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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-24

Sew York COMMERCIAL ADVERTISE D.. =
Among the houses one must visit--if
only once-is the house of Lady Wilde,
mother of the famous Oscar ii is il
house in Park street leading outof Lark
lane one Of the head uarters of fash ON
in tte immediate neighbOrhood of Hy lie
park 1t is the dingiest diriiest, most
disreputabIe abode of genliIity that [ ev..r
set eyes on. The mother of the apps,
of beauty lives therein. and with her Hr
William-or Master William as he is
sometimes called the elder brother of the
apostle
When the other day pulled the grimy
handle of the belt attached to the door
way, noticed written above it, the ON
inous word Nothing" What did it
mean? A friend of Master William. TO
whom | applied for information told me
it meant everything; that is was the
whole news of the house in a nutshell
and meant To describe the state of the
Wildes' finances Inside things are
scarcely better, but the lobby, staircase
and reception room are so dark in broad
daylight that visitors are obliged to grope
their way up, and have not time or leisure
to Examine details. Those who have
done so speak with bated breath of the
dusty, almost wormy, atmosphere. dwell
ing with a sense of injury on the bit IF
drugget over which they nearly stumble
and the drawing room table, which
dinaly seen in the sanctuary. made loco
motion of any kind positive danger
The great Oscar and his brother " ill
lam do the duties of hosts in a most mas
terly manner: the lady of the house. who
it Is said. objects to light, is an excellent
hostess. brain, my dear madam: brain.
my good sir That is what we want
And so she talks and smiles and talks to
all her guests, hoping they are clever, and
feeling quite sure that they are also fond
of brain. Oscar, on one occasion, handed
seme buns to a charming young lady.
@Bnt pray YOU, avoid them. I alwa )
do She did not take the hint, and she
lived ia. regret it The buns were elderly
with taste of cupboards about them
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inviting Cholera.

Isan Francisco r. Cincinnati Enquireri
In a sanitary point of view Chinatown
presents strange anomaly. With the
babits manners. customs and whole econ
Ouny of life violating every accepted rule
of hygiene; with open cesspoois, eXhaia
tions from Water-closets, sinks and sewers
taintinR the atmosphere with noxious va
pors and sitting odors; with people
herdei and packed in damp cellars, nvlng
literally the life of vermin. badly fed and
clothed. addicted to the daily use OF opium
to the extent that many hours OF each
daV or night are passed in the dellrlouS
stnpefaction of its influence, it is not 10
be denied that, as a whole, the general
health of the locality compares more than
fayorably with other sections OF the city
which are surrounded by more favorable
conditions.
It seems impossible to account for this
state of things upon any other condltloh
than that of the constant fumigation to
which Chinatown is subject open Wood
fires from celia. to attic, cigars, toba co
aud opium pipes all contribute hourly
clouds of smoke to the fumagatlon pro
cess. and probably prevents the generation
and snread of zymotic diseases, that 9th
erwise could scarcely fail to rapidly ueci-
mate the Chinese population OF San
Francisco These preventive influences
can never be sufficient guard against chOi
era or other like visitations. Tor the TERRI
bic disease, no matter whether 1t IS borne
on the wings of the wind, or steals like
thief at night, will surely decimate and
play sad havoc In these filthy habitatlons.
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The Esthotlo Apostle at Homo.

Payable Invariably in AdUdnce.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-24
G. v. MacfafIane 4 Co., Agents.
The RiSdOn
Iron & Locomotive Works,

SAN FRANCTSCo-.....'-.'''.. < a r1rr : -
W. II.
nUIDERS OF STEAM MACHINERY, IN
Is all it's branches; Steamboat, steamship,
Compound.
STEAM VESSELS, of all kinds. built complete
with Hulls of Wood, Iron or Composite
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ao-
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam rugs
constructed with reference TO the uade III
which they are to be employed Speed TOM
mage and draft of water guaranteed
SUGAR MILLS AND SUGAR-MAKING MA
CHINERY made after the most approved
pIans Also all Boiler Iron work cohhecteu
Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler or Sheet lron' OF any
size made in suitable lengths for CONNECTING
tooether or Sheets Rolled, Puhcheu anu
Packed for shipment, ready to be rlVeteo on
the ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Wo 3i, anp
Water Pine made by this estaoIshnleut
Riveted by Hydraulic HlVetlns Macni i
that quality OF work being iar superior -
hand work.
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstahs, Ste" "I,
Winches, Air and Circhl1tns r"AnP'' A-
after the most approved plans
AGENTS for Worthington Duplex steam FuinPs
P1rMPS-Dfrect Acting Pumps, for lrrlgation y y
CITY Works purposes built WITH the cenI z
hrated Dayy Valve Motion, superior 10 an
other pump. - =
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securing Husband by Sticking TIA
Saints.
ISt. James Gazette. !


