The Moore Messenger (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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N the leeward chain of Islands of
the Hawaiian group the Pacific
possesses not only one of the
great natural wonders of the
western world, but a cruising,
camping, fishing and outing park
reservation that Is In every
sense unique.
jP Few even of the best informed
" people In the Hawaiian Islands,
or out of them for that matter,
appreciate this Important pos-
session at Its real worth. This, however, la not
■o difficult to understand as It might at first seem,
■lnce hardly one In a thousand of the limited
number who have desired to make the Journey
among them has ever been permitted to visit
theso floating bits of coral sand that apparently
bob aimlessly about, adrift on the bosom of the
great wide ocean. Few indeed have a first band
knowledge of what these possessions really are
and know of the fascination they and their in-
habitants possess as objects of natural interest.
Then, too, the Idea of utilising the distant Islands
In any way that would suggest a natural park Is
•o novel and out of the ordinary that it has not
yet taken root in the mind of the man In the
Street
Though all put together the exposed dry land
and reefs of the reservation would hardly have an
area of ten miles square It literally teems with
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fish and bird life. The sea bird population alone
probably cannot be equaled in any other part of
the world. Tens of millions of feathered fowl
fcake their home on these lonely specks of land,
repairing thither each year In countless flocks
to establish rookeries and to rear their young.
The reefs and waters about the Islands fairly
swarm with fish and other forms of life, so that
they really form a densely populated natural zoo-
logical garden.
To the naturalist, the out-of-door enthusiast, the
nature study photographer or the man who sim-
ply loves out-of-the-way places and the unusual
and novel, these Islands leave little to be desired.
A chance to run down along this chain Is the
opportunity of a lifetime and bound to result in
a really worth while experience—one that will
live fresh In the memory long after the details
of other trips and experiences have been mingled
with the commonplace of life.
Unfortunately, at present, visiting the Islands
In the reservation Is not the simple matter thnt
it should be. nor that It Is hoped It may be mnde
In time In former years the operations of a
guano company, then engaged In exploiting the
guano or bird lime deposits on the islands, made
It possible, by Invitation, to make the Journey to
Laysan Island from Honolulu during the summer
months In one of the company's sailing vessels.
"While the Islands of the chain are all different
from each other and all Intensely Interesting.
Layson is in a certain sense typical of most of
them. It is a raised coral atoll approximately two
miles across that in general form has been com-
pared to a broad, shallow platter composed en-
tirely of sand or raised coral reef not more than
40 feet about the sea at the highest point on the
sand rim which completely surrounds the salt
water lagooti that occupies the centffcl part of the
Island. This lagoon Is of special interest, since
its water contains more salt than does that of the
open sea. This Interesting fact tells much of the
geological history of the Island and points unmis-
takably to the origin of the land. It shows it to
be a circular coral atoll that at the time of Its
elevation above the sea carried the water of the
lagoon up to Its present level. Since that time,
and it must have been very long ago, the waters
have evapofated to some extent and left that
which remains more concentrated and salty than
It was when the Island was first made. About the
edge of the lagoon the boggy earth Is eovered wtlh
crystals of salt mixed with chips of guano. This
shell-like substance sparkles In the sun and sug-
gests a band of silver at the water's edge. About
this barren ring Is a narrow band covered with
low creeping vines. Rack of this again Is a growth
of Juncas which Is backed up in turn by a ring
of low bushes. The prevailing plant of the Island,
however. Is a kind of coarse hunch grass that
grows three or four feet high. More than a score
of plants have found a footing there during the
long period that has elapsed since the dry land
first rose, so that at the time of Its discovery, and,
indeed, on the occasion of my first visit, for a
sand Island it was well supplied with a low
growth of hardy vines, grass and shrubs. Unfor-
tunately the introduction of rabbits on the Island
has marked a sad chance since then.
Of the many things which Interest the visitor
at Laysan the great number of birds and their
absolute fearlessness are perhaps the most strik-
ing. Dr. Fisher of the Albatross expedition, writ-
ing of his impression of the enormous number
of birds, has very truly said:
"The effect of this at first was nearly over-
powering. Where we made our way through the
populous colony of sooty terns we had to exercise
much care to avoid crushing their eggs and
trending on the birds which struggled panlc-
strlcken before us with the old ruse of a broken
wing, and then, taking flight, swarming over our
heads. If we would converse, it was necessary
to shout.
