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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12
MEMORIES
Of BUCKEYES
Ohioans Tell All About
Some Of the EarIv
Days.

The Buckeye Club had a pleasant
evening yesterday at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter c. Weldon where
many old-time memories were told by
former Ohioans. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
had planned an outdoor entertainment
the dampness of the grounds it was
decided at the eleventh hour to trans
fer everything to the house. The porch
was enclosed with the tent sides and
American flags and electric lights
made a CHEEKY gathering place. The
presiding officers table was at the cor
ner of the porch, so that those sitting
around the sides of the L were in his
vision at all times.
Raymond c. Brown, the president,
who retires in February after a very
successful year, presided with C. H.
Dickey as secretary. There were some
minor changes in the bylaws concern
ing meetings. The annual meeting will
be held in February. That meeting
will be held at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Cooke, Palolo Tract.
Mr.. Brown sang the Old Oaken
Bucket with piano accompaniment by
Senator Dickey. 1t was planned ORR
ginally for Mr. Brown to sing this at
the well in the weldon yard. Mr..
brown was warmly applauded.
Rev. j. w. Wadman was asked to
tell how he became a Buckeye. He
said that while he and his wife and
five daughters We're on the island of
Yesso, Japan, they decided to send the
daughters home to be educated. In
true Methodist style they got down up
on their knees and pored over a map
of the United States and after elimin-
ating all other states and territories
decided upon Ohio, and then upon
Delaware town as the place where the
daughters should receive their educa-
ton. Mr.. Wadman said he believed
Delaware to be the center of the uni
verse. He believed himself to be a good
Ohioan, for he spent most of his salary
in the Buckeye state.
Mrs. Dillingham; spoke of some early
days in Ohio where her grandparents
lived. She remembered journeying
from Honolulu to Ohio to pay them a
visit First by steamer to San Fran
cisco, then down to Panama, across the
isthmus, then to New England, then
across the states to Ohio, and then
down the Ohio FLYER by a small steam
er. 1t was a beautiful ride down the
river.
DR.. Whitney told of the visit he and
Mrs. Whitney made to Ohio last sum-
mer. He found everything so pros
porous there. The farmers were now
living in fine modern, citified homes
with steam heat and gas. Fields were
cultivated in a far different manner to-
day than in his boyhood. How his
back did ache from hoeing potatoes
and with what small results, but now
everything is done by machinery. And
wages were small then. He worked
for Sc a month and thought he was
well paid.
While in Cleveland, DR.. Whitney said,
he remarked its wonderful growth. He
said to a friend: There must be a
convention in town today, there's so
many people on the street" But then
DR.. Whitney had just arrived from
Honolulu.
Senator Dickey said that fifty years
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12
SARGENT LEFT
WELL PLEASED

81 am sure that Immigration Com
missioner Sargent is taking away with
him a good impression of Hawaii, said
Secretary Atkinson last evening Mr.
Sargent came out here for definite
purpose and accomplished it. That
was to see prospective citizens brought
to the islands and given the right sort
of a welcome.
THAT visit was a good thing FOR
him and for us as well. No, am sure
he was not grouchy about any cond1-
lions he found here in the way of set
Ting the islands with a population that
is in line with the Presidents policy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12

All the worlds a stage-but the
majority of US sit in the gallery and
throw things at the performers
Kansas City World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12

Country orders for Huyler's cand-es
Will, until the opening of the Alexander
Young Cafe. be taken care Of by the
Won Hamm-Young Co, Ltd.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12
TO LET

Two-story corner cottage, with four
Bedrooms, parlor, diningroom and kit
chen electric lights etc, good chicken
yard, etc, corner Young and PaWaa
lane Rent $50.
IL your house is vacant and you
wish it rented, list it with me.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12
THERE'S A
LOT OF THINGS

needed in your Office for
which you pay a higher
price in the ordinary sta
toner's shop than you would
have to pay here. Our
stock comprises about every
thing for the Office and the
prices are low. Typewriter
paper, pencils for stenog-
raphers and erasers for type
writer's are included. Let
US have your business. THE
HAWAIIAN OFFICE sPE-
CIALTY CO., Fort below
King.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12
SANTA CLAUS HEADQUARTERS

