The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-05-16
THE RETURNING PR0DlGAL FROM
THE PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC.
FROM TRorics TO FRIarps.

FROM TRopics TO FRIaIps.
DSAR ADvKRTIsER-A voice all along
the line calls Aloha" and bids me
hasten to keep my promise and let my
old friends hear from me. The greatest
good to the greatest number may be de.
| rived in brief description of my fiigh,
across the plains.
Leaving pretty Honolulu, the 10th Of
March, 1884,. standing upon the deck Of
the steamship Australia. gaze out upon
a multitude OF warm, loving-hearted
people, welcoming the coming and
speeding the parting guest in q way only
known to true Hawaiians. What q pic
turel Who ever has been our friend with
whom We have broken floral twig or
slipped cooling drink-they are all
here. Ii we have g" hobnobbed" with
royalty, royalty are here to bid US bon
voyage. Ii we have been wined, dined
and entertained by the nabobs, the ma.
hobs are here with their offerings. II
the great warm-hearted native has given
us a real genuine hulu dance, he is here
with his whole family as if to stamp his
hospitality more indelibly upon our
minds by cordial parting, each member
OF his family from his wife to the baby
will bring us floral offering, and come
loaded in wreathes Of flowers for their
friends. All the association We have
ever known, from the poorest to the
greatest, meet in common purpose upon
the wharf ut Honolulu. Sect and creed
are forgotten in the prevailing spirit OF
good feeling. Race and blood lose all
distinction. Love is the ruling goddess
Of the day.
The Hawaiian Band inspirits the &C.
casion with its phenomenal melodies,
and every passenger on board ship re-
presenting bank of flowers, twined
there by loving hands, form picture
not soon to be forgotten. Tears OF graft
tude sprang to my eyes as those whom /
dreamed not of seeing approached and
twined me in offerings of love and peace,
with the little word +" aloha" 80 replete
with meaning upon every tongue.
Natural element mars the pleasure Of
our voyage, In fact, it was sail across
the Pacific,-and for the first time /
think the definition Of the word Pacific"
was fully verified. Hence the voyage of
our bark would have been something
perfect in memory, had it not been for
2 robbery committed the firat duy ont.
to mention the value S0Frnb|aae Up& not
confess the search for the stolen goods
seemed sham, mere pretense. After
my arrival in San Francisco met with
several persons who had shared SIM
liar fate; and on board the Central Pa
cific train East met q Mrs. Mather, who
al ,,n rl.x1s Oh 80
was robbed on the Australia and knew
of others who had been. This implies q
carelessness on the part of the ships
officers, which fear may injure the rep
utation oil their ship If they are not more
thorough in their investigation.
San Francisco, with its cold fogs and
bleak winds, having sent q chill OF terror
through every vein, already inhaling the
dreaded germ of the fata, La Grippe,
, shall not snthuse much herel Later -
Have decided to take my books to New
York for publication. After going over
illustrations, they advise me that the
work may be better managed and cheap
er, from New York publishers. This
pleases my individual tastes in the mat
ter, and considering the interest of my
u
With all necessary arrangements COM
pleted, l board a Central Pacific train
in Joy. Adieu cold, dismal San Fran
| cisco.
Flying along the track of the golden
state" darling from wheat fields Gas it
were) into snow drifts; I hold my breath,
half in fright, half in sympathy for the
| great tall pines whose limbs are bowed
| hr nj
/" Beautiful snow" it is indeed beautiful,
the evergreen Of the pine just peeping
through, as though Spring had braved
the furious Winter King, daring to lift
| it's verdant face up to the sun shining SO
warm and tenderly upon all. By my
side are great fiat baskets Of roses, such
roses as only California can produce,
the dainty punches of half-hid violetk
which remind me of the tropics.
Leaving the stately pines and snowy
peaks of the Sierras, we traverse the
raw, cold foothills of Nevada.
On we go,-winding great curves, cut
ting short angles and darling through
tunnels, into snow sheds, and out upor
the great barren plain Of Wyoming
| where the march of mems genus hal
even driven the buffalo and the antelop,
beyond the range OF vision, and all il
desolation save our famous iron steed-
snoring, putting and forcing his way. Th'
kind curtains of night are let down, ant
sleep balmy sleep knits up the stitches
dropped from the web of care, and
awoke in Utah. Skirting this fertil,
valley we are enviioned by beautilu
mountains. On tie left, apparentl.
near, they send out their bold, bar
cliffs defiant as war god. On the RICH
of us they are shrouded in feather.
softness of snow.
Breakfast in muddy, sloppy Ogden
From the depot, though the view
limited, see many worthy and notabl
improvements have taken place in fiv
years. Conditions being considered
viz, health, etc., gladly seek the cos
corner of my sleeping car, close my eye
to surroundings and dream Of prett
warm Honolulu. We fly along the va
ley of the saints in full view of the VOL
derful lake, the onlys salt lake; and III
chief interest of the State, for the sigh
seeing tourists. The train slows up. A
is silence, every passenger holds h
, breath as he looks up, up and up, in
Cuts blue sky for the end Of Castle Rot
and looking on the opposite side fin
the counterpart which form perfe
natural gate through which we slow
pass.