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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Tongans shoot their arrows with wonderful
accuracy, and at the distance of four or five
hundred feet, if the wind is at all favorable,
they can strike with ease an object the size
of mans head.
The Tongans living near the sea shore, as
it may be said that most of them do, as the
islands are small are among the most expert
swimmers in the world. They have game re-
sembling what we call water polo, played with
large floating ball which is tossed in between
two contesting parties, each side aiming to
carry it to the goal of their opponent. In
this game men, women and children partic-
pate with the greatest enthusiasm, accom-
panied by the continuous shouts of delight.
Before reaching Tonga. I had seen some
wonderful swimming in the Sandwich Is
lands and in Samoa; hut must confess that
the Tongans exceeded in their skill all the
swimmers I have ever seen. They leaped
through the water like so many dolphins, and
the swimmers and the ball were more than
half the time under the surface.
The Tongans are very fond of singing, and
some of their ballads which I have seen
rendered into English show that they have
the poetic gift to an unusual degree. can
not say, however, that particularly admire
their singing, though I must say that their
voices are low and sweet, and that they have
some conception of tune.
The Tongans are very fond of storytelling
and men gifted with the art are among the
most popular in the islands. It is not I'M
usual to find one of these old story-tellers
seated in the shade of breadfruit tree, sur
rounded by scores of breathless listeners,
while he tells some story which they may
have heard a hundred times before, or, if he
has the talent, invents some tale, which is
always sure to amaze and delight them.
On the whole, 1 like the Tongans. They
are bright and vivac:ous with intelligence.
The missionaries have established schools
all over the island, and now nearly every boy
and girl can read and write in his native
tongue, and many of them can talk English,
and even French. depending altogether upon
their teachers.
.--,.,. CAPTAIN Tom.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17
IN THE REALM CT WOMEN.
rlatters of Interest to House.
keepers:
{. ssAAccE At POPULAR SUMNER FASHIONS.
ParaSOls and UmbrellaS-EOOts and
shoes Comfortable and Stylish-Hair
Dressing What Women are
Doing the World Over.

In discussing woman's dress, 1 notice rnat
the fashion writer's give nearly all their at
tention to the more onspicuous articles, like
gowns capes, jackets and hats, but after all
it is the details, the little things that make
for comfort and perfection. 1t is said that
man who has clean linen, well-backed boots,
and a respectable hat may be considered well
dressed. The woman who has a daintly
gloved hand and nicely shod foot may be
placed in the same category. AS matter of
fact there are no more important items in n
ladys toilet, when dressed for the street,
than her gloves, her hosiery and her shoes.
During the summer season, except for spe-
cial occasions, kid gloves are neither becom-
ing nor comfortable. This year, in Francois
in England, silk gloves and delicate Isle
threads in becoming shades are cheap and
fashionable. Hosiery of the same material
can be had cheap in tan, black and other col
ors, and it is the proper footwear for tennis
and other outdoor sports. Some women can
not wear thread hosiery; for such, there is
fine cashmere stocking made which is quite
as cheap and equally becoming. The latest
English stockings have double toes and
heels. Tan shoes are fashionable this sea-
son, and although the toes are longer than
those of last year, yet one need not be afraid
to wear the tan shoes of 1898, if they have
been properly kept.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17
BOYS KNDGIRI,S.
IIIllHl ]IIHIIIIIIIT
AMONG ]. THE TONGAAS.
One of the, rIost Remarkable
Group of Islands.
the PeOple-The 1Ongans are Fast
Becoming Civilized.

