dn! la K
SJjSJBgaa. pun ttySs
5T.S iBr.M tno demonstration for squarh g the
u3p''f1o'r,Say,nyolOUOn' bUt &Vl
fS&tiffSSg y0u doTtrveof!2nn
iMtffi'h".! SrXiAi lke "V!P "" &fin an"
leitinctne world swing under you om 'rim.,
wouldgoby wlthnovcrncnrefory, u Therir"
fh !.,A"Sr.,r',in flu1"B It out how i "Jome, f fruit
nn,ln?.EnidlroI,,'l, ""TiPietoly t 'tne Vei":
onlng. how It Is that you can stnrt twiniS
lit r;''Tir.run o" thotrth and flnW. Von'YlIo
Iiiir.i,0.nrr,uois,n.l,t wp havo boon triv
fi,.,.lniWost d"Jr J- t has taken tho sun n
3nJS?,rnyot,hn.n0gi ,n"de &&
, Mow all of ft sudden w wake up to th fact J
that wo havo actually sequestered a whole rt.
and In ordor to square ourselves with our cvrfrf
sclonees and tho rest of tho world. wo'o bo?
set It froo again. "eotto
Tho parson's a groat controversially itr..
nbluo Presbyterian. In spite of th.) fnr-t thai
his grandfather drew lots with hn era ,i
mother to. see whother sho would mairvlim
or not Ho oiwrntes, therefore. n iooAnS
cause of a gamble, nnd ns the Wcstminuni
crood or some othor creed that tlm lVslv a.
rlnnstlso pnrtlculnrlrdlsclninw divine ii.hh,i
blllty forseoond causes, his puMtimi is tuUn
lous, but ho holds, lili.own with tho whnln iiii
gon, contingent In Pitched bnttle. and stands
ready at nny tlmo to add muscular force to lii
sunslvo logic. , , , '"
Crossing tho lHOth meridian linn been a eo,1.
send to tho Intellectual Itro of this evpeiliiini
The subjects) of discussion wore gettlnu fVi
worn. Tho main one of co ursc. wns the i. .
blllty of taking Manila wltlitiils ,.x ',.,&
All sorts of thcorlos wero advanced. Dow -
can imd Dewoy can't, mid wo can mid wo pni,t
Dewey will land all tho way from 4U0 to :hkI
men, and tlmt will bo Plonty with our own
3.000. Ail, tho possibilities of enptmo nnd
government are, considered nnd (ory int.
jleulty brushed twido. When that sul,. H
ject flags, and tho parson has been luidgnrnd fl
Into weariness, thore Is the subject of gcttlni 1
mall at Manila, nnd the mailing back fn.in I
Honolulu of tho million or fewer letters we H
wroto.thero. Flying llsli hnvo got rather old. 1
eii.l tltn unlAnnn rt WltTWtt ivrrln rr linn 1 . H
ami tno xcionco oi wigwugging lias iMen .o H
well learned ns to hnvo lost Its llrst interest. a
The Lnclrono Islands pall, nnd Spanish gram- I
mars and books on tactics put one to sleep In- I
dlfrorontly. .... I
So this meridian gag rovlvod old desires and 9
fumishod now vigor to tho discussion. Tin li
factof tho business Is thnt tho trip Is monoto- H
nous enough for most of the men. It's hot all H
tho time, tho thormometer hnnlly gets below m
85 nt night, and It's humid all tho tlmo. Hot
wcothorwas oxpected.ond thero'snocomplnlnt
about It to spealc of: but It's wearing, and the
Oregon mon remember tho cool nights In their
pleasant valloys nnd now nnd again nro home- I
sick. Tho days drag, in suite of nil tho thliiRj I
therenro to do nil tho work and nil the aeliooU
And It will bo a great rollof to roduco Guam.
After that a wook or ton, days will put us In
touch with Dewey, and action will sot tho slug.
gleh blood going again.
CnOBSINO T11E LINE.
