The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-07

AS my SloJtl' IL > perfectly Clear
You can't get out of calling me Jim.
And hug all my sisters-ike this
And they always return the embrace.
There's no need of averting your
face.
I'm bestowing a brotherly kiss.
Chicago News.
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FORTYNINERS' PETTICOAT PANIC.
In the summer of 1850, only a few
months after my arrival in California
by way of the Isthmus, was working
a mining claim with a young man
named DR.. Merrick. One morning
awoke to see a covered wagon with
two oxen which had been unyOked and
were grazing on a grass-plot near
spring in the ravine below me. l soon
discovered that a line had been drawn
from the wagon to a clump of rocks,
upon which were hung several female
garments to dry.
Women were so scarce in California
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arouse the whole camp. The boys"
as we were called, were scattered along
the Coyote diggings for a distance of
about four miles, and when anything
unusual happened, the words "Oh
Joel" would be passed along the whole
line
When l saw the female garments |
raised the usual alarm, ooh, Joel" and
this called the attention of the miners
on Buckeye Hill, where l was, to the
clothes-line which had attracted my
attention. They gathered around on
the hill, nearly surrounding the cover
ed wagon and it's contents.
The rush of the boys in the imme-
7 diate vicinity to see the wonderful
sight attracted those farther away
and, in less than ten minutes, two or
three thousand young men were anX-
| iously watching the wagon, clothes
line, and mysterious lingerie. The
man that belonged to the woman in
side, in alarm, stuck his head out of
small tent beside the wagon. l as
sured him that no harm was intended,
| but that we were very anxious to- see
the lady who was the owner of the
clothes. This aroused her curiosity
sufficiently to induce her to pull the
curtain of the tent aside SO that her
face could be discovered, but not fully
seen.
then proposed that we make do
nation to the first lady who had honor
ed our camp with visit. l took from
my camp a buckskin bag, used for the
purpose of carrying gold, and invited
the boys to contribute. They came for
ward with great eagerness and poured
out of their sacks gold-dust amounting
to between two and three thousand
dollars. Then l proposed to appoint a
committee to wait on the lady and pre-
sent it. The motion was unanimously
carried, and one of the gentlemen APP
pointed on the committee suggested
that be made chairman.
/ took the sack of gold and went
within about thirty feet of the tent
and made as good a speech as / could
to induce the lady to come out, aBsur-
ing her that all the men about heI
were gentlemen, that they had seen no
ladies for many months, and that the
presence of one reminded them of their
mothers and sweethearts at home.
told her the bag of gold was hers on
condition that she would come out and
claim it.
Her husband urged her to be brave
but, when she finally ventured about
halfway, the cheers were so vocifer-
Gus that she was scared and ran back
She repeated this performance sew
eral times, and l kept moving slowly
back far enough to get her away from
the little tent so the boys could have
a good view Of her. I suppose half an
hour was occupied with her running
| back and forth while the bows looked