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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17
A COLD SNAP.

The coolest weather of the season is now upon
us, the ground having frozen on Monday night
for the first time during the winter, and the
thermometer registering 900 on yesterday morn
ing
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17
UNTIL JANUARY 1sT, 1886.

We will furnish the YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER
from this date until January 1st, 1886, for Is
cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the
SuhScrintiOn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17

MASONIC GRAND LODGE.-The following
officers for the ensuing year were elected by
the NJ. w. Grand Lodge of South Carolina,
in session in Charleston last week. J. Adg-
er Smyth, Charleston, Grand Master; A. H.
White, Rock Hill, ID. G. NJ; r. +. Diver,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17
THE LIEN LAW.

At the present writing, the indications
are that the Legislature, yielding to the
clamor of certain persons throughout the
State, for the past four years, will repeal the
lien law, the ostensible object being to i'm
prove the condition of the laboring class,
but the real purpose being to create sys-
tenn of serfdom for large number of the
poorer class and deprive the laboring man
with limited means of all opportunity to
till the soil except under boss. While
this is thrust at the poor man, intended to
make him poorer, the evil will not stop
there. One serious effect will be to de-
preciate the value Of lands, result Incl
dent to the disorganization of labor that
win surely follow the repeal of the law,
while our State will lose large percentage
of its best labor, driven away by the oppres-
ssive system that will inevitably follow re-
peal of the law.
In the present financial depression it
were safer and wiser to leave the lien law
undisturbed. The statute only permits the
system, protecting the landlord, it is true,
but at the same time affording the poor
man means of obtaining credit; yet there
is nothing in the law making it compulsory
upon either party to enter into the contract.
The number of liens recorded each year in
every county of the State is the strongest
argument in favor of the necessity of the
law. Deprive this large class of persons of
the opportunity of giving such security as
they can, and they will be driven to the
wall
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17

A CIRCUS STEALS a CHURCH BELL.-
For the past month Orton's circus has been
travelling through Georgia. Last week after
the circus left the town of Calhoun the Pres
byterian Church bell, which had been taken
down for repairs, was missed. Certain facts
justified the suspicion that the circus had
stolen it, and lawyer in Dalt ton was tele-
graphed to and requested to look for the
bell among the effects of the circus.
When the show arrived at Dalton Col. Jones
arrived with the proper papers, made search
and found the bell. 1t had been cracked
and was valueless except for old metal.
The proprietors of the circus will be made
to buy a new bell and deliver ito the church
at Calhoun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17


FOUR COLORED PEOPLE DROWNED
Four colored people, two men and two
women, were drowned in Broad river at
point several miles below the Air Line
bridge, night before last. 1t appears that
on the night in question, the neighborhood
darkies had frolic on the plantation Of
Mr.. D. j. Smith, in York county, S. G.,
and some of them on their return to their
homes, had to cross the river. An ordinary
dug out canoe furnished the means of trans
portation across the water. The boats last
load consisted of five colored people, two of
whom were women, and almost immedi-
atcy after embarkng they noticed that the
boat was leaking badly. Believing that
they could keep the canoe atloat by bailing
it out they continued pulling for the other
shore. They had underestimated their
ability to bail out the water and despite
their efforts the boat gradually filled, but
they managed to keep it aflOat until almost
within reach of the shore. The bank which
they were approaching came down abrupt
ly into the water which was deep, and the
boat went under when within about ten
feet of the landing. Two Of the men grasp
ed the two woman and endeavored to save
them, when all four sunk and were drown
ed. The remaining member Of the party
was rescued by a colored man who been
attracted to the scene by the cries of the
drowning people. All four bodies were
recovered from the water the following
morning.-ChdTlotte Observer, SATURDAY.
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country with money, and run it in his
own interests. Mr.. Kinney went on to
say that the Crown lands did not now
belong to the Crown; they had been
taken away from it. lat this remark
Mr.. Castle appeared to have a sudden
call outside the building, and hastily
took his departure.l Mr.. Kinney went
on to speak in high terms of the Hons.
Nawahi and Pilipo, and said that this
great man from San Francisco intended
to cut their heads off.
b1r. Thurston was the next speaker,
and indorsed Mr.. Kinney's views. he
said if they wanted to know what this
great man from San Francisco had done,
he would tell them. He had taken all
the water from Waihee and other places.
He had heard that Waihee, Waikapu
and Spreckelsville were going to elect
Government candidates, and it would be
the same at Kau Most OF the planta-
tons were in the agen,y of Messrs. VIM.
q. Irwin & Co.
Mr.. J. 2. Hanaaumoi followed in a
very sarcastic speech, in which he ridi-
culed the remarks of NIessrs. Kinney
and Thurston, to the evident delghtsof
the audience.
The meeting then adjourned without
indorsing the Opposition ticket.
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Storyetsaa.
nan Francisco Arsonaut.

