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The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
CHRISTIAN BENEvoLENCE.
Appeal for Funds for Native
Church Pastors.

Shul I'll dSlOl -
MR.. EDITOR:-There is on Kauai a
Pastors Aid Society, which has for its
special object the guarantee of living
salary to all the Hawaiian pastors of
the Evangelical churches of that ISL
and. Rev. ]. NJ. Lydgate, of Lihue, is
the Field Secretary, and has recently
sent out his report of the aid rendered,
and detailed statements of the con-
dition of each parish. There is sim
liar organization in this city for the
Oahu pastors. But this is only one de
partment of the mulUIfarious work that
needs to be done for the Hawaiians.
The Hawaiian Board has the general
charge of such work, not for Hawaii
ans alone, but for the Chinese, Japan
csc, Portuguese and all classes of our
polyglot community 1t is doing the
best possible with the limited means
at its disposal. Its financial year closes
the middle of next month. The Treas
urer is very anxious to have all the
obligations of the Board fully met, and
to this end needs at least two thousand
dollars. This community has always
responded promptly and generously to
any appeal for aid in this important
work. Whoever has not yet contribut-
ed directly, or who is ready TO give
now more than he has already given,
is earnestly urged to remit the amount
Immediately to the Treasurer, Mr. w.
w. Hall, and specify, if so desired, for
which department of the work the con-
tribution is designed. H.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
NAVAL MEN WIN.
Close Game Between Wild Swan
and II. c. c. Teams.


The cricket match, between teams
from the Wild Swan and H c. c., on
the old baseball grounds Saturday aft
ernoon, was well attended The navy
men won over the home team by three
runs.
People noticed in carriages and on
the ground were: British Commission
er A. G. S. Halves, Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ
Swanzy, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Auerbach,
Misses Maggie and Cordelia Walker,
Miss Juliette King, Mrs. E. D. Tenney,
Mr.. FaXon Bishop, Mrs. Gaisford, Miss
Landers, Miss Palmer, Miss Erickson,
the Misses Newell, Miss Lizzie Quincy,
Miss Lizzie Grace; Mr.. R. A. Jordan,
Mrs. H. Herbert, Mrs. A. w. Hewitt,
Mr.. F. Davey, Messrs. c. Bose, W. S.
May, Ed Giffard, D. Shanks, G. A. Nc
Dowall, Lieut.. C. D. Burney, Mr.. Cole
and Mr.. osborne of H. B. NJ. S. Wild
Swan, Dr. McKibbin, Dr. G. Herbert,
Ed Dowsett, ]. NJ. Monsarrat, Charles
Wilson, Fred Harrison, T. R. Robin
son, T. A Simpson, c. H. White, R. A.
Scrimgeour, Foster, William Thomp-
son and many others. Mrs. Swanzy
kindly poured tea.
President Dr. Murray, of the Ho-
nolulu Cricket Club, deserves the
thanks of all lovers of the English ma
tional sport for the spirit he displays
in its management. Since he took hold
of office, the game has become very
much more popular than it ever has
been. This fact was attested by the
number of people who responded to the
invitation to witness the match Satur-
| day afternoon. 1t was the third game
of the series, the H. c. C. winning two
and the naval boys one. Just here it
ought, in justice to the Wild Swan
! team. be stated that ON the down trip,
Leading Stoker Dean had his thumb
taken off. He is by far the best bowler
that has ever been seen here This nat
urally weakened them, and but for this
the Honolulu boys might not have been
| so fortunate.
Below is the game in full, with the
names of players and the points made:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27

Americans are the most inventive
people on earth. To them have been
issued nearly 100000 patents, or more
than one-third OF all the patents is
sued in the world. No discovery of
modern years has been of greater ben
eft to mankind than Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
or has done more to relieve pain and
suffering. ]. w. Vaughn, of Oakton,
KY, says: 81 have used Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in my family for several years, and
find it to be the best medicine l ever
used for cramps in the stomach and
bowels. For sale by all druggists and
dealers; Benson, Smith & Co., whole
sale agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
LEWIS co.

No firm Of grocers In Honolulu en- sell
the same quality of goods we offer and Al
same prices unless they buy right. We
boast Of our prices Just as a proud mother
does of her first bon-they can't be beat.
Nor are the goods we sell excelIed in quail
ity by any firm.
Since bringing our wares before the ISL
and public by means Of printers ink, tho
orders from people on the other Islands
have doubled in number. This means
that the people are satisfied with goods
and prices. We are reaching out for trade
and to secure It we have goods at ex-
eeedingly low cash price. In case LOTS
dozen tins to a ease-the consumer gets
the benefit of wholesale prices.
Following is a partial list OF goods Just
received from English and European mar
kets:
CopeIand's> English Peas, Gods RO=,
Maekerel in Mustard Sauce, Cambridge
Sausage,H TeyssOnneau Pate, Crosse &
Blackwell's Pie Rhubarb and Jams, Bone
less Sardines, Eating Chocolate, etc.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
Flag Signals.

