Pittston Gazette

              ESTAHM.sHKI) 1850. • VOL,. XL1JI. XOJIf. j Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Villey. PITTSTOX, LUZERNE CO., PA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY ."D, 1894. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. t $1.50 PER ANNUM 1 IN ADVANCE PEARL GF THE PACIFIC. trouble. To say that tfce language uaa no constant consonants would be scarcely an exaggeration. The vowels are always pronounced clearly and strongly, in many cases with a real "lingering sweetness, but not so the consonants. In tact, if a clear voiced talker should ount the consonants entirely, a native would generally understand him. One must listen carefully to distinguish be, ween r and I. between t and k, and so of many other doubles, and in the older works on the islands one tinds the names thus spelled indifferently, as taro or kalo. Kilauta or Tirauea, or more communlv KiraueH Pele. Tele or Kele. etc. is the crater, and Kilauea is not really ou Mauna Loa—that is, not on top of it. It is indeed but one-third as high, and, bo far as sea level is concerned. 110 liigher than Salt Lake City. It is. so to speak, a boil 011 the flank of Manna Loa, and yet the crater itself does' not overflow. When the lava pressure becomes too great to be restrained, it breaks out somewhere away down the mountain side. By and by, the "rock sharps" say, it will burst out away off shore, and then we shall have an addition to Hawaii. that date and Cook's visit. YV liite men lived on the islands even before Kamehainelia's reign. Tliey had introduced many improvements, and he In id the assistance of some of them in his wars. Ho was succeeded by five kings of his blood, who took his name as a title, but were known by other names. Of these Alexander died in 18C3, and Lot late in 1872, William Lunalilo taking the crown in January, 1873. David Kalakaua was elected to succeed him in 1874, and in 1891 he died and gave place to Liliuokalani.plateaus. As to moisture, the climate cannot be described in general terms. Old residents say in a jocular way that in oue district the rainfall is 17 feet a year, in another 17 inches, and in a third 1-171 h i if an inch. I saw places which certainly looked as if rain had never fallen on them. In the best sugar lauds irrigation is necessary, but in many places very little is required. Domestic animals thrive, as a rule, especially horses, of which rhe native stock is very hardy and capable. It appears to have been a case of "survival ot the fittest," All the tender ones were run to death at the start and only the toughest mares left pC isterity. PRENDERGAST TO HANG was trembling with excitement, and on entering his cell he Hung himself dejectedly upon his couch. But in a few minutes be rose and sat in his chair, gloomy and silent, but quiet and composed. His brother, John Prendergast, then came to the jail, him come in. I want to see him," said the condemued man. The brothers grasped hands, and neither spoke for a time. Then John said: LITERARY BILL XYE. 'justify." wi iu imcB sD\j luat iuc pajt »D It proves that there is a fascination about the expression of opinion through the press, which makes many an editor almost content with meager salary, while those who are- far beyond the actual need of such employment are tempted to engage in it instead of polo, golf and other means of obtaining a livelihood.The Assassin of Carter Harrison HE JOINS OTHER FAMOUS LITERARY Hawaii Is Richly Endowed With Found Guilty of Murder. LIGHTS IN LONDON Wealth and Beauty. Wtut Mr. Harle Told an liii£lishuiaii and HE WAS 00WED BY THE VERDICT. the Result—Xye Goes to the Authors' A LAND OF LUXUKY AM) LAZINESS. 4,Dou't lose hope, Gene. We'll do all we chq for you." Club, Meets Douglas Sladen, Jerome and Jury Reported aC» Unanimou* For Convic- Later the assassin's attorneys called and did what they could to cheer him up. Whan supper time came, he ate his food with apparent relish and then settled back in his chair in silence. Mr. Astor—He Goes Into Training;. The Experiences aud Observations of An tlou From the Fir*!—General SatJsfac- [Copyright, ]«B, by Edgar W\ Nye.] The Pall Mall Magazine is already successful, and with the beginning of the year will cease to receive four foot wood 011 subscriptions. ' I would not mind taking it," said Mr. Astor, "but here along Charing Cross I cannot get room for storing my wood, and the police will not allow me to obstruct the sidewalk. Old subscribers who are away behind on the lxxiks, say from 8 to 80 years, can slide a few loads of hay around to my stables at home, but I will not go out and help mow it away in the barn any more. I've done that for the last time." American Traveler In the Sandwich 1ft- Another fact, and a very surprising fact indeed to me. was that the nearer one gets to the volcano the more heathenish the natives are. This little fact Now, the old royal line expired as aforesaid with King Lot, and as King Gill and Kalakaua, though of ancient royal stock, had to be voted into power, there was necessarily some lowering of the royal dignity and lessening of the royal prerogative. And as a liberal constitution had been adopted aud a government established somewhat on the English model, there is really no change perceptible to the mass of the people in adopting a provisional government semirepublican in tone. tlou Fxpresaeil Carter Harrison, Jr., Expected It—Scenes fu the Courtroom. Lomjox, Dec. 16, 1893 land*—The Progress of Civilisation and London has changed a good deal since all the traveling done was by tho pilgrims or crusaders. Who would believe that theso tramping Britons who now take a leather hat box and go over the world, even into the heart of the deseit and the jungle, a few centurics ago made their pilgrimages on foot and asked every time they saw a stone wall in the distance if that was Jerusalem ? Christianity—The Native Language and C3 NiinAw cr^NOAHU —'Wl After all, the great product of the islands is the taro root, from which poi is made. It grows wherever the et Dil is kept thoroughly water soaked, and in matted bunches very much like the calamus or sweet flag of the middle western states. Alitr lOOL IS blfui-.'lu.. .J .. • l»l « I, Chicago, 1 lec. ■D().—Prendergast, the murilert r of Carter II. Harrison, will be hanged for his crime. That is the verdict of the jury. When Clerk Fitzgerald arose to read the finding of the jury, the prisoner stood clutching t he back of a chair and eying him with the most intense eagerness. His long, bony lingers nervously clasped and unclasped the back of the chair, his knees treiubled violently, his face was flushed, aud his spiteful looking mouth opened and closed as though he would say something, but lacked the power to sjDeak. Prendurgast will be given a cell in murderer's row today and will have for his nearest neighbors Painter and Higgins, two men uu'or condemnation of death for murder. The death watch wili be incessantly maintained at his oell door, three bailiffs alternating in turns of eight hours each as a special guard against attempted suicide or escape. Religion—yiiber Habits and Coitoniti. "stomps my philosophy." as thf-y say at Harvard, but it certainly is a fact. In the islands of Kauai, Oahu and Maui I An U|wra BouS'e Kiugduui—The Tragedy r *==% .