The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-24


half a hundred sen ~orkins 80
monshs md rec~islrs ma, . s-~vrs ~
pay and then thfesn ~ th.lr osn ~.
@yprce. thousands of mile. from hom.
" an spp-allns one
The builders ~ soll ne som. Of IN.
s,0,k sIccils,oss must l- doing . bit
Of noor walking. wslh a Dis demass
for structures and a prospective lum.
bar famine
Mr.. >. NJ whitney has Isoduced an
admirable paper upon the life and ser
vices ~ Francs v. willard. Rev. Vim
N. kincaid encouraged such services
"a Miss willard and other noble so
men undertake when he sosAght 10 I'm
press upon his hearers that the saints
were not all of anciem, existence.
There are sincereet wishes for the
Success Of the ''Seamcn's Club" TIE
promoters apparently understand the
demands Of the situation. This COM
mbnity ewes a whole lot to the men
who go down to the sea In chips and
Is willing to discharge any part Of The
II a satisfactory course
can be shaped
In the story or account Of three Chi
nese sugar plantation laborers leaving
on work here and returning 10 their
own land and to their families there
is strong sidelight on the coolfe
There is also brought out the fact that
while China has Its millions OF bitterly
poor, and its countless titled robbers.
IL has as well considerable industrial
section of population.
Chas. NJ. Peppers Washington Star
letter on Cuban sugar plantations will
prove TO readers of the advertiser per
haps the most interesting communi-
cation that has reached here from the
Pearl OF the Antilles. Mr. Pepper mas
visited this country and knows some
thing OF cane culture. The little &c
count of THE Smallest Industry
should set some people here thinking.
Gen. Stanton, whose retirement from
the station Of chief paymaster of the
United States Army on account OF age
is announced from Washington, was
known in the service as the Fighting
Paymaster." On the western frontier
he many times commanded troops in
action and was brave and capable Of
fcer. Stanton made friends wherever
he went. He was of n Bohemian ma
ture and was the chum of Bill Nye,
Gene Field, o. II. Rothaker, Will L.
Visscher and others Of the coterie oil
brilliant wits and writers occupying
rather humble positions on western
papers about fifteen years ago One day
Stanton was looking over the Laramie
Boomerang Office with Nye as scout
and guide. Nye was editor and business
manager. He had no idea Of business
and he could not write a serious efii-
torial for the reason that no one would
take it seriously. Nye could set type
and was proud of the accomplishment
He picked up stick" and in the
amused gaze Of Stanton set" few
lines The copy was one OF NyeIs,
gems with the heading The Army
Worm" and was rich travesty on
the wearers of the shoulder straps in
stead of treatise on an agricultural
insect pest then ravaging fields all
over the country. Nye's writing was
pretty bad and only IA couple of prin-
ters in the shop could make 1t out
To the average layman 1t was unin-
telligible. We'll. when Nye set the
stick" down, Stanton picked Il up
and being an old typo chased" the
letters into the receptacle at a respect
able speed. Nye was simply paralyzed.
for Stanton's name was used several
times in the story. When Stanton
struck hrs own name he quit and then
the army worm" and the famous wit.
shook hands and went arm in arm
down to the Thornburg hotel, within
the walls of which was the swelles
bar' room Of the Mace