The men in the Regulars have be-
come quite proficient in signalling.
While the ball game was in progress
on Saturday, Private O'Connor sig
nailed to Corporal Overlook. who was
stationed on top of Punchbowl, and he
signaled to Sergeant Taylor, stationed
on top of the Executive building.
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to England on an extended visit with
relatives.
Mr.. Thomas Birnie, who is returning
to his home in the States after long
visit at the home Of his brother, Rev
d. P. Brine, Of this city.
Mr.. Gus Mauer, on his way to his
home in Berlin. Germany, where he
Will remain about six months.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
OUR REPUTATION.

For fine wateh ,0ort IS ride
spread; bm IRE irish 10 int
press the fen loho may not
yet be IN line, with the neces-
Sty of sending their icatckes.
when ont of order to as de-
rectlg; and not first aiiOio e.
e1y tinker 10 RUN the rotch,
after Which, ~Hd II 10 rs for
proper repairs.
The Cost is Arrays more to you,
after such treatment erer 80
mach better 10 send 1t right
darn to Us, for ne allOr0
nothing bit perfect WOrk TO
leace orr 0orkshop.
You ,0iU be surprised, toe, hosO
much cheaper 1t ,oiH be, and
hOw much more satisfactory
TO yOu.
Watches are securely packed in
tC0Oden bores, and returned
IN the safest possible manner.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
Detroit : JEWEL Stoves

WE are celebrating the
successful introduction of
"JEWEL" Stoves and Ranges
by giving purchasers out of
Honolulu a special benefit of
a Freight Rebate of 10 per
cent. off the regular price OF
all our stoves: In addition
to which you get the usual
s per cent. cash discount.
Our complete stock of I5o
stoves, ranging in price from
81 to $72-With another ISo
now on the way, comprises
the following:
MERIT JEWEL RANGE.
size, 4 styles, with Water Coil.
EMPIRE JEWEL RANGE.
size, styles, with Water Coil;
size, I style, with or without Water
Coil.
CITY JEWEL RANGE.
sizes, 3 styles with or without Water
Coil, and with or swithout Hot Water
Reservoir.
WELCOME JEWEL STOVE.
sizes, with or without Reservoir.
MODERN JEWEL STOVE.
sizes, with or without Reservoir.
MESQUITE. JEWEL STOVE.
sizes; No..7 and No. 8.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
CITY JEWEL RANGE.

sizes, styles with or without Water
Coil, and with or swithout Hot Water
Reservoir.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
H. B. NJ. S. WILD SWAN.
FOOD SCARCE AT WAIKIKI.

