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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02

/ they can to eat and drink and to do
as little duty as possible"
| The Washington made a stop at the
/ Island of Java and the skipper and
MIR. Townsend went ashore in an arm
| ed boat TO observe the character Of
| the soil and the occupations of the
natives. If any disaster had happened
to us know We would have been con-
demned for idle curiosity, but we can
say, We have been ashore on the is
land of Java, and are not one whit the
worse fer it, .
When the island of st. Helena was
sighted, Mr.. Townsend showed he was
a great admirer of Napoleon by writ
ing a eulogy of him.
With the wireless telegraphy and the
elaborate code of signals of the pres
ent day, Mr. Townsends pen picture
of two vessels. meeting on the ocean
eighty years ago, is worthy of note.
There is something pleasing in the
sight, he wrote. Whether it is pro-
duced by the novelty of the sight OF
anything Independent of the desolat to
ocean and the little occurrences on
shipboard or that each vessel for the
moment considers herself as the rep
resentative OF her country and is com
scious that her conduct is viewed in
a national and not in an individual
light, / cannot determine. But If lis
certain that it always produces In me
an effect in a measure lifting or cleo
trifying.
Before any questions are asked on
either side. the person who undertakes
to hail first makes an exclamation
a hurrah than anything ! know of. I
have endeavored to ascertain what IT
is that they attempt to pronounce, bur
as they know not themselves 1 failed
to find out.
However, 1t is a warning to the
other to pay attention to what is a.
bout to be said. The next exclamation
is: What is your name?' soon follow
ed by From whence are you, pray2'
Where are you bound?' How long
have you been out?' and What's your
longitude?
After this is over the interrogation
gives the other a chance TO put the
same questions to him. Then the fol-
lowing compliments are exchanged.
Are you in want of anything?' and Z
wish you a pleasant voya ge.' where
upon the colors are hauled down and
the ships continue on their respective
But what contributes much to the
beauty of the scene is when the yes
sells are parallel and steering the same
course, as was the case today. Then
Is heard, amid the questions and the
of the wind through the sails
and rigging, the voices of the COM
nanders to their heImsmen: Keep her
awayi Luf. 1uf. etc IN. Y. sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02

