The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-08
SHIP IROQUOIS HERE.

ST1lf- lENotSoolS II.
She made the passage from Seattle
in % days, rather good time considering
the prevailing meteorological condi-
tons and the long passages which have
been made of late by vessels coming
from up the Coast. There was quite a
crowd on the Oceanic wharf when the
ship was locked there in the morning
The balance of the rails and machin-
cry for the Honolulu Rapid Transit
Company has come on the Iroquois,
which has about $3.50 tons of the ma
terial for the above. There are some
thing like 1882 rails aboard the ship
besides machinery. Full particulars in
regard to the rapid transit material
will be found among the commercial
news in this paper.
There were many expressive smiles to
be seen among the gathered crowd
when the ship came in. There was beer
aboard. The news spread like Wild
fire and it was soon known that the
1roquois had arrived with enough beer
to do the town for many a hot day
There are 5000 barrels of bottled beer
and big consignment of the liquid in
lcasks.
The unloading of the beer was quick
ly begun and it wasn't long before bar
rels and boxes were being stacked I'M
der the shed of the wharf and casks
by the dray load were being hosted
from the vessels hold and sent rolling
down onto the wharf by means of a
ichute. The Iroquois' cargo amounts
altogether to 300 tons. This is one of
the biggest cargoes received here for a
long time.
CUSTOM HOUSE CATS PILIKIA
The custom house cats have once
more proved themselves to be more
than ordinary felines They are the
pets of the inspectors, are not only
most intelligent but are also the hap
piest family of cats in the city. They
live on the Pacific Mail wharf. jimmie
is the name of the old cat and, as the
public is already aware, her three
beautiful little kittens are named after
Sam Parker, Prince David and Bob
Wilcox:
Thursday afternoon, while the hot
sun was shooting long, slanting rays of
warmth in under. the big shed at the
Eva end of the Pacific Mail wharf,
jimmie and her fluffy progeny sought
spot where they would receive the full
benefit of the sunshine.
The spot happened to be on the top
of tub of soy, that fermented food
stuff so dearly loved by Orientals. Be
fore jimmie decided to rest upon so
odoriferous a spot the sun had already
been getting in some fine work on the
contents of the tub and an occasional
kissing and spluttering noise from the
tub in question was noticeable by those
who happened to be in the vicinity.
The big puss and the little pussies
made themselves comfortable on top of
the tub. however, and started 70 snooze
and enjoy themselves in forgetfulness
of the world around them.
"S-sis-s-s-siz," said the tub of soy, as
the sun was getting in some more of it's
fine work on its contents.
The old cat started looked around,
looked wise for a moment and then,
evidently thinking one of her kittens
had been talking in its sleep. lay down
again.
Well, to make a short story long, the
tub kept kissing and spluttering every
now and then and the old cat kept
"rubbering" every time she heard the
noise, each time thinking her kittens
were responsible and never moving
from the tub or dreaming that there
was any danger.
Suddenly there was an unusual splut-
ltering sound. then a report like the
slamming of a board on the deck of a.
ship and jimmie and the kittens were
scratching at the otherwise empty air.
| The tub had finally burst, as many a
tub Of SOW has done before under SINH
lar circumstances, and the cats were
naturally scattered.
jimmie. even in this moment of sur
prise, showed her smartness. She felt
herself going up and saw that one of
her kittens was coming up with her.
! With presence of mind. not knowing
| Just how far up she was going and
wanting her kitten to be with her. she
grabbed her kitten by the scruff of the
neck with her teeth and in this position
descended to the wharf and looked
around for her other kittens, who were
unframed though spattered with soy.
The cat and kitten probably did not
rise more than eighteen inches in the
air. but the quickness with which the
mother cat grabbed her young one to
Keep 1t from any possible danger was
remarkable to behold.
SHIPPING NOTES.
| The Inter-Island steamer Mauna Toa
which has just been completely over
h. 1zl 4