lSan Francisco ArRonaUG
A good story is tod OF one OF the RothS-
childs. A son of his had Deen habitually
driven down to the city in the morning by
the same cabman, and invariably paid the
man a form. One day the father himself
happened to hail the same cabman. At the
journeys end he handed the driver only
eighteen pence. The man looked glum and
said: Excuse me- sir, but your SON always
gives me two shIlingS." "Ah," returned
the great Hnancier, che has q rich father,
you know, and haven t."
There Ii q story which Is characteristic
enough Of Carlyle, though it does not place
his character in q very amiable light. Car
lyle was asked to attend q meeting at the
West End for assisting DISTRESSED needle
women Sidney Herbert being IN the chair,
or at all events, present and taking an active
part in the above philanthrOpic movement
When il came to Csrlyls's turn to speak he
said: II can't make out why 50 great fust
Il made about these women; they can't sew,
and they can't help themselves. If had
NV Way I'd carry them to the edge OF the
universe and just quietly drop them over
the side"
The commercial traveller Of q Philadelphia
house, while in Tennessee. approached q
stranger as the train was about to START,
aud said: Are you going on this trainF'
al am" Shave you any baggageF mo.
'CWeu my friend, you can do me favor,
and it won't cost you anything You see,
I've two big trunks, and they always make
me pay extra for one of them. You can get
one checked on your ticket, and we'll euchrV
'em. Seer Eyes, l see; but haven't any
ticket" But thought you said you were
conductor" ''ohr' He paid extra, al
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
THE LATEST AMERICAN INVENTION.
THE VICTORY OF ELECTRICITY.

all inventor
lem has till now not been that the could rid
d0m Is PrnGps
completely realizing
this ideal
veOntsy,
10
It
has before
usanddc notn to be
on urcao Of tEsg s ops snlf all sSs
can in Orde
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sasotnd
exing1ish
That it will burn
Iiis lamp 6r present different
kept coaches umnato gardens other industrial
Per lamp amp delivered free to any partof the world. -
4"'
Price per lamp Inclusive
G. grand pqor hall public building The
the woI manshipi is both 440
ADy special size design made to- ode Estimates furnished
All lamps immediate will be packed
and c.
year, winb
; centw Wilt allowed.
abroad filled unless accompanied remittance
method sending by
the postage
stamps Of any country Of the world 1; . -, ''
nrngmens
eonsgnees lamps every
be
Address NORMAN
3S7mar6 PHILADELPHIA, u. AMERICA
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Cats for the Coming War.

J
They are busy training carrier pigeons
In EUROPE for the coming war. They are
experimenting with balloons and things.
| have been requested on behalf of q
friend of mine TO publish his suggestion.
which is worthy of the attention OF mill
tary authorities It is cats My friend
says that cat will always go back to the
place you take it from. l know myself
that cats will always come back 10 place
a boot ack has dislOged them from l
know that a cat win never give up
hunting place where 1t has once been
happy, however emphatic may be the re-
mOnstrances from the owner of the bed
room below or above. But the joke about
cats is now exhausted However. this
friend of mine says he once took 8 cat in
a closed bag from Los Gatos to San Fran
cisco by train. Well that cat walked
quietly back to Los Gatos.
My friend points out the wonderful
value of this peculiarly in cats to an army
full work He suggests that every soldier
should carry cat in his kit. Some PEG
Die have heard of kits in cat, but that is
no matter. There are several points.
however, my friend has not considered.
If the army were beleRguered the cat.
would have to be eaten. Well. that is.
after all, an advantage for sometimes
they do not even have cats. But cats have
q way of taking their time that would not
suit a war. There would be tOnstanl
trouble between the sexes, too. and after
oil, perhaps. ,arrier pigeons and balloons
are better. He subStantiates his position
by another story of a cat. which. when
the family moved in town, went back
every night to the old place The pro
gramme of the usual Oncert, l suppose,
in. Iuded that old time favorite, Home
Gain
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
How Grant StIRemed Up Aa Aide.
New York wOrld.l


