Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-22

In thg clouds. dropping almost rrerln.-
t0usly into the sea; narrow E1rgcs. BOO
which the steamer muHt tack this WY
and shat as h winds through Islands
OF green and Islands ~ rock Here AFRO
fields ~ floating lcr. through which The
boat crashes. nlrrpv 01r1s. iu which
the black water ls 5000 feet deep and
in short. such "a variety OF scenic wou-
ders N clouds. mountain ana sea that
I doubt whether their like can be found
In the world ~ you could take she
most picturesque parts ~ the Andes
The Hlmalayas and The Alps, could sink
thCm up o. their uFckH Do dark blue
water and nun cloud masses down with
thHru Into The sea ana wrap their rug
red Sides flr up from the waters edge
Ntih wonderful mantle u green.
which D. now brilliant In the sunlight
nov frosted snow and now 70 loaded
with Ice that % lies 81 terraces az
shcir sides. you might have faint
idea " some VI natures wonders IN lhc
MaEolltus.
oN \ SOUTH PACIFIC STEAMER
But ! despair OF giving vivid pie
turC " our ride through this uruhIpei-
ago. IL lasted three days. and % vas
such "a series OF wonders that only
telegraph % the gods worked by jhelf
own hands could paint them on she
rctlnh % your Imagination. All / shall
attempt % 10 take you with mo
through s1mo few places By tran
script u my notes made upon she
ground, We start Loo the bay N CarU.
mel our steamer the IiauH 0f tho
koamos line. bound Tor Hamburg via
she strait, lies In the harbar. She lt
"a German ship W $500 tons, lighted
and heated BY steam. Captain Bohr.
mann. her commander. n 0grnan. aud
w are all the passengers. lf ~ ard
crew. We speak German at 90. table.
ana are. In fac. % small Ole. ~ Ger
mauy in one u the qulctcHt hltUlrs ~
t1n coast N Chile. ] so 20 my cabin.
10 ~ No. A.. and is ns good 70 room ap
that of an Atlantic liner The cooking
Or German. Tho meats are fresh. A. 4
80 down b dinner / hear the squawk
90 chicken. our meats are carried
alive 20 board, w that latrr on We shall
listen O. The haa-lnE u sheep. tho
ErunuuE Of pigs ana the cackllnE 10
goose mixed with she CrunChlug VI the
lee nolds ~ the steamer makes IL way
through them. Before ! pay the so
which "a my fare 60 nuuta Arenas on
thc strait VI Magellan ask u the ship
VIII 40 via smyths channel The reply
y yes The kuamus " the only line
mat taxes this route, the other ships
llhs through the strait prcfcrrlng o.
atand the storms which sweep up along
the west coast fram cape Horn 10 Inc
BARROW, dangerous. slow, but more
qulDi, lnnd-lucksd waters Of the Pntt.
E1nian coast. We siisli ira.te.t.s-Frrvrl
very slowly ana must anchor al ulght,
pHt utt1fe We start lcf uH take look
~ our trip. What h the cargo9 We
hiNp AVy9 tons " slltpcfcr Tor Ger
many, 1000 barrels of chilean hInry
Tor dircrgut paris 81 Europe. hundreds
VI rolls ~ CHILEAN solo leather Tor nus.
aia and wheat aud wine for punta
Arrnah and Mlntovidel. We are nI,y
taking on 800 tons " coal HraWnv
chilean peasants arr putting ID mo
me ship. They stand Ia 'llghtcrs or
hAt nlhta ana Use shlvclH 10 throw thI
coal up 10 the platforms under the
doors ~ h. hold mere IIhor prlsaH's
shovel u 10. They swear a. lhsy work.
ana We hear them atiil swearing AID
h.aNinE 49, We 80 20 bod
IN THE LANn-I.OCKED SEAS OF
SOUTH.
We awake Tar our in the Pnclnc Tue
steamer ia rolling. the white caps are
dancing over the waves and away on
70 tho eastward We can make out the
rant blue outline OF south chile. A
dhy later in storm and rain we steam
past the long, narrow island or CHLOE.
which the government n trying 20
colonize. and on the evening of tho
icnoa ana come 20 anchor az the en-.
trance 90 the channel The water IL
Ike mill pond. The steamer moves
slowly We seem to be In great
river rather than In the ocean. We
are sailing among the clouds through
the water-nlled nvlnoa of aofnr u tho
greatest " The worlds mountains on
our right are Ernfa-clnd Islands on
our left are rugged, ragged peaks rising
In all shapes out OF the sea. There h
one clothed In green which reminds
you OF the Pyramid Of Ohlzuh. and
there u another which II fair likeness
of the smashed nose sphinx. In front
the green hills are climbing over one
another like a troop OF giants playing
leap frog, ana farther on they rise up
wand ln fort-llke walls OF green "a thou.
sand feet hlgh, losing themselves In
that misty white cloud which rests
above them The channel narroWa
ana wldrnh. Now We are In lakes sur
rounded by snpw-capprd mountains.
now In canons, Now we sail by break
In the mountain walls, deep nord
with moss green walls snow dustca "a
thousand feet hgh and allied wl,h
black water a thousand feet deep. As
We look the sun breaks 10 way into
the gorge and turns tho water 10 ali-
ver II paints diamonds In the snow
u 10 musa-green sides over there Il
a glacier, great green mass shining
out upon the ragged Sides " a snowy
mountain. Zee the sun has struck II
and u u now a bed Of omeralds In a
setting of frosted silver.
The weather ana tho sky changes
every moment. ana before ua "a an
ever-varying panorama OF sky and sea
ana land We Fall out OF tho sunlight
into snow storms and steam right out
OF the snow Into che run. Now the
sky Is almost blue overhead, with
freoy white clouds scattered here and
ihore through a. cloud masses here
nestle ga the velyety laps OF the hills.
there they wrap Themselves about the
snowy peaks as though 20 warm
them, and there they stucp down ana
press warm. tantallzlng kIssrs upon
their lcy lips, Upon the anoW-dustad
hills and dark water are aashea Of an.
YER whore the sun has p1ked rs way
through the clouds The varying light
makes tho channel on one side % the
shin black. on the other side Il h of a
beautiful yellowlHh green, ana behind
where the sun strikes 10 the ship has
LEFT a path OF molten silver The hills
change even as the water under the
sun. Now they are dark. The sun
washes them with lis rays and the
ferns and moss and trees brighten
The IA eyed volcanic background of m.
rocks show out and through the green
and black falling hundreds ana some,
tlmeH thnusands VI feet almost strairht
down are sllvory cascades, some as Ne
AS your wrist, othera no larger around
than your little uuHgF, Thea M. IL