The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-21

The bark Ceylon, Captain Willer.
sails for Laysan Island to-day with
supplies and provisions of all kinds,
new lot of japanese laborers to work
the guano and Max Schlemmer who is
to be the new king of Laysan.
1t was thought that the bark would
get away yesterday afternoon but there
was so much to be done preparatory to
departure that the time of leaving had
to be postponed. Provisions were put
aboard the vessel yesterday morning.
1t will be remembered that the Cey-
lon brought back from Laysan on the
18th inst, Captain Spencer and his wife,
Captain Spinner. Spencers friend"
the old carpenter, Wahlers, and all of
the Japanese, including three wounded,
and excepting two left dead on Laysan,
who figured in the uprising and shoot
ing on that interesting islet on the 18th
of August
And now the Cey1on sails once more
for the guano fields with more labor
ers. new ones, and a new manager.
VIII she bring other stories of adven-
ture when she next returns?
LEOwA SOLD.
The yacht Leowa has been sold for
500. Mr.. Lennon is the purchaser
and will endeavor to fix her up. The
Leowa has a history and rather an
interesting one, too. Ever since she
was built she has run up against mis-
fortune. The members of the stock
company which formerly owned her
claim that she was not built properly
| in the first place, that she was not
seaworthy and couldn't float more
than an hour or two at a
time. There is, however, considerable
evidence to the contrary, and those
| who know something about how to
take care of yacht say that the rea-
son the Leowa is in her present con-
dition of practical uselessness is that
the members of the stock company
didn't give the little craft any better
care than they would raft. They
put her on the dry-dock once when she
was full of water and left her there for
several days. There was trouble be-
tween the stock company and the
builder and the builder still waits for
a good portion of the payment which
was to have been made. However, the
five members of the stock company
have now each $40 in their possession
and all previous troubles as far as they
ARE concerned are forgotten when they
glance at the proceeds of the invest
ment.
WEALTH AT HIS DOOR.
C. V. Sturdevant of T. H. Davies and
Company was thousand dollars richer
yesterday than he was the day before
That is he discovered he was just that
much farther ahead in his assets.
On Wednesday evening friend call
ed at the Sturdevant residence and ex-
pressed curiosity concerning queer
looking article used to hold a door back
He said it was ambergriS. Sturdevant
only laughed but the visitor insisted
and yesterday morning the substance
was taken to Benson, Smith & Com
panyS establishment for examination
1t proved to be the real article. The
lambergris weighed AZ ounces and, as
quoted on the New York market, is
worth $26 per ounce Mr.. Sturdevant
then, is the possessor of $1092 worth of
ambergris
| About ten years ago Mrs. Sturtevant
was on a sailing vessel on a pleasure
trip through the Gilbert Islands, One
day she was fishing over the side of the
vessel and noticed a brownish sub
stance floating on the water and ques.
toned a native sailor concerning it
The native informed her that it was
piece of sick whales stomach Mrs
Sturtevant secured it and kept it as 6
souvenir of the South Seas, and took il
to her home in the States, bringing il
with her afterwards to Honolulu Mr.
Sturtevant found it slowed away in the
house and used it as a convenient arti-
Gle wherewith to hold back a door.
STEAMER NoEAU.
Yesterday morning the Noeau arrived
in port from Honokaa. Her report is
as follows: There will be $500 bags Of
sugar left at Honokaa when the Mika.
hala finishes loading Kukuihaele ha:
finished grinding and there is no longer
any sugar left at that place. The Mika
hala leaves for Honolulu September 20
The Noeau left port on the 18th instant
Her delay was caused by the breakins
down of the donkey engine on board E
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
The American schooner Annie II
Campbell, with lumber from Port Gam
b. for Levers & Cooke, and the Am.
erican bark w. B. Flint, from Sar
Francisco with general merchandise fol
Alexander & Baldwin, arrived in por
yesterday morning The Campbell cams