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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1908. MCE UPMTI The Wonderful Feat of a Gauni ; Kanaka Runner. SEAT HALF A DOZEN HORSES tt Was a Ttrrific Test of Endurance, and tha Sturdy Hawaiian Native Won Eaeily, Though Two of the Competing Horte Dropped Dead. "Did any of you ever hear of a thirty It mile steeplechase for mau nnd eeastr Inquired a California man In a party of turf followers when stories f queer bets and long shots were go ing around. "Well, there was an affair f that kind down In the Hawaiian bunch In the fall of 1S83. when that genial gambler, Kalakaua, was king f the islands. There were no tele phones joining the islands then, and state messages and mandates were car lied by the lnterlsland steamers and ielivered by Kanaka runners. These tanners could gallop all day, like American Indians in retreat or on the trail, and they didn't know what get ting winded or tired meant "Kalakaua thought a good deal of these runners of his. He maintained that they could go faster and farther than horses over the Hawaiian coun try. In this he was disputed by a num ber of the white attaches of his court Kalakaua wagered $5,000 in gobs of 11,000 with five of them that he would ick out a runner from among the Ka xakas who'd get from Hllo to the top f the burning lake of Kllauea, a dis tance of thirty-five miles, quicker than any horse and any rider could do the trip. They snapped the king up at even oney. It looked as if they had the good end of it The king and a big party from Honolulu sailed in one of the lnterlsland steamers to Hllo, on the main island of Hawaii, to see the Irish. "The king picked up a huge, lithe, sinewy Kanaka, a man about thirty years old, who had been employed as a runner on the island of Maui for a amnber of years, to try the trick for aim. Eight Kanakas made the start -horseback, on native ponies, bred away back from western cayuses atrong, sure footed, nippy tempered little demons, thoroughly used to the tad roads and the climbing. The king and his party had gone up to the Vol cano House, at the top of Kllauea, in coaches the day before to be on hand to greet the winner. "Now. I understand that that road tnm Hllo up to the burning lake of Kllauea has been Improved since the time I'm speaking of, but it surely was a bad trail then. It was only wide enough for one wagon, and it was a forty-five degree affair in the climb all the way up. The palms that lined the road used to get blown across the trail by the score in big windstorms, and the coach drivers counted it a part af their business to jump from their eats every time they came to these bstructions and shoulder them out of the way. This work had all been at tented to carefully, however, in ad rance of the race by order of Kala lana, and it looked like a pipe for the cayuses, all of which had made the urn up many a time. "Kalakaua didn't ask for any handi cap allowance for his man. The ran ker toed the scratch with the horses, and they got off together at the crack f the gun. The horses distanced the runner from the jump, and he let them distance him. He was dressed in a ti string, and he just took up a steady Jope and let the cayuses get out of his sight For ten miles the cayuses were so far above him on the trail that he couldn't even see them, but this Kana ka knew how to wait. "The horses began to come back to the runner long before the Halfway Bouse was reached, and the Kanaka was just galloping along at the begin ning of the third hour, with the same big stride he had started in with, his arms up and shooting out In front of lint like soldiers on the double time trill. There wasn't a pant in him when he fetched up at the Halfway House. He stooped down there to a spring beside the road and took a cou ple of mouthfuls of water. The cay uses were up ahead a bit, blowing their leads off, for they had been going at a clip that they had never been pushed to before. "The Kanaka headed the bunch a anile beyond the Halfway House, and it was a big romp for him the rest of the distance. 