El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-11
TRANSPORT LIFE
AT SEA

From the Manila TimeS.1

rose, especially after the ship has lef
the harb0r and begins to pitch anG
toss On the heaving billOwS of oil
Neptune's domain. 1t is then that th,
ouLward-bOund recruit, who has nevei
been"rocked in the cradle of the deep,
and, mayhap, even the tried and war
worn veteran soldier, seasoned to ard
ships by former voyages, begins to sigl
and long for the steady bedsteed il
the dear old home and aoathemizel
the idiotic chump of a poet who raves
about the charms OF "life on the deer
blue sea" and The pleasure of a sailor
existence, and wish that instead O.
"plowing the main" he was safely
ashore hopping ver clods and plough
ing the old farm.
Or large, roomy, well-lighted aud
ventilated transports, such as the Han
cock, the Sherman and Others of like
tonnage, the troops are quartered
pleasantly enough to suit one accus
toned to barrsck life. In fact, the
change from stuffy shore quarters to
the breezy, airy hunks in the 'tweer
decks of q large transport, is all in ia
vor of the latter. The berths are
ranged on port and starboard quarters
of the ship, fore and aft, in tiers of two,
one above the other.
In fine weather land the voyage to
San Francisco. even during the social.
ed ''typhoon" season, is usually q
pleasant one) the China Seas and the
| Muddy Yellow Sea, the outlet of the
mighty Yang Use Kisng, the river
which annually is supposed to claim its
million victims during it's overflow,
the region of typhoon and its impend-
ing calamities, shipwreck and death,
are soon left behind, and the voyager
enters The ever placid waters oi
romaptio Topop3s 1Ova1u Inland Goo
Several days usually elapse ere the
transports are ready to proceed to sea
from Nagasaki, which gives everyone
inclined for the picturesque, artistic,
charming and bright and romantic
side of life plenty of time to Gee all
that can be seen.
To lay in a little stock of curios,
pictures and souvenirs, which a be
bought for q trihe, If %judiciously
manoeuvred in the land OF the rising
sun, where civilized customs nave en-
tered to the extent of corrupting the
not too Ruileless and honest Jap, ac-
cording to the appearance and ap-
parent financial stutus of the purchas-
er. Most of the old priceless heirloons
of swords, l~acquer-ware and wonder
Gus carvings in ivory, ebony and other
woods, have found their way int his
t~orical, famous European snd Ameri-
q SOs1CSSAOh5s oag 40oAhu US1SS
shell sampans ~(native bOats) in mini
asure, pretty carvings, artistic en-
broidery and needle work and really
we'll executed copies of photos or
pictures on silk can be had for q trifle.
On to the great commercial centre
of Japan, busy Yokohama, the soldiers
eyes, long accustomed to grim scenes
of war and d~esolation, are gladdened
by m~uititudes Of objects, q veritsb BILE
n q ~ VOL nf nt0fyprao on6 Orionfol ms
tunes and a babel of polyglot dialects.
Not much time Is lost here. The great
transport al if endowed with the spirit
sctuating captain, officers and crew,
seems anxious to max a record trip
and bear the boys in blue and brown
who so Loyalty upheld the honor of the
flag, speedily back to home and the
embrace Of loving arms awaiting them.
Bright, glorious, happy thoughts; Tor
gotten are hardships, wounds and trials
of campaign life;trisls and easy to bear
are the burdens exacted by Father
Neptune from travellers on his domain.
What does il matter, If a hurricane is
blowing outside, and the matches are
battened down, portfolios and every
other means for ventilation closed,
chests. trunks, boxes, crOkery and
mess utensils playing pitch and toes to
the tune of Old Oceans music What
L WIG Will WIVES ooyluR
Your next bunk neighbor Is bowling
out, 'I'm dead, OF going to be; I'm SO
SICK" and you perhaps likewise don't
feel much in the humor for induleing
in a square meal protein, but what doe
it matter? Nsught-'tis like the
whistliug Of the wind, feeting and
like the oar of the gale.
Like your voyage on the ocean, the
must come when 1t will cease, and
49, --
The last calling place of homeward-
bound transports In Honolulu. Sunny,
volcanic, palm-bordered, shell-strewn
Isles of Sandwich. missionary sand
a Ia Ksnaka used to be the local
d. ouvre, and have only recently
been abolished: since King Kalakaua,
tat and gracious Queen Liliokalsn's
became civilized and mi
slated into the game of draw poker).
But that is in the dead past, and so is
King Kalakaua, and his able tutor in
national American game, genial,
OVAL, Count" Smith. erstwhile chief
at the Palace Hotel, San Francis
%. Honolulu. and Hilo Beach remains.
With its brilliant verdure, its rolling
and bri9ht-eyed, ~fower-crown-
ID laughing Kanaka maidens dancing
he-well, I've forgotten, some jolly
erpsichorean evolution-with clapping
Il usnos ahu SleeiuI houts OF mlrtn
nd the beating of tom-toms "C'est lg
lie" in happy Honolulu.
A few more days of quiet sailing
trough the calm and placid and then
he shout from the man on the fo'c'stle
lead Land ho!" and swiftly the cliffs
t Hail Columbia loom up on the no.
lion. Proudly, with flying colors, the
hip steams through the Golden Gate.
voyage on q transport with its
.ady and sunny sides is at an end and
Home'' is before you. Home.
S20.O 90 u. S. CIV. to Mexico CitV and