In these days of swift moving, COM
Portable vessels, a trip to China and
back is not a very formidable under
taking. But eighty years ago a similar
trip on a sailing vessel was different
matter. A story of such a voyage is
told in diary recently found by Col.
Robert Townsend, an Assistant Dis
trict Attorney on Mr.. Jerome's staff.
Col. Townsend found the diary
among some, old papers belonging to
his father Solomon Townsend, who
died in 1885, The elder Mr.. Townsend
was member of the State Legislature
for five years, from 1910 to 1916, and a
member of the Constitutional Convan-
lions of 1916 and 1866 With James
Clinch, a brother-in-law of A. T. Ste
wart, and Oscar Dyke he founded the
firm Townsend, Clinch & Dyke, impor-
tiers of teas and spices, which was in
existence for fifty years in this city.
Mr.. Townsend was lad of 20 when.
| in 1925. he went as supercargo on the
good ship Washington for voyage to
China and back, and kept a record OF
his impressions and a description OF
, everything he saw. The voyage took
131 days going and 136 days returning.
Although Mr. Townsend spent ninety
one days in Canton, he makes no mem
ton of anything he saw there.
1t was fourteen days after he sailed
out of New York harbor before the
youthful voyager was we'll enough to
put his observations into writing. And
the reason for this he candidlyA explains
in his introduction:
at may no doubt appear somewhat
singular" he wrote, ''to those who
may hereafter peruse this, that jour
nal should commence at a distance of
upwards of 1000 miles from the place
of departure. But the mystery will be
readily accounted for when l inform
the reader that this is my first voyage
and that I have suffered much from its
almost constant attendant, viz, sea-
sickness, a malady which has not en-
tirely left me-"
The young man must have been con-
siderably better few days later, for
he speaks of sighting a brig and re-
marks that "She was a sharp built
boat. but showed no disposition to
speak us. and we suspect that she was
one of the few vessels still engaged in
the slave trade
He encountered his first storm the
next day. The vessels foretopgallant
mast and main skysail were blown
away Then he wrote the following |
and maybe at the time he suffered |
from a recurrence of the Illness that |
caused him so much trouble during the |
first part of the voyage:
81 have often read beautiful descrip-
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DEMOCRATS HAVE
RALLY At ORPHEUM
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to Republican marching clubs. but said
he expected them to vote against the
Republicans as a protest against coer-
cion.
c. A. Galbraith, who was an al
ternate delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional convention, spoke of his expert
enees in the convention, and eulogized
Curtis Iaukes- at great length. He said
| the islands should send a delegate to
| is morally certain that the Democrats
will elect a large majority of the MEM
bers of the lower house of Congress
He told how Judge Parker had greeted
him when assisting the notification
committee. and that Parker had ex-
pressed a kindly feeling for Hawaii.
Later Mr. Galbraith compared Parker
with Mr., Kinney, causing the latter to
crimson.
Il believe that a public officer is not
the ruler said Mr. Galbraith, "but the
servantSf the people. We are opposed
to being ruled by any one man or
clique of men. We ought to elect every
one of these nominees because they
are honest and capable, and for the
further reason that it would be a pro-
test and extravaganza and perfdity of
the Republican party
BROWN ALMOST DEMOCRAT.
At this juneture Chairman Kinney
arose and pointing to the end of the
hall called out the name of Cecil
Brown. Instantly there was screaming
of necks and as soon as Mr.. Brown
was seen a shout went up. He was in
vited to the platform and came upon it
amid cheers. He spoke first in Ha-
waiian and then in English.
Mr.. Brown at once spoke of the atti-
tude which he has assumed since the
Republican convention. He said he had
not come to discuss the merits of the
Democratic or Republican tickets or
parties, but II am here tonight as a
protest against the Governor of this
Territory in his interference and small
party politics. I am also here to say
to you that he is driving all the Off
GERS OF the government to interfere in
the legislative, executive and judicial
departments of the Territory. I have
been called traitor by the Governor
Why is this abuse heaped upon me?
1t is because have taken an indie
pendent stand and will not be led
around with a ring in my nose Mr.. |
Brown said he would not bow to the
lash of dictator or of the executive
of this Territory.
When one department. of the gov
eminent interferes with another, gem
tlemen, we are going to have trouble. I
We had trouble here in 1887 (Sdr !
Browns voice rose to a menacing
pitch). and il was for the same rea- {
son, and we are drifting back to that
same condition again today. The
quicker You put your foot down, the
BETTER
Curtis Iaukea was the last speaker
Of the evening. The address of Mr.. i
kinney and those of the other orators
viii appear in tomorrow's issue of this +
paper. /
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02
THE DAYS SPORTS.

THE DAYS SPORTS.
After a short time had been given for
the luau to settle, the program of sports
began. A large crowd gathered on the
lawn where the track had been laid
out, numbers of the fair sex urging the
men on to greater exertions,
The first event on the afternoons pro-
gram was a. sspud" race. After several
false starts the race was finally begun
and finished. J. Williams being first
and NJ. Machado second
The three-legged race was the cause
of much amusement, one couple falling
at the very start. 1t was won easily by
Hopper and Alves with Coonradt and
f. Correa second.
Hopper again appeared as a winner in
fhss blind race. In this event the con-
- tants were blindfolded and turned
- se, scattering to the four winds of
heaven. Hopper carefully kept his face
in one direction with the result that he
crossed the line an easy winner. PHI
was second.
The next event was the girls race,
won by Annie Olsen, Lizzie Spaulding
second. Miss Olsen also won the egg
and spoon race. Joe Bisho won the
egg and spoon race for men.
The.fat mems handicap race was won
by ]. H Duncan with George Kaia a,
close second. The broad jump was TAX
en- easily by Hopper and the hundred
yard dash by Louis Alves and NJ. Ku-
pau.
The most exciting and humorous event
followed when Henry Crane in COMPETE
ton with a field consisting of two Ha-
waiian men and two girls and one haole
beat the natives at their own game-poi
eating. The way Henry put that poi
down with four fingers made one al
most believe that he had been starved
for a month He won handfly in 200
fat leaving the bunch at the first quar-
ter pole.
The hobble race was won by Hopper
apd the boys race by Tom Cunning
No. The next event attracted great
ifA1est. being thirty-yard dash be-
TWEEN little Ezra Crane and little
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02