At Sea. Satubdat, Juno 11. Slap, bang,
smack, right squnro over tho dividing lino be
tween day nftor to-morrow nnd dor beforo yes
tonlay wo steamed at 3 o clock this morning,
and all tho anomalous conditions we woro dis
cussing Inst night it really was last night, al
though In tho calendar It was day beforo yes
terday havo como to pass. But thero Is no H
apparent difforonco In fact. Thoro wnsn't ths H
slightest dlsturbanco when wo crossed tho H
line. Most everybody wns asleep. It's just as H
hot as It over has been, and no hotter. AH day H
tho clouds hnvo fringed tho skyline just ns IB
usual, and doubled up thoir fists and shnken D
them at us and wagged their silly heads la H
foolish, ineffectual threats. Ail day we dared H
them to como on and show us some rain, but H
they novor onco got up their couragototha H
saturation point. H
We colobratod the coincidence of crossing the H
meridian nnd Saturday night together. It was H
Gen. Anderson who nroso at tho closo of the H
dlnnor, when tho glasses had beon charged all M
around, nnd proposed "Swoothearts nnd M
Wives." In tho good old way they do cvory H
Saturday night In tho navy, "may our wives H
all bo sweethearts and our swocthearts all ba IB
wives." Then everybody "drank out" there M
was Ico from somowhoro for tho fizz and H
ovorvbody choorod. and it remntned only for ffl
ono Irreverent young army oflloer to say, way M
under his breath to his noxt neighbor, "sweet- IB
hearts and wives, may thoy novor moot." H
Afrnf "HwanllianWd nrtrl Wlvn. !.. .. IH
Alter oweetnenns ana wives" there was H
tho health of Gen. Anderson, who made a little M
speech, nnd of Col. Summers, who responded II
for the Oregon boys, nnd said thoy woro ready H
for what might como. And then Lieut. Hoi- H
combo of tho navy responded for his service. IH
but Capt. Iloudletto of tho Australia dodged,
and ovorybody came on deck, whoro It wns a H
fow degrees cooler than in tho saloon, to con- W
tinuo the celebration. Tho band came down
and played, nnd somo of the boys did songs and
ptecos with their mandolins nnd guitars. Ma- H
jor Jones, tho quartermaster, danced a jig. and II
everybody sang tho old homo songs and swore IH
new allcglnnco. "Thoychargothoirsklesabove H
them, but not thoir hearts that roam." IH
At Sea, Fbidat, Juno 17. Wo nro going to W
playn scurvy trick on nn estimable Spanish U
gont cman In tho Island of Guam, unless thnt H
gentleman has n ready removed himself from
his bailiwick. The intention is to glvo him a H
free trip to Manila, whoro It is likely ho has 1
frionds. That part of It might please him well Hj
enough, but tho attendant circumstances nro H
likely to bo vexatious ; for he will go as a prls-
oner of war. and that is held to bo distressing
to the personal comfort of Governors-Gonern". H
Last Friday, the 10th. was tho day wo didn't
have. This morning, just when wo hnd got
the chaplain into n most perspicacious discus
sion of the question of whero wo weren week
ago to-day. there began a vigorous wigwag
ging on tho Charleston. Tho chaplain wns
endeavoring to controvert tho proposition that
o week ago to-day we wore in tho samo placo
wo were in at tho tlmo of the argument tho
proof against him being tho woJl-knowa
logical demonstration that wo wore In somo
other placo than no placo, which place this
plaeo fs. About the tlmo that tho chaplain
was getting most in earnest about such falla
cious reasoning the Charleston's wigwags be
gan to take this shape :
Charleston will heavo to at 2 P. M. for target
practice. At same tlmo Cnpt. Glass will go on
board Australia to seo Gen. Andorson and
Cant. Houdlotte.
That .meant a conference nbout Guam surely.
The Peking nnd Sydney got a lot of wig
wagged oroors about what to do. and at last
when tho Charleston sot tho signal to heavo to
tho four ships wore closo together. The cruiser H
signalled tho Australia to como abeam, and U
then Capt Glass called nwny the first whale- II
boat ond como on board tho Australia. Very II
goon nfterwnrd Commander Gibson nnd Capt H
?,m'i"F.'.mo ov.er from tl10 Poking and thon IB
Capt Pillsbury from the Bydney. There was A 1
conferenco In Cnpt. Houdlotto's cabin with Gen.
Andorson nnd Lieut. Holcombo, the naval offl
cor on tho Australia. I
Thq charts of t lie Ladrone Islands woro gone
ovor. and Mr. HAllOtt tho third raoto oftlie
Australia, who has beon to Guam several tlmos.
told the ofllcers what ho know of the harbors.
It wus decided that ho shall go to tho Charles
ton as pilot when wo reach tho island. Tha
conference decided tlmt tho Charleston shall
go Into tho harbor of Han Luis d'Apra alone,
tho troopships lying outsldo. It Is possible thai
pno or more fugitive Spanish gunboats mny ba
lying there. Thoro ore two forts. Stingo nnd ,
Santa Cruz, with nn old ruin. San Luis. The
Charleston will batter down tho forts and take
inn gunnpais u any nappon to be thoro. H
Then tho scurvy trick will bo plnyod. Over D
in his stonq houso nt Agafla tho military Gov- I
crner mny be wultlng for callers. Ho might a i
well wait there as anywhere else, better in foot I
fpr that's about the only oornfortable placo on 1
the Island, which is only twenty-seven miles I
ongby less than ton wide. Gon. Anderson will I
land several companies of the Socond Oregon H
from tho AustrallnnndvisltthomllltaryGovorn- Il
prof Guam In state Ho will require the Gov. II
ornor to remove tho Spanish flag from his rest. IJ
clence. and gently but firmly will invite him on W
? " ."i0 ""fphnsr0 accompany tho Flrsl
Brigade Mto Manila. Then hurrah for Monday! I
o shall Bight Guam that morning, and thea I
tho fun begins.