(MAi of Captain Cook—The World'* Grandest did not see a sign in the common life of the people that there had ever been idolatry there, btit with every mile's travel toward the volcano I saw more signs till, as we emerged from the forest on the rock flat near the hotel, our native attendants showed themselves regular Pele fanatics. Even "Old Antony," the guide, recommended to us especially for his Christian character, "backslid" when he sr. a the smoke and hinted that it might be as well to gather some berries to offer as a sacrifice. This comical, retrogression in faith equally with progression in altitude reminded me of the formula in use in Texas when 1 was there in 1867: "There is no Sunday west of the Trinity, no law west of the Brazos and no God west of the Colorado." Volcano. HAWAII There never was a lovelier March morning than that on which Honolulu first rose to my sight. Yes, literally "rose," for we had gotten close in during the night. The sky was uot perfectly clear till just at daylight, and there was no lingering dawn as in the far north. Scarcely had our strained eyes ipade out the bold pryinonjypy j)t Dim ippfl head (so oallecCt was told, because there are no precious stones in the islands) when suddenly the grand sweep of mountains came into view, and then, as if a flat in a theater had slid back and disclosed a gorgeous trojical scene. Honolulu rose to sight. It was a {Derfectly delightful surprise, worth coming a thousand miles to see. lCrtpyrifjht, 1893.} u»\ W mij,** »*u f /T D. and wlieu boiied ;;B;i u; poi—a whitey y.-lUi\V Lu.s r .,t i I i .*• pulp iD t,later The Times says today: "Exact and speedy justice has been done by the court and the jury which yesterday sentenced the murderer of Carter H. Harrison to death." , sort of Hour paste. It ojievatcs liouneipathicelly, so to speak—that is. it builds up a dilapidate.! constitution surprisingly, but if used exclusive of any other food it injures thehegVV There is no particular danger of any American or Englishman using the native style of it to excess, for it is emphatically nasty. Decently prepared, however, it is quite palatable. Local statisticians say that une acre of it will furnish yearly bread for 5,000 men—a pleasing statement which, 1 regret to say, I do not believe. The Yankee is found traveling everywhere that steam will take him, and he would go even if he returned penniless, MAP OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. And through all this century, while civilization was rapidly progressing and later while Christianity was becoming dominant, the Kanakas were fading away at a rate unpmedented since the tender natives of the Went Indies died off under Spain's harsh rule, thirst, the wars of kamehaiueua wrought navoc, and a* the last of these wars was ending there came a mysterious pestilence which reduced the population by one-fourth or more. Diseases introduced by profligate sailors doubtless wrought some destruction, but not nearly so mu» b as has been reported. Then came the leprosy (or rather it developed) and for a time threatened a general destruction. Even now it is a great curse, but not 60 destructive as formerly. "We, the jury. And the defendant, Patrick Prendergast. guilty of murder in manner and form as charged in the indictment and fix the penalty at death." Fitzgerald's voice, clear and calm, read out the finding and died away with a slight emphasis on the final word. Then Prendergast revealed himself an utter coward. His face turned pale, and he opened his mouth to speak, but only a faint murmur tame from between his lmt and quivering lips. He moved slightly and would have fallon to the floor liui for the assistance of a bailiff. \\ hen the jury was [Killed, he listeued with avidity to each and every answer to Judge Breutano's question, "Was this aud is this now your verdict:-" Seriously, Mr. Astor is a picture of pluck, health and courage, and those who think he does net write for his own publications are mistaken, for he showed me the manuscript at which he had been working and kindly asked my opinion of it. Mr. Astor has not allowed hi* possessions to make a dignified ass of him. and there is a snap to his eye that shows good health of mind and body, together with a sense of humor which is generally God's most kindly gift to the poor. My first lessons were in the "Book 01 Mormon." my local mentor being a missionary of that persuasion, and this iftH'i. unlike most, loses nothing in translation. TiWt spirit of the orig nal could not as Max Mullerputsit.beeuuse in English the book is a,)tly described as •chloroform in print"—hopelessly dull Nevertheless the Mormons uave done a wonderful work on the islands. and this would be one of their strongest outlasts if their converts had not. Kanaka fashion, died off so rapidly. In Utah is an extensive family of Nebe■iers. cousins 1 believe, of the present United States treasurer. One of these id so good a work in Kauai that bis most talented converts took his name. After Lay return to Salt Lake City 1 heard oue of tuese Kanaka Nebekers deliver aii u dress there in his native tongue winch a returned missionary ranslated. and though by no means an rt in Kanaka 1 understood enough . iv .lize taat that interpreter was a phenomenally brilliant liar. Dr. Talcotfi Opinion. Middletowx, N. Y., Dec. 30.— Dr. Seldan H. Talcott, who gave medical expert testimony in the Guiteau trial, said: "I think Prendergast was a crank and that his mind was unbalanced, but I think he should be Held responsible for his crime. The laws should be so amended as to cover cases of this kind." 7=jj r a] EOMu! WUZINE „ The Boy'i Opinion* Fish is said to be the proper corrective to take with poi, and fish also are abundant. Early visitors say the Kanakas formerly ate them raw and at the soonest possible moment after killing them. Indeed it was thought a luxury to begin to gnaw 011 the tail before the head was dead. At any rate the hungry native took the fish as it came from the water, hastily ran a knife from gill to tail, tore out the entrails and at once fell to eating, and there is a story that when the first Kanakas were taken to be presented to the king of England they behaved Unite handsomely till they saw some fish in a little aquarium in the royal apartment. Their appetite overcame them. Men and women alike fell on the finny prey, tore and devoured it with the savage yum-ynm of appeased hunger, and declared in choice Kanaka that it was their first "square meal" since they left Honolulu.Detroit possesses a gentleman who thinks he is a fine shot and a great hunter, but there are some dissenters from this opinion. Not long ago he went into the country for a two days' hunt, and the first morning he started off early down the road to a field where he thought he might scare up a rabbit or two. On the fence by the field sat a boy, who surveyed the hunter's elaborate equipment critically. They say that the topography is the cause of this local backsliding. Maybe so. but it is almost impossible to describe the topography. In truth, a very large part of Hawaii consists of a higb tableland inclosed in a sort of triangle between the three great mountain peaks of Mauna Loa. Manna Kea and Mauna llualalai, and this plateau is a dreadful wilderness of tropical vines and giant trees, growing among and hiding immense rocks and crevices, with here and there a bare field of splintered lava or loose ashy stuff, and more