Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1895, Page 16

18 WHAT THEY WEAR The Girls Who Will Appear on the Commencement Stage. SOME OF THE LATEST SUGGESTIONS A Great Variety in Design and in Shades. LACES AND FLOWERS Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. OMMENCEMENT = day really means more to a girl than her wedding day, and quite fancifully the date of the end of school life is often chosen for the begin- ning of the other epoch, and June sees the celebration of both, June, the month of roses; eminently proper, too, because there should be no @earth of flowers in either case. Through all the years of her school life a girl looks forward to that blissful day when school labors shall have ended, and she can stand before her friends a finished scholar, with all the honors that her alma mater can give showered upon her. Filled with high aims and lofty ambitions, she dreams that the world will always be as tender toward her, as sweetly subservient to her will, as the friends who flutter around ker, filling her ears with sweet flattery, and her heart with hopes that can never be fulfilled. She is the emblem of eternal optimism, “standing with reluctant feet where the brook and river meet,” the portals of wo- manhood thrown wide open to admit ker, and no shadow to fleck the flood of sun- shine that hovers lovingly about her. Of course, thoughts of commencement suggest commencement gowns. Of course, @ commencement gown makes a charming party gown, too. My, but they are pretty, the gowns, and—well, the girls, too, for that matter. The ugliest xirl in creation will look pretty in a becoming gown, and some way a commencement gown is always a dream dress of loveliness. Lovely in its perfect simplicity. The commencement own should never be loaded down with rimmings of any kind. The materials should be as fine as the wearer can afford, but the treatment should be rather severe, the fit and hang being the chief care. The ideal gown is white. Of course, some color may be selected, but in such a case it should be of the most delicate shade, barely @ suggestion, In fact. There is a fancy for the material of a commencement gown to be something thin and airy, diaphanous- like swiss and mull for the very young, or floating and cloudlike, such as chiffon or mousselaine de sole. Among the other beautiful fabrics for commencement gowns are India, Chinese or Japanese silk, faille Francaise, liberty satin, albatross, nun’s velling, taffeta and Lansdowne. Indeed, there is an embarrassment of riches in pretty fabries to choose from. Crepon in silk and wool is much in favor, and the new insertion crepon, being a soft, fine crepon, with a gauzelike stripe of em- broidered silk, is particularly clegant. Lace enters largely into the making of graduation gowns, Valenciennes being the favorite, of course. It is used on the mulls, organdies and chiffons, both as an edging and as an insertion. The other laces much in vogue this year are net top point Venise, Breton, Regence, point applique, lierre, eye- let lace and point d’esprit. Lace is let into the skirts in insertion fashion, on thin fabrics, and there are lace edgings on the narrow ruffles. Embroidered chiffon, that with the Marte Antoinette design is also employed to good advantage. Very fine embroideries are being used for some of the dainty silks, and the combination is most pleasing. i No graduation ggwn would be complete without ribbon, especially this season, when everything has ribbon on it. There is the old standby satin and gros grain, and then there is the very newest thing called “‘cre- jon ribbon,” which 1s particularly pretty lor the purpose. The gauze ribbons with satin striped edges are exquisitely finisned, some with dotted spots of color, so faint as to be a shade only, and some with white blossoms embroidered down the center. A dainty knotted rope of ribbon at the foot of an otherwise plain liberty satin skirt makes an effective garniture. On general principles the commencement gown should be high in the neck and the sleeves should come at least to the elbow, There may be exceptions to this rule. Thé dainty material selected for one charming graduation gown is ivory chiffon and point d’esprit lace, to be worn over a sijk slip, the silk forming the short, much-puft- ed sleeves. The chiffon falls ‘in straight, full folds with lengthwise trimming of thé lace. Long, white mousquetaire gloves, white silk stockings and white slippers’ with white gauze bows and rhinestone buckles matching the bbon on the dress and buckle at the throat, complete a very pretty toilet. Another is of the conventional cut, bodice of India silk with chiffon ruffle ground the shoulders and an accordeon piaitea chiffon skirt over India silk skirt. hen ong hag a skirt of liberty satin, with bodice of embroidered mousselaine de so large puffed sleeves with pearl embroide ed lace falling to the elbows, and the sama Jace covering the otherwise low-necked bodice. The skirt is demi-trained. Trains ere not advisable on a graduation gown, neither are many jewelg on the radiate $ both take away from the simplicity o! e attire. A gown that fs attractive in tts severe ges tg of ivory lansdowne with blouse éffect in silver embrotdered tulle. The It and straight band about the shoul- lers, as well as streamer and rosettes, are f thick satin ribbon. A very elegant gown r one of maturer yearg is made of pearl Fea faille francaise, demi-trained. The dice is of blouse draped chiffon, and ac- rdion chien falls over the puffed silk eee pone ae ee eke of -mage . = Uque makes f rsh skirt, bud’ dain af igement of satin ribbon and rhinestone Buckles adds to its elegance. The simple bedice is of fine silk mull laid in folds over a satin ning, belted with satin rib- bon. The sleeves in three puffs are met just below the elbow by long white gloves, and the neck of the bodice is slightly Ve both back and front. When the gown is white It 1s considered quite modish to follow suit with white slip- pers and hose. But you may wear black silk stockings and black slippers. Patent leath- er, if your foot is small, dull leather if your foot is not built Ike Cinderella's. If ycur gown is colored, slippers and stock- ings to match may be worn, but if it should be dark then wear black foot covering. It 1s a mooted question whether one should wear gloves or