Show RING OF CORAL ROCKh act Is the Island of Hio In I the Southern Pacific 1UI1TS Uf Illi ISIMILItS I IlLs Utliltli Unnuil IM rf a Ilr tl 1oultlM The InOUpiHitlilo Uixmuul Irco ami Nut and theIr Jinny IIM The lollowlng letter from a young inlulonary In lb Society Islands to his father and mother who resIde In Weber County Utah will b read with much merest OraTA HAD October oth 1894 I uamulu Isles Ill I with much pleasure that last away all thought ol missionary duty and the rapontlolllile of my olhce and calling and say hello once mole t ou cannot Imagine how good it feels at his distance truss home 5900 miles which It i equal lo ten times tao distance Irons Ulan to England or Germany when we consider mall lacilluct and allow onea thoughts lo wander where hey will in contemplation 01 home and its associations ll is a luxury which II ndulged In loo ollenbecomtiaiproiut tIne ol juriout letultit as thai ol eat log too muUi pie I have been blessed wtiht wonderlul control over myself in his repel thus tar so much so thai Inn haa never yet been heavy on nry lands or tceme I slow In patting hough wheu I get home It will I pdng day that 1 have been looking hut wahd lu lo yean our lellen of March loth April a6tli May und and Junu alb mall ol them mien over two yuan alter my ilejinr dIAr tare Irons the ami ol milk and honey rah mu July 1711 Augutt Join and 1 September 4111 some ol Ihrn beIng 5 days or over live months vnroute Thoy I were about a mouth coming 5000 ctlg mile and the other three months SU ng Ihe remaining 50 mile When hey reached theIr destination they foul < thenuclvc outside ol the pale of civilization wlurh Is I wllrh my present reii leuce a place lew I while men have ever seen I he people hero have a different language lan-guage altogellnr lo I the rahillaus though most ol them understand aome tab Imsx the du our peachmg 111 Hie Talntun language on ineir language i Is lot R v nIle language and the Dole Is i translated Ito me falutum Hut In ontertation uo have lo understand heir unwritten language or else not understand all bIas lies about joomllei coot ol 1 ahlti and is I visited aooul one or two llmet a inontli by tome trading soul to tlut we hear Irom the ouliide orlu once In a while llao like all the rOt ol I the 1aumotu Islet is l circular in sliape liace a linger ring on lIme table think ol the othmco outside the linn as the billowy omaeau and thin apace inside at a lagoon rang leg runt ten to several hundred lent ilerp 1 think ol Ihe narrow edge uf the ting at land and you have lIsa all In a nutshell the ring ol land being from al twenty eel lo u block wide but land I I It I composed entirely of rock there la nut a handful ot soil on the Island lube oats there are some I iiudy place but it J It moiily all coral rock locoaiiutiandafewnonloud pro I ilucitg 11 eel grow freely and the tea ull cciuriu y ieldi abundantly of fith Tho I Utter and cocoanuts arc the only notIon food worth mentioning Ily real however of there being pearl shell In Ihe lagoon for which Hie natives dive a tomeliine going at far u uo feet down anil wlikh bnngi a good price they I ule enabled to buy a ulna Hour ole to keep I body I and > UIII alive uh aa a you people cannot sit down to the table a without I having pie cake fiuil or pudding pud-ding etc cry hard 1 times and actually I l think moo are hard up were lo conn a down mere and tee uliat I a native lives or a lor a month or 1 the cry of hard iimei a woulil be heard ol no more fur instance stance If yuu had cooked all your ICol1 il loxl on u bonfire as I have a done fur months and as the poor in lines that all hue Ihne lint uho lie on a toft beds ride In carnage or buggIes streel car and eat pie might uell cry bard lime and say were hard up Would you like to know how I live n hell lien I will tell you of a feu Items Ihough to loll you all uould requite re-quite a book of consldtnbla I slit I Ue n ailte Irom our bed uhlch coniltu of I pine boatds tt 630 a m mind 01 n a a lunch of bread wncn we hAve I or 10 without when ue havent I and hot water or Mormon lea as it Is known a here at 7 a m wr aru at school We I have ro 5u or 50 pupils men ami I women Ihe bitter number when the n people am Ralliercd I Irom all pans of I I lIme island We Into them commit lo I memoiy mil explain heroes uf Scripture Scrip-ture and