The Tongan group of islands, as you Win
see by glance at theamap of Polynesia are
south of the equator, and between Samoa,
or the Navigator's Islands, and the Fiji group.
The Tongans bear strong resemblance to
the people of Samoa, and many of their
legends are the same,9yet they are not nearly
SO handsome a people. a
The Tongans have the art of making beau
tiful mats, which they value as highly as the
Persian princes dol their richest prayer
mats and with thesei they adorn the floors
and walls of their circular houses. In the
few settlements whore white men are to be
found, the native men and women wear
clothes of European style, though even these
are confined to shirt and trousers for the
men, and a sort of cotton Mother Hubbard
dress for the women. But away from the
settlements they still iadhere to the costume
of their forefathers, and most becoming it is.
They are very skillfu in making from the
bark of a variety of mulberry tree a cloth
which they call "gnato.' Of this they make
their clothes, or rather the long wisp which
is fastened about the waist and hangs in
graceful folds as low as the knees.
The Tongans are very fond of ornaments,
in which men, women and children delight.
One of the cheapest and most effective is
made from scarlet Towering creeper, which
they fasten with most graceful effect about
the head, neck, arms and bust; but the
ornaments most valued are earrings made
from the ivory-like substance of the whales
teeth These teeth are from one to four
inches in length, and worn on strings like a
necklace.
Although there has not been a war in
Tonga for many years, yet the men make and
carry arms, and all the villages are fortified
by means of palisades, of which the accom-
panying picture may give you an idea.
Formerly, whenever an old man got so sick
in Tonga that he could not move, it was the
custom for his relatives and friends to carry
him off and bury him alive. The mission
aries and the English Government put an end
to this cruel practice; but strange to say. the
people who most lamented the abolition of
the custom were the old men themselves.
Fruit and fish are so abundant in Tonga
that hunger may be said to be unknown, and
as there is now no war, and it does not
require much work to sustain life, the people
rive their spare time, of which they have an
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

and the bullet but Tommy de Kid continued
to prosper. On the march the beat of his
drum rang down from the head OF the column,
in action he gave his time to the care of the
wounded, and handled a musket when that
was impossible. But no matter where placed
he did his full duty. From first to last I
never heard him utter a word of complaint,
perhaps because the hardships OF a soldiers
life were trivial compared with what he had
endured before he joined US.
You no doubt have read of or heard of the
heavy fighting we had on our extreme left,
along the line of the Weldon Railroad in the
fall of 1864. We surprised the enemy and
seized the line. This road was of vital i'm
portance to Lees army, and heavy columns
of gallant men in gray were hurled against
US, but we chung like grim death to every
inch of the bloody ground we had gained.
Charge and counter charge had been made,
and the ground between the opposing lines
was covered with the wounded and the dead.
Tommy de Kid saw that we needed rifle
shots rather than drum taps, and he acted
accordingly. He slung his drum at his back,
took a musket and cartridge box from COM
rade who would never need them again, and
with the battle light on his firm, bronzed face
he took his place in the thin ranks of the regi-
ment, and fought, the coolest man in all our
corps, till the sun went down and night
brought a ten hours cessation to the carnage
From the front, and the right and the left,
and without cessation, during the long, black
hours, heard the piteous appeals of the
wounded.
Oaths that sounded like ordinations
wrung from ashy lips by exquisite torture;
prayers for help that we could not answer
and which even Heaven did iiid not heed, and
then the ceaseless cries for water! water
water! For Gods sake, iwater!''
There they were mangled men in blue and
gray, all appealing to common humanity
for help, and the cruel rules Of war forbade
our extending it. ss..>,...s
1t was about an hour before day. and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17
A House Pest