An old army officer told me the other
day how Gen. Grant once revived the
tagging courage Of one of his staff Off
GERS. The latter. when he was first as
signed to duty under Grant had never
been in any serious engagement Almost
the first day that he reported to Grant he
was placed under 9 fire of the hottest and
most severe kind. The screaming Of the
balls, the roaring of the cannon, and the
sharp crack and rattle of the musketry
thoroughly demOralized him. He became
absolutely sick and paralzyed with fear.
He was so weak from nervous excitement
that he lost physical control over himself.
Grant came up at the very climax of
his fright aud noticing his pale face. his
blue lips, and chatteriDg teeth, he said:
"Captain, you are. frightened. That il
natural enough. You will get over it
Suppose, continued Grant, II should
come to you with hat containing ninety
nine white beans and one black one, aud
l should ask you to thrust your hand into
the hat at a venture and pick out the black
bean; do you think your chance of get
ting that black bean would be very goOdf
Well, your chance for being hit under
this fire Is no greater than your chaucs
for drawing the black bean" This Off
Ger at once took heart. and from then on
he ne. eT showed thu SLIGHTEST sign Of fear.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Post Office will be closed all day on
Friday christmas Day..
The steamer w. q. Hall sails for wind
ward on Saturday at p. m.
There will be trotting and running race
at Kapiolani Park on Friday afternoon.
The late Colonel Russell law library will
be sold to-day by Messrs. f. P. Adams
& Co.
Messrs. Lovejoy u Co. have just received
consignment OF the celebrated Royal
Club gin.
In the lot adjoining this office may be
seen twelve California mules, which are
offered for sale.
The Royal Hawaiian Band will give
concert at Emma Square on the afternoon
Of Christmas Day from to O'Clock.
( The box plan for the Ward-Vernon en-
treatment on Saturday evening closes at 9
o'clock sharp this morning at the office OF
]. E. Wiseman, Merchant street.
The dramatic performance at the Ha-
waiian Opera House Saturday evening by
Miss Geneyieve Ward and Mr.. w. H. Yer
non promises to be a brilliant success.
The last chance to forward mail to the
! Coast occurs to-day. The brig John d.
| Spreckels leaves at noon and a mail will
close at the Post Office at IL 80 O'Clock.
The Popular Millinery House has the
largest assortment of holiday goods i'll the
Kingdom, and at prices that please every
body. \. S. Sachs, proprietor, 1O4 Fort
| street.
| This evening Mr.. Lewis J. Levey con-
! tinues the sale of Geo. w. Macfarlane &
! Co.'S fancy goods. A splendid assOrtHl lent
will be offered, and remember this is posi-
! lively the last Christmas sale, so do not fail
to take advantage of the opportunity.
| Six natives were charged in the Civil
Court yesterday with deserving contract
service of the Interisland Steam Naviga-
ton Company, and one for deserving SER
vice of Allen & Robinson. The different
cases were amicably settled on payment of
costs.
| During the absence of the Hon. w. c.
Parke on the Island of Maui, he sold the
| bankrupt estate of LOrrin A. Andrews, sit
uate at Makawao. The estate comprised
! S,44O acres, and with the live stock and
|
| Hooking purchased the land.
One of the most important real estate
| sales ever advertised in this city appears
in this issue. The Rose Ranch property
| situated on the Island OF Maui, lately
owned by Captain ]. Makee, and the ele-
| CANT residence on Beretania street, Homo
| lulu, belonging to the Makee estate, are to
be sold on March 1, 1886. Full particulars
will be found in the advertisement.
We must acknowledge that the finest dis
play of holiday goods are to be seen in the
show windows of NJ. McInerny. We would
advise general and early inspection by in
| tending purchasers. A fine line of ladies'
misses and childrens LilSe and real gen.
uine Balbriggan hosiery and underwear
can be seen at the same establishment.
| Also, full line of mems ware of same class
| of goods.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
IMPORTANT
Real Estate Sale
HONOLULU,
Hawaiian Islands.

