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porth side OF ths island. Foreigners live IN
both these towns. which derive their tmpor-
bss heRors sRs IN st n
! gave rise to anothe Ell town q come importance.
built on the banks OF a river that can 30
navIgated for nearly mile, about the, only
Kauai that the famous .sineine sands are
found, and scientific men have trayeled allthe
way from this country TO discover the secret OF
that they contain cavities, and 4 e suppo::ed
resonance, for when the sand ls wet the noises
oahu Is he spot that nature has most IA
vored. Iringng lite northeast side lie q range
81 mountains whose sum mits catch most OF
tho slopes to water the plain that forms most
4 dry and barren re TS,t
with suh-tropical verdure and one OF the gar
den spots Of the world; Lower hills also Dor;
reef surrounds the larger part Of the island,
and this reef helps tomake the Ane natural
and most Of the iuxnries Of life may be Obtain.
ct Daily neTspapers good schools. 2 college.
lights are anon 2 the advantages. There is a
good deal OF wealth In the town most Of Y In
SsS a. eses
Of residence could hardly be Imagined. There
are few uneomfortable days: the mean annual
Far and wide over the unlulatinR plain OF
and rice are also exfensiveiy grown On some
OF the other islands. They are the chief in
psnd them. Coffee. hides. bananas. and and wool
are next in I'm portance in the exports Of the
The United States has done far more than
ell the other nations combined TO make the
Ha waiian Islands what they are. No wonder
America Of the PoiynesIan island world We |
oaF weass dan from ali 6tSee great
nations. Our missionaries were the pioneers |
d W Rs World By 70 cns n
and Tor It; and four afhs OF this literature is
aries have iivcd there seventy. three years,
and their children and grandchildren are
IN nuentisi residants. not ' a Few names
oi men now known as active, 10 the rcvo-
ncntly in Hawaiian history. Their families
or many years have boen wholly devoted
2 various phases Of progress, and We now see
government, This is tho only blessing the
Stands need to give, them stable and in
he ways in which theae families have been
IDENTIFIED with the good nj Hawaii Mr. Dole. Tor
ional Govornpent II was nm earlier Mr..
Dole who as one o. the si,Is issues Of his work.
i The islands. and pubisIoG the result '''ON'
rade In 1884, 23o ships entered the port Of
honolulu. OI these IN were North American.
~ British. French German, and the OF hers
gere engaged in tho Hawaiian local trade.
ince then the fleet trading with Hawaii has
cen considerably Increased and tho same
roportions are maintained. Tho fostering
are OF our Government has wonderfully de-
eloped Hawaiian trade and In iustry and our
eciprornl treaty gave US practically monop-
~ OF Hawaiian commerce. Our teachers have
ostered Hawaiian education; and In 1873 the
ntversal Exposition OF Paris awarded to the
stands the Grand priS for best results In tho |
evelopment OF primary instruction.
1t Is American money and protection TINT |
as advanced tho culture ~ sugar and rice by |
,apS and ounds. Tint has built the sixty miles |
railroad. and spread tho telegraph every
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srn end OF the bank. An hour or two OF steam
ing from any port on the islands takes vessel
into waters OF oceanic depth. A half days
voyage takes tho vessel Into waters as deep as
any In tho Pacific except the abysses east Of
Japan and the Challenger and Miller deeps.
There are eight Inhabited Hawaiian islands.
besides Ave bits OF rocky expnnse that are
hardly large enough to be turned to any ac-
count. We observe somo very interesting
things about those islands. The moyem emit of
waters around them Is remarkable. Tho islands
lie in the northern edge OF tho north eaunto rial
current which flows so steadily westward: and
0 little north OF them there Is. 10 not we'll de-
fined current. at least a tendency OF the wide
surface expanse of waters to drift eastward.
Tho result Is that fotsam and jetsam. both
from America and Asia. find lodgment on tho
shores OF these islands. Pine trees from the
coasts OF Oregon or Vancouver Island arc often
stranded on the archipelago. Native tradi-
lions have handed down reports OF red men
from the far East whom some chance cast upon
the islands. Men are still living on Oahu who
remember when four poor Japanese survivors
OF party OF nine reached their coast, more
dead than alive. and told o; tho terrible ten
months drift that had carried them thousands
OF miles over unknown sens. Now We know
We came from Asia" said the Hswaiians. as
they recognized the resem blance between these
eastaways and themselves.
