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the somber precincts Of the terra incog-
nito. Yet rumors of Lista's loss had not
more than begun to reach Europe and
North America when another eXpe-
dition was prepared to hew It's way into
the place of doom.
Col Enrique de Ibarreta Of Spain was
the man to lead 1t. He made his start
from San Antonio in Bolivia with party
singularly well equipped equipped, indeed,
as If for conquest rather than for explor
alton He had fiotilla Of Indian canoes,
each holding twelve men, and with him
were six Argentine, two Bolivian and one
Spanish companions, all well fitted by
knowledge and experience for the work Of
carrying out the task Of forcing the pas
sage through the River Of Death. The
canoes were covered with heavy sails and
SKINS which were pierced with loopholes
for rifles.
Early in June the party started down
the Pilcomayo. And scarcely had they
passed from the sight Of the soldiers In
the frontier fort before the forest was
alive with dangers all around them.
Men dared not leave their covered
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ton: l. emulation; 8. prudence; 8. forti-
tude; Z. contentment; 8, temperance.
Part III. OF the Passions: l. hope and
fear; 2, joy and grief; 8. anger; 4. pity;
s, desire and love,
"Part III. Woman.
''Part w. Copsanguinity or the Natural
Relations: /, husband; 2, father 3, son; A..
brothers.
part ". Providence or the Accidental
Differences of Men: 1, wise and Ignorant;
2. rich and poor: g. masters and servants;
4, ma gistrates and subjects.
"Part VI. Social Duties: 1. benevolence;
2, justice; 8, charity; A, gratitude; 5, sin
eerity.
part VII Religion"
The original Introduction Is as follows:
"Bow down your heads unto the dust,
we inhabitants Of earth. Be silent and
receive with reverence instruction from
on high.
''Wheresoever the sun doth shine
wheresoever the wind doth blow, wherso-
ever there Is an ear to hear and a mind
to conceive, there let the precepts Of life
be made known let the maxims Of truth
be honored and obeyed.
"All things proceed from God. His
power is unbpunded. His wisdom is from
eternity and His goodness endureth for
ever. He stitch on His throne in the
life to the world. He toucheth the stars
with his finger and they run their course
rejoicing On the wings Of the wind He
walketh abroad and performeth His Will
through all the regions OF unlimited
space. Order, grace and beauty spring
from His habits. The voice Of wisdom
speaketf in all His works, but the human
understanding comprehendeth 1t not His
wind is the fountain of truth. Justice
and mercy walt before His throne. Be-
nevolence and love enlighteneth His coup-
tenance forever. Who Is like unto the
Lord in Glory? Who in power shall con-
tend with the Almighty? Hath He any
equal in wisdom2 Can any goodness be
hath created thee The powers of thy
mind are the gifts Of His goodness. The
wonders Of thy frame are the work OF
his hand. Hear, then, His voice, for 1t Is
era cious, and he that obeyeth shall estab-
llsh his soul In peace"
AS one chapter Of the book Is about as
good as another, the chapter on Forti-
tude Is here given because 1t is short:
"Perils and misfortunes and want and
pain and injury are the lot of every man
who cometh into the world. 1t behooveth
thee, therefore, early to fortify thy mind
with courage and patience, that thou
mayest support with patience thy portion
of calamity AS the camel beareth labor.
hunger and thirst through deserts Of sand
and falleth not, so a man Of fortitude
shall sustain his virtue through perils
and distress A noble spirit disdaineth the
malice Of fortune his greatness Of soul
is not to be cast down. His happiness de-
pendeth not on her smiles and therefore
with her frowns he shall not be dismayed.
AS a rock In the sea he standeth firm and
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canoes, even in the daytime. Game van
ished strangely before them.
At first 1t seemed unaccountable, until
they found that the Indians, invisible, but
ever present, were driving 1t away to
starve the explorers out, so that they
should venture into the forests to hunt.
when they could be killed easily.