Is in receipt of most of the special
goods for the holidays, and invites at
tention to the choice variety of
Rumpp's Fine Leather Goods.
Latest Books by popular writers, and
selections of Classics and Gems
for the season.
Prayer Book and Hymnals, Bibles.
Office and Pocket Diaries for 1907
Hawaiian Calendars-Coat of Arms
and Hand Colored Photo.
Smooth Flower Tissue Paper, Plain
and decorated Crepe Papers.
Dolls and Doll Sundries; our usual fine
lines in variety.
Xmax Candles and tree ornaments,
new designs.
Irish Mails, for which we are the max
er's agent for Hawaii.
Wagons, Barrows, Dexters, Velocipedes,
Dolls Wagons.
Blocks & Games, T. Sets and Stoves,
Trunks and other good things for
girls and boys of all ages, in great
variety.
THOS. G. THRUM,
1908 Fort ST.
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$40 he oroe made $4,000 In q fort
Z night ana 10 on. a Many Of these stories
like most Of their sort are exaggerahons.
I but he was won der In his day. y A
His career closed In 1nos. with his phyai-
cal condition impaired, though ne is
under forty. He Is remembered as about
the politest bookmaker that ever was
Known ,Iiis hank you for a 81 bet
from an unknown n piker'' was as cordial
II, hid best days as ono for t2O. 700 from
the Dryers. Grammar ID still on the
track. though not outing great f's1i " g
81 John w. Gates and John a. Drake.
racing partners. can't be classed with
the men mentioned above. Of course.
though they ore certainly plungerB.s One
or tn d most amusing things ever reported
OF Mr.. Drake was his LEGGED indignant
announcement, In 1902, that II !. the apers
didn't Sstop saying he was winning 100000
ID day, he should certainly wi tlldrnwf from
tho track. He had won some money, on
the previous day. he admitted. but no such
sum as the ono mentioned. the actual
figures being Uor3 Octob Der is. 1909 Vim
3nings, s21. a55; losses, So ooo; to tho good,
,$1S, 955. r X s
Two years earlier It was published that
he l1ad won d cool million on the English
tracks. 81 He cort did win q lot OF
money that year. and the English alleged
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y Il -
died OF too much beer when the structure
wa one fifth Scomple ted.
4i Nobody d ever real ysee kne W who he was,
but there were dark hints Of II 70 val birth
and Of exile, but no d ndavits have been
brought forward to 1, prove that the chap
ever reall xisted
u. Among authenticated American sp end "A
sthrfts . ohm w. s teele, It' Coal on John
n.y. IS the most famo lis. His half for.
gotten history was brough to the front
again last January. u " hen " h ssWas ri re-
ported Ito be dying, 5f{S t that time. as
often had been the case in prev! ous yea s.
many stories Of his exploits, as 4 apocli Y
iryphal as the entire story Of Led Imam Of
Tedlmail may have been, were told
EXP These stories account for the spending
OF a. million or more In a few month rs *
steele,s own statement Is thai he spent
rather more than 500, 000 $50 900 OF VIII ich8
was cash, $whilesa somewhat larger figure
was debt His 4 period OF ri otous living
covered seven months In 1852 the source
OF the money he burned was an oil farm
near Franklin, Pa, left TO 8 him by his
foster mother. a. Mrs. McC llntock, who.
was burned to d eath by the sexpl sion Of
n can OF kerosene, and II his pet ton IN
5bunkruptcy was filed in Feb,1iar ~, 1865, 4
the sum of his debts being $32, 49,. 8,s
He 4 appears to have been a rather
Cheap slate''8at the best, bu t5 he surely
did cut 4 a dash In Phia {: lphla, where
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horses ana a It's close their profits were

horses, and at ttafclose5 their profits we're
81, G65. 5ss4 l5:;S
Small Returns and Quic x Profits
Sf For sixteen years their partnership con- on
Stinued. During the latter OF those years
they were dominant. 5Si But they did not
agree NJ In policy. q M1chael fought the
$bookna kers and did not bet to guilt his
brother. making many wagers at as short
$oddB as the famous bet on Joe Cotton.
Unlike this bet, however, many Of the
others were unlucky. MS t "
To-day Philip J. Dwyer Is much moro
than a millionaire, while the younger!
brother debts are said to be larger than
his resources. But throu ghout all his
career Michael F. never once lost his
nerye, so far as any ona ever was able to
learn, nor was he ever accused OF o dis
honorable act. Philip J.. always partook
OF the good things that came along
Michael +. lived q more abstemious life
than most business men, and repeatedly
might have retired worth a million or.
two had It not been for the fascination
which ''cinch BETS always had for him
Small returns and quick prof tsr seems
Ito have been his motto, and on that
ba sis one day-his best-he won s 100. 900,
but the s'bookies, had It all In n week.
once he lost $4,000 .on Raceland. & the
ace being won by Tristan. and when
he went to England in 1884 with Croker,
his motto and the British bookies undid
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19