The area OF these islands is 8.64o square
miles. The largest island. Hawaii. receives a
far greater quantity OF rain than the other
islands. because It lies more directly in range
OF the windward storms. and yet no streams
are found carrying the water to tho sea except
along the northern coast fringe. The rains
disappear quickly through layers OF volcanic
asher. reaching the sea by sutterranean
courses or sinking deep through the strata
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in ideas and morals to other Pacific island
savaGes when the whites. first met them. Po-
dition OF inferiOrty. Infanticde was prac-
tised. Human sacrifices were n feature Of
was in vogue. Such a thing as yIrtaous woman,
hood was not known. and there was word in
the language to express 1t.
To-day there Is not u native Hawaiian over
4 years age who cannot read. write. and
cipher. Education Is compulsory. American
missionaries made the como uest Of the islands.
They went to the harbaruus people seventy
three years ago. ard in few years, not
manned. Professionalism mostly Of the Com
Eregation type. is the religion OF moro than
half the natives There Is, however. tho
ship in their JOSS houses French Catholic
priests have been active. They have n follow
Portuguese. immigrants. VIII have Hooked to
the islands In large numbers. Tho natives are
quite. hardy and fairly industrious. hut after
all they are pleasure loving. easy-Going
Polyneslans. with little OF tho moral stamnn
and perseverance that mark the stronger
races They are not fitted for selt-govern-
ment: and rnthstc fate awaitsthem.
In spite OF better food. clothing. and habita-
TO he beyond remedy In fty years more s tSers
Viii probably be few pure bloods on the islands.
There i and will continue, To- be- a large adj
numher OF men greatly exceeds that OF the
women an anomalous condition. for women
The curse OF the Islands is irprosy. which
Was introduced by Chinese immigrants in
1915, to-day ABOUT one native in nifty Ia
afflicted with the malady. A large part OF
Molokai Island is reserved for these uniortu.
mates. 800 in number, whose unhappy fate it
Is to be severed from their homes and friends
ago the Government placed a strong. healthy
man. who had been condemned to death for
murder. among the exiles Of the leper colony,
telling him that II he did not contract the dis.
ease within q certain time he would be par
doned Many Of the people had protested that
leprosy was not Infectious. and that it was a
needless cruelty to isolate the sufferers: but
1t was not long before the strong man became
q hopeless leper himself. Since his death
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and turning into steam to add terrible power


Active volcanoes. the world over. have vAri-
Gus claims TO distinction. Cotopaxl Is the
most lofty active volcano. sAngai. also in the
EeuadoriAn Andes. IL the most active. Hawaii
has the greatest volcano in the world. Tho
volume Of lava pouring out OF MRuna Loa has
been sunieisnt In . single eruption 70 build
Los is the volcano OF Kilaues. whose s,S oval
Pratsr. nine miles In circumference. is tine
neiahborlnG island OF Maui is the dead vol.
eeno HaleakAlA. whose crater. covering an area
Sanat as far as we EnoH fhesss an sss
ths world. Every ten days a steamer Leaves
round trip takes a week and costs only $50,
These volcanic forces, which are still active
% the island OF Hawaii. became extinct many
ages ago In the more western and smaller ISL
shds- Their eraters. worn away By ages Of
dsnudHtion: are. most q them. unresognizable
lied lava. has covered the once molten lava
streams with Verdure; Warm springs fseblY
once so predominant. some crater pits. how
ever are stu very noticeable one OF them 10
sells enter Honolulu harbor. Another Is the
famous Pearl Harbor. q little further west,
Naere vessels may steam right Into an ancient
s 60 sa thF3usn whose broken outer wall the
,sOmshow or other human beings reached
came ysry numerous. hundred years ago.
HIooAGGly 10000 Of them lived there; When
mated f fSsi a '4SP b h. s
thslr Descendants are today the insss spsci I
mems OF the POiynesiAn- MalAIan race. fheT
Es copper-colOTed. handsome, we'll built
nv. ent race as capable Of reaching high
Lshql oi eitlllkAtion As any abOriginss who ever
snns.sq we services Of missionaries: but they
re sllli ehlldfsni and still nssd the guiding
hands that nave led them 50 far
n iiisinS on inc northeastern outskirts Of the
folIpeslan world. and without traditions show
Ing that they have held their kindTsd iaT sonth
and vest Of them ia remero bTanes they speak
p feettleaiJ fhs same language As the natives
OF the society Islands. Separated by thou
sands Of miles from NPWLeaiand, they and the
people OF those Islands can understand one
another. This Is one Of the WondsTs of nm
man migration, and perhaps the world will
never know how these widely scattered pso-
pl0s. who 90 plhiuly belong to the same region
aud family we're SO widely waited over me
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vast sxpanse OF ocean 10 opd new homes IN

vast sxpanss Of ocean to Cpd new homes IN
the islands that are scattered over IT,
There fe no doubt that long before Cook
found the Islands the Standards knew. OF their
covery. however. the Spaniaris were not Civ.
