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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Cutting Glass with Scissors.

New York Mlil ana EXPRESS
Many persons may not be aware that
glass can be cut under water, with great
est ease, to almost any shape, by simply
using q pair of shears or strong scissors.
In order to insure success, two points
must be attended to-frst, and most i'm
portant, the glass must be kept quite level
in the water while the scissors are applied;
and. secondly. to avoid risk it is better to
begin the cutting by taking off small
pieces at the corners and along the edges.
and to reduce the shape gradually to that
required, for if any attempt is made to cut
the glass TO the shape, as we would cut
piece of cardboard, it will be most likely
10 break just where it is not wanted.
Some kinds of glass cut much better
than others; the softer glass is the best for
this purpose. The scissors need not de
pend on the state of the edge presented to
the glass. When the operation goes on
well, the glass breaks away from the scls-
sors in small, pieces in a straight line with
the blade This method Of cutting glass
has often been of service, when diamond
has not been at hand, for cutting Ovals
and segments, and though the edges are
not as smooth as might be desired for
some purposes, it will answer in many
cases. The two hints given above, II
strictly followed, will always insure sue
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27
Cats in Ancient Egypt.
[Exchange.l

Those who regard themselves as victims
of caterwauling here may take consola-
ton in the thought that they would have
had worse time in ancient Egypt n
recent writer says that catworship was
carried to its greatest extent by the an
Gent Egyptians, whose devotion to their
pets was such that. according 10 HerodO-
tus, when a fire broke out they cared for
nothing but the safety of their cats, and
were terribly afflicted if one of them fell
a victim of the flames On the death of
cat the inhabitants of the house shaved off
their eyebrows, and the deceased cat was
embalmed and buried with great solemnity
in a sacred spot Many catmummies
have been found in the Egyptian tombs.
and some are to be seen in the British
museum, together with similarly preserved
specimens of human beings and OF sacred
calves Their movements and their cries
were consulted as oracles: and the muir
derer or even the accidental felicide OF one
of them was punished by death
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A Strange Arabian Sect.

foreign Cor. Cincinnati EnqulreF.l
A court was filed with the forms Of
Arab men and women squatting on sacred
mats. and facing a platform where eight
Arabs engaged in a fantastic and fascin-
ating dance AS the musicians began to
play slowly they moved the upper parts of
their bodies forward and backward and
from side to side Gradually the music
became faster, and faster and faster they
went. throwing their limbs and bodies
about in almost incOnceivable positions,
until could scarcely believe that the
rapidly whirling mass before me were
human beings
Several hundred years ago there lived
in a pashalik of Arabia, a learned mara
bout (priesD who gathered about him
many disciples, but as his teachings were
not consistent with the koran he drew
upon himself the enmity of the reigning
pacha, who banished him and his disci-
pies to the desert of Sahara, whittier they
were taken and left without food or
water. Then tB marabout, arose.. de-
claring he had received a revelation from
heaven telling him that nothing they
would eat would injure them
Accordingly they Toasted upon
scorpions, snakes, and prickly- pear
leaves. When this miracle came to the
ears of the pasha he enticed them by Of
fers of pardon to his slace. He threw
them into a dungeon nIled Win SCOT plons,
bits of crockery, glass, and other similar
tonics, aud told them they would not be
released until they ate everything. 1t was
no difficult task, as they had been grow
ing fat on the same sort of food. The
pasha. having seen them cat, granted
them all full pardon, and made Ali Ben
his vizier. The descendants of Ali and his
disciples formed a sect called Alssaouas,
who every year, on the anniversary of the
trial in the dungeon, celebrate the event
in the manner l have described. l am
told that in some places the sect still eat
scorpions and chew glass.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-27

I'm. V. D." in Courier-J ournall
1t may be late in after years,
When sadden'd by a worlds deceit,
You turn again with bitter tears,
To the olden love so sweet;
Then shall memory serve you well,
And silent justice give,
Tho no remorseful words may tell
What in the heart must live.
know that many weary mile
Shall stretch between we twol
Yet 1 could almost happy smile,
In prophecy so true;
For retribution overtakes
The careless and the gay.
And oftentimes love reawakes
When we are far away.
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The RiSdOn
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Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler or Sheet Iron, of any
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HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and
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SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
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HARRY BYNG'S
LEVI STRAUSS & CO.,

Il and IL Battery street, san Francisco, Cal.
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Every Morning Except Sundays.
A PROPHECY.