Total .................
The herald., 1897-09-26
ISOLATION IN WINTER

Sunrise City in the winter is as lso-
lated as any place can be. The last mail
gets in October 18th and leaves October
22d. From this date to May 1st there Is
no news from the outside world. Even
other portions Of the inlet are cut on
from COMMUNICATIVE aave by rnwboat. Z
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day. but you won't take cold. Acct
dents, of course there are, but these are
infreuuent Last winter occurred one
of the worst, for in blasting in the ice
to get fish one man lost both A3nds
and an eye. There was no physician
there and almost nothing could be done
to relieve his sufferings. The miners
are proverbially kind-hearted and ready
to do all in their power for the unfor-
tunate. This year there is a doctor
there.
From Sunrise the start is made over
the portage to Prince William sourd, and
about the LIST of August gentleman
from Oregon started with several guides
to cross the glacier. 1t is only fifteen
miles or so over the portage, but the
three or four miles of glacier is very
dangerous in midsummer on account
of the crevasses in the ice, which must
be crossed on ladders, and it frequently
takes nine or ten hours to go this short
distance. 1t was here that the three
men lost their lives last March, as re-
ported in the papers. There was much
curiosity in Sunrise as to how Judge K,
the man from Oregon, would get on,
and when the guides returned week
later they were eagerly questioned In
reply, they told how the judge had lost
his nerve, had refused to cross some of
the cracks. said they had sworn at him,
tried to persuade him, and finally threat
ened to go opand leave him, to kick him
over, to drag him by a rope, until in
despair the judge had finally crossed. On
being questioned as to his Prince Will
liam trip the judge grew loquacious;
said it was a very interesting trip, "but
trying to the nerves." He had enjoyed
it all; then gliding easily away from the
glacier, he dilated upon the beauties of
the Prince William country, the kind
ness of the people at Orca, the fishing
station at the head OF the sound. and do
the best could couldn't pin him down
to any facts in regard to the few miles
across the glacier. He always evaded
any details. being in blessed ignorance
Of the story had heard from the guides.
SEVERITY OF WINTER
A story went the rounds of some of the
western papers last summer in regard
to the severity of the previous winter
and told how some dozen or more horses
had frozen to death at Six Mile In spite
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and store 1t in the tent for fear 1t would
be stolen. When down at Tyoonuk she
lay in the creek out of sight, and the
natives went up and down continually
and we never gave 1t thought. The
natives are lazy beggars. but they are
honest"
Indeed, 1t would seem that dishonesty
Is the one vice the natives do not learn
from the whites They will drink any
thing in the form of liquor from the ma
tive "hootch" to lemon extract, If there
Is nothing better, and are hopelessly
low class-but they never steal.
1t rains a good deal at Sunrise, and
the ground is always water-soaked. AL
through the woods are fallen trees, COW
cred with moss, while the trees still
standing have their roots half out of the
ground, and the water stands in pools
in every slight depression. The soil
seems so full of moisture that water will
not soak into the ground at all.
OUR HABITATION
Our own camp in Sunrise was the most
comfortable we had during the summer
We had lexis tent, and there were
four Of u.s. Half dozen boards were
laid across the inner end Of the tent
and on these were piled spruce boughs
making a bed foot or so high. On these
we spread our blankets and asked no
sympathy from anyone on that score
Four posts were driven into the ground
and a couple of boards nailed across
making a table 21ax6 feet. Two boards
and half a dozen boxes made good
shelves for our dishes, while provisions
were stored away in ali odd corners or
the shelves. On the floor-formed of
mother earth-under the table, in fact
every bit of spare space in that tent
was filled with eatables. A pile OF
stones was the foundation for sheet
iron camp stove, and very appetizing
were some Of the meals cooked thereon.
Wood was plentiful, water within twen-
ty feet of the tent, with scenery on the
side that could not be equaled; such
sunsets as only Turner could paint,
glorious tents Of purple and crimson
and gold, and an equable climate. No
one is ever sick in that inlet; pneumonia
and fevers, the scourges Of civilization,
are unknown. You may get drenched in
salt water, you can sleep in wet blankets
wear wet clothes, have your feet wet all
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Of good care. AZ a matter Of fact. the
pack trains there were well housed and
fed with one exception. and the horses
were sleek and fat in the spring. The
other train was overworked and UNDER
fed all through the fall and the owner
turned them out when the season was
over, left them to hunt their own food
and find shelter where they might. OF
course they perished, but with ordinary
care stock can be kept there as easily
as in the Dakotas or Minnesota. Good
hay can be had for the cutting and I
have seen timothy two feet high all
headed in August. Oats grow rankly,
but perhaps would not ripen. I have
seen stalks three and four feet high and
grass six feet. Glover also can be grown
and many vegetables. I have had rad
ishes, lettuce, potatoes, turnips and
onions grown in the inlet as good as can
be found below.
The currants are very thick and cram
berries too pletiful to be noticed. At
Hope City. twelve miles below Sum-
rise, on Resurrection creek, we found
