Arizona republican., 1918-01-13

We crossed the line 1S0" (equator)
 on the 10th of June Breakfast was an hour earlier than usual. Shortly
 after this a company. comprising the
 initiated grotesquely costumed to | impersohate king, queen and full re- tinue of followers, Cudge, attorney 1 at-law, police, dentist, physician, barbers, etc) marched out upon the 1 quarterback the band playing suitable
 music.
 1 Then the procession went-forward
 to the forecastle where preparations
 had previously been made. There
 was a raised platform on which were
 a table, a bench and three chairs.
 Back of the platform, on the deck, was tank of salt water. The three chairs were made each of a long and
 a short board, through which was an iron rod, the balance nicely fixed
 so as to keep the chairs in the proper
 position.
 Their royal majesties sat on the
 bench and the fur began. The of
 ficers were tried first.
 Chaplain, you are charged with
 having the unlimited gall of trying
 to flirt with her royal majesty, the
 Queen of Neptune; furthermore. you
 are charged with resting six days in
 the week and working on the sev
 enthl'
 After due deliberation, he is found
 guilty, as are the others, fined seV
 eral dollars, condemned to kiss the
 baby (The baby" was a huge
 gentleman of color, dressed as an
 infant and carrying a gallon bottle
 'e
 baby food' and in one end of which
 was placed a rubber tube, while the
 other end of the tube was in his
 mouth. The punishments of the enlisted l men differed from that of the of , ficers. As they were found guilty , (never mot guilty,O the sentences
 were somewhat like this: "U-54," |" kiss the baby" etc.; then the
 dentist examined their teeth with a blacksmith's tongs, the physician" 7 administered a "dose" of ill-tasting liquid and a pill of unpleasant quali-
 ties, and the barbers, by far the most
 glorious of the Neptune party, cut tufts of hair anywhere on the head . that was handiest, then sat them down in the chairs and daubed into the faces and on the head of the convicted men graphite and axle grease, By a dexterous movement of the barbers feet, the chairs were inverted, their occupants falling the tank, where the "U-54" . was forcefully illustrated.
 Neptune Rex and his party were a grand success. The sport lasting until we'll into the afternoon. June 14th found the ships crew staring longingly at the bright blur of colors which Bahia, Brazil, perch ed upon her roost-like cliff, presented from the ship. There is one peculiar characteristic in the architecture of Latin off-springs, that is symmetry If on one side of a building there is a cupola, then must there be an homologous one erected on the other side, and the single "steeple" in the center is an exception rather than a rule.
 There was liberty here, but no
 one was heard "spilling" rhapsodies about their good times ashore. June 22nd we sailed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arriving there the 18th.
 Rio de Janerio is said to have the most beautiful harbor ir, the world | Towering crags are picturesquel, grouped around the deep bay, rang ing in height from mere wave washed rocks to the monarch Cor. \ cavado, 2,312 feet high. The Sugar. loaf an apparently single rock, rise. 1,295 feet above the sea, whose wave. beat against it's south side base. 4 suspended cable connects it's cres with that of a neighboring peak ant "joy sponges" may swing througl \ space across the dizzy intervenin. depression in a basket-like affai that depends from cables. Tn \ Sugarloaf stands sentinel at tn - gates of the bay and could easil,