"Turning toward the center of the Island, we
were obliged to cross a wide area with tall grass
and completely honeycombed with the burrows of
petrels. Through the roofs of these tunnels the
pedestrian Is continuously breaking, sinking In
the soft soil up to the knee. From out of the
shadows of the tussocks young albatross, un-
couth and awkward, snapped their beaks at us,
and occasionally losing their balance from over-
haste fell forward on their chins. This proceed-
ing usually made them actually sick.
"FSw of the adult birds, however, seemed
frightened, and with the exercise of a little care
we were able to approach most species as close
as we wished. It wns certainly gratifying to
walk up to an albatross or a booby and watch it
feed Its young and to record this domeestlc duty
with the camera."
More than two dozen species of sea, land and
shore birds frequent this Island In great numbers
during the year. They do not all breed at the
God Demands
Recognition
By Rev. J. H. Ralston,
Sccxrti.y cj CVrmpniwlcac* rV[«rtxocal al
Moody LiiLlc Inibiute, Qucago
Crude Device Is Used to Cross
Tibet Stream.
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same time; In faot some of them, as
the plover, the curlew and the turn-
stone, do not breed on the Island at
all. Nevertheless, the Island was liter-
ally covered from center to sea with
breeding birds, mating birds, and
young half-grown fledglings of a do/en
or more species.
With such an astonishing popula-
tion, numbering perhaps twice the In-
habitants of Greater New York, It was
to be expected that a study of the
situation would reveal a method In
their distribution. Generally speaking,
the various species were grouped In
more or less well defined colonies. As
a rule, these colonies had settled on
certain localities that seemed to suit
their fancy or convenience. There Is a
constant coming and going at Laysan.
so that the visitor arriving there at
different seasons of the year would
find different species predominating in
the bird population, while other spe-
cies that at another season would be
equally as abundant might not be
found there at all. But visit this Isl-
and or any one of the chain when you
will, enough interesting material for a
volume on birds can be gathered In
an hour or two on shore.
One of the many curious birds of the
Island, the albatross, of which there
are two species, is of the most general
interest. This Is due in part to their
splendid size and part to their unusual
domestic habits.
The I-Aysan albatross, or white-breasted gony,
is distributed all over the Island, with the pos-
sible exception of the sea beach, which Is espe-
cially popular with their brown-breasted, black-
footed cousins. In certain places. 53 at the ends
of the lagoon, they are or rather were, more con-
gested than In other localities The dense colony
shown in the Illustration was at the east end of
the kigoon. To the progenitors of these birds la
due the exceedingly valuable deposit of bird lim«
or guano, the accumulation of ageB, which Uas
been iemoved In years past and utilized as phos-
phate rock In chemical fertilizers.
The old birds do not mind the presence of man,
often walking up to the visitor, evidently Intend-
ing to welcome him among them. Once in \
while an Individual will take hold of the visitor's
finger or gently pull at his shoe strings or leggins,
but once ordinary curiosity Is satlslled and the
freedom of the place extended to the visitor they
take up their former occupation or go on with
their amusements In utter disregard of everything
and everybody. Friendly as they are, they will
not allow themselves to be handled, avoiding
any attempt to touch their persons, evidently re-
senting such approaches as undignified.
Some years ago a company of Japanese were
landed on the Island to kill and cure birds for
millinery purposes. That they were rudely Inter-
rupted in their spoliation by the United States
revenue cutter Thetis, is a truth well known, but
the result of their poaching Is everywhere too
apparent.
MURDERER EXILED BY HIS CONSCIENCE
Midway island, now one of the most important
stations on the Pacific cable, was the scene of
many wrecks and unsolved mysteries In the days
when the sailing vessels roved the seven seas.
Not the least of these strange events says the
San Frauclsco Chronicle Involved the old bark.
Wandering Minstrel, which was wrecked on Mid-
way In 1888, while 011 a shark fishing cruise out
of Hongkong. All hands succeeded In reaching
shore safely, where they found an old building
erected thirty years before by a party of sur-
veyors and here the luckless survivors of the
ill fated Wandering Minstrel were marooned for
14 long months, subsisting on fish and the eggs
of the countless sea birds, which wheeled and
screamed over the flashing coral reefs, until res-
cued by the Japanese schooner Norma and taken
to Honolulu.