though you call us heathen a we cal find and quote more Scripture than you civ ilUed Saints can We ie peal a sentence and they repeat It alter ui in i chorus I lilt proccts being carried I on until they can repeal Ih vcne lliom telvu Methlnka 1 hear you whisper 1 it must be illl tiresome upon which i i point I have nothing more to say titan the uordt of I 1aul that tribulation h woiUth pitience Looking at It In I 1 11 Iliis light It become a liaapuraa I u a school for us and I we learn our Id Ion a I-on II ell ue will be rewarded for lay fiirlhir tape llul patience uorkelh e peiicnn and rxpeilinra hope and hope imiktlh not ashamed In one hour and a lull we aiu through will i school unlens ihuy want lo stop nnothei r hour und talk over Scripture which ii I not inlrrrucnt 1 lien If 1 is my turn to h other I cooktwhuh cxnie every day put our boy lo rkon he U tile best 1 ou the liland and ue build I bonfire bake our bread on some lucks or fry il If we bAn lish grease or lard I lay our fith on the = YI burning embers and ty hone 10 30 a m u t hat e dinner 1 hai u rench laihlon and we arc m France nol Dinner over them are Mck to bo visited Then t mov be only thirty or laity peolpe In Hi c villas yet then il sootheota vl down sirk There have been six death here duiiur the loot two mouths out ul apupuhitun of holt loin i humlnd or hahi n1 ul It mami I lu nr mC ll 1 or i il le inn h I d I t irreir I I I a V i a I a I r houri > 01 n u mt rrupic I t n in e c I i li i ma hol hi cr 1 I ty i 111 nu ik t Lnju > r Jnlw S icriplurc and I new paneri and Idlers f ront home anti in lianing new materIal or aermoni At j p 1 m we liave loll mony meeting or nchool again We ave two of n3ao former and sin d f hue later h per week four meeting on Sunday Sun-day and from thirteen In Peen per wrek TestImony meelinea generally le l ait oJ one and a belt to I three hours ls tveryone sayIng tomrlhlng and alt one s lubjccl asses opportune and some not Then t iiupper muit he conked alter vhlch we visIt the Saints and the nick wS Inging and convening and talking Scripture with them Our people are of coiiinc slow to l earn but It keeps one bunlllng to find lomcllihiK new la talk about that la 0nllhhll ns led 10 Ihelr undemanding Speaking jl h the sick people reminded me of an oa oI I ncldenl that occurred leviral I week ago whlili will 1 serve to illuittato acveral I 11 c ixsraeieriaihnas of my lrlend One of o sramsteel gave blrlh to a child and a non after her brent began to gather I nude a el poultice of tl hard al tack and con dented milk which we call by the dignified digni-fied title bread and milk toulllcr and this I plated upon the alllicled member Icnvmic nome more for luluro me A few minutes later my companion Prank and that Culler panned I by law her l blat wa hire their common Aorking dress Iwlng a nareu ihert lid around the lolni Ojr autpidoni were arouicd So we clod next morn l ng and In I inlred was that good niedl d od Alia no said I rn bus h usn1 thai wasnt I medicine that I woo 1 00511 I Vet ald Ihl wife it woo O wed food Ily inquiring further they coned that as soon nil I wan out 01 sight they took lhe poultice leans her hroa1 t antI ate I and what was left for mother poultice slam I a basket offish of-fish ho l caught and 1 brought In at midnight mid-night I hoy will all get up make a ban l lire and eat raw Ash while some II cooking cook-ing l and never retl till all 11 gone then go back to bed igam I have made several I coy geouxsc loonen I the last year or to and upon these occasions I = had Ibo opportunity to eat food cooked on a stove hut the opportunity was AI much m as I could ttom h becnuto these lit e vtstelt roll and pitch to much that a few mlnulei nufhce lo turn one Inside out I it pielty good to lie o land il Inll i only rock Hal enough ol nonsense I suppose vou want to know how I am ehnl 5uppae I feel thankful to have hid Ihe experience through which i I have eavrlnce I proud r ul the I opportunity lu In waging war againtt evl Ignorance I ami super kllllon I oflen feel ho rejoice Ih11 I woo lent lo a heathen country though I often feel otherwise tool and by coxu paring cli oracle fistic tai mid 1 cots lama I am teal I to think that Ihrre 0ev many heathens dwelling ui dar tin cloak ofcivilKallon I am In a peculiar cuun try and I among a peculiar people The r