The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-08-12

all the states have been hOnored in this
way, and a great many of the cities. In
the upper grove a very symmetrical Sc
quota, handsome in a wealth of green
foliage, for it branches rather lower
than most of them, has been named
Honolulu 1t is not one of the very
largest Of the sequois though it is still
giant as compared with the youthful
pines and frs of probably only a cen
tury's growth. We cheered heartily
when we saw it and the remainder of
the party joined in the cheers with right
good WILL for Honolulu has friends
everywhere.
A little before noon we reached the
picturesque log cabin provided by the
state for the keeper. For the four miles
square which includes the Mariposa
Grove was given by Congress in trust
to California to be preserved perpetual
ly for the wonder and enjoyment of
men. A sign on this cabin announcing
that it is also the office of a Justice of
the Peace momentarily produces quite a
sensation, so suggestive is it of a Gret-
ma Green and so harmonious with the
surroundings is the suggestion. Nor is
the suggestion merely Whimsical A
number Of marriages have taken place
there which We're not the termination,
let us hope, but the elimination of
romances.
This cabin is in the midst of strik-
ing group of sequoas. There are
score or more of the giants right
around it, and very few of any other
kind Of tree. one of these giants
suffered severely from fire-probably
long before the Christian era-which
followed it out near the base, and into
this hollow seventeen cavalrymen on
their mounts have crowded themselves.
The names of General Grant, General
Sherman, General Sheridan, General
Logan and other ciyil war celebrities
have been given to trees in this group
and indeed they are not unworthy mo-
numents to fifty typify the greatness of
these men. Lunch, provided by the
Wawona Hotel, is eaten in a pavilion
built in 1901 by the commissioners. 1t
is close to a spring whose clear and
sparkling water still carries the tenn
perature of it's source, the melting snow
in the mountain SUBMITS, far to the
east. There are no such picnic grounds
anywhere else in the world. The sha-
dow of these identical trees fell in this
place Wnen DANIEL ana MS companion
sat down by the rivers of Babylon and
wept when they remembered Zion.
After lunch the drive is still further
through the giant grove giving a view
Of nearly everyone of the 900 or more
trees which may be called giants, and
then to Wawona Point, 5000 feet above
sea level where one of the most en-
trancing panoramas imaginable spreads
itself before the eve. To the north
and east Is Star King mountain, typical
of the peaks of the Sierras which tower
one above another rising into the fast
nesses Of glacier ice and perpetual snow
To the west is Wawona valley, magnifi-
cent in it's sweep and reaches, deep and
wide without being rugged; its forests
seen from above, so park-like in stateli-
ness; great meadows clothed in green or
dotted with hayricks; there is a peace
full quietness, a serenity and rest, that
in its contrast with the towering noun
tains is like a simple melody in the
crash and thunder of the Orchestration
of a grand opera. 1t Is no wonder
that many are tempted to lOlter here
and spend days before going on to Yose-
mite.
CHARLES L. RHODES.