not. Most young ladies will like to wear them, and the average hand certainly looks better in_ gloves, against a fair white gown. Fine silk gloves are quite popular this season, and, of course, next to them comes the un- dressed kid. Particular pains should be taken with the set of the skirt, that it dces not “hike” up in front, making it look shorter than in the back, a most un- graceful feature of far too many exceed- ingly handsome gowns. The lingerie to be worn with the graduation gown should be as fine as the dress itself. The petticoat that 1s worn next the dress should be al- most the same length, and it should not be too full, for in that case it falls below the dress skirt in front as the graduate sits downs, and inclines to make the dress skirt set badly. : While flowers should be plentiful about the graduate, she should not carry many or have them about her dress, and never any roses. Roses belong to the debutante. ‘The graduate may have a handful of sweet peas, carnations or other long-stemmed blossoms tied with long ribbons, and if she really prefers it, a knot of her favorite flowers at her belt’ or up under her ear, but the display about her person must not be so lavish as to call attention to them apart from the general ensemble. ee ge AUTHORS AND MARRIAGE. The Single State, It is Said, Best for Literary Men. From the Mid-Continent. When we compare the restrictions of married men with the opportunities of the bachelor, we see that the latter has well-nigh boundless possibilities for going into the social world. He has scoses of in- vitations which will never reach his mar- ried friends, and he fs generally sought after in society until he is almost three score and ten. Even married women are more interested in him, whether they have a candidate for his hand or not. They talk with him on a wider range of subjects in which they know he is surer to be inter- ested than those whose chief thoughts are wrapped up in their families. He may have no more invitations to the most nota- ble gatherings than famous married men, but it is in the less pretentious places that most is learned of human life, and he can call where husbands cannot, and so easily study types denied to them. The world lies open in all directions to him; he is not tethered to a stake. He wishes to study the society of a certain city, to write a novel with a local flavor, and he removes there at his own sweet will. He stays abroad as long as he likes, and if he wishes to study the lower classes there he can livo in lodgings among them where he would never take his wife. When we come to investigate the lives of the greatest authors, we shall find that the majority either did not marry, or they were unhappily mated, and hence thrown on the world for consolation and enlarge- ment of knowledge, or they laid the foun- dations for greatness before marriage. Among those we may mention in the class of unmarried authors are Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith, Ed- ward Gibbon, Charles Lamb, Lord Ma- cauley, Washington Irving, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade. We ought also to add to this list the giant satirist, Dean Swift, for he never lived with his wife, and Lord Byron, who had only about a year’s expe- rience of married life. We find some great names among the list of the unhappily married. The most enthusiastic advocates of matrimony could scarcely have the assurance to say that it aided or was anything eise than a clog to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens or Thack- eray. It would be wearisome to give the names of all those authors who laid the founda- tions of greatness before marriage, and we — instance only Milton, Goethe and ante. is the ———_+e+-____ Smelting Iron by Electricity. From the Portland Oregonfan. A gentleman who had been interested in the manufacture of fron in Oregon ex- hibited a plece weighing about two ounces, which he saw manufactured by electricity from black sand in twenty minutes at a factory on the east side. He says that the days of smelting iron with charcoal in this state are passed. It costs $10 per ton for fuel to smelt iron. It is made in Germany by electricity for $8 per ton, and in Ala- bama, where coal and fron mines are close together and negro labor is cheap, it is smelted for $5 per ton, and the freight on it to Portland is $10 per ton. Pig iron used to bring $30 to $35 per ton here, and finally was reduced to $23. This left but little rofit when the fuel cost $10 to the ton of iron, and rendered competition with Ala- bama iron impossible. The only hope for smelting fron in this state in the future is by electricity. By utilizing water power to generate the electricity it may be possible to smelt iron here as cheaply as anywhere. When you see a poor cripple like this your heart bleeds for the unfortunate being who 1s deprived of the pleasure of a whole pair of trousers. “But you cannot always, generally, some- times tell.""—Clothier and Furnisher. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. THE GAMEY BASS Something About the Habits and Resorts of the Fish. A FEW POINTS ABOUT THE TACKLE Advocates of the Use of Live Bait vs. Flies. A QUESTION OF SKILL of many anglers that a law should be en- acted by the legisla- ture of Maryland making ft a penal offense for any per- son to catch a bass in the Potomac by any means whatever from May 1 to June 15. This would ef- fectually protect the fish while spawning. After that, when the fry are born, the bass can take care of themselves. Their breeding habits are interesting. When early spring returns the fish make their way up the river and its tributaries, where there are gravel and sand° bars in the shallow water. The female will brush out a basin-like hole with her tail, and in this she will deposit her eggs. This is usually done early in May, and from this time un- til the fry appear the male and female fish never leave the vicinity. Several years ago there were many spawning beds below Great Falls, and es- pecially around Sycamore Island, but since the carp were introduced in the river such beds have been deserted. The carp in its voracity and unsatisfied-like appetite for anything and everything, quickly discover- ed that bass rce was a delicacy, and from that time the big foreign fish has made "bass nests his steady prey, swimming over