DARTIES DESIRING A GOOD INVEST
rare opportunity in the purchase OF the Rose
Ranch property, lately owned by Captain James
Makee, on the island OF Maui.
This estate comprises over eleven thousand q -
O0OJ acres Of land held la fee simple, aud about
ten thousand 100000 acres held under le-se TO run
six years longer. The stock on the estate COM
prises about $500 head of well-bred cattle nclud-
ing 100 yoke working cattle and 300 mich cows
and 80 horses aud mules.
The buildings consist of u main dwelling house
guests cottages office, billiard room, chapel,
dairy aud beef houses, store, oversetr's house,
servants quarters, etc, etc.
There are between three and four hundred thou
sand Oh the estate OF varieties of eucalyptus
Scacia, cypress, Pride of india, cedar and Gin
chOnA.
The csterns for water are IL in number, the
largest capable of holding Ii, 600 barrels.
Steamers from Honolulu stop at the landing Of
the estate once a week. The passage from Homo
lulu to the landing Is made in u hours by
Hundreds of citizens of California and the Eastern
States have experienced the hospitality OF the late
Captain Makee, who will bear willing testimony TO
the natural beauties of the estate and TO the
lubrity of the climate.
ALSO TO BE SOLD,
The fine residence in the city OF Honolulu belong
ing to the Makee estate together with the furni-
ture belonging to the house.
he sale OF the RbOve-named properties will be
held in the city of Honolulu MARCH l, 1856.
For further particulars apply 10
JOHN D. SFRECKELS BROS,
san Francisco,
And to
wM. G. IRWIN Il CO.,
Al mari d-w Honolulu
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
OF FLOWERS

TMaurice Ezan in Town Topics-1
There were no roses till the first child died,
No violets no balmy- brea thed heartsease,
No heliotrope, nor buds so dear to bees,
The honey hearted wOodbine, no gold-eyed
And white-lashed daisy foWer, nor, stretch
ing wide,
Clover and cowshp -cupS like rival seas,
Meeting and parting as the young Spring
breeze
Runs giddy races playing seek and hidsi
For all flowers died when Eve lefT Paradise,
And all the world was howsrlesS awhile,
Until q little child was laid In earth;
Then from its grave grow Violsts for Its eyes,
And from its lips rose petals for its smile,
And so all flowers from that child's death
took birth
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
Southern sweden Sink ing.
ICcrnhnI Ma2azine.l

Southern Sweden Is now sink ing, an
inch at time under the brackish waves
of the encroaching Baltic. Streets in
Swedish towns. originally built. no doubt
like most other streets), above high
water mark. now lie below the tide which
must be very uncomfortable for their
owners with other earlier and still lower
streets beneath and beyond them The
whole peninsula, in fact is gradually dis
appearing beneath the waters of the
Baltic
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v npa hetic Ink.
ClIcagl Times.

A sympathetic ink for writing on postal
cards is made from diluted sulphuric acid
one part II acid and Sc en- of water.
After it dries the writing is as invisible as
though done with water A gold pen or
quill should be used
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24

of the facts on which he undertook to
comment. Following is the schedule OF
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
M. THOMPSON.

ATTORN + Y "A T-LAW
and Solicitor in ChanceTy. once, CampbsIIs
Block, second story, rooms and g. Entrance a.,
Merchant street, Honolulu, II. 1. 4O5tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
GaulO-ROnnan Bones.

