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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-04

should grow in such desolation. vet
melons also thrive amazingly and trees
everywhere sprout in the lava cracks.
PIG AT KALAPANA.
Kalapana is native town by the SEA
which is remarkable for that the people
have no water but that which fails
from heaven. and for the further fact
that there are no mosquitoes there. I
found small pig. cooked to a turn in
an irnu here, whereof I ate so much
that l have not been able TO look at a
Zig without a shrinking feeling since
then. 1t is not conducive To self re-
spect to reflect that you may be the
moving sepuIchre of the first cousin or
the little brother of any pig you may
chance To meet in the road.
The Kalapana entertainment was at
the home of the schoolmas ter. and the
supper Hawaiian. Even the tea was
native, a kind of flower that grows in
the craters of Puma, and was excellent
After supper the native boys and girls
gathered at the house of the school
master, on the lanai facing the sea.
and to low accompaniment sang softly
the sweet songs of old Hawaii. This
was not the loud twanging that passes
in Honolulu for Hawaiian music. Not
at all. It was clear. true and beauti-
fully cadenced-and even when the
words were English, as in some of the
songs they We're, it was in the reversed
English of the native. And that is not
like the English you and I know. Also.
there is at kalapana a little girl whom
Kapellmeister Berger should hear and
train. She has voice.
The Kalapana schoolrnas err David
KalOi, rode with IFS from his own place
and out across more of the lava flows
of Puma. Surely. with craters and the
black vornit of them, there is no land
like Puma in all the world. It seems
that man here, civilized man. touches
chaos very closely.
Our party wanted to see heiaus, to
the end that steps might be taken for |
their preservation, and David was a
good guide. He knows every temple |
in all that region, and many of the
gerds of then-or, if he makes up the /
legends. they are all good ones. Very |
good. for instance. was the tale he told I
is standing on the brink OF the Pool of +
Punaluu. bit of sevpage water sent
backward into the lava field from the
sea, hard by the ruins OF the temple Of /
3unaluu, which was a structure of cut
;tones, small but with walls very regu-
arIy laid.
THAT round rock in the bottom of
he pool is the goddess Punaluu." said
David "She was turned to stone for
Ter wickedness. but once a year she is
liowed to resume the form OF beau
iful woman and comes out of the pool
nd sits combing her hair on that rock
here.
TALE OF a GODDESS
The tale goes that Punaluu was
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THE PUMA TRAIL.

From Wanaula, straight away across
the lava flows and past the wonderful
SIX Craters that lie in line below XII
lauea. the trail runs 10 the forests that
skirt the Volcano road With one stop
here At the Pea goat ranch. whence
Trey hunt wild goats in the lava and
slaughter them for their hides. we rode
onward. The bowl of coffee that Mrs.
- e-z1-a 80 eave1 my life. / think.
It was strong and generous, the coffee
crown and roasted on the place. They
had eighty goats in a stone corral here,
driven UP for slaughter for their pelts,
and il was \ remarkable thing to see
in some Of the widest Of these unrIis-
taxable traces of Angora blood. Aristo-
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However that may be- il is told that
the King of Kau once moved along this
road through Puma with a vast army In
three divisions. The first division. led
by the king in person, passed safely.
7 he second division. caught in whirling
gases from an explosive eruption Of
ElIauea. was stricken dead in its
tracks IS It marched The third divi-
sion, coming by the same way. found
ehe bodies OF the men Of the second
division stark And on certain night
in The year. whoever viii venture at
midnight between the old pathway and
the sea. can behold the ghosts Of the
kings armies passing.
In this country of lava flows they
build up graves over the IA fields.
roofing them with boards or thatch.
because they can not dig places to de-
posit the bodies Of their dead, From
these small houses. perched beside the
sea, the sleepers seem to keep sleepless
vigil in silent land. And the living.
whose struggle still endures. plant
sweet potatoes also IN the lava. deposit
ing the seed tubers in little vegetable
mulch, and from beside the graves OF
their dead gather the wherewithal TO
I've Il is wonderful that anything
should grow in such desolation. yet
melons also thrive amazingly and trees
everywhere sprout in the lava cracks.
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TALE OF A GODDESS.