Rreton girls who want to get married
GO TO Sene. near Nannes, and stick pins
In the foot of the wooden statue OF a
spanish saint locally called 81 C1erier'
who marries his devotees within year
The + he pin oin must be well pushed, for if it
bends the future husband may be hunch'
back or a cripple his is on the Allan
~ on q rocI. accessible at low tide, there
IS a little shrine supported by four
Roman columns and dedicated TO st
Cuirec. who landed there from England
In the sixth century. His wooden nm
age is stuck full of pins. So is a statue
of II. Lawrence, near Quintin.
Here the pin must stick at the mrs.
push, for each failure postpones the mar
riage for a year. The same practice has
been traced further inland, at Laval, IL
the ancient province Of Maine where lene.d Tho
bare legs and arms OF a colossal wooGei
statue Of ST Christopher are covered with
hin holes and pins; aud both young mer
and maidens join in the rite.
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a VALUABLE TONIC AND REMEDIAL
AGENT,
INDORSED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE
ENTIRE MEDICAL FRATERNITY.

OF all medicinal pr operations that have been put
upon the market IN recent years, the extract of
malt has proved itself one OF the most valuable
as "a tonic Or remedial beverage 1t has received
the unqualified recognition and support of ply
sicans, and is freely prescribed by them In many
cases, especially where the nervous or physical
systems have been impaired by disease over
work. the house of 'sDANID NICHOLSON
of this city, has recently introduced "a pure malt
extract OF high character, made at their request
and under their suggestions by Mr.. AdOlphus
Busch, and which is popularity known as - MICH
OLSONS LIQUID BREAD from its life-gtving
and healih-restorins properties. sample sub
mitted to DR.. 4. l.. James was made the subject
Of a chemical analysis by him, and the result of
his investigations are gwen Ia the appended Ger
tfcate:
T. LOUIS, April -, 1881.
''W. +. COULTER Esq, National Druggist Dear
Sir: Having submitted the Nicholson malt
tract to examination, requested, take pleasure
in reporting that find il To be all that the pro.
priet0rs claim for it, The results as shown i'm the
following summary, are necessarily only approx
mate but are sufficiently accurate for all practical
purposes.
''The specimens submitted consisted of an
effervescing fluid, dark brown by direct aud of a
deep ruby color by transmitted light, resembling
in general appearance and behavior very Supe-
rior article of porter, Its taste was however,
much mllder ana more pleasant than porter, be-
ing somewhat Sweeter than beer, the sweetness
masked aud covered by very pleasant bitter.
derived evidently from hops. The specific gravity
of a sample fresh ON the bottle is I.022 plus.
Amount of eXtractive matter in 80 cubic cent?
metres of the fluid is 1886 grammeS or about per
cent. Amount of alcohol, per cent. is 2.S4 plus.
The eXtractiVe matter Is apparently Identical with
the ''extractum maltis'' of Trommer, or of the
German PharmacOpOeia 1t consists almost
tirely of malt sugar, dextrine, being free from
fatty acids, etc. The fluid contains very large
amount of diastase, shown by the fact that 1t
easily hquees AN equal bulk of gelatinOus starch.
This fact, its low percentage of alcohol, its effer
Vescence, its delightful taste and odOr all combine
to recommend NichOlsons malt extract as being
"a most nourishing beverage, and the best article
of the sort that has under my eXami-
nation. Respectfully,
CRANK l.. JAMES, PHI. D., NJ. d.
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Aarertisemeats.
BREAD.

