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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
A MONSTER PETITION.
CalifOrnians Protest Against Chinese
Immigration.

Representative Morrow has received a
monster petition from the Knights of Labor
of California. Tt is over 1000 feet long, and
contains the names of over SO, 900 persons.
Every State, county and municipal officer,
and every Knight of Labor of California has
signed the petition, and every male adult in
many of the counties of the State has put
his name to it. 1t prays for action on the
mart of Congress, either by appropriate leg
islation or by a change in the present treaty
with China, as may be necessary to forever
prohibit the further immigration OF Chinese
to the United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27

Charles Croker is still confined to his
bed. Although reports that he is improv-
ing rapidly are published in the West, init
mate friends of the family do not conceal
their anxiety as to his condition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
In the Commons,

Mr. jennings moved TO Impose TAX Oh
imported foreign manufactures that coma
pete with English manufactures, and to
reduce the tax on tea, coffee and cocoa.
with the object of increasing the revenue
and improving the condition of depressed
industries. The motion of Jennings was
negatived with a division.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
a woMAM's VANITY
Shows a Mothers Method Of Murder
ing Her 4 Ru$hter.

Rosina Radovani, a remarkably hand
some woman, belonging to one of the best
families in Pisa, has been sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment for poisoning
her 17-year-old daughter. The prisoner is
80 years of age and retains much of her
youthful beauty. Jealousy of the superior
charms of her daughter caused her to COM
init the murder. She has recently made
three attempts at suicide, and is slowly
dying from remorse.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Russia and China.

The NoUoSti says that the frontier dis
putes between Russia and China must end
in war between those countries. China has
massed Is, 900 troops in Manchuria, and
they are being drilled by German officers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Tho Cholera EPIDEMIC.

Advices from Brindisi, report fifteen new
cases of cholera and five deaths from the
disease, and from Venice nine new cases
and three deaths.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27

At Venice, there are reported seven new
cases of cholera and three deaths at Bavi
five new cases and nine deaths, and at
Brindisi one new case and one death.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
The Situation in France.

The French Minister to Greece has sailed
for France. The Ministry formed by Val
Wis is powerless, and the only duty imposed
upon it is to convoke the Chamber of Depu-
ties.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
a ReIgian OmeIaI Murdered.

NJ. earlier, prominent official connected
with the Ministry of Railways, Posts and
Telegraphs, was murdered in his Office at
Brussels.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27

Sir Thomas Erskine May has been elevat-
ed to the Peerage, with the title of Baron
Farnborogn.
The Cambridge University crew decline
the challenge issued to them by the Har-
ward University crew for an international
boat race.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
odds and Ends.

The late c. F. Woerishoffer's wealth is
estimated in Wall street at 100000.
g. H. Butler, journalist, who was once
married to Rose Eytinge, died at Washing
ton
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Floods i'm Great britain.

Floods are general throughout the king
dom, and heavy damage is reported. Many
factories are flooded, necessitating stoppage
of work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Intrisues at Picking.

Advices from Picking say that the German
Minister there has presented a memorial,
an interview with Prince Chun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Cholera Returns.

Bari returns thirty-fve new cases of
cholera and eleven deaths. Venice, nine
new cases and seven deaths. Brindisi,
three new cases.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
The Prayer Cut Busted.


The campaign against compulsory
PRAYERS at Harvard IS being waged vig-
orously by the students One of them
tells this incident TO illustrate the hard
ships of the system:
.'.The PRAYER cut IS busted. said a
sophomore when his girl asked him last
night to come with his bicycle and join
her with her tricycle. for a morning spin.
Il can't come.
1.-The VIII what is busted2'
.1he prayer cut. Don't you know
what the prayer cut isa It's cutting the
morning prayers. Don't You know
Not going to chapel.
and you've actually got to go to the
chapel every morning.
..Yaas. got my prayer warning yes
terday."
.sAnd what's prayer warningP
sOh. it's a thing about so long and
about so wide. and looks something
like a postal-card, or something triiiins
like that: but whit is your horror wheI
YOU take it up after while 70 find thai
1t Is warning that yon have absenteS
yourself from prayers al that i per
mitfed. and that your attendance al
chapel will be required hereafter
And you've got 70 80 70 prayers
after this?
Il regret to say that have. Yor
can only cut prayers Just 50 much. and
I've used up my cut, as / said Oh,
| tell you these involuntary prayers ar,
the one tvrannical survival Of barbarisn
that disfigures the otherwise fair ant
pleasing aspect Of the nineteenth cen
Il 4 - c.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Bullets Among the Trees.