OF those eight men nothing has been
learned to this day, with the exception Of
two, who were found wandering in the
thickets with barely strength enough left
to tell even the briefest story. They had
been hunted headlong from mile to mile.
The forests were instinct with death
wherever they turned. Six Of the fugi-
tives were killed before a day had passed.
The two survivors said that they had
left the Ibarreta party in dire need. Just
before passing certain great waterfalls
Of the Pilcomayo river. the hitherto de-
serted banks OF the gloomy steam sud-
denly were filed with tall men. hideously
painted and armed with huge knotted
clubs and with spears.
Their faces, painted coal black. with cir
Giles Of light blue over the cheek bones
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life Of one Of the most successful and
earnest and daring explorers that ever
was in South America. He was Ramon
Lista, to whom the world today owes
much Of its knowledge Of Paraguay. Ar
gentina and Patagonia.
For many years he had lived almost
constantly in the widest parts or the
continent He was the first man to SEND
out from the depths of Patagonia the re-
port Of the possible existence there OF q
monstrous animal-the n1ylodon, giant
sloth as great as an OK, that sui sur
vived from prehistoric days.
Ramon Lista, thus on the thresnolo pos
sibly Of an epochal discovery IN mod
ern world history, set his race Toward
Ell Gran Chaco
He passed beyond the uttermost Irontler
Of human jewellers and with canoe ana
man padded away to reach the Pncomayo
river. And when he padded thus away
he passed out of human sight forever.
For the River Of Death has never given
him up.
Ramon Lista's fate well might have de-
TERED other men from seeking TO enter
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the fierce. practically unknown TOBIAS In
dams.
This makes the second expedition to
vanish within year.
First to meet fate in Gran Chaco was
DIR. Creveaux He started into the in
terror in 1886 with large and well-armed
party fired with wonderful stories Of
strange, tall, savage men, strange wild
beasts of huge size and profusion Of
new orchids and other fantastic plants
and creatures that were said to be in
abundance there.
He forced his way for several months
through the wilderness along the Pilco-
mayo until he had penetrated into the To-
bas country near the Bolivian boundary,
where the expedition, worn and thinned
out by constant fighting and hardships,
fell into the hands Of the Indians. who
suddenly appeared from all quarters and
massacred all.>
The fate of the Creveaux expedition only
served to increase the eagerness Of ex-
piorers to tear the veil that hid the un-
known land.
And that eagerness next was to cost the
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discovery Of this sort could be made. His
first care was to find out person emil
nently skillfuI in the ancient iangua geS
and characters. He at length pitched
upon one of the hanlins or doctors Of the
first order whose name was Cao-tfou, a
man about fifty years Of age of a grave
and noble aspect, of great eloquence and
who, by an accidental friendship with a
certain learned lama who had resided
many years at Pekin, was become en-
tirely master of the language which the
lamas of Thibet use among themselves"
After an account Of the magnificent
presents and of letters sent by the Chinese
emperor by this learned doctor, the &C.
count continues:
'"The most ancient piece he hath dis
covered and which none of the lamas for
many ages had been able to interpret or
understand is a small system Of moral
ity written in the language and charac-
ters of the ancient Gymnosophists, but
by what particularly person or in what
time he does not pretend to discover. This
piece, however, he wholly translated,
though as he himself confesses, with an
utter incapacity of reaching in the Chin
csc language the strength and sublimity
of the original. The judgments and opin-
ions Of the bonZees and the learned doc
tors are very much divided concerning 1t.
very fond Of attributing it to Confucius.
their own great philosopher, and get over
the difficulty Of its being written in the
language and characters Of the ancient
Bramins by supposing this to be only a
translation, and that the original work of
Confucius is lost. Some will have it to
be the Institutes of Lao Kun, another
Chinese philosopher, contemporary with
Confucius, and founder OF the sect
Tao-ssee: but these labor under the same
difficulty with regard to the language.
