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ONOLULU goe In for water
porta to a greater extent,
probably, than any other city
In the world. All klnda of
aquatic game are Indulged
In, but the moat popular are
alao among the most danger
ous and are specialized in
here to a degree that makes
them almost a distinctive
Hawaiian diversion. Surf-rid
ing la one 01 the most common of these water
porta and la full of excitement for both par
ticipants and onlookers. In outriggered canoes
the natives ride the breakwater waves as they
rush shoreward, and, it la almost superfluous
to add, It Is a sport that calls for a steady
nerve and no little skill.
Riding the surf on planks Is another form
of this Bport practiced by the visitors at Wal
klkl beach, and Is Just as exciting and danger
ous. But the most exciting and dangerous of
Hawaiian water sports Is shark hunting. This
port la Indulged in in the vicinity of Honolulu
bay. Power boats of about four tons dis
' placement are generally used. In the company
of a congenial Honolulu sportsman I went out
to try .my hand at the game. We left the har
bor at S o'clock in the morning, at which early
hour the bay and vicinity is alive with people
engaged In all kinds of fishing. Just as we
started we came across a number of Japanese;
some were wading up to their waists in the
hallow water and others were angling from
boat. Outside the bay men in two-oared punts
were hunting for sea turtles,' which In these
waters average from 400 to 600 pounds In
weight I watched one of the boats for a while.
It moved slowly along, then suddenly stopped.
An oarsman seized a rifle from the side of the
boat and fired at a turtle Just seen rising to the
surface of the water, but it is no easy matter
to hit a mark at a distance of from 50 to 60
yards from a rolling boat, and the turtle es
caped. Twice after that I heard the fisherman
fire, then silence followed. He had lost sight
of the prey. Apparently the turtles are not very
plentiful, as I saw but two during the entire
day.
Arriving at the shark-haunted spot, about a
mile from shore, we stopped our motor boat
and prepared to try conclusions with the dread
ed monster of the deep. Our bait two fat
tened, flayed sheep
They wasted little time fooling with the bait
and quickly made off. So it seems not all
sharks are alike in disposition, or perhaps a
difference in the degree of hunger or a half
satisfied appetite explains the contrast in con
duct. Out of patience with the clumsy hasti
ness of our fisherman, we returned from our
first trip empty-handed.
On the occasion of our second excursion we
started at 7 o'clock in the morning and were
accompanied by an experienced fisherman and
an expert harpoonist. We started under
favorable auspices. The sailors on a large ves
sel that had been riding at anchor since the
previous evening informed us that four or five
sharks had been seen hovering about the ves
sel, on the watch for prey. For bait on this
occasion we used a large joint of beef, instead
of sheep. We stopped near the large vessel
and set our bait The sailors signaled to us
th4 a shark was swimming about now here.
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attached to
an air-tight tin buoy
and thrown over
board. The hooks
were attached to the
buoy by ropes sev
iral yards In length.
After waiting an
hour and a half, dur
ing which time the
traditional trade
wind bad wafted our
little craft well out
from shore, our boat
man called our at
tention to the fact
that a shark wat
hovering around the
bait attached to the
buoy. From a dis
tance the presence
of the monster in
fe rather ruffled
ater was betrayed
y a yellowish-green,
CDlong shadow-like
ne Just below the
lurface of the water.
We let the creature
wim about to his
' heart's content, and
after reconnolterlng
for a few minutes he
'took courage and bit
a large chunk off the
sheep, using such
force that part of
his body actually
rose above the surface. Twice, after short in
tervals, he again attacked the bait Mean
while, we had been drawing the bait nearer
the boat. By this time two other sharks had
appeared, but one of them seemed to have had
a taste of the hook, for he writhed as If In pain
and then swam away. Our young boatman,
who had had considerable experience In har
aoonlng sharks, took up a position on the
covered part of the boat, harpoon in hand.
ready to thrust The shark again approached
the boat and we could see his every movement
quite distinctly. We gradually drew the bait
almost up to the boat and the Infuriated mon
ster was now biting ravenously at the bait
within easy reach of our craft As he rose
partially to the surface our man drove the
harpoon into him, but not in a fatal spot and
as I thought not with sufficient force. The
harpoon merely grazed .his side. Four times
the boatman threw the harpoon, each time
missing, and finally the hungry creature gave
up in disgust and relinquished all further at
tacks upon the bait
That it was always the same monster that
made the furious attacks on the bait I was
quite convinced, for I could clearly see the
marks of the harpoon on his body. The be
havior of the second shark, which only tasted
the bait, and of the third was quite different
now there, and in less than half an hour one
of the hooks had caught one of the monsters.
For ten or twenty seconds the victim tugged
vigorously to free himself and then remained
so still that we thought It had escaped. How
ever, with a view to examining the bait, we
began to pull in the rope, and with it came a
good-sized fish. To prevent a long struggle I
put a bullet into its side the moment it reached
the surface of the water. - AH at once -it
stretched out and the harpoonist thrust his
weapon into Its fiat forehead, about four to
five inches from the edge of the mouth.