Cleanliness and good housekeeping, with
that eternal vigilance which is said to be the
price of liberty, will keep US free from what
is known as the Partisan pest or bedbug
But it would seem at times as if no amount
rid of the moth. In the winter time, like all
insects of this class, the moth remains
torpid, in crysalis state, but no sooner do
the warm spring months come than he con-
spicuously obtrudes himself into everything.
1t does not help the case to know that the
male moth is entirely harmless, and that it
is the female who does the mischief; she laws
her eggs in every kind Of textile fabric, and
as soon as these hatch out they begin the
work of destruction. Many good house
keepers believe that by keeping their rooms
dark they will exclude the moth, but this is
great mistake as, like many other evil things,
this creature prefers darkness to light. AS
yet no remedy has been discovered that will
destroy the moth, for the reason that we
cannot find where the eggs are laid but it is
we'll to know that they will never deposit
their eggs where there is light, and knowing
this we can see that light itself serves as a,
preventive, if not a cure. Wherever it is
possible to do SO, every article of wear
stored away in closets should be exposed for
some time to the sunlight before being done
up in papers or laid away in boxes that are
moth proof. The fumes Of camphor, as is
well known, have the effect of driving off
moths, but as soon as one enters house
that is SO protected, the camphor manifests
itself in an unpleasant way, and on the
streets and in the cars the odor Of camphor
protected from the moths. The buffalo
moth is even more destructive of carpets
than the ordinary kind. AS they invariably
lay eggs along the edges of the carpets near
the walls, a slight sprinkling of kerosene will
destroy their eggs, and while the odor is
even more unpleasant than that of camphor,
it has the advantage of being more volatile,
and in day or two, at the most, its evidence
will have disappeared. 1t has been discov-
cred by a New England housekeeper that the
buffalo moth prefers materials of blue or
red color. TIE same keen observer availed
herself of this information when the buffalo
moths were on the wing. She saturated
strips of red and blue flannel with prepa-
ration Of arsenic and kept these along the
edges Of the carpet for week or ten days.
After the eggs we're laid she took the strips
away, first noticing that they were pretty
well covered with moth eggs, but as soon as
the creatures Matched out they began eating
the flannel and so ended their own career
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17
W0MkN'S DOiNGS.

The story is good: enough. to stand repeti-
ton. 1t is of a Washington woman, who
named her girl baby Helen Virginia. without
giving any thought to what it would sound
like if spoken rapidly. A short time since
this woman visited Denver with her little
girl. Meeting an old friend, he asked the
proud mother the child's name, and she
promptly answered "Helen Virginia" ''Ah!'
he exclaimed, in surprise, 'sand pray what do
you call her in Colorado
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17
About Cosmetics.

Without doubt the only permanent aid to
beauty is sound mind in sound body. AS
early as the days of Aspasia in Greece and
Cleopatra in Egypt, artificial means for in
HANGING the beauty and improving the COM
plexion were in use. The word Cosmetic
does not mean paints and washes for the
face, as is generally understood nowadays.
1t means adjoining, and applies to every part
of the toilet, and even to the dress. 1t is
the art of embellishing everything we see,
whether face, neck, shoulders, arms, hands,
hair, feet or breast. In medicine it goes even
further, but its mission to the world of beauty
sufices us for the present. The ancient
Jews, Greeks and Romans were the masters
of the art of cosmetics. The Bible gives
recipes for their use, and we read of Hebrew
women passing the greater part of the day in
adjoining themselves. In Rome the art Of
increasing the beauty at one time became
popular frenzy. 1t is told of patrician
Roman lady that she had no less than eight
cen woman to help her at her toilet; and to
each was intrusted only one part of the per-
son. When Roman lady arose in the morn.
ing, her first act was to plunge into bath OF
perfumed oil, and afterwards into bath OF
tepid water which had been sprinkled with
oil of roses. Perfumed soaps that were
worth their weight in gold were used in these
baths. Gray hair was always died black, but
some women preferred a golden yellow, OF
even blue. Roman women preferred to
look pale, and consequently powdered their
cheeks with prepared chalk They were
inf will ,;a,1
stain the lips and the nails, but never on the
face. They stained their eyebrows and eye
lashes by means of smoked pins, and deli
cate pink tint was given to the insides of the
nostrils with carmine Manicures and petit
cures were well known to the Romans, and
rich ladies would keep several in their en-
ploy.
During the Reformation cosmetics went
out of favor, but they were soon revived in
France. At the present time balms and
other forms of cosmetics are so extensively
advertised that we must believe they are
very generally used. In the daytime it is
easy to detect the dyed hair or the stained
face and the electric light is keen detective
of such superficial beauty.
After all, sound health and a contented
mind are the two greatest beautifers in the
world-with the decided advantage in their
favor, that the beauty they give improves in
the sunlight and does not vanish when the
gas is turned on.
i
About ten per cent. of the profits arising
from cotton culture in the United States this
year is from cotton seed oil. Twenty years
ago this was regarded as waste product and
many planters were glad to give it to those
who would carry it away.
1t is said that the backbird and the cuckoo
are the only two birds in the word that
never build nests. They utilize the nests Of
Others
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

