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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-07

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advertisements when paid charged quarterly
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-07
VOL. XXIII--NO. 10.
SusiHfss Gar0s.
RICHARD F. BICKERTON,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA w
n VIII attend the Terms of Courts on the other Island
Money 70 Mortgages Of Freeholds. II OFFICE
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
MeteO1ic Dust.

A writer in the London Times has
been investigating the amount of matter
added to the earth by the meteors which
are constantly falling upon it. The total
downfall, he says, would not mt its
present rate, or even at the present rate
increased thous,ndfold, cause the
earth's crust to grow appreciably in the
lapse of MISUNDERSTANDING by ages
thousands of years. 1t has been shown
by Professor Alexander Herschel that
the average weight of shooting stars
visible to the eye must be estimated
rather by grains thln by ounces, and the
telescope shooting-stars which form
nine-tenths of the total, according to
Professor NewtoI's (of New HaVen)
estimate, are, of course, far smaller
But assigning even TO each meteor II
weight of one pound-an utterly mad
missable estimate-let US consider at
what rate the earth's crust would grow.
The earth has surface of 200. 600, 900
square miles, and about 400 OOO, 600
meteors fell upon it per annum. That
gives two meteors, or two pounds weight
of matter, added to each square mile in
II year. There are more than 1000. 900
square yards in a mile, so that I.5OO, 600
years would be required at the presenl
rate of meteOric downfall to add one
pound of meteoric matter TO each square
yard of the earth's surface. Such added
matter, uniformly spread over the sur
face, would be utterly inappreciable so
far as the thickness of the earth's crust
is concerned. In a thousand millions
of years, at that rate, which far exceeds
the real rate, the crust of the earth
would not be increased in thickness by
single foot. The excess of increase in
the Northern hemisphere would not be
one foot in billion of years.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Courageous Captain Luce.

A tall, gray-haired man with clear
blue eyes, gray mustache and sparse
gray whiskers under his chin, was the
first witness called in will case in New
York. 1t was Captain James G.. Luce of
the steamship Arctic, which was run
into and sunk on the Gath of September,
1854. The Arctic had 233 passengers,
and there were $50 in the crew. Only
ninety-seven persons were saved and not
one woman. A part of the crew behaved
very badly. They filled the boats and
when they were about to abandon the
sinking ship place in one of the boats
was offered to Captain Luce, who stood
with his little boy by his side where he
had been using his utmost exeritons to
rule his crew. He spurned the offer, and
when those in the boat offered to take
his son, he rejected that offer also with
Indignation. He went down with his
ship hand and hand with his son. They
were drawn down about thirty feet into
the vortex Then they rose to the sur
face. A moment afterward a part of a
paddle box floated up to them. Its mo-
mentum was so great that it killed the
boy. The father climbed upon it with
nine others. He and George lien and a
German were on it from Wednesday, the
day of the accident, until Saturday after
noon: Only four of the ten outlived the
first night after the, accident. On the
morning of the day on which the captain
was saved there was heavy fog. Sud-
denly it parted and formed great arch,
beneath which was clear air. Under
this arch was the Cambria of Quebec.
She picked up Captain Luce and his two
fellow sufferers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Web Engineering.