Scarcely had we tied the prey to the side of
the boat, when the men on the big steamer
began to fire at the sharks swimming all
around us. They did no damage to the sharks
and certainly did not improve our sport for
none of the monsters appeared again for some
time.
As my fellow fisherman had important busi
ness to transact I took him ashore during the
forenoon, and returned to continue the sport.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a courageous
or very hungry shark attacked the bait four
times before he met hK doom. As an ex
periment I shot him in '.he belly, and the bullpt
had a much more decisive effect than in the
case of the first fish. The length of the first
fish was 6.5 feet, and that of the second 7.8
feet The former was yellowish-green in color
and the latter was striped like a tiger.
On this day the sharks took little notice of
the large bait floating on the surface and were
evidently looking for prey deeper down. I can
find no satisfactory explanation for this as the
weather conditions were practically the same
on both days.' It 1b possible that the' differ
ence in bait was responsible, as the fat flayed
sheep used on the first occasion were white
In color, while that employed on the second
day was dark in color and devoid of fat The
natives believe that the sight of the shark is
defective, and that that is the reason the mon
ster rarely attacks the brown-skinned native
Perhaps they are right
Corea, A Land of Contrasts
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Contrasts between the customs of Corea and
those of other countries are striking every
where. In other lands when a man wants to
remove a hog from one pasture to another be
drives It or tolls It with corn. Not bo In Corea.
Hero a stout laboring man catches a full grown
bog, ties Its feet together, puts It on a wood
frame made from the limbs of trees and carries
It to market The same wood frame is used
by the porter who carries your trunk from the
station to the hotel Instead of using a truck or
wheelbarrow.
In other countries the tiger, the leopard and
the elephant Inhabit the tropics. In Corea
these animala flourish In 'a climate as severe
as that of Ontario. The fur of the Corean
tiger 1b longer and glossier than that of bis
cousin in the Jungles of tropical India, for the
same reason that the coat of a raccoon Is finer
In winter than in summer when It Is not need
ed for warmth.
The Corean tiger Is a royal looking beast
seen frequently standing in a commanding
position upon a snow-covered mountainside
looking down disdainfully at a passing train
and growling the protesting native's answer to
the shriek of the invading "mogul."
Sporting Englishmen have a few shooting
boxes In Corea and like to hunt elephants
there because the climate Is far more agree
able to them than that of Burma, Ceylon or
Africa, where elephants are found.
Fine bulls loaded with the branches of trees
osed os firewood are a common slzht in the
streets of Seoul. Ponies are ridden, but never
used to draw vehicles as they are in other
countries, and cattle are never killed for beef.
Cows, which have been known In Corea for
scores of centuries, are never milked, or were
not cntll a few years ago, and the Coreans
never knew anything about dairy products.
In most countries the horse Is considered a
better mount than the donkey. Not so In Corea.
There the meek and slow moving ass is re
garded as the best riding animal.
Street signs are relied upon In the cities of
other countries, and nowhere are they more
used than In China, which formerly exercised
a shadowy suzerainty over Corea and was her
neighbor. But in Seoul they were not used at
all before the Japanese came. In almost all
other countries women are fond of going shop
ping and merchants strive to please them.
In Corea it is otherwoBS. The woman regard
shopping as a necessary evil, and the mer
chants keep their goods In closets instead of
on counters and shelves and in showcases.
The merchant does not hustle for trade or
argue for a sale. If the customer asks for
something else she is likely to be shown what
the merchant has and told that he has nothing
Mke what she wants.
The Corean method of fingering the violin
Is exactly the reverse to that of western peo
ple. The Corean fingers the instrument near
the bridge with his right hand. With his left
ne plucks the strings at the other end and he
uses no bow at all.
In most countries retailing liquors Is not
regarded as a suitable avenue of activity for
an aristocratic woman whose fortune has dwin
dled. In Corea a lady In distress may operate
a saloon without fear of any social stigma rest
ing upon her. And a bar Is the only kind of
shop she may keep with impunity. Her maid
acts as barmaid, but the saloon is given
space In the residence without injuring the
tone of the establishment. A woman of social
distinction may make shoes provided she
makes such as the common people wear. To
make shoes for her own class would remove
her from that class.
A Corean lady in reduced circumstances may
become a physician, and to protect the occupa
tion from overcrowding the law of Corea, be
fore the Japanese occupation, provided that no
woman who was not an aristocrat might prac
tice medicine. Powdered tiger claws, bear's
gall and other remedies that do sot appear in
the pharmacopoeia are prescribed. 1 But the
common custom is to cure disease by making a
straw image cf the patient and emphasizing
the seat of the affliction by making the af
flicted region or member abnormally large.
The manikin Is thrown out of doors, and it is
believed that any one who picks it up will get
the disease. -
Bacteriologists agree that this is sometimes
the case, but they disagree with the Corean
physicians as to the relief of the patient by
this means. The appearance of the manikins
found in the street or along the roadside is
often ludicrous. When all efforts to cast off
the devil fail the patient is put out of doors
and left to die.