Young hopeful-"Father what Is q
traitor IN politics? This paper says
Congressman Jawweary is one" Vet
eran poIitician-''A traitor is a mar
who leaves our party and goes over to
the other one Young hopefully Well
then, what is man who leaves the
other party and comes over to oursZ''
Veteran politician-'A convert, my
son. Boston Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02

Chinese boy, Crane winning hands
down. His respected paterfamilias fol-
lowed the example set by winning the
next contest. the judges race. This
closed the program. Suitable prizes
were awarded to the winners.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27
OLD DAYS IN OKLAHOMA.

The Guthrie (Okla) correspondence
OF the Kansas City Star says: This is
the time OF year in oklahoma when a
man feels something pulling him into
the open country" said Governor Fer
guson. who is a fruuticrsman by pref
CrcnCc and a pioneer by instinct His
father went from Iowa to Kansas
when game was abundant everywhere
and bCcamN one Of the most successful
hunters in the southwestern country
When a small boy Governor Ferguson
was his fathers companion on many
expeditions into Oklahoma and Indian
Territory
81 do not suppose that | shall ever
overcome the keen regret that is felt in
thinking of the old days that are gone
forever said Governor Ferguson.
oklahoma seems lonesome to me now
whs | travel over IL and pass con.
staatly In sight of towns and farm.
houses where once I saw nothing but
the prairies. the hills and the timbercd
streams. IL was my delight to ride as
the crow tlieS-Straight across the Coun.
try. unobStructcd by wire fences and
section.linc highways. Spring was
glorious season. The air was fresh and
pure. the earth mantling with green
/ and brilliant with flowers and the sun
just far enough north to thaw the win,
/ ter sluggishness from mans blood
/ and set every nerve tiugling with hap
piness. The plaintive note OF mead.
owlark always makes me homcsick and
brings back to me n vision of the prair.
les. IL was no less enjoyable to ride in
the big timber in the river bottoms.
musical with the songs of countless
birds The song of what we called the
sugar writer bird. probably the tohee.
had melancholy sweetness that
makes n mans heart thump even now
IL went with my father on many
hunting trips from ChautauQua Coun.
ty. Kansas. into oklahoma The re.
glon between the South Canadian
River and the smokey Fill was the
best buffalo country in the West
Along the Salt Fork I'm Northern Okla.
homa have seen buffalo as FAR as the
eye could reach. We came often In the
fall. with OK teams. and returned with
our big wagons lDaded with winter
meat We campcd one afternoon al
Buffalo Springs just north OF Hcnnes
sey. and turned GU: oxen out to Craze
without unyoking them. They began
snorting. aud. fearing a stampede. w
chained them 60 our wagons. We
looked everywhere for the cause oi
alarm. but could see nothing. In about
ten minutes low. rumbling sound
like deep. far-of thunder, came from
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27

pose? According to naturalists and
scientists, birds were only bat-likc
creatures thousands Of years ago, with
scales like fishes or lizards and webbed
wings. As these wings. however, had
TO be more and more depended upon
as a means of escape from the M
crcasing horde of their ground enc
mics, and the air surrounding tue
earth gradually grew cooler. the scales.
generation after generation, slowly
turned TO feathers. with light, air
filed quills to aid in dying, and soft,
fluffy ends, to keep the bodies beneath
them warm. Little 10y little, too. the
great. savage looking, big toothed
mouths that birds OF thousands OF
years ago used to have changed to the
small. pretty beakS that most OF the
feathcred folk of today find sufficient
for all their needs.
The reason for this is similar to that
for the exchange of scales for feathers.
The food that they gradually grew ia
live on after they made their homes
| in the world OF air was not the sort
that needed fcrocious jaws, and su
the muscles of their wings and claws
grew stronger rs those Of their mouths
grew smaller and their teeth disap
pCarcd altogether.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27
e G:oey@S'' &As}'