"Pittsburg Phil was better known
throughout the whole country probably,
than 4 Dryer The /. latter undoubtedly
handled larger Sums than the former.
In his whole racing career Dryer never 'l
was a figure on the Western tracks, but
lS"Pittsburg PHIL spent eight ears IN
the West before his Eastern ca reer OF
fifteen years began. NJ II gsss., F5S
The Dryers were we'll to do WI. en4t ne
started Rfadamanthua, and even II when
they made their first bets Pittsburg
Phil'.gwa cutting corks at q cent q cork
VIII en-, at sixteen, he made his first bet,
and It was years after that before no
owned his first race horse. The DIVERS
began their racegoing for pleasure only
taking UP racing as q business, no doubt
because there was more fun In It than
there was In the butcher business. Pitts-
burg Pills sole motive in going Into 1t
racing apparently. was the making a. OF
money. HI never seemed to take any
pleasure In it. and he never seemed to
get away from it for a nome nt. IA ! q
5S7s He never was osten tious but was as
neat and carsfulti In his dress as man well
car n be. He spent all u his hours In the
study Of horses and & horse racing. and
Il though he often lost. he never " ent
broke, 1t was repeatedly said IN his life
time that he knew more about & horses
than any other living man, and he GER
tainly had the best memory for pr eVlous
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mn
sferent from those 3of either Grammar 81
Smith tho greatest Inference being per-
lhaps, that while they wore always looki ~
for ,'lohg sho IL, wyer q item took tho ne
Il mas been published repeatedly that
he once BOT &6O, 900 against 80 900 on Joe
Cotton. }A variation Of tho story placed
the figures ut $40, 900 to g, 900 a The real
figures were 40. 900 to 81, 0o0. On thai day
re had lost moro money than he fancled,
ana 50 gave ore ers to his issioncrs
20 bet enougi I, to win g 900 at least Worlt-
aing Independently they acoompli
double tho result no asked for, but at
such odds as made his friends gasp.
& Ii thirty years since Michael 3.
Dryer and his older brother, Philip ",
two prosperous Butchers OF Brooklyn,
began their turf career. They had for
years frequented tho race tracks In tho
neighborhood Of New York that year
they wentto the saHltoga meeting. Tho
younger brother was greatly taken with
the black colt Rhadnnianthis, son OF
Imported bennington. and they bou gft
the animal Rhndamanthus started under
tho Dryer colors on August 18th, win
ming purse OF $500; and. 4 OF cour q, the
&"Rncing Twins, Us the Dryers q ter-
ward came to be called, won much moro
than that In the betting ring. ~ the
end OF the season they B owned three three
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Remarkable Results Of
Municipal EndeanOr

