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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11

while the flood was ON the rain fell un-
I'll on Wednesday the gauge showed n
total of 9Sl inches. During Monday
night the fan at Mountain View was
10 inches. and during the q hours the
fall was q inches The Hawaii Herald
saws:
The big ditch that was recently dug
at the Hio Hospital choked mp shortly
after l o'clock Tuesday, and in clean
ing 1t out Waiapuenue street soon be-
came flooded, owing TO the insuiiiciency
Of the sewer system. In the vicinity
/ of School street considerable damage
was done to the streets. Between
! Bridge and Front streets, at o'clck,
/ the street was impossible, only n small
( portion Of the street, just in the CEN
ter, being above the water. In order
to get the water into the sewer and
bitches, and II possible, prevent further
damage, the Road Board had a dam
built across the street at the hospital.
shortly after p al. this gave way,
and the street was Hooded. the water
carrying with il sticks, stones. and dirt
spreading the mass over the sidewalks.
Yesterday morning the street looked
like badly cut up country road.
At Hackfeld's lumber yard the waters
OF the Waiolama river rose to an
alarming extent, and IL was feared that
: the disastrous results Of the November
storm would he repeated. Inch by inch
= the water rose until the occupants OF
the cottages on the mauka side of the
! road We're forced to abandon theil
homes.
= Then Sheriff Andrews was communi
$ Gated with and on visiting the seem
he ordered a ditch dug across the roa'
+ and about 100 feet Waiakea of the cul
n vert. This was done, SO as to carry OF
d some of the water that had colleCte
n there, but the scheme was put into ef
IS feet too late to be of any benefit. an
n at p. M, with a rush and a roar, tn
n waters broke through the embankmen
= and from that time until nearly p. II
10 the bank dwindled away until ther
Iy was an opening across the road abou
ST 20 feet wide
IS Great areas Of the water lilies wen
ie through the opening crowded by debr
IN of every kind. Boxes followed jar
ct from China, and then bridge cam
er down the torrent and was jammed b,
at tween the sluice box and the earth VI
u til continuous pounding Of the waite
a broke it up, \ new telephone pole W;
re washed from its foundations al
yh swung in the stream suspended on
mt by the wires. At intervals a pin wou
of work loose ana hy into the air and tn,
fall back, and as this continued q
til wires mixed. Across the road from 4
OF telephone pole was an electric light pc
he that met the same fate. The uprsh
.s- to the pile driver which had been be-
en- left on the side Of the road when t
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11

f.. NU.H NO fNH NNINH MN'H.U.
UH fht "Wednesday auaua.n if.r .'
aHr HH frrIrht tuIu. thr KHuf1 o.
bar 1f fi.a was dropped rsm thr .1..
hut fortunately n passing p.laafuHu
rDkel Do ur au1 oterf0It tha train
with t before rhe had proceeded very
fnr
There is dentist at present ,IsIt-
iur Kohnla who. we hear De- exceed
inely popular in The district There
Is nothing like having a good pull
The Rev Mr Turner paid n vlft to
Mahukuna last week and, unfortunate
lv. broke shaft of his carriage 1n the
way down. Evidently the road 20 Ma
hukuna seems TO- be as dimcult TO tray
- az that 90 heaven.
on Friday evening nstio combat
took place In the vicinity between two
1f our native nclrhbors. The fight
however. was not brought 10 a finish.
owing To- the timely interference ~ MIR.
Fraser. Beer was the cause Of the
trouble.
SOCIETY NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser and family had
their meals at the usual hours this
week
Master Sydney Fraser, who severe
~ injured his knee FIVE weeks ago, is
rapidly approaching that stage OF re-
covcry when the injured member will
be- his proudest possession. Should any
other boy, having had the measles and
such like common juvenile complaints,
pay Sydney a visit in the future sgd
noy can raise him the limit, and that
boy viii go away humbled and asham-
ed.
our genial postmaster and shipping
commissioner. Mr.. Smithics, has been
more than usually industrious at his
place Of business during the past week,
owing to the propensity Of the captain
Of the Metha Nelson for swearing COM
plants The gallant skipper seems to
regard swearing "A complaint In the
same light that other men do the drink
/ ing of cocktail. Mr.. Smithes has
now an,Xed the following notice to the
Office door: Notice to Mariners
Swearing Is riz'
/ A galaNy of female youth and beauty
attended Fridays departure of the
, Kinau. Mr.. Smithies and Mr.. Irish
were attentive courtiers.
The hearts Of all Mahukona were
rendcd on Friday evening at beholdlng
the pathetic parting Of betrothed
couple. The hoarse call Of "all aboard
in the admirars best voice severed two
breaking hearts. He goes to the main
land. she stays at home. There was q
perceptible rise OF the tide on Friday
evening.
We enjoyed very pleasant visit
some two weeks ago from that best OF
priests, the Rev. Father Oliver. Faith
er Oliver was here for the purpose OF
holding mass and ccnfessing his flock
IT Che fock) is now preparing to keel
the Rev Father busy next time he
comes to Mahukona.
Mr. Bluett is thinking of buying
hot-air machine. He proposes to sup
ply the motive power himself.
MA%IMS.
I. Men, like water, find their owl
; level.
; .. \ gentleman Of fortune is one wh'
? has money. \ soldier of fortune Is on
who hasn't, but who hopes to.
owe guarantee these to wear we'll
p Ed
5 ADVERTISEMENTS AND POETRY
, Printed and published by John Iui
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11
THE MAtiUkONA MEDDLER
MAKES A BOW TO THE PUBLIC

