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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
Rodents Ruin the Sod Houses.
ICl4icago Herald. ]


Il don't know whether dare speak of
rats here in Chicago or not, said man
from York, Neb, at the Grand tactic,
one day last week, "but / was going to
tell you q peculiar thing. Out in our
country a certain industry has been en-
tirely ruined by rats. Before we got a
railroad through our country there were
men who used to go around putting up
sod houses for settlers l suppose - per
cent of the new settlers IN our region Oc-
cupied sod houses when they first moved
upon their hOmesteadS These builders
were particularly expert at the work,
though anybody can build a sod house.
The turf out there is strong and thick.
and they cut it up into squares about six
teen inches each way and lay it into
wall The wall builds up as true as die
if the blowing Of the turf has been care
fully done
"Of course they put in doors and win
dOwS just as they would if the walls were
made of brick or stone When the walls
are high enough they put some timbers
across, pile on some brush, and lay roof
of more turf These roofs turn water
nicely for year or two. After awhile
they dry out and are then not so good In
this way settlers could put up house at
an expense of $50, and do it in couple
of days If they couldn't afford a board
floor they would dig down below the soil.
and the hard, dry sub soil made as pretty
floor as a man would want sweeping
clean and keeping quite smooth. Of
course our people have nice frame houses
now. and have had for years, but sod out
buildings. stables and wagon sheds were
in use until the railroad came through.
and then it was goodbye sod houses. The
railroad brought in the rats and the rats
would cut sod house so full OF holes IN
week that there was danger of its falling
down. The rats have driven sod houses
out of the country
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
IMPORTANT
Real Estate Sale
HONOLULU,
Hawaiian Islands.

DARTIES DESIRING a GOOD INVEST
Inent in the Hawaiian Islands will have a
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 (II .
900, acres of land held in fee simple, and about
ron thousand 40 O0O acres held under lease TO run
six years longer. The stock on the estate com
prses about 800 head Of wellbred cattle, includ-
ing 100 yoke working cattle ana 300 miIch COWS
and 80 horses and mules.
The buildings consist of main dwelling house,
guests cottages, office billiard room, chapel,
dairy and beef houses, store, overSeers house,
servants quarters, etc, etc.
There are between three and four hundred thou
sand trees on the estate of varieties Of eucalyptus,
acacia, cypress, Pride of india, cedar and Gin
chons.
The cfsterns for water are II in number, the
argest capable OF holding Is, coo 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 II hours by steamer.
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 sa-
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 10 the house.
The sale of the above-named properties VIII be
held in the CITY of Honolulu MARCH l, 1856.
For further particulars apply to
JOHN D. SPRECKELS BROS,
san Francisco,
And 10
W8I. @. IRWIN & co,
All mari DIV Honolulu.
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supreme Court.
AT CHAsIBERs-BEFORE JUDD, c. J.
TUESDAY, December 29th.

At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JUDD, {. j.
TUESDAY, December 29th.
In re bankruptcy of Akiona of Wal
luku, Maui The Court heard the pc
tition of Messrs. H. Hackfeld q Co.,
alleging that said Akiona had committed
acts of bankruptcy, and praying that he
be so adjudged. There was no appear
ance of or for Akiona, and the Marshals
return certifes that process was duly
served on him. The Court, after hear
ing proofs, adiudged said Akiona a bank
rupt, and ordered that creditors prove
their claims before him on Monda Y,
January II, 1885.
Moses Mahelona, ex-Deputy Sheriff OF
Waianae, Oahu, after passing a success
full examination, was this morning
granted license to practice in the in
ferior Courts of the Kingdom.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
Installation

On Monday evening the following OH
GERS OF Lodge lie Progress de POceanie
were installed: Bro. w. B. Davey, w.
NJ; Bro. I. B. Peterson, S. w; Bro.
Thos. Wall, J. w. Bro. L. Kistler, Sec
rotary; Bro. PHI. Opfergelt, Treasurer;
Bro. c. H. Pieifer, s. D.; Bro. w. P.
Crooks, J. D.; Bro. j. Cameron, l. CT.
Bro. n. Clifford, Tyler. Several speeches
were made, and Past Masters jewels
were presented to Brothers j. II. Spear
and f. Kistler, who each returned
thanks in an appropriate manner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
Valuable Lease Of City Property
FOR SALE AT AUCTION.