SOMETHING ATTRAcr1vE.-Every woman
with any pretention to wardrobe finds her
fancy waists an important item of dress.
With these waists no gown need be cast
aside because the corsage is beyond repair,
for one of contrasting harmonizing material
is quite as fashionable as the gown fabric !;
thus while it is convenient to the economist,
she will still be following one of fashions
decided fancies. These waists are made
plain enough, or sufficiently dressy, to be
worn at any time of day. A trim tailor gown
becomes graceful negligee by wearing a
dark silk blouse with the skirt, and it will do
very we'll for the evening by the addition of a
bright lace-trimmed one.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

archers, and from their youth practice with
the bow. This bow is usually twice as long
as the height of the person using it, and the
arrows vary in length from four to six feet.
One would imagine that these weapons were
too heavy and clumsy 10 be effective; but the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

swinburne, the poet, is said to be very fond
of wine, and connoisseur in the same, but
he is opposed to gambling in every form, and
in his opposition to smoking may be called
a fanatic. He maintains that the use of the
seductive weed is ruinous to the nerves.
Swinburne's nerves are VIGOROUSLY out Of
order, which goes to prove that there are
other destructive influences besides tobacco.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Harriet Hosmer, whom every true Ameri-
can woman is proud of, tells the story of an
incident that occurred in her studio where
her statue of Apollo rested. An old lady
named Mrs. RusSles was being shown round; ;
she stopped before the beautiful work, and
after a long pause, exclaimed: so that's
Apoller, is it?" She was told that it was
supposed to be the handsomest man in the
world, wasn't he?" persisted Mrs. Ruggles.
She was again assured that her surmise was
correct. Then turning away, she said, dis
gustedly: "Wa'al I've seed Apoller and
Eve seed Ruggles, and so I say, give me
Ruggles every time"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

astronomy, though Mrs. Summerville, Miss
Rerschell and Miss Mitchell took high rank
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17
Women and Emotions, ., indicates that it is
rich storehouse of piquant thoughts, admir-
able common sense knowledge Of the world,
philosophical reflections, and wise counsels.

Miss Lawrence Alma Tadema, daughter
of the worldrenowneda artist, is about to pub
fish novel entitled ''The Wings of Icarus,"
which is said by those who have seen the
manuscript to be full of promise.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

A delicious little volume of verse. called
Skipped Sketches is from the pen of Miss
Anna G. Grannis, of Plainfield, Conn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Miss Emma Maud Phelps, whose powerful
story of @'Seraph"-transated from the Ger.
man-made such a hit last year, is a great
linguist. She reads and writes with equal
fuency Flemish, French, Hungarian, Ger
man, Spanish and Italian.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

A life of the late Lucy Larcom is being
prepared by Rev. Dulany Addison, of Bever-
ly Mass, who asks for the loan of letters in
possession Of her friends that may be helpful
to him. .
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Miss Annie Wolf, better Known to the
died recently at the University Hospital in
Philadelphia. She left large number of
unedited manuscripts to Mr.. A. P. Sinnet,
Jr.
The London Illustrated Neps, in speaking
of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's last book, "Men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Claude Lake is the pen name of Miss Ma
thilde Blind, the able translator of Strauss
great work, "The Old Faith and the New"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

N that profession. The most skllIrul COM
putors in the Naval Observatory at Washing
ton and in the observatory at Cambridge,
Mass. are women. They have in California
an organization known as the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific Coast. Its only woman
member is Miss Rose Halloran, and she is
said to be one of the most skillful observers
and thorough mathematician on that coast.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Mrs. E. B. Sutherland recently carried off
the third prize of $3.50, offered by New
York syndicate for the best short stories.
This story is called 'Dikkons' Dog" and like
some other popular efforts it has military
setting. 49, = f4,s
''George Egerton, the author of "Keynotes,"
is young Irish lady, Miss Dunno. Her
father, Captain Dunno, was for many years
an Irish official, having had charge of many
government jails. He is an artist of con-
siderable skill. -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