a rr.ertfsn rra- Hr. n tHl
Il.t mail nam MrhlfHnH tHa fIIr.
| contents .f which we Ft. below
THE wAHrKoNA MEupLEU
"savs vItcnt" CTh,y u,e amongst
t1c stunes}
/ Preparation. y. W. D. Uutu-rrce.
Z Tror drinks. No. O. Vol o. March ].
I 1902
TNTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
We tby We. we mean the editorial
WEI. having noticed with regret and
wondering dismay that this enlighten-
/ ed and bustling ncighborhood is with
out a daily. weekly ur scmi-weckr
newspaper. and having concluded that
this blank In our midst Is a blot on US
and as such should be removed. have
decided at our own risk and expense.
10 place before the intelligent and dis
eliminating public under which head
ing are included only those who agree
with ms and like this papeD, a news
paper Of the highest class. warranted
not tp bring the blush 10 the cheek OF
month old babe.
We have undertaken this. not par
tlcularly with the idea Of improving
the morals Of the neiEhborhood eve
have not seen any morals that want
improving). or Of elevating the COM
munlty Everybody here seems to be
satisfied with the sea leveD, but to fiji
long felt want and 10 while away
such hours as we have 10 spare from
toll sleep and food.
TOPICS OF THE WEEK
| Weather-The less said about this
the better During the last few days
! the mean temperature has been the
meanest on record.
Shipping-The schooner Metha Mel
son, like the poor IS still with us but
at last to our JOY. is ready for sea, and
but waits for rude Boreas to shut
down on the noisy norther which Is
at present is in our midst She has
discharged 600 tons OF coal and one
sailor.
There is yet another sailor on board
who would also have liked to have
been discharged; but he is at present
ON board. suffering from an attack of
circumstances oyer which he had no
control--vlz., oneNHukai.
/ 1t happened thuswise: This able
mariner, having come ashore with 81
and presumably good intentions. re-
turned to the wharf after a lapse OF
time, with empty pockets and load
of swipes Ga beverage of ancient ori-
gin). Filled with energy and the afore-
said swipes he instituted a search for
American law. and after hunting in
vain for this commodity, came to the
conclusion that Hukai had it conceal
ed on his person, beneath his shirt
which he, the inebriate mariner, pro-
ceeded to rip open, whereupon the gen
orally amiable Hukai chided him Sc
b verely on the jaw.
The Jolly tar was then deposited II
an empty cual-tub and removed to hi!
vessel.
The Klnau paid her usual Wednesda'
] and Friday visits.
The Helene also called.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Some Of the planters inside. having
a prayed unsucccssfully for rain DARN!
= last years drouth, have turned thei
I backs on Providence and taken to irri
, cation.
A number of hogs left by tn
( Kinau Friday last. but the species /
not yet extinct in the neighborhood.
3, Ald charges : cents n pound for po
, tatoes.
our respected fellow citizen. Anton
I Caldera, has been casting his bread up
/ ON the waters, daily, this week, from
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11
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Hast repairs were finished were washed
down to the beach and a dilapidated
| wagon, the same one that was washed
under the planning mill last November
was carried away second time.
! Late in the afternoon the underpin-
ming Of Pukihae bridge, near the resi-
dence of +. ID. Baldwin, was washed
away and the bridge condemned for
hacks and other vehicles In the vicin-
ity of Hakalau the road was washed
out i'm several places.
During Tuesday night a two-story
house standing opposite Hackfeld's old
planning mill was washed from its
foundations and carried into the new
channel, where II struck the telephone
pole, bounding back. 1t settled in
position mauka of the road in about 10
feet of water Early yesterday morn
ing the incoming tide washed 1t back a
short distance. Another small house
Joined it during the night, and now lies
ou the beach.
On the beach thousands of feet Of
lumber washed out and covered with
sand during the November storm were
uncovered by present storm and Ha-
waiiaus and Portuguese are reaping a
benefit in carrying it away. just where
; the water empties into the bay much
earth was washed away, making the
I channel at that point nearly 200 feet
r wide.
n All of the houses occupied by Japa-
T nese on the low ground mauka OF Front
g street were flooded. the river i'm some
r places being a hundred feet wide. Du'
ring Tuesday night IT subsided, and
: unless the rain begins falling agar
e there will be no further damage.
l. Messrs r. A. SChaefer X Company
# received the following letter from Man
d ager Watt, Of the Honokaa plantation
+ which gives a history Of the work O
a the storm along the coast:
le since last writing You We have ha'
t, a very heavy rainstorm, which ha
n done a great deal OF damage 10 tn
'e plantation. The rainfall since and in
Il Guiding Feb. 2Sth, To this afternoon
amounts To 1855 inches, The mill ha
NJ been stopped for nearly week and
is will be some days Yet before we wi
RS be able to start again, even il the raj
ne was stopped. There is little appearance
e. Of the rain stopping at this writing.
n THE daily rainfall has been as fo
rs lows: 2Sth ult.. .9g7: LIST inst, 3.47; ?,
as ll9; 3rd, 2.S7; Attn, $40; 5th, 500; 6tl
nd 7.O7, 9Th, 3,S6, and this afternoon at ha
ly past four, .92. The railway bridge q
I'D the Neine gulch has been undermine
en- and it viii take some time to get II
he foundations in a way that the loc'
he motive can cross. We have made se'
Die eral attempts but the water has bee
ITS too high to allow of any work beir
en- done. The crossing at the governmel
he road on the same gulch has been wasl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11

