The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-21

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sea, with majestic ship sailing forth
upon it. This ideal had been before
those boys minds more constantly and
persistently than any other. They had
grown to it,
"A Western boy furnishes me with a
| character and life 1 love to study. He
was poor, his nobility his education
did not come from the poor books he
read by the fitful freight He had in
him the ideal of a helpful, noble man.
He worked out his ideal and became
Lincoln
''Our ideal as teachers must be to fit
children for the noblest life. To this
end fit yourselves for the noblest lives.
Go to college if you can. Go anywhere
TO get nobler ideals. We invest in town
lots, in plantations. Let me tell you
better investment. Invest in your
selves"
After the lecture the people crowded
around DR.. Dresslar to thank him. A
little later the school was called to Or
der again, and he gave lists of the best
books in the science, art and history
of pedagogy. The school, after this,
went to the front steps to be photo
graphed in body, and those who had
not previously enrolled did so now
DR.. Lyons, last evening, spoke chiefly
of clouds and rain. Clouds are of three
kinds-cumulus, cirrus and stratus
named from their shapes, the cumulus
being of a piled-up form, the cirrus
hairlike, and the stratus in layers.
This much all physical Biographies
give. But most do not tell why they
have these forms. When the earth is
through the upper layer of air. AS it
goes up the moisture condenses and
forms clouds. These clouds naturally
have a conical form. The stratus is a
the heat radiating from the upper side.
The cirrus is a high cloud formed in
the upper stratum of air by pieces of
cloud rising from the lower stratum
Electricity produces marked effects on
clouds, but it's action is not understood.
Rain is caused by air charged with
moisture being condensed on rising.
at the equator, and has there also plenty
of moisture from the warm ocean.
Hence we find on sea and land in this
region much rain. Another instance is
moisture is driven up the mountain
sides by the winds and so condensed.
The amount and distribution of rain
fall are important matters in this con-
nection The amount in the Hawaiian |
Islands is from 25 to 100 inches year, |
some few places having more. If the |
lesser amount is we'll distributed it is |
sufficient for a good deal of Vegetation;
but if it falls all in one or two showers,
the climate will really be very dry. The
best amount for one shower is from
a quarter to half an inch. If it comes
slowly the ground can absorb an inch
in twenty-four hours.
Temperature is another matter that
ought to be studied in our schools.
With a suitable thermometer the maxi
mum and minimum temperatures may
be taken with little trouble. The effect
Of the winds may be noted on the tenn
perature map by drawing a line above
for the trade wind and below for the
Kona. You will find that the lines OF
maXima and minima draw together
when the trade blows and diverge when
the Kona blows.
The amount of sunshine may be meas
ured by allowing the sunlight to shine
upon blue print paper in a semi-cylin
drical tube through a pin hole. The
paper, after washing, may be fastened |
in book kept for the purpose.