On going round the garden this morn
ing, says writer in Land and Water,
perceived what seemed small piece OF
cheese apparently floating in the all
straight before me. On coming up to
il, found that it was suspended from a
spiders web, which was spun right
across the path. Ones first hasty thought
was that this spider had found piece
of cheese below, and, taking a fancy to it,
was then drawing it up into its web to
eat it. Further examination, however,
showed that the substance was not
cheese, but small pebble much resem-
bling that edible, evidently taken from
the gravel walk beneath. There was
nothing for the spider to attach his web
to on the walk, 50 he had selected a
suitable stone to balance his web, which,
indeed, it did admirably, the web being
attached to trees on either side of the
walk, and weighted below by the stone,
so as to be in nearly a perpendicular
position. The stone was connected with
the web by a threefold cord, the strands
of which were attached to different parts
of the stone. visited the web two or
three hours after the spider had finished
it, and found that his ingenuity had
been rewarded, as the web contained,
besides n large fly, off which he was
dining, more small flies than have ever
before seen in q web. Neither myself,
nor those of my friends to whom
showed the web, have ever seen anything
of the kind before. Perhaps your readers
will be interested in such an example
of high instinct in spider, and those
who are more versed in natural history
than myself may be able to remember
other examples of the same kind. That
the stability of the web depended upon
the weight of the stone was shown when
put my hand under the latter. The
result was that as | raised my hand the
lower part of the web gradually col
lapsed, but when the stone was suffered
again to fall gently the web resumed its
proper shape. The web was about five
feet from the ground
Spider engineering is most interest
ing subject, and one that | have spent
hours in studying. / have worked out
most ofthe problems in connection with
it, but the weight dodge ] have not as
yet been able to explain. Some spiders
will use ties; but others, of exactly the
same species, will use weight although
the circumstances under which both
built apparently are similar. But how
does the spider raise the weight This
| could never explain to my satisfaction,
as some of the weights are so large that
it is scarcely possible they could lift them
hy "dead lift" Besides, they will
put on one, two or more weights in Il
few hours before wind, to fix their
structures. The industry and ingenuity
OF the spider passes belief to all those
who have seen them at work, but no
more profitable day can be spent by a
young engineer than a day after a storm
in Il. path through the gorse watching
u spider reconstructing its web. This is
the Legitimate way of seeing the work
done. but there are other lodges, such
rs breaking down the web, and watching
the poor insects reconstruct them
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
4" Something to Praise"

The recent accident in one of the
Wilkesbalre coal mines, and the fortu-
nate final delivery of all the imprisoned
men, renders a timely word in reference
to the subject Of mutual helpfulness, as
practiced there in cases of fatal casual
ties. For Il long time-indeed, until
within two or three years past-when
death to the miner has resulted from ac-
cident in the mines, it seems to have
been the custom among them to throw
up all work until after the funeral and
tlien devote days labor to the widow
and orphans of the deceased. For this
practice prominent officer of one of the
companies has succeeded in substituting
the following: When IL fatal accident
occurs the operatives continue ms usual
until the day of the funeral, when they
take half holiday, attend the burial
and contribute fifty cents per man and
twenty-five cents per boy to the widows
and orphans, the company agreeing
to double the amount, whatever it may
be. This plan has thus far worked eX-
cellently in the cases which have come
under notice.
A custom so sensible and humane can
not be other than beneficial in every way
to employers and employed; and for the
same reason that the Graphic finds it
necessary to oppose and denounce cor
porations in all these respects in which
they are grasping and oppressive, 1t takes
pleasure in commenting them Tor every
act of consideration and justice they eX-
hibit to their employees and customers.
-NeW York Graphic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Novel Use of a Locomotive.

Every day proves the truth of the old
adage: Necessity is the mother of in
vention." Our attention has just been
called TO new way of utilizing the
power of locomotive. Some years ago
Porter, Bell & Co., of Pittsburg, sent
one of their small locomotives to the
famous Dutch Flat in California. 1t
was used for hauling logs from timber
tract to the saw mill. But as much
the timber was in deep canyon and the
mill was ON the hill top, the ingenious
owner desired to make it do another
kind of duty as well as its own. They
arranged an incline track placing car
on it, to which they lash the timber,
and by wire rope draw it to the top.
The rope passes over a drum at the top
of the hill and the power is supplied by
the little locomotive. The nod,ts Oper-
a1adi is to 1un the engine on TO side
track alongside the drum on to friction
wheels, through which the power is
communicated, and here like dog in a
churn wheel or horse in a tread mill,
the engine revolves its drivers without
the engine advancing and lifts its load
600 feet in height in l,20O feet of track,
the engine thus becoming practically a
stationary engine.-Iron Age.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Repartee i'm RHYME.

