The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-01
SEA AND SHORE
Big Rush Of Freight for
Hawaii.
The Claudine off With Big Cargo.
lehua to Maui--The Sono-
ma Sails To-Day. Z

There was an air of good cheer and
Observation-Disclosures among the men on
the front yesterday that has been alb
sent for very long time. The day
opened with a rush of work at the Will
der wharf and it kept up until the
sailing of the Claudine and Lehua,
which left, the former on the Kinau's
route and the latter for Maui ports.
The freight for the two steamers be-
gan to arrive at sunrise, so anxious
were the shippers to get their goods
off. Most of it was Oriental merchan-
disc which has been tabu for so long
time. The Japanese on the other ISL
ands are loading up with things to cell
citrate the festivities to be held on the
marriage of the Crown Prince of Japan
early this month. The Chinese goods
shipped were mostly for Hawaii. The
absence of Board of Health men and
the spraying apparatus was very no
ticeable. The freedom of the ships
was also appreciated. The passengers
going aboard the vessels were accom-
panied by their friends much in the old
way, and when the vessel was ready to
go there was no tiresome wait for a
doctor to come and see that everything
Claudine and Lehua got away on time.
the boat for Hawaii taking a large
number of passengers. None of the
Inter-1sland vessels got away yester-
day, as they were unloading sugar. All
but two of them are here at present,
and they will be in today. This is the
first time in many weeks that so many
of the steamers have been here, and
this afternoon there is to be a reunion
and luau given to the steamer men by
John Ena, the president of the COM
pany, soon to leave for the Coast.
The Seagull's Enemy.
Strange as it may seem, the very
lighthouses that are put up as beacons
to our sailors, warning them from off
the rock-bound coasts and certain
death, are veritable deathtraps to sea-
gulls and other birds that frequent the
seashore.
The powerful rays from a lighthouse
generally pierce the winter darkness
for distance of two or more miles,
and the writer has seen a whole covey
of swallows that were winging their
flight from England caught in the rays,
become dazzled and confused and
maddened with fright, end by sweep
Ing SWlllly DdCk TOWARDS the llS0l-
house to dash themselves to death
against the wire guards around the
glass refectors.
Indeed, if you visit the ground or
rocks around lighthouse any winter
morning you will find countless man
gled bleeding bodies of dead birds
gulls and bats chiefly, except early in
autumn, when swallows predominant
that have beaten themselves to death
against the wire bars above.-Golden
Penny
The Addenda Spoken.
The barkentine Addenda, which left
here on Friday for the Sound, put in
an appearance yesterday. The light
and contrary winds of the last few
days have kept her in sight of land.
When sighted she was about five miles
from shore and during the afternoon
she disappeared from view. The ST.
Katherine and Tillie Starbuck, which
left Saturday got away in slow time,
but as they were loaded and the Ad-
denda in ballast, she has had a hard
time getting to windward of the ISL
and.
NOTES.
Captain Cameron, the new pilot, will
begin his work today