About one-tenth OF the buyers in New
York wholesale stores are women
There is only one woman admiral
in the world The Queec Of Greece is
an admiral in the Russian Navy.
It is said that an American dress.
maker will do three times as much
work in a day as dressmaker in
France
Miss Mary Z. Jenkins has just been
elected President Of the Syracuse ~.
- Herald Publishing Company She
is a thorough business woman and we'll
acquainted with all the details Of the
newspaper business.
Nrs. II. 4. Jaffray. who believes that
cradles are out Of fashion and that the
rocking OF infants adde's their brains,
was recently chosen President Of the
Woodlawn cid Womans Club and is
now serving her second term in that
position.
Miss +. Y. Cory. who made the six
ty wonderfully amusing illustrations
for Josephine Daskam's Memoirs Of
Baby" was married recently to Fred.
erick w. Cooney, n ranchman in Mon
tana whore Miss Cory has been spend
ing several years in outdoor life.
The Wisconsin Society Of Mayflower
Descendants has reelected Mrs James
Sidney Peck, of Milwaukee, TO the Of
tice of its Governor, and sh5 is said to
be the only woman holding the office
Of Governor of a State Maytlower De-
Scendants' society in this country.
Few women have explored with such
distinguished success the devious by.
ways of Greek archaeology and mythO,-
ogy as Miss Jane Harrison, whose
"Prolegomena to the study OF Greek
Religion" is accepted by experts as a
valuable contribution to very diff
dcult subject.
"Nine-tenths OF the women Of the
country are home women" said Mrs.
NcCuloch recently, and have no
property rights whatever. The wo'
man who has property rights is pro
tected by laws. but the home woman
is at the mercy of her husbands gen
prosity. The husband can dictate just
how much she shall spend
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27
A GIANT OCTOPUS.

One OF the most interesting objects
i'm the Natural History Museum in
Trondhjem, Norway. is a large octo-
pus l.. X. Kennedy. the author Of
Thirty Seasons in Scandinavia" not
only saw the octopus. but little later
heard the story OF the capture Of il,
~ related both by the fisherman whose
boat it attacked and also by two indie.
pendent witnesses The fisherman was
leiSurcly rowing on calm day close
TO the rock bound shore Of one of the
fiords situated some fifty miles north
Of Trondhjem. Suddenly 4 long and
Glistcning arm swept over the stern
of the boat and remained there. The
fisherman. aStoniShed at this unwOnted
apparition. dropped his oars and
sprang to his feet Like magic an
other hideous looking arm shot over
the gunwale. The boat Cluted. The
man. realizing that he was attacked
by some monster against which his
old Dish knife was the Cniy available
weapon. seized his oars ana labored
with might and main to get his boat
into a CreviCc Of the rocks all the
time yelling for his mates who We're
not far OF He had to strain every
nerve TO drag his hideouS cargo after
him. For the suckers never relaxed.
when half exhausted, he got the how
of his. craft within reach of willing
hands il took the three men to haul il
up a slight incline. for tine monster
still hung on. even over the bare rocks.
Then they belabored its hpad with
oars and clubs. Having safely secured
IL. they sent Of TO the nearest station
aud tciegraphed concerning their prize.
II was at once purchased by the mu.
scum and carried there after it had
been photographed. They stretched its
arms out before preparing it. The
longest were each five allen, or ten feet
four inches. in length over ALL TO-
gether with the great carpetbas body.
the monster measured over thirty feet
across.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27
R FRML5 1N
AAsHgoMs|