Twelve mounds of incinerated human
bones have been dug up in France, at a
point which makes It likely that they are
the remains of GaulO- Roman warriors,
who, in the time of Hannibal. fell in de-
Tending the Rhone against that generals
passage
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24

Now, it appears from the foregoing
that the entire property, real and per-
sonal of the Kingdom, in the year of
grace, 1885, was assessed at 1854 ,039 05,
while persons and trades as distinguished
from property, were assessed arbitrarily
by law $179,6I5 IL. This is state of
things which does not exist elsewhere.
In fact, the law discriminates in favor of
capital, in its various forms in this
country, and against individuals and
small industries, IA for example the tax
on carriages and carts, the poll, school
and road taxes while the natives are
mulcted in some 5000 for their love of
canine pets. When he Opposition
newspapers again write upon the subject
of taxation, to which they 80 frequently
alluded OF late, We hope they will out
line plan under which the incidence of
taxation May be more fairly borne. As itis5
it bears most unfairly upon poor men and
small traders, while large property own
ers and absentees are able to conceal
taxable property or escape paying their
quota, AS residents do, Tor the protection
of the laws. As IA cOrollary to the fore
going, We may remark that the assess
ment upon real and personal property in
1885 is less than in either Of the previous
years. Thus:
1885-Real and personal ....... 1854 ,039 05
1S84-Real and personal 49,. 80. 266, 1856 %
1883-Real and personal ...... 256,88 As
Wherefore it follows, that despite the
steady growth in wealth of the country,
there has been more tax Sinking this
last assessment than formerly. This
bears unduly upon that portion of the
population among whom concealment is
impossible, because the total tax levy of
1885, as appears above, is considerably in
excess of that of former years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
Elegant Rings,
Musical Boxes,

Opera Glasses, Stereoscopes, Pictures, RevOveFs,
silk HRndkerchi is, etc, etc.
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MULES FOR SALE.
3S7nar16

TWELVE CALIFORNIA MULES. MAY tBE
seen In the vacant lot adjoining the ADvER-
User office. Apply TO
413 jan1 WIN. G. IRWIN & co.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-23

A Tennessee man finds there are
100000 worthless dogs In that State,
which consume food enough if fed
to hogs, to make 3O,OOO,OOO pounds
of bacon, which would be equal to
feeding meat to 100000 able bodied
men a whole year. At 10 cents a
pound the bacon would be worth
$1,000, 900, and if in silver would
load down 81 two-horse wagons and
make a wagon train more than
half mile long. Again, the worth
less whelps prevent farmers from
keeping 1000, 900 sheep, the mutton
and wool from which would be
worth $5,OOO,OOO. Including the
sheep annually killed, the whole.
expense of keeping the dogs of the
State amounts to the pretty sum of
$9,OOO,0OO.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-23

The United States mails offer a
tolerably safe medium for the con-
veyance Of money. Eleven million
dollars IN gold coin, mailed in lots
of several hundred thousand, have
gone through from San Francisco
to New York all right. But those
quarter of million packages must
have been a powerful temptation to
some Of the postal employees. And
what magnificent opportunities for
mail robbery, on the Jesse James
plan, have been afforded by these
shipments! So far as is generally
known, no special guards have been
employed by the Postoffice Depart
ment during the transit Of these
millions.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-23
LOFTY LAKES.

Under the heading Of EASTER
Correspondence, the Russian Rive
Flag publishes a letter signed Exit
tie." in which this noteworthy
statement occurs:
Chautauqua lake is the highest
navigable body Of water on the con-
tinent, being 1906 feet above the
ocean, and 723 feet above Lake
Erie.
Kitty writes as one very much
in love with Chautauqua, and may
be pardoned for the error into
which her enthusiasm has betrayed
her. Johnson's Encyclopedia
makes the same mistake. Chau-
tauqua lake is about 5000 feet
lower than Lake Tahoe, which,
strange to say, is not mentioned in
Jobnson's or Aprleton's Encyclo-
padia. Tahoe is eight times larger
than Chautan"ra, is navigable in
Every part, and !ncomparably more
beautiful. There are several other
navigable lakes in California thous-
ands of feet aboye the sea --such as
Bonner, Independence and Weber.
TIE largest navigable lake in the
United States, west Of Salt Lake in
Utah, is Pyramid in Nevada. It
has an area of 2O5 square miles
(seyenty more than Tahoe, and is
about four thousand feet above the
sea. This magnificent sheet Of
water is clear and deep, surrounded
by mountains Of strange coloring
and peculiar beauty. 1t is won
derful, far more attractive than
many of the famous resorts of the
Atlantic Coast. "Kittie" must
come West if she would see high
lakes an6 tall mountains.-Sac.
Bee.