1 am Instructed by Mr.. Thomas KrOuse to offer
at Public Auction the uneX pired lease and fixtures
of the desirable restaurant known as the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30

it. And that they are so ashamed is
evident by the fact that no man of
standing or character has come forward
to indorse the mischievous and untruth-
full statements made by the speakers at
that meeting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30

The usual weekly prayer meeting will be
held III the vestry of Fort-street Church
this vening at 80 O'Clock.
The Rev. George Wallace will conduct
the usual services at st. Andrew Cathe-
dral this evening at 7:30 O'Clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
M. THOMPSON,

ATToRNEY-AT-LAW,
pii 7ollcltoF IN Chancery. Office e,srnnhy,-
ntoch, second story, rooms and O Fnt-.a ,pDeIs
Naerchant street, Honolulu, II. I. 'a 16s % on
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
MULES FOR SALE.

TWELVE CALIFORNIA MULES. MAY IBE
/ seen in the vacant lot adjoining the ADYlsR-
TIsER office Apply to
Alb jan1 WIN. G.. IRWIN & co.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

A WRITER in the Philadelphia Times
of Sunday last, in speaking, among 9TH
er things, of several public men connect
ed with John Tyler's Administration in
1871, says: Walter Forward was
then Secretary of the Treasury. He
was from away up in the mountains at
Somerset. and the late Judge Jerry
Black was then in his law office. " The
writer is greatly mistaken. Walter
Forward, who was one of the foremost
men Of his day, ived in Pittsburg. and
never had a law Office in Somerset. The
writer in the Times confounds him with
his brother, Chauncey Forward, who was
a leading lawyer at the somerset bar
and very eloquent and accomplished
speaker. jeremiah ). Black read law
in his Office, and, soon after his admis-
sion to the bar, married his daughter
Mary, IN whose behalf he Judge Blackl
offered up such a brief, but touching
prayer few moments before he died.
Chauncey +. Black, the present Lieu
tenant Governor of the State, is named
after his fathers legal preceptor, Chaun-
eey Forward.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

THE following nominations were sent
by the President to the Senate on Mon
day last Minister to Russia, Alexan-
der r. Lawton, of Georgia; to Italy,
Anthony NJ. Kelley, of Virginia Bra
I'll, Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, of
North Carolina ; Portugal, Edward p.
G. Lewis, of New Jersey; Netherlands.
Isaac p. Bell, of Rhode Island; Sweden
ard Norway, Rufus Magee, of Indiana :
Consul General at London, ex-Go vernon
Thomas NJ. Waller, of Connecticut :
Consul General at Berlin, Frederick
Raine, of Baltimore Consul General at
Vienna, Edmund Jussen, of Illinois :
Consul at Athens, Evan P. HowelIs, of
Georgia; Consul at Manchester. Eng
land, y. Haller Gross, of Philadelphia
The comments on these nominations at
Washington are highly favorable. In
reaching a conclusion in regard TO them
Mr.. Bayard's voice has been all power
full with the President, and it is freely
admitted that he (Bayard) has done
more to elevate the service abroad in
the appointments made by the President
since his accession to power, than any
other man in the same length of time
who has heretofore held the high posi-
tiOn of Secretary of State.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03
HOwTO SAVE YOUR BOY.