rarely a fertile little valley. In this region the cattle introduced by early voyagers have left a progeny as wild as any buffalo of the olden time and much more dangerous. But along the borders of the island, the north especially, are some wonderfully There was the usual delay in getting close in, and we had scarcely time to view the city by the rosy light when we saw many people running toward the beach, lit seemed to me that they did not even check their speed at the water's edge, but jumped into their canoes, which moved off at once, and in a few minutes the iKanakas were swarming about the ship or climbing on deck. Our lady passengers, having heard "dreadful things." were prepared to blush accordingly. and the more roguish among the gentlemeu anticipated some fu». but both were disapixrinted. The native men were dressed quite so-so for boatmen, and though the few women who came near wore each a single garment they managed it with womanly skill. In truth, one may see much more reckless exposure at any bathing resort. It was later and in the interior—but 1 anticipate.1 have often wished that I might be placed as Mr. Astor is, so that what I wrote would be printed, whether the advertisements all went in or not. Preiitlorcaftt's Courage Falls. "It is," said Foreman Jacob Sutter, aud "It is" was repeated by every other juror, aud then hope and the last vestige of courage faded utterly in Prendergast's breast. He was led, iialf carried, back to his cell, whore, refusing to speak, lie threw himself upon his bunk in an attempt to hide from his fellow prisoners, whose expressions of satisfaction over the verdict were more emphatic than graceful and more sincere than I agreed with Mr. Astor to write some of my impressions of America after I get home and publish them in Pall Mall. Beyond all these known causes, however, there are causes not understood. A too rapid civilization is often fatal to primitive races. , The sudden inflow of new impressions on unprepared nerve centers breaks them down. The wearing of clothes seemed for a time to make the native women barren, as they paid no attention to the ordinary rules for keeping their raiment- in healthful condition. Another cause has latelv been assigned in these words; ".Hawaii is a holiday land—a lazy land—a soft, luxurious, voluptuous land—and the depression from satiety is correspondingly great. There is no set purposo in life, no firm and high resolve, and so when melancholy comes it kills." Mr. Besant was iu America this summer and is now congratulating himself especially iu the prompt service he gets at home compared with that he has had iu the States. He draws his impressions. I fear, from the restaurant service at the fair, which is not fair, so to speak. No other universal exposition has ever been compelled to feed every- "What you lookin for?" he inquired familiarly. "Rabbits. Have you seen any?" visrraa mk. astok by appointment. but he does not hanker fur mango swamps, jungle fever and the interior of a tiger. Stanley, it is true, roamed around in Africa for some time, rescuing people, it is said, even leaving a line of negro cemeteries behind him in order to forcibly rescue a man who was perfectly comfortable and seeking seclusion at the time, but Stanley is not, strictly speaking, an American, except for lecturing purposes. polite "Yes," 6aid the boy, nodding toward the field, where a dozen or more cattle were browsing, "there's some over there." The American missionaries reached he islands in 1820 and soon had the naive speech reduced to a written lan- After declaring at some length that the prisoner must be aquitted if believed to be insane and saying that insanity is a legitimate defense, Judge Brentauo said: "But I can't go in there," contended the hunter "I might shoot some of those cattle," cua.fe Now every adult Kana ;a can r 'ad and write. Some 800 books have "It is not sufficient to warrant conviction of .Mr. Prendergaat with the weight and preponderance of the evidence in favor of fcAvn published in the language, and the a naku journals are read by every one. iDy,ring in mind the rules above given, he reader will easily see that Oahu is ronounced O-ah-hoo; Maui, Mow-ee; .ulauea. Kee-low-a-ah; Lilinokalani, and so on of all Tho boy sniffed the air. "Wasn't you down this way last year?"' ho inquired. They tell many hard stories like this ibout tho former Hawaiians, but as 1 saw nothing of the kind I will continue to hope they are not true. If it was true, as the tirst visitors said, that the parents killed all their children above two or three; that methods of "check" were used which soon proved fatal to half the women; that thousands of men were killed in the saturnalia following a king's death, and thousands more were sacrificed or eaten, how did tho population get so large? Why so much greater than now, when nono of these things are done? I cannot help suspecting tliat there has been exaggeration.There is peace and good fellowship enough now. There are social enjoyment and ease and joyousness and feasting enough now. Everywhere this is true, but especially in Honolulu. There the slant eyed Chinaman and tho darker Malay, the very fair Englishman, dark- Portuguese and medium American, the smooth brown Kanaka and the rough brown Samoan jostle each other good humoredly in the streets and even practice a sort of social equality unthought of in the United State*. During my stay there King Bill was even as one of us in many an excursion, and at poi suppers it Was not very uncommon to meet native ladies "got up regardless" in silk and delicate pongee done in the "tie back" style, and wearing the monster chignons which were tho fashion 20 years ago. "Yes, for a week." The rising sun now sent its brilliant glare upon Honolulu and showed us— what? Was it a child's toy village suddenly enla rged or a transformation scene in a faii-j- pantomime? There were plumed cocoanut trees and curious palms, great banks of flowers in one place and a regular English sward in an other, trailing vines and bare, hot looking places, and here and there patches of neglected land, which looked dry and arid. It was evident at first view of the houses that the old was still struggling with the new. for regular New England cottages with green blinds and stone structures were mingled with mere huts of straw and tolerably solid adobe buildings like those I had become accustomed to at Salt Lake City. No other man dies so easily and gently as a true Kanaka. He can lie down and die whenever tho notion takes him, and with no apparent disease. This happens among many dark races, but with none eo often as the Kanakas. Captain Cook guessed their number at 400,000, and it may liavo been half that. Iu 1822 the "I ain't forgot. I seen you shootin with that same layout. I'm tendent hem cattle, and ef you can't shoot any better than you did last year, HI risk your hittin anything there, unless it is that haystack, and that's purty safe unless you git close enough to set it on fire."