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AUSTIN'S HAWAIIAN WEEKLY.
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YACHTINd IN HAWAII.
Contest for the Championship Cup.
It may be that the coming contest between
the "America Cup" defender, the "Colum
bia," and England's contestant the "Sham
rock," had imbued Honoluluites with a great
er interest in yachting contests, or it may
have been because there was a loc ii oppor
tunity to view the presentation made bj an
American-built vacht, who would m.ike its
first appearance.-. gainst a local, liritish. built,
long-time champion, but, from h.tUcr
cause, there was considerable num. interest
than usual einced in the contest which took
place oer the usinl tw cut) -three mile vacht
ing course, on vVcdncsdiv tin- I th mst ,
between lr T. W. obruii's American
built vacht dladvs, and President v I). Dole's
cotch-built Hiiiinie Dundee (both sloops),
for the "Hawaii Cup," the emblem of the
vachting chtnipionsbip ol thesi mid-l'.icilic
isles.
'I he championship race w. is snledoithe
afternoon ol the Kith, the start bung made at
one o'clock. 'I be wind was I ml) ste dj .it
the start but well to the eastw ml ol the
usual "trades," and in olume a fair sailing
breeze 'I he (il.ulvs sailed b) Mr. Ilobron,
t ok the had at the-stait; the Honnie sailed
by President Dole, occupving the second
pi ice, but "hanging on" On h tilling her
wind, the Ciladvs slowly but stircl) com
menced to out-foot the llonnie. and excellent
judgment used hj Cipt.uu Ilobron in nuking
an iiishoie tick i time di itelj on reaching the
Hell liuoy, mere sed the aihantagi. Hail
the Honnie followed suit, there might have
been a closer ending
After rounding the wmduird mark, the
Ciladys squ red awav for the run to leeward,
but there was tumble with the p nnaker, and
the Honnie, a good runnel, was coming up
lively until something happened to her spin
n ker, and lor a while it w is uselcs.. Other
mishaps also happened on boird the llonnie
on the run and but little lost ground was
obtained. Just before rounding the leeward
mark the wind slutted, in a variable, to the
south'ard, and the spinnakei of ihe Ciladvs
jibed. Capt. Ilobron's coolness boweei,
saved afw pus, and the mirk was rounded
without drawback. 'Ihe (iladjs was in luck
on the home beat, the wind seeming to stay
well with her. although there was but little
wind to speak of. '1 he Honnie seemed to be
cr) poorlv siilcd on this beat to windward
and gained nothing, the (ilulvs lintllj pass
ing the home maik in an actual time nm of
3I1. 43m. 25s., beating the "Honnie" by jltni.
5".
'ihe vacht-. Hawaii a d Marion nerealsi
run in the championship race, but were char
ly oute'assed 'Ihe Hawaii, siiled bv Judge
Wilcox, had two narrow esi.ipcs Muni colli
sion, one with the incoming ste imer Victoria,
and the other with lie acht l.i I'oloma.
On Regatta Dav the "white winged" repre
sentatives of first class j ichts in i'.iaii,
r: the (iladvs ami llonnie Dundee, again
competed for a cup don ited h the Regatta
Committee. The wind was light, iiortheily,
sea smooth The (iladvs was again sailed
by Capt. ilobron, but Judge V. Luther
dcox hamlled the tiller ill (he Honnie. The
wind and weather seemed better suited for
the llonnie, and she made a better showing,
although the (i uds again won, but by onlv
ii min 'o sec.
Neither of the tn races so lar run can be
snid tolnve g ven a satisfactory test, except
as regards light winds As the Glad) s claims
to be a cruiser, it is hoped lint she and the
llonnie will meet when there is a strong
trade blowing ' with a wet sheit and a
Mowing sea."
PI'ISONEliS WtlO LIVE 'X I.IiX
ITIIY 'I'o the avoi mo Inw-obldlni' elilzen
It is .'onioUiIng of n shock to lorn n that
mam 01 the.' ,v 01 Id's win si ci 'initials
lho Jnoi'i eondl-lons of comfort mill
oven luxniy such ns he himself cm
novel hope to sceiue, min tn cvnlcn1
moments b" mil" well lis templed to
re glut Thai Ills odu of molality hns
shoi 11 lite of nun h of Its possibilities
M m of the pilsnnoi.c ill the United
Stntes s-eeii to mbody nil the eom
loits of nn average hotel, with eveiy
foim of ipcii'iillnn nnd cilltuie tluown
In.
In tin Jut spy Ponlti ntlui v the- inn
vlrts eiijov luxuiios such as thev iiiulil
not hope for otiUlde Its walls. Ilndei
a lax svteMi of iKlnilnlstuition they enn
exchange pilson-mnde goods- loi iillj
lulll. the appetite Iniieles; mill a
niuiiii of cicani anil cakes, fish and
fowl, pies and puddings, Is a dally ex
pel lence. These di'lleacles aie not pait
of the pilson dletiuy, but mu easllj ob
tainable thtoilL,h the otllcluls.