ople here have treated mu well and I never think of them without u ugh for ibemln IhelrMralghiened circumstance They do tot know what comloit Is I We Utah people do not kn jw u hat poverty ll any more than theyknow uhat comluit Is rim poorest nnn In Utah It I rich cOn paied with them I am doing nt wtll at I can rxpect under the circiimttancet Ncirly two and n hall yean have pasted Ir l 1dlh utica I left my Utah lioinu and ilr dear associations and my experiences during that interval havebcennunyand varied but whether in the riding II elegant modern railroad car and dining at fine hotels or being housed upon the mighty I deep I In a litlle J boat or sleeping II upon a mal I of leaves I look bark to the dayi Mil among I my friends In Hooper anc cwlieru 1 with fond remembrance anil look forward with joy lo the day when I once more can dwell In their mldtt and enjoy their society ntvrit What I have saId will exphtln with the a study of the language and mall facilities my accming negligence In not writlnn I before I expect ere Iblt reaches you you will think lhat 1 have forgotten you or else something mutt he wrong Our mUilun here is I about like two doctors a both calling upon n sick man at the lame time and upon meeting In the house each lays aililo liu medic Ine an < grasp one of the sick man arms and each pulling In opposite directions In a an endeavor ckun obtain complete possession posses-sion 1 ol tIne sick man fondly imagines thaI 1 he Is doing his full duly while each view I i the oilier mitt Iho air ol one u ho seel the eyes of his opponent full I I of motes A Swedish mlttlonary ol the Josephite church preached n luneral sermon here a recently and though he has been here twentysix y airs and since 1885 encaged as mluioniiy anil I Interpreter hits own people I and our too laid they could 1 017 demand I me much belter Not one ol the Joiephllu mitilonaric from America Ii aseve C learned this language they have always had Interpreters Wo have been vainly looking the last Aecn davs fur n vessel In the hopes r securing patsagu to il tt October conference Hut to look for ship hare Is about as profitable an employment as looking or diamonds In the Rocky Mountains I have no cause to grumble however at I have received mail etc with more regularity than 1 I anticipated 1 I would when I was appointed lo Ibis field of labor I It I now two yean since I saw a mountain I Is I two yean since I saw anything save sand coral rock cocoanut trees and the sea There It I one thing I am glad to bo able to misi and lhat Is Lull mud Von will vour remember when rl I I home di 1 thought ll I was coming to u rainy and fruit growing country I does not ram here at often at It dos at home and mud li unknown on these ithnJt Ono could not with for a finer climate Nine out of ten day a n orc Jn tea hreeie keeps the graceful cocoanut palm In conitant agitation and tend thin little all bal ol tha native I lyIng I across tIm lagoon while the J roaring f thu breakers on the reef furnishes mutlc In the nbience of birds When I tell you that nothing of value li to bp found here outside of cocoanuti lull and pearl shell you will mot I rubab y think and that truly that this mum be a moil uninteresting place to spend linen or four yean llul wa have one of lire wonders of tha world here Iho lk ol which I do not think can be uanh In I all our country I would fill I small volune II tell I or Iha Ila whic i tmilit be made ol tho cocoanut tree an i its fruit 1crhapi H short account ac-count ol some of the uses the natives miku ol this would be Inlcrcslint In you at I will Itrve to how oniaof thur daily habitsind custom The Iree grows lo n height of from ten 10 sixty fur seventy lent Itt trunk being ron leu 10 twelve Inches m dhniater wili no branches whatever ex ept H 1 nmaaaa bat a tilt tp I thrive uell in land aa I i m in placi i where nutliini but 1 in be In live c roi seen or seven t tit i I in paitrJ I bikini II t I 01 I l 1 ill I II I hi limo iilaon r a olm i Cv Ilhll wv U Ih1 h ah I ha ic alma Iuouv I n m I t Ir 1 trill uurv clothing conking utenilli fuel boat elc Of the trunk they mike what we call a van cano by chiseling out the Iniide i and rounding on the otiwhle with un adie Uefore the advent of the white men thlt was done with shells and It I I the only lu a boat Ihete I people 1 lry