— Detroit Free Press. The Englishman, however, loves to chase elephants for the sport of it and is all the tiino looking for a place where no other wliito man has ever been before. And yet sometimes he believes things that no one else would swallow. On the Paris, for instance, there returned in October a young man who had been told before leaving London by an American—I think it was Bret Harte—that no one should think of going to Chicago without ample protection, for although Americans had a protective policy it did not help foreigners. As I understand it, Mr. HaTte told this young man that he should be well armed, and in addition for running about of evenings he should protect himself still further by using a Siberian sleuth hound that had been dieting for a few years. her places and* persons. The main is- jb f" w lli'i iif ii hives a name to the whole group .in the addition of Nei (Nay-ee), a word ignifying union, or the whole; hence ;e official designation of the kingdom - Hawaii-Nei. Hawaii is nearly twice as large as all The Lawyer Answered. •ie other Islands together, but Oahu is politically the most important, having . he capital and by far the best harbor in . he islands, and Kauai is rather the most .dvanced in agriculture. 1 did not know i he reason of this till 1 found it out, and I was quite suddenly put in the way of iinding it out at Hilo, in Hawaii. It was ,i iDerfectly lovely day, and I was writing and lounging by turns when there came i strange quiver; my inkstand danced Dv6r the table like a quicksilvered toy Ml'lUlKliEB PRKNDERGAST. One of Chicago's most prominent lawyers tells a good story on himself. He says: DISTANT VIEW OF KILAUEA. his sanity, niDr is it sufficient upon the doctrine of chance. It is more probable that he was sane than insane. fertile little tracts, and the Kanakas have here and there cultivated patches near the mountains, where the lavn seems to tiave cooled but yesterday. "It was when I used to practice law in a little town near the center of the state. A farmer had one of his neighbors arrested for stealing ducks, and I was employed by the accused to endeavor to convince the court that such was not the case. The plaintiff was positive his neighbor was guilty of the offense charged against him, because he had seen the ducks in defendant's yard. "You must go further than that, and although the preponderance of the testimony may incline you to the belief that he was sane at the time he tired the fatal shots, and even if there is more testimony given to show his sanity than his insanity, still if you have any reasonable doubt as to whether he was sane the law gives hiui th* b*netit of that doubt, and your verdict inust be accordingly. We took what is called the new route to visit Kealakeakua bav. where Captain Cook was killed, and of that tragedy 1 received a very curious account from a Mr. Broughton, an aged Briton, who reached the islands as a sailor in 1840. He had it direct from two aged Kanakas who witnessed the killing. It seems tnat after Captain Cook had carried matters with a high hand for awhile two parties formed. One said he was Lono, the Sod; the other that he was Kanaka, or STRAXOELY BEAUTIFUL. My first impression on entering the place was that all the true natives had gone off in their canoes, for we at first encountered none but Chinese and other apparently Asiatic people, and then Portuguese, Frenchmen and a few Eng- body on the grounds, but at Chicago at least the midday meal was out of reach in the city, and there is no donbt that to feed all the multitude at once was utterly out of the question. Mr. Uarte told the young man—whose name was Asscott-'Asscott, Esq.—that he should sleep on his arms while at Chicago and never get out of sight of his dog. man, 1 felt a sudden nausea, there was a grinding sensation in the very light ranio waits, and "subsequent proceedings interested me no more" in that room—for 1 was in the middle of the street with several other people. It was over in a minute. Then every- TAIN COOK'S DEATH, missionaries placed it at 142,000. The first regular census, in 1832, returned the population at 130,313. In 1872 the natives were returned at 56,899 and all others at 5,366, and then the tide turned. The pure Kanakas, it is true, have decreased a little, but foreigners and half breeds have increased rapidly, and here is the last official census, taken two years ago HE A I. A K E A K1" A BAY, TOE SCENE OF CAP- "If the jury believe from the evidence that the defendant was laboring under a delusion that It wan his duty to mankind to commit the deed for the benefit of mankind, and to prevent the slaughter of individuals on account of the railroad tracks not lieing raised, and that he, the defendant, believed 114 his delusion at the time of 'he killing,you must acquit him, provided fou further believe from the evidence that • t the time of the shooting of Carter Harrison t he defendant was under the impulse of such delusion to such an extent that it was uncontrollable by overriding the reason and judgment, aud obliterating the sense of right and wrong as to the act done, and depriving the accused of the power of choosing between them." *' 'How do you know they are your ducks'" I asked. " 'Oh, I should know my own ducks anywhere,' replied the farm*. And he went into a description of their different peculiarities whereby he could readily distinguish them from others. Mr. Besant, Mr. Gilbert Parker, Mr. Jerome, Conan Doyle and a few others arc !*akiu.'.r bay while the sun shines, and though yon can hardly pick up » publication without finding one of their names at the end of a story they mostly seem to lead lives of elegant ease. I do not know how they do that. I studied one of these gentlemen for 48 hours a few weeks ago to find out how he did it. so that possibly I might hereafter convey the impression that I lead a butterfly existence in low neck and short sleeves all the time; but, alas! at the end of the 48 hours I was in the veterinary hospital, suffering from Pall evil, bottB and blind staggers, while my associate had ahead of him 11 stories to write in thro' weeks, hij*h jinks every night and a pedestrian tour through Norway,Switzerland and Siberia besides. bought himself a dog that had plain but rather strong features. Her name was Mario Antoinette. Marie Antoinette was about eight bands high and had a big bloodshot eye. Where the other eye bad been there was only a damp slot. jamm -cc • • •'man," such being the meaning of that word. The argument as reported bore a suspicious resemblance to that in the correspondence between President Edwards and Dr. Samuel Hopkins, One said, "He cannot be a god, for he is cruel, vindictive and greedy." The other said, "Yon cannot tell how a god will act, and perhaps"  t-ody laughed and pointed out that even if oue of these houses fell on a fellow it would not hurt bim much, for they are very light in structure. Heavy stone uuildings are all very well for Oahu and Kauai, and will barely do in Maui and . lolokai. but not in Hawaii. " 'Why,' said I, 'those ducks cannot be of such a rare breed. I have seen some just like them in my own yard.' VIEW OF HONOLCLO Males. Females. Total. KvMJ 35.(111 4,400 4 .(H) V.bW a,W0 8,.v« 7,410 i,;eu ono i,wu !«) 3UI 1,340 515 1M 700 143 «o 210 5U '£D 75 S.0.J0 8,330 770 14,500 2.W) 11.7H0 25 m •' 'That's not at all unlikely,' replied the farmer, 'for they are not the only ducks I have had stolen lately.'"