The tale goes that Punaluu was a
woman with two mouths. one of them
in the middle OF her back. She lived
near this pool. where the natives would
come to battle in the old days, and used
to watch TO see them coming. Then
she would slip down ahead of them. get
into the pool first change herself into
a shark and. hiding in cave below
the rocks, dash out and deyour the
bathers. The kahunas suspected her,
and by watching caught her. Then
they changed her into that rock
But it is said that if tidal wave
or an eruption or any great calamity
impends, she comes out and sits comb
ing her hair on the rock. She always
comes in daylight. even at her annual
appearances, the hour being noon
have tried to raise the rock which is
the goddess from the pool but it is
fast there
The rock in question is a phallic
image, undoubtedly. and it may be that
the legend covered a plan of the ka-
hunas TO keep natives from defiling the
pool / have given it as Daniel gave
it TO me. at all events, and You can
take il or leave it, The rock is there
at the bottom of the pool, and you can
go and see it. My only comment is
that lady with two mouths should
have been changed to stone. A man
has heavy enough handicap in deal
ing with a lady who has only one
From Punaluu temple and pool is
short but very hard ride across the
lava to the heiau of WahauIa, one of
the largest in the islands. It's rude lava !
walls are falling fast, helped not lit
tie By natives who have a yarn that
man buried $1,000 IN gold somewhere
bout here and died before he had an
10 tell MS wife where the
money was hidden Enough remains.
however, TO give fair idea Of the
place and to make restoration com
easy-and that is work
WATCH should be undertaken without
delay In fact I have reason TO know
thar an official report to this effect VIII
presently be made.
THE PUMA TRAIL.
From Wanaula. straight away across
he lava flows and past the wonderful
SIX Craters that lie in q line below XII.
auea. the trail runs TO the forests that
l,ir,t the Volcano road With one stop
7e~e at the Pea goat ranch. whence
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Afterwards. under Mr.. Lyman's
guidance. we climbed through the
growing sugar cane TO the top of the
hill, where half dozen eocoanut trees
stand sentry within what was once the
enclosure of the heiau of kukii- The
structure is almost gone. but this old
temple is remarkable from the fact
that II seems TO have been constructed
of enormous hewn stones, cut as
smoothly as a modern stone mason
might cut them.
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Fort Street. O. o. Building and 15a Hotel Street

ing atmosphere that sets the blood of
man to singing. And, from the door
of the house as / write, l can see
small patch of snow cleaning like a
white diamond on the lofty crest of
Mauna Loa. the largest single noun
tain in the world
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ABANDONED CANE.

| They say that much of this cane has
| been abandoned. That some of it has
been taken in hand by Japs and Ha-
! waiians, who cultivate it and sell ii &c
| Olaa Mil, making good profit. l know
/ that Henry Lyman, who lives down in
Puma. has cane fields out of which ne
makes money. There are no surface
streams in Puma. and they do not irri-
gate the cane-but the rains are
| abundant and generally dependable.
the soil is rich and the cane Of the
best.
Yet Puma has been virtually aban-
doned. as plantation. Why? do not
know. It is said that Olaa controls it,
and does not want to raise cane so far
from its mil5-nor 10 build another
mill It is said that it is intended as
a mere feeder for Olaa-and that. when
Olaa is put on a paying basis, Puma
viii be rehabilitated Concerning all
these things. I know nothing
AT Pahoa I found white man and
a white woman. very pathetic OF face.
who lived but in the hope that. some
day. good times would come back to
Puma. and the plantation would be
running again. The man was station
agent. postma ster. everything. Maybe
lie Hal az UaSS u ~ q If'Dl SAOI 81 III
the station for shipment to NeT York
and Germany 4 little later, il might
be in day or two or a week or two,
he would snip this. Then a mail came
and went twice a week. There was
nothing else. and his wife and him
self we're the only white people. There
were some Japs, and a few Hawaiians
out III the brush somewhere, and the
Pake store. Altogether, man could
get through the time-and wait. 1t
was not a hard life. Some day the
plantation would be operated again
Then things would get better.
While TIE man had spoken, patiently,
pathetica1ly the woman had gone away
rom the station somewhere and comb
ed her hair That was all But it was
the most pathetic touch Then she had
come back and demanded. with shrill
feminine responsiveness. when the peo-
pie in authority at Honolulu were going
to restore the pay of the public school
teachers She was a teacher, II appear
ed. and her credentials entitled her to
more than she was getting.
she seemed dashed when told that
II was the people not the government. /
who must restore the salaries. and that
she must make her own fight with the
voters in the legislative election But
she was only dashed for a moment. She
declared her purpose to begin at once
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BY Sol. y. Sheridan.