ing away much geographic Information. Cook
called the archipelago the Sandwich Islands.
after an English nobleman. Much to the de-.
islands are now very well known by the name
Of the LARGEST OF them. The name Sandwich
Islands Is likely to fall into complete disuse
IT wounds the pride OF any Intelligent native
that Capt Cook gave IL
In many natural aspects these islands have
changed greatly within n hundred years. The
hora and fauna Of the little archipelago. nearly
the outside world. and particularly by Amer
lea The Islands are not naturally so well en-.
doWsd in these respects az might be supposed
from their favorable position and fertility.
the coasts, but vegetation was rather sparse
except in the deep, well-watered valleys. The
food products that now form the aRri-
cultural riches Of the Islanders were nearly
natives also had few varieties OF mammals.
4 hundred yaars ago the dog the hog, and the
fowl we're the only domestic animals. Now
horses are In abundance, cattle raising Ia. In
single American has 10000 sheep on the most
western island OF the group Cattle that es-
caped TO the mountains now live wild and nre
hunted Tor snort and food. The natives often
pers ali over the world told OF tho sal iato Of
4 botanist who went out for scientific study
and lost his life by falling into hole where
he was ,Rored to death by bull that had
'tH psnt az n ~ oe,bne nm hoon 4, -, e-,
md faunal aspects Of the islands, Il cannot he
compared with the mighty changes in the peo-
pie themselves. They were In no way superior
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AMERICA IN THE PACIFIC.
WHAr orr COMP RTors NAVE
EROUsHT IN TINE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.


n Gfinpse or the Northeastern OutPost- 81
the PoIynesina worid-Eirted Above tho
sea by voiesnie Forces-Our Costribu-
tons 60 Their Flora and Fsuns-Their
Natural wonders-N,turs 81 Their Pee
pie md the Mighty Changes Brought
About ny seyenty-three Years OF Ar-sri-
can E6ort-Oniy Good, Stable Govsrn-sut
Needed 30 Insurc Enduring Prosperity.
In the central regions Of the northern Pacific
II long aAd narrow submarine bank. extend
ing about 1900 miles nearly northwest and
southeast. The waters over it are from few
hundred TO 5000 feet in depth. The northern
and southern slopes are quite precipitous
sinking abruptly TO oceanic depths Here and
there along this bank volcanic vents we're
opened in some past age and the great out
pourings Of lava were finally lifted above the
sea level. adding new Islands to the ocean.
About sixty Of these islands. most OF them
small we're raised along the bank. and around
many OF them the polyps lived and died. and
their remains are EN- bedded In coral reefs.
The narrowest part Of this bank ls its eastern
end. but strange TO say, on this most incons aid
cradle portion the largest islands are reared.
They form the Hawaiian group, and the great
oct Of them. Hawaii, 10 near the extreme east
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REFORM IN DREAM sULCh
a Chapter From the Earlier History Of :
Lively Camp.


Lively Camp.
There were a good many curious people in
Dream Gulch in it's earlier days" said an old
Forty miner" but perhaps none OF them
was more curious than William Bllnt the
hearse driver ASS matter OF fact. there was
no heaTss. but there wss a wagon which was
used foT a heGrse and william Blint drove IL
Blints popularity lay In his Whistllng. And
he wasn't u remarkably good whistler,
either; but he whistled ell the time,
on duty and on. I've seen him walking into a
cabin with conn on his shoulder. whlstling.
And I've seen him WhistlinR while he was
driving heArse. And he wasn't a hard
hearted man, you understand; on the con-
TaIy; ne was very gentle-heRrted.
mere was an accident in one OF the mines
IN the NIu4ch and a lot OF men were killed
ihct tne whole CAMP WAS greatly touched. and
even me gambling houses were closed Among
the miners at the funeral there was one
hahea helanethon lnRly. a newcomer. IL
20 happened that when the procession
started OF this man lnRby Was right alongside
the head hearss. which Bill drove When the
procession moved Bill beRan TO whistle as
usual This man lngby listened 10 him for
Ano1t . minute apparently very much sur
iIlsedi ana then he surprised everybody else
hithseIi ~ shooting william OF the box; and
when Bill fell on into the road this man InEby
Rot up aud took his place.
