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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

Was perceived that our new hands were all
active and capable fellows. One of them in
particuar-the youngest of the whole-was II
surprisingly agile little chap, who seemed, to
Know much more of seaman's duty than
could have been expected from his years.
Darting about the rigging like cat, he was
always in the right place at the right time.
Il lie knew all the intricacies of the perplexing
'studdingsail gear" and passed it through its
various blocks quickly and properly.
In the afternoon, when the officers, as is
the custom upon the day of leaving port, chose
their respective watches for the voyage, Mr..
Gary asked the boy his name.
Frank Granger, sir" was the reply.
r, What You are not the son OF Captain
Granger%
Yes, sir"
''Poss sible! So you are the chap who ex-
changed schoolhouse for shp?"
Yes, sir; the schoolhouse was anchored,
and | wanted to be under sail"
Do you see that ship yonder?"
Eyes, sir"
Know what vessel she s?"
mo, sir"
well, that is the Alabama, of New York,
and your father is captain of her,
The boy looked eagerly toward the ship,
which was then SO far from us that we could
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

something which had "broken adrift" on the
main royal yard.
Happening presently to look up, I observed
him to be gazing intently toward a particular
point upon the ocean. Another moment, and
his voice rang out as if coming from the sky:
"On deck?"
"Hallo!" answered the mate.
There's wreck off the weather quarter,
sir-can get glimpse of it now and then,
when it comes on the top of a sea-"
How far OFF,"
1,Ten miles, | should think, sir"
Hearing the mates question, the captain
position of things.
Stand by for stays" he cried, when Frank
had described the forlorn object; and never
was an order obeyed with more alacrity.
L thought what the wrecked crew must feel,
provided they were still upon their vessel as
they saw our topsails swing around and our
ship stand directly for them! They had al
ready been passed by us, and our putting about
must have been to them joyous spectacle in
deed. How little they could know of their
Indebtedness to the one sailor boy aoft!
In a short time the dismasted hulk could be
seen from our deck. We luffed up under her
lee, and saw that she was rolling fearfully,
as cottonoaded ship will always do under
her boats had been swept away. There were
twenty men lashed to her bulwarks, and at
every roll she would put them under the big,
heaving swell.
Our yaWl was manned WIN Jne mate ana
four hands, including Frank Granger and my
self, and we pulled away for the wreck,
though it was dangerous piece of business.
On getting alongside, it seemed almost inn
possible to rescue the sufferers. At one mo-
rlent they would. be lifted twenty feet above
us, and at another completely buried by some
ugly wave that went swashing and foaming by
One by one, however, they leaped from the
shattered bulwarks, and were assisted into the
yawl At three boat-loads we conveyed them
to the Narragansett. The last to leave the
water-logged ship was the captain, and it was
Frank Grangers hand that caught him, as
wave swept him toward us.
Father! father" cried Frank, as the stout
shipmaster fell exhausted into the boat
And then we all knew that the wrecked ves-
sci was the Alabama, and that the man last
saved was Captain Granger.
We carried the unfortunate mariners to
Liverpool, whence Captain Granger accom-
panied us ON our return to the United States.
During the passage it was pleasant to observe
the deep affection subsisting between father
and son.
Subsequently they made number of voy-
ages together, and Frank finally became mas
ter of ship, in which capacity he still plows
the deep and is, as | learn much respected,
both in and out of his profession.
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dence's singing, had crept up the bank to in
vestigate. Bearing Sally in his brawny arms,
the warrior now retraced his steps, intending
to unmoor his birch-bark canoe, and bear the
poor girl as a captive to his village. He was
frustrated in his plan by the promptness and
courage of Elhanan.
Without pausing to think that there might
be other savages near, the plucky boy darted
down the opposite side of the embankment,
cautiously making his way through the low,
bordering underground. He had quietly made
up his mind to save his sister if he could, and
while creeping through the bushes was in
wardly congratulating himself on owning gun
and knowing how to use it.
"My eyes!' he mentally soliloquized, faith
er thinks as how | dare not shoot an In
dian. Just wait and well see. The red ras-
cal will get peppered sure if this gun goes
off," =
As Elhanan stood in the thick underburush,
with the sunlight gancing through the inter
stces upon his handsome face, one could
have seen no lack Of courage and determine
tion in his manner.
With his new musket cleverly poised in his
impatient hand-vigilant and watchful as a
lynx as he stood thus brave and resolute
he looked every inch the youthful pioneer.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Elhanan Locke and His New Gun

