The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1880-12-01
A Girl Heroine.

VII boCOHu lHUIulUS dltcf tI6 CcuDIhnQ
disaster the Ne1 FORK Herald told of the eff
forts of John Bush to save passengers with
his rowing boat, after landing his own family,
who were out for sail. He rescued about 20
passengers. The Republican recently told some
Of his experiences Now the New York papers
are waking mp to the existence of this neg
leceted hero, " who works for dollar day.
and subscriptions are solicited to reward him.
A story of more desperate heroism is told Of a
New Jersey girl. Two young men and three
young women, names all given, were rowing
the other night on the Passaic river and sing
ing, when suddenly they were run into by an
other boat, both capsiZiDg. The two men
could swim. and one woman, Miss Godsill the
swimmers gathered the others round the boat,
when they found that they had two more wo-
men in their charge from the other boat, whose
partners, Colonel DEFY of Boston, and a
Spanish gentleman named Ferrara, had disap-
peared. So there they were IN the dark water.
two men aud one woman who could swim, and
four women who couldn't, trying to cling to the
bottom of boat. The women who couldn't
swim kept up with difficulty, the boat being
slippery. Here is the account of what hap
pened, told by one of the men elf you
cannot swim girls" Miss Godsil said, as
calmly as though she were bathing il shall
low water at Manhattan beach, "you can tread
water. Now keep cool and we will all get
safe to shore. Then the heroic girl in
strucled the two men to take Mrs. Olsell, who
Was the weakest of the party, between them
and to give their disengaged hands to two of
the other ladies'; she took the other one in
hand, and the whole party joined hands, let
ting the boats drift away, and trod the water
as best they could in the direction of the shore.
But again the terrified women cried that they
were sinking. and yet again Miss Godsll was
equal to the occasion. She instructed the
three well nigh exhausted girls to place one
hand on each of the gentlelnen's hip and the
other on their shoulders: then encouraging
both men and women by the assurance that
they must speedily make the shore, she trod
the water. as did the two men, and slowly
made their way toward the rivers bank. But
Mrs Olsell, one of the strangers found in the
water, soon declared herself to be incapable of
the little exertion needful to hold on to Mr..
Wiiiingham, and cried that she must let 90 her
| hold. " Give her to Inc am strong enough to
swim ashore with her, and then will come
back TO yon, rang out Miss Godsill's voice.
and not witlstanding that Messrs Hemming
and Willingham begged to undertake the peril
Gus task, tile lady would not listen to their en-
treaties Your place is with the women, y
she cried :" keep them afloat until get back,
and never fear but We will all get safe ashore;''
! Then placing one arm Fl udy round her lifeless
charge, she struck out bodily with the Olsen
| gagged hand for the rivers bank Then across
the dark water came the girls voice, calls
well, Again the mouotous splash, splash
announced that their Grace Darling was max
! ing her way back to them. Her return nerved
the little band to renewed efforts. place was
made IN the ring for the dauntless girl, and the
wh1e party soon reached the land in safety
They landed quite ne If the Oriental Cottage
whittier they managed 10 drag themselves, and
then fell utterly exhausted to the ground.
PRocToR's PRoFITs.-Prof. Proctor has
no reason to find fault with the Colonies fol
It's lack of interest in science, since the popu-
lar appreciation OF astronomy, as expoumdec
by him, has Injured to his pecuniary advantage
He delivered one hundred and thirty six lect.
ures from the time he arrived in the Unitet
States. last October, to the date of his sailing
from San Francisco to Australia, the 18th o
May. The gross receipts were $685. witt
clear profit to Proctor of some $4,000
Proctor is a prodigious worker During hi
late iecturing tour he contributed to various
English and American periodicals and news
papers. He could not accomplish so much if b
were not in his prime. He has barely begun Hi
forty-foursh year, and he is in superb physi
cal condition. He is an athlete now, and al.
wayskeeps in perfect training. He lives plain.
ly, taking very little stimulants; sleeps bu
i've or six hours day, never feels unweIl
and seems insensible to fatigue. But how
much longer can he keep it up?
SAN FRANcIsco's WEALTH.-The Audito
OF the county has submitted the following com
piled statement Of the State Board OF Euuali
cation as required by law:-Value of real es
improvements on real estate, S42. 96e. $40; val
ne Of personal property, exclusive Of money
Si6,747 ,625. Total value Of ali properly
S255, $780, 26. Last years statements as fol
lows 60 Real estate aud improvements. SI66,
9,s45; personal property ineluing 81 ,386,65
cash, $5l ,0l7 ,229 Total Sal, 4S7, 074. Ex
cess this year, 456,D33,252.