Gen. j. A. Williamson. OF Washing
ton. the former commissioner of the
general land office, was in New York a
few DAYS ago. and was standing in
front OF the desk at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. when a man several inches taller
than he. straight :ts an Indian. and of
comparatively slender build stepped up
behind him. Two long arms were
thrown around the general while the
newcomer. who was ex-1ov Warmoth,
of Louisiana. sang out in the generals
ear: -Coiumn right. Gel behind the
trees When The general turned about
and recognized his Oil army comrade
the governor said: II say. general. YOU
couldn't get as much protection from
that Lookout mountain sapling now as
YOU did the day of the tight. The
general laughed a he replied: Il took
to a woodpile. a it was. before we got
out of that But | have not grown so
much stouter. Ii is yon who have grown
stout The governor rejointd: well,
| might easily gef thicker than / was
that dav. | was behind a little sapling
that was shot MI 10 pieces. stretched
myself up and up TO the fullest height
Of which / WAS able 10 make mv self
and to the less>s possible brradth. !
was never 20 tail before or since as
was that day while trying 10 get as
much Of my body as possible behind
that sapling. do remensh thar es,l
had q woodpiIe which ssxsr,t ,.ssl
| Tne boys were all grabbing. rsss.- ssss,ssE
that tinle--N i. 4z1buae.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

One of the most remarkable plants in
the whole vegetable kingdom is that
known to botanists as the ,JuSttcj0 Pictd.
which has also been well named ''The
Caricature Plant.
At first sight it appears to be heavy.
large leafed plant with purple blossoms,
chiefly remarkable for the light-yellow
centers of its dark-oreen leaves When
| first saw this odd plant and was think
ing what a sickly, blighted appearance
the queer. yellow stains gave it. | was
suddenly impressed with the fact that
the plant was making faces at me.
And my first impression was correct.
This curious shrub had indeed occupied
itself in growing up in ridiculous carl
catures of the ',human face divine, un-
til it now stood. covered from the top
most leaf down. with the queerest faces
imaginable. Nature had taken to
caricaturing. The hesh-colored pro-
files stood out in strong relief against
the dark-green of the leaves.
A discovery of one of these vegetable
marks led to an examination of a second
and third leaf, until all were scanned
as osely and curiously as the leaves OF
the comic papers that form the carica-
ture plants of the literary kingdom.
What valuable plant this would be
for one of our professional caricaturists
to have growing in his conservatory
When an order was sent to him for a
speaking likeness of some unhappy
politician, he could simply visit his Jus
ticid Picta with pencil and paper in
hand, and look oSer the leaves for a
suitable squint, grin, or distorted nose
to sketch from. He could, moreover,
! affirm with truth that the portrait was
taken from nature" Cuthbert Colling-
wood. the celebrated naturalist, SAYS OF
| the JusticiG Ptctd: .sOne of these plants
| in the garden of Gustave Dore would be
worth fortune to him. supplying him
with never-failing fund Of groteSque
| physiognomies. from which he might
| illustrate every serio-comic romance
ever written. have never heard of
the cultivation of the Caricature Plant
in this country; but botanists tell rs that
it is hardy shrub. | think we should
be glad to see the funny faces ON its
leaves. After all the lovely flowers we
are called upon to admire. | am sure
that plant evidently intended to make
Us laugh would receive warm well
come Alice .H0y. IN 50. Nich0ids.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
StufIing Il Freuchman.

On my return from a visit TO the Mar
quis of M0res-N Nallomhrasa whose trib-
ulations with the COWBOYS were recently
narrated by the Figaro had one OF
these ''howlers OF the prairies for my
travelling companion over the Northern
Pacific IA superb looking fellow. who
was very talkative. unlike most of his
fellows The cold was intense. and the
travellers were trying 10 warm them
selves us best as tnev could around the
stove in the centre of the car Couver-
satiOu naturally turned upon the wealth
er, and my cowboy began TO tell me
about certain atrocious adventure
which had happened to him only few
DAYS before. | give it a he related it.
without emendation;
I'D gone to see my girl; and the
family consisted of the angel herself.
and her father. mother two little broth
ers, and the Chinee. About o clock
snow-storm struck the log-house, and
the house was soon buried ont of sight
under the snow. Couldn't Cet away
Storm got worse and worse; kept grow
ing colder all the time; by II O'Clock
the mercury in the thermometer froze. /
lay down before the big fireplace with
the girl IN ms arms. irving To keep her
warm. AT ] clock in the morning we
didn't have anything left 70 burn, we'd
burn up the chairs, tables. and all the
furniture. All at once | saw that my
future parents-in-law were frozen stiff.
What could dop | showed them both
into the fire; and that kept a lively
blaze up until a. IN. Then it was the
turn OF the two little brothers. who
served for dog irons to burn the remains
of their parents upon.
''And your girl2 asked traveller.
20. ! kept her in my arms long as l
could; she was too cold and too fright
ened to bother me about her parents;
besides, they had been keeping her
from freezing But the cold. unfortu-
nately. continued. and when everything
else was burned up was obliged to
shove the poor darling into the fire.
Lord forgive me, But she burned fine.
| just tell you-she was 50 nice and fat;
and she kept the fire going until even
ing. and then | was able to get back
home.
Ali this was told in the most natural
way in the world might almost say.
without any show of Dragging. The
travellers. including your humble SER
want. seemed. however, very uneomfor-
table at the recital. and that was proba-
bly, why none of them ventured 10 ask
what had become of the Chinee. e.-Letter
an Paris Fiqar0.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
VIII TheY do It2

