Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-20

ropsen with his native coachnlsn and
footman, going to some grand affair
OF state. or merely the lovely drive
The bracing night air, the soft sea
breeze, the murmur of the ocean at
the sea wall. the twinkling OF the
senioretas lovely eyes. dark as mid
night and hidden with the flashes OF
fire. the hum OF voices. now the twang
of the guitar. all go to make a scene
reminding one of the goddess of pleas
ure. Well. good night to Manila.
We broke camp on the 2Sth Of Feb
ruary and took the same road to the
many heartaches of sunshine and
shadow. Many bitter. many loving
remembrances of the Filiplnos. We
took aboard the Logan 500 OF our sol
dier hero dead. of the bullet and dread
disease, and set sail for Nagasaki,
Japan. via the inland sea of Japan.
We passed through scenery which ri
yals the famous Mediterranean.
through cnannels just deep and wide
enough for our transport The large
| wooded hills on each side. the road
way. the ever progressing railroad,
the factories, the mines. the titled
hillsides, the small rustic houses. the
| fortified hills, the light houses. the
scenes of cities of industry and sights
showing the greatness Of the Japan
ese government. The Japs call them
selves the Britons Of the orient and
deserve such title. After a journey
of seven days we dropped anchor in
| Nagasaki to take on coal and to give
the boys little exercise We were
allowed shore leave. BY the way.
We had on board the Logan about 800
of the 34th regiment and 7S0 of the
33d, what was left of a full regiment
Of 1.450 men, SO in all we amounted
to about one regiment and We were
crowded. / do not like to say too
much about the grub. 1t was-when
We didn't have the money to buy COM
missary chow, but that is past. thank
heavens. We went ashore and the
Japs treated us pretty nicely. and we
took rides in their little jerickshaws.
which is a two wheeled cart Be-
tween the shaft the man pulls you
along Just like horse, and he goes
pretty fast. enjoyed myself high
ly. 1t costs about ten cents ah hour
to ride in one of these. took In
the bazaars, the Japanese theater and
dance, the temples of the deities and
the country side. The Japs love the
Americans and are very good natured
and ike to learn things the American
way. saw one sight that amused
me. In front of the big Nagasaki
hotel. beautiful big building con-
structed on European style. along the
wharf the government is filing and
building stone wall Engaged in
labor on the big pile driver were some
l50 young women of the lower class
bringing down the hammer. As they
start to lift this big hammer one starts
a song to one of their deitIes or gods
and at the chorus they all bring down
the hammer. and at the interval of
tive or three minutes they have the
chorus, sometimes longer It was a
novel sight. Nagasaki has about
the same climate as here and IL gets
very cold there. There was quite a
snow fall little before l arrived and
snow was on the mountain sides in the
distance when l left In the harbor
were some fifteen war vessels OF the
civilized nations of the world, and it
was interesting to watch the scenes
around you OF industry hundreds of
natives with his queer boat selling ba-
zaar stun and fruits; the loading of
coal on the transport by tho Japan
ese women and men In little wicker
baskets which they passed hand to
hand till they filled the big chutes OF
the Logan; the merry songs of the
girls. pretty little doll looking. rosy
cheeks. smiling countenance and not
an ugly one among them. At night
in the star lit harbor the twinkle of
the electric lights of the boats, the
men of war. the bugle calls of re-
treats and taps of the different ma
tions. the sounds of the bands on deck
and life on the transport. the soldier
in his pastime. reading. playing cards.
smoking, songs and recitatiOns, all
float before me now and make me
once more want to renew. the scene
of this eventfui homsward journey.
Well. goodbye Japan. We are now
on the waters of the Pacific, past Ko-
be and the light houses. the quaran-
tine station and on the Pacific home
ward bound to Old American. Three
cheers and tiger for home sweet
home. nearly two years gone mid hard,
ships. pleasure and palace, we will
soon be home. After an uneventful
trip on the 2Sth of March we sighted
the light house at the entrance to
Golden Gate"