There was stir among the branches at
the further side of the knoll, and presently
the savage stepped out from the trees and
made his way down toward the shore. He
was leading his terrified captive by the hand,
the poor child's fear robbing her Of every
sense but that of motion
Ehanan surveyed his foe with a great deal
OF satisfaction. He raised his musket to his
shoulder and took steady aim.
1t was critical moment, but the boy skill
did not fail him. The musket went off, and
as the smoke cleared he saw the savage reel
and fall to the ground.
Elhanan did not wait to reload his weapon,
but grasping his frightened sister he ran rath-
er than walked to the stockade, where he
found Prudence and their mother sufficiently
anxious for their safety
The two pioneers returned by the middle
of the afternoon. When they heard the story
of ElhananIs exploit they went down to the
bank, where they found the body of the dead
Indian. He was shot through the brain.
'You did well, Elhanan, my boy" said his
father, proudly. Il couldn't "a done better
myself"
"But what should l have done without my
new gum"
81 guess it's paid for itself already" re-
piled the pioneer.
And SO thought the whole family
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

ana was lying IN mobile Day inSiS
were but few of us remaining in the lore
castie, the greater portion OF our company
having taken French leave" one dark night
a very usual circumstance with the crews OF
Northern vessels in Southern ports.
About us lay some forty or fifty ships wait
ing Tor cotton, and the pay awe with
lighters bringing it down to them over Dog
River Bar
The Alabama of New York, was our near:
est nelghbor, and some of us, with our chief
mate, went on board of her on the day that
she began to take in.
Her captain, whose name was Granger,
came down to her in the lighter and observ-
ing us about the decks. took occasion to speak
with us, and more particularly with our Off
Ger.
Il WISH" he said, you would keep your
eyes open for stray boy. A year ago my
son left school and went to sea without my
consent. He is good-hearted lad but lit
tie wild and romantic. | would give anything
to fall in with him; for, if he must adopt a
dogs life, ! want him to be where can take
care of him. He was in Marseilles few
months ago; but / don't know where he is
at present"
Mr. Gary, our mate, promised to keep a
lookout for the little truant, and We all felt a
sympathy with Captain Granger in his anx-
lety:
''The old man can't get that boy off his
mind said of the Alabamas tars to us
aside. ''He asks all the sailor chaps that he
runs afoul of to keep an eye to wind ard, in
hopes the young monkey'l turn up somehow;
but it's like looking for drift cotton bale
in the Gulf Stream"
Next day, we learned that our ship had
been taken up" for Liverpool-by which
phrase it is to be understood that broker
had engaged to load her for that portland
soon the freight began to come down to us.
After few days the work was completed,
and then there were sent down to us eight
new hands to make our forecastle complement
full. Some of these were old tars, while 9TH
ers were quite young. 1t was a rainy even
ing. so that everybody felt uncomfortable and
little inclined for sea gossip.
At daylight we got under way; but early
of us. remember what fine spectacle she
presented mile or two ahead, as she passed
Mobile Point and stood out upon the Gulf OF
Mexico. -
On board our ship there, was the usual hustle
of first day at sea, in the midst of which il
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Copyright by James Elverson)

T time when the carrying trade
was much more in the hands OF
Americans than now, belonged to
the ship Narragansett, which haa
just come out from New England
and ,yos l,,;no IN Mobi1a Raw There
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-02

