The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-27

lar apprehension that he would fall
over his own feet and break his neck
nevertheless his heetness and intre-
pidity SO engaged the admiration of
his slower allies that he was cheered
to the echo. Just as he got within
striking distance of the hinder Mon
gol that person and his companions
executed left wheel up side street
into Chinatown and were soon I'M
foreground and safe; but the mo-
| mentum of Mr.. Pickering was such
that he shot straight forward, and
was soon lost to view in the laby-
rinth of humble homes about the base
of Telegraph Hill. For this gallant
exploit Mr.. Pickering has never been
rewarded with a military title, but
| Mr. Kearney, meeting him some
weeks later, shook him warmly by
| the hand and in the presence of a
hundred men who had participated
with activity in the chase said to
| him: Mr.. Pickering, you are the
! best man to head stOrming column
that we have among US. How, at
your age, could you display such
magnificent energy?" A sweet, sad
and, withal, modest smile overspread
the grim visage of the veteran, and
pulling the great agitator's ear down
to his lips he whispered: al thought
your d mob was after me ~
1t is the opinion of the Cali that
England has made cowardly surreD-
der of every point at issue between
herself and Russia.
THE EXTRAORDINARY BITTERNESS
OF the Chronicle, its evident deter
mination to accept no compromise or
arbitration, its repeated endeavOrs to
force a resort to arms, the zeal aud
vigor with which it has pushed Oh
one day the campaign which it aban-
dOued for a new one the next, the
clarion-like tone of its war editorials
generally, have caused the liveliest
alarm at home aud abroad and at
tracted attention from all the great
military authorities of two CONT
nents. These exceptional manifesto
lions of military genius and the mill
tary spirit are now known to be due
to the pen of its great proprietor,
Colonel Michael de Young. Like
Mr. Pickering,
COLONEL DE YOUNG
Is destitute of military education,
but such is his aptitude for war, and
such the restless ambition that ever
inspires him to rush into the thick
est of the fray, that his promotion to
his present rank has been rapid in
deed. 1t is but few years since that
he WAS known simply as Mike, but
one day in an alteration with an
other journalist he fired no fewer
than six shots from a revolver at his
antagonist, who stood, motionless
with fear, between the pistol and an
enormous plate-glass show window.
The man was not injured, but the
proprietor of the store, in gratitude to
Mr.. de Young for not damaging his
window, dubbed him Captain on the
spot. Some years later, in order to
signalize his survival of the engage
ment in which his brother fell by the
hands of a preacher, Mr.. de Young's
friends thought proper to raise him
to the rank of Major, and by that
title he was known until the recent
infantry engagement with Mr.. AdOlph
Spreckels. In this memorable action,
owing to the faulty disposition of his
clerical force-one member of which
utterly lost his temperate was de-
feated; but as be had shown uncom-
mon galIantry, not unmingled with
agility, and was severely scratched,
he felt justified in commissioning
himself Colonel without having
passed through tie grade interme-
diate between that rank and his for
mer one. In promotion for merit
this is not unusual.
It is Colonel de Young's conviction
as a man-at-arms that Great Britain's
breakdown has made a general Euro
pean war imminent and more than
ever desirable.
THE ARGONAUT
Is for war, bloody, devastating and
Immediate. It's editor has seen a
great deal of military service-with
spy glass, having been with the sup
ply train at the battle of Cold HarbOr,
and having afterward lent hand at
stripping the dead. He was also
present at the demolition of the Ven
dome column in Paris, piece of
which lies OH his desk to attest his
valOr. He has no military rank but
comes honestly by his warlike gifts,
being descended from the Roman
soldier who made so brave a use of
his spear on Mount Calvary, and
woman of the Chosen People.
The ArgonauFS ultimatum is i'm
mediate surrender by Great Britain
! of her possessions in India.
The principle writer of
THE WASP
Bears the title of Major. He was in
! the war Of the Rebellion, and in one
battle surrounded, single-handed, a
thousand Confederates, every one of
whom he would undoubtedly have