About ten per cent. of the profits arising
from cotton culture in the United States this
year is from cotton seed oil. Twenty years
ago this was regarded as waste product, and
many planters were glad to give it to those
who would carry it away.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

1t is said that the backbird and the cuckoo
are the only two birds in the word that
never build nests. They utilize the nests OF
Others
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23

o' 'hui uf Iis enemy dpomci to dc,truc-
t..u SN We may think uf Washington.
Whrfltr ut B'stuu. takiug command IT
his handful ui undiillrd truop=. whether
~ Valley Forge 10 that terrible winter
Of l1ig. or whether at Yorktown in the
flush of victorious success, he is ever the
same, and we know that had the
fortunes of war been otherwise
than what they were. this unsullied
patriot would have stood defeat
with the same equanimity with
which he welcomed success 81
charge thee to throw away ambition.
for from this the angels fell. are the
words Of the worlds great master of
characterization. I'm the same sense in
which Shakespeare puts these words
into the mouth of Wolsey. Washington,
in so far as one may read from his life
and actions. was absolutely free from
the corroding faint of selfish ambition
HIS only ambition was to serve his
country. Whether in the field, as Presi.
dent, or in the council, no thought of self
ever entered his patriotic mind. No more
elevated act of patriotic devotion to
duty than that of surrendering his com
mission to the Congress that gave It,
after seven years of successful war, can
be found in all history; and when the
time came again, at the call OF his
grateful countrymen. he was with
unanimous voice chosen as chief ex-
ecutive of the nation he had toiled so
long to create, he cheerfully left the
quiet and well-beloved home on the
Potomac, to labor amid difficulties and
detraction for the good of his race. If
ever title, so often misplaced, were well
deserved by man. then that one men.
a 4 H.. - H..
Constitution to be applied as the official
title of the President. should have be-
louged TO Serene High
ness"
When the applause which followed
Prof. Scott's address had died away and
the band had played patriotic melodies
the audience rose, and led by Chairman
McGrew, and accompanied by ruille
OF drums, gave three cheers in honor of
the anniversary. The President and
Minister Willis then took opportunity to
compliment the speakers. As both
these high functionaries left the build
ing hats We're respectfully raised and
other salutations given.
The American League has great reason
to be proud of the manner in which the
details of the celebration were wrought
out. Its special committees of the day
were rs follows:
TO ask for general observance and to
secure use of the drill shed and band
w. A. Bowen, b. +. Dillingham;, X. Jay
Green, John X. Wilder, T.. o. White.
Decorations and seats-Jas. l.. Carter,
Robert Rowe, George Hagermann, II. II.
Williams, John Ehnger.
Special and general invitations and
reception-J. W. Pratt, c. II. Atherton,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-23
FL0TSAN AND JETSAN.
coon BYT STEAMERS MIKAuALA.
HALL AND pEIE.
The Australia Tomorrow Yacht Tolna
At TAHITI senrics aud Alden Bessc
out Tomorrow.


Australia tomorrow.
Eleven sailing vessels and one steamer
are due to-day.
The bark Alden Besse leaves to-mor-
tow for San Francisco.
The steamer Kinau is due from wind
ward Hawaii tomorrow with sugar.
The German ship Marie Hackfeld
passed Holyhead February %, bound
for Honolulu.
The German bark Senta is reported to
have passed Liverpool January 10th,
bound for this port.
The celebration bunting which was
displayed on the men-of-war is drying
in the breeze to day.
The bark Galveston is discharging
her somewhat damaged cargo at
Brewers wharf to day.
The steamer Pele left at noon to-day
for Klui with a lot of steam plows for
Hanamaulu plantation.
The steamer w. G. Hall left this
morning with big cargo of lumber for
Pahala plantation and a small list of
passengers.
The schooner Robert Searles and bark
Alden Besse will have race for the
Golden Gate, starting tomorrow after
the mail arrives. Both are loaded and
ready.
The old bark Matilda is going on the
marine railway to be overhauled as
soon as the Kaala comes Off. She is
chock full of oakum now, having been
built in 1897 and rebuilt several times
since.