The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-08-10
WHARF AND WAVE.

The steamers Australia and HI
nau are due tomorrow morning.
The steamer W. G. Hall will
leave for Maui and Hawaii this
morning 10 o'clock.
The German bark J. c. Phuger,
Wolters master, which put into
Taicahuano in distress, while on the
voyage from San Francisco for
Bremen has arrived at Valparaiso
for repairs.
The Hyaciuth will relieve the
Champion in the near future. The
sailors of the latter vessel have
had their last general leave at this
port, and the next will probably be
at Esquimalt.
Lieut.. F. Bower, of the French
navy, to avoid collisions, proposes
TO introduce at the top of all fast
sailing steamers an electric light,
which will cast a beam ahead TO
indicate the direction in which the
vessel is steering. So long as the
approaching ship was not in the
actual pencil of light it would be
unnecessary for her to alter her
course.
The old whaleships, once our
pride, are fast disappearing, the
James Allen and Abraham Barker
being this seasons victims so far.
The number Of whalers now be-
longing to this port is reduced to
43, including steamers, ships,
barks and schooners. The old
timers are reduced to about 20 yes
sells, and every season at the north
decreases their number.-NeW Bed
ford Standard.
The administration of the Bu-
reau Veritas has just issued the
list Of maritime disasters reported
during the month of May, 1894,
concerning all flags. They are as
follows: Steamers-1 American, I
British, I French, l German, l
Italian, I japanese, l Norwegian,
Spanish-total, "A. Sailing yes
sels-1O American, l Austrian,
Belgian, Is British, l CHILEAN, .
Danish, , Dutch, 6 French, . Ger
man, l Greek, l Italian, 5 Norwe-
gian, I Russian, l Spanish, 2 Swed-
ish-total, "a. In this number are
included ) vessels missing.
At least two-thirds of all the in
finite hotsam and jetsam which the
Gulf Stream carries along with it
in its course sooner or later finds
resting place in the Sargasso Sea.
Here may been seen huge trunks
OF trees torn from the forests of
Brazil by the waters of the ANA
zon and hoated down far out to sea
until they are caught and swept
along by the current logwood from
Honduras, orange trees from Flori-
da. canoes and boats from the isl
auds, ztaved-in, broken and bottom
upward, and wrecks and remains
of all sorts gathers from the rich
harvest of the Administrations
ber's Journal.
Whenever a vessel takes on q
deckIoad of mules for Hawaii there
Is lots of free sport for the water
frontiers says the S. F. Call. A
crowd of about 100 longshoremeB
and sailors gathered at Folsom
street wharf the other morning to
see a band of mules enticed on
board the barkentine Annie John
son bound for Hilo. The mules
did not entice worth a cent and
had TO be persuaded to embark by
a powerful steam winch, with the
result that heels were "a-fying
through the air" and bravs were
long and pitiful. The mules tried .
to kick against the winch, but they /.
might lust as well have tried to I.
convince Attorney-General Olney /.
that it doesn't require a Pullman I.
car TO carry a postal card. 1t .
seemed to surprise the mules a
whole lot that their pull was not /
what they had supposed it to be. /
They seemed at first to be labUring .
under the impression that there /
were only a few old salts and a
cabin boy at the other end of the .
line. They playfully stood on .
their hind, then on their fore feet, /
twisted their tails in a knowing
way, apparently wishing to convey
the idea that they intended to have
q little sport with the yohnson's
crew. Then the winch will COM
mence to work. Ears would .
straighten up and tail untwist. i
clatter of hoofs and a scraping
sound then the mule would be
landed Unexpectedly on the bark
entine with no further warlike de-
sire to create trouble. The mules
played a bold game, but the winch
was too much for them.