The direful intelligence comes TO
hand that the sleeping-car porters are
about to strike One can almost feel
the chill of horror that goes the rounds
OF the travelling public at this announce
meut The strike OF the butchers, the
bakers. and the furniture-makers are at
once dwarfed into insigniiicance by
comparison, and the long-sufiering pub
lie gives soulful SIGH that sinks deep
into the pocket. and runs the gamut OF
hilanthropy with a twang and shows
how much ont of tune the chord OF hui
man sympathy finds itself
The sleeping-car porter, the African
with Anglomaniac tendency to assess
the public at all hours of the day and
night for alleged fayors, presumably
for the privilege Of travelling in his COM
pany, the men with good clothes and
the lady with diamond ear-drops are
generally marked for the porter partic-
ular attention. unless the knowing pas
senger however can come IN for share
of this attention with q tip in advance.
But the passengers who do not look as
though inclined to pave the route with
specie are let severely alone until their
debarkmcnt. when the porter literally
dusts the money ont Of them whether
they will or no. This geni of the uay-
cling purlic generally makes up a berth
and puts the passenger TO bed, as his
easy conscience dictates: in the Silly
hours of the night he rakes in all un-
secured foot-gear and gives it liberal
coat of thick metallic luster like stove
blacking; and, in the early hours of the
morning be pulls the tired and resisting
occupant out Of the berth and proceeds
to ''clean up.
Before meal times or the close of the
journey the porter makes greatest dis
play of activity; he Is then ubiquitous.
all attention to ali men without regard
to color or previous condition of servi-
tude. Everything in his path turns TO
dust, SO to speak; the broom flies and so
does the porter. He will keep on dust
ing until the nap is worn off the gar
ment and it has the strong appearance
of age unless yon promptly buy peace
with him. There are but a few OF the
many forms of pressure that he brings
to bear upon the public for .'bacshish. ?"
The brush and broom of the sleeping
car porter sweep him in comfortable
income, in addition 10 his regular stip-
end that he gains from the ear COM
pany. and now that he proposes to strike
there may be more peace for travellers
than they have dreamed of.-Inter-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Economical Omcials.

| was standing at the cigar and con-
fectionery stand in the house corridor
when George Wise. the fiery Virginia
member, came out and bought i've
cents worth of sugar almonds and mint
drops He went away munchlng an
almond as contentedly as you please
talked with the owner of the stand. and
he said that ii was very often that mem
bers got a sweet tooth and came out
and bought candy Il have my regu-
lar customers in the honse, and senate
too for that matter; but think my best
customers are on the bench of the SUI
prrme court Regularly . messenger
boy comes over here every day for nse
or 10 cents worth of candy. Hoar-
hound sticks is the fayorite Of the judg-
es. One bites off piece and then pass
es !, along the bench. So one stick goes
a long ways just rs The taify dealer
ces,s speaking Representative Dough
erss oI Florida, came out of the house,
uassesi mp to the stand. laid down q
=. nj. and asked for one cigarette. The
man smiled as he handed the statesman
the lone cigarette. and Mr.. Dougherfy
looked over II and remarked: This {
rolled too tight. Give me another .
He-was at last satisfied, aud, after light
ing il. walked away. There ara many
meml,efn who buy their cigarettes by
IT, ctnf5' worth. - WGstiN1(o>6 ZeecCr.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
Shakespeare at school.


Though Shakespeare parents were IL
literate. they knew the value of a good
education The Free Grammar School
had been refounded few years before
by Edward VI. And although there is
no actual record of his schooi days. we
may fake it as certain that little viii
Shakespeare was sent to the Free School
when about seven years old, as we
know his brother Gilbert was a little
later. The old Grammar School still
stands: and boys still learn their lessons
in the self-sane room with the high
pitched roof and oaken beams. where
little VIII Shakespeare studied his "A b.
C-book, and got his earliest notions OF
Latin. But during part OF Shakespeare
school DAYS the schoolroom was under
repair; and boys and MASTER W alter
Roche by name migrated for while
to the Guild Chapel next door. And thus
was surely in the poets mind when. IN
later years. he talked Of .peuanf who
keeps a school I the church.
All boys learned their Latin then Hom
two weH-knoun books the ssAccIdence
and the .Sententia Pueriles- And that
William was no exception the rule We
nav see by translafions from the Iazter
n several Of his plays, and hf 1n -
count, in one Of his plays e g. 8.
Paoe' ! examination ii the 4ecl4en
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
she Didn't Want Il.