The Wandering Minstrel's company found many
marks of wrecks on the island, Including a broken
hull marked General Slegel, and on one of the
smaller Islands close to the main Island they
stumbled across two mounds of sand over which
wooden crosses, made from drift wood, had been
erected, hacked with the Inscription "1886."
A little distance beyond, upon the sand, was
the form of a man lying on his back with his
head resting in his hands. As the exploring ship-
wrecked sailors approached the man opened his
eyes and without apparent emotion said: "How
are you?" Then he arose and with no more ap-
parent concern than as If he had had companion-
ship constantly, told them that he was the sole
survivor of the Siegel and that the two graves
were those of the captain and mate, whom he
had burled. His name, he said, was Jorgensen,
and he had lived alone there for two years.
Jorgensen Joined the Wandering Minstrel's
party and as time wore along his manner became
noticeably strange; he avoided conversation and
especially evaded inquiry concerning his ship and
the details of its loss until it became the general
opinion that there was a mystery about the
affair which he could dissipate.
The man clung to his secret despite the con-
stant efforts of the others to get him to dis-
close it. After six months he fell ill and when
dying told the Wandering Minstrel's men that he
had murdered the skipper and mate successively
after they landed in revenge for previous 111 treat-
ment. and burled them where the crosses stood.
When at last the attention of the Norma had
been attracted and the marooned sailors pre-
pared to leave, Jorgensen refused to go with
them. He said he felt that he must remain on
the Island—the little white spot of desolation It
was then—to watch and wait at the graves of
his victims.
TI-:XT pK ilin 1 1« — "He still, and know
j that I am God."
While we rarely find a professed
deist nowadays, few men recognize
God as he mani-
fests himself. Yet
while men do not
recognize God who
has revealed him-
self, they are con-
stantly manufac-
turing gods to suit
themselves, and
these are as nu-
merous as those
of Egypt In the
days of the Pha-
raohs,
In the text
there is the call of
£}od to give atten-
tion to himself—
"He still, and know that I am God."
God is intensely interested that man
should recognize him, not only because
man would thus greatly bless himself,
but God demands this recognition be-
cause he is sensitive to the apprecia-
tion of those whom he has created in
his own likeness and image. We must
maintain this, notwithstanding the spe-
cious plea that it would be ignoble in
God to demand such recognition.
This matter can only be Bettled by
an appeal to authority, and multitudes
believe that the lilblo is such author-
ity. In Exodus 34:14, we read: "Thou
Bhalt worship no other God, for the
Lord whose name is jealous, is a jeal-
ous God." Joshua called the attention
of Israel to the same characteristic in
God when he wished Israel to return to
God, to the enjoyment of their divine
heritage.
In the text God does not auk man to
know him; he simply asks that we rec-
ognize him as God, and appeals in the
8th and 9th verses of this chapter
for the use of the physical senses:
"Come, behold the works of the Lord,
what desolation he has wrought in
the earth; he maketh wars to cease
unto the end of the earth, he break-
eth the bow and cutteth the spear in
sunder; he burnetii the chariot in the
lire." Our attention is also called to
what we have heard with our ears, and
our fathers have told us what he has
done in the time of old. Were not
God's dealings with the Egyptians to
prove that he was God? Was not God
back of the blessing of Is-
rael by Balaam, white Balaam's
purpose was to curse? Has God
not set up one and put down
another? Has he not despoiled the de-
vices of the crafty that their hands
cannot perform their enterprise, and
has he not taken the wise in their
own craftiness, and is not the counsel
of the froward carried headlong? And
what shall be said of the occurrences
of modern history? Had God any-
thing to do with the earthquake in
San Francisco; the burning of the Gen-
eral Schofleld, and the sinking of the
Titanic? Of the latter event it is
said that in the last moments of that
fated vessel's remaining afloat, all
classes of i>eople prayed, and the band
played until the very end, "Nearer, My
God, to Thee." And what was this
but recognition of God, and possibly
with many, too late?