anything made from flour is displaced
by poi, which is eaten by thrusting
one or two fingers into the calabash
giving them twist or two, and then
conveying them gracefully to the
mouth. Knives and forks We're not in
evidence except at the plates OF the
Oregon girls. several of whom dis
dained to use them and did in Rome
as the Romans do to the evident de-
light of the entertainers.
Both before and after the supper the
guests were entertained by native and
hapahaole performers on the mando-
lin, violin and piano. and also by the
singing of Hawaiian and popular main
land songs. The Hawaiians, both men
and women, have sweet, melodious
voices and music is an almost uni
versal recreation.
The decorations of the room con-
sisted of numerous beautiful and VAL
liable kahilis. These are standards
made from the feathers of birds, and
are borne before chiefs when on a
journey or during religious or state
ceremonies. War spears and tabu
sticks occupied the place of honor.
The right to declare any certain thing
tabu or reserved TO their own special
use was possessed by very few of the
chiefs, and was the highest honor the
king could confer, and to remove a
tabu stick from before an object so
set apart was a crime punished by
death.
As an expression of appreciation,
The Journal party took token of re-
menbrance, which was presented by
Mrs. Wea therred in well chosen words.
When our conductor, Mr.. Dekum, an
nounced we had only three minutes
left in which to catch the last car it
was with regret we babe goodnight to
our hospitable host and hostess, and
with a feeling of deep appreciation We
returned to our hotel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-02
INDIAN BEADING FROM PARIS.
A New Trimming Which Is Yer,
Pretty and Also Very Costly.

Indian beading is one of the newest
trimmings. 1t might just as well be
called Esquimau beading, for it never
saw an Indian.
Paris sends it over in widths varying
from half an inch to half a foot, and
the price jumps a foot with every inch
Increase in width. The narrowest and
cheapest of the beading costs 81. 50 a
yard but those who know say it is
worth it.
OF course, it is hand made and the
beads used are very small, delicate and
round, and come in exquisite pastel
shades and, indeed, in all the fashion
able colorings. A favorite design is
pink wild roses wrought on a spring.
like green foundations; another has
forget-me-nots mingled with white
daisies on rose foundation.
The trimming is one solid mass of
beads and is stunning on gowns. Goa is
or fancy blouses. The bead trimming
made by American Indians in which
vivid greens brilliant reds and yellows
and true blues run riot is being used
with good effect on black taffeta shirt
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-02
OREGON GIRLS TELL ALL
ABOUT HAWAIIAN lUAU

! Miss Molly Proebstel. one of the
Oregon girls who lately visited these
islands, was special correspondent OF
/! the Oregon JourTlai and sent her pa
per the following description of the
1uau given in honor of the fair visitors
by the Princess Emma Alexandria Ka-
Northumberland Observation-Disclosures
Defries.
HONOLULU, March 4-On our re-
turn to Honolulu an invitation await
ed us to be the guests at a Hawaiian
luau. This invitation was given by the
hostess as a courtesy to Edward De-
KUN, to whom The Journals pa :
owe much for the kind interest he has
taken in planning and perfecting plans
for our pleasure. The occasion was a
birthday anniversary of the host,
Henry Kauauanuiamahi Defries, given
by his WIFE, Princess Emma Alexan-
dria Kalanikauikaalaneo Kiloulaninui-
Almanac Defries. These hospitable
people hold a high position among the
Hawaiian nobility, Mrs. Defries be-
longing to the family of King Kameha-
meha [, while her husband is descend
ed from a line OF chiefs who Were long
near the kings, the descriptive clan
name Kauauanuiamahi m e an n G
chamberlain or treasurer of the king.
The feast was conducted according
to ancient customs. The table was a
lauhala or pandanus mat laid on ire
floor and covered with green tt leaves,
which in olden times served as Plates.
The guests sat on the floor and in
front of each was a wooden bowl or
Ca1abash of poi and plate contain
ing luaued pig, chicken and fish. The
native way of cooking meats is with
an imu. A shallow hole is dug and
filled with fuel. which is covered with
stones. When the stones are suffi :
i GENTLY hot those in the bottom of the
pit are covered with green banana and
ii leaves, after which the dressed
whole pig is laid thereon, and the
chickens and fish wrapped in ii leaves
are placed inside the pig, together
with some of the hot stones. Sweet
potatoes are placed around and on top
| of the meat, then more green banana
| leaves heaped on, wet cloths are plac-
ed over these and six or eight inches
Of dirt put on top of all. In one or
two hours, according to the size of the
DiS Tic d1it IL ISulON6G. the clothes
turned back and the cooked product
brought forth. The pork fairly melts
| in your mouth, the chicken tastes bet
ter than any you ever ate before. and
after partaking of the fish You declare
| it is simply delicious
Dishes containing various kinds of
limu or edible seaweed and a MECH
priced shell fish were within easy
| reach. A. delicious pudding or blanc
mango of Young cocoanuts and yams
| cookedsin 2 coeoanut milk Was sert-
ed. whiie the ..@,er;can ice cream and
cake welesaiSo OF the menu. The
drinks were Eyater. - "a and. rootbeer
Upon being Asted oeshe fsor: gra zee
or pula Was ..Issd by the Ss.aka
olioH and duriaJ the meal he chanted
| about the .oralf .',ad d..t-.Is of prowess
done by the G. the line from
Whicn the nos 4. Bread or
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-02

