The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-29
A MYSTERIOUS SHIP.

On the 2Sth ult. mysterious VesSei
of about 800 tons was seen casting an
Choir outside osaka harbor works. The
interior of the vessel, according to
correspondent of the Tokyo Asani, was
tastefulIy fitted out, and the dining
room was beautifully decorated with
costly furniture. The sound of the
samisen and foreign music issuing
from the ship at night arrested the
attention of the crews of other boats
passing by. Early on the morning OF
the seth a man of bronzed countenance
landed at Osaka and went about in
the streets making great amount OF
purchases, beng evidently well sup
piled with money. Afterwards he re-
paired to Matsushima, where he spent
money freely before he returned to
his vessel late at night. This man
is said to have remarked to an en-
ouirer as follows: Though I am a
japanese, the captain of the ship is
Eurasian, born of japanese and Rus
sian parentage, his name being Ukar-
val and his age 81. The ships crew
is composed of japanese, Chinese and
Norwegians, who all regard the vast
ocean as their domicile, and S3articu-
larry hold dear the small islands of
the Southern and Northern Seas. There
are one Russian and two japanese
women on board the vessel, who serve
the captain as his landmarks. The
work of the crew consists in catch
ing sea offers. We caught large
quantity of them in Russian seas last
year, but the Russian authorities be-
ing extremely vigilant we now intend
to shift our aim toward the southern
ocean, where we can catch almost any
number of fowls which can be sold
in the Hongkong market at very
profitable prices. The greatest pleas
ure of the crew is to visit small
island called. Oster near Borneo. where
a number of beautiful women of every
nationality are awaiting their return
with anxiety. Isolated as the island
is, every comfort and luxury is pro-
vided. This is the place where we
can enjoy the utmost liberty without
censure or restraint from any quarter,
and it is truly the paradise Of earth"
The above statement excited great
wonder of those who heard the story
and reused the suspicion of the Osaka
police, who were on the point of COM
mencing an investigation, when sud-
denly on the 31st the strange boat
weighed anchor and vanished.
ADVENTURE WITH A GIGANTIC
CRAB.
In the harbor of Shimidzu a great
haul of fish is daily experienced since
the return of the New Year, to the
delight of the fishermen. Fish is sold
so cheaply that there is a large crowd
waiting at the seashore struggling to
be the foremost to buy Some of the
eager buyers sail off to purchase fish
before the fshermen's junks arrive
from seward. Among these COMPETE
tive purchasers was one named Kato, |
who sailed out by himself in a small
boat. AS he was steering his way on |
ward he espied at a distance some |
dark object. Kato did not take any |
notice of it at first, but as it showed I
the upper half of it's bulk above the
water, he was convinced that it was
a crab of really monstrous size. The
man took fright and sailed towards the
shore with all his might and main.
The crab, however, appeared to be
bent on a fight with the man, and
swan after the boat with incredu
oVs rapidity. The huge erustacean
soon overlook the boat, and putting
one of it's bony arms over the side
to overturn it. .Kato
thought his fate was now sealed, and
fought CALAMITY with the crab, which
vas more than once on the point of
1psetting the craft. After a long and
fierce battle the crab was vanquished
and captured. Kato brought it ashore
and showed it to all his astonished
Its arms were over = twelve
feet in length, and the size of its
she'll is about five feet in diameter.
ITS weight is twenty kan.
HIS KINDNESS WAS TOO LATE.
A carpenter named Sasuke Koyama
n the city of Utsunomiya was noted
or his excessive taste for sake and
or his quarrelsome propensities when
nebriated On the 27th ult Koyama
bought nights feast and went about
rs usual picking quarrels with his
leighbors. He called on his friend |