—Farm and Field. Asscott-Asscott devoted the months of July and August to gradually getting acquainted with Marie Antoinette and convincing her that his attentions were of an honorable character and not offered simply as a means of killing time. Before there was an understanding between them Asscott-Asscott had been three or four times in the surgeon's hands, and places where he had been fluted and pinked by Marie Antoinette were caught back and gathered with surgeon's silk of different shades, so that he has daisies now and black eyed Susans embroidered all over him from designs by Marie Antoinette. lish and Americans, but before reaching our hotel we saw that those were only the advance guard of porters, small traders, agents for this and that, idle sailors and thC- general flotsam and jetsam of a port 111 the tropics which is the commou resting place of rovers of all Pure Hawaiian Mixed Hawaiian  t- ureiCn Hawaiian bora. Americans  Brilii.il  'itrnian.i  Srand i nav iaiio  French  Portuifueoe  Chinese  Japanese  Utherraces  The explanation is, to my mind, very urious. The islands were all built up Cy volcano and earthquake. Nature bean the job at the northwest end of the Of all onr pleasure excursions those to the Waikiki beach for bathing by moonlight were the most pleasant, aud the requirements in costume were much the same as at Long Branch. Back in the secluded districts, however, the natives of both sexes took to the water without tho formality of putting on "suits." The Kanakas are described by scientists as "belonging to the Polynesian branch of the Malay race," which means, I take it, tliat they are Malays modified by long residence among "many islands" (polunesia), and therefore swimming is about as natural to them as walking to us. Bingham Young told me just before 1 left Salt Lake City that they were like the American Indians—descendants of the ancient Israelites who had "backslidden" and been cursed and turned dark accordingly. If so, they have slidden back a great deal further than they are ever likely to slide forward again. It was the familiar issue, Are right and wrong absolute, and is the moral law obligator}' on Deity as 011 mortals': Well, the Edwards part}-, so to speak, carried the day, and it was decided that the supposed Louo should 1*) put to the test. A blow—not mortal—was struck; .the captain groaned and blood flowed. "Kanaka, no!" (A man, indeed!) cried the skeptics. "Oa! Oa!" (True, True!) screamed the others. "Kanaka, do!" and he was at once dispatched. "And," added Mr. Broughton, "when the old men told us this, the tears stood in their eyes, for they were among the few who continued to believe that Cook was a god, or at least a superior being." To Be Sure. Prose is the enemy of poetry, and always has been. 4,lWi 13,7'JO f.TllU 3XJ Before tiie adjournment of court Mr. Wade mailt? the usual application for a new trial, and the judge auuouuced that hp would hear a motion to that effect at a ;iin with some small islands, mere A Quaker who had a young and pretty daughter was awakened one night by some one singing under lus window. A certain young gentleman it appeared had mistaken the father's window for the daughter's. From the center of the town on. how ever, we struck it rich in the Kanaka line. We saw them of every age and many shades of color and in every stage of dress and civilization, from the new arrival from the mountain highlands, clad only so far as absolute decency required. to the cultured gentleman in blue coat, white vest and truly immaculate linen. At every convenient recess in the side of the street was a group,of native women, but there was not the same variety in their dress. With scarcely an exception each wore a sort of "Mother Hubbard" of blue cloth, and whether walking, sitting or riding—and many of them were riding and always astride—they managed this single garment with the name modest grace 1 had noted among those in the boats. nations. K-ky peaks; as she moved southeastward she built up successively larger ia-11 nds. and she is still at it—intends to eep at it. the "rock sharps" say, till she sukes a real island continent. While C■ is building an island it is of course powerful uneasy and mighty uncer- Totalis M.330 31,830 90.100 lulu re CUu Of these about 22,000 live in Honolulu, which is the Paris of the north Pacific. All tho allurements of life abound. Hard work is left to the Chinese for the most part, and active business to other foreigners. With at least half the population social life is the only life. Receptions, teas and club meetings, political demonstrations, visits to the populace and to vessels in the harbor, rides and drives, poi suppers and bathing parties. chatting in the groves and lounging and smoking in the gardens—such was life in Honolulu while I was there, and 1 cannot learn that there has been any change.  The mother of the prisoner did not trust herself to remain in court to hear the result of the trial, hut lingered around the After the Verdict. Several airs were sung, and finally the serenade struck into "Home, Sweet Home." The old gentleman got out of bed and raised the window. i have tnC d every way to keep in training, but Iixik more and more like a plum pudding eloping with the running gear of a flamingo. I exercise one day and eat oatmeal, and the balance of the week is required to rest up and regain my strength. in." but when she has finished it it •tirnii- w»itiiDsc for the first news to come from the courtroom. When it came. ttles down to a quiet maturity. Hence the comparative steadiness of Oahu and iauai. hence the instability of Hawaii. Only five years before my visit there .vas Pele to pay in that island. (Pele is he native devil of Hawaii, or deviless in alter the vuidict was rendered, she tottered away, clinging to the balustrade fur support us she descended the stairs and struggled through the excited crowd thronging the approach to the court room. Johu Prendergast, the prisoner's brother, if he was iu the courtroom, left without attracting attention. Mr. Trude and his associate, Mr. Todd, were heartily congratulated by all who could get near them, Proton Uurrison being one of the first to reach the side of Mr. Trude. and he thanked him for his efforts. He came home disgusted, however, for the police would not let him into the fair grounds with Marie Antoinette, and they disarmed him also, so that he would not distract people's attention from the Ferris wheel. He came back on the Paris, as I said, and if you do not believe what I say of him you may ask Nugent Robinson of 142 West Ninety-fifth street, New York, U. S. A. J do not make hasty statements without proof. "Young man," said he, "if thou hast » home, and a sweet home, as thou sayest, why don't thee go home?"