red raspberries in abundance-picked
three or four quarts in less than an hour.
This town like its neighbor, is collec-
tlOn OF log CABINS mostly closed III sum-
mer, and at the time of our visit the en-
tire population did not reach a dozen.
There is saloon-not much patronized
for on one occasion the owner, Honest
John, came out to invite our boys in to-
drink with him because he was lone-
some. There was no one to sell to, and
for the sake Of company he was willing
to give 1t away; but according to re-
ports Honest Johns whisky couldn't
even be given away, it was 80 bad.
HOPE CITY
A year ago at the time of the boom
in the inlet Hope and Sunrise were riv-
ais but the latter city is very much in
the lead now and Hope is very quiet.
There were reports of quartz leads being
found on Bear creek only two or three
miles from Hope, and they are said to
assay we'll. 1 saw Hope in the spring of
96 when the place was first settled, cab
ins were being thrown together, tents
were numerous, miners were sleeping
rolled in blankets on the ground and
there must have been 500 people there.
The contrast between the place in May
of SO and August of '97 was very great, |
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measurement Is made, as the tide her.
| has q rise and fall of about 40 feet. A
| trail nearly mile long follows the coas
from the town to the dock, but this Is
little used, nearly everyone travelling
by boat. Supplies Of all kinds are fount
at the stores and prices are very reason
able. Fresh meat can generally be bought
as the natives bring in moose and noun.
tain sheep frequently. They ask 10 cents
| a pound generally and find ready sale fol
all they can furnish. The sheep has M
mutton taste, but is more like veal, very
! tender and nice. The day before we left
! Sunrise seven mountain sheep were
sighted on the mountains above town
and several natives went out in search OF
them-probably hunt of several days
as the animals are very quick and hard
to follow.
About 100 yards from our camp were
two small A tents occupied by three or
four prospectors. and their housekeep-
ing was source Of great amusement to
me. On a tent pole hung SxS1a inch
mirror, this with very battered tin
basin and a towel-such a towel-was
the sum and substance of their toilet
appliances Cooking was done over a
camp fire and there was great rivalry
as to who could turn f1apjacks best.
The favorite method was to give the
fryingpan a sudden jerk, throwing the
cake in the air and catching 1t the other
side up as it came down. One Of the
men-we will call him Sam, because
that was not his name--was compelled
to turn cakes with knife-he never
tns hoY, a
object of scorn among his comrades.
One day Sam let his partners go off
without him, and with grim determina-
ton on his face mixed big pail of ba;-
ter as soon as the breakfast dishes were
washed. All the forenoon he wrestled
with that fryingpan; at noon he had sue
ceeded in tossing the cake and at sup
per time, when Sam baked the cakes,
triumph of triumphs! not only could he
turn the cakes, but he could toss them
over the rod which lay across the forked
sticks and formed their fireplace and
catch the cakes as they fell. No other
man had been able to throw them over
the stick. Another flapjack story is
youched for. In camp at Point Posses
sion. lust at the mouth of the arm. one
Of the boys was baking the morning
cakes when he counted nineteen mos
ouitoes which alighted in the batter be-
fore it had cooked enough to turn.
Ibid you throw 1t away?" we asked.
"No, didn't. I was going to. but I
knew there would be just as many in
the next one, so we just ate them up"
A WHITE MANS TOWN
Sunrise II distinctly white mans
town." there being very few natives
there, and 1t may be interesting in this
connection to quote from my journal
under date of Aug. I'd: THAT we live
again among those Of our own kind is
borne in upon us in somewhat unpleas-
ant manner. Our sloop is tucked away in
small brook. with wide banks. about
100 yards from our tent and directly
facing 1t, yet we considered It neces-
sary to take everything out Of the boat
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but it should be remembered that this
summer the miners were all out on their
claims while the spring of '96 was very
late one and up to the first of June the
streams were frozen so no work could be
done and it was impossible to get out
into the mountains to any extent.
DANGERS OF TURN-AGAIN ARM
Travelling about on the arm in the vi
cinity of either town is dangerous. for
the waters there are treacherous, and
the tides very strong. AT low tide there
is only mud flat for twenty miles be-
tween Sunrise City and the mouth of
Turn-again Arm, and woe to the row.
boat or sail boat caught on these flats
when the tide runs out. The boat may
lie level Oh the fiat or may be tipped at
an angle of As degrees on the edge of a
10-foot gully, while even if she does lie
level the incoming tide may pound her
to pieces before the water is deep enough
to float her. The waves often come in
Is or 20 feet high, ard one of these bores,
as they are called, will tear the bottom
out of the best of boats In addition to
this danger is another. The arm is mar
row, and is bordered by steep mountains,
through this gulch the wind comes in a
gale when the tide is running in,
churning up the water in manner
to make it very risky to attempt to sail
in. When our party made the trip in
the latter part of July we were towed
in by the Perry, and our little boat
plunged into the waves until it seemed
as II she never could recover herself.
Balancing on the crest of wave, she
would dash down into the hollows,
sending the salt spray over her cabin
and deck ;then rise on the next wave,