The land IS overrun with tramps and
criminals. Idleness and crime are on
the increase. 1t is time to look these
evils in the face and ascertain their oTi-
gin and the social conditions which pro-
mote their growth.
In pursuing this investigation it is OF
the highest Importance to find out the
most potential factors of vagrancy and
vice. Fortunately, this is no very diff
cult task. The statistics furnished by
some of our best and oldest prisons
throw a flood of light upon the question.
Tie report of the warden of the West
ern Pennsylvania penltentiary may be
accepted as reliable statement of facts,
and it is an easy matter after reading it
to draw the proper inference.
According to :he report referred to,
of the 574 prisoners received last year,
AT never learned a trade, business, or
profession 20 learned trade, and 27
did some occasional work without hav-
a regular calling. OF this number, 499
could read and write and 75 could not !;
357 were either tota, abstainers or mod
crate drinkers 191 we're occasionally
intoxicated, and 46 come under the head
of intemperance.
1t will be seen that sobriety did not
save these men, as 63 per cent. of them
we're quite temperate. Education did
not save them, as 81 per cent. had an or
binary English education. But 50 per
cent. had no trade, and when this fact
is stated no further explanation is re-
quired. 1t is utterly useless to expect
a temperate and fairly educated youth
to make his way in the world unless he
is taught some useful calling If he
starts out into the world wholly unpre-
pared to make an honest living. sobriety
and education will not prevent him
from becoming a tramp or a criminal.
He must inevitably take his stand with
those classes unless he inherits wealth
or some wonderful good forune befall
him.
1t is we'll to brush away the generally
received idea that ignOr ance and intem-
perance fill our prisons. The statistics
we have quoted from a State with a
white population, are matched by SINH
lar facts and figures from the prisons
of England and France. Everywhere
it will be found that id!eness and the
lack of industrial training are the main
features of crime. The lesson to be
learned from this brief summary should
be kept before the mind of every parent.
/ The only way to assure boys future is
to give him, in addition to the proper
moral and literary training, useful
trade, business, or profession, by which
he may make himself self-suppOrting.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

MAHOMET's notion about appoint
ments to Office is set forth in the Koran
as follows: = A ruler who appoints
any man to an Office when there is in his
dOminiOns another man better quail
fled for it, sins against God and against
the State" We suppose that this theo-
~ worked well enough in Arabia where
no Presidential elections we're held and
where such thing as postoflice or an
Internal Revenue Collectorship was un-
known, but it won't meet the demands
of this progressive age. We propose,
therefore, to amend Mahomet's platform
by striking out the words better quail
fed for IT," aud inserting in lieu there
of the words better entitled to II. -
When thus modified il will cover the
present condition of political affairs in
this country and will meet with general
acceptatiOn by the unterrifed Democ-
~ary
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

MODERN history is full Of notable in
stances in which Irish valor on many a
European battlefield snatched victory
from the jaws of defeat and saved the
day for Britaiu's crown. History is now
repeating itself in this regard on the
shores of the Red Sea. Two weeks ago
when Gen. Graham put his troops in
motion from Berber to march TO Hash
cen, seven or eight miles distant, they
were suddenly attacked on the route
by a superior force of the False
Prophet, we're outfianked and fell back
in confusion before the Arab spearmen,
when the Irish Lancers changed the
tide of battle by desperate charge and
retrieved the fortunes of the day when
they seemed almost hopeless. In Lon
don this affair near Hasheen is claimed
as a victory, but whatever of that char
acter is 10 be attached to it must be at
tTibuted 10 Irish pluck and courage.
And yet England, TO her eternal shame
and disgrace, still persists in clutching
the throat Of Ireland with az iron hand.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03
Continued rT0s1 last sSeeE.)
How Watch Cases are Mqde:

1t is-a fact not generally known that the
James Boss Gold Watch Gases really con-
tain more pure gold than many "solid"
gold eases The demand for these watch
cases has led to the manufacture of a very
poor grade of solid gold watch. cases
low m quality, ard deficient in quantity.
These cases are made from Z to 10 karats,
and 5 or 6 karat case is often sold for II
or Ia karats. 1t Is NOT economy to buy a
watch case so poor in quality shat it will
soon lose its color, or one so soft that it viii
lose its shape and fail to shut tight, thus
letting in dust and damaging the works, or
one so thin that slight blow viii break
she crystal, and perhaps the movement
1t Is economy to buy Jdaes Boss Gold
WGtch Case, in which NONE of these things
ever occur. This watch case rs not an erperi-
nlent-it has been made nearly thirty vsars
HAzLEron. Pa, Oct. -. Iss.-
sold two 5smes Boss Gold watch Cases thirty
years ago, when they first cans out and they arc in
good condition. yet One Of them is carried by =
carpenter, nr. l. ". Drake. 9f Hazleton. and only
shows the wear in one ofStv8 places; the other by
Mr. Bowman, OF Cunninghs1n, Pa and can pro-
duce one. or both Of these at any time.
SYLvssTER ESGLE, JsrrsIsr.
Send esat stamp Keystone watch Case FACTORIES Ph
Rs for handsome Pamphlet shovins hs
sanes sns- and Aeystone WassA Csse- ars made.
TO Be CsnfinJSed.)
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