There are others who, from some partic-
ular marks and sentiments which they
find in it. suppose 1t to be written by the
Bramin Dandanlis. whose famous letter
to Alexander the Great Is recorded by
European writer's. With these Cao-tfou
is most inclined to agree, at least so far
es to think that it Is really the work of
some ancient Bramin, being fully per-
suaded from the spirit in which 1t is writ
ten that it is no translation. But, who
ever was the writer Of it, the great noise
which it makes in this city and all over
the empire, and the eagerness with which
1t is read by all kinds of people, and the
high enccmiun1s which are given to 1T, de-
termined an attempt to translation Of It
into English. You cannot judge how far
I have fallen short of the original or Of
the Chinese translation. The little draw
ing enclosed is a copy from one found
with the original manuscript, and which
Cao-tfou has prefxed to the Chinese
translation"
The contents are arranged systemati-
cally thus:
Introduction. Part I.
Duties that relate to man considered
as an individual.
/, Consideration; 2, modesty; 3, applica-
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proved itself deserving of the title given
m It by the natives of Paraguay. Argen-
line and BoIivia-River of Death.
The last victims of the unknown place
are the famous italian explorer, Guido
Boggiano and his party. From Asuncion,
IN Paraguay, the news has reached Amer
lean geographers that the party has been
ofncially pronounced dead.
With the staying of Boggiano, Gran
Chaco. triumphantly keeping its secret.
ms successfully defed five nations
france, Spain, Germany, Italy and Para
o,,av. Each Of them sent its best explor-
srs and to none did their men return alive.
r-reyeaux Of France, Barreta of SPAIN
15sta of Paraguay. sirvent of Germany
and Boggiano Of Italy, all started from
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Mysterious Land OF South Hmeica Whence No Explorer Returns

and three blue streaks radiating from tho
corners Of their mouths. made them look.
said the fugitives, like devils.
Indeed, the Pilages Indians-a friendly
tribe living near the borders-afflrm that
these are devils and not men that haunt
the dark, impenetrable forests Of ths
River Of Death.
The two men did not live to reach civili-
cation, but died near where the friendly
Indian hunters had found them.
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Nobel Manner of Theft.

A manufacturing jeweler In England re-
Gently remarked that some Of his en-
ployes had begun to wear their hair un-
usually long. He watched them more
carefully and discovered that they FREE
quently creased their hands, rubbed them
over with gold filings and diamond chips
and then carefully passed their hands
through their hair. II was their custom
at night to cleanse their hair with fire
combs and collect and sell the gold parti-
cles and diamond dust stolen in the ma n
ner above described
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then In all probability have an opportun-
ity Of being satisfied concerning any par
ticulars which they may be curious to
know"
Next follows the printing of letter to
the earl, dated "Peking, May II. 1749."
In part this letter says:
"a remarkable occurrence has happened
lately which engrosses the conversation
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tain Patoula. The learned of China have
long been of opinion that in the archives
Of this grand temple some very ancient
books have for many ages been concealed:
and the present emperor, who is very
curious in searching after the writings Of
antiquity, became at length so fully con-
WINGED of the probability of this opinion
that he determined to try whether any
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POlfeness in Wexic0

i GNlLEMEN III HnCAiCo w
~ some things which would
n ~ look rather queer here. For
example, they tip hats
whenever they see each
Ld other; they shake hands
whenever they met and part; they do not
consider 1t bad form to stand IN line on
the sidewalks and stare at the ladies; they
wear their hats In theater until the
curtain rises, and, moreover, they put
them on between the acts and stand up
to look at the audience, and after sep
aration they embrace and pat eacn olher
on the back If they happen to De intimate
friends.
They never chew tobacco, but smoke
everywhere, even in some theaters. Tney
never carry bundles in the street, but
each is attended by servant, who car
ries even the smallest package. They are
wonderfully courteous to each other, and
two friends will spend good deal OF time
in deciding which shall enter room or
carriage first.
