New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-03

and there beheld the most miserable lot
of humanity I ever saw. Some were
stretched ou. on chairs wrapped in
bla nkets; some were walking the deck !;
others were leaning over the railing,
throw ing up all they had eaten for a
week. Friday was lonely day. On
Saturday the passengers began to crawl
about and gradually they all reached
their atural selves again. Mr.. G.. and
myself are among the few who have es-
capped the calamity. I haven't lost a
meal, excepting the very first, felt the
least disturbed, nor even felt dizzy to
amount to anything. The service on
board is very good. We have fine
state room and by simply pressing a
button anything we wish is brought to
our cabin. I am not used to servants
and it seemed very strange to have a
pig tailed Chinaman right at my elbow
ready to do my bidding.
There are nearly two hundred first
class passengers On board and three or
four times as many steerage and Aslatics.
A prince of Hawaii, the nephew OF Queen
Liliokalani and five diplomats from
Japan are among the passengers. like
the Japs, they are very intelligent, soci-
able and entertaining. My sincerest
wishes are with them in their struggle
against Russia.
We ale now plying along through a
comparatively smooth sea, and the voy-
age is very pleasant. The vastness of
the sea has never so impressed me be-
fore. For four days we have plodded
steadily onward at the rate of fifteen
knots an hour. We reach Honolulu on
Wednesday morning. From Honolulu
we proceed to Yokahoma (June y, to
Kobe June 81, to Nagasaki June l1),
to Shanghai June 14) and thence to
Hong Kong (June 10. Hong Kong is
the destination of this vessel. We will
disembalk there and wait For another
vessel to take us to Manila.
We stop at least a day in each of the
above named places.
sRoll on, thou dark and deep blue
ocean, roll" never meant to me what it
does now. The water seems such a
deep blue, a color that have never seen
initiated. Never quiet; as far as the eye
can reach the same monotonous, restless
sea rolls on and on. How 1t impressed
one of the grandeur of creation, mans
insl gnifance, yet his unlimited posi-
bilities,, the greatness and handiwork of
the God, our Creator.
You understand i have made but a
small part of my journey. I will write
again from Yokohoma.
MAY %, 1904.
At sea again and two days have
slipped by since we bade farewell to
land.
The first day after leaving Honolulu,
l spent in recuperating my weary self,
for truly while there / exerted myself to
the uttermost; one is pardonable for
such an offense and under such circum-
stances, is he not?
Today am going to try to tell you
of Honolulu, the beautiful city of
Hawaii, half way across the Pacific, the
place where. the wind is balmy, and the
air soothing, where flowers grow
luxuriantly and abundantly. The cross
road of three continents, America, Asia
and Australia. The point of division
between the Occident and Orient-the
West and the East.
On Thursday, May 25, at about s
o'clock in the morning we came in sight
of land. The first island we hailed was
HAWAII, the largest of the group, then
we passed Manimolokai, the island on
which there is leper settlement, and
then reached Oahu, on which Honolulu
is situated. We reached Honolulu about
three o'clock. Our ship was stopped
outside the bay for quarantine in.
spection, after which we were permitted
to pass into port.
Prince David, who would have been
the heir to the throne had not the form
of government changed, boarded the
ship with his staff to greet Prince
Cupid, his brother, who represented the
island in the last session of congress.
We left the ship and passed on up the
street and got our first impressions O.
the tropics. Honolulu strikes tht
traveller az an nnto.date American c;tu