She was a Sour-faeed. tlfin-voiced
woman. with an exaSperatiDg manner
about her that nlaae sait-Suen dive un-
der the couhSer when they saw her
coming. She had been travelling Chest
nut and Market streets all day long
looking for A baby toacii And such \
coach, II must have al fi8e latest inn
provemenis. besides III of other inn
provemenfs that mad never been IN
vented. much les heard Of A patent
brake was Indispensable. as well as an
automatic fan TO kecf, flies from babv's
face Then She wanted a eontrivance
to start the eaaf b. alioihe olse 10 liz il
over the cutters another to stop il, aud
top that wonld spread atu automatic
callv on sunny daSs
After distraetin9 two ehiging voang
men until thejr collar~ wliied. th.. ami
able mother fioan e aus 81 q big os;ab-
hshment on Chestnut street, and took
an Eighth street car for t5irard avenue.
because. she consle~f,nded To ex-
plain, --there's a factory uia there where
they make such things. and are NOT
numskulls ike YOU
she iound the proprietor Of the place
bland young man, with a solemn
face and stock of trade whoppers On
hand that would a~5oai>h 81 .>ide-show-
man.
Well have 10 make il To- order. ma
dam. he said. washing bis hands in
the air. ''and white were about it we
might as web sdd The Jones soother."
What's thaJ? asked the woman who
was hunting Ingenious baby-coaehes.
An arrangement te lsat the baby ON
the back every time il cries. was the
reply. You simpiy press "a button and
il coddles babv 50 naturally that the
little darling can't tell tine difference
between the paddle and its own moth
er. At the same tim speaking tube.
placed alongside Of Tie kids ear. be-
gins TO say ''Naz ~ maSSer. or 'GOev
scep, pet, whichever YOU may prefer.
a nursing bottle pops out of a pocket in
the side of the coaeb adjusts itself in
baby mouth. and a Rsetal finger tueks
down the bib. white a wooden nnger
tickles il ON the knee Only $40 extra,
ma am. and ii you
Il think yoH are irving 10 make fun
of ME, sir exclaimed She woman, in
dignantly. Il never heard of susi
nonsense. don want amy Of your
coaches.
"Yes m, replied the salesman. as the
lady llouuccd out "All right. m, /
was about 10 say that we had spank
ing attachment that lEi, heen endorsed
by bat ..lc amiabie mother was
ont of hearing and making her way as
rapidly as possible Tor "A Fourth street
car before The sentence was tinished.-
E}i0defpbta NcWS
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21
4 FEs OF $ UB UBscRIPTIoH.
OUR TEMPLE.

/ saw them working under ground.
Where all Ma dafk, and damn an,
drear;
FROM morn Till eve they struggled hard
Wi,h naught their weary hearts +,
cheer.
pay after day. aith painful tois.
They labered fairbfuliy aud we'll
Theirs was the rough and weary work
Oi which 10 marble tablets tell.
Bat there they laid foundation strong
Which 20 lhe future doth belong.
Dsr thai foundation massive, frn.
I looked again and standing there
A temple. beautiful and grand,
lowered aloit, supremely fair,
Zoo graceful symmetry apart.
Proud monument Of human art.
Aud thus may we, while toiling here.
Lay the foundation, massive, grand.
WHereou, ia symmetry and grace,
A temple lor the soul may stand.
Then. day by day, and year by year.
WIKI pain and grief, perehance, it be,
Well place with care each cornerstone.
A building for eternity.
Thy work-each angie, curve aud lire
Must pass the Architect Divine.
Boston Transcript
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

Upon the affairs of the upper air
The heights whereon no other noweF-shape
grows.
A glorious fairy plant of crimson hue
Blossoms amid drreaEy waste Of SHOWS.
On those eternal peaks where winter reigns
And cold and froSTs their sey Splendors shed.
Like drops Of blood on paiiid banks Of SNOW.
This hyaclnrhe blossom lifts its head
pyramid of tiny tong7les Of fame
Darling from out the riffs of dszziiug V hiIs-
A strange. bright phantom born Of ice and
hre.
Flushing pale wastes with CLEANS of Grim
sen light.
Plucked from its frozen besl the wondrous
flower.
Which blossoms alone upon the heights sub
lime.
VIII weep its life away in icy tears
Ere IL can reach a softer sunnier Cline
lis said that when holy man Of old.
Bearing the cross on sacred mission bent.
Beheid upon the mountains snowy crest
This blood-red fower-his pioJIs fancy lent
A charm miraculous. and kneeling there
In alteration. on the mountain side,
With heayenwarl gaze and hands upraiSed in
prayer:
'-sangre de Cristo"-blood Of Christ-he
cried.
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