THE nomination last week by Presi-
dent Cleveland of Congressman s. S.
Cox, Of New York, as Minister to Tur-
key, has been received by the country
as one eminently fit to have been made.
Everybody has heard of Mr.. Cox and
always to his credit. He is a very
scholarly gentleman and combines liter
ature with politics in a remarkable de-
gree. Mr.. Cox is an Ohio man and
served eight years in Congress from that
State prior to his removal to New York,
and since he resided in that city has
been elected to Congress eight times in
succession. His public record is with
out stain or blemish.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

IT is now very evident that neither
William r. Morrison, the Democratic
candidate, nor John a. Logan, the Re-
publican candidate, can be elected to
the United States Senate from Illinois.
The Legislature of that State, as our
readers are aware, is tie on joint bal
lot, thus requiring one of the two can
didates in order to be successful, to re-
ceive at least one vote from the opposite
party. 1t so happens, however, that
Col, Morrison is opposed by two or three
Democratic members, and one Republi-
can, Sittig, from Chicago, has not yet
voted for Logan, and pledges his life,
his fortune and his sacred honor, that
he never will vote for him. The Legis-
lature has gone on balloting once day,
and sometimes oftener, for several
weeks without any choice and every
prospect os an election may be saiG to
have disappeared. There,is a chance
that some man will yet be elected, bat if
he is, his name will neither be Morrison
nor Logan. One peculiar phase of the
long struggle is the gentleInanly man
neT in which it has been conducted by
the principals and their respective
friends, which is something unusual in
such matters. In a conversation at
Washington last week Mrs. Logan ex-
planned how this feature of the contest
has been so strictly adhered to. She
said
"You have no doubt observed that there is
an entire absence of bitterness in the con-
test between my husband and Colonel Nor
risOn. Not a harsh word has been uttered
by either of them or their friends, nor will
there be, for neither Will permit it. We are
the best of personal friends. Colonel Nor
risOn and my husband we're in the same bri-
gade at Fort DOnelson, during the late war,
and were wounded there. Mrs. Morrison
and / went to the battlefield and took care
of them. A warm friendship sprang up,
which has not diminished, and l don't be-
lieve politics could lessen 1t either. l would
not listen to a SANDER against Colonel Nor
rison or permit unfair advantages to be ia
ken of him. My husband feels the same
way, and 1 believe Colonel and Mrs. Morri-
son are as strong friends to us"
This is highly creditable to both sides,
and in this instance at least, relieves
the struggle from what usually gives
to a Senatorial contest its worst and
most Tepulsive aspect.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

IN the State Senate last week Mr..
Lee, of Venango county, introduced a
bill prohibiting the issuing of free pas
ses by railroad companies. If the Leg
islature could only be persuaded to pass
a stringent bill on this subject accompa-
MED with such penalty for its violation
as would render its enforcement abso-
lutely certain, it would shorten the next
and all subsequent sessions of that body
at least thirty days, and thereby save
the taxpayers of the State not less than
one hundred thousand dollars. We
have no faith, however, that such bill
will Se enacted, as a free railroad pass
is thing of beauty and a joy forever to
a member Of the Legislature-a boon
that he will never put aside if he can
help It,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

JUDGE WHITE, of Pittsburg, on
Wednesday of last week, in sentencing
a festive youth who had stolen pair of
rOlle- skates for his " giIl,' denounced
the roller rink as the curse of the land
and said that if the prisoner had stolen
all the skates in the world he would have
conferred benefit upon humanity and
earned his freedom. This is pretty
rough on the rinks, but, as we said some
time ago in referring to judicial and
pulpit denunc:ations against them, they
will hold their own, at least for time,
but that they will eventually die out is
quite certain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