them and gulping up the eggs, careless of the old bass, who are not able to protect their home from the overgrown marauder. Up near Woodmont, especially around Great Cacapon, thousands of bass spawn annually, but even up there they are not free from the carp. Occupied With Domestic Cares. The fry make their appearance about the 20th of June, and from then until the 15th of July a fishtng rod is a useless possession, so far as bass are concerned, for the newly I: Is THE OPINION arrived progeny are’ taking up the entire attention of Mr. and Mrs. Bass. It is amusing and interesting to watch a bass nest at this time, and study the methods of the old ones. The male takes up his posi- tion several yards away from the nest, and poises there watching in every direction for the approach of possible danger. The female hovers over the nest and her prec- ious young, and never leaves them until they get old enough to scoot around for themselves. If a minnew Is placed before her nose at this time she will take it in her mouth, swim away four or five feet, drop it and return to her vigil. They have been known to do this a dozen times in an hour, and the male bass while on parental watch takes no notice of either food or snares. Three years ago seven anglers started in at Weverton on the 25th of June and fished down to the present site of the Blue Ridge club house. Among them were Dr. W. 8S. Harban and Messrs. Dressel and Gilmore of Baltimore. Each of the seven got from twenty to thirty strikes, and yet the total number caught was but ten fish. After the middle of July, however, the bass are hungry and active in pursuit of food, and except in extremely hot weather they may be depended on to afford good sport whencver the water and the weather is propitious The uncertainty of their dis- positions, hewever, is not the least attract- ive thing about the bass, and there's no telling whet kind of weather they most de- light in running around in. In the spring on a bright sunny day they are apt to be found in shallow water. In- deed, experts who know how to properly cast a fly or bait invariably fish in the shallows. There are times when fish gath- er in deep water and can be caught there, but these same fish go into shallow water to feed. This is one of the reasons why fly fishermen do not begin to kill rapidly until evening. Bass at the bottom of an eight or ten-foot hole will not rise to a fly or minnow on the surface; but still the solemn belief exists among fishermen that neither a bass or any angler ever knows what a bass is going to do. About the Tackle. One hears so much of costly rods and reels and high-priced lines in bass fishing circles that the novitiate who has caught his first fish with borrowed tackle hesitates before securing a personal outfit, but there is no necessity for this. A very good set of tackle can be secured for a moderate outlay. Here it wif be posible to get a good lance wood rod for, say, $2, a reel for $1, a line for $1 and hooks, leaders, sinks, &c., $1 more. He will need a landing net and a bait bucket if he proposes to follow the sport through the season, but these can be obtained up the river where Nhe makes his headquarters, if he is merely going to fish intermittently. Of course, if one has the means and inclination he can expend a considerable sum on fishing tackle,especially if he favors automatic reels and desires to use one of the new steel reds, which are becoming so popular on account of their combined lightness, tough- ness and marvelous flexibility. After getting the tackle it is necessary to know where to go. If a person is so fortunate as to be invited up to one of the club houses his pleasure is assured, but there are numbers of places scattered along the river, where fishermen are accommodat- ed and furnished with boats and guides to pole them for very moderate charges. Some of the Resorts. Reached by canal boat or driving is Great Falls, where there are excellent ac- commodations, while several miles above, at the mouth of Muddy branch, is famous old George Pennyfield’s. He is the most ancient fisherman on the river. He enter- tained several years ago President Cleve- land and Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller. ‘ Still further up is Seneca, nine miles above Great Falls, and one may be al- ways sure cf finding remunerative sport there. The summer fishing is best in the rapias below the dam, while the deep water above is unequaled for fall fishing. There are islands here, known as “Sharp Shin,” “Lady Finger,” ‘Ten Foot’ and “Miscalls,” situated in the middle of the river, and are wonderful in their pictur- esque beauty, while the bass gather in numbers along their shelving banks. The mouth of the Monocacy, Edwards Ferry, Tuscarora, Weverton, Point of Rocks, Brunswick and Harper’s Ferry ail af- ford excellent cpportunities for anglers that are eagerly taken advantage of all during the season. Live Bait and Flies. Live balt. is most generally depended upon by fishermen who frequent the Potomac to attract the bass and lure him to his doom, but there are scores of anglers who use the fly exclusively, and who are vehement in their declarations that the red ibis or the brown hackle accurately and gracefully cast to the surface of a rock-guarded pool or the edge of a rippling eddy is the proper manner to pursue in fishing for the gamest fish in the world. Live bait holds its place, however, in the est!mation of theaasority, and it consists of minnows, cray fish, young frogs and pike smelt, while the humble worm has been known to exercise fascina- tlon of a remarkable sort on the fish at various times. The term live dait, however, may be taken to mean minnows alone. The bait bucket, therefore, is a part of the -equipment of nearly every angler, and much ingenuity has been exercised by in- ventors in perfecting this affair, for they must be so arrange’ ZF to keep their ani- mated contents alive for a long time, as the minnows are almost invariably secured ejther in this city or at the point where the fishermen embark on the river. Some buckets are made to contain 100 or 150 minnows, and, re lee changes of water, the littie fellows! may be kept alive and lively, which istt#h almost indefinitely. “7 The bull minnow afid the pike smelt are most favored by bagg fishermen, and the cray fish has many dinirers. A minnow is placed upon the hoof in this wise: The point of the barb is {Hserted in its back about the middle fin?