—Youth's Companion. My literary habits. I presume, are different from any other of the great authors who have gone before me. A week ago I tried the Dickens course, which consisted in walking as far as the dry land of England extended and back before breakfast; then eating enough for two men and working till luncheon; then eating enough for four men, reading what the press said of me and sipping a churntul of gin and water; then walking through the slums and coming home with a keen appetite, ordering dinner for a thrashing crew and eating it myself; then writing seven or eight chapters of choice literature ; then after jerking the children out of bed for a romp and returning them, taking a bath and "a nightcap" which for size might easily be mistaken for each other, hopping nimbly into bed before the "booggy man" gets a chance at one's pink toes and sleeping melodiously till dawn. ither, for it is a female.) For many With the horseback ride thence to Kilauea and the descent into the crater all general readers are familiar. Everybody knows how Pele, the devil goddess of the Kanakas, used to hold her fiery court, in the llaming lake; how the filaments of lava, like glassblowers' "thread," thrown off by the fiery waves, were believed to be her hair; how the natives, when warned by well known signs that an eruption was near, threw many fat hogs and other articles of value into the lake, and finally how the brave Princess Kauiknlani, to convince her people that idolatry was foolish, descended into the crater without the usual ceremonies and returned mihurt to lier amazed people. Is it not all written in mission reports and Sunday school books? ays together the whole island shook e a giant in an ague fit. The proprior of the hotel at the Kilauea crater The professional pessimist came into the office looking absolutely cheerful. An Uneven Distribution. ;iid in a letter to the Honolulu Adver- And this makes it fitting to close with a few words on the political question. This is not the first time by several that Hawaii has in a measure been revolutionized. From 1830 or thereabouts to 1843 it was sharply contended for by various powers. In 1839 the French compelled King Kamehamelia III to pay a large sum in gold and held the kingdom in duress till it was done. The American merchants raised and paid the money, and thus saved the kingdom for the time. In 1842 the British consul, Richard Charltou, and Lord George Panlet overthrew the kingdom in effect, compelled the king to retire to the mountain forests and raised the British flag. "Well," they asked him, "what is the new cause of complaint this morning?" iser that "Pele sent a Rodman 20-inch hot with snch precision that it struck A LAND OF QUEER THINGS. Prendergast was led away to his cell iu the jail, and Bailiff Becker was detailed to stay with him. The prisoner refused to see auy one, and as soon as he reached the cell he threw himself face downward on his bunk and would not gratify the curiosity of the crowd that gathered around the s[Dot from which a view of the interior of his cell could be had by looking up. "I was thinking how unjustly things were arranged for a man who has acorn. It gets its worst mashing from the man who is too heavy to knock down."—In- Indianapolis Journal. Literary London is most charming and most generous. The Authors' club is situated in the heart of the universe according to the Englishman's idea— viz, neur Charing Cross. You leave the station, and passing the Metropole on the left you enter Whitehall court, where you will find the clubrooms convenient for all points of interest about the great city. The club is most kindly to strangers and not too'' pernicketty,'' as we say in North Carolina, or Caroline du Nord, as the French have it. Some pretty lightweight authors are entertained at the Authors' club. ThoD name of one of them will be found at the toot of this letter. The streets are of fair width, and in plaos seemed to me whiter than was agreeable and rather dusty. As there is nearly always breeze enough at sea to refresh oue. 1 felt oppressed at first by the dead calm iu the air, and retiring to the courtyard of the hotel was just say ing it was hotter than 1 had been led to expect when 1 felt a strong, cool breeze. In three minutes at the furthest the skywas overcast and almost black; in 10 minutes more the rain was pouring in volumes, which, as it seemed to me, threatened to wash the town away. 1 naturally supjtosed that ojDeu air sightseeing was done with for that day, but my local mentor, to whom I had brought li tters from Salt Lake City, laughingly replied: "Wait a wee. You are not in old England now. nor yet in Utah." ie ground within an Inch of my bed. 1 ran ana did not return, neariy an tne stone buildings in Hiio were" shaken down. The missionaries record with a sort of grim humor that their bookcases were upset a»u the books went tumbling over the house. Trees swayed and fell, stone fences went down, and vast mountain masses rolled into the sea. One missionary adds, so gravely that we must not suspect him of a joke, that they prayed with unusual fervor and sang— TUe Islands Seem Designed For the World's Pleasure Resort. If 1 should attempt to sum up on Hawaii-Nei in one sentence, I would say, It is a land where everything seems to be something else. There is a riotous abundance of useful vegetation, yet soon or late a blight comes on almost everything. There is a greater variety of fruits than in any other land I know, yet so far as I could learn ever}- fruit degenerates in a few years, and the stock must be renewed. The climate is almost perfection, yet measles, smallpox and affections of the heart are peculiarly fatal. The mountains look as if fixed in place for all eternity, and the more solid and rugged a mountain looks the more certain it is to quake and more likely to split open. The natives are all well educated and nearly all thoughtless. They are all nominal Christians, yet chastity is but a vague sentiment, and many a common Kanaka will tell a lie when the truth would better serve his purpose. True Love. True hymeneal love is to be found in the family where the man never thinks that the woman spends too much money for bonbons, and where the woman never thinks the money her husband spends for cigars is money thrown away.—Boston Transcript. In speaking of the jury after the verdict had beeu found J mine Brentauo said: "It was the most intelligent jury that I ever saw. There was not what you might term a cheap man iu the lot. Every oue of them was a good representative citizen and much higher in the positions that they hold iu the business and social world than the average man who can be secured for jury duty." THE OPERA BOUFFE KINGDOM On Jordan's stormy banks we stand, And cant a wishful eye. Such Hawaii-Net Has tleeu Since Kaine- A Glacier Toinlx hutiiehit's Line Died Out. After long years the glacier lif Iloserlane, above Meiringen,has told t he sequel to an old Alpine mystery. In 1880 oue Dr. Haller and two guides of Grindelwalu made an ascent from which they never returned, but now the slowly moving bed of ice has given up its secret and brought forth a dead manone of Dr. Haller's unfortunate party, but whether the professor himself or a guide it is no longer possible to determine. A drinking cup of old fashioned manufacture and a magnifying glass were found beside the corpse. THE WORLD'S GRANDEST VOLCANO So many little things have interested me that I almost forgot King Bill. He had ascended the throne (figuratively speaking) only two months or so before my arrival. King Lot having died without issue. William Lunalilo was his royal name, I believe, but he was generally called King Bill foi short, and he was the first monarch of Hawaii-Nei not of the Kamehameha stock. The history of that line is as fascinating as any in The jurymen expressed themselves as heartily glad that the loug weeks of tedious coutiuemeiit were over. Before announcing a verdict they had agreed not to make public the scenes in tbe juryroom tvhile the verdict was under consideration, and after their dismissal they positively refused to talk about tho manner in which the prisoner's fate was decided. I've tried that one day only. I cannot repeat