kAMUELA. Hawaii. June %, 1906
From Huo. through Puma and by the
! Volcano House to HumuuIa. Surely
that is a long stretch on horseback. 1t
is SO long a stretch. that seem in
some way to have become indued with
| horsey characteristics. 1 smell of horses.
or my garments do. I talk horse. and
dream Of horses when sleep-and. at
the close of each long day of riding, I
seem to be glued TO the back of my
horse. especially about the knees of
me. and it becomes more and more
difficult for me TO detach myself from
the saddle. Otherwise, riding on horse
back no longer makes me sore, and all
have been fattened out. I am abso-
luteIy certain of this.
Tomorrow I shall TO horse again, and
ride to the summit of Mauna Kea. be-
tween 1000 and 5000 feet above this
place. and in very plain view. If
come safely through that ride. there
will be nothing left to do with horses.
For, unless the good red roam that
have ridden over from the Volcano
House shall put on wings, I do not see
how I am to get to the summit
But had meant to start this letter
from Hilo, not from this place at which
arrived last night, and now
must go back and begin all over
again. 1 left Hilo, through the cour-
tesy of superintendent Metzger of the
Hilo railway, in a special train for
Puma. Mr.. Metzger apologized for the
equipment but as a matter of fact, ii
seemed to leave nothing to be desired.
special trains. I have ridden in few,
and that was the first one l ever had
that 1 could call my own. 1 was not,
therefore. inclined TO be hypercritical.
Still. it seemed to me and still seems
to me that an engine and clean and
comfortable coach, speeding over a
track cleared for it TO run as il pleased /
left nothing a all to be desired.
At all events, it suited me. The run
down through O1aa and the fields of
Puma TO Pahoa. at the end of the short
ar branch of the railway INTO Puma,
vas made very quickly. The road runs,
or long distance, through a country
hat is not yet far advanced in the
formative stage. Much, very much of
he Island of Hawaii is like this. The
and is so new that the raw edges are
till upon il. In Puma, as in all the
lew parts, lava flow succeeds lava
low, from the mountain TO the sea.
some of the flows are old, grown thick
With tree fern and lauhala and lehua I
rees- Some are new, the IA sticking
Up its jagged points to the sun aud the
lying. smooth and shining as
atin. in fold upon fold. Between the flows
re pockets of rich soil in which sugar
ane attains projections hardly exceed
d in the rich and highly cultivated
3ndS of Eva OaFlIl
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THROUGH THE WONDERLAND
Of THE PUMA DISTRICT
1t Is a Land of Lava and of Rich Soil and
of Strange Legends and of Very
Many Marvellous Things.

and get ten men pledged TO vote for
no candidate who would not raise the
salaries OF teachers. and I venture TO
say that she viii do IL If that woman
can win one man. as she has, she can
win one hundred You watch her
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WONDERFUL KoA TREES.