The following anecdote ON three noted
North Carolinians-Hillman, Dews and
Swain-the two former brilliant lawyers
and the latter learned lawyer and II
scholar, and from 1882 to 1885 governor
of the State, and afterward president of
Chapel Hill University-is nearly out of
date. At "a term of the Supreme Court
the gentleman handed Mr.. James Dodge,
then clerk of the court, the following
epitaph:
"Here lies James Dodge, who lodged all good
And never lodged an evil,
And after lodging all he could,
He could not dodge the devil"
To this Mr.. Dodge returned the follow
ing sharp impromptu reply:
" Here lies a Hillman and a Swain,
Their lot let no man choose;
They lived in sin and died in pain,
And the devil got his dues! (Dews)"
-Wilmington (.N CO. Sun.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Farm Songs.

Oh list to the song OF the farmer
As he phys the faithful fail,
Now hum of song, then strain bright and
glad
When the sultry air grows warmer.
Insscities we fly DER the sturdy steel rail,
Great oceans outdone by the mart and
the sail
But our songs and our measures
Are not half the treasures
That the farmer doth sing when his heart
would grow sad.
Gently as sweetly, the ballad so free
Steals DER the meadow to gladden. the lea
For the milk maiden's ecstasies seek the wide
+ " Doth my loved one watch and dream but OF
me ~
Yes, maiden more fair
Than your song on the air,
Your sailor so proud in his dreams doth behold
Your song at the door, and your hair bright as
gold,
And sadly he wakes for he's still far from thee
III.
But what is the song of the housewife so gay
AS she sits and she knits when the day wears
away?
In futures bright cloud
- She seeth no shroud,
But riches and power and wisdom combined
Awaits her true sons, o how light is her mind ?
For Science waits Will
And Latin seeks Phil!
So light is her heart as she longs for that day
Albert f. Hheeier, in Albany .4rgus
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
A Cautious Woman.

A little woman, with considerable
anxiety in her face, was searching the
Central Market yesterday for flowers and
seeds, and one of the seed sellers explain
ed to her:
"Here are some of the incest climbers
you ever saw. If you take them they
will cover your house and make it look
almost like Paradise"
"They will, .eh?" absently replied
the woman.
Eyes, they will. You don't know
how they will improve the looks of your
house." II
but / won't take any. just as soon
sa they made the old house look any bet
ter the landlord would come around and
raise the rent on US. | guess l won't buy
anything but sunfower seeds and stalk
! or two of catnip. ."-Detro1 Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
A Small Boy on Cats.

Cats are about the most interestincest
animal there is. You can have more
fun with cat in half an hour. if YOU
have a good tree handy and an entelpris-
ing dog, than you can with II whole
travelling menagerie. Cats Hnd fire
crackers are mortal enemies y gu tie a
bunch to Il cats tail and set 'ctn off, and
they will go down the street Ike a tirry
comet. n. B., wire is bettertian string
to fasten them on with-as string is
liable to burn off. 1t is a very pleasant
pastime to see two cats fight. Their
tailsmay be tied firmly together, and for
fear they might tear up things in the gar
den it is a good plan to hang them across
aclothes- line. They can be heard miles.
! haV often seen them. Some folks re-
gard nlis sport as cruel, we call such
folks chicken livered. Did you ever see
"A shaved cato They are very singular
creatures-it may be done with IA razor
if you know where your father keeps
his'n. You tie up the cats paws !" "id
mittons while you are doing it. Some
folks don't think II hardly pays-and |
shall never be guilty of doing it-though
! do think father is rather mean who
whales his boy all over-when his finger
is cut half off and his face scratched all
over all ready. Kittens are very
pretty. There are more than forty of
them in the water under the mill bridge.
They nearly all of them have stones tied
to their necks. 1t is II very unfeeling
thing TO drown kitten. They are in
nercent harmless creatures. Cats are
great singers. The Chinese eat cats.
What can you expect of the heather ?
Some people hang dead cats rs May
baskets---it is only joke but the folks
that get 'em never seem to appreciate it.
There is a great many other things about
cats---but think have given you Il
plenty of ideas already, so will close.
SIMON SLOPE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15

A Manchester (England) paper men
tions the case of a man eighty years old
who is now cutting his second set of
top and bottom of the mouth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
TIMELY TOPICS.