only to dip her nose in again. One man
stood in the bow to cut the tow-rope il
necessary-boats have been towed in un-
der in such a sea in the arm We
sailed out a month later, but the wind
and tide ran together, so there was not
30 much danger, though it was very
dark and stormy night, and we had to
reef our sail twice before we got safely
around Point Possession, where no
"woolly," as the sudden squalls of wind
are called, could irarm us. Possibly the
dangers of the trip form one Of its fasci-
nations. The miners are hail-fellow-
well-met with all who come, and will
give a hearty word and cordial grasp of
the hand whether you meet them In
Sunrise next year or the Yukon which
is the goal OF many of them now.
DELLA MURRAY BANKS.
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up three evenings a week and dancing
three more for six months or so last win
| ter. The nights were long, so 2 or a. m
was the hour for the parties to break III
and 10 a. m. the proper hour for rising
AS the sun only shines for four or five
hours in the middle of the day, there /!
no use in rising early. Time drags. ant
perhaps it is only to be expected that tht
friendly relations are apt to become
strained before the spring comes. Si1
months without letter or paper, not 6
new face to see nor a new book to read
naturally all subjects Of conversation
are worn out and gossip is not always
good-natured.
SIX MILE CREEK
AS far as beauty of location goes Sun
! rise cannot be excelled. A wide, leve
fiat on the left bank of Six Mile creek is
given up to the town; there are two
streets running at right angles and in the
summer Of 1896 lots were sold at $50 each
but real estate has declined since. and
you can pitch your tent where you will
Indeed, one man told us that on his ar
rival one of the townsmen offered to
sell him a cabin; this offer being de-
clined, it was offered for rent, and when
this was refused the man said: "Well
come and live in it anyway; I'll lend i!
to YOU" The valley of Six Mile is evil
IDENTIFY a glacier formation and wide mud
fats take the place Of sandy beaches
Turn -again Arm mud Is notorious 1t
is trfie stickier than any other, more
slippery and generally disagreeable. A
story is told-a chestnut in the inlet-of
a schooner running in and the man using
the lead kept calling in level monotone:
PLENTY water here, plenty water here u
until it grew more and more shallow
Finally the boat stuck hard and fast on
the mud flat and the sailor said in the
same even voice: mo more water here;
all mud!"
BOB MICHAELSON'S QUEST
High mountains surround the town on
three sides, covered with dense growth
Of spruce and pine; the ground is COW
cred with deep moss, and the under
brush so thick that progress is slow and
difficult. The woods are full of wild
Observation-Disclosures cranberries, jun
iper berries, salmon berries and wild
currants-these latter identical with the
domestic variety-are very plentiful,
unknown, and snakes are never found
in Alaska. Ferns and wild flowers
abound. and there is nice woody
odor all about Six-Mile creek Is beau
tiful stream 200 feet wide and quite deep;
II is twelve miles long, and is formed by
the joining of Canyon creek and Mills
creek, the best claims being on Mills,
about twenty-five miles from Sunrise.
Here the Polo Mining company. with ten
men at work. averaged $1,000 per day
not to be mentioned in the same day
with the Yukon mines, but the Polo men
are not finding fault and their property
is not asking for buyers Two of the
Polo men, Jack Rayner and Bob Mi
chaelson, have been In the inlet for f1f-
| teen and twenty years, respectively, and
1 only struck 1t rich the summer Of 'S6
Mr.. Mtrhaelsor IL widower, ana re-
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port says he will return to the states this
fall In search Of q wife. He has not
been down below Juneau in twenty
years, and has an enjoyable time ahead
OF him. He has but two requirements
as to the lady-she must not be over 16
(Mr. Michaelson is about 45) and she
must be white. The latter qualification
may seem peculiar to Californians, but
In the inlet there are many Russian or
native women, and this pioneer wants
II understood that as he is taking the
trouble to come clear to Seattle he wants
a white bride. do you think can be
married inside of two weeks?" he in
quired of a Six-Mile matron, who as
sured him that he Undoubtedly could,
"if he wasn't too particular.
The miners are good housekeepers,
and the bread and pies some of them
turn out are a credit to them. A COL
lection OF fifty odd paper-bound novels
form the town library and are for sale
or rent at small sum.
SUPPLIES
Half mile from the town is the ware
house and dock-the latter deserves
especial mention since it is the only one
in the inlet, its nearest neighbor being
at Kadiak, 250 miles southwest. At ex-
treme high tides the L. ]. Perry is able
to run up the creek to the town. but ordi-
narily all freight is unloaded at the outer
warehouse and thence is carried in row.
boats through the canyon. This canyon
deserves notice. Not over half mile in
length and perhaps 100 feet wide; it's
banks are perpendicular slabs of granite
crowned with spruce and varying from
40 feet on the left side to twice that on
the right-the height also varies accord
ing to the hour of the day, when the
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dangerous trip in midwinter-so that
town Is thrown on it's own resources.
OF course no mining is done in the win
ter and only little packing up the trail
This is partly done with horses and
partly by shedding. The snow is soft and
light and, as there is little wind in the
gulch itself, lies where it falls, often a
column Of soft snow five or six feet high
standing on stump. Card parties took