It was a beautiful and not hard
ride over that long % miles of winding
rrail In the beginning there were the
koa forests. great gray tree giants thdL
l. would seem would appeal 10 all thdI
is aesthetic in the minds Of men TOR
their preservation They look Ike the
white oaks of California, which owners
Of lands now preserve SO jealousy. Yet
in these forests we found the preiln-
mary workers Of the Koa Lumber Com
pany preparing TO destroy these trees
The trees. on the Bishop estate. are
being cut. it is said, scientifically,
under the authorization of the CHIEF
Forester. The chief Forester. it is to
he presumed. knows his trade. Also,
7 suppose that from the strictly utlil-
tartan standpoint. the lumber should
not be allowed to go to waste, TO fall
and lie rotting on the ground. as II
does when the trees fall Still, II -
a great pity 10 cut the trees--a very
great pity And I would deem that
there be better things in the contem-
plation of wonderful natural beauty
than in the jingling dollars Of diVl-
dends. But / own no sawmills. and
collect no dividends I only have eyes
wherewith to see. And the Chief For
ester says some trees must go 10 save
the rest. Even r trees, the Old pass
It is a long and winding trail over .
all the lava flows Of Mauna Loa TO the
steppes Of Humuula'
which lies in the saddle between the
two great peaks of Hawaii, and around
about the hospftable house where Epen
Low and Samuel Parker Jr-, live their |
lives and make welcome all who come
to them. a most beautiful country lies
erased upIands parked with spread
ing trees. that slope away 10 the out
wing spurs Of Mauna Kea. II is. in
iced. one Of tbs most beautiful places
n these islands, with cool and brac-
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Gratis of the lava beds, surely They
said that they drove in the goats III
thousands. sometimes, and as we drank
our coffee a party Of stalwart native
men ana boys. on mules and on foot,
were starting away for an afternoon
drive.
a little way along the road we met
a solitary native with a pack train. a
man of whom we had heard first from
his son at Kalapana. This man. Kauhi
by name, was of very light complex
ion, with strong, shrewd. kindly face,
and with two gnarled stunps where
his hands should have been, standing
beside the trail. where he had picketed
his animals for the night halt. He told
us how. forty years before when he was
a young man of twenty-three. he had
been fishing IN a canoe off Kaimoo.
and had been upset and had fought off
a monster shark with his bare hands
Once he struck at the fish with his
right hand, and the shark bit off that
hand. Twice he struck with his left
hand, and the shark bit off that hand.
Then he kicked the fish and, after
decorating the flesh cruelty, the monster
became frightened and ran away.
THE pain was so great that l al
most died said Kauhi. but l reache!
shore and my sister put on native
medicines and helped me to live. l
rouid not get haole doctor. 1t was
kahuna shark.
We left that strong old man there
with his mules and his independence,
and rode away to the cheer OF SIZE
House. That is familiar and
most pleasant ground, the point where
civilization touches the lava wilder
ness They told us that Kilauea was
not active. so we did not go down TO !
the crater But we dined sumptuously, /
and Eben Low met US with strong !
horses and, after we had slept. we
started out upon the long trail that /
eads to Humuula sheep station.
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Club Stable s

II you wish a horse or horse
and rig for the Summer vacation,
call US up. Tel, Main Ioo.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
MANNING SUGGESTED.
One of the South Carolina Congress-
ional Delegation Thinks He is
the Man.
Columbia Record.

Columbia Record.
Washington, March 81 talked
today with one of the most prominent
Of the South Carolina delegation IN
the house as to the political situation
in South Carolina.
"In my opinion the dispensary ad-
voeates should unite upon State Sen
ator Manning as their candidate for
governor,'' was his declaration. He
IS from the upper part Of the state,
TOO, where there is usually not strong
backing from a candidate from the
lower section. "Manning would, be-
yond all doubt, be the strongest.
ablest and cleanest man in the field.
he shows his courage in the present
fight and would make such campaign
as would inspire the confidence of the
dispensary supporters. The. election
Of man like Manning, square, fair
supporter Of the dispensary under
re-establish the system in the conf
aence Of the people than anything
else. With Manning in the govern
or's Office there would be retribution
should rascality be shown.
"There is going to be a disposition
ON the part of the Gubernatorial can
didates to play a middle ground in
this whole thing, to fool all sides if
they can do so, but Manning would
need no explanation of his position,
would create no suspicion on the part
Sf the dispensary folks and would
make brilliant leader in the fight
that is sure to follow.
GAS to Tillman, I don't believe
there is a sane man in the state who
looks for serious opposition to him,
and with his support the dispensary
will again win over its enemies. If
there had been clean, open, square
politics played against the dispensary
there might have been trouble for it,
bnt there has been too much under
handed dirt in the whole thing, too
much Safeguarding Of character and
vile insinuation.
W. W.. Price.
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A Mothers R!etort.