#hd pushed through until it emerges near'the tail. This 1s ap- Parently cruel, butathe minnow doesn’t appear to mind it muéh. Minnow and hook are then tossed lightly through the air to- ward some inviting spot on the surface beneath which a bags is likely to ile. The minnow upon striking his nattye element swims against the ling, which holds him, with tail rapidly movénw, and if there is a bass in the- immediate vicinity there is pretty apt to be a commiotion in the water in a mighty little white} How the Bias Bite. ‘ Many bass aré lost by the over-anxiety of the angler to strike before the opportune moment arrives. They are very particular fish, and when they are feeding they seize their food very much as a cat seizes a mceuse, and spend a moment or two in ex- ultation over their luck. When the min- now, for instance, first attracts the bass he ruskes at it and seizes it in his strong jaws sideways. This is almost invariably the case. He wiil remain poised and trem- bling for a second, and will then move slowly off. Many anglers strike at this time, when they see their line going out, and merely pull the bait out of the fish’s mouth. When he makes that first slow movement he is getting ready to swallow the minnow, and the way he operates is thus: The tongue of a bass {s round and thick, like a man’s thumb, and with this member he slowly turns the minnow in his mouth until its head is pointing directly down his throat. Then with an extension of the tongue he draws it in and proceeds to swallow it. As he starts again then is the time for the fisherman to quickly draw back his rod and make the victorious stroke. Between the most successful an- glers and the lass there appears to be a sensitive telesraphy by means of the line and rod, by which the fisherman’ knows just when to strike, and the persons who possess this gift are fortunate indeed. It may be aptly termed nervous intelligence, and is similar to the power possessed by good billiard players and good shots, who perform such wonders with apparently no unusual exercise of care or aim. They Are Magnificent Fighters. When the bass is hooked then the sport begins. The small-mouthed black bass, which fs generally known as the Potomac bass, because the stream is most favored by the spectes, both In numer and in size, 1s a fearless, active, agile fish, of great endurance and admirable pugnacity. With a hook imbedded in his jaw he will dart through the water for minutes at a time in a fine frenzy of fear; hither and thither while the reel whirls with sweet nusic and the rod bends in a graceful Icop that threatens self-demolition. Now writhing in splendid contortions, now dashing high in the air above the surface, the fish fights with heroic courage until he exhausts him- self in his struggles, and lays prostrate in the landing net, beneath the euger gaze of his exultant captor. It is not the biggest bass that gives the best fight for existence, and thrills the angler with a strange mixture of hope and fear, assurance and despair, A two or three-pound bass is the king of game fishes when it comes to his sport-giving qualities. He fs in the prime of his strength and vigor, and when he knows that his life is threatened he exerts every effort to avert the danger. : The Fly for Real Sport. The fly fisherman‘nee@ not bother with catching or buying an@ caring for min- nows. He doesn’t have to get up in the night two or three times and change the water in a bait bucket: He never tears his hair and stirscthe’‘atmosphere with profanity when his, bait are all dead and useless like the minnow fisherman does frequently. The fly fisherman takes his light rod, puts his book of files in his pocket and takes the train up the river ready to step in a boat and begin fishing as soon as he reaches his club or other destination. His eye is eagerly alert and skimming the surface of the water for in- viting riffles or pleasing pools. He raises the tip of his rod and with a graceful mo- tion of arm and wrist sends his feathered hook far out to a’ remote spot that the less skiliful live-bait angler. would have had to pole his boat closer to. The fly poises over the water like a thing of life, and then settles softly down like a butterfly seeking a sip. There is a streak of foam; a miniature whirlpool; a gleam of silver and a shower of crystal drops. The reel whirrs; the slender, almost weightless rod bends until it makes a segment in the air and the battle royal between the bass and his pursuer is on, ‘The fly fisherman feels glorioys then. He knows he has not fooled the bass with de- ceitful food, but ihat his skill and subtlety i¢ being rewarded, and those numerous an- glers who fish with both the fly and live bait will tell you that the thrill of exulta- tion is much greater when a bass becomes victim to a fly. Some fishermen use the spoon in fishing for bass, but fly and bait fishermen claim that they are not to be considered an- glers any more than a gunner who shoots quail on the ground can be regarded as a sportsman. When a bass strikes a spoon he is gone. He has no chance for his life, no matter how gamely and courageously he may fight; so the man who uses a spoon merely fishes to make a big string, and cares but little for the real enjoyment of the uncertainty of the sport. Well-Known Anglers, There are several scores of expert an- glers in Washington who find relaxation and mental -recuperation when the cares of business will allow in seeking the wily bass with fly or bait. The oldest is probably Mr. Nat Sardo. He is fond of taking a trip after bass whenever he can spare the time. Dr. Walter S. Harban, who is a member of both the Woodmount and Blue Ridge Clubs, is without question the best fisher- man in Washington. He goes fishing often- er than any other enthusiast, and it is seldom that he returns in the evening with- out a big string of fish as the result of his day’s work, almost invariably bigger than that of any of his companions. Al- though, as a rule, he prefers live bait fish- ing, he is not a novice at casting the fly. In September, 1893, after fishing with lait for a half day with no success whatever, he rigged up his fly rod, and before night- fall ke had captured sixty-two bass. The name of Mr. S. H. Kauffmann has