itutions The develo pment OF the 5public
baths ana gynlnasia, u for example, has
been followed by a decrease In the NUM-
her Of juvenile arrests. The summer at
tendance at the best known Of the paths tbs
counts up to nearly 200, 900 battle ana
the total attendance of all Of them now
reaches a yearly figure OF ne Sooo W.
Some Of the baths are open during me e
whole year, while others stua ted on
the water front or along the rivers arc
used only during the summer. Ihere
are hardy Bostonians who take q dally
plunge In tho waite Of the pa y Swhen,
during the winter months, cakes o. ICE
are tossed about by the way es. n.
Many Of tho baths are provided Wl!h
gymnasium facilities and, day after DAY.
are thronged with alternate classes U
men ana women of all AGES, WORKING '1n,
der tho supervision of trained plys,ca1
directors. Free swimming lessons ,rGe
gymnasium facilities and, day after DAY,
vice are part Of the system, anu ~, 10
gynnasla are naturally ccnters tor
crusadcs against unhygienlc PRINCIPLES m
general and In particular against, such
spcciflc dangers In n great modern cry
n : ti,herculosis or other diseases arising
from necessnrly crowded conditions.
Athletic competition or anything savorns
AZ Professionalism Is discouraged IN Favor
or normal. healthy development Alore
than that, the baths nre truly Democratic.
rhoy appeal not to a@aingle class. but to
ali classes, and tho people who patr '''ill
|Sthom come from al parts Of the city.
In Its epdeavors to promote the health
and happiness OF Its people the city has g
I, dded. to its park system until IT ls one
4of the most extensive in the world
From a ,neagre forty-slx acres, IN 1869,
IL has grown until II includes to-day
alouL 1854 acres. These parks, mi mayed
nv the city for tho use OF Its citizens,
are closely connected with the 1900 and
more acres OF parks and reserya tons
linked together by about seventeen miles
OF pnrkways and managed by a metro.
poltan park commission acting In be-
half OF the people In the immediate SUR
rounding communities, The fame nj the
parks is worldwide among persons ln-,
5terested In the Improvement Of cities and
tho betterment Of daily living under the
stress of modern, congestion of popula-
ton. III IN, "a FIJI, & 81 l g$8
A Few outsiders and. for that. matter not
allsHostqnians.$ know how fully the park
System enters into the life OF the people.
The splendid outlying sectlons such as the
once inarsly and unhealthfnl Black Bay
Sens beaptlsled by Frederick Law o!m-
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the horses as they raced for g veteran l.a1
{ tcokma ker 4 and the third acting as part
yner Of Nv. Il u. Apologize. known to- all
sold timers. q pplegat e and sE he Il made tle
money so long as they were togee ether Their,
but their first part nership was II short.
for Grammar scared the older man y hall
to death by his rash ness. s.s
Il !! Applegate left the booth to- get lunch
ana had Just about half finished when
10 friend told him Grammar was Offering
two points more than any OF her book
maker on a certain horse Coatless, hat
less and GREATNESS Applegat to rushed out
and up to g Grammar.
\ u. What In the double unmentionable
have you done, Riley 4. he shouted.
A "Bet our last d dollar against the fayo-
rite, answered Grammar. Il VI i3f
Apologize groaned That was all he
could do except to wait and see. The
favorite lost and the capital OF Al plegate
and Grammar was increased by 90 per
cent, but SApplegate declared the pace too
hot, and they separated. i
'.That boy said Apple gate would bet
IS the national gold reserve on E single
chance. Not for me. = 3{5
II They tell great stories Of Grnnnans
winnings; q how he won 500, 600 at tho old
winter track at gutenberg in x two '
weeks, beginning with $500; how he netted
\ $3.50 900 In five weeks In Y 1885; how from
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white, has his own.record as q money
Ispender, 100, but no was never able TO-
s,1ake way with his 90 ital, tor his IN
come was restr toeed. and 50 he would
hardly como tnder; the spendt itt classi- Z.
gficatiorl e al aboves III y II
B Possibly the most picturesque spend
thrift reported III tho United States within
the last decade or 30 was tall. hand.
some Russian, " hose name no one seemed
to Know Tor slro, but tuhlc was various
~ printed at Il LED inan and edi1nar,
v TIs Is seld to have located about twenty
years ago at Llano, q 1 way back Texas /!
town. There ne wasted ~. 900 y month I
lfor d year Of two, not q dimcuit thing In
d metropolis or pital. but almost I'M y:
possible there Y. I. !, /.
n Among other ways Of getting rid OF his
cash this chap II said to have adopted
the plan Of smoking only one cigarette
ms each box he opened throwing the re-.
.inainder away; Of paying @ \ dollar Tor
eact, box ana taking no CHANGE OF CIV
ing cattle and provisions to any body who
would take them Of presenting pianos
to school children IN dozen lots, etc. One
report tells how he built the finest saloon
Texas evor knew, named IT satan's Gate
ana gave away the receipt He also, 81
Is reported, began TO build q lace Of
vast extent and fabulous splendor but t'Nli
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
The World Has No Spendrft To-Day of the PANE of Max ~
baudy, Jubilee Juggins, o. Goal oil Johnny THE Count
de Casteane Comes Nearest, But He's Out IS II Now