DR.. Breckenridge, a we'll known
American clergyman, and his two
brothers, also Of the same profession,
one day paid a visit to their mother.
"Do you not think, mother,' said
he, "that you ruled us with too rigid
a rod in our boyhood?" It would have
been better, think had YOU used gen.
tier methods. "
The old lady Strengthened up and
said, "Well, William, when you have
raised up three as good preachers as
I have. then you can talk
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
Fireman Grabbed Flying Eagle.

Denver Republican.
The fireman and engineer who took
the Rocky Mountain limited out Of
here last Sunday morning captured an
immense American eagle as it was
flying in the air. The experience is
probably unique in railroading.
The unfortunate king Of birds will
spend the remainder Of his days in
satiating the wondering gaze Of the
crowds at City Park. The eagle
measures 7 feet and 4 inches from
tip to tip.
It was about l o'clock Saturday
afternon when nearing Limon that the
engine crew noticed the bird flying
low and straight ahead Of the train.
The train was then travelling at from
sixty to sixty-fve miles an hour, and
if it did not change its course it was
evident that the eagle would be over
taken. The bird was on the left side
and as the engine flashed by the fire.
man reacred out and grabbed the bird
by a leg and pulled it into the cab.
With the aid Of the engineer the big
fellow was downed and tied, but it
took quite fight.
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NOTICE..

All persons in sympathy with the
Cotton association are requested to
meet at Newberry on March the 10th
at II o'clock a. m.
Let every one give one day to the
interest Of the cotton association, an
organization that has done so much
for the Cotton States.
Will have a speaker.
R. T. c.. Hunter,
Prerident.
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MANS DISPLAY OF JEWELRY.
Pearls Su1artest Of Gems for Him
Used for Studs and Scarf Pins
The Cuff Links Of Good
Taste.

There is more jewelly than ever for
men. to wear, but it does not follow
that all we'll dressed men avail them
selves Of the opportunity to display
) what they are commonly expected to
indulge in only moderately. What
with the gold trappings that are now
made for key chain, the gold cigar
cite and card cases and the other ar
ticles of gold that are regular part
Of dress, man may invest large
sum of money in jewelry and lok
very great deal like a bounder.
On the other hand, he may spend a
great deal. more money for jewelry
and vet be dressed in perfect taste
and modesty. The man who wears too
many rings, pins and other jewels IS
certain to be noticed Immediately.
Women are the first, too, to criticise
!. him among themselves for lack Of
taste. How often does one hear wo-
man say: r..
:sOh, yes, he's a nice fellow. But
he wears too many rings ....
The number Of permissible jewels in
good taste is large enough now to sat
isfy every reasonable person, and a
man may have. all he wants, so long
as he is careful as to the way he
wears them. Take, for instance. the
subject Of rings.
A seal may always be worn. When
it be gold or some kind of stone, it
is permissible always on the third fin
ger of the left hand, however numer-
Gus the rings on the right hand may
be.
On the third and the small finger
Of the right hand two or three rings
NAV be worn, so long as they are OF
the appropriate kinds. Carved gold
or silver rings, rings with such stones
as a cabochon, sapphire, a cats eye,
eornelian, an emerald or a ruby, so
long as they are set down in the ring
and are thus made ineonspicuous, are
in good taste.
It has frequently been questioned
whether diamonds should be worn IN
rings at any time. Some men do wear
them, however, and they are often
men dressed in excellent taste. They
usually contrive to have the stone set
down inconspieuously.
Old gold or gold so deeply covered
, as to have almost the look Of bronze is
frequently used for a diamond set
ting. to tone down its excessive bril-
]iancy. There are nowadays a number
of semi-precious stones that are very
effective and well bred in mems rings.
The number Of rings a man may
wear depends, Of course, on the ma
ture of his occupation. To see busy
men hustling about downtown in the
furry Of business with their fingers
covered with as many rings as good