always been coupled with Wade Hampton when any one asks who is the most ex- pert fly caster in this section of the cou try. Mr. Kauffmann, who never fishes with bait, probably has the record for fly fish- ing on the Potomac. At Woodmont sev- eral years ago he captured fifty-six pass in an hour and a half, many of them weigh- ing two and three pounds. It is always claimed by bait fishermen that only small fish can be taken with the fly. This in- stance, as well as others, when three and four pounders were caught, tends to dis- approve the claim, although it is unques- tionabiy true that, as a rule, bait fisher- men catch the biggest fish. The fly fish- ermen say, however, that they do not have as much fun. ; Among the enthusiastic %» fishermen are John W. Macartney, S. 4, Maddox, Ru- dolph Kauffmann, C. J. # all, Dr. Ralph Jenkins, Charles Myrray.and W. G. Ster- rett. The latter is ‘the latest fly convert, and is even more-enthusiastic now than when he used to flop his bait from one pool to another. Ex-Senator Kellogg likes live bait and is favored by good strings. A. J. Whitaker uses minnows and craw fish, and generally eee ap to put the first bass of each season to his credit. M. A. Tappan is 4’ mighty fisherman, and began catching bass in the Potomac in 1865. He has whipped it every year since, and is probably more familiar with the river from the Little Falls to its source than any other map in the District. Sergeant-at-Arms Richard J. Bright would rather catch bass than plead a law case, and he is never so happy as when William G. Sterrett is in the other boat. ‘Mr. Philip T. Hall is as zealous an an- gler as he {s a hunter of quail, and to say he is as successful with tackle as with a gun means a great deal. Mr. Clifford Maxwell is fond of the sport, and Mr. Fred May has taken the thirty-third degree in the secrets of bass catching. Mr. Tom A. King, Mr. Arthur Mattingly and Mr. J. Henry Gulick are a trio who can fish as well as they shoot, and Mr. H. P. Waggaman and Mr. William F. Burford are in the same enviable category. The list of Wasington anglers, grows annually, includes Dr. Wm. P. Young, Charles H. Laird, D. A. Chambers, Thomas | Gale, Ross Thompson, A. A. Birney and Arthur McCormick. ‘Among the newspaper men, Fergus P. Ferris, John P. Miller, B. M. Hood and W. T. Kirby are mighty with rods and reels. important point, which | P. AFFAIRS IN HAWAII Ostrich Farming and Politics on the Islands, ENGLISH CPPOSITION 10 ANNEXATION Newspapers That Oppose the Pres- ent Government. PRESIDENT DOLE’S BIRTHDAY Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, May 2, 1895. A curious incident occurred the other day at the Island of Kauai. C. M. Cooke hav- ing bought an ostrich farm, began moving it to that island. He shipped a dozen of the larger ones in big crates, by steamer. On landing them, one of the largest sprang off a thirty-foot cliff into deep water, and swam out to sea, its neck projecting like a sea serpent. It had got outside of the ship before a boat could overtake it. On counting the rest, another was found to be missing, having evidently taken to the wa- ter while attention was diverted to the first one. I once saw a wether landed from a beat refuse to join its flock inland and run along the beach, then plunge into the sea and reach the schooner from which it came, before being overtaken. Sheep and ostriches have earned much the same repu- tation for intelligence; but I have known a bullock to perform a like caper. Having only the butcher in prospect on shore, the beef critter might be more excusable. Good ostriches are called worth from $250 to $400 each. The above named _ ostrich farm was started by the late Dr. Geo. Trousseau. Like most new enterprises, it Lad been run at much loss. The birds had become healthy and multiplying. Cooke bought the concern for a song, and being a successful business man, will probably do well. His first crop of feathers must be worth all he paid. I had the privilege of observing the process of assorting them, performed by an experienced party from South Africa. This should have been done in the cutting. A few of them were bleach- ed and dressed, also an interesting process. A considerable market for these feathers was noted a few days later, in watching a procession of Knights Templar in their glory. Hawaii possesses an abundance of arid country, supposed to be suitable for ostrich farms. One delusion is worth removing. It is commonly supposed that nails, glass and the like are good comestibles for these birds. The truth is that such diet is highly injurious to them. They pick up such things through sheer stupidity, mistaking them for food. Trousseau lost a number of fine birds by their picking up lead bullets, which poisoned them. Their paddock had been an old rifle range at the base of Lia- mond Head. Fodder had to be raised. and supplied to the ostriches like so many colts. The young, which looked like big geese, had to be carefully fed. The eggs were best hatched in an incubator. A fence of five feet high was ample to confine them, notwithstanding their massive legs and swift motion. A Surprise to President Dole. There was a very jolly surprise party at President Dole’s a few nights ago. It was our chief's birthday, which he was too democratic to allow any fuss whatever to be made about. It was planned, however, by a company of personal friends, descend- ants, im fact, like himself, of the old mis- sionaries, to have a good time over him. About seventy-five got together, in the evening, each armed in native fashion with a hookupu, or tribute. One had a root of tara, another a chicken, another a stick of sugar cane, a squash, a dozen eggs tied in a cloth, a basket of figs, mangoes,or grapes. Two brought sucking pigs. There were a few native fans and fancy mats, with an cccasional bunch of rich carna- tions or roses. It was an immense surprise. The good Doles did not know but it was a new in- surrection come to capture the president. The crowd trooped into the palm avenue and up the long steps, some rolling out the quavering native chant which goes with # hookupu to the chief. They pushed across the wide veranda and into the cen- ter of the parlor, where they pushed aside the furniture and deposited at the presi- dent’s feet their tributes, which speedily grew into a portentous pile. There were bunches of