The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-20
TO INVITE
THE PUBLIC
Admiral BeckIey Wants
All TO Enjoy His Park
Dedication.

HILo, Dec. 1s.-The Hiio Park Com
mission, consisting OF Chairman Il. f
Richards, l.. Turner, DIR. J. Holland
and Admiral Beckley, met Thursday
evening and have outlined a program
for the dedicatory exercises OF Moo
heau Pavilion on Monday, January I'd
Admiral Beckley will be the principal
speaker of the day and Miss Juanita
Beckley will christen the edifice with
a bottle of champagne. Two NAM
moth flags will be raised while the
band plays Hail TO the Chief" Moo
heau" Beckley will take an important
part in the ceremony of iiag-raising.
No one will be permitted to enter the
structure until after the breaking OF
the bottle, when the Admiral and party
ascend the stairs, and Rev. S. l.
Desha will deliver a prayer. Rev. G.
morning exercises will begin at 10
o'clock, and as the races are scheduled
f, Shields will probably respond TO
the Admiral's dedicatory speech. The
Hilo band will render several selec-
tions. one of which will be 'Mooheau
March" composed by Professor Car"
valho especially for the occasion. The
and committee on arrangements VIII
at Mooheau Park for the afternoon, the
final celebration will be in the form
| of q grand ball within the pavilion,
| beginning at 1880 o'clock in the even
ing. The Admiral has decided that 1t
shall not be o card affair, but bah
to which the public are invited. During
the day, at an hour not yet set, there
will be an auto parade under the su-
pervision OF Admiral Beckley, ana
prizes will be given to the best dec
GRATED vehicle. In the cavalcade Will
be pau ladies, riding astride and In
the flowing garb of former Hawaiian
days. No expense will be spared to
make the day an occasion to be re-
membered
BANANA BRANDY.
Dr. N. Russell writes to the Tribune
concerning the utilization of bananas
unfit for shipment and sale:
One of the best ways to utilize
bananas is to distill them into banana
brandy. The produce of banana dis
| tillation gives very pure brandy, re-
markably free from fusel oil and 9TH
er undesirable and hurtful ingredi-
ents.
! 1t possesses a peculiar. agreeable
, banana flavor and ought to be very
acceptable on the liquor market, not
less than dry grape brandy or ordn-
| ary cognac.
Not long ago, as published in the
''Tropenphanzer," the German maga-
zine Of tropical agriculture, expert
ments in fruit distillation have been
made with the assistance of the gov
ernment in Victoria, CAMERON, German
| West African possessions. The results
of these experiments are as follows:
One hundred quarts of ripe banana
mush produces IL quarts of pure. abb
solute 400 degrees) alcohol, or "a
quarts of 80 degrees strong brandy,
viz, about "a per cent OF the volume
OF peeled and pounded bananas.
Pineapples give ~ per cent of pine
apple brandy of so degrees strength
when treated In the same way This
brandy possesses still higher specific
! pineapple flavor and also comes out
very pure. Papaias distilled without
the seed give 8 per cent of pure 600
degrees) alcohol equal to 10 per cent
of so degrees brandy. The presence of
seed gives papaia brandy too spicy
taste.
weight of ban"nas ought to produce
10 quarts or 2 1-2 gallons of strong
so degrees brandy. Allowing the cost
OF bananas to be one cent pound. the
value of material per gallon of brandy
win be only l6 cents or cents per
quart of brandy.
NOTES FROM HILo PAPERS.
The fnIr-p,actad ccbonpar Il nj
Slade, of San Francisco, p. Larsen,
master, makes her first visit to Hilo,
with cargo of 1l6O tons of coal from
Newcastle. N. s. W.. consigned to
the Hilo Railroad. She made the voy-
age in 81 days, arriving Saturday noon
at Hilo.
lulu last Friday.
]. U. Smith was a returning Kinau
passenger from Honolulu.
The Tennis Club will hold tourna-
ment on Monday, January End.
Paul Jarrett was Hilo visitor last
week, returning to Honolulu on FRI
day.
Mrs. e. ]. Weight left Friday to
visit friends and relatives in Honolu-
lu and Kauai.
Owing to the transfer of the Misses
Hill the Kaiwiki school is without q
school teacher
The bark st. Katherine, Saunders,
master. cleared yesterday with light
| cargo for San Francisco
VIM. NJ. McQuaid and wife. who
have been guests of the Maddens at
Kukaiau, went to Honolulu last week.