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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-14
NEW GATEWAY
AT CAPITOL

Former kings and queens of Hawaii
would probably be shocked were they
given the opportunity to see the new
gateway which has been pierced in the
old palace, now the capitol, wall. Not
in years has the. wall been broken
down to admit of a new gateway, not
since the small private entrance was
opened onto Hotel street back of the
Bungalow, through which his august
Majesty, Kalakaua, had egress to the
Hawaiian Hotel when it suited him to
make a short cut to that hosiery.
In former days when the present
capitol was the palace of the reigning
sovereigns, the premises were enclosed
by a high cement wall, viii a gateway
on each of the four sides. The gates
in those days were heavy panelled af-
fairs so that the gaze of the vulgar
could not penetrate to the royal resi-
dence. Each one was flanked by a sem
try box and soldiers were always on
guard. Each of the gates also had a
special Hawaiian cognomen.
After the revolution of 1887 the wall
was cut down to it's present height, and
later on the present high iron fence was
erected. The plan to cut a gateway in
the corner of the fence at the junction
of Richards street and Palace Square
was advanced during the regime of H.
E. Cooper as superintendent of Public
Works. A broad pathway will be con-
structed across the lawn to the vicinity
of the main entrance to the Capitol.
The new entrance to the grounds will
make quite a short cut to the Capitol
building, and will also afford some
shade to the pedestrian.
New stone curbing is being laid along
the borders of the driveways, to the
satisfaction of r. J. Greene, the care
taker of the building and grounds.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-14
r. c. LYDECKER,
Territorial Meteorologist.
Last Week of Sale of Oriental Goods

This will be the last week of the
closing out and removal sale of the
Oriental Bazaar. The cloisonne and
satsuma ware, with silks. grass linens,
ebony, teak and sandal wood furniture,
and curios of the Orient have always
proved of great interest to the tourist
and the elegant stock SO handsomely
arranged is being closed out very rap
idly. Many of the best people in the
lars worth of these goods which have
been laid aside for holiday presents.
For the benefit of the public the
store will be open evenings.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-14
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mean for the
month. 74.1; normal. TAI; average
daily maximum, sos; average daily
minimum. ss.S; mean daily range, 12.5
degrees; greatest daily range. 20 de-
grees G1th); least daily range. 6 de-
grees (6th); highest temperature, 81
degrees (23rd); lowest, 81 degrees
01th).
Barometer average, 3O010; normal.
sO.031; highest, SO.1S Oath, 5th and 6th) !;
lowest, 29.s1 (21st): greatest 24hour
change, that is from any given hour of
one day to the same hour on the next.
.06 { ga. m. and 8 p. m. 9Th to a. m.
and p. m. 7th, and p. m. to 9 p. m.
18th to 1ath): lows passed this point
9Th to 18th and goth to 25th inclusive;
highs 1st to 7th and 10th to 18th in
elusive,
Relative humidity average, 6s.5; nor
NAL, 72.5; mean dew point. 62,9; nor
NAL. $40; mean absolute moisture, 6.S1
grains per cubic foot; normal, $50.
Rainfall, 133 inches; normal 2.55;
greatest 24-hour rainfall, 0.30 inches
(from a. m. 14th to a. m. 15th); rain
record days, u; normal, 10.
The artesian we'll water fell from
$3.50 to 1886 feet above mean sea level
May 31st. 1903, it stood at 34.65. The
average daily mean sea level was so,
the assumed annual mean being 10 feet
above datum. For May, 1903, it was
9.65.
Trade wind days. &c q N.N.E); nor
NAL, "a; average force of wind, Beau
fort scale and during daylight only,
90; average cloudiness, tenths of sky,
80; normal 4. 4.
Approximate percentage of district
rainfall as compared with normal--Ha-
wall: Hilo district, 80 per cent; Ha-
makua, los; Kohala, SO; Waimea, 80;
Kona, no; Kau, variable, from AZ per
cent. at Hilea to 166 at Naalehu; Puma,
125. Island of Maui, 76. Oahu-Hono-
lulu district, ga; Nuuanu. Is; Koolau,
%; Eva, 90. Island of Kauai, 80 per
cent.
The heaviest 24-hour rainfalls were at
Olaa Q7OO feet elevation), 1888 inches.
The heaviest 24hour rainfalls were AT
Olaa Q70O), All inches; Ookala, 800 and
Puuohua, Hawaii. 2.67; all on the 4th.
TEMPERATURES.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-14