bananas and clusters of green cocoanuts, which swelled the formidable bulk. Last came a pair of immense sugar canes, bent into an arch, which inclosed the whole like a rainbow. The mirth was convulsive. Salutations were poured out in Hawaiian. “Alohamei,” (great love), ‘‘Maikaioe” (you are looking well), ‘“‘Elemakule no oe” (you are getting to be an old fellow), and so on. company were old school mates. The very comical chanting was kept up, not in many intelligible words, but with the pathetic native accent of deep adulation, and often with wailing emotion, all which is an in- separable part of a hookupu. L. A. Thurs- ton proved himself an adept in this and carried all the company ,away again and again with his adulatory grimaces and con- tortions of emotion praising the “Alii” (the chief.) It was roaring fun—partly, yet not altogether, a travesty of scenes’ fre- quently witnessed when a native chief was among his people. We have a stroug sym- pathetic feeling for the fine old native customs. The Thurston Mystery Solved. The mystery about Thurston’s dismissal is at last sclved. The original dispatch of Mr. Gresham and its duplicate arrived almost simultaneously three days ago, the former from Hong Kong, whither it had been missent with other mail matter by the San Francisco vost office. Minister Willis speedily presented it, and, of course, it will be final as to the withdrawal of Min- ister Thurston from Washington. At this writing the text of Mr. Gresham's com- plaint has not been seen, but it is learned to specify an offense of rather more intelli- gible nature than that alleged in the papers, of having promulgated facts to the public prior to communicating them to the State Department. The offense charged appears to have been quite different—that of showing to an interviewer Honolulu cor- respondence of a kind disparaging to the President and Secretary. Comment on this subject would be premature. The enemies of this government are con- stantly alleging that its leaders are pri- vately averse to annexation, preferring a continued independence for the islands. Such things are often reported by corres- pondents sent here to write us down. Noth- ing could be more untrue. It may be as- serted absolutely and unqualifiedly that every prominent man in this government, and probably every official whatever, is thoroughly and anxiously desirous of ‘an- prexation to the United States, as our only pessible haven of political security and rest. This is also true of nearly every American resident in these islands. It is possible that some American sugar planter may exist who has serious misgivings as to his future supply of labor when annexation shall have closed the door to Asiatic immigrants. Such a man may dread annexation, and be in- clined sometimes to oppose it. I do not per- sonally know any American of such views. ‘All whom I know are ardently for annexa- tion, and heartily willing to take all the risks about obtaining laborers if they can only enjoy the public security that shelter under the stars and stripes will bring. English Opposed to Annexation. Of course, the great majority of the Eng- lish residents are opposed to annexation. A few of them have the good sense to recog- nize it as inevitable destiny and to concede America’s right to these islands, while they perceive that every essential interest here will be promoted by it. So far as can be judged, the British commissioner, Maj. Hawes, does nothing against American in- terests here, as his predecessor did. Amer- feans and this government have so far found him reasonable and friendly. The re- cent movement in favor of annexation, be- gun among the royalists, aprears to have met a check and to be entirely suspended, at least for the time being. There was a revival of old rumors that the monarchy would be restored in a short time. It was fancied by them that there would be inter- ference for that result from Great Britain, with the connivance of the Washington ad- ministration. So far as can be learned, these rumors were generated from English sources. An active element appears to have been an English coterfe on Maui, where the late H. Half the | SS B. M. Commissioner Wodehouse is living with vife, who is violently royalist. The object of setting such rumors in motion was, of course, to arrest that annexation movement, which it accomplished. But among the po:itical prisoners the most san- guine hopes. were kindled. Letters were Seen telling some of them that their captiv- ity was certainly near its end. At the same time rumors arose of an intended uprising among royalists upon the island of Maul. Very little importance was attached to all this talk, although in the past royalists have been found to be possessed of genuine information from Washington. Exiled Trouble Makers. ‘A good deal has been heard by way of Canada of intentions to call this govern- ment to account for its late dealings with insurgents and conspirators, especially with persons sent into exile. The notorious Cc. W. Ashford has been particularly noisy, and seems to have got the ear of some Canadian papers. He writes with such ex- travagance of tone and disregard of con- spicuous facts that he can scarcely im- pose upon any sensible class of the public. He long since proved himself a reckless and unscrupulous adventurer and lost all public confidence here. His impudent be- trayal of his colleagues in the reform cabi- net of 1839 left him hopelessly destitute of trust from any one. At the revolution of 1893 he tried hard to hitch on to the provisional government. They would have none of him, and he became *n active royalist. I saw him swing his hat and lustily hurrah when Stevens raised the American flag here. Three months later he was busily contributing testimony to es- tablish Col. Blount’s contention that the revolution was the result of Stevens’ con- spiracy. There is no doubt whatever of his having been thoroughly in complicity with the late insurgents. The government showed the greatest moderation in permit- ting him and others to accept exile instead of trial and conviction. So far no troublesome protest has been effered against any of the recent proceed- ings against citizens of foreign powers who were implicated in the late insurrection. In the case of John T. Bowler, who is serv- ing a five years’ term at hard labor, Mr. Gresham