'He took a position for the remaining seventeen miles of the journey about a city block ahead of the writhing and panting horses, and he Just stuck to his lope like a man wound up. He never let 'em get nearer than a block to him for the remaining three lours of the trip, looking back at them, with a grin, once in awhile. When only three miles yet remained before the Volcano House was to be reached, the Kanaka took another drink out of a spring and began to draw away. The Kanaka riders whipped and spurred their horses, but it was no good. The Kanaka runner disappeared out of their sight on the tortuous trail, and when six of the cayuses pulled up at hotel veranda about three-quarters r ti ii ii ii ii a vi ii t 12 n i ii ii ii is m stea u Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. T.F.LAUREN OWL DRUG STORK feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sporting Just received a complete line of the Reach Base Ball Goods. In cluding MITTS, BALLS and BATS. Your choice of FISHING POLES from $12.50 and down. i The Foard & Stokes Hardware Go I t.i.n.mi.nlail Successors to Fo-.rd Behnke - Walker THE LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE ELKS BUILDING, PORTLAND, OREGON OUR FACULTY IS STRONGER THAN EVER , We have just secured the services of two high-aalaried, practical men, as well as leading business educators, from the East We leave no stone unturned. We are now giving you the best that money can procure. H. W. Behnke, Pres. SEND FOR of an hour later the runner was slt- tlnff on the stens. fanning himself and drinking saki. Two of the horses had dropped dead in their final effort. "The Kanaka made the thirty-five mile trip over sticks and stones on a tnirv road in C hours and 40 minutes, and he looked fit to run for his life when he got througli."-Washington rost. CAPTURED BY A TIGER. TTii Fearful Experience of an English Sportsman. It is not often that a person who has been In the claws of a tiger can tell later how the experience seemed to him. John Bradley, an English sports man, had the good luck to escape with his life from such a predicament and in hte "Narrative of Travel and Sport" tells what the sensation was like. He was hunting tigers in the eastern part of Burma when be met with the ad venture. Two other Englishmen were with him at the time: We marched along carelessly, with out observing order or caution, and were not prepared to take advantage of Akbars warning when he exclaim ed, "Beware, sahib!" and a full grown tiger went past us at a gallop. A straggling volley was fired after it, and, although evidently not struck, the beast stopped and, rearing up on its hind legs, clawed the bark of a tree just as a cat scratches the leg of a chair or a table. Mr. Grant and I fired simultaneously, but without effect, and before a thought of the creature's intention had time to flash through my mind l was down under Its paws. Seizing me by the left thigh, the tiger shook me as a dog shakes a rat and then, growling horribly, dragged me at a tremendous rate through the thick undergrowth of the forest 1 heard the frightened shouts of my compan ions and the report of several shots, and then a dizziness came over me. but I did not lose consciousness. As I was jolted through the forest 1 several times caught bold of the trees, but the tiger, growling fiercely, shook me free in an instant. All this time, although quite cairn and collected, 1 felt a strong desire to preserve my ex istence and never for a moment ex perienced that apathy with regard to the danger that some persons have de scribed under similar circumstances. How long 1 was in the jaws of this brute I cannot tell. It seemed to me :sn age before the creature stopped. My companions afterward declared Unit I had been dragged at least half l mile from the spot where 1 was first seized. They followed as fast as they mild run nnd. although I was mi iware of it at the time, never lost ight of the beast. To this circutn tawe I uudoubtedly owe my life, for tad there been any delay In rendering ne assistance It must have been fatal o me. The moment the tiger baited it re eased my thigh and seemed to be at racted by the approach of my con sanions, although as yet I did not see hem myself. Taking advantage of his release. I tried to escape to the 1 shelter of some tall bushes near at hand. in an instant and with a terrible roar the creature pounced upon me. seizing t.ie this time by the shoulder and at the same time lacerating my chest with its claws. A shot was lircd, and I heard the Goods & Stokei Co. LJ CATALOGUE L 12. Walker, Prirv bullet whistle overhead. Fear of bit ting me had caused them to aim too high. A second and third shot were equally unsuccessful, nud the tiger, again releasing me, began to lick up the blood which oozed through my Jacket I begin to feci very faint and could n t suppress a gronn. Several times t!;e tiger dabbed his paws, ap parently In play, about my face, but did not use Its claws, fortunately for me. Presently the beast seemed to be seized with a sudden rage and began to spit like an angry cat at Mine one approaching, whose footsteps I could hear, but whom I could not see owing to my position, for I was lying flat on my back. There was