Contractor for Stone and Cement Work
Prices: No. 2, cubic yard, S1.70; No.
5. 1 cubic yard, s190; No. 4, cubic yard
s.O5. Delivered TO any part of the city.
Emma Hall. corner Beretania and Nuu-
anu. Phone Blue 1211-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-14

Eva Mill-dew point, $40; relative
humidity, 61.0; barometer average,
30.O0 Kohala-dew point, 64.6; relative
humidity, 77.2.
The precipitation throughout the
group with the exception of the Island
of Hawaii was considerably below the
normal, and was the highest May RAIN
fall recorded at the Weather Bureau
for eight years. Dew at Honolulu 4
mornings.
Notes from other stations-Pepeekeo,
Hawaii: Snow on mountain tops 18th
and still visible 22nd; easterly winds
throughout. average force, IL; heavy
surf 1st to Sth inclusive; dew two
mornings Kohala and Waimea, Ha-
wall, trade winds all the month.
r C. LYDECKER,
Territorial MeteorolOgist.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
The Marvellous Seeds
The Swallows Gratitude and Their Anger.

Once two brothers lived in the south
ern part of Korea. Nahl 30, the elder,
was rich but stingy beyond COMPARE
son; while poor Hyung Bo could hardly
find food enough to keep his wife and
children from starvation. Neverthe-
less. they were very happy in their
leaky straw hut. The swallows built
their nests under the caves and were
a source of great amusement to the
family; but, to their great distress,
one little bird met with a serious acct
dent, catching and breaking both legs
in one of the reed blinds.
Hyung set the broken bones as well
as he could and tended it carefully I'M
til the splints were removed, when it
flew away joyously, as well as ever,
except that its legs were a trif1e
crooked.
Winter, with all its hardships, came
and went. and one day in the early
spring Hyung heard a familiar note
and saw his little friend with the
crooked legs carrying a seed which it
dropped at his feet
He picked it up and saw on one side
the words: PLANT me in the ground
and water. me well!''
He FASTENED to do So and in a few
days tiny shoot sprang up and de-
veloped rapidly into a most luxuriant
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

up, as thy did not want to take any
risks On this day, as they were on
their way home from the bay with
their empty sled they suddenly heard
queer sound in thicket, and after
listening for a moment Ben whis-
pered:
THAT sound is made by some ami
NAL dragging a steel trap and chain
about. 1t may be bear, and the very
one father was hoping to catch when
he persisted in the storm. You stand
here with your rifle ready while take
a look into the thicket"
1t was indeed a big black bear, and
he had trap fast to one of his fore
feet, with about three yards of chain
dragging behind. 1t was the trap
set by Mr.. Brady a few days before
his death. The bear had been caught,
but had broken the chain and gone
wandering about He had not been
able to catch much game, and the
pain of the trap had made him ter
bly, fierce, and as soon as he heard
the boy moving about he came charg-
ing out on him with wide-open mouth.
His appearance was so sudden and his
looks so fierce that Ben was taken by
surprise, and as he turned to flee his
foot caught some obstruction and ne
went down. AS he did so he called to
Nancy:
Shoot, Nancy-shoot! If you don't
kill him he'll kill mel"
CTo be continued.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
PATSY'S QUARREL.

Laura Martin was Patsy's very best
friend. They both knew how to pre-
tend" the same thing and they both
loved to act. In fact they had several
plays which they did according to the
way they thought they ought to go.
Romeo and Juliet" was one. Patsy
was Juliet because she was the short
er. Laura was Romeo, and the balcony
was either a box couch in Laura's
room or two old chairs and board
across in Patsy's garnet.
Then, too, they played several
games like continued stories. Desert
Island was a great favorite. Some
times they let Patsys little brother
Roland play this with them, and they
ate nasturtium stems and pretended it
was food growing wild on the island.
One afternoon they were playing
dolls in Ptsy's room. Patsy's had
come from Paris in company with
Miss Lillian, very beautiful young
woman whom Patsy almost worshiped
and who seemed to be quite fond
of Patsy. Patsy was pretty proud of
that doll and talked good deal about
It; rather too much considering that
Laura's doll had been bought right in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