The red hat is popular with milady.
Wide sashes Of soft silk trim many
81 the smart summer gowns.
Much cream lace. is used to tone
down gowns of otherwise too vivid
coloring.
Colored Innings. for transparent
gowns are slowly but surely returning
TO fashion.
Medallions Of English embroidery
are the height Of vogue for decorating
tub" gowns.
Loose coats of black lace. unlined,
or lined with thin black liberty silk,
are the style for elderly women.
Ruches of chiffon almost universal.
ly appear on the edges of lace or EN-.
broidery when the, latter are used in
band effect.
Berthas and deep collars, fchus and
surpice effects are the universal bo-
,lce design for swagger gowns of light
weight stuffs.
A foating lace veil attached to the
hat but seldom worn o"er the face
because II IS upbecoming, is a recent
fashion revival.
The days Of Dolly Warden are re-
called by the fancy fronts Of lace. en-
broidery or brocade seen upon some
very stylish gowns.
Bayadere tucks. sometimes Ot uni
form width. sometimes growing mar
rover toward the waist. constitutes
one at the seasons most favored skirt
trimmings.
short skirts are only correct for
gowns for informal wear; the round
skirt. with its fullness swcering TO
the door. is much smarter tor those in-
tended for dress.
Linon de sole. which seems TO COM
bine many charms OF both linen and
! silk. although Of somewhat coarse
/ texture. IS one Of the latest among de-
sirablc summer fabrics.
The two very definite skirt styles "A
/ mode this summer will be the revived
aouuce style Of fifty years ago ior soft
I stufs. and the close-dtting habit cui
" skirt with full length ,ucks or pleatS
for frm fabrics and tailored effects.
Parasols for morning. are OF linen,
pongpe or the now shaded tadeta 70
\ match the gowns Embroidered and
Dresden SILK surshales. with handles
epameled 70 match the covers. are car.
riad with afternoon gowLs OF net o.
| voiie.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27
TO MAKE 4 WIND HARP.

a great many OF our readers are very
clever little musicians. and some OF
them play several kinds Of instru-
ments, the violin. banjo. mandolin. etc.
but there are still more OF them who
do not play at all, although they are
just as fond Of music as the rest.
Here is a way in which you can
have all the music you want and music
of a very high order too, which none
OF your little friends can produce on
their favorite instruments, 10 matter
how hard they try. You may have one
of the very oldest musicians in the
world playing for you, and you may lis.
ten &c the very same melodies that the
ancient Greeks used 10 hear and which
they thought so beautiful that they
said the spirit OF music, which they
called the Great God Pan, was playing
for them. This music is nothing but
the wind, and it is ready at all times
to play for you If you will provide the
instrument.
Take two smooth strips OF board,
each about two feet long and two
inches wide, and join them together at
one end so that they will form a right
angle, like two sides OF n square. Now
drive q row Of tacks in each stick.
having each tack about two inches
apart, and your instrument is com.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-05-27
JAPANESE MAIDS.

II is high time we took thought Of the
Japanese woman, as a possibility OF
rule in the Orient-in the same sense
In which the American woman is the
potential ruler of the Occident-and Is
an influence upon universal civiliza-
ton. Such men as LafCadiO Hearn
aud Edwin Arnold have long held up
the Japanese woman to the worlds
Imagination, and. except our own,
there il none more piCturesquely and
more prominently in universal atten-
ton. Here is a piquant and colorful
attractiveness which has made itself
felt upon mankind, and the mention Of
her carries with it an atmosphere and
suggestion of the tender, the beautiful.
the lovable, essentially the artistic" ."
Yet. except for what Arnold and Hearn
and our romanCes and operas and tea
cups and Japanese fans have told us,
we know not much about her; know
her superfcially at best.
Despite the wide adaptiveness OF ia
pan and the extensive adoption Of Eu-
ropean ideas which have characterized
its progress during the last generation
the position OF its women have
changed little! The men Of the little
island kingdom have at least shown
themselves conservative in their atti-
tude toward her 4 proposal to "eman-
cipate" her is as yet viewed-or would
be: nobody has forcibly urged it-as
not only unnecessary. but in the ma
ture of things absurd. The difference
between her life as girl. wife and
mother and that OF the American girl
is so great as To- be almost incompre.
henSibe to us. To regard her serious
ly has not occurred to the Japanese,
though by no means is she denied af-
lection. a disposition suggesting rev
crence. a care involving respect To
all purpose by custom, by tradition.
she is the charming. irresponsible and,
as a recent writer puts it. automatic
doll.-St. Louis Republic.