The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-01-15

a CHASE AND CAPTUEE.-On Sunday afternoon
Al about o'clock it discovered that the flat or
seow, anchored near the scene of the loss of the
Eskbank, belonging to Messrs. Wilder & Co., had
parted from her moorings and was drifting rapidly
TO the southwark and westward. The Government
tug Pele was called into requisition, aud Captain
Brown with crew OF natives went 10 pursuit of
the scow. The latter craft being even with the
surface of the water, except the tall derrick which
served as the only distinguishing mark for the pur-
suers, and the sea running very high at the time it
was the most difficult matter possible to keep the
track OF the scow. The Pele however, came up
with the scow late in the evening, in fact when it
was almost dark. How to secure the scow was the
question. Through the danng iutrepidity of
native boy named Friday" who plunged into the
seeming sea with line, succeeded at the risk of
his life in boarding and making fast to her, and in
this manner she was safely towed into the harbor
little after dark and secured. Too much praise
cannot be awarded to the native boy who performed
the very perilous feat Of making fast TO the scow
number of amateurs who volunteered for the trip
because they thought II good flu, had a much more
bOisierous voyage than they anticipated and several
OF them were compelled TO settle there accounts
with Old Neptune in a rather summary style.
COMPETITION Is THE LIFE OF TRADE-We were
EclAlANSU Vi AlG lpiSS Vi AuS
the caption TO this article Thursday evening last
on witnessing the efforts of two rival theatrical
companies, who performed, the one at the Big Tent
il the Of the Pantheon Hotel, and the other
al the Royal Hawaiian Theatre. We attended the
performance at the Big Tent on Thursday evening
and consequently could not be present at the thea
tire. This We regret, but We not possessed Of
the power of ubiquity we had to content ourself
with the performance at one place at a time We
are free 10 add that we were well pleased with the
performance at the Big Tent, under the manage
ment OF Mr. George Luproil. The posturiug and
tumbling by Mr.. G. Luproil and Chas Leon was
very good. The performance on the trapeze by the
two Hawaiian amateurs, Messrs. Rose and Phillips
was truly excellent. The performance on the ira
peze was equal to anything of the kind we ever
saw. The amateurs were a feature in the per-
Torrance on Thursday evening al the Big Tent. The
man with the iron jaw performed some wonderful
feAts with ordinary chair in his teeth but the
most wonderful Of all his fests is that of holding
loaded cannon, weighing about two hundred lbs
in his teeth, whilst he is hanging by his feet from
the cross-bar Of the trspeze some fifteen feet from
the ground, and firing off the cannon. But of all
the performances, that Of Madame Pauline who
first makes the fearful leap from one side of the i'm
mense enclosure to the other, where she is caught
by Mr.. George Luproi while the latter is hanging
by his legs from trapeze bar at the opposite side
OF the enclosure, is certainly the most wonderful.
But even this remarkable feat, which madame
Pauline performs with wonderful dexterity and
grace, is nothing TO her last leap through flaming
hoop-a feat not attempted, we believe, by any
other female in the world This latter act of mad
Ame Pauline of the most thrilling imaginable,
and OF itselfis worth the price of admission wit
il The daring intrepldty OF the little lady in
performing this fiery leap is q marvel, and the easy
grace aud rapidiy with which she performs it out
strips the most astonishing wonders usually per-
formed by the most experienced aud famous per-
/ farmers Of modern times Every one should 90 to
msSsme make this fearful leap, and they win be
satisfied for sheiT money and their pains. We IN
dersiand that at the ROYAL Hawaiian Theatre the
troupe who performed there were patronized with
& pretty well filed house. We wish these rival
companies all success, but We do ret think that
this small community viii sustain two places