The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-08
WE'LL FOOL THE REEF

WE'LL FOOL THE REEF.
Hard on the shelving coral reef
The Celtic Chief lies fast.
And the lift OF the swell rings the
buoy-hung bell.
TIL il sounds ike an eerie and dismal
knell
For fate that has come at last.
1Hard on the tautened hawser lines
Three steamers spend their might,
They pitch and sway yet never make
way
As they try to rob the reef of its
And ssin it's an equal fight.
But the hungry sea is governed well
Bv laws that il can not break.
In her hold we will dip and Tighten the
ship.
Then drag her away from the reefs
foul grip
That clutched through one small mis-
take
Asia En- Route.
The Pacific Mail steamship Asia left
San Francisco yesterday for Honolulu
and Orient ports. She is expected here
Monday afternoon or Tuesday morn
ing.
Tenyo Here Tomorrow.
! About noon tomorrow the Togo kisen
Kaisha liner Tenyo Maru will arrive
from Yokohama en- route to San Fraf-
cisco. She has 1900 tons of cargo for
awav for San Francisco until Friday
forenoon. Baron Uchida, the new Jap
anese ambassador to the United States,
is a passenger He will be accorded
livery honor and courtesy on arriving
and during his stay. The Tenyo Will
carry the last mail to the Coast for
delivery before Christmas, and the mail
will undoubtedly be very heavy. The
next steamer following the Tenyo will
be the Korea sailing on December q
Transport Hurries Away.
The transport Thomas left at nine
O'Clock yesterday morning for San
Francisco She carried about sixteen
cabin aud five steerage passengers from
here. Among them were City Attorney
Catheart and wife, NJ. I. Simonton,
clerk of Judge Robinson S court, l.. N.
Cav, formerly of the customhouse;
Jacob Kotihsky, former acting en-
tomologist of the board of agriculture
and forestry, accompanied by his wlie
and child; LieuteTant-C Colonel Harris,
medical department, who has been here
on inspection service; Lieut.. John Nc
Cleary, Twentieth Infantry, en- route to
Leavenworth to spend the holidays
with his mother and sister, and Mrs.
Morrison of Schofeld Barracks.
Arcona Aided Thomas
When the Thomas started up the
channel on Monday evening toward the
naval wharf the German cruiser Arcona
PLAYED her searchlight on the end of
the wharf enabling the troopship to
make a good landing. The army Off
GERS both aboard the ship and on the
dock appreciated this little act OF
: courtesy.
Repairs to Dix.
Tacoma Ledger-Contracts for minor
repairs to the United States army trans
port Dix. which plies between Puget
Sound and the Philippines, were award
ed Yesterday to the Heffernan Engine
Works by quartermaster authorities
provided the award is confirmed at
Washington, D. C. The Heffernan bid
was $3025. with the work to be com
pleted within ten days. The steamer
will load down Sound while the re
pairing is under way, leaving Deem
her with cargo of horses, mules and
forage.
Captain Barley Dead.
VICTORIA, B. c., November %
Capt Edward Barley, aged eighty
years, grandson of the famous mariner
Charles Barley, was burned to deatl
in fire that destroyed his home al
Westholme. B. c., today. Captain Bark
ley ran out of the house when the fire
was discovered, but reentered in an eff
fort to recover some family heirlooms
including the diary kept by his grand
father during his voyage of exploration
along the British Columbia coast.
Shipping Notes.