the sharp bang of a rifle close to my head, a heavy weight fell across me, and then I compre hended that my friend was pulling me from under the dead body of the tiger. The Gates of Paradise. Once In a year and at one place in the world there Is a crush that sur passes anything else of its kind in the world. It Is the great fair of Bawa Farid, which is annually held in the town of Pak Pattan, in British India. It is held in honor of the famous St. Farld-ud-Din, surnamed Shakar Ganj. or sugar store, from the fact that his body had become so pure by continual fasting that whatever was put into his mouth, even earth and stones, was In stantly changed Into sugar. The prin cipal ceremony consists of passing through an opening made In a wall ad joining the shrine measuring 5 by 2Vj feet nnd called "the gates of paradise." Whoever between noon and night Is able to pass through this opening is as sured of paradise, and when there are 50,000 striving to pass through at the same time the crush is something ter rific. Women falut, bones are broken, and the heat is stifling. Gladstone's Eccentric Attire. Mr. Gladstone cared little about per sonal appearance, and had It not been for the loving care of Mrs. Gladstone his dress at times would scarcely have been in keeping with the dignity of his position. "During one of the Midlothian cam paigns," Mr. Lucy in "Memories of Eight Parliaments" informs us, "when be was a guest of Dalmeny he daily wore an ancient, short cut. much fray ed cape of the kind Shorn, Ham and Japheth might have worn when they took their walks abroad before the flood necessitated the ark. It was compact, of a cheap, shoddy material called. 1 believe, vicuna. It was in vogue, among other monstrosities of fashion, in early Victorian days. This was probably the only specimen left in the last quarter of the nineteenth cen tury. Even It could not debase or dis guise tha native majesty of Gladstone's presence." To say "every one Is talking about him" is a eulogy, but to say "every one Is talking about her" Is an elegy. Anonymous. Tho Curd Test. The curd wnt Is used by cheesemak era t'o determine which patrons of the factory deliver bad milk. The dove! Dplng of a soft, gassy or bad smelling curd is evidence of dirt and gas pro luelng germs in the milk. Subscribe for the Morning Astorian and vote for your best girl. Cures Backacha Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having . Bright'8 Disease or Diabetes CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS HELP WANTED WANTEDGIRL FOR GENERAL housework in small family. Apply 420 Exchange itreet. 5-8-tf. 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Apply Van Duscn, 119 11th street. 5-9-tf. FOR REN T A V ER Y DESI R A B LE 3-room upper flat unfurnished. Inquire 102 Bond street. 5-8-6t. CORN KR X I NTH AND DUANE! Board $5.00 and up. 5-9-tf. FOR RENT F I V EE-ROO M COT ' tagc, No. 25 Second street; electric lighted. Apply to Fred Sherman. 5-12-7t MEN ANDWOMER. UBI tJ t"rnnnturl dli(:hrg.lnflmmtlon IrrlUllon. or ulwritiont of nin cost mambrtDM. PalnlMi, nd Dot attrln- nt nr nnlannoui. Hold bjr DragBliU, or nt la sUIn wrapper, I, r cxpreM, praptld, (or II. on, or 3 hfpttln 12.78. C'lrcuUr MUt on reuuwt Do You Wear Shoes? We sell the kind, that wear longest and look the beat The Dr. A Reed Cushion Shoe We handle a special line of Loggers' Shoes Give us a trial. - S. A. G1A1RE GOOD SHOES. 543 Bond St., op. Ross, Higgins & Co. la 1 U i 4;. 1 M -v Gurftnteed II Mi ! ttriatnrt. It f rmnnrnW". TS1tikEmiCemimiCo. V0lCIIIATl,O.f3 HOUSE MOVERS. FREDR1CKSON BROS.-We make a specialty of house- moving, car penters, contractors, general jobbing; prompt attention to nil orders. Cor ner Tenth and Duane streets. PROFESSIONAL CARD. ATTORNEYS AT'LAW CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE Attorney-at-Law City Attorney Offices: City Hall JOHN C McCUE Attcrney-at-Law Deputy District Attorney Page Building vSV.te 4. HOWARD M. BROWNELL Attorney-atLaw Office with Mr. J. A. Eakin. a. 420 Commercal St., Astoria. MASSAGE DOCTORS PRESCRIBING MAS age, , call Olga Landen, Finnish masseuse, Pythian bldg., Commercial street OSTEOPATHS. DR. RHODA C. HICKS Osteopath Office Mansell Bldg. Phone Black 2061 573 Commercial St.. Astoria, Ore. DENTISTS DR. VAUGHAN Dentist Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon DR. W. C. LOGAN DentUt Commercial St Shanahan Bldg. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. RESTAURANTS. TOKIO RESTAURANT. 351 Bond Street Opposite Ross, Higgins & Co. Coffee with Pie or Cake 10 Cta. FIRST-CLASS MEALS Regular Meals IS Cta. and Up. U. S. 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