The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-31
GLlMPSES OF SAMOA.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE DESCRIBES THE
ISLANDS AND THEIR CUSTOMS.
Scenes of Battle and Shipwreck-A Visit to
the Royal Palace = "Trade Gin" and
"Kava"- King Malietoe's Missionary
F1ag-Beach Combers.
Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1884,

RA"8 -ASStsCAA OOAuUcAos
copyright, Louis Klopsch, l8941
AP1A, Samoa, July "A hundred
and sixty dead men in the angry wa
tiers; one ship sunk out of sight SO that
not SO much as plank or rope has
since appeared; Of our threegreat Amer
lean warships lying in the harbor the
Leipsic beached, the Trenton and Van
dalia demolished; Of the three great
German men -of-war the Eber and Olga
gone completely under; the Adler rolled
over on its side and cracking apart amid
ships; out of all the vessels in harbor
only one saved, and that because it had
steam up and could sail out into the
sea; three days of wreokage and fright
and horror which shook the island, and
by report Of next steamer transfixed all
nations, all this brief putting Of what
an antipodean hurricane did for this
harbor in March, 1889. While all up
and down the beach Of this island are
pieces Of the wreckage Of that unpar-
alleled tempest, only one skeleton of a
ship remains, the Adler, sufficiently
distinct to represent that scene of cy-
clonic infernization. It is rather unfor-
tunate that Samoa, in the popular mind
of all nations, stands as synonym Of
shipwreck, for the place is as fine a
specimen of foliage and fruitage as the
world holds. Indeed its harbor is the
sea captains anxiety, for, though a
wide harbor, it has only small en-
trance, and rocks in all directions toss
the white foam. The captain told MS we
need not think we were left if we saw
him sailing out to sea, for he would do
30 if squall came up, but he would re-
turn and take us.
After more than seven days of ocean
rolling, without sight of ship or land,
the Samoan islands greet you like be-
attic vision. As we came on deck this
morning the waters were covered with
small boats of natives bringing speci-
mems of coral and all manner of flowers
and fruits, ready to sell these and trans
port to shore all the passengers who
chose to 60 A boat belonging to the
German legation, with four stout oars
men, took us three-quarteIs of mile to
the beach. From thence we went to
King Malietoa's residence. But it is q
time Of war. The king had fled TO the
forest. A few nights before he was
thought to be at village house, and it
was surrounded and shot into, and the
king would have been slain if he had
been there. The whole island il il a
turmoil. We vcro shown the kings
rooms and bis pictures and bric-a -,,lac.
The walls suggested fondness for Ger
man and English royalty, but ] fsand
not the face of any American pre-. itlent
or general. We saw tho queen, and at
the invitation of the warriors wen. into
the guards tont-about Is drslsy sol
diers, each reclining en- a pillow Of
round wood upheld 10y two smell faY-
ports. more uncomfortable piilo--. it
would seem to me, than hat IL ,hel
from the foot of which jacob s;;.y the
ANGELES.
Each of the warriors brd : run with
in reach. At their invitaticn we sat
down ON a mat beside those who were