To say that God has nothing to do
with these things on the ground of
that it would be violence to the reign
of law, dishonoring to him as an in-
finite being, and entirely relieve man
of moral responsibility, Is really not
worthy of serious consideration. The
consciousness of God's immanence in
All such things would be a deterrent
from sin on the part of some, and
sould be an incentive to good on the
part of others.
How are men to know God? Simply
by being still. By searching, men can-
not find out God. As David would lie
in the fields at night and look up into
the starry heavens, it would not. bt
for the purpose of finding out God,
but as he gazed he could not help
but exclaim: "When I consider the
heavens, the work of thy fingers, the
moon and the stars, which thou hast
created, what is man that thou art
mindful of him, or the son of man that
thou visitest him?" As Moses would
have Israel to recognize God, he said:
"Stand still, and see the salvation of
God." As Isaiah would have Israel
see wherein their strength lay, he said
they should sit still. So the method
of knowing God is to just keep the
eyes and ears open, to stop, look, lis-
ten—God is here, there, everywhere.
The results of this will be a more
serious consideration of one's obligar
tion to God. The life of the Christian
will be made richer, and as the dark-
ness of the hereafter is approached,
there will be a preparation to meet
God, with whom, whether he will or
will not, man has much to do. To
know God, and him whom he has sent,
is everlasting life.
Rivers Are So Wide and the Walls 3o
Precipitous That la la Impossible
to Find Foundations for
Structurea.
Lhassa, Tibet.—One of the most
fascinating things met with In Ti^et Is
the single-rope bridge—fascinating,
and yet at first bight rather alarming.
To shoot swiftly across a thundering
river suspended many feet In the air
by two leather thongs from a short
wooden 6llder which hums over the
knotted surface of a rope made of
twisted strands of bamboo, seems
more precarious than it really Is, and
after the first Journey one thoroughly
Ferrying Horse Over River.
enjoys the experience. Whoever ths
Ingenious native was who first sug-
gested this mode of crossing a river—
he probably came from the jungles of
Assam anil had seen monkeys crossing
the river there by means of growing
creepers—there is no doubt that he
I found the one method which is up
pllcable to the big rivers, exaggerated
mountain torrents, of eastern Tibet
and far western China. The obvious
way for natives to cross a river is by
canoe, but. unfortunately, neither the
Sal ween nor the Mekong, big as they
are, are navigable even for canoes in
Tibet. The single-way rope bridge
overcomes every difficulty. Two small
platforms are made, one on either side
of the river, one high up, the other
or 30 feet lower down; stout posts are
! driven Into the rock and the bamboo
rope Is slung across from post to post,
and tightened so that it slopes steeply
from one bank to the other. The
slider consists of a half-cylinder of
wood, about three inches In diameter,
having two slots cut In its upper sur-
1 face, one at either end, through which
pass the leather tjiongs; to these
thongs the man, baggage or animal Is
tied, so that he hangs just beneath the
rope, and, being pushed off the plat-
form, the slider carries him safely
over the river. It will be seen, there
fore, that two ropes are necessary
each crossing, one for going each way.
The advantages of such a system are
obvious. The rope Is cheap to make
and the materials are ready to hand;
It Is quickly put in place and. though
It will not stand the wear and tear of
constant use for very long, it can be
replaced in a few hours. It can be
suspended so high above the river that
It is completely out of reach of sum-
mer floods, but very often it Is only a
few feet above the water at its lowest
point, and such ropes are under water
find Impassable during the summer.
On the other hand. I have seen rope3
as much as a hundred feet above the
river; they look rather alarming, but,
as a matter of fact, it would make no
difference whether one fell one hun-
, dred feet or five feet Into such a
river as the Mekong In Tibet. After a
few weeks' use the rope begins to sag
at the lower end and may require
tightening up, especially if animals are
being slung across; a man can pull
himself up the last few feet, hand over
hand, or haul up a box which has got
stuck, but an animal is helpless unless
he lands right on the opposite bank.
Hundreds of these single-way rope
bridges are in use on the Mekong and
Salween rivers alone, and they occur
a long way east of this on the La-lung
and Ll-tang rivers, and many others.
But I have never seen one on the
Yangtze, which is too big a river.—F.
Kingdom Ward, in Country Life.
When the dust of business so fills
your room that It threatens to choke
you, sprinkle it with the water of
prayer, and then you can clean it out
with comfort and expedition.—James
Stalker.