AN ABSOLUTELY PURE EXTRACT OF
MALT.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
W. G. r. u. NOTES.

Mrs. Laura G. Fixen has recent
ly printed quarter of a million of
Danish and Norwegian tracts at
twenty-five cents per package of
$50 each. Address her at w. c. T.
U. headquarters, ISL La Sale St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Among the w. c. T. Unions Or
gained by Mrs. Leavitt, in New
Zealand, that at Dunedin is one of
grandest, numbering over 100
members, and finely differed, with
the wives of most of the clergy as
vice presidents.
The W. G. T. U. of Canada has
an able advocate in The Womam's
Journal, published at Ottawa by
Mra. Chisholm.
Sixty-seven out of SO local con-
tests under the Scott Act, Canada,
have resulted in favor of prohibit
ton.
New Zealand has Blue Ribbon
Advocate published at Dunedin.
A Home for Inebriate Women is
to be established this year bv the
British Woman's Temperance AS
ISOLATION.
Drunkenness is punishable by
death in Japan. This is the most
effectual method known to prevent
a man getting drunk second
time.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
Convention photographs.

A pleasant let up on the strain of
business in the National Conven-
ton was afforded by the presenta-
ton of the following resolution by
Mrs, Rose Patten, of Philadelphia {:
The gifted "artists" referred to had
made exhibition of their skill by
furnishing the Press most execrable
wood cuts of leading members OF
the convention:
WHEREAS, The daily papers give
evidence of the coming into this
august presence of gifted artists
whose eyes run to and fro seeking
whom they may devour, be it
Resolved, That our leading elect
women, State presidents and
National superintendent, like Mrs.
Barnes, Miss Kimball, Mrs. Swift,
Miss Tobey, and as many others as
possible, sit very quietly during
the remaining sessions of this con-
vention, with eyes fixed on some
interesting object.
This is suggested by the fact that
some of the victims that have been
photographed looked as though
they had moved just a little.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
What Prohibition Has ID one for
Athens.

A correspondent of the Georgia
Baptist, writing from Athens, says:
"Prohibition has accomplished
much in Athens. 1t has destroyed
a gambling set of loafers, who
doggedly eyed every passer by their
haunts on the corners. Our streets
have assumed a civilized appear
ance. The police have nothing to
do. The Jail or calaboose is
continually empty. Women that
have failed to get square meal
now get plenty to eat. Old topers
are beginning to realize that they
are human, and are so conducting
their habits. In fact, our fellow
men have especially been benefit
ted; their elevation is already so
apparent that repetition is
absurd. Wespeak from knowledge
and tor no purpose save the rise OF
our people. No one can dispute
the above with an honest heart"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
niversity Prizes.

First of all there are the Regents
prizes, S25 for the best essay on a.
given subject and SIS for the best
delivered defamation. Then there
is the Presidents prize of $50 tor
the best essay on "the Literature OF
the Elizabethan Age" There are
the Henshaw medals, also,-a goldi
medal to the best orator in each OF
the literary societies. Then there
is the spring contest of the literary
societies which will carry with II,
we suppose, the usual 500. And
now comes a New York publishing
house which offers a costly set OIL
law books to that member OF the
law class OF the University who
shall write the best essay on CIV"
en- legal subject Dominion.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
A Royal Resolution.

Let every Convention pass and
carry out the following resolution
adopted by District Convention
in Michigan: 80. .sss
"The Constitution was revised and
resolutions passed as follows:
That We use our influence against
progressive euchre and skating
Kinks; that we devise ways and
means to prevent unchastity among
girls and boys; that we will do all
in our power to establish temper
ance organizations for the young
people and children; that as mem
bers of this district We will ask
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
SCHOOLS, WOMEN, PROHIBIT.
TlON.
How Ansley Gray was Converted.