Paqa5Ie InOaria5Iy IN Adeanee
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Wanted to BE Di.remoye.l.
lExcll.,AAti

Civil service examiner Ito colOred ap-
plicant for the situation of letter CARRIER
State the distance from London, England,
TO Calcutta, India, via Suez canal.
Colored applicant-Say, boss, eff yo'se
gwine ter put me on dat route, you kin
disremove my applicashun often de book.
Whitehall Times: Wild oats that are
sown in the heydays of life are often
reaped in the hades of eternity.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

T ATROBES, Ranges, Furnaces and
IL Mantes at low prices. Tin Roofing and
Jobbing promptly done.
Get prices at -
GEO. L. GARTRELLS,
Sfb 18th II I,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
TIE REACTION At ROME.

An extraordinary change is noted In
the policy of the Vatican since the
Pope's recent Illness and the hopes not
long ago entertained that he was about
to make terms Of conciliation with the
State, following the liberal tendencies
of the age, have been completely para
lyzed by orders enlarging the privileges
OF the Society of Jesus, prohibiting
Catholics from taking part in the polit-
ical affairs of Italy or sending their
children to the Government schools,
and even going so far as to instruct the
judicial functionuics of the Church,
in all proceedings for divorce, to refuse
obedience to such secular laws as are
in contradiction to Roman Catholic
precepts.
1t Is not well understood how this
sudden reaction was brought about. 1t
is stat d by correspondent of the
New York Tribune at Rome rs n wide.
spre I'd and generally credited rumor
among the lower classes that the Pope )
recent indisposition was caused by
poison administered by the Jesuits,
and that "his new line OF policy is the
price ut which he purchased the anti
dote which they alone could supply"
This story is simply incredible, and
among people of intelligence will be
secuted as not only absurd ia itself, but
frightfully malicious in It's origin.
The truth of tue matter is that while
The Pontifr has undoubtedly seen fit to
adopt what will be deemed among
Protestants revolutionary methods for
the better conservation of the Church,
the change is not so great as imagined.
The reputed advances of the Vatican
TO the civil power have been magni-
fed and exaggerated. At no time has
the Church ever thought of surrender
ing to the State. The Pope's ideas
upon this subject, being more liberal
than those Of his predecessors, have
doubtless been misconstrued, and per-
ceiving the dangers that might arise
from misconstruction, the Vatican has
deemed 1t best TO disabuse the public
mind of any errors into which it may
have thereby fallen, by reiterating it,
ancient and exclusive dogmas as to the
supremacy and independence of the
Church. Nothing could be more dan.
gerous to the solid maintenance OF Pa
pal power than concessions to the
power of the State. The two stand
wide apart, and il the Italians have
al any time imagined that they were
about to embrace and be reconcied
they must now be convinced of their
error.
1t must always be borne in mind
however, that the weapons Of the
church are spiritual, and that however
stubborn may be the insistence of the
Vatican upon the maintenance of its
authority unimpaired it is not likely
10 court any physical conflict either
with the Cos ernment Of Italy or other
European nations. Hence all reports
that come through prejudiced sources
as to its apparent grasp for greater
power, or arrogant assertions of thC
superiority Of spiritual TO tempora
law, are to he received with due eau
ton. The Church will do great dea
in this aggressive and iconoclastic age
TO bold lis own. That, 1t is evidently
determined to do, and the Society OF
Jesus will doubtless see to it that the
failing strength of the Pope is at al
times reinforced out of It's own exhaust
less resources.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
THE OLD HYMN.

To-day, with quiet he art, heard
The prayer, the anthem and the psalm,
And gently on my spirits fell
The sweetness OF the Sunday calm,
Till, at the reading of the hymn.
With sudden tears my eyes were dim.
That old, old hymn Its sacred lines
Had fallen on my childish ears;
My life turned back. unhindered by
The stretch Of intervening years.
Near me my little daughter smiled,
And yet | was again child
outside the winds were fierce and rough,
The winters chill was in the air.
But ! could hear the bonny birds,
And humming Insects everywhere;
Aud feel, In spite Of frost aud snow,
A summer breeze from long ago.
To find the place took the book,
And held II In a woman's hand,
While all my soul was moved with thrills
No other soul could understand;
And quite unseen with love divine,
My mothers fingers folded mine.
And not because the music rose
Exultingly, held my breath,
est / should lose its sweet delight
Upon her lips the hush Of death
For years has lain and yet heard
My mothers voice In every word,
Full well know the dead are dead,
Yet sometimes at look or tone,
With short relenting, will the past
One moment give us back our own
o hanny pain Too quickly done
AS swiftly ended as begun.
ri Mrs. George Archibald.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
JOHN BROWNS SUCCESSOR.