it. How the Lava Made Hawaii—Wild Life its officers are most thoroughly in earnest in making it a success. Walter Besant is vice president. He met me there. Now I liso gently, look out of the window, gaze in my mirror, which still tells me that I am strangely beautiful, put my teeth in a beautiful cut glass bouquet holder with fresh rose water in it and then go back to bed again. Thereabout*. In an hour the sky was bright and clear as ever. In another the streets were in splendid condition, and next morning they were dusty again. I then learned three things which surprised me very much; That at least one-fourth of the entire population of the little kingdom live in Honolulu; that the city resSb not on the true rock of the islands or volcanic deposits, but on a sort of flat built up by the coral insect, and that three-fourths of the Hawaiians of all races live in very narrow belts around he islands. The interior of Hawaii especially is an almost untrodden waste. The coralline basis of Honolulu is so open tnat water runs tnrougn it aa through a fine sieve, and so, though it may rain six days in succession, the streets will be dry on the seventh. I have no spite against the reader of this article. I shall therefore not add one to the 200 and odd descriptions of Kilauea now extant. As the raw attorney who began bis maiden speech by telling what the common law is was directed by the judge "to assume that this court knows something and not be so arrogantly instructive," so I shall assume that tho reader has read the old Fifth Reader, and the usual Sunday school books, and at least one general work of travel, and that he takes at least one good weekly paper, in which case he must have seen half a dozen descriptions. I will onlv sav that of the inanv 1 have read since leaving riio h lands unit of Mark Twain seems to me tiie lDest. and then go on to mention a few point.- which astonished uie and are not gener ally mentioned in the accounts. Douglas Sladen, the globe trotting poet now with Mr. Jerome on The Idler, is the honorable secretary. Both he and Jerome are extremely busy, but never too much so to greet the pilgrim from the States and give him joy. By that time a blizzard and snowstorm of calling cards begin to float up the broad onyx stairway. I tell my lackey, Clarence, to stand the callers up around the reception room and issue numbers to them as they do at a big barber shop. Unanimous Fur Hanging. Life and property are as safe as anywhere on earth, though the laws are not severe or executed with any special rigor. This may be due partly to the lack of acquisitiveness among the common Kanakas and tbeir general live and let live feeling. They are the most unselfish race on earth. In a detached group in the interior the property of any one is the property of another, if that other needs it badly. A foreigner who has befriended one is tho friepd of all in the village. The men givo liim fish, fruits, flowers and poi; tho women give what they have, and with a certain freedom which is delicate and charming. Unfortunately their kindness may be a danger, for they may be affected with leprosy long before they learn the fact, and physicians have decided that of all fcupjKjsed ways that is the one absolutely certain way of acquiring it. From a court official it was learned, however, that the jury was unanimously hi I'avor of a death sentence. After the jury had retired, it is said, the charge of Judge Hrentauo was read carefully by the foremau. A general discussion of the testimony followed, and the jurors expressed their individual opinions, particular attention being paid to the testimony of the insanity experts. Then two ballots were tnkeu. The first to determine the guilt or innocence of the nrisoner. resulted in a unanimous verdict of guilty. The secona ballot was to determine upon the penalty, and the 12 men all said, "Hanging." The foreman then wrote out the verdict. It was approved by the other jurors and de livered to the court. The incident recalls perhaps one of the most pathetic taies recorded of Alpine disaste—that in which a glacier after many years brings to the light a corpse, fresh and young as wheu death fell, and an ancient dame, the lover of the dead guide, recognizes her sweetheart, lost so long. Time has stood still with him—for 50 years he has slept in the ice—and she, grown old and withered with burden of long life and much sorrow, recognizes her lover of half a century ago.—San Francisco Argonaut. Jerome looks young to be famous, but he labors his regular number of hours and then flies home to the plate where his heart is, which is in a beautiful part of London. I went there to dine one evening, but did not take Clarence along to show me the way. That is why I fetched up at Hammersmith. I also had Mr. Jerome's and Mr. Sladen's addresses confused. But he fopgave me. Then I dress without the aid of my maid, who was objected to and discharged by my grandparents, from whom I inherit a Christian spirit and a cranberrv marsh in Wisconsin. HAWAIIANS E ATI NO POI The Americans, however, prevailed upon the British cabinet to annul these acts. And if Hawaii is now annexed, what? Suffice it that I cannot keep up my training and meet all the social demands made upon me without neglecting the literary work to which I have pledged my life, my fresh young intellect and my sacred honor. The Kanakas are about as well qualified to run a republican government as so many school children of the intermediate grade. The boys of any English or American high school are ten times better qualified. The Chinese are not even to be thought of as voters. Equally so all the other dark peoples. The Portu guese are somewhat better. Evidently if annexed, Hawaii-Nei cannot be a staU or even a territory. Tho 15th amendment must bo ignored from tho start, and such must be the coudition for half a century at least. In short, the annexed region must be an absolute dependency, ruled like a British crown colony or distant military post—an abnormity for which the constitution of the United States makes no provision. The UranCl Old Man. "Lost in London; or. One Half Hour With Jack the Ripper." will be the title of a little work by me, which will soon be ready for the printer. A lady who has recently come from abroad is responsible for this true but somewhat irreverent anecdote, which shows the estimation in which Mr. Gladstone is held by his family. She was calling on Mrs. Gladstone, and the "Grand Old Man" had not made an appearance. The conversation drifted around to English politics, repeal, and the geueral opinion seemed to be that things were going pretty badly. Tlit# first is the course of the lava, i had an idea that it dashed down the mountain side in a "mad torrent," 'out it doesn't. At any rate it never does unless when the quantity is enormous and while it is still so hot as to maintain great fluidity. Almost always—always in small streams—it maintains a sluggish flow, like warm tar or thin mush, and as it flows the surface is rapidly cooling and forming a sort of case. The molten interior bursts up through this, and the outflow cools again, »nd this is repeated so often that a moderate stream of lava often assumes the apjoarance of a great cylinder slowly creeping down. Even when the outside seems comparatively cool the thing is really an enormous tube, down the interior