has declined to interfere, on the ground that he lost his “American citi- zenship by taking an unqualified oath of allegiance to Kalakaua. Bowler is much disappointed. His hopes were built upon the alleged illegality of his trial by mili- tery commission for an offense less than that of treason, a question which Mr. Gresham did not feel called to consider. Rickard, Walker and Gulick were convict- ed of treason and could not allege the sume ground for interference as Bowler. A British Protest. There is another case in which H. B. M. Commissioner Hawes presented some com- plaint as early as in February, and which still remains unsettled. It is that of a Jemaica negro named Dunwell, a hack driver, who was arrested during martial law. It was found that he could give im- portant testimony about the movements of V. V. Ashford. On his refusing to do so the prosecuting officer caused pressure to be put upon him by confinement, not in a dungeon, but in an ordinary cell, dark- ened, for twenty-four hours. He then ad- mitted the facts, but other witnesses had supplied the needed testimony. Hawes thought that those who so treated Dunwell probably ought to be punished for assault. The government gave him full particulars of the case. Meantime the Anglican bish- op, Willis, filled up two-thirds of his little quarterly Diocesan Magazine with a de- nunciation cf the inhumanity of the gov- ernment in putting a man into a dark cell for a whole day, illustrated by a chapter of sensational horror on that subject from Charles Reade, showing that such confine- ment would drive any ordinary man in- sane. Bishop Willis had, however, not a werd of reprobation for the conspirators who had attempted to fill Honolulu with slaughter on the 7th of January. This case of Dunwell’s is the only one in which any charge of improper severity has been made here on the spot. If Bishop Willis had known of any other case he would undoubtedly have commented on it. It is indeed remarkable that with all the violence of feeling awakened by the events of January 7, such a degree of orderly con- duct prevailed. The Post’s correspondent, Palmer, alleges that an attempt to lynch some prisoners was frustrated. This is news to everybody in Honolulu. Every letter of Palmer's that has come back here abounds in interesting items about us which have never before seen the light here. He evidently has found sources of information not accessible to the ordin- ary correspondent. We have had a number of active and experienced gatherers of news, eager for interesting items, busily at work here the past four months, and they have reported many things true and un- true—but Cept. Palmer has come here and distanced them all. He has evidently fall- en into the hands of some individual of most productive invention, who stuffs his receptive mind with appalling facts. Pal- mer’s main backgrourd, upon which he depicts his damning facts, is his great dis- covery that the affair of January 7 was not really an insurrection or war at all. It was only an accidental riot, provoked by the unjustifiable attempt of the police to prevent the innocent and laudable endeavor of the royalists to supply themselves with arms, of which this usurping government had cruelly deprived them. This little riot the government seized upon as a pretext for proclaiming martial law, with all its train of outrages upon the liberties and rights of honorable and worthy citizens and residents. Palmer has publicly stated that his business here was to collect the very worst that could be said of us, all which commission he has faithfully ful- filled without making troublesome dis- crimination as to the genuineness of the facts discovered. Perhaps this little country of Hawali is not worth so much trouble to the American people. Yet, as we have somehow occupied so much of your attention for two years past, and such very conflicting statements about us continue to be published, is it not. time that this system was given up of sending out here the ordinary newspaper correspondent to tell all about us, with a private hint to lean hard on one side? Would it not be worth while to send out a commission of responsible gentlemen,known and trusted by the whole public, to inquire and report and settle the question whether this government is honorably conducted or not, and whether it represents the high- est and best interests of these islands? Col. Blount came here and investigated, but his inquiry was wholly an ex parte one, and secretly conducted. Are we not really enti- tled to an open, thorough investigation by an impartial and competent commission? Newspaper Changes, Some important changes are taking place in Honolulu journalism, in the reorganiza- tion of papers in opposition to the govern- ment. The “Bulletin,” an evening opposi- tion paper, has long been financially em- barrassed, while the “Holomua” had be- come suspended by the imprisonment, dur- ing martial law, of its editor, Norrie, whose utterances had been markedly seditious. A new morning opposition paper is now being issued from the old “Holomua” plant, named the “Independent,”’ under the editor- ship of Logan, the old editor of the “Bul- letin.”” A company has been incorporated to support it. It begins with the use of the familiar royalist language in denounc- ing the government as one “sustained by a minority whose right to rule is based on machine guns and meretricious sentiment that only a minority of a minority pro- fesses to entertain.” Logan is assisted by Norrie, formerly of the “‘Holomua.”” has been generally supposed that the “Bulle- tin” would go under and suspend publica- tion, being in debt for more than the value of its plant. It still continues to be issued under temporary arrangements. The latest rumor is that an association will be form- ed to run it of certain planters, in the in- terest of an American protectorate, as op- posed to annexation. Of course, their ob- ject would be to continue the importation of Asiatic labor. This policy would be bit- terly opposed by the great body of the white population. A paper openly avowing such policy would be most unpopular. The rumor is a doubtful one. If the “Bulletin” continues it will hardly escape the control of H. A. Widemann, the well-known roy- alist. As I have quoted the royalist sneer of the Honolulu “Independent” about “mi- nority” government, and