Within the past two or three months
the Queen of England has appeared
more frequently in public than any
other time since the death of John
Brown, whose "lacerated legs" she
made immortal in her "Life Among
the Highlands" In fact, there has
come to be sort of festive air about
Osborne and Balmoral castles. There
is still further indication that the
Queen Is recovering from her long sea-
son of grief and gloomy withdrawal
from the world.
There was recently presented to Her
Majesty, at Osborne Castle, number
of Hindoos. They were all likely fell
lows, but one Of them stood head and
shoulders above his brethren. lie was
stalwart swarthy gentleman, and
when at home in Benares works In
brass. He is also supple, and has a
superb profile and bold, black eyes.
The Queen, 1t is said, took a parlicu.
lar fancy to the tall brass worker. and
requested him 10 step forward from
the group in which he was standing,
which he did with the pace Of the In
dian Bacchus and q salaam that
would have turned the genial counte-
nance of that accomplished Orientalist,
the Hon. Sunset Cox, green with envy.
The Queen, through an Interpreter,
while looking at her subject with ad-
miration, asked him If he would not
like to remain in England in the ca
pacity of her special body servant and
all-around successor to the lamented
Brown. He was apparently over
whelmed with honor and joy at the
soft job which had been offered him,
and prostrated himself before Her
Majesty as he would have laid himself
out at the feet of the image of his be-
loved Buddha, The handsome visitor
did not. however, remain at the castle,
the Queen thinking 1t best perhaps not
to rush such arrangements, but re-
turned with the rest of his country
men. He is expected to be shortly
called to his new duties, unless his
longing for Benares and perhaps
some maiden of the sacred city do
not induce him to throw over his op'
portunity."
II any one will inform him what a
comfortable time John Brown had and
how he bossed my Lords and Ladies
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
NOTES NND GOS5tP.

TnE new fall buun,ts, they say, will he
V-shaped. The bills will be N-shaped.-
burlington Free rress.
WHEN women are allowed to vote there
will be a good deal Of hustle about the can.
paign.- New Haven News.
A NiNER employed ON Douglass Island
has the honor Of being the father OF the first
white child born in the Territory Of Alaska.
The Young Mems Blaine Club of Gin
cinnati has invited James q. Blaine to be
present at the opening OF the new club
house, September 80.
Miss CLARKE, daughter Of the famous
comedian, John 5. Clarke, will be married
in London next Monday to Reiss Morgan,
young London barrlster.
WHENEVER child is born to Mark
Twain the happy father has a stone water
ing trough for horses put up on the road
near bis summer house at Elm,ra.
MR. WILLIAM DANIEL, the well-known
Prohibition leader, was taken suddenly Ill
at Baltimore yesterday and obliged to forego
an engagement at Shippensburg, Pa.
REV. HENRY WHITE, chaplain.in-ordlnary
TO Queen Victoria, preached at St. Marks
Church, Philadelphia, last Sunday. lie
will spend several weeks more IN this
country.
PETER Il. SwEESY, who returned to New
York from France on Sunday, has come
This time TO stay lie is interested in va
rious enterprises with his brotherin-law,
John j. Bradley.
JrnGE JAMES Il. LUDLOW OF the Phlla-
delphia Court OF Common Pleas, who died
yesterday, was 81 years of age He studied
law with the Hon William NJ. Meredith,
aud had becu upon the city beuch for about
twenty years.
Miss NELLIE EVEREST OF Philadelphia
has ju,t returned from musical course OF
three sears at Paris She brings with her
The unly diploma OF prOfessorship IA Il
truch,r Of sluuiug ever granted TO au Amer
lean girl by Madame Nnrchesi
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
NEW hooks RECEIVED.

From Robert Beall, 495 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.:
"a Secret OF the Sea" and other stories,
by Brander Matthews, New York; Charles
ScribneT's Sons,
"The Lady, or the Tlger2r and other
stories, first series, by