EX-SENATOR MCDONALD, of Indi-
ana, who was represented last summer
as having got his back up because he
was not nominated foI Vice President
at the Chicago Convention, and to have
had it up again since Cleveland's inau-
guration because he was not taken into
the Cabinet, has recently been at Wash
ington and was rendered by the Presi-
dent the mission to Russia, which has
since been conferred upon Gen. Lawton,
of Georgia. Mr.. Mcdonald declined
the offer. The term of Ben. Harrison.
the present Republican member of the
L. S. Senate from Indiana, will expire
on the 4th of March, 1887, and Mr.. Nc
Donald has an idea that he can be cleo
ted to succeed him, and it looks very
much now as though he can. He thinks
that seat in the Senate is a much more
desirable position than that of Minister
to Russia, and in taking this view of
the political future he is undoubtedly
correct. Mr.. Mcdonald, who is good
deal of philosopherand a cool headed
judge of men, was asked after his return
to Indianapolis, to give his opinion of
Mr.. Cleveland as President, and in re-
ply he said
He is a man of much more ability than
the public have been inclined to give him
credit for. but it is of a kind that does not
show itself until occasion calls it out He
is an earnest, thoughtful man, who looks
upon official station as a sacred trust and
will undoubtedly bend all his energies ta
the faithful discharge Of its duties. So, IL
were characteTiZing his administration, |
would say the two leading ideas OF features
of it would be efficiency aud economy. Ev-
cry one holding an Office under him will be
required to discharge fully and faithfully
the duties that pertain to it, while he will
take measures to cut down the official force
to the lowest possible point consistent with
an efficient discharge of the public duties
While all official changes that are made will
be made in the interest of his party. he Will
not attempt to make appointments in viola
ton of the law OF at the expense of the pub
lie service.
This is very sensible and is a correct
estimate of tie President and the pur-
poses he has III view.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

The Chinese forces gained a victory
over the French at Langson on Friday
last. The Chinese are reported as being
fifty thousand strong, and the general
in command Of the French troops asks
his Government to send him reinforce
ments ''as quickly as possible, He
seems to be in about as tight place as
General WOlsely, the commander of the
English forces, is in Soudan, or Upper
Egypt. The civilized world would view
with cOmplacency the defeat of both of
:hese land grabbing powers in their at
tempts to ride rough shOd over the
heather, the one in Asia and the other
in Africa. a war between England and
Russia would simplify the matter amaz-
ingly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03

THERE is an abatement of the war
excitement IN London, bnt not of the
determination of the Government or the
people. Russia's reply to England's ul-
timatum is expected this week The
London Times of Saturday probably in
terpUets England's policy correctly whea
it says; Even if the Cabinet were
disposed to preserve peace by concession
after concession, it is now clear that
such policy would be as unsafe as it
would lie dishonorable. Yielding would
ALLEVIATE the Afghans and degrade us in
the eyes ot all the people of the East,
without in reality avertirg war, which
would only be postponed at most three
wears. A delay would opiy benefit
Russia TO the detrIment of England. -
This loss of prestige derives additional
humiliation for England by the failures
in the Soudan.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03
Please Remember

Do not forget that life is worth every effort
that is put forth for its preservation, and no
matter what the ailment or disease you
should not give up to .he fell destroyer with
cOuDteTact his advances ana so reQaia your
heath and strength. Yes please remember
that DIR. Hartman, ot Pittsburgh has dis
covered a remedy called Perund which, al
though not warranted 10 cuIe every disease
incident To this climate aud humanity In
general, yet il has performed some cures
which were almost miIacu lous i'm their na-
ture. Per1tnd is composed Of the puTest nf
ingredients, and no mineral poison is
allowed To enter into into il under any csn.
sIderatiOn, and hence Il j. always snre apd
cafe TemeGY Give i q t,ial aud Son viii
Ike ft