jealousy for not sharing the treasures
with him. Thus accused, Hyung con-
fided to him the wonderful secret of
the grateful little swallow, and sent
him away, laden down with costly
gifts.
When Nahl returned home he de-
termined to use the secret for his
own advantage. He struck at every
bird he saw, and, after killing a num-
Der, managed to catch one alive
Breaking its legs, he carried the poor
creature home, set the bones and fed
it until it was able to fly away.
Winter came and went and with
the spring the ill-treated swallow
brought a seed and dropped IL at the
feet of Nahl Bo.
He planted it Immediately, and it
1ourished as his brothers. had done
but even more luxuriantly, and at last
twelve enormous gourds were ripe
and Nahl sent for carpenter to open
them.
When the first shell fell apart. out
jumped troup of rope dancers. who
whirled around and sang, and would
not leave the place until they were
paid most literally to take their de-
parture.
The second gourd contained a COM
pany of Buddhist priests begging for
their temple; and fearing that they
would spy out his treasures. Nahl
paid them, too. to leave, and turned
again to his gourds in the search for
wealth, but with no better results
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

have come down to Gravelly Bay.
which you know is only three miles
above here, to fish through the ice.
They are building shanties and get
ting wood and provisions, and will
stay for two months. You can sell
them all the fresh meat you can kill
and get a good price for it,"
The children thanked him for his
information, and at once decided to act
on it. They had a sled at home and
as long as they could get about the
woods they could draw the sled aft
er them, no matter how large the
load. While Nancy set off to the
house to fetch it Ben moved about and
had the luck to kill another deer and
fine wild turkey. The sled was load
ed as soon as it arrived, and an hour
later the children appeared in the
f1shermen's camp on the bay. There
is a great deal of fishing through the
ice on the upper lakes during the win
ter, and the men have to have plenty
of fresh meat to keep their blood
warm. More than a score of men ran
TO meet the children when they saw
with what the sled was loaded, and
speedy sale could have been made of
ten times the quantity of meat. 1t
was all bought by one man, who ex-
planned:
II am going to set up a sort of store
and butcher shop here, and l will take
all the game you can bring me, and
pay you cash down and a good price.
] am not man to cheat children like
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

Laura rose and Rugged Cecilia close
to her.
PATSY Newton" she said, II think
you're the very meanest girl 1 ever
knew-I-" and then Laura began to
cry. Laura always cried when any
thing went wrong. She had a very
tender heart.
"Cry-baby!" said Patsy. She never
cried when she was angry. Her
cheeks just got redder and redder and
he" eyes bright.
Laura went home and sat on her
front steps. Patsy sat on hers. Laura
pretended to be busy with her doll.
Patsy pretended not to notice her.
But the afternoon wore away very
slowly% Helen looked real stupid some
how, and her clothes all of a sudden
didn't seem half so fine as they used
to look
All at once Patsy dumped her head
first into a trunk, and sat down look
ing gloomily out of the window.
Down the street a hand-organ be-
gan to play. There was a monkey,
too, and children were beginning to
gather around. Laura didn't seem to
hear it. Patsy began to dance up and
down on the sidewalk, doing a fancy
polka step. AS she danced she got
nearer and nearer to the walk leading
to Laura's house.
Suddenly she stopped as if she was
surprised to find herself there.
Laura" she said softly. Laura
didn't answer.
Laura" said Patsy again, lets US
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
CHAPTER III.


In deciding to go on and keep
mouse for themselves Ben and Nancy
probably did wise thing. Ben was
large. stout boy for his age, and had
been brought up in the woods and on
the water. Nancy had been house
keeper for two years past, and knew
all about cooking. and she was also
at home in the woods or out in the
fishing boat. After several talks they
laid their plans and then began their
new life.
1t was ten days before the weather
changed and became warmer, and a
crust formed on the deep snow in the
woods. Then they went out with
their rifles for the first time as the
cabin was in need of fresh meat. In
the great forest around them were
hundreds of deer, and they had not
travelled a mile before they started
later they killed a second. They We're
arranging to drag the carcasses home
TO skin and cut them up when they
encountered a strange man, who was
also out hunting. He explained to
them that his rifle had got out of or
der and he had secured no game, and
when he had heard something of their
story he said:
Il am glad to have met you, be-
cause 1 can help you. About fifty men
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
They bore treasure of inestinaable value.