of which the hot and pasty lava is slowly forcing its way. KANAKA SPEECH AND RELIGION, Q Another court official said that the first ballot in the jury room showed 11 for conviction and 1 for insanity. How the Island* Were Built I'p anil flow The Pall Mall Magazine, Mr. Aster's handsome and booming periodical, is a big feather in the caps of the proprietor and its titled editors. Mr. Astor has associated with him Lord Frederic Hamilton and Sir Douglas Straight as editors, and my fondest dreams about the wealthy and titled leading li vC s of gaudy indolence in all cases got a severe setback when I saw Mr. Astor actually producing copy and his noble associates with their coats off, so to speak, molding public opinion, and English opinion at that, which 1 regard as one of the most massive jobs ever undertaken by thu press. The first task for ine, pursuant to my business on the islands, was to learn u little of the language, which deserves a paragraph or two, especially as lnany native names must apjiear in the remainder of this article. I found it quite easy of acquirement. Every word ami every syllable in every word ends with a vowel, and every vowel is pronounced almost exactly as in (ierman. There is of course a syllable to efc-ery vowel, but in ordinary and rapid pronunciation the effect is precisely the same as in German and Spanish —that is, an or ah-oo, is practically pronounced ow, as in "now."- Ao is nearly the same, but it is rather more "tony" to pronounce these two distinctly ;).,raVe. Ai is, similarly, pro nonnceti exactly nice long 1 in nne anu prime: e as a in fate, i as ee in feel, u iuD ooincooand nil other letters as in English. When ii follow a vowel, the first i is sounded with that vowel and the second alone. .Thus Hawaii is Hah-wy-ee, accented on the second syllable. CkrUtiuiiizrcl. The members of the late mayor's family were apparently expecting such a verdict us was given and seemed to derive but little satisfaction from the fi\et that the niurderer of the head of their family was todie for his crime, feeling that only justice had been done. IIi»«l Appreciated It Long Before. There is a wonderful variety of fruit in Honolulu, such as oranges, lemons, limes, melons, bananas, strawberries and many more. Peaches are produced on the islands, but the blight affects them more quickly and certainly than any other fruit, frequently taking the form of u black scale or film. The cocoan-it seems to be indigenous, and therefore less liable to blight than any other product. It was long supposed tliat the sugar cane was proof agaiuat all blights, but of late years a new worm, as it were, has attacked it at the root, onfl the chances now are that the sugar planters will have to renew their stocks every few years. It reminds one of Horace Greeley's plan for getting rid of the Canada .histle, "Cultivate it as a garden plant, and some denied bug or other will be sure to come along and eat it." "We should be thankful, however," said the visitor, "that there is Oue above who will watch over us," meaning a benlgu Providence. Mr. Noodle (who has just been narrating a humorous ad venture)—Er—why lon't you laugh? I don't believe you appreciate the story. Carter H. Harrison, Jr., one of the proprietors of The Times, in discussing the verdict, said: "1 was not surprised when I heard the verdict, because to my mind there was never the least doubt as to the man's responsibility when he committed the act. I watched Prendergast's actions throughout most of the trial and was iro- Lillnokalanl Kalakaua Queen Emm*. "Yes," assented Mrs. Gladstone, whose thoughts were evidently on her celebrated husband, "he has just gone upstairs to change his collars and cuffs!"—Kansas City Times. Miss Canstique—On the contrary, Mr. Noodles. I have always said it was a ,'ood story.—Chicago Record. Kamebameha I HAWAIIAN MONAliCTIS. Lunalilo. European annals. Ori/pnally each island had its own king, and Some mure than one, but about a centurj' ago arose the great Kamehamcha, and in a series of wonderful campaigns reduced them all under his rulj. Don't Mention It. John F. Wii.ixjloiiby pressed by his alertness at times to deny Another Life Saver. Jorkins (after tripping over a projecting foot in a street car)—Did I hurt yonr corns? Hard at It. evidence for or agaiust him. His denial as to certain testimony relating to his actions when be Clid the actual shooting proved conclusively to my uiiud that he was not laboring under any delusion while liriug the shots, as otherwise he would not have been able to recall what he did or saw that evening. I also think that the hanging verdict will have a most beneficial effect upon the vast army of criminals who seek notoriety by deeds of violence or by threatening ineu occupying high positions." The respiration apparatus invented by Professor Voit of Germany has beeu received by the Yale College Medical school. Its purpose is to measure the oxygen absorbed by the body and the carbonic acid and watergiveu off. From thedatathusobtained, the decomposition of the body can be determined, and the decomposition caused by the digestion of the various kinds of food compared. It is hoped that the experiments will result in the selection of diets that will prolong the lives of those Buffering from consumption and other diseases.—Philadelphia Ledger. I visited Mr. Astor at his office by appointment. Everything is dC ne here by appointment. The man who makes my sausages does so also for the royal family by appointment. 1 allow him to do so after he gets mine done. Mr. Astor is gsnerally at the office of the Astor estate, but when The Magazine goes to press up at the office, 1* Charing Cross, you will see him up there locking up the forms after felling Sir Douglas or Lord Frederic to write him a paragraph Priscilla.—What aro yonrig Winthrop and his wife quarreling about bo bitterly? Writhing Passenger—You did. - Jorkins (quietly) — I am so glad.— Truth. And this is the reason few or no lives are lost in an ordinary eruption. One can walk up to the advanced end of the stream, gather a little of it on an iron rod, press it into a mold of any desired shape, and all without danger, and this though the cylinder or tube umy be 10 feet thick. The second fact that astonished ma was the location of the crater. .Mauna Lou is the mountain and Kilauea He is the great Hawaiian hero, the warrior, king and «age, the David and Solomon and Haroun al Rascliid all in one. But it is a great mistake to say, as many recent writers have done, that the civilization he fostered was purely native and original, and still moro to begin Hawaiian history with Cook's voyage. A hundred years before that the islands were visited hv white men and many times between Prunella—Oh. about which of them loves tho other tho most. — Harper1* Bazar. Sot Well Informed. A Delaware judge has decided that a razor is not a deadly weapon. It is quite plain that this particular jurist never attended the forcible adjournment of an overheated cakewalk.—Washington i Post. "Deary, will you elope with meV" Aticoiuiuoduting, "Yes, Ueorge, just as soon as pap. and mamma have made all the arrange menta."— Chicago News-Record. Wheat grows in hut a few places on tho islands, little valleys in the elevated it 1* the consonants which make the Wheu first taken back to the cell after iicuring the death verdict Prendergast