There Was an inquest over Bill but InRby
MAs INDICATED ~ the CorOneT's Jury and puis-
~ sentiment indicated HIN. too The fact IL
pm pseniiiar'ty had come over the butchers
true nAture Of it bot Inghy's pistol shOt
walked en- mp aud II led 10 ! general demand
on the authorities that the ne u hsarss diver
should u nAn that didR't Whistle"
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where Ninety-one per cent. OF Hawaiian ex-
ternal commerce is with this country. The
schools are modelled after ours The school
books are American. Our gold and silver coins
together with Hawaiian COILS are the only
legal tender. Our measures and money are
those Of the Hawaiian people. Our Govern
ment determined ATTITUDES and gravity for the
Hawaiian Government and publ shed the re-
suits. An American owns the whole of ono OF
the eight islands, Niihnu, and raises many
thousands of sheep and cattle there. Another
wealthy American. Z. r. Bishop. who owned
about one-h half OF Molokai and had his
land well stocked with cattle. sheep. and
horses, has lust made a splendid gift to the
people having tran sferred this entire property
In trust. the income from il TO be devoted to
educational purposes.
The Hawaiian Islands wrote the geogra-
pher Reclus in 1881. are really province OF
the American republic" A - matter OF fact,
most OF the potentialtles of these Islands are
yet undeveloped. The peoplo themselves and
the outside world have only Just hegun 10 tap
their resources. American self sacrifice, en-
ergy. and capital have done what has been
done. and all Americans have reason to be
proud OF the results their compatriots have
achieved In seventy-three years.
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PORTUGUESE IN NEW york CITY.
or the 10000 In the United States the Me
tropOii- Has Hat "a.

W the ioOOO In the uutted States the Me-
tropOii- Has hut "a.
On Monday John Gubbins. a Portuguese was
held for trial by Justice Grady at the Yorkvie
Police Court under charge Of stabbing a police-
man. There Is nothing strange or peculiar
about the arrest OF n man charged with stab
bling or attempting to stab policeman. but
the oddly connected with Gubbins Is the fact
that he Is Portuguese. How many Portu-
guese do you think there are among the
100000 Inhabitants OF New York clty2 Just
Eeventy-six. There are seventy six OF them.
and 1t IL said In POLICE circles to be a fact
that Gubbins IL tho first Portuguese ever
under arrest in this city. This would
be q very creditable showing 10 there
were more than 40 OF them. As II is. the only
United States there are 10000 Portuguese.
Nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-
as residents OF Massachusetts. S53 as resi-
New, York city. They are a maritime people.
most numerous In such seaport cities as San
fTan S Boston Providence, New Orleans.
tire u commerce in the Western hemispRsTe'
the BraganZas are famous us sailors and navi-
gators. apd their descendants are scattered
Portuguese population ls considera6le and the
Last indies. where the Portuguese colonies
ai az hHneIo1s. New YORK Is acosmopolitan
be found here, The total FINN grafton TO the
United states. through Ellis Island from Jan
this total Portugal contributed the almost in
nnllssimal total OF seysnty-nine persons The
toIIugnese are, generally speaking. thrifty.
hardy, Industrious. and matter OF fact They
have little OF the sentiment OF their spanish
nelghbors They are law-abidnR and un-
Ielnonstratiye. and Gubbins appears to be a
backslider stimulated. perhaps. TO deeds OF
nSnrnly violence by New Jersey whsksy or
Mediord rum. both poor substitutes for the
nne wines Of the Oporto district shipped from
LIS bon and iamous the world over.
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Wade, l have come over 400 miles for that
speech, and am tickled plum to death
with the way you socked II to EN-. / want
to shake hands with you. and also want.
as q special favor. TO carry home lock Of
your hair
Certainly says Wade, stepping for
ward with gallantry and shaking her
warmly by the hand, 4 will shake hands
with you with much pleasure and jerk
ing off his wig he told her 10 help herself"
Joshua r. Giddings, with Wade, also
lived in the county seat. which is near
the city of Ashtabuia. The city has tried
six years to get the courthouse. but
failed. so there is feud over il. A coun-
try without feud is rather dull place 20
live in. am getting ready to have one
in my beautiful North Carolina home. but
80 far cannot find worthy man who will
attend to the feud while I write it up for
the press. Possibly the man who built
my house will do.