gourd vine. The blossoms soon with
cred and four tiny gourds appeared in
their place, which grew until they
reached an enormous size.
BY the time of the ninth moon they
were fully ripened; and, lowering one
carefully to the ground the poor man
began to open it. but started back in
fright and wonder Two beautiful
boys, bearing treasures of inestimable
value, stepped out; and, fearing that
he was in a trance, Hyung FASTENED to
open the other gourds.
They contained everything that heart
could desire; carpenters, who instantly
erected a magnificent house, while fur
nishings, rolls of satin and silk, pro-
visions, money and servants appeared
as If by magic.
Nahl 30 listened incredulously to the
reports and decided to see for himself.
When he reached the mansion which
had replaced the miserable hut. he
found that the half had not been told
him, and he upbraided his brother
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

the city and had one eye pushed out
by Roland.
Finally, Laura said little Grossly:
I don't see why you need to keep
talkin' about her all the time. / know
she came from Paris and has real hair
and closes her eyes and says mama
when you pull one string and papa
when you pull the other. but l don't
think she's a bit prettier'n some I've
seen in the downtown windows"
That made Patsy angry because she
thought Helen was lots prettier than
any doll that had ever been made.
Patsy gave a horrid little laugh.
We'll / don't think it's for you 10
say, Laura Martin, with that old Ce-
ella of yours. Your mother bought
her at the 5 and 10-cent store. and
look at her eye and her hairs just
stuff"
Il don't care" returned Laura
angrily, she's as good and as WELL
behaved as your Helen. don't be-
lieve she came from Paris either.
think she only came from New York
Julie Denton said her clothes weren't
at all French"
That's a lie. a great big lie" said
Patsy furiously. Miss Lillian said
she came from Paris and / guess she
wouldn't tell me what wasn't true.
Just because you haven't any friend
like her you try TO run her down. 1
think you're horrid.T
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

Mourners, carrying a corpse, dane
ing girls, testers, acrobats, yamen run
ners, fortune tellers and others, all
demanding the most extravaganza pay,
followed each other in rapid success
sion Before long. all of Nahl's money
had disappeared in paying these In
sistent folk.
There was but one gourd remain
ing now, and this they hoped to use
for soup, for they were now reduced
to great straits. But the moment an
opening was made the gourd exploded
Violently, while blast of wind swept
over che premises levehng the bu4Ed-
ings, which took fire in their fall and
burned to the ground.
Thus was Nahl Bo reduced to the
most abject poverty, and ne could
only suhsist on the charity of his kind
and generous brother The marvel
GUS seed which had given wealth and
prosperity to Hyung had brought
Nahl merely the reward of his evil
and cruel deeds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
LEFT ALONE;
OR,
The Adventures of Ben and Nancy.

you, who have nobody to look out for
them. You may bring me deer, tur-
keys, squirrels, rabbits and so on,
and I should be glad of a bear now
and then. l will also buy the fur as
well. as the meat, and 1 think you
will make more money than any of the
fishermen
Ben and Nancy were told by others
the man was honest, and so it came
about that they agreed to supply him
with whatever game they could kill
1t seemed as if luck was surely on
their side. The weather held fairly
pleasant for many days, and every
rifles. They were not the only hum
were certainly luckiest of all. On
some days they secured only one deer,
but on others as many as three, and
sometimes they had a sled load of
turkeys, rabbits and squirrels. They
had been hunting for almost two
weeks before the buyer asked of Ben
one day:
well, my young hunter, when are
you going to bring me in that bear?
The fishermen are anxious for bear
meat, and ! want the fur to keep me
warm at nights. Please kill and bring
Bruin in as soon as possible"
Ben laughed, knowing that the man
was only joking, but he was to come
across that bear sooner than he
thought for. During the last two
weeks the children had several times
sene the tracks of bears wolves and
panthers. but had not followed them
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

part Of the history OF the heroine OF
Spinges. After the war she went to
Cole st. Lucia, which was a favorite
resort of tourists then as It is now.
The tourists then had to find shelter
in the house of the curate of the
place, because there was no hotel AN
the visitors talked a great deal of
the girl who had so distinguished her
self. and wondered who she might
have been. Katherine had tried to
conceal the fact of her participation
in the battle from everybody, and the
curate was the only one in st. Lucia
who knew of 1t.
He advised her to continue to keep
IL secret, for" said he, you will
only belittle your work in the sight
OF God If you accept earthly honor
and praise for it."
Katherine took his advice, and she
never betrayed herself until she was
an old, old woman. Then not long be-
fore she died, she yielded at last to
the urging of the few who knew Of
her deeds and told the facts.
She was housekeeper for a curate in
Buchepstein when she died. After she
was gone all the official facts relat-
ing TO her were gathered by Judge
Kaspar Repp and sent to Innsbruck,
where they are in the archives now,
accompanied by authenticated docu-
ments. One OF these documents rs
written by Philip Won Worndle, who
was commandant at Spinges when
the French attacked II.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