TABOET rBACTICB ON THE CHABLESTOIf. I
TiW,'j,iL.tn.',con!0r?P('Uyrns, eolngon In Cap. I
Houdlotto's cabin, the Charleston was whalina I
away with hor big guns. Tho target, thb usual I
WnraJnJdJ1nrrnnB0.m.eDt of whlte cloth with a I
black snot on each face, was sot adrift, and 1
whon If was nbout two miles away tho cruiser I
pponod on it with hor forward O-lnch gun (n
tho port broadside. The solid shot wont
straight at tho target, but high, and strucS
tho water about half a mllo beyond it A
?!".' n,lumnnfTrnv,nn1,?ator8hot Into thonlr
when the shell struck, nnd for a fow seconds
the cruiser was hidden. In tho cloud of blue-
whlto smoke that floated awny quickly in the
!f.08h.j!rcoT('- V,n V'? cont" 0-lncl. gSn "?
the port broads bo let go with a solid shot
This. too. was high, but bVtteY thanthe flret
ui1 ? Le?n, ot ' three In tha broadside VooS
n1ur.niil,Mrr,m,,rr?ve on.t'10 other two. but
15??. ' UtBil- Tl'. tnwt. you know, stood
about Blx feet up from The water. The first
shot probably would hnvo gone over
? hlp. but tho other two would
have struck an cnomy square y. After tie
broadside lire tho Charleston swung around so
.h?i?or iniftSr 8-lnch guns boro well on the
target and let go nn nrmor-plorelng projeotl e,
iJJ.l5 a copltJ shot. Tho big lump of steel ,
te,.noi JfB.'?r lust short of tho target nnd -5
irCffiIMdJ0 Ji!8 '"'If- c"tting a chunC out of '
It just above tho bul soye. The spray flew alt
oyer the target, and for a' moment BurteS It out
?nS,,l:,".0.it,,nt a "hout went upon the Aus .i
tralln thnt tho target had beon destroyed. 4
Sro,J0.in,y,?'.lu,clonrnml "nnd the cruiserwas r
only about two miles from the Australia, so Unit
L'M!ir.kr.wai'!.r.'Frrccllrplaln.' Tho fresli breeze
KrTwr.L"!?". Iu "f 1' enough so that ono of the
jacklos In tho boat from the Poking was mads
seasick by the bobbing of his boot a ongsldS
'ho Australia. The target bobbed up ond down
fi?. honoAts.c,.m, hB Charleston rolled a
llttlo. so thnt It wns d flicu t shooting. She
5trRS,T?,I!r?nfBivin lt to th0 wt with ihi
starboard brondRlde, one gun at a tlmo and it
wns pretty work. SKell? we?o used sterol
a'Pi1.0"'.,"'.") ". fcHt8' rK''t boslde tho target
A! wu!rt ,lnvS hit the mark if Jt had been a
bhln Instead of n bit of canvas.
1 hen the forward rt-lnoh gun was tried, and
tho work of tho, cnptaln of tho after gun's
crow wns almost duplicated. Around "ho shin
nttho target, Not n Bhel or project! e went
IWnnnn P,l?5ith0 m,,rk l? hnvo mlssd "i
TlS,2m4nK,nfUlt!,i8m we.ro beautiful shots.
Alio smokofrpm the s he s when ther burst I
somollinoH hid tho tnrgot for a low ' sMonils 1
they went so close to tlm inn?k. Wl"n1? was 1
.tepta'wen't0 tlr&M 1
uo,;!,.'n,grndUGra,n1a,n' """'aWMo 1
T.?Mni5ij.,i lv,r." 1 1 "1 .Charleston tested her Ij
signal and searchlights tho red nnd whlto A'
."frV'r,1018 8H,om. "Wile! lout ' On Al
sexteT? '' """" by t,,e Charleston J
" 5?htSi7 K' 'to' S001 W wu of Oum S
wn 'iU ." tbS 8pnlrdi cum and damn. Mi
W, 11 ntroduce them to their Uncls 8m. M
TbWll be s hot time In the owfitn that night- jH
You know the tune. O.E.R HI
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