as this is'a staple matter of the railing of Capt. Palmer and others,may I be permitted to repeat former statements on the subject. Hawaii is truly == AGAINST PREJUDICE. “Prejudice issa thief, and robs us of many good things.” Not the least of those of which it de- prives some of us the aid of the most valuable Medicines, upon which we leok with suspicion, simply because the preparations. Yet, in certain cases, re the per- fected results of t There 1s Dr. David Ke put up in accordance with a pre (mployed with unbounded success. ly nothing so good to restore the fo health and to purify the blood. ‘This has been proved in thousands of cas person who would hesitate to use Favorite Remedy because it is proprietary medicine would be foo! He Will Not Drown Himself, From the Troy, N. ¥., Times.) R. W. Edwards of Lansingburgh, was prostrated by sunstroke during the war and it bas entail on him peculia~ and serigus consequences. At Present writing Mr. E. is a prominent officer of Post Lycn, G. A. R., Cohoes, and a past ald de camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief of Albany Co, In the interview with a reporter, be sald: “I was wounded and sent to the hospital at Winchester. They sent me, together with others, to Washington—a ride of about 100 miles. Having no room in the box cars we were placed face up on the bottom of flat cars. The sun beat dor upon our unprotected heads. When I reac! Washington I was insensible and was unconscious for ten days while in the hospital. An abscess gathered in my ear and brokes it has been gath- ering and breaking ever since. The result of this 100-mile ride and sunstroke was heart disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and rheumatism; a completely shattered system which gave me no rest night or day. As a last resort I took somo Pink Pills and they helped me to a wonderful de- gree. My rheumatism is gone, my heart failure, dyspepsia and constipation are about gone, and the abscess in my ear has scopped discharging and my head feels as clear as a bell, when before it felt as though it would burst, and my once shattered nervous system is now nearly sound. Look at those ffogers,”” Mr. Edwards said, “do they look as if there was any rheumatism there?" He moved his fingers rapidly and freely, and strode about the room like a young boy. “A year ago those fingers were gnarled at the joints and 60 stiff that I could not hold a pen. My knees would swell up, and I could not straighten my legs out. My joints would squeak when I moved them, That fs the living trath. “When I came to think that I was going to be crippled with rheumatism, together with the rest of my ailments, I tell you life seemed not worth living. I suffered from. despondency. I cannot be- gin to tell you,” said Mr. Edwards, as he drew a long. breath, “what my feeling is at present. I think if you lifted ten years right off my life and left me prime vigorous at forty-seven I could feel_no better. I was an old man and could only drag myself painfully about the house. Now I can wal off without any trouble. That in itself,” continued Mr. Edwards, “would be sufficient to give me cause for rejoicing, but when you come to consider that I am no longer what you might call nervous and that my heart Js apparently nearly healthy, and thet I sleep nights, you may realize why I may app to speak in extravagant praise of Pink Pills. These pills quiet my nerves, take that awful pressure from my head and at the same time enrich my blood. There seemed to be no circulation in my lower limbs a year ax0, my legs being cold and clammy at times. Now the circulation there 1s 2s full and as brisk as at any other part of my . I used to be so light headed snd dizzy from my nervous disorder that I frequently fell while crossing the floor of my se. Spring is coming and I never felt better in my life, and I am looking forward to a busy, season of work.” a free and liberal republic, although suf- frage is not absolutely unlimited. The gov- ernment is practically controlled by means of some special powers given to the upper house of the legislature. This senate is elected by all men having an income of $600 per annum, or $3,000 realty. This in- come Js less than that commonly enjoyed by skilled laborers. It is intended to insure control by the more intelligent portion of the masses. All citizens who can read and write, including all Hawaiians, can vote for representatives. With the very weak character of the mass of the natives, universal suffrage would simply throw the government into the hands of the worst class of dema- gogues, outvying the old carpet-baggers of South Carolina. We hope to be able to maintain decent government here. The great majority of our intelligent mechanics and householders may be trusted te secure this. KAMEHAMEHA. He Was “’Piscopal.” From the New York Tribune. An Episcopal clergyman passing his va- _ cation in Indiana struck an old farmer, who declared that he was a “’Piscop: “To what parish do you belong?” asked the clergyman. “Don’t know nawthin’ "bout enny par- was the answer. then,” continued the clergyman, “what diocese do you belong to?” “They ain't nawthin’ like that ’round here,” said the farmer. “Who confirmed you, next question. “Nobody,” answered the farmer. “Then how are you an Episcopalian?” asked the clergyman. “Well,” was the reply, “you see, it’s this way. Last winter I went down to Arkap- sas visitin’, and while I was there I went to church and it was called ’Piscopal, and I he’rd them say ‘that they’d left undone the things what they'd oughter done and they had done some things what they oughten done,’ and I says to myself, says I, ‘That’s my fix, exac’ly,’ and ever since I considered myself a ’Piscopalean.” The clergyman shook the old fellow’s hand and laughingly said: “Now I understand, my friend, why the membership of our church is so large.” + e+____ A Discount. From Harper’s Bazar. “What is your reduction for clergymen on books?” “Twenty per cent,” replied the store- keeper. “Are you a clergyman?” “Not yet, but I expect to be. I’m half through my course at the thelogical sem- inary.” “Then you can have 10 per cent. Half clergyman, half reduction,” said the store- keeper. then?” was the ——____+-e+_____ Not Even a Cold. From Life. Philadelphians don’t even catch cold.” ———+ee—_____ Story Without Words. From Life. ~