Hon. Ansley Gray, the Prohi-
bition orator, in a recent lecture
told how he became a Prohibition.
list, in the following words:
"Immediately after 1 graduated
l was sent to the Legislature in
Wisconsin. The next year repre-.
sented Burleigh county, Dakota, in
the territorial house. My early
education led me to oppose any
laws that trenched on personal
liberty A local option bill was
introduced in the Dakota Legis.
lature, and 1 prepared a speech
against it. l had the American
eagle, the star spangled banner,
the goddess of liberty and all that,
mixed and mangled in magnificent
rhetorical confusion, and expected
to annihilate the bill with wind.
The w. G. T U. appointed a com.
mittee to wait on me and to urge
me to vote for and talk for the bill.
They presented their case strongly.
1t was a new view to me. |
acknowledged its force, and prom.
ised not to speak against the bill.
They thanked me and withdrew.
Shortly after little Jew, a fellow
who had wholesale whisky house
in Yankton, came into my room
and asked me if I was all ready
for my speech.
1 told him l had an interview
with some ladies representing the
W. c. T. u, and had promised not
to speak against the bill. This
made the little whisky-seller mad.
He jumped up and said: Gray,
it won't be ten years before we
have SO COMPOUNDED many school.
houses, and so COMPOUNDED many
women, that we will have prohi-
bition.' That was enough"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30

Court party to the popular party in
derision, as it was previously an.
piled in Scotland to the Convent.
clers, whose motto was: We Hone
in God"-W. H. 1. G. As The
Wing party had history which
any might be proud of, the similar.
ity between the circumstances in
which its appellation originated
and those which suggested the
motto which this ingenious ladv
has invented, may give the women
of the union Encouragement.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80, 1885
A Christ mas GIFT from Within
the Prison Walls.

From a convict in our State pris-
on, came an exquisitely fashioned
and beautifully painted toy bed
stead, as a gift to our little four
year-old "Bettie," and with it the
following touching letter from the
sender.
1t is proper to explain that
among many others we met Mr..
Douglas personally during visit
to the Penitentiary some time ago,
and that talking of the prisoners in
our family circle, drew forth the
childish message, tn at inspired the
gift and the letter here given:
MoUNDsvILLE, W. VA.
DEAR LITTLE BETTE.
| send you with this note little
toy bed-stead for Christmas gift.
/ have read the nice little let
ter you sent me some time ago very
often, and every time l read it |
imagined I could see you running
and playing in the grass with your
little brother, around that nice lit
tie play house out in the yard,
which you told me about in your
little letter.
It's getting cold now and you
will have to ask Mama to bring
your playthjngs in the house, and
I send you this little toy, because
I know it will add a charm to your
little house keeping, and make
your little heart glad with joy and
your bright eyes sparkle with child
ish glee when you 60 to fix up your
playthings for the winter time. |
know it will be happy surprise
to you, and [ want you to write
and till me if you get it all right
and nice, and all about yourself.
Tell Mama l received the Annual
Reports of the w. G. It. U. from
Miss List and was glad to get them.
The expressions these reports give
forth are of no uncertain sound.
The interests at stake in this work
are so momentous that active, ag-
gressive work cannot be neglected.
This last paragraph is for your
Mama, and so is not 70 bother your
little head. But l must say "good
bye" for this time. Be good lit
tie girl and laugh and be merry.
Your unknown Friend,
SEYMOUR DOUGLASS.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
A Model Sunday School Card.

A secret is revealed in this card
that will pay every Superin-
tendent to discover, since it leads
to the solution of the problem,
How to keep the young men in
the Sabbath School ?"
PLEASE READ THESE sUGG EsTIoNs
CAREFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY.
/. Fourth Street M. E. Church
is centrally located. The building
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30