Finally, every Mexican gentleman, when
strolling on street. insists on giving the
inside Of the walk to his companion as
mark of politness. This point Is quickly
decided If there Is difference in station
or age. but II there is not, and the two
friends go down street and cross often,
so that the relative positions are changed,
new discussion as to which shall occupy
the inside becomes necessary at every cor
ner.
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of the literati here and may hereafter
perhaps afford matter of speculation to
the learned in ET~ope. Adjoining China
on the west is the large country of Thibet,
called by some Barantola. In province
of this country named Lasa resides the
grand lama, who is reverenced and even
adored. His residence is in a most mag
nificent temple on the top Of the noun
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RAN CHACO. the most mys-
terious spot on the American
continent, and possibly in
the world, has claimed an
other band of victims; again
AL niIonun ,rixrnr hnu
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EIE religion of the people OF
Thibet has long been a
source of speculation and In
quiry. 1t has been generally
known that peculiar and SOL
eron rites were practiced in
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ta the corporation and activity VIII
WrrE tnH fuIuf. operations uf thp
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lHt DEL one OF tno finest ln thn kslmuk
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facing more t' thD Diamond Head side
but giving also luN sweep oft The eta
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thp most admirable that could ho pick
ed out for thr purposes of "a hospital
and viii without doubt prove beneficial
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-02-18
hAWAIIANS ARE
IN GOOD DEMAND

Commander Hugh RDdman, Of the
lroquois. is ready 10 give "a chance to q
couple Of bright Hawaiians who know
how To- handle boat aud viii learn the
trade of a sailor. Before tine little yes
sci starts on the surveying cruise 10
the islands of the north, there viii be "A
Hlling Of the quota Of men in every
particular.
There are openings for AT least two
men In the ship ana II they can be had
they will be native IIawaiians. The
men must be- up to the standard In
physical equipment and must be- Amer
lean citizens. The belief of Command
cr Rodman h that the Hawaiians viii
make valuable men for the little ship
and az they are usually 50 well equip
ped with knowledge as 10 the handling
Of "A boat, they would be especially
valuable men 10 have In the exploring
cruise, which Is 10 be made.
Should there be any applicants foI
the places they win be enlisted as
landsmen, and their pay VIII be- based
on $40 month. The previous expert
ence has been that IIaWaiians are first
class sailors, and the way ~ always
open 10 find advancement 10 a petty Of
Gccr.s billet which carries with lt an
high as $50 month pay.
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THE MESSIAH"
LAST EVENING

The five molpdic harmonics Of Han
dels Messiah compensated IN a great
measure for the small chOrusos by
which II was first sung some century
and half ago, when, written In three
busy weeks 1t achieved instantaneous
success and appreciation which bid fair
to cling to 1t for many future cycles.
At last nights rendition under the
auspices Of the Philharmonic Society,
the chorus Of young voices, while they
cannot in candor be said 10 have rem
dered justice to HANDLES majestic ora
torlo. did their best so willingly and
earnestly that the fairly large audience
of between three and four hundred evil
IDENTIFY appreciated their efforts. pune
tuatlng them with regular applause be-
tween the intervals.
The seycnty-nye were probably bare
~ fifty and the choruscs were hard put
10 1t 10 effect the necessary force and
volume for such passages as Lift up
your heads" and the "HalleluJah" cho-
rus, while Every valley" was, perhaps
wisely, eschewed altogether.
The soloists were, two Of them, some
what nervous under the strain of the
heavy music, but performed their solos
creditably. Handel II hard upon ANA
teur bassos and coBtraltos In the Mes
slab" Mr. Loye II. Miller displayed a
full tenor and sang with confidence ana
precision.
