Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-09-04
.lR NLW ZEALAND.
ID eY CR. TGLEhGe IN tlIS TRIP
GESCMD THE WORLD.

4IhEnt;on CT n Famous "Blunder"- Grand
tcptiun 10 the Brooklyn Divine.
copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1884,
tr'ED1N, Few Zealand, July 20.-
angels Of night were descending
o|a the evening skies and ascending
no waves Of the Pacific and rid.
own in black chariot. of shadow
he mountains of Now Zealand as
preached the harbor Of Auckland,
be lighthouse Oh tho rocks held up
hat torch to keep us off the reefs
b show us tho way to safe wharf
a|o scoming to say: "Yonder is q path
81 fyesl Ride into peacel Accept the
|tpme of this islandp'
WAS half past 2 o'clock when the
bt screw of our steamer ceased to
t the waters, and the gangplank
HAk |owered, and we descended to the
HnI lnnd, our name called as we heard
X tOken by q multitude who were
ih1ft to greet us. Strange sensation was
ii 1000 miles from home to hear our
nnine pronounced by those whose faces
n1 kad never seen before, and whose
lk.,6s could be only dimly seen now by
Fhelhnterns on the docks and the lights
1i our ship, just halted after long
Nosake What made the night more
moli.irable was that l was suddenly in.
Formed at O'Clock | was to lecture in
flitir hall, and 80 minutes was short
4. J. ,II,
10 ret physical and mental equipoise aft
III days pitching. But at s o'clock i
80s 1eady and confronted throng of
NfbIIi4 cordial and genial as any one
e<ef saluted from platform or pulpit
tod how for many days had been
looking off on great ocean of ipecac,
bat that l had not wanted, as many say
nndef such circumstances, to be thrown
00s6bonrd, and that did not think any
one ever did want to be thrown over
hoard, and reminded them of the seasick
NofaRer who said he wished to be
IhfaNn into the sea, and the captain had
sailor dash ON him q pailful of cold
qeoar water, and when the soaked and
shiEeIing man protested and asked the
efptnin what he meant by such an in
sliIl Me captain replied, "You wanted
TO be fhrown overheard, and l thought
would let you try how you liked a
bucket of the water before you took the
vI.oIe ocean.
Never SO glad were we to stand ON
ftp land as the night of our arrival at
Hue1land. Wondrous New Zealand
Few people realize how it was discover.
td They tell us of Captain Cook and of
Dufeh navigators, but all the islands of
tire South sea as we'll as this immense
NoF Zealand were discovered as a result
0f the effort to watch the transit of
tiius over the suns disk from the
Aonth seas. The Royal society sent out
ships for this purpose, and Captain Cook
and the Astronomers and botanists who
acc0upanied him on his voyage were
Gully the agents of science. How the in
ferests Of this world are linked with the
behavior of other worlds, and how the
fact nientioned suggests that most of the
valuable things known in this world
h1ve been found out while looking for
Solaething else, and what sublimity all
this gives to the work Of the explorer,
1he lfansit of Venus an island of light,
resulting in the transit of many islands
from the unknown into the we'll known.
But the prowess of such men can never
bs fully appreciated. The sea captain
who futa out in this day of charts and
naVi eating apparatus with ship of 10,-
900 tolS for another hemisphere, daring
tYphoons and cyclones, strange currents
md hidden rocks, must be a brave man,
hut who can measure the courage of
Cabot ok Marco Polo or Captain Cook
sailing out into unknown seas, across
triIdefDesses of water that have never
been mapped, in ships of 200 tons, dis
covering rocks only by running upon
fhNin md met OH shore by savages ready
to IN roast them
These challengers of tempest and can
nibaii2n and oceanic horror must have
had aerye and valor beyond that of any
tthtf heroes. Such men set New Zea-
land ~ gem into the crown of the
worlds typography. To me and to most
peopI8 who come here New Zealand is q
splendid surprise. We have all read 80
iouoh about the superstitions and out
rageoue cruelty of this land in other |
times that we are startled ON arriving |
here 10 ind more churches in New Zea-
Land than III America in proportion TO the
Of the population. In one village |
.hat visited since coming here find !
sight chnrches TO a population Of 5000
people There are too many churches in
'',nay places in New Zealand, and they
Iu4.It each other and contend for right
N ppNsession, hindering each other and
'|a|{ slarFing many Of their ministers,
NJ d anfa 30 be the case when there are
|1 mary churches, and consequently
Rts enough support for every one OF
IoII'ff surprise to me is that female
't|i. Ia&t n IN full blast. found elegant
'14'.s '|||'pg Of their experience at the
||H''Nl boz. and | hereby report 10 the
A tN.|,t1n ladies now moving for the
||4t> af 9tnale suffrage that New Zea.
AI|H |f t|tar ahead Of them, and that
80 AKIt|pltnt has been made here sue,
II4INi.4 Instead OF the ballot box dc.