Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-21
AMERICAH ENTERPRISE.

| AMERICAS, ENTERPRIEE. ~ /.
| The following story 10 told inIan Aps4
tralian paper, under the head OF the
+" American Enterprise, . touching the
American influence in the South Sea
Islands. sla VI gseslels III naisassas s.s
In the South Seas, before King Kam-
ehameha came to the throne, there.
reigned O potentate of much joyiality.
He liked white men and adored Navy
rum. One day the barque ColUm6ja.
4 Captain X ybosh, commander, put in fom
/ water. III The potentate made Of to the
vessel, and was received with due cere5
mony. The rum was produced, and
the utmost harmony reigned. For
three weeks did this friendship last, UNI
til the king began to show symptoms of
failing powers, On the last night of,
the Columbia's stay the savage warrior
| requested, through the medium Of the
interpreter, who in ordinary life was
harpocner, TO be allowed to give his !
| white friends some proof Of his friends
ship. His white friends--aias for poor;
humanity!-were somewhat flown nth.
wine, and Starbuck, the second mate, /,
had as fine a sense Of humor Dis ever
distinguished q Nantucketer z 1 III 81
s" Look hyar,s old man" said he,5
I'm blue-blooded Yankee, lam, sir,T
and when ! return to my. country am
going to run for President. Now, sir,
we're Demo cratic over there" jerking
his thumb over the wide Pacific, stand /
If / could tell ,'em that had once
kicked q king, by COLES they'd elect me
straight W
The monarch stared, took another tot Q
Of grog, and finally consented. He
was placed in the attitude of boy
who is about to give another o back at
leap-frog, and Starbuck, retiring o few,
PAGES, took run, lifted his leg, and
the king nearly stove in the cabin door
with his head. He didn't seem toilike J
Iit much, but he took another tot Of
rum and sat down. As he did so, Mr.
Flask, the first mate, rose.
Sc Gentleman, !" said he, drawing him
self to his full height of six feet four
inches, "I was born ID Boston, Massa-
chusetts-the old Bay State. gentlemen, >
and do you, think that am going To-
have my chances in life spoiled by
Nantucketer No, by thunder! Mon
arch; down you 1gol'' SID aa9 a7 StsAsi
The monarch took another drink and
went down. This time the cabin door
gave way, and the sovereign of the
South Seas began to get angry. Anger
was out of place, however. Captain
Kybosh uncoiled himself from the
locker like an eel when it stands on,its
tail. , ree .,,. .,gs-.,,s,., !,
Stop this foolin'r' he said. I'm.
captain Of the ship, and by -" here
he swore an oath which we need not
trouble ourselves TO repeat--s' no man.
shuts his jack-knife on mel Your d
Majesty, I'll trouble your raf. e,es
Need we prolong the tale? We think
not.
SE- If the Keely motor, of which sog
much is now written and gaid, proves
to be what the inventor claims that it
is, the problem Of aerial navigation Will
be solved st once Il kns iorg been.
conceded thata machine with wings
which should develop by machinery as
much power in proportion to the weight
of the machine and car as the bird de-
yelops by muscular power in proportion
to its weight, could navigate the iii.
with the certainty and swiftness Of the
swallow. But hitherto ID has been irn-sa
possible to combine power and light,
ness in the, necessary proportions. a.;
motor which is capable Of producing
pressure of $4,000 pounds to the
square inch is, however, more than
sufficient. If Mr. Keely speaks the
truth concerning hisinvention, it win
be a waste of time 10 apply it to rad
way engines. Air ships viii at oncel
supersede railway trains, and the COM
merce of the world instead>of being
carried in British steamships, will be
carried through the air in the winged
monsters which Mr.. Keely viii call in-ss
to existence. ay4s s. .,s4a.is.s sss.sita
SCR The somewhat celebrated Mo4s
man Suffrage agitator, Celiah Burleighs
died July 30th in New York. She was
widely known as one Of the ablest mem
bers Of that organization, and labored
sincerely to further the interests Of the
cause. Her writings were well known
through the country, and she was high-g
ly esteemed, personally, in circles ghers
she was known. 81
EE One Of our adopted citizens soesl
ing bunch Of bananas. the other daya
stood in silent astonishment for about
minute, and then broke ont; Be
CORA, them Yankees beat. the devil,
and now they nail pickles toa etick s.
ss s.il ----------4s - asa AEsss
sH- An editor. having asked a. IIkirs
nois farmer for cropnoNR, received this
answer: "And nov the reapef reapeth,
the mower mowetk, and the little bum