The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-15

1HeIe hdS a COOKING Stove SI one
! end, novel sight to rs inexperienced
travellers but We found, more than
once, how great a convenience it was
both for warmth and provender. .
Just before we passed into the
Frazer river canon, we had pleasant
service of worship in one of the cars
with Scripture reading, familiar
hymns, and a few brief thoughts of
God and His glory to uplift snd
cheer But who can venture to de-
scribe the sights sublime that greeted
our vision throughout the succeeding
three days ride? The towering
/ peaks, 5000 feet above our heads, their
summit and sides encased in ice. like
knights of old in armor of steel,
guarded the pathway through which
the powerful engines pulled and
pushed our long train of cars. Won
derful was the pluck and the per
sistency which triumphed over all
obstacles, and carried this wonderful
piece of railroad engineering to its
successful completion. Who. can
ever compute the cost to the Cana
dian people, or the ultimate value of
such road through such a country 7
Will sightseeing tourists patronize
| the roads in such numbers as to
make it profitable investment ?
1t is impossible to particularize the
details of the visions of sublimity
that met our wondering gaze day
after day. each day bringing new
features of interest and attractive.
ness. Our car was left over one day
at Banff. One of the party, before
sunset, had whipped the neighbor
ing stream and brought in a string
of brook-trout for the evening repast.
Next morning carriages took us to
the Banff hotel, where we had
breakfast served in the most modern
style, with all the accompaniment of
large rooms, cosy tables, uniformed
walters, elegant dishes. Thence we
drove up and up and up a well'made
carriage road till we reached the
warm sulphur spring. We found
mountain house there where, after
taking a bath. we took dinner, and
then singing Hawaii Ponoi" by
way of farewell. drove drown the
mountain side, visiting by the way
cave with another sulphur spring,
and bringing some curiosities and
photographs as mementos of pleas
ant days experience.
The next day our train was moving
out of the mountain passes on to the
low prairies of the Red River
country. This is the great wheat
growing region, 1t was only lately
that it was known how to grow
wheat-not wait till the frost was out
of the ground-but scatter the grain
as soon as the ground grows soft,
and nature does the rest" One
observation we made that we had not
found recorded-that mosquitoes are
numerous. and that they are very
savage. They came into the cars,
and one young girl in our party suf
fered severely from their bites. They
made no noise about it, but settled to
business Immediately on alighting.
Men were blowing with gloves on
their hands and q big mosquito-proof
around their heads, as if they were
off on q beehunt.
Wespent few hours only in Winni
peg, "the heart city of the continent"
1t is one of those marvels of sudden
growth. which seem to realize the
fabulous tale of Aladin's lamp in the
quickness with which city with all
the modern conveniences springs up
where once was only morass. The |
streets of the city, that were unpayed,
showed how deep the mud must have
been in the ruts, along which the |
wagon wheels moved, sunk to the |
hub.
Chicago is reached at last, and be
fore long we are on the boat, leaving
the pier at the foot of Van Buren,
for the fair grounds at Jack
son park We just missed taking
the whale back G Columbus, the biggest
excursion boat in the world. 1t was
a curious shaped affair. as we saw it,
with its bow and stern so differently
from any ordinary yes
sci. Two decks on its rounded back
were filed with passengers, and the
music of brass band enlivened the
voyage and foated on the waters to
our ears. The view of the white
City" from the lake was as enchant-
ing as we had expected, but marred
Oy the black mass of big building,
begun but never finished, near the
Fair grounds.
Our first view of the Exposition
was disappointing, because
We made the mistake of taking the
[nter-mural railway for ride around
he grounds. We were taken along
.he rear of the buildings and close to
hem, seeing all their incompleteness
and imperfectness. Lath and plaster
10 not make very pleasing impress
'ion of architectural beauty when
he corners are broken of, big
patches scarcely covering the ravsges
lime and weather have already begun
% make. But when we took passage
n one of the electric launches for a
our around the lagoon, we found