lage the inhabitants all fed to the
mountains, so that at last there was
none left except Katherine, who was
then 26 years old and a very hand
some, strong girl
She ransacked the deserted houses
and loaded herself down with the
stores of the provisions that she found
in them. With these she made trip
after trip to the firing line and re-
freshed the Tyrolese fighters.
AS the fight grew hotter, Katherine
LAM pressed forward more and more,
until at last she was in the very front
of the conflict. Finally, at the critical
time of the battle. she seized pitch
fork and leaped to the top of the low
stone wall around the graveyard,
where she helped the Tyrol men to
fight hand TO hand with the French.
At last the latter were beaten of.
But in the meantime more French
columns had made a roundabout
march and had climbed the mountain
Thence they entered the churchyard
from the rear, and they were pressing
forward secretly to fall on the Tyro-
lese from behind. when suddenly
Katherine, with her pitchfork, appear
ed before them In the gathering
gloom and charged the foremost SOL
diers with a cry of warning.
The sudden appearance OF the
strange figure from behind a grave
stone, taken in connection with the
solemn surroundings. threw the
French soldiers into disorder, which
was Increased by the force and swift
ness with which the girl welded the
pltchfork.
The end was that they fell into such
confusion that. before they could re-
cover their formation. the Tyrolese
advanced and beat them back. driving
them up the mountain IN scattered
flight.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30
THE AUSTRIAN
JOAN OF ARC
Peasant Girl Who Fought French In
vader With a Pitchfork.

Peasant Girl Who Fought French In
vader With a Pitchfork.
In the town of Buchenstein, in the
southern part of the Austrian Tyrol,
there has been erected a striking stone
figure. II shows a tall, buxon peasant
girl, standing in an attitude of de-
fiance, with a three-tined pitchfork,
which she is welding as a weapon.
Behind her is one of the wooden
crosses that are used in all European
graveyards.
The statue commentaries the
heroic deeds Of a Tyrolese girl. who
lives In Austrian and Swiss story as
the Joan Of Arc OF Austria, although
her history is not known generally to
the rest OF the world. 1t is well worth
knowing. however. for It is not only
a story OF heroism, but one OF won
derful modesty.
The Austrian Joan Of Arc was
named Katherine LAM. Unlike the
French heroine, the history of the
Austrian girl is based on recorded
facts, for her achievements date back
only a little more than "A century.
Katherine LAM was a servant In q
village known as Spinges when the
French army appeared there on April
2, 1897 While the Tyrolese were
making their stand In front OF the VII
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

which we ranchmen have, and pro-
ceeded to light up.
Tt the very first sharp click of the
steel against the flint a big steer
jumped to his feet with snort; and
before you could say Jack Robinson
every other one of those 1000 head
of cattle was careering wildly over
the plain, rushing with frantic, blind
terror and great thunder of hoofs
which fairly shook the ground, into
the dark night.
Men could no more have stopped
that stampede than a man could hold
steam engine with one hand. 1t took
us ten days to get the herd together
again.
Another time I saw a herd STAN
peded by a man removing his slicker
from his saddle.
The night was intensely dark and
it had begun to sprinkle. A cowboy
started to put on his slicker-such a
coat as fishermen and sailors call an
oil-skin coat. 1t stuck to the saddle
where he had it strapped, and as he
pulled it free, it made a cracking
sound. In AN instant the sleeping herd
was awake and off like the wind over
the plains.
in the path of the stampeded cattle,
and there was nothing for it but to
ride for life.
Away we went across the midnight
plains, my horse straining every nerve
and sinew, and I urging him forward
with the certain knowledge that if he
stumbled, the terrified animals behind
me would trample us into mud.
There is nothing left of a horse or
rider when a herd of 1000 cattle has
passed over them. They are literally
stamped out of existence
The only thing to do under such
circumstances is to keep going and
trying to keep out of the way if you
can. Suddenly in the darkness my
horse struck a barbed-wire fence. 1,