Even in, the amusements of children con
trasts with western customs are observable.
Instead of making a "seasaw" Corean girls
and boys lay a long board over a log or fence
with one end fastened down and jump up . nd
down on the elevated end, the impact of the
weight tossing the other into the air. A long
residence in Corea would be required to ascer
tain all of the differences in custom marking
the antipodal point of view. In most coun
tries the octopus is a dreaded sea monster, and
a synonym for evil. Black is not worn for
mourning in Corea. White is prescribed by
custom. .
Classified.
"What did the young engineer say after the
women he met on the hotel porch had put him
through a catechism about himself and his
business?"
"He said that porch seemed to have thorough
equipment as a pumping station."
Encouragement
She It must -be a hard blow to a man to
be rejected by a woman.
He Indeed It must
She Do you know, I dont think I could ever
have the heart to do It
Might Be a Road-Builder.
"Here is a man who is evidently going out
of politics."
"What makes you think so?"
"He advertises a steam-roller for sale."
On to Him.'
"I once thought t seriously of marrying for
money."
"Why didn't you, then?"
"The girl in the case was a thinker, too."
NOT ALWAYS BEHIND EUROPE
Many of America's Big Centers ot
Population Take the Lead in
Some Matters.',
New York City alone secure a
larger revenue from land values than
do the much-heralded "unearned , In
crement" taxes of all the cities of
Germany and all the taxes of the revo
lutionary Lloyd George budget of
1909 combined. The total collections
of New York City from this source
amount to approximately $60,000,000
a year. I think ft may ' fairly be
claimed that we have made more
progress in local taxation than have
any cities in the world.
It must be remembered, too, that
many activities of the American city
are efficiently performed. Our lib
rary systems are models. In this we
have been pioneers. The rapid de
velopment of public and private
libraries, the extension of branches,
the opening of reading rooms and li
brary centers, the use of pictures and
children's departments show the pos
sibilities of our municipal democracy
when the laws of the state permit
It to grow as It will.
Commissions come to America to
study our library methods just as
commissions go from this country to
Europe to study their municipal
achievements. The park systems of
our cities are of the same high order.
Our development in recent years has
been phenomenal. Not only are our
parks generous in area, but they have
been laid out by experts in a far
sighted way. The Boston system la
said to ba the most comprehensive of
any in the world, while those of Chi
cago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, Kansas City, Den
ver, and a score of lesser cities com-,
pare favorably with those of any
cities of Europe. ' .
America, too, led the. way in play
ground development &s well as In the
wider use of the schoolhouse and the
social center. The exhibits ' of the
American city in these activities at
the Berlin Town Planning exposition
were accepted as in advance of those
of Europe. , - ',
From the very beginning our fire
departments have been honestly and
efficiently administered. These, too,
have been models for foreign cities.
For the most part they have , been
free from the spoils system. Merit
has been recognized In the selection
of chiefs. New appliances have been
rapidity introduced and an esprit da
corps has been created like that of
the army and the navy. F. C. Howe
in Scribner's Magazine. .
WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE
.
Manner of Laying Out the Streets of
a New "own Should Be Most
Carefully Considered.
For outlying districts, narrow, wind
ing, or diagonal streets make It pos
sible to spend more on the sanitation
of the home3, declares a man who
has made a study of city planning.
Where traffic of the future promises
to be dense and a wide street may at
some time be wise, in the Intervening
yeara a narrow paved area, bordered
by grass and trees, is good economy,
good sense, and good health.
A3 between rectangular streets ex
clusively and a combination in which,
some of the streets are diagonal and
Eome rectangular, , Robinson says
aesthetics, sanitation, and conveni-
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eiiyp tui laiw uio wuci.
In Vienna the crowds are bandied
with less inconvenience than in any
other city, and there the cars com,
In on diagonal streets to the Rig
strasse, which they follow around to
deliver their, passengers as near as
possible to their destinations.
. Robinson says: "The two diagonal'
streets, Broadway and the Bowery,
in New York saved for the city
breathing spots like Madison and
Union squares space out of reach if
condemnation had been required."
Utilization of Vacant Lots
Fo several years the City Beautiful
page has advocated the use and beau4
tification of vacant city lots, calling ati
tention to the success attained in
eastern titles through the work of Var
cant Lot associations, etc. The prob-j
lem now seems near to solution. The!
various schools of the city have ex
tended their school garden work to:
near-by unused property, and if this;
movement does not culminate in the)
appropriation of all vacant lota it wU
at least call attention, to the lmpor
tance of control of one ot our great
est eyesores numberless weed-grown
rubiBh-strewn vacant lots. Los An
geles Times.
Weeds In the Walks.
For weeds in pavements or gravel
walks, make a strong brine of coarse
salt and boiling water, put the brine in
a sprinkling can and water the weeds
thoroughly, being careful not to let
any of the brine get on the grass, or '
It will kill it, too.
Worth Thinking Over.
What a. simple matter it would be tot
clean up the city If everybody would!
do his part without depending on his
neighbor to begin the work first! That
Is, assuming, of course, that the city
authorities would do their part