him badly. still he might have retrieved
himself, even then, but ne couldn't change
his nature OF his met hods. and by ] 800
his health and money both gone the tnei,
ana the newspapers that had been wont
itoE hiatt him 1 as King Of the Turf were
forced to admit Ills downfall. There was
ono moro brief period for him, however.
III which the skies seemed bright. II
came In 1908, when his sons horse, Afr !
can der, won the gnburbar. hey say ne
won nearly $50 900 on y the race. and II
was d 4 pathetic sight to see u, Charley
Dryer the son, run II to the buggy q. II
witch Ills father sat and watched the race
to clasp the older man 8 hand. s.s VI
N IN Ills day M chael r. Y Ttwy 81. Is either
fsinnly or In partnership with his brother.
owned Hanover. Luke Bla ckburn, George
Kinney, IIindoo, Runnymede Miss Wood
FORD ana many other racers whose names
were long household words In the racing
world but their splendid Qualities w orc
finally moro than Offset by his fatal
ishort-od ds policy. a Il 81
This Plunger Quit 4 Winner,
The rnost enthusiastic even OF chael
EF.RDwyer.s admirers will concedo that as
n plunging bettor, = Pit tsburg Phi" &c.
George =. Z smith ---took the palm, for he
was worth moro than $4,000. 600 when >ho
died last year. He won BY following
policy exactly thd opposite q DIVER 9. t
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Buried under the wa ters OF Lake Nemt
lie two pleasure galieys which belonged 9
10 he Emperors Tiberius and Caligula,
and which contain art treasures that
have been coveted for 800 years. 4S
& M was Julius Caesar who first hit upon
IA axe Nemi as n summer resort. for on
Ats banks he built a villa. splendid N N
Il those days, but later far outdone In Drill
Nancy BY the floating residences OF MS
sslccesso RS. b sl3 ss, .s&s
"A B IRON pamphlets which have been pub
.iished by Prof. Emilia Gluria and slgnor
Icllseo Borghl, 1t seems that Leon Al a. .
mn archbishop. made some attempts IN
the fifteenth century to recover me treas,
WAS buried in the lake a hundred
vea rs later a fairly Systematic exploration
~ fire bottom OF the lake was underta ken
nv De fA1archi, French engineer. who
scans to have been the first to nave
made fairly thorough survey for mat
4 day III Lro made a few drawings OF tho
probable appearance OF Caligula's galley
~ he conceived 1t, and from his designs,
3 4 Flemish engraver prepared what \ he
q conceived to be Its original a Pearu!,e w. -.s
Although stray relies were founa !. moW
and then, no further sysleinauc Ely! ~
IA Gb,,ika until Signor Eliseo fBorgh cana
nno,, 4 ha scene In 1888 Divers We're ems
gagged, and the two lleys q .os AZ 49,
4 measured ana carefully sexamin'ed srom
both bronze pieces OF WOOD ahcho ors
and ornaments OF MI kinds were we're col'
7, lected. IL {, 7 ], !. |, 70 !.
Of the two vessels, the larger. measures e
about $50 feet In length and ~ feet "
beam, the smaller 200 feet IN lengt 2, g ~
6 feet in beam, It Is because OF thels
unusual size (war galleys we're m ~
\ sn,aller) that the vessels, II IS lnIeFEsa,
must have been used as pleasure 5pars ~.
Among the more Interesting Felles
brought to the surface may be mentloney
a lon's head, cast In one piece ana
beautifully worked. A ring 70 hela y
the lions teeth, Clearly. the piece formea
the top OF a wooden column, because
wood Is still attached to IT,, ST. Diner
pieces, which. like this, We're lnteended
for the reception OF ropes, are wolves,
heads, hyenas heads and the heads ~
various animals, 3 IN I'll 4 "a IN ~ gu
u 4 "a gremark BILE specimen Is tho NJ dusa, I
head, mounted upon q cap An interest
~ ing rectangular bronze grating, with tn
\ two side bars by which 1t WAS held "
4 place, As likewise included among the ex
q h!bts. The bars have project Ions o.
81 their ends, 80 that they could ! be% flttet
\ into beams or metal pieces. Inasmucll al
~ tasys are no holes, may be inferred
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Sunken Vessels Of Cali
8gula and Tiberius Sup
posed too ontain2Priceles
Art Treasures

rieces nailed together. In order to form t'If
b d long n BEAM II two pieces were
Sometimes placed together with a8slap
Joint, and the whole fastened by th tire
large copper nails. "A
v; The deck; flooring was made OF planks
nailed to the beams. a method Of joining
the plnnks by keys was also employ ed,
the keys running int Wo rows 8alongs y 9
the BEAM Although most " copper mans
were found, It isEnot unlikely that nails
of iron were also employed. At all events,
one OF iron was found 4 the others (unless
they are still ndlscoYered have p robab!y
6rusted away. Il The copper nails range N
length from twenty inches to one inch !;
the larger may more properly be called
spikes, KS 4 + "a Il N 55 E.
In driving these soft copper nails IT not
iinfrequently happened that Q knot OF
other obstacle was encountered. me re-
suit was that they curled into the FORM
of n spiral. !. Il
In order to recover these ancient YES
sells, many projects have been prop'o POI .,
ycrumbling hulls bodily. The1efore. Nal
6fatti has suggested the draining OF the
entire lake by means OF q tunnel Pro-
fessor Giurla, however, has Huggested the
use of the old Roman on let.R ACCORDING
to Malfatus scheme. the va i. " OF Arlc-
ella would be partially flooded, Accord q.
ing to Gturia's scheme, the water VIII
be piped across the valley Of Ariccia,
and will be made to drive an electric
plant If the bottom of the Like is ever.
exposed, the bodily tremoyal OF tho two.
old galleys will present considerable diff
Guilty. Professor Guria has suggested
the use Of iron cradles built around the
ibarges, upon which cradles the barges
will be pulled out upon tracks,-Sc ientltlc
1Amerioan. lSEgEZ An S fyg{fl fl57l3i