waist suits and does not call s
an outlay of wampum on the
the purchaser.
Missionaries should get bu
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
FRASER TELLS ABOUT
LIFE IN The AZORES

dreds of miles with great satisfaction
You might tell your nephew that 1t
a Duryea.
The recruiting OF laborers goes on sat
isfactorily. and we have every hop,
OF success. We rather expect to maxi
our first shipment about IA month hence
taking from both here and Madeira.
go to the latter island tomorrow 70
two weeks. and will probably return
by way OF Lisbon. 1t would seem a
though these people would supply {
proper class OF Immigrants; they ap
pear strong healthy and good-natured
their wants are easily supplied ant
they are thrifty.
The country rather runs To churche!
and military, and the various feas
professions and military parades con
stitute about the only life and diversion
there is. Last Sunday was election
day, the voting being carried on in the
churches according to the register sup
piled by the priests. There was con-
siderable excitement. and the Govern
ment party, which won, had big cele-
bration in the evening. The usual cries
of fraud went up and everything SEEM
ed quite homelike.
The donkey is the general utility ami
NAL. although oxen are sometimes en-
iployed, and you would scarcely believe
some of the primitive conditions under
which the farmer. or peasant, lives.
Oxen thresh the wheat by treading II
out on stone floor wine Is pressed
out by bare feet in trough; the carts
are all wood, the disc wheels turning
with the aSles, and, as no grease Is
used, the noise is surprising. This
screeching is much desired however,
as it keeps the oxen in good health
and keeps the witches away. Our ho-
tel. the only possible one in the town,
dates back to 1924 and it acts the part.
We have breakfast az $3.50, dinner at
$50 and supper at $3.50. Our BATH call
ed bawth, because this is an English
hotel. is brought to us in round pan
at $50 in the morning, and II you
arise before that time you are little
better than servant.
Construction is all of stone, roofs are
of red tile and all decoration is in vari-
Gus tints of whitewash. Streets are
about twelve feet wide. well paved
with stone, and the houses front d.
rectly on them, with barred windows
and n narrow balcony above. All gar
den, of whatever nature, is in the Sc
clusion of the rear. There are wider
streets, of course. and. as before said,
the roads are excellent: much better,
on the whole, than those Of Hawaii
The stone pavements, too, leave little to
be desired, although drainage and sew
erage is abominable. Sincerely yours,
E. A. FRASER.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

First the Governors san Francisco
Relief Committee" and next the Boarc
" Immigra ton, got hold Of good mar
when they begged f. a. Fraser OF, FOL
A while. from his duties at the Crockett
sugar refinery. AS is generally known
MI. Fraser went on the labor immigrd-
ton mission to Europe with f. r.
Stackable, collector of customs here.
| Not much was heard from either Mr..
stacltable or Mir Fraser until they
had done things, and then not very
much IN words though a great deal In
accomplished fact, the latest official
news from the first agent being ca
blegram announcing the sailing of the
| steamship Suveric from Funchal, capt.
grants for Hawaii.
Mr.. Fraser however, found time to
write a most interesting letter to U. S.
Judge Dole, which the recipient kindly
places at the disposal of the public
through the Advertiser. 1t is given be-
low in full excepting short personal
message at the end. Mr. Fraser's de-
scription of life in the Azores, from
whose capital he writes, is exceedingly
o
humor. He expresses a favorable opin-
ion of the people coming out here, and
he ought to be a good judge from his
long intimacy, while manager of the
Hawaii Railroad Co., with sugar PLAN
tation conditions and requirements.
MIR. FRASERS LETTER
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Aug. 80, 1906.
Judge S. B. Dole, Honolulu, H. T.
Dear Mr.. Dole: Mrs Fraser and I
have been spending the past two
months among these attractive islands
on recruiting business for your Board
of Immigration. and we find the expe-
rience Of very delightful nature. The
climate. and many of the surroundings,
are similar to Hawaii, and this town
of Ponta Delgada is much as l imagine
Honolulu was twenty years ago. Con-
ditions in the outlying districts are of
the most primitive nature possible, all
excepting the roads. which are well
laid out, well made and well kept. I
brought an automobile with me.
good serviceable sixteen horsepower
car, and we have covered many hun
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
Up To THE
Y-GEN'L

