The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-06

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ITHE bark Olympic. Captain Gibbs,
arrived in port yesterday morn
ing after an unusually long pas
Usage Of twenty-sIx days. The Olympic
has the reputation of being one of the
fastest windjammers in the sugar fleet,
and when the bark had been out over
twenty days there was good deal of
talk along the waterfront as to what
kind OF weather it could be to keep
Captain Gibbs so long at sea.
The Olympic struck rough weather al
most as soon as she came outside of the
Golden Gate. Strong southeasterly
gales kept the vessel from making
much Roadway and it was only after
long period of storm that anything like
a favorable wind arose. The Olympic
brought a cargo of about 200 tons Of
general merchandise, most of 1t con-
signed to H. Hackfeld & Co. On deck
she carried several punches Of live stock
of which twelve mules were consigned
to Norton, ten mules and nine horses
to Schuman and 247 hogs to Wagner
During the voyage two mules departed
hence but the loss of them was made
up for to some extent by the arrival OF
five little pigs.
Yesterday afternoon the crew of the
vessel and some local stockmen were
engaged in disembarking the horses and
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wharf. by which the Olympic was ly-
ing, looked more like circus than any
thing else. A gangway with a high
railing connected the deck OF the yes
sci with the wharf and the united eff
fort Of about a dozen people were turn
ed to coaxing the stock to march down
the plank. The mules showed their
proverbial stuppornness to great ad-
vantage. The men would unite one
mule and lead 1t up to the foot of the
gangway. Four or five men would hang
on to the halter while the rest of the
gang would be using small logs as gen
tie persuaders. The mule In question
would generally object TO the applica-
ton of these weapons upon his rear
and would begin using his defensive
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The noise would start the other mules
and they would make their debut on
the scene by twos and threes scattering
the noble picadors az leaves before the
wind Upon the whole 1t was noticeable
that the men were thoroughly aware Of
the fact that the rear end Of a mule
must be handled with great discretion,
especially when the mule in question
has been penned up in a small place for
several weeks and feels like exercising.
One mule was so obstreperous that 1t
was thought best to unship him by the
aid of block and tackle. The rope
was fastened to the mules halter, the
block to the rail- of the gangway and
six stout sailors pulled for all they were
worth. The mule planted it's feet in
the deck and made up it's mind; the
men pulled and the rope grew tighter
and tighter; it was evident that some
thing had to go. 1t was not the mule
which went, however. but the halter
was unable to stand the strain and the
mule triumphantly Joined his admiring
comrades on the deck. This same mule
had also given a lot of trouble in San
Francisco. For an hour the men tried
to get him on board by force and per-
suasion but II was all in vain and at
last he had to be hoisted on board in
sling. 1t IS evident that this mule has
a future before it If it joins Pains COM
pany-