Printed and published by John Lui2
Gn fear of his life). Near the coal
Pile, Mahukona.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-21
The Australian Buuyip.

There is some talk of a project for
organizing a hunt for a specimen of the
Australian bunyip, an animal that
many believe to exist only in the mag
ination of nervous natives and of those
white residents who are in the habit
of carrying colonial rum horee with
them. There are many, however, who,
knowing the Australian bush well, be-
lieve that this curious creature may
yet be found, and not so far away in
the interior either Lake George, in
the coast district of New South Wales,
is said by some to be a home of the
bunyip and search in that quarter
may be undertaken.
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For the People of 210O.

A curious beQuest of which persons
living in the twenty-second century
will receive the benefit, was made by
DR.. Won Jirusch, a professor Of phar-
macology in the University of Prague.
The professors will has Just been
opened. and it has been found that
he bequeathed $4,000 to the National
Museum of Prague on one condition.
That is all his belongings, furniture,
clothes, pictures, manuscripts, letters,
books, plate and linen-are to be
packed in air-tight cases and sealed
up. The cases are then to be deposited
in secure vaults and not opened for
200 years, says the New York Press.
At the end of that time they are to be
unpacked and exhibited in the muse
um His object is TO enlighten by
means of an object lesson the people
of the twenty-second century as to
the manners and customs of the peo-
pie of the present day. 1t can be seen
easily that such homo Eeneous collec-
ton will give a much better idea to
our descendants of the kind of life
led by their ancestors of the present
era than any assemblage Of unrelated
odds and ends of personal belongings
which may have survived the years.
1t will be a bit of the twentieth CEN
fury transported bodily into the
twenty second.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-21
Great Artists Eccentricity.