originally made It I must have been a moil tl hborious task hoe II Is hard wood The trunk also furnishes I tOeIa and rafters raf-ters lor their hut wooxl for spurs wooden howl and now answers lo niakiiiK bed potts etc though the people peo-ple where I now am do not oas lieds Of the broom they make their bosses churches etc braiding them Into a nut tome six 1 by two feel and tied to rollers a i we nail shingles Of the leave they s lo braid and weave all sorts of basket and everything they hate lo carry I I n b 30m In baskets The native carpets ind mats are alto made of them Inelr 1 lilt ora meals of several kind I Mveral varieties of fishing nets etc The stem f rom which the fruit a been planted s serve as a broom while from a flbroiM ubsitnce which bind the link to lh trunk l cloth was formerly made I now ervea a a traIner to extract Ihe oil from the mil straIn their medicines Ic and I exteiuively used to start a fir betides being a good covering fo their a owners to keep In the heat and keep out Ihe I dir I resemble the material gunny gun-ny sacks are nude Iro A shea ro at I nblmg the leaf of a century plant m xhieh i rows with and Is a protection to the ilalk bearing tile Iruil contain o ildrrahlc ml and burn readily wllli a bright h lljhi It li split up tied In long slicks about i two Inche thick and mike 5 iccllent toich by the light of which lle uilvei fish at nlghl It Ihe cocoanut cocoa-nut Is I the staple food the staff of life oo to of the lhism vhs Islander It la on his g breohtxst table which consistscf mother earth and generally dirty liana u back Ihere at dinner time and 1 I never abteiit at supper I is food for him iiI wife chlldien hi pIg rota dog and WlhI chickens I ami II he has more tnan h can cat he dries It In the tun and I sells It lor lour and five cent per kilo Iwo and onenun pound 11 rr the money he gels for It If i worth just half what our money is I When dried it hi called poba cobra and u shipped lo Europe awl America where the oil la extracted and serves for Innumerable purpoae Of Iu Jur le ueal of the cocoanut the native eilrKU he oil and makea lib > rlume hla hair oil which they all ue profusely lila lamp oil hit meillchio and many other thing while he of ten mil It up In his bread lice etc when he I I fortunate enough to secure any and which make n very palatable dim greatly Improving II the eatlnii qualities I of the article mentioned men-tioned and many others besides The milk ot Ihe young nut is I u most lafresh Ing beverage and discounts socU water though when I lint landed here I did nol like I It It i n Godsend that cocoa nut grow and bear good waler at well as fruit for Ihe water It I very bad w1 Kohl water is I much prlied no mure by native than by us as It It a great ielll ufmrr dr rnYI tIne bard laity Island rater Where will you find another tree that bean both bail and waler fuel and Und clothing hIm I spa or shell Is the native cutand bowl made without hand and ftUi I s quite amusing lo tee how the native IMS I the sacrament around them He grasps ll firmly In both hand and hold I hoe you to drink as best you can lance attempt lo lake II In my hall but the man would not let go nnd 1 I had lo give In Tin elf It alto an excellent la and makes a bel lit hot fire Of Iho husk they i make WI kinds of cord and rope thai they have use lam and rope made ot thl i material Is said lo bo much superior super-ior to Ilia manIla rope we use at home A rope that they call nape make 1 most excellent spring bed which I found in almott every bouse I visited in lahlti I have only teen two or three on 1110 and never had el i Ivrrlr of tleeping 0 either of Ihem Ibm fibrous fi-brous husk called the puru I I alt made Into brushes stufled into horse collar beds old etc II Is used In Innumerable III ways our country might tell more but my fetter Ins already reached greater and longer Croportlons than frl I Intended to Irn I will tirhmig ito a close hopIng that when you bavo read limo ama you wont be to lirecl that you cannot write Would be mot happy to hear from you all llhe letter a a may answer for all the relative and a lileiuli uho desire lo hear from me u WvJ 1 net the opjiorlunlty ol writing jive my rJI lo fr relative and friend and accept a large amount of the same > our selt a a I remain your lot affectionate ton TIIOMA JOSUS Ju |