Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-17

lett his audience in total darkness. IL wa
not prearranged joke, but was due to I
slight accident to the machinery. The ire
pressible Fogarty, who was peering In
one of the windows piped out in an effem
mate voice, "Please sing white Wings.
The disconnected singer made dash to TN
spot where the voice came from and graspe(
his hands tightly around the neck of a per
son he thought was Fogarty, until rea
feminine voice exclaimed, "It wasn't me, ]
wasn't me-" and showed him that he hat
been trying to strangle a gentle, elderl!
| female.
| A COSTLY DISAPPOINTMENT
The effect of the late departure from Sar
Francisco continued to follow the baseball
combination like disappointed nemesis al
the steamer approached Auckland. Satur
day was the day set for arrival and playing
of game, but it was not until early OF
Sunday morning that the port was reached
1t was bitter and costly disappointment
to Spalding, for Saturday was legal half
holiday and all outdoor sports had beer
postponed out Of Difference to the coming oi
the baseball players. 1t was said that nine
or ten thousand people would have been al
the game. A small but encouraging bit ol
good luck finally happened here. Owing to
a coal strike at Sydney, the vessel had to
take on double cargo, which extended the
usual stop of a few hours to 2S. 1t was al
once determined to play game on Monday
afternoon; though it was not expected that
there would be nearly SO large an attend
| ance.
There was no demonstration on the wharf
| from the thousand or more people who had
assembled to see the steamer come in. The
| Sabbath day is observed with the utmost
strictness, and the streets present state OF
quiet more marked than that of New
England village. All the shops are closed,
and even the street cars, or trans, are not
allowed to run. During the early hours OF
the day very few people are on the street,
and an almost graveyard silence prevails.
Under the circumstances little sightseeing
was INDUCED in, though reception COM
mittee, composed of the editors and proprie-
tors of the New Zealand Herald and Auck-
land Star had arranged u take the visitors
around. During the Afternoon, in spite Of
q pelting ram, the ball players, including
the wives of Captain Anson and Ed
Williamson, started out to climb
Mount Eden. the most interesting sight in
the immediate neighborhood of Auckland.
1t is mountain about thousand feet high,
the sides of which present series OF pictur-
esque terraces, the remains of old fortitica-
tions built by the Maoris. On the very top
is the crater of an extinct volcano, the bot.
tom of which is about 100 leet down. The
view on a clear day is pretty one. The
carriages stopped within a half mile of the
top, and the climb up the soft turf was de-
cidedly more interesting than pleasant. The
island at Auckland is only six miles wide,
and the ocean is visible on both sides, but
the heavy mist shut it out from view. 1t
was clear enough, however, to see the pretty
rolling country in between. The climb
down was marked with several amusing
mishaps. John Ward and the Mascot had
their descent accelerated by taking long and
unexpected slides.
A TREAT FOR AMERICANS.
The ride through the open country was
exceedingly pretty. The fences which d.
vide the fields are built mainly of lava rock.
The cottages and residences are, as a rule,
surrounded by handsome trees, and gorge
ous-colored flower beds greeted the eve on
every side. Auckland is very hilly, and
the views from high elevations disclose
picturesque array of gable roofs in the vale
and up and down the hillsides. Fruits of
all kinds were Seen IN abundance.
1t is said of improYident ball players,
that they feed on snowballs during winter.
Ii there are any such in the Chicago and
baseball combination they
must be considered extremely fortunate, for
strawberries, some over an inch in diameter,
and big black heart cherries have tickled
their pallet in this place of continuous sum-
mer.
Auckland is a quaint looking city to
Americans, with its low-rooied buildings
and plain, heavy style of architecture. The
business portion of the city has many SUBJ
stantial looking structures, especially the
banks. =. -- {.
Ga the second day of our stop here the
streets presented scene OF thriving and
bustling activity. The people are not
essentially different from Americans either
in their dress or manner of talking, and
their infection of voice is scarce peculiar
enough to tempt the admiration of an Anglo
maniac. The citizens take a great pride in
The Maoris, the aborigines of the country,
and regard them as brave, industrious and
honest people. This may possibly account
IN some degree for the peculiar regard they |
nave for Australia. They resent strongly |
he idea Of being considered part of that
country, and try to impress emphatical-
y that they have little con-
;inent of their own. The Maoris them
selves would feel insulted to be considered /
n any way related to the Australian
natives, whom they look upon with exceed
ng contempt. A Maori member of Parlia-
nent, whom had the pleasure of meeting,
his feeling aptly when he said,
The Australians can't even learn their A.
3. Cs." Tie chiefs are big, broad shoul-
Iered fellows, with series of gracefully
urved tattoos around their eyebrows and
long their noses. One of them, who was in
reduced to Anson, Ward and others and
old their mission to the country, regarded
hem intently for a moment and then with
grin OF his countenance, remarked in his
ative tongue "BoysP GooDFRIEND.