The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-07
OUR HILO BUDGET.
ChautauquaE Graduating Exer-
cises-NOrth HiIo Election
Two Puma Boats Lost
Mills and Crops.

efs at the Chautauqna entertainment
held on Friday evening the oath,
prefaced her remarks on the present
status of woman by an apt illustra-
ton she had recently read, that the
old Bible character of Ruth as a
cleaner was no longer applicable,
as the Ruths of the present day, in
stead of being cleaners, ran the
threshing machine, and Boaz well,
he sat on the fence and watched the
operation; and so the Ruths Of Hilo,
more properly the Chsutauquans,
ran the machine at their entertain
ment, which celebrated the gradua-
ton of eight of their members.
The ladies' parlors of the Foreign
Church were tastefully decorated
with most beautiful clusters and
bouquets of roses. The name Of the
graduation class of 1892, the Sol
umbians," the class motto ''seek and
ye shall obtain" aud the name of the
Hilo circle Lei Aloha" adorned the
walls as notices. The Chautau-
quans, fifteen in number, seated In
semi circle, were very impressive in
their comfortable quarters. The
President, Mrs. Furneaux, in few
we'll chosen remarks, gave a brief
outline of the working of the class,
the benefit they had all derived from
it, and the pleasure it had been to
them.
Miss Coan as the historian fol-
lowed, with an elaborate resume of
the four years work and after listen
ing to the subjects they have stud
led, ancient Greek and Roman his
tory and literature, the more modern
English and American history and
literature, their dip into the sciences
OF chemistry, geology, zoology and
physics, their discussion of such
topics as the u. S. tariff, Nicaragua
canal, Persecution of the Russian
Jews, the Behring Sea question, ETC.,
one could not but be impressed and
recall Goldsmith's lines on the vii
lage schoolmaster "and still they
wondered, and still the wonder grew,
that one small head could carry all
he knew"
A recitation by Mrs. w. E. Scott,
an abbreviation of Tennyson's
"Enoch Arden" was we'll rendered
and drew tear to many an eye.
Miss Mcleod, the prophet, peered
into the future of the graduates and
and her reading of their horoscope
was received with round of ap-
plause, her several hits being very
apt and we'll appreciated
Mrs. III. 9. Austin sang The
Bridge" her rich contralto voice
being we'll suited to the piece. A
number of two-minute speeches by
the other members of the club created
a great deal of amusement and called
for prolonged applause
Mrs. Goodale read a class poem,
| after which Mrs. j. A. Scott wound
up the intellectual part of the pro-
gramme in very neat speech, pay
ing, as all the others had done, a
happy tribute to the ability and sue
cess with which Mrs. Furneaux had
carried the class through 10 gradua-
ton. She also stated that it was not
the intention of the members to drop
the study, that at the last meeting
the class reformed into the Ladies
Reading Circle and decided on a
course of English literature which
will fully occupy the next year if not
longer, and that the members were
more enthusiastic than ever in praise
of the benefits of the Chautauqua
course. She wished also that it
could be arranged that gentlemen
have the opportunity of joining the
reading and not sit like Boaz on the
fence.
The meeting then turned into, a
sociable, and all settled down to
enjoy the delicious sherberts, ice
cream, and dainty cake that proclaim
the Chautauquans as being adopts
in the culinary art as well as in that
Of culture.
1t was the unanimous opinion of
the gentlemen that the ladies acquit-
ted themselves most creditably and
should be justly proud of the knowl-
edge they have gained and the sue
cess that the circle has achieved.
STRAY NOTES.
Rev. T. l.. Gulick with party of
ten from Maui and one from Homo.
lulu arrived on the Kinau and start
ed next morning for the Volcano
intending to camp out on the brink
of the lake during their stay.
Why is Hilo at present like Queen
Victoria? Because she's enjoying a
good long III.
We wish we could say as much for
Hamakua, but it still remains dry
there. A couple of showers have
fallen during the past week, less
than one inch, but the ground is so
hot and dry that they did very little
good. They helped, however, in fl
ling the eisterns and partly relieved
the distress for drinking purposes.
The election at Laupahoehoe gave
Horner S8, Richard IS, Nation Ga.
So Horner will represent the dis
trict at last. He will now get a
chance to boom the Hilo railroad and
wharf.
By the way, our Representative for
Central Hilo is quite modest in ask
ing for S49,10O for roads in his dis
trict. With that amount we might
have a block pavement a good part
cf the way; then we would send him
down for another session, and get
enough more to complete it. With
good road to Hakalau, we would ex-