Making waistcoats at fourteen cents
each, cheviot shirts at four cents apiece,
heavy overalls at fifty cents per dozen
and woolen trousers at ten cents pair
are some facts CLEANED by a society of
ladies who are investigating the condi-
ton of the sewing women of Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15

Some of these base ball professionals
are very poor "sticks." Only this
morning we saw one who could hardly
catch his breath.-Lubells.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15

Although the existence of petroleum
in several of the provinces of Japan is
said to have been known for 200 years,
the Japanese did not know how to refine
it till about six years ago. Now, how
ever, refining establishments are SPRING
ing up rapidly, and its manufacture is
becoming an important industry.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15

Greatly to his credit "A bank de-
posit,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15

Taking the entire length of the New
York Elevated railroad, on both the east
and west side lines, and multiplying it
by the number of trains run during the
twenty-four hours, and again by the
number of locomtives and cars, it is
found that the distance travelled in one
day is 36, 352 miles, or nearly one and Il
half times around the world; the pro-
portion of miles travelled on the west
side, as compared with the east side,
being about one to seven.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-08
County Correspondence.
written for The Spirit Of Democracy
From Green Township.


From Green Township.
New CASTLE, MONROE Co, OHIO
March 20, 1879
ED SPIRIT: Thinking the many read
ers Of your valuable paper weuld like to
hear from the boy who fell from tree,
a notice of which you published. l 'il
now try to give you little account of it
and to let my readers knrw how pros
per by this time 1t was on the 30th day
uf September, 1878, about half past p
m , was Try ng to capture a sqrirrcl in
dead snag, there was a small beech
tree beside the snag climbed the beech
with club in nv hand and was trying
to fasten the hole up SO the squirrel
could not get out, and then was going to
cut the snag down, when the limb broke
and fell about 20 or % feet and landed
on nv hands and forehead and knees,
and wrenched my back between the
shoulder blades. As the spine was hurt
l lost feeling from my lower parts and
felt like l had been cut in two and pretty
equally divided remained unconscious
awhile and then lay TIL near O'Clock,
when my father and sister came and
found me, and carried me home. am
very far from being able to walk ye.,
hut my general health is good and l have
not much misery. My feet and legs had
apparently no life in them for nearly a
! week, hut now move very lively, ,elthoueh
my spine being affected above the hips |
c,nnot use my legs at my own will. NV
lot | find is not hard to bear since God
,meorts me. W. A CULvERHousE
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-08

At the Marlborough Club, London,
Count Schouvsloff, the Russian Ambas
sador. pla,c away in few hours sum
equal 10 his whole salary, end one OF the
w,aIthits ST Cen montrs hss Teen so beavi
lY hitien that he is going into bankrupt.
cy for total exceeding haifSa million
pounds. Another young polite 40, heir
to his oric coronet. who Ial been &C.
ing at terrible paae, was dragged out Of
the club to the am ment Of the men,
bars by his m ,ther, who s,ia .'you are
not going to follow Hastings and New.
CASTLE"
Little pigs IN gold and silver are now
won by every DO " in Vienna as j,welry.
Pins charms, bracelets, stick, handles
everything is for the m III mt, porcine.
The Court began, anl the. rest al, tie
world naturally followed the lead. The
fashion has come from Germeny,, and
was introduced to G cemmemora.e, The hap
py escape of the E naerar W. liam from
all The risky ami dangers he, has lately
lun, and his "Schweina" gluck.1 Or pigs
luck-meaniug .splendiii lnck-as the
German phrase goes, in coming oat Of it
all SO we'll. - ,eo
A curious specimen Of the tramp fami
y turned up at DhburY, Caane, last
week. When arrested and searched niu.
pair Of trousers, q dvzsn wa;s epals. and
an eq lal number of cints we,e removed
before the sealchers came npan the frame
wmk of the man him sell. raese. articles
Of clothing, with The cont, n,s of their
pockets, weighed some 200 pounds, AMI
the Office turned cut Of them rubbish ;o'
all sorts in quantity suliitientto tilt an or
Il nary fl ,ur barrel. Amid The various
hi Of ol.i IRON, rusty scissors, knives,
&C., were found Sl47 in greeltbacAs.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-08
PROBATE COURT.

March 25 Albert Cronin was ap-
pointed Adm'r of the estate Of James
Cronin, decd; bond 81 600.
The last Will and Testament OF Jacob
Huffman, late OF Perry township, deed,
was admitted to probate.
March 81 -Enoch Martin was ap-
pointed Executor of Jacob Huffman, de-
ceased bond $500 f L Lynch, j r
Pennington and S P Maffett were ap-
pointed to appraise the property.
The last Will and Testament OF Nancy
Byres was admitted to probate. Abner
Byres was appointed Executor; W g
Mann, Barnett Mann and Thos S Fow-
ler we're appointed 10 appraise the prop
erty.
March 20 w. N Cleveland Guar,
dian of j H w. Mcpherson; second
account; in the Guardians hands the
sum OF s2,3l3,65
Jas o Amos, Guardian of Andrew
Carney; final account; in the Guardian 8
hands the sum of Sl,025,0S.
Samuel Gilmore, Guardian OF John
Baker; final account; in the Guardian s
hands the sum OF Sl,034,7S, which he is
ordered to pay to his successor, John S
Cleveland.
April l John Yan:z, Admir- of John
Yantz, decd, filed his second account ;
hearing continued,
April John Moore, Trustee of the
estate Of Margaret Byers, decd d, filed his
final account, and ten1ered his resigna-
ton.
Matthew Moore was appointed Trus
tee Of the estate OF Sherman Byers.
Magdalena Schell was appointed Ad-
minis'ratrix of the estate of William
Schell, decd: hond $4,000 Jacob
Schneider, Jacob Smith and John Burk
hart were appointed to appraise the prop
erty belonging 10 the estate.
April 8 3-Joseph b Cline Executor
of the Willof Harvey Cline, deed. OBJ.
tanned an older to sell real estate at pri
vate sale.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-08
GreenbacIk Meeting.

The Greenback meeting at the court
house on last Saturday might was well
attended. The meeting was called to or
der about Z o'clock with Mr.. ISAAC N
DouaHERrY, OF Wayne township, presi
ding.
JAMES WATSON, Esq, was .he frst
speaker announced; and after moving a
vote Of thanks for the use OF the court
room, proceeded with his speech His
remarks were principally directed to ma
Htional affairs, and he spoke at considers.
BILE length against the policy Of the Re
publican party in the contraction Of the
currency. With few exceptions, the ar
guments used by Mr.. WATSON are iden-
tical in sentiment with those used by the
Democratic speakers in the campaign las:
fall. 1t is suggested that he expresses
different views when speaking in the
country.
The next speaker was Mr. H j. BA-
kER, OF Graysville, Greenbacker with
Republican antecedents. Mr.. BAKER
views, as Greenhaeker, were given
without the dodginy pfacticed by Mr
WAT.oN. When he came to that part Of
bis piece where he is to declare the prin-
ciples Of his party, he said, ave pro-
pose to pay the bonded debt in green
backs" and frrther on he remarked,
"We propose to issue the greeaback dollar
and ot.naake it redeemabte in anything.'s;
After Mr. BAKER came y F. FLINT
Esq, the great champion of the Green.
back party. He began his speech by
reference to the charges made against
him that he was pail for his work. H.
seemed to have some personal grievance,
the importance of which he desired to-
impress on his audience. He did not at
tempt the discussion of the financial
question, and referred but briefly to ma
tional matters. Tue great burden OF bis
remarks was made up OF attacks, either
directly or indirectly, upon the editor
and publisher Of this paper, and the
Democratic party. 1t was evident to al
who heard the speech that bis effor'i
we're not directed to the advancement G
the principles of the party he now repre-
sents, whatever they are, but rather to
satisfy his own personal ambition, hop
ing. aft'r a little while, to reap the re
ward Of his labors.
The meeting adjourned about mid
night. After the adjournment, Judge
MORRIS was called out, and spoke q few
moments in favor OF the old Democratic
party, and took occasion to criticise tht
sentiments Of some Of the speakers, fol
which he was roundly applauded by th'
audience. This again brought out Mr.
WATSON who desired discussion witt
the Judge, who said he would give then
all the discussion they desired whenevel
I they knew what their platform was, ant
thus ended the Greenbaek meeting.