Attorney General Peters will be asked
| by the Board OF Education to pass
upon u question OF payment asked by
a government physician for services
rendered to government wards In ex-
cess OF their regular stated salaries.
The matter was brought to n head
yesterday at "A meeting OF the Board
of Education, Mr. harrington referring
| to case OF Illness OF n boy at La
hainaluna, shown on Principal McDon-
aids general report. He stated there
was no doctor in attendance upon the
patient.
Superintendent Rabbit then made a
statement OF the relation of the govern
ment physician at Lahaina-Dr Molo-
ney-to the Lahainaluna school. He
said the government physician opposes
the idea that he is to treat the scholars
free OF charge, but claims the right to
make charge. In substantiation OF
this claim he had entered a charge
Item against the school, or the govern
ment for treatment OF boy. The
auditor held this up and refused to
pay, saying that he could not make a
payment for services included In the
government physicians monthly salary.
Mr.. Babbitt felt that the physician.
under the circumstances, was some
what in the right, according to the let
ter OF the law, but nevertheless 1t left
the boys at Lahainaluna doctorless.
Principal Mcdonald had stated to the
superintendent that he felt considerable
responsibility under such circum-
stances, as snless the boy was very Ill
he did not feel that he could call in a
physician. On one side. he was con-
fronted with the fact that the auditor
would honor no bills incurred. and on
the other hand he would have to dig
down in his own pockets for any call
made upon n physician.
The salary of the government physi-
clan there Is quite small--S25 per
month. In the case OF the Reform
School at Waiee, physician outside
the government physician had at one
time been called in, and the bill had
been allowed by the government. 1t
was understood, however, that the in
mates at Wailee are considered wards
of the government, placed there by
At the suggestion of Mr.. Wight the
board decided to permit the Attorney
General to pass upon the matter.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

I Editor Advertiser: The article re-
produced by yesterdays Advertiser ex-
posing the reasons why A Liberdade
stopped being Catholic organ is cal
culated to give its readers ubacquaint-
ed with facts, an erroneous idea of the
cause of that papers financial de-
cline. one Is inclined to infer from
the contents of that article that the
financial downfall of A Liberdade dates
from the moment its management fell
into the hands of Father James c.
Beissel and became Catholic organ,
and consequently the conclusion to be
inferred is that it's low financial con-
dltion Is to be ascribed to the made
quate management on the part OF the
mission and to the adherence on the
part of the Portuguese people. who are
otherwise considered very religious, to
anything in the line of religious litera-
ture.
To impute to these motives the pre-
carious condition of A Liberdade is
most decidedly incorrect, for in the first
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
SUPPLY SHIP FOR CABLE
COMPANY

A steam schooner is being built on
the Coast for the Commercial Pacific
Gable Company, to be stationed at
Honolulu, for the carrying of supplies
between this place and the cable com
pany's landings at Guam and Midway.
thus leaving the cabeship Restorer
free for repair work and cable-laying-
The vessel is to be commissioned early
next year and will fly the American
flag, thus doing away with any neces-
sity of the Restorer having to carry
supplies and giving cause for the Ques
ton raised recently concerning the
carrying of such supplies between
American ports by n British steamer.
In regard to the recent trips OF the
Restorer to Midway with wrecking
gear and supplies for the Mongolia,
ashore there at that time, the United
States Treasury Department gave a
ruling that the coastng laws did not
apply to Guam and Midway. but iii
case Ola further decision reversing this
ruling the cable company will be pre-
pared to meet 1t.