One of the many eccentricities of
James Mcneil Whistler, the American
artist, is that he conceaIs the date of
his birth. even if he knows it himself.
1t falls during the month of December,
but on just what day is unknown, pos
sibly to himself, certainly to his
friends. Mr.. Whistler, besides being an
artist born, was a born cosmopolitan.
This country claims him and educated
him at West Point. But he was reborn
in Paris. is something more than an
Englishman-a cockney; aud he has
been mistaken on his travels for ma
tive of Russia, where, in fact, he passed
part of his early youth
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I'D s 81 y y e s s z&E43A4
UNIQUE VOLUME GIVEN CONGRESS
Author Spent Twenty Years OF Writing


A wonderful manuscript book on
archaeology has just been presented to
the library Of congress by Thomas Will
son, LII. D.. of Washington. The au-
thor of the work in question, Mr.. S.
H. Bfnkley, farmer OF Montgomery
county, Ohio. died in 1900, at the age
Of "a years.
Mr.. Binkiey employed his spare time
for the last twenty years of his life
in writing this book, or rather printing
1t with pen and ink, and illustrating 1t
with drawings in black and white and
color, which have the ffneness OF en-
cravings and Autographs.
The objects described and illustrated
are the common utensils of the aborig-
inal Inhabitants of this country, and
embrace arrow and spear heads Of bone
and stone, domestic belongings of va
rious kinds, working implements, cary
ings, etc.
Professor W. X. Moorehead Of New
York, who, through mere accident
became possessed of the unique vol
ume, thus speaks of the author accord
ing to the few facts which he has been
enabled to gather concerning him:
IS. H. Binkley was a gentleman
farmer Of the old school. Whether he
was a college graduate or not I am
unable to say, but my impression is
that he educated himself. He possessed
a fine farm in the Miami Bottoms,
south of Dayton, in Montgomery coun-
ty, Ohio. There were walls, circles,
ETC., Of prehistoric remains upon his
property and the presence of these
turned his attention to archaeological
matters.
''Mr. Binkley began to collect Indian
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Unique Illinois Town

One of the oldest towns in the state
Of Illinois is Shumway. 1t has but
one saloon and the proprietors pay
$500 annual license for the exclusive
privilege of dispensing drinks. Nearly
all of this money is spent in building
brick sidewalks, and although there
are only about $50 residents in the
town it has over two miles of brick
sidewalks. The mayor and aldermen
receive no salary. The town has no
police. as each alderman is a police
man and the saloonkeeper also has
police powers. The city clerk receives
SIS a year. and he is the only officer
who receives a salary. When there is
any disturbance the whole town turns
out and arrests the guilty parties.
When they are fined the money goes
to build more walks.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-21

Considerable progress is being made
in connection with the movement for
providing school for Maori girls. His
excellency the governor and Lady Ran
furly have, in furtherance of the
ing gathering in the ballroom at Gov
eminent House, Wellington.
AT one end of the room was a group
of Maori chiefs, their dark faces and
grizzed heads forming a picturesque
dado round the cleaning amber-col-
ored walls. To some of the chiefs
present their surroundings must have
been strange, though they never lost
their self-possession or dignity, and
their eyes never wandered down the
rows of people in idle curiosity. few
of them carried meres or clubs. The
governor in a short opening speech i'm
pressed on his hearers the necessity of
educating the Maori girls, the future
wives and mothers of the race. Among
the more prominent items of the pro-
gramme was a Maori song by the
Chiefs Then Rev. F. Bennett Zone of
the native race), who is devoting him
self to this crusade, addressed the
gathering.
In picturesque metaphor he showed
the necessity of aiding the Maoris to-
believed. and no aid comes from their
white brothers, are dying as race.
In speaking about the question of
dress. Mr.. Bennett told a humorous
tale of an old Maori who came into a
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-21

Mrs. c. n. Whitman of Denver owns
the largest ranch of any woman in the
world. 1t is located in Texas, near
Tascosa. and is called the L. S. ranch,
after Lucien Scott, the first owner. The
ranch is thirty miles square, and is
devoted entirely to cattle raising. Hun
dreds of cowboys are employed upon it,
and boarded at houses some miles dis
tant from the residence The weather
gets very hot in summer, and dust
storms blow for weeks from the same
direction. 1t Is also difficult place to
bring up children because of the lack
of educational advantages. Therefore
Mrs. Whitman makes her home in Den
yer, although she is absent great
deal, both at the ranch and in Eu-
rope.
This great tract of land was original
ly transferred to Mr.. Scott by the state
of Texas, in return for funds advanced
for the state capitol building. Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott lived there for many years,
Mrs. SCOTS brother, Charles Whitman,
being connected with the place. After
a time Mr. Scott died. Mrs. Scott put
her brother in charge. and he insti-
tuted a new policy of management
which vastly increased the value of the
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-21
Origin of the Word Toast.

