The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

shoots high in the air. and we kn are
another iceberg is born. The persS AIT
not so beautiful as at Taku, iiio''
rock. and debris being In inc ,.oo,y-yhite.
But the wonderful wall s. Ish after
save where the new ice shows fresn . @,
the falling bergs. and then the ni nv ne
blue-the tints that range tnrous" naiettci
greens and blues OF the palhtel ftower.
The glory of turrct, dome, a"Lh ~ vast-
the strange, scuptured forms, stailv on
ness the terror OF IL all, espeCia.,,u Of
board the ship with that tefrlplc "iare,r
ice seeming so near, A scctiou ,hoso
than usual an uprising or Ice rom oil
terrible depths-utter destructO"
would be the result. ,-o,, the
| have climbed Vesuvius. and fro,.i "a
crater's rim looked down on a 5oya.
and tumuit Gus flow OF cong 49, ~. Cam.
have seen ltaly's old ruins anu i'i p,oter's.
pagna from the dome OF u. 'S,,'iss
have drunk IN the beauty OF III have
Mountains and their baby a i-leiS l.; "a.
enjoyed most that was wonue. ~. our
Old World and IN our own CT snlen-
Yosemite and lnriyalled mountI .ta,.sfone
dor the delights OF a tour OF heiv" 80
Pari, and canyon-but nothing ~
seen has been beyond TINS III \ o.ir,,,n
The utter desolation-the vas, ~, ore
ucving thngi TIE immensely oa,d hid
fears its treachcrous creVasses AM
| den dangers. " thor a
II was essentially human that ailer
nights rest some OF US WERE "h -rt,aI
o'clock the next morning on oui ,,,sresf-
at Kcotznahoo fishing banks, as ~ ola
ed in fishing as II there VIZ rs a half
ciers in existence. My record was ca
but weighing fifty pounds, anu 10
snapper, served by special ordeI oi 80
captain at our table. 1t was 20 on IL
that after thirteen OF US hdu - s,v
scarcely showed mutilatiOn, / mishS 80
i'm parentheses. the largest halinu'
weighed eighty-five pounds. ,,n,s,oo n
Stopping a short time al hliSipD, =.
paradise for hunters. we saitu " t,,iy
TO Sitka, arriving there on the So "a ,''ye
We visited the Indian mission anu ~. ~
pleased with the work of the mlssioil ,,
The natives are clean. neat, WeH-et"' ,,et
ed and more intelligent than any -
seen. save Mr.. Duncan's peopie' ,',,,,'ts
at the museum some terrible instruiiie,,.ees
OF torture. A branch Of shrup .oF ,,e
with poisonous thorns was SHOWN ~
They used to beat their witches 10 80 49, n
with these. I afterward secured To-
branch. Il was more 10 me nj, H'i of bor-
dian baskets CT curios, for II tels Oh ns.
rOr and ignorance. Of unutteraple ito.s
and torture. and always the face OF HVir'
poor old woman looms up rom w 4.
nightcd past. and the plllui t,at, God
makes me say reverently: mann ,hoir
work sr,.o
Sitka Is called the Naples Of Amer liz ny,
I could see no great reseWpldlv' -,
channels are full OF pretty ISLANDS, Niou.Ae
rdgecomh. I'M the near distance, mas ~
extinct crater. filed with snow, lho w..
tiers are transparent, and far down III an on
depths we can see starilsh anu "a ,~s,,l
onones But we miss that wonu :. a "a,
blue of the Mediterranean us 3. re-
charm is tfat Of the vast unkhY""
zion stretching 10 the westNa ,,,,.s-
stka has the charm Of as7 al, ana v ,,,is
terry 1t is clean and neat w and
ore beautiful. the days were Ieriecl a.'e
en- the evening Of the 3d. we We s'V ySo s r..
an officer at the marine station W." s',.,sot
nailed the lowering of the flag at su''s''
90 T. NJ .,... hand,
The next day when patriotic mani i,i
end hearts were busy with nag anu Jun WI, a
ing. the usual Fourth Of July rac,S '''' ,
games. though mostly ~ lnalans -, ~
| 2id not seem so far away from noilg'
And. when. az Z =. NJ, we hoated aN as /,
with the canon's roar and m ggz% ye 0y we're ere
ar,one The commonplace things OF CIVIL
zatiOn once more. -. ,,,.
And so. I'm the golden glory OF the n' >,
through the most witchins scenery "a
! Peril Straits day after day, there sem seem
| ed no Sacramento Recora-O l''i'