The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14

Mr. Cleminson is ono Of the most extern
siye and successful of our American wool
dealers in Australia. In company with
Mrs. Cleminson, he has crossed the Pa
cific twenty-one times, and has made d
barrel of money" The devotion of this
couple TO each other is remarkabl as
they are constantly together and often
Tor hours in the day seemed ObliVious to
the rest of the world. Then the con-
traSt in manner and disposition. The
gentleman is restless, active bold. point
ed duff and prOfane, though his dress IS
1aultless and his manner polished when
the occasion requires, while the lady is
one OF the most true types Of easy
graceful frankness and propriety ] ever
saw She had Travelled, observed. read
talked and thought, seeming to have de-
Veloped an incapacity for doing any i'm
proper thing.
Mr. Mckenzie Bowel, too minister of
trade in the Canadian cabinet, became
my friend the same pleasant day. Mr.
Bowel is hale. hearty, vigorous and pug
nacious at seventy. is an able newspaper
man and typical politician. He be-
lieves in success, and that the methods
by which success are obtained are right.
per Sc. He has been member of the
lower house at Ottawa for many years,
and when Sir John Thompson came into
power he was appointed TO life position
in the upper house and made "A member
OF the cabinet. He Is a protectiOniSt of
the most ultra type, and many a good
natured tilt had we on the tariff ques-
ton
I really enjoyed picturing the iuconsist-
circles of Mr. Bowel. for while he is
most uncOmprOmising champion of trade
restrictions (prOtectiOn). yet he favored
sUbsidizing a ship line to increase trade
with another country that favors restric-
tion-thus taxing his people TO keep
goods out taxing them again to subSi-
die "A ship line to bring them in. and
tEen tax them again to send him abroad
To persuade another people TO violate
their commercial policy by further taxing
the people.
However Mr.. Bowel was so clever in
his Inconsistencies that I formed a strong
liking for him. which was not in the
least weakened when few weeks later
he scored me gently in a speech made to
the Melbourne chamber of commerce.
The social features OF the voyage were
rather formal, the officers came to dinner
in splendid uniforms. the ladies were OK
ccptionally attired and Messrs- Fleming.
Bowel and your correspondent We're
about the only ones who ignored the
rules OF society" We, however. were
fully justified in our conduct, the other
two holding positions above social de-
mands and I having no suitable clothes.
The Goth. 21st and 22d were all alike,
beautiful days: the sun shone all day,
not hot but a balmy. gentle breeze swept
the ocean tempering the atmosphere to
the feelings of those breathing it.
Saturday, 23d the weather was fine.
and as we had reached latitude p de-
grees north. il was so warm that our
English friends. including the officers.
came out i'm white pants, vests and
Jackets. General discussion became
moro warm and the prejudiceS Of the
English became more marked as the
subjects of converse ton broadened. Mr..
('lpmlnGOn
the only Americans, and while we were
treated nicely. the naughty air Of the
British was noticeable when we came To-
the point i'm which Hawaiian affairs were
discussed. / was equal TO the emergency
in the arguments. and the bold Boston
pride of Mr.. Cleminson gave our English
cousins no easy victory. For five days
we had seen not a ship. hardly a bird or
a fish, but on this Saturday we saw
thousands of flying fish. and TO most
of us they were very interesting. l had
read much Of these strange little fishes
and the opinions of their aerial powers,
but all descriptions were imperfect and
conveyed little idea Of the facts. L had
formed the opinion that these little bird
fish really but skipped from the crest of
one wave To another. using their wing
like fins only TO aid them slightly in sus-
tanning themselves in the air. This is
a mistake. L had also read. and was led
To believe, that they darted only in
straight line. touching the waves TO
dampen their fins to enable them for an
other flight. This. too. is a mistake. as
they arise often as high as twenty feet
from the water. and turn, curve and
change directions easily as a swallow.
While it is true they rarely fly more
than. say 200 yards. il is as true a fly
as that of any bird. and their wings are
as truly formed as the wings of the
butterfly and have a sticky or Shiny COW
ering that dries very slowly. The upper
deck of our vessel was fully sixteen feet
above the water and on this evening
one of these fishes. about eight inches
long. landed on the upper deck. close to
the cabin wall. 1 now have one of the
wings and shall send it to one of my
friends in the middle states.
On Sunday morning about 6 o'clock
we steamed into Honolulu harbOr. on the
island Oahu, Of the Hawaii group, 1000
miles from San Francisco. The scene
one of almost understandable beauty.
The clouds that fiOated low in the trop-
ical sky were so soft and neecy in APP
pearance as to seem like summer
dreams
As ] wrote Of Honolulu previously and
propose in this TO give but a sketch Of
the voyage proper. 1 only remark that
we all enjoyed the call at this paradise
of the Pacific, as seven days at sea
creates a longing for something more
stable than an overlooking and tossing
ship.
II being Sunday and the weather be-
ing exceptionally fine. all the passengers
went on land and the almost endless
confusion of brilliant flowers. the luXuri-
ant tropical vegetation. the long rows OF
graceful cOcOanut palms heavily laden
with ripening fruit. the banana, rice
coffee and sugar fields the gentle land
Scape with gently rounded mountains
the broad blue ocean stretching away TO
our own America, the small. brown
rather pretty, amiable and sensual ma
tives fitting across and through the
streets the ladies with quaint hats
gaudy Mother Hubbard dresses, bare
feet and shapely ankles, with numer-
Gus interesting pictures of art in ma
ture to fill in the space, were interesting
TO a thrilling degree We sang with the
salvation army. prayed with the Portu-
guese, rode with the Chinaman drank
with the Englishman, swOre with the
Irishman, smoked with the American
and danced the hula hula with little
brown damSels, whose eyes were as be-
witching as their movements We're de-
moralizing and INDUCED in ancient fol-
lies through the most modern methods.
Late in the afternoon we slowly
steamed out Of the small harbor through
the very narrow and tortuous channel
into the great broad ocean.
Soon the islands disappeared. but for
some reason the gloom of the voyage
was gone. We had drank in a new life.
To most of us this first call at this DecuI-
iarly changing spot left a feeling of
cheerfulness and delight for before
opinions has been canvassed. experiences
exchanged, jokes toned down, adventures
relat ted and little uaughtinesses ex-