Gaspipe. the great penman and author
OF How to Avoid Bad Breaks in Good
Society,"" lives here he came very near
estranging my wife and myself. / used
one of his ready written proposals of mar
riage and she, having studied the same
with the idea of familiarizing herself with
the manner Of rejecting any such thing
without causing needless pain, recognized
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MILLER HAaENAN.

Beneath thy thrilling glaucss that calmly meet
my own,
My hear. grows weak and tsinting-its quiet all
has flown;
Is there pleasing tumuit that sseuleth almost
pain,
Beneath thy cold demeanor-liks that which
fires my brain?
Alas, to meet thus coldlyl Ills iste's most hard
decree,
That should love so wildly could not then
foresee;
The die is cast that binds us-'twere vain TO sigh
and weep,
For DER the hearts wild throbbing the lethean
waves must creep.
Forget thee7 Nevsri Never! 'Twould add bu.
pain 10 pain,
The star that rose in darkness is scared upon my
brain:
sadness coneth when We hear sone sweet but
sad refrain,
Bu. silence OF that music is sadder than the
strain.
O vain regre: and anguish DER what can never
Ny heart, taatshed exile, still fondly clings to
thee;
And could I e'er forget thee, 'twould yield a
deeper pain
To know tiny love forgotten. than thus to love In
vain.
Ny heart which love has broken must bow TO
faie's decree.
II shrnes Il cherished token-thou SSH ait true
10 re:
Two fountains are divided that should have
flowed one,
And ng.ed. reached the Ocesn-nov wtther
IL the sun.
Why came nos from the future whisper unto
me
To tel that thou vert waiting-or warn in
tine 10 fee:
Alas. into the future 40 eye nor ear can reach.
Like ships that seek Tor haEbor-we strand upon
The beach.
The rists close IN around us-,hy cheek Is rals
with fear,
No ray Of hope Is shining the stricken heart to
cheer:
Tho dream o! lie is broke2-'tis fa,e's mos,
hara decree
That thcu shoultst love so deeply could no.
then io1esea
louis Lesh
North Yaljns. Dec Q. 1872
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tories and show no. tn. Indians poison

toFtcc nu1 sIOW now t0e lnGleGe pSlsC0
their arrows
The old mans eyes bulged In spite OF
the fact that he could no longer number
his years he still had a vast repertory Of
unstafeo, unwritten songs indelIbly scored
in his memory. But the poison. that vas
secret.
As the FIRE burned brighter and brighter
the different objects IN the began came ont
with more distlnctness. Set into the wall
was little library case quite filed with
books, most Of them on Indian subjects.
Catiin's work was there. Se-chi-tee said
be had seen Catlin but did not know him.
Clearing his throat once more, he began,
In thin, reedy voice, and the writer. eau
tioning him 20 90 slog. scored the melody
rs he sang il, The Indians have only one
clef, the treble. They have never Gevel-
oped the first, third, fifth and eighth har-
monte intervals Of 4 chord or solved the
relations OF point and counterpart. Their
musical instruments are few and very
rudimeotary. The drum, the lutte, the
tomioun are the principal Instruments
The medicine man Eourishes handful OF
loose Ieathern strings IN his hands. to the
ends c. which strings are attached the toes
of the deer Or buffalo, which rattle loudly
when shaken. There is also dried gourd
rattle, filled with pebbles. which produces
somewhat similar sound.
The aged Se-chi-tee chauted their songs
without any instrumental accompaniment
but understanding staff, which he
struck down at intervals upon 4 stone.
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SHOWS of the prairies and sought the
shelter Of the woods By Lake Mandan
Soon they were surrounded by the
Mandars and eros Fentres. Seeing
escape was impossible ana slaughter in
eyitable their war chief, Tall Bull, cried
out 10 his warriors. "Follow mel"
They followed where ne led in single file.
Before them opened an airhole through
the ice. where whirling eddy circied in
the swift current OF the water Of the lake.
With q proud. defiant stride Tall Bull
stepped I'D 10 the icy door and disappeared
AT a single plunge. One by one the plumed
warriors passed from view at each success
slve plunge until at last they had all sunk
on. Of sight below the smooth, icy surface
of the haunted lake OF Mandan.
There" said Se-chi-tee, lin that act
Won have the secret of the Hock-e-a-yurn.'
To fail in i; is to be counted as woman.
Torture is what builds the high cheek
bones.
The song Of the Hock-e-a-yun, which
will sing for you now, is the very same
song that was sung By the Stai.ans around
& suspended warrior: