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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
THE DAILY
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Little Harry and the widow.
l"Aunt Mariah'' in Philadelphia CALI


Little Harry was real good little boy.
and his brothers, Tom and George, were
also good boys, only they were very
thoughtless. One day, while passing the
cottage of poor widow, Tom and George
began throwing stones at her cat Little
Harry reminded them that this was very,
very wrong, and they stopped throwing
stones at the cat and went home.
Then little Harry went into the poor
widows cottage to ask if there was any
widow was very much pleased to see such
like her little brother in Chicago. Then
seeing a big pile of wood, he asked her if
he should not cut it for her. She said
Yes, and Harry got saw and sawed il
all up The widow thanked him kindly
and said she hoped he would get his stock
ings full of nice things on Christmas.
She said she always hung up her stockings
on Christmas, but no one put anything in
it any more.
When Harry went home he told his
mamma all about it, and his mamma said
ne was good little boy, and his two
brothers, who did not try to Go any good
in the world, were very naughty This
made Tom and George feel very bad, and
they determined that they would be good
little boys too. So they went to the Chi
cago widow and asked her to please hang
her stocking on the outside of the house
on Christmas Eve. She promised she
would, and when Christmas Eve came
Tom and George went around like good
little boys and shoveled a ton of coal
iDfl IL
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
A German MYTH.
10. M. Spencer in Harper's Magazine

70. M. Spencer in Harpers Magazine.l
Before Christmas was instituted, the
Germans celebrated the Twelve Nights,
commencing with Dec. 25th. 1t was a
thoroughly Pagan festival, and the most
important of any they observed The &C
tive forces of nature were to them living
personifications, some benevolently In
clined towards man and others maliciously
disposed. They symbolized this endless
strife OF natural forces as the battle of
gods and giants.
In their mythology Winter was the SOM
Der ice gia1t. he contends with Spring.
the North Wind with the South Wind.
The battle RACES until Thor, the god of
the thunder storm, destroys the castle of
the ice giant and releases Freija, the beau
tiful goddess of spring She then rules
instead of Winter, and her liberation is the
signal for the return of lighl and life and
prosperity. After a time Thrym. the
prince of the giants, robs Thor, while he
sleeps, of his terrible hammer, aud buries
IL eight leagues under the earth. While
it is lost, Winter reigns undisturbed
After a search of eight months Thor re-
gains the hammer, and, accompanied by
Loki, the spring wind. drives Winter
back to the far north. The 25th day of
December. although in the dead of winter,
was celebrated as the time of the return
of the sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
The Prosaic Side.

l.. X LippIncott IN The CURRENT
We need not write poems on snow, for
snow is itself a poem. Yet has snow, SO
lustrous and typical, side most prosaic
and disciplinary. What says pinched
poverty about snow? What is the feel
Ing of the shoeless child? What the SEN
sations of those who huddle together in
houses where the roof is frail and the CRATE
is bare? Are you, eager readers, mere
contemplatists. gazing dreamily on the
infinite whiteness, and thinking of a land
uuspotted and unsullied. yea. the very
heaven of pureness? Better turn the
water of contemplation into the wine of
charity, and the dream of heaven into the
service of earth No cold snow should
choke up the outlets of the human heart.
As The snow comes to warm the earth, so
all the appeals of winter should warm the
human heart into fuller sympathy with
human i'll and need. Ask 100 children to
breakfast this Christmas; or 100 cripples
to dinner; or 100 blind people to an even
ings hospitality. You can have merry
Christmas if you like.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
The Orthodox Shape of Mince Pie.
[PaH Mall Gazette.l

Most people unwittingly commit a
dreadful heresy over the ordinary Christ
mas mince pie Its actual shape at the
present time is round. Four centuries
ago to eat round mince pie would be to
stigmatize yourself as a Jew or hereto.
The orthodox shape is a long oval It
was doubtless meant to represent the
cradle in Bethlehem, and tradition further
asserts that the strange mixture which
makes the mince represents the fruits and
spice with which the three Kings In the
legend filled the cradle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
A cardboard "Hye1eome. >,


We generally work "Weleome" on a
piece of stiff cardboard with red berries
for edges. and III tell you how we do it:
First you get some good thick gum, and
mark out where the letters are going; then
while it's wet put some rice on it, thick,
and then do the rice over with red ink
It's just prime; and then we hang it up
over the sofa and droop ivy over it, and
other fixiugs. and it generally comes in tc
do duty at the Band of Hope" treat Oh
some other place afterwards
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28

Orders Received sOiH haze Prompt
and Careful Attention.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
NOTICE.

A LII APPLICATIONS FOR BOOTHS AT
N Kapiolani Park for the 18th of June will now
be received by the undersigned at his Office.
J. Z. WTSEMAN..
BY order OF the Executive Committee of Kapo-
lani Park Association. j03-ap2s-n
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28

New Orleans Picayune: The calf sees
no beauty in the flower that is not good
to eat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
advertisements.
G.. BIRKS & CO..
Or HIGH STREET.
PeckhRm, London, y. i.
Colonial Merchants

Indents executed for all kinds of English
and Continental Goods, against Bank
Credits or Produce, facilities for drawing
against the latter. Agencies accepted at az
per cent on net amount Of manufacturer
invoices, including cash discounts varying
from 4 to per cent. Purchases in i'm
or ter's own name.
Twenty years buying experience for
export.
Reference: Continental Bank, 70 Lombard
Street, E. c. 4e5apG
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28

Christmas parties in Tampa dine on
watermelous. cucumbers, tomatoes, snaE
beans. early potatoes and oranges
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
Drifted Snow Flour.
iROII.ER PROCESS

II I am prepared to supply, IN quantities
to suit, all orders, with the celebrated family
Flour, DRIFTED SNOW, and also the A No. l
bakers brand, RISING SUN. Please address all
orders 10 c. L. DINGLEY,
mh24-7-3m No Is Steuart ST., san Francisco
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-28
AarerttgFmentB,
PETER DALTON,
No. 81 King ST.
once more solicits the patronage and support of
those who for twenty years knew and
dealt with him
Plain Talk Pays Always.

PeterE has for many years worked for and en-
deavored to please every class of the community
from the highest in the land down to the humblest
of the working classes, and he say that during
that time ne never made an enemy lost a Gus
toner Now Ne has again put his hand the
pillow, and Is as well able and willing to give honest
work, good material, and fair value for money as
ever yet was done in the Hawaiian Islands. Has
always on hand
Single and Double Harness,
Express Harness,
Plantation Harness,
Whips, Spurs,
ChRmOis,.. pOnges.l
Brushes.
And everything requisite for the
Stable.
s9~A full line of English and Sydney Saddles,
Saddle Cloths, Blankets, ETC., always in stock.
What he has not got he can make.
290 my2G-d&w
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
Marriage Promises An England.

Conrtships in England are short and
engagements are long, No sooner is
ii understood that young man and
woman are in love than il is given out
that they are engaged. The American
custom of leaving young men and
women free 10 associate together and
keep company with each other for an
indefinite length of time without de-
claring their intentions is almost un.
known to any country of Europe. 1t
is not long after IA young man begins
to show the daughter attentions before
the father gives intimation that he
wishes to know what it means, and
either the youth declares his intentions
or is notified to "cut slicks.' What
ever the advantages of the English
view of the matter may have, it has, NJ
least, one most obvious disadvantage,
and that is it leads to engagements
upon too short an acquaintance, and it
makes of the engagement he courling
time rather than as II mere preparation
for marriage When once engaged the
young people are thrown together in
the freest fashion, and may be left to
themselves at all times and in all
places almost rs though they were man
and wife. In the general society of
America marriage is deemed the vitality
important event in life, but in English
society the engagement is looked upon
as the most Important, and really is u
sort of first stage in mairimony, or the
personal uniting OF the lives only
awaiting the legal ceremony.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
A Genuine French story.

The Paris Nelrs says: A few days
ago, little street musician with his
violin under his arm, entered pork
butchers shop in the Rue des Martyrs,
and purchased knuc ile of ham tor
three francs, On feeling in his pocket
he found that he had left his money al
home which his mother had given him
to ply for it. As it was luncheon
time, and he would be scolded if he
went home empty-handed, he asked
the shookeeper to take the violin in
pledge; he would come and redeem it
in the afternoon. The shopkceper
consented, and put the instrument away
in a corner A quarter of an hour
later, gentleman of distinguished
appearance drove up in Il landau, made
purchases of pate de foie gras to the
amount Of 40 francs, and carelessly
taking up the violin, exclaimed:
What supurb Instrument" He
tried il en- c0naaisscHr and offered 100,
200 800, and finally 1000 francs for it..
The shopkeeper could not dispose of
what did not belong to him, but
profnisets-to try=and -ahtain it tor his
wealthy customer, who took his de-
parlure, leaving as his address: Lord
Russell, Grand Hotel.' A very pretty
scene ensue,l on the return Of the poor
little musician. He for some time Oh.
iecfed to the parting with his fovorite
fiddle, but at last, after going home to
obtain his mothers consent, he gave it
up for $50 francs. The pork butcher
dressed himself in his best, called a
cab, and drove to the Grand hotel
where he was politely informed that
no such person AS Lord Russell was
staying there. The unfortunate trades.
man turned all colors, excitedly in
sisted that he was not mistaken and
hrandishcd his fiddle with such energy
that he had to be turned cut. The
value of the instrument has since been
asceriained to be six francs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
A Shreyvd Wix-wearer.

The cleverest man heard of for some
time is he who, becoming bald, had
four wigs made, the hair of one short,
the hair of the next lritle longer, the
hair of the third longer still, and the
hair of the fourth quite too long for
beauty. He wears each a week, be.
ginning with the former. The effect
achieved Is the same as though the
hair was growing. When he gets to
the long one and has worn it a week
he changes to the short one again, and
his friends and acquaintance not in
the secret believe he has visited .
barber s.--Phtlddeiphia BulL~is.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
A Natural Mistake.

A Correspondent sends the following
account os a mistake made by u little
girl IN his vicinity: She always joins
the family in reading the Scriptures
during the family devotions, taking
her verse in turn. She easily reads
the shorter words, but needs some help
about the longer, but is always eager
to pronounce all the words herself, and
sometimes guesses. Recently it came
her turn to read the verse, No man
can serve two masters, for either he
will hate the one and love the other, or
else he will hold to the one and desplse
the other. Ye can not serve God and
Mammon.' She made II slight varia-
tion at the end, and finished the verse,
/" Ie can not serve God and women"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
Some Iaeidents in the Carly Life of
Lincoln.


Some Iaeidents in the Carly Life of
1t WAS very early in life, says Isaac
N. Arnold, that Llncold acquired the
nickname of "Honest Abe which
stuck to him all his life. 1t was
while he was acting as clerk OF a
country store. Several incidents illus
trate an integrity to which it seems
his customers could not have been
habltuated. One evening he found his
cash overrun II hltle-a discovery
which we fear somtimes excites a
chuckle-and, after poring over the
phenomenon concluded that in making
change for his last customer an old
woman who had come in little before
sundown, he bad given her too little
Although the sum involved was only
few cents, he forthwith took it to her
house. At another time he found on
the scales weight which he remen.
bered using just before closing the
store on the previous mig Int, but which
was lighter than the one he meant TO
use. Evidently he must have given a
purchaser II few ounces OF lea less than
he had been paid for, and he imme.
diately sent the quantity to make up
the deficiency. The local popularity
enjoyed by Lincoln--on one one occa-
sion when IA candidate for the legisla-
ture received every vote, and ALWAYS
ran far ahead of the other names upon
the ticket-seems the more extraordi-
nary when we learn that he neither
smoked, drank nor gambled, and that
he was long so very poor us to be quite
unable to offer the smallest pecuniary
fovOrs
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
How the Asiatics Transmit News Over
Thousands OF III lies.

Anglo-Indlans, and all who have
lived in Asiatic countries. are aware
that the natives have means of con.
veying news, which ut important
junctures enables them to foreslall the
government. Thus, throughout the
Indian muiiny the intelligence of all
the important events, such as battles,
captures of cities, massacEes and invest.
ments, was in possession of the baZaass
usually hours and freouently davs,
before it reached the authorities, and
this, notwithstanding the fact that the
latter had often taken special measures
to insure the quickest transmission
posi- BILE. And Al is also known that
this secret mail" is so trustworthy
that the natives invariably act upon it
with implicit confidence, speculaling,
for example, TO the tull extent Of their
fortunes. How the news Is sent, how
ever, has never been discovered or at
least no explanation comprehensive
or credible by the average Western
mnd has been reached The London
Spectator of II recent date discusses this
question al much length. and suggests
the employment by the Asiatics of
carefully laid "dawks !" or stages.
This, no DOUBT, has the appearance OF
common sense explanation, but the
officially about it is that no European,
during the whole time Hindostan has
been occupied, has never seen such a
stage in operation or come across any
of its machinery,
Now 1t may be admitted that it is
nDssllIN Fnr A slatinu ~
stages or lines ot communication over
hundreds or thousands Of miles with
out being discovered; but il isccrtainly
extremely improbable that they should
have been able to do this on consider.
able scale il must have been done to
account for the facts without ever
being discovered.
Again, the circumstance that on one
occasion, when the government had
made sps cial arrangements for the
swift dispatch OF news from distant
point, the secret mail beat the gov.
ernment coursers twelve hours, appears
to warrant the conclusion that some
means of communication more rapid
than horsers Or runners must be at the
disposal of the natives. The Spectator
tiiHN u 10 tpboSlDIt tlltti AllcN
news by signal but while this may he
the case where comparatively short
distances are concerned, II is not appli
cable to routes covering several hun
dreds of miles. Anglo-lndians as n
rule refuse 10 except the native explain
nation of the "secret mail" which in
wolves belief in what is Just now being
called telepathy. The natives when
they are willing to talk of the matter
at all, which is very seldom to Western
men, say that neither horses nor men
are employed, and that no "dawk .
is laid for the carrying OF news, but
that II results from asystem of thought
transmission which is famllarto to them
as the electric telegraph is to us.
The interest of this subject consists
in the facts (D that the secret mail "
IS an indubitable reality, and(2) that
no European or Western observer ol
any kind has thus far succeeded in
finding even plausible solution of the
mystery; tor with all its ingenuity, the
explanation offered by the writer in
The Spectettor is not plausible ,-Nes,
York. Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15

WRITTEN FOR THE BULLETIN.
"A lyric poem by EurERpr.l

\ lyric poem by EuTERpR
Oh, we miss our darling mother,
And our hearts are filled with woe,
As we gather round the fireside
When the evening shadows grow
Broken is the little circle
OF dcai ones assembled there.
And with tears our eyes are blinded,
As we view the vacant chair
Those who have not lost parent
BY deaths cold. relentless hand;
The full depth of our great sorrow
Never can quite understand
We'll we know that our dear mother
Is now free from pain and care;
1et we cannot yanquish sadness,
When we see her vacant chair.
Though the power has not been given
To inhabitants of earth,
To behold departed spirits
Who'vc attained supernal birth.
Is there not some mystic symbol
By which we may know that there
Is IA bright ETHEREAL presence
lowering o'er the vacant cbairs
Oh. come backl Dear, angel Mother!
Come in pleasant dreams at night!
When our minds are dulled by slumber
Fill our hearts with pure delight.
Though the sweet illusions vanish
In the morning bright and fair,
Give us glimpees of your presence
IN the sacred, vacant chair.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15

SECOND DIVISION.
BISHOP CREEK AND keller TRAIN RUNS en-
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS;
THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAIN, ON TUBS
DAYS, THURSDAYS ANB sArUkDArs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15

The above trains are run daily and make
close connection Mt Mound House with
trains Of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
for Virginia City and Reno, and with the
Central Pacific at Reno, via the Virginia and
Truckee, for all points East aud West.
Stage Connections.
Al Hawthsrnc with the United States Stage
Company's coaches for Aurora, 4 miles;
Bodie, 81 miles; Lundy and Bridgeport, and
stages for Coreyville, IL miles.
At Lunng, 125 miles from Mound House,
with Gilmer, Salisbury g. Co.'S tri-weekly
stages leaving Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays for Downeyyille, Grantsville and
Belmont.
Al Candelaria with the stages for Colun-
bus, miles; Silver Peak, Montezuma, Aida
Valley, Cola Mountain, etc.
At keeler, with stages for Cerro Gordo,
miles: Darwin, - miles, and Panamint.
II. M. YERINGTON, Gen. Supt.
II. J. LAWS, Assistant Superintendent.
ID. a. BENDER,
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15

A pM3E send six cents for postsrs. -,
q. su4En.reecisc free, a costly box 81 -
away than aaythisg else in tiaas MI
2. asner seq sucoeed from nrst hssr. ~
oroad road to fortaue opeus before ~ -. I
kssclateiy nfs. At once addrcso - -
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15

IT is better to take care of ones
health than ones malady,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-04-15
NEW AND ELEGANT CLUB ROOMS

fhe proprietor will enueavor to sell the
very best Of every article in their line. and
nereby inertia libcra. share of the public
patronage.
@. A. RICHARDSON.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
SOME VERY TRICKY rosrMAsrEBs
Caught Up on TAotr Unlawfal seAsnes-A
Monument to Grant by the @. A. E.-k
Civil Service Reform Kicker Dis
eomastsd-capItal New Notes.

WASHINGTON, September l5.-PostmGs-
ter J. W. Flagg, of Ellsworth, Mass, has
been recommended for removal for mail
ing circulars at his Office that should have
been mailed at Boston. Fourth.clags
Postmasters are paid salaries based on the
number of stamps cancelled at their
offices. II such postmaster can tron
friendship or through corrupt means, In
duce business men living in cities Of the
Presidential grade to mail a large guam
tity Of matter at their offices the effect is
to increase the p pastmaster's salary. This
practice is believed to prevail to q great
extent. The inspectors Investigations
have revealed the fact that there are per-
sons in New York and Boston who make
a business of furnishing aud addressing
great quantities Of circulars for firms free
upon the payment Of one cent postage on
each circular. They take these circulars
to small village postofice and stipulata
with q postmaster fora share in his COM
missions and this share 1t seems Ia large
enough to make this business lucrative.
The regulation of the PoEtotfice Depart
ment authorizes the Postmaster General
10 recover from postmasters any money
paid them in excess Of their lawful COM
mission, and under this 5000 hss been
received from postmasters guilty OF the
above described practice.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

DieOmAturs of an Enthusiastic Opponent
of Civil service Reform.

piseomhturs Of an Enthusiastic Opponent
of Civil Service Reform.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-Soms days ago
John Pope Hodnett, professional labor
mAn-that is, one who does the talking
while others Work--held q meeting by
himself Of the United Labor League and
personally resolved that this alleged Or
ganiz4tlon was opposed to the Civil Ser
vice law. To-day he obtained admission
to the Presidents room and as Mr. Cleve-
land was passing around the line and
reached him he said in q voice for all pres
ent to hear, "Mr. President, our labor
league has adopted q resolution in favor
OF testing the constitutionality OF the
Civil Service law. Now, we want you TO
help u.s." Here John Pope stopped and
smiled till he noticed that the President
looked as If he suspected him oil being
= crank, when he grew red in the face and
gave up smiling. The President said,
swell, what do you want me to do"
ave want you" said Hodnett, TO give
directions that the salary Of one Of the
Civil Service Commissioners be with
held until he has applied for nandamus
so that the constitutionRlity Of the law can
thus be tested.
''No, sir," said Mr.. Cleveland; "no, sir,
you don't get any help from me. wish
you to know that ! sm in favor Of the
civil service law. l want TO see II sue
ceed. l think you had better give that
scheme up.n
ed Washington with his vayaries, went
out, and later was seen on Pennsylvania
avenue distributing circulars calling q
public meeting 70 denounce "ths civil ser
vice humbug."