Only in a world where there is Buf-
fering could God prove that he Is love
The man who buries his tarenl
might as well bury himself.
WEALTHY WOMAN IS A NUN
Mrs. Gertrude Halle Lenman of Boa.
ton Abandons Social Position and
$1,000,000 to Enter Convent.
Boston.—Mrs. Gertrude Halle Lan-
man, widow of William Camp Lan-
man, has abandoned society and is
now at the convent of the Sisters of
Mercy at Hookset, N. H. Her sister-
hood name is Mary Gertrude. Mrs.
Lanman, who inherited $1,000,000
from her father, went to Hocrttset, fol-
lowing a nervous breakdown in New
York, where she was engaged in slum
work.
Wisconsin "Co-Eds" Must Keep House.
Madison, Wis.—The University o{
Wisconsin "co-eds" in the home eco-
nomics course will have a chance to
wrestle with the real cost of living
problem. By a new requirement, eacfc
of them must in turn take charge of
the new practice cottage under actu-
al housekeeping conditions.
■ry- - -
TASTY? Yes indeed —
• they're real pickles—crisp
and fine—just as good as
you could put up at home and
far less troublesome. But
then—you should try Libby's
Olives or Catsup—in fact,
any oi
Pickles
and
Condiments
any oi ^
US Condi
There's a goodness to them
that beggars description. One taste
and you'll want more. Purity ?
Libby's label is your guarantee.
Economy ? They're not expensive
when you consider their superior
quality.
Always Buy—Libby's
Don't accept a substitute. Whether
it be relish—soup—meat—asparagus—•
preserves or jams — insist on the Libby
label. The ' " '
f oi satisfaction.
At All Grocer*
Libby, M-Neill
& Libby
Chicago
STATES AWAKING TO DANGER
Additional Hospital Beds for ths
Treatment of the Tuberculous
Are Being Established.
Nearly 4.000 additional hospital beds
for consumptives In 29 states were
provided during the year ending June
1, according to a statement issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis. This
makes a total of over 30,000 beds, but
only about one for every Indigent
tuberculosis patient In this country.
In the last five years, the hospital
provision for consumptives has In-
creased from 14,428 In 1907, to over
30.000 in 1912, or over 10 per cent.
New York state leads In the number
of beds, having 8,350 on June 1; Mas-
sachusetts comes next with 2,800; and
Pennsylvania a close third with 2.700.
Alabama showed the grealest percent-
age of increase In the last year by add-
ing 57 new beds to Its 42 a year ago.
Georgia comes next with 109 beds add-
ed to 240 a year ago. New York has
the greatest numerical increase, hav-
ing provided over 1,800 additional beds
in the year.
Finance.
Stella—How do you suppose they
will finance a third party?
Delia—Don't know; I can't make
father pay for one.
The man who sticks closer than a
brother, is sometimes a second cousin.
Brilliant baseball plays are diamond
sparkles.
SALLOW FACES
Often Caused by Tea and Coffet
Drinking.
How many persons realize that tea
and coffee so disturb digestion that
they produce a muddy, yellow com-
plexion?
A ten days' trial of Postum has
proven a means, in thousands of cases,
of clearing up a bad complexion.
A Washn. young lady tells ber ex-
perience:
"All of us—father, mother, sister and
brother—had used tea and coffee for
many years until finally we all had
stomach troubles, more or less.
"We all were sallow and troubled
with pimples, bad breath, disagreeable
taste in the mouth, and all of us simply
so many bundles of nerves.
"We didn't realize that tea and cof-
fee caused the trouble until one day
we ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from a neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told us to try
that.
"Although we started to make it,
we all felt sure that we would be sick
if we missed our strong coffee, but we
tried Postum and were surprised to
find it delicious.
"We read the statements on the pkg.,
got more and In a month and a half
you wouldn't have known us. We all
were able to digest our food without
any trouble, each one's skin became
clear, tongues cleared off, and nerves
In fine condition. \Vre never use any-
thing now but Postum. There Is noth-
ing like it." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
"There's a reason," and It Is ex-
plained in the little book, "The Road
to Wellvllle," in pkgs.
Ever rend the above lrttrrf A new
one mipenra from lime to time. They
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