Nine. GENEVA tombstone Bishop,
while palpably suffering from cold,
captured her audience with her rcndi-
ton OF the arias and recitativcs. She Is
thoroughly al home in OratoriO musical
delivery and sings with much feeling
and taste. Her voice Is of mezzo quail
ty ana under normal circumstances
should prove an unalloyed delight 10
listen to. Even last night with the fine
edge taken off the quality of tone by
innamed tOnsils and vocal chords the
rendition OF Come unto Him, all ye
that labor" and particularly. II know
that my Redecmer liyeth" proved u
treat well worth the hearing.
The voice Is beautiful, the training
perfect and the feeling shown thor
oughly In touch with the subject As
Nine, Bishop Is laureled for her ballad
as well as her oratorlO work, II Is To he
hoped that Honolulu VIII have an op-
portunity of hearing the diva again,
The orchestral work last night PROV
ed satisfactory, The other solaists were
Miss Ethel Cameron, alto; Mr., Loye H..
Miller tenor and Mr.. Frederick Melch-
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NOW A QUESTION
OF READY CASH

f.. Wundenberg, who was appointed re-
cevcr for the kona Sugar Company
yesterday, was seen last evening after he
had "A long conference with the men VINO
had proposed to effect the loap TO the
plantation company before IT'S AFFAIRS
took the most recent turn.
In response TO questions, he said that
he had not decided what ne should do In
the matter OF the receivcrship. There
had been no prior conference with IN.
Judge on his part, he said, In fact ne did
not know anything about the matter un-
III after o'clock In the afternoon. what
disposition he would make, he said,
would depend upon the result Of some In
vestigaliOns into the readiness with
which the money necessary TO carry
through the crop could be obtained.
Col. Macfarlane, VINO had to do with
the formation of the syndicate which was
to advance something more than a hun
dred thousand dollars to the plantation,
said that he could see no reason why
Mr. Wundcnberg should not be able To
lind the funds necessary to carry on the
work OF taking care OF the present crop
of cane. lie said he had known Mr.
Wundenberg for many years ana kne"
him to be an honest and capable man.
who had "A thorough knowledge OF the
sugar plantation business, and who
would work without ceasing Ter che sue
cess of the plantation.
II IS believed that u plan VIII he pro-
posed for the issuance Of receivers cor-
tincatcs upon which the oihcial VIII be
able to secure cash, and witch viii per-
nit him 10 go ahead and develop tire
sugar Of this crop, These certificates
be the nrst lien upon the crop, and would
make It possible Tor th1 backs TO take
them and still secure their re arms upon
tho first rcnlizations from the crop.
While II was the general belief that ),
NJ Damon, as the largest creditor OF the
company, would be receiver, or at least
would name the man IL look after the
property, and the estate would thus be
placed where the money to carry on the
work would be certain, there was eN-
pressed last evening the opinion that
there would he no objection raised 70
Mr., Wundenberg from that source.
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Professor Koebele, the government
entomoloSist, may leave within ten
days for trip to Mexico in search for
an insect, known there, which will stop
the spread of lantana. The blight
which now affects the lantana is, in the
opinion OF the government entomolo-
gist, more dangerous than the lantana
itseif, ana some preventive for IL will
pe sougnt at the same time. BY the
Introduction of some of the insects
which destroy the seed in Mexico, Prof
koebele believes the lantana spread
can be checked in Hawaii. He will
work In other ways at the same time
for the interests OF the agricultural
department.
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COURT NOTES.
New Railway Extension.

Whitehouse & Hawxhurst, the Hill
engineers and contractors, have secur-
ed the contract for the construction OF
nine miles of railway for the Puma SUI
gar Company, Hawaii. This railway
will open up the new lands of the com
pany, upon which clearing and plant
ing will be commenced at once.
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ers, bass.u Mrs. Bishop was presented
with wreath during the recital and
achieved the difficult and embarrassing
task of accepting and disposing of two
yards Of carnatlon lei very gracefully,
feat not always established triumph
antly by visiting artists.
ALLAN DUNN.