The origin of the word toast in
drinking a health is interesting. The
drinks most in use in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries were sack
canary, claret. sherry and others, to
which it was customary to add honey
sugar, ginger. cinnamon and other in
gradients; also piece of toast. which
fioated on top of the liquor and was
supposed to give it an additional fla
vor. Later on, in the eighteenth CEN
fury, DR.. Johnson relates: "A GER
tain beau, being at Bath, pledged a
noted beauty in a glass of water taken
from her bath: whereupon another
roysterer cried out he would have
nothing to do with the liquor, but
would have the toast-that is, the lady
herself" From this incident, it is
said, arose the habit of giving a lady's
name to preface or flavor the drinking
of wine. Hence a popular lady, whose
health was often drunk, became a
toast" or "a great toast" Later
the word has come to mean any senti-
ment which prefaces a drink.-Chicago
News.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-21
TEMPERANCE WORK.

plars in Foreign Countries on a re-
cent evening in Milwaukee. Mr..
Skinner spoke Of the rapid strides the
temperance movement has been taking
in Europe, and said the order had be-
come more powerful there than in this
country where it originated. He told
also of the methods employed in the
different countries to bring about tenn
perance reform. William Clark, grand
chief Templar, who introduced the
Rev. Mr.. Skinner, said branches of the
order had been established in South
Africa and the Philippines. In South
Africa he declared lodges had been
formed in the Boer and the British
armies and by this bond prisoners Of
either side frequently were treated as
friends by their aptors.-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
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Doubted the Boys Sincerity
WHY JOHN WANAMAKER REFRAlNEO
FROM AWARDING A PRIZE.

This little boy, when asked his Ma
said that it was Eddie Brady.
The next answer was from ~
who had been impatiently attempt1n2
to attract Mr. Wanamaker's attenti
ever since the announcement Of tUU
prize. At last the boy was asked:
And whom do you love best my
boy?"
Il love our Redeemer the best Of
ALL was the answer.
"Ah," exclaimed Mr.. Wanamakar,
that is the answer; for it embraces all
the Others" In a really eloquent
speech the former cabinet member
pointed out that the love OF the Re-
deemer was the idea1ization OF all
Christianity, and eulogized the spirit
which had prompted the answer.
Finally, after a well-rounded perora-
ton, which would have done honor to
any pulpit or clergyman, Mr.. Wanna
maker turned to the boy and request
ed his name.
my name" came the proud reply,
was Levi Guggenheimer!"
The Philadelphia papers contained
a report the next morning stating
that John Wanamaker was seriously
indisposed.
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northern town from a village some
miles away, one hot summers day. He
had a little money and wanted to buy
European clothes in the store. He
stood puzzled by the choice Of rail-
ment. At last his gaze fell on yell
low oilskin coat, gay with red flannel
Innings. To this he added comforter
and a sou'wester, and, thus attired,
strutted in the sunshine outside, his
bare legs showing below the coat All
day he showed off his finery in the
streets, but in the evening MIR. Bennett
found him sitting outside nut with
nothing but shawl twisted around
his waist. Where are your clothes"
asked the clergyman. TOO hot; no
good,' said the old man.
In summer money is fairly plentiful
with the Maoris, and the natives buy
clothes and wear flannel and sub
stantia1 materials. In winter, when
money is scarce. they are often reduced
to straits and their clothing is of the
most fiimsy nature. This causes great
mortality. The little children especial
ly suffer through the ignorance of their
mothers. and Mr.. Bennett gave many
sad instances where a knowledge OF
diet and nursing would have saved the
lives of the babies. In one district
the poor Maori mothers were told flour
was a good food for infants. Probably
baked flour was meant, but the woman
used it raw. mixed with water. and
not one of the children survived.--Palf
Mall Gazette
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ranch. Mrs. Scott became intensely In
terested in theosophy and was devot-
ed follower of Annie Besant. She de-
sired to devote her entire time to the
new cult and to be freed from all other
care and responsibility. Therefore she
made satisfactory business arrange
ments with her brother, and he be-
came owner of the ranch. At his death
in Denver year or two ago his wife
became owner Of one Of the largest
ranches in the world, and the very
largest owned. by a woman.
Mrs. Whitman understands its man.
agement thoroughly. When down there
she rides over it from day to day on
horseback, and keeps herself thorough
ly informed as its needs. She knows
both ends of the business: how to raise
cattle and how to sell them profitably.
She is splendid Office woman and
comprehends every detail in the man.
agement of her vast property interssts