It 's the boast ol the authoiltles 01
the Philadelphia Statu Pilson that thell
piotegos nm fed with the "best lood
tin tiitintiv pioduces, solved with such
cleanliness and attention as would
1 hush the beht holul to be uiowdud."
As a type ol the meuls pi o tiled, bieak
fust 1 (insists of wllli il poik and beans,
Jinn, hoi cakes, and coffee. Cigms ,11 u
supplied to Ihu pilsonui.s; and loi men
tnl lood they have an excellent lilnaiy,
and ovuiv papji and iniigainu publlsh
ud In the Status.
The Massachusetts Uutoi matin y, 11 1
e 0111 oul, Is a pilson to whlih uliuosr
any man might tin ti etiv Initio ues; foi
It umbodles all the best featuies ol
hotul and colluglntu life. Thuiu aiu so
cieties foi ueiy eoneohablu puipose
sclunlilU, llteimv, debuting, and ath
letic. Intciistlng leituius uiu dellvoied
almost dally on all subjects, fioni po
litics to tollglon, and thuie me classes
tor ill awing and niathuiiiatles, music
and political ui ononiy.
Thutu Ih a tui m for piisoncis of uual
tastes, and a pilnting-olllco and weekly
ncwspiiper fin thnsu who aiu litera'v
Add to these aiuateiii theati iculs, con
ceits, and other cutei talnnionts, and a
llbi-ial dietary, including many liiMiiles
and who would not be paidoned foi
winning himself eun as these convicts'.'
Tliu pilson 011 Hlnckvv ell's Island is
nlinost eipmlly nlti active, and actually
boasb an lllustinted magazine, the
"Pilson K01 u m," eveiy page of which Is
the sole wink of the lonvlits; while the
edltoi has the line advantage of liming
nil his r,0(M subsoilbis uiidei lock and
key!
That the convicts In Minnesota State
Pi lion lvie little to giumhlu at Is pio -oil
b this sunplu menu for "Llbeity
Day" (Jul 1): It.) 1st veal mid diessing,
gieon peas, mnsliod-potatoes, onions
and lettuce, npple-tait, cheese, coflue
and ilRiirs.
In the Spanish ju Ison at Ceiita, op-
Iioslte nibriltai, the lot of the 3,000 con
victs Is far fioni being an unhappy one.
The ptlsonuis, many of them "multiple
muiduieis," aiu allowed every freedom,
and can come nnd go on the Hole condi
tion lliul they 1 etui n to duiancu by
uvenlng gun-fiiu. They ate exempt from
woik, me well fed, and Hpetid their time
chiefly In smoking nnd drinking the
wine which Is llbcially provided.
At the famollH New Yoik pilson, Sing
Sing, It Is said to be a common thing
to see n mm let smokln? his pipe nnd
lollimr on his bed as he lends the morn
ing paper at 11 a. 111.
In Hwltsieilnntl pilson life Is almost
equally tempting: and oxen that vilest
of all assassins, laieuhutil, the inuiderur
of the Austiliin Empiuss, vows thnt he
never had suuh agioenblu times In his
life. He has a huge and well-lit sitting
loom, furnished with eveiy comfoit,
even to a small lilnaiy of books and an
ulertilc bell: nnd his adjoining bad
100111 Is eriunlly clean and msy. ITndei
such conditions It Is not suipiising to
leain that Luchenl Is "peifectly Iiealth
and happy."
two suites of cosy looms in the Clock
Tower of the Houses of Paillanient.
About 100 feet above the stteamlng
tialllc these looms (two of the thieu In
each suite being budiooms) command
a w Ide lew of London nnd the Thames.
The looms me furnished with uwiy
comfoit and even luxuiy, excellent
meals me seied fioni the House of
Commons kitchens: and the pappy pils
onei, who has been bold enough to defy
the Speaker, Is at libel ty to walk for
an houi a day on the Ten nee.
A still moie luxuilous pilson Is that
which Fiance has piovided In Algleis
foi Die e-Queen of Mad.ignseai, It
Is n beautiful palace, standing in the
midst ol tiopiinl guldens, and com
mands nn exquisite x lew of sa nnd
land. The palace Is luxui iously appoint
ed; and the fuinituie in the ex-Queen's
pi hate suite of upaitments belonged to
Napoleon I. and the Kmpiess Josephine,
and giaced their Palace of Malmalsoii.
A .MKCl'A OF MILLIONS.
The Authentic Mm vols of the Pails
exhibition.