is we'll arranged both for comfort
and convenience, and all the rooms
are neatly carpeted. 1t is there
fore a pleasant Sunday home for
children and their parents in the
Sunday School work.
2. The school opens promptly at
2 o'clock P. M, and continues an
hour and-a-halt. May I urge you,
as parents, to see to it that your
children attend as regularly and
as punctually as possible. And
may l also add that l hope you
will BRING your children to the
school each Sunday instead of SEND
ING them. I know you want them
to grow up to be useful, upright,
religious men and women. Then,
by all means GO WITH THEM,
especially during the molding
period, to the Sunday School. A
number of anxious mothers have
recently begged me to get their
sons, now young men, into our
Sunday school. L invariably ask !;
do you attend yourselves?" They
nearly always answer "No." How
can l, as Superintendent, be expect
ed to control young men, if their
own parents show NO CONCERN
about their spiritual welfare?
Please think of this, dear friends;
and assure you l will use every
endeavor to assist you in inducing
your children to become regular
attendants at both Sunday School
and Church. Our pastor, Rev. R.
F. Randolph, and his wife, never
fail to attend upon every session
of the school. [ have found both of
them willing and anxious to do
everything they can to enlarge the
scope, influence and power of our
school. We have a corps of excel
lent teachers, all of whom are de-
voted to their work. And I am
pleased to announce that we have
secured teachers to accommodate
classes of married ladies, married
men, adult young men, and adult
young ladies. If you will favor us
with your presence, we feel sure
we will interest you, and We hope
benefit you. We are using the Ep-
worth Song Book (the best [ have
ever seen for Sunday Schools),
and with the addition of piano
and other orchestral instruments,
that we expect to add, we hope to
make the singing specially attract
i've.
3. I also request that you become
acquainted with the teachers of
your children. These teachers need
your sympathy and assistance,
4. Pray for our school that
the blessing of God may be upon it.
Sincerely yours,
G. w. ATKINSON, Supt.
Wheeling, w. Va, November, 1885.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30

our state W. G. T. U. to appoint a
state superintendent on the tobacco
question that we use our influence
to abolish tobacco and cigars from
our prisons; that our district needs
an organizer or missionary, who
will 60 from house to house, advo-
eating temperance, from moral as
well as physical standpoint.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
Cabalistlc Letters.

At the recent meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union in Philadelphia Mrs. Heff-
man constructed a motto out of the
initials of the associations name,
W. G. T. u" Whisky Cannot
Tempt U.s." The party name of
Wing in English politics original
ed in 1880, during the reign of
Charles II, and was given by the
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
Selecting and Ordering Tracts.

A great man once said, eff my
life depended on my solving a
! problem in five minutes, | should
use two Of those minutes in decl-
ding which was the best way to
solve it," Much more important
is it to US in our work Of tract dis
tribution, 10 decide for ourselves
what our work demands and what
we will distribute. 1t is the best
Of economy to spend some money
in procuring specimens. 1t may
not be necessary to procure a large
number, for your Literature Depart
ment keeps assorted packages for
various lines of work (see circular
Superintendent of Departments,
which cost but few cents each.
Read your specimens with an
eye to your work, just as minister
would frame his sermon to meet
the needs of his people. 1t would
be perfectly absurd for him to send
away to some stranger and say,
"Select me sermon for my people.
You can do it better than l." Even
if some one else knows the tracts
better than you they may not know
the people better, and that is full
half the problem. If you depend
on others to make the selection,
you cheat yourself in doing it, for
you need every possible aid in
making you acquainted with the
needs of your work and besides,
you will distribute your tracts so
much more wisely and effectively
if you have made their contents
perfectly familiar to your owl
mind, and purchased them intelli-
gently.
Special emergencies will aid you
in selecting suitable tracts, but
aside from those, you can do an
excellent educational work in the
community if you improve every
opportunity to distribute tracts
which state or ILLUSTRATE the nature
and effects of intoxicants.
The most intelligent communi-
ties will appreciate these if graded
to meet their needs, and that ia
where your tact and intelligence
can serve them to good purpose.
New tracts are continually coming
out which keep pace with the ad-
vance of temperance science. Then,
too, the wise Literature Superin-
tendent will make these lead up to
pamphlets and books, and open the
way to their introduction. Those
who read limo tract 100 will want
to read "Action of Alcohol on Body
and Mind" and the Lesson Book"
and if you have distributed books
of that character the recipients will
be delighted to learn that "Canon
Farrar's Reception" Q0c.) tells
what he said on that occasion in
the same line. Send for specimens
of scientific tracts, 20 cents.
Always ready,
JULIA CoLMAN.
70 Bible House, N. Y. City.
Take Notice.--Our address re-
mains the same as heretofore.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
Women Not Offensive Partisans"
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
First Assistant Postmaster-Gen-
eral Stevenson is a very gallant
man. He made a decision some time
ago, in a test case, to the effect thai
no woman could be an offensive
partisan" and hence no postmalls'
tress would be removed from ONCE
on the charge Of offensive partisan
ship.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30

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