The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-05

the ocean. but I saw many other
things l never expected TO. The main
part OF the building covers a plunge.
whose magnitude 1 could hardly de-
scribe. but you can gain some concep-
ton OF IL when you know that there
were two whole regiments of soldiers
and lots of townspeople all in together.
and still plenty of room left for more.
1 didn't go into the plunge, but after
watching some swimming races, went
into the museum. in another part Of the
building. This is something you and all
the s. q. N. boys ought to see. Jim. Ii
is simply immense. There is every kind
of animal. bird, flower. FISH and other
curio that is worth preserving. 1t is said
to be one Of the best collections in the
United States, and l guess il Is. Our
boys could learn more by a few visits
to such a place as this than by several
years Of book study. From the Cliff
house I went to the Golden Gate park.
and I tell you II is a park. not the little
corrals we are accustomed to by such
a title. but acres and acres of walks
and drives. surrounded on all sides by
gardens and trees. l said gardens. but
that may convey the wrong impression
they are garden flowers. to be sure. but
do not seem to be cultivated. They grow
everywhere as plentiful as grass, and
even the trees arc primeval. except per-
haps the palm. fig and odoriferous va
rieties. i did not go through all the
Lark. as 1t would require a day or more
to do 1t. i spent most Of my time at
h museum. This, too, like the park or
h Cliff house, Is not what Butte peo-
pie would expect from the name. In
stead OF a conglomeration of cages.
wax works and the like, the interior Is
divided on into rooms, over the doors
Of which are the words: Art Gallery
Gallery of Painting OF fine arts, of
statuary. etc. The paintings were very
ine. One especially impressed me. 1t
was entitled 'Homeward From the
Hunt a scene draw from life in the
Sierra Nevada mountains. Not only the
subject, blu its vivid portrayal, is what
impressed me. ! ont think I ever saw
anything SO realistic Inc rue to life be-
fore. 1t would be q great thing to hang
up in the reception room of the S. o. N.
CD studio. Another thing. too, that in
terested me was in the Gallery of De-
signs and Models q perfect model of
the monitor Monterey, recently sent to
reinforce Dewey's fleet. But with the
museum, as with the Cliff house and
park. lack of time prevented me from
seeing the biggest part. but l am going
to try to go again sometime, and then
l a tell you more abou it,.
ItstcTudy JOc anu i COnCluueO tndt
camp life was monotonous, so we
sneaked the guard and went up town
to see the sights. We went to the
wharves and saw all the ships coming
and going, also some fellows fishing
with a drag net. They pulled up star
fish and all sorts Of curious specimens.
If ] had had the money l would have
sent you some by express. but maybe
I'll have a better chance later on. The
China M of tho Shtte s.nt Is 40 taEa
us to the Philippines. was locked i'm
the Pacific Mail wharf. We asked one
of the United States customs officials
to let us in to get a view of IL, and he
not only let us go through the customs
house, where very few are above to
enter, but he also gave us permission
to go on board the ship. She is a mon
ster, l tell you. the largest that ever
entered the San Francisco wharf. 425
feet long, and makes % knots, or over 20
miles, per hour. and though she is only
a passenger and mail steamer, is pro-
tected by an armor of three-fourths-inch
hardened steel. She is just as handsome
inside, too, as she Is massive outside.
The staterooms are just like bedrooms
In a first-class hotel, only in miniature.
and the cabin. saloon, etc. are furnished
as luxuriantly as a mansion. You may
imagine h a treat ii was for me. not
only IL was the first ship | had
ever been on. but Joe and ] can boast
of being the first and only members of
our regiment to have boarded her. /
hope we sail on her. and it is possible
that we will. She is the largest ship
ours is the largest regiment. We
ended our day in the city by going to
the top of the Claus Spreckles the ia
nous Hawaiian uga planter) building,
which is Is stories high, besides a dome
OF foul stories n a tower two stories
above that. Well, / could write much
more, but this is almost a newspaper
now, so l will close, hoping to hear
from you soon. and with regards to
VIII. w. b. n all the boys (also the
girls)."