Thole has been so much wild sp?eula
tlon as to the fentuies of ntti action at
the foithcomlng Pails Exhibition, thnt
It Is n lellef to know fioni authentic
souices what maivels will be disclosed
to us In May of next year. As might
have been anticipated, all the wild,
hnio-ln allied schemes of which the pa
peis have been so full me doomed to
end, as they began, In the clouds: but
the Exhibition will not lack many foa
tuies, both novel and sti iking.
One dimming centre of attraction
will be the "Cnstle of Wateis," which
Is now being lemed In fiont of the
"Palace of IOIectilclty." Fioni the sum
mit of the castle, which Is In 1 entity a
huge giotto, a miniatuiu Nlugnia of
vvnteis will fall in a seiies of Imposing
cascades fiom one basin to anothei,
until It foinis a lake In which mlgnty
esois will Use. At night these tleis of
cam niles will Hash foi th In nil the cul
ms of the lalnbow, piojected cluiti Ral
ly f 1 0111 inside, and will form one of the
most hillllmit spectacles on which the
eye of man has ever gazed.
In another pail of the Exhibition
giounds the Pails of the Middle Ages
will live again In a mae of buildings
and nairow, toituous stieets which will
cniiy one back live centuiles, Heii
the mediaeval student will quaff his
wine and flirt with the tavern-maids:
housewives will barter and haggle with
shopkeepeis of the days of Louis XI.:
mlnstiels will sins old-time ballads,
and, In shoit, the Paris of the fifteenth
century will be transplanted with all
Its quaint costumes, characters, and
modes of life Into the Paris of the fnd
of the nineteenth 'century.
On the Seine will be moored boats
smothered In beautiful decorations of
(loweis, wheie the Londoner or Parisian
can sip his tea to the singing and dun
clng of Geishas, and fancy himself
tinnslated to sunny Japan. In another
pait of the giounds the visitor '.nn
wander Into an Egyptian vlllige, and
witness a perfot mance In an Egyptian
theati e; and a few steps more will take
him to Morocco nnd the many-coloied
life of Algiers.
Flench India, too, will bo tianpoi ted
to the Exhlbtlon giounds, with nil the
quaint modes and costumes of the East:
and the visitor enn explote at his lels
111 u the famous pngoda of Vishnu, vitli
Its mysterious pilests nnd Its s.uied
dancing girls.
No exhibition nowadays Is complete
without Its watei -chute; but ths chute
that is being prepuied on the Pump de
Mais Is the longest, steepest, and most
toituous over designed, nnd Is vvai rant
ed to crowd more sensations and ilsks
Into a few ecoml than w 111 satisfy the
most adventuious. Then- will also be
a laige wheel, In compmlson with
which existing wheels will be pigmies,
and the Eiffel Tower will take on all
Its pilstine gloiles, with new pnlni and
decointlons.
At the Champ de Mars the studlou tly
Inclined can revel In all the eomineicial
mm v els of mines nnd metalluigy, che
mical Indtistiies and civil englneeilng,
food stuffs and electricity, letteis and
sciences; and at the Invalldes there
w ill be palaces devoted to Industries,
Fiench and foreign.
For the filvolous, theie will be open
air enfes chantants, booths and kiosks;
and eveiywheie delightful cool comets,
ilch in tluvvers and foliage, and Illum
inated at night by garlands and fes
toons of many colored electilc lights.
The Tioeadero will be theie to levlve
memoties of past exhibitions; and In
the beautiful gardens that suuound It,
and slope gently to the liver, will be
buildings nnd villages to repiesent all
the colonies of the woilcl
A novel featuie, which It will be both
costly nnd difficult to leallze, will be a
laige lake of sea water, with a sloping
and sandy beach, In which the thou
sands of vlsltois can enjoy all the de
lights of the seaside. The lake will be
excavated at Longchamps, nnd the wa
ter will be pumped ftom the Channel,
125 miles nvvny, through a seiies ot
tluee pipes.
Although the Exhibition, which will
open on May 1st, contains no featuie
reniaiknble in novelty or sensation, It
piomlses to be nt least as full of at
ti actions and delights ns any of its
piedecessois, and will, no doubt, be the
"Mecca" of millions next ear. Exchange.
Little Mary, aged five years, was
gteatly Intel ested In the story of th
good Samniitan, ns leluted by her Sunday-school
teacher. Upon hei lelcin
home she s-nve her mother a vivid ac
count of the selfishness of the pi lest
and the Levlte. "P.UI," added she, "liv
and by a good Aineilcan enme by and
helped the poor man."
The chlldion lincl been told the story
of Abinham offeilng up Isaac. Nelli"
wns lying on the floor, her head resting
on a pile of books. Over her stood her
bt other holding a hatchet high In his
chubby hands, when the door opened
nnd the father entoied. "Why, Wllllo!
ho exclaimed, "you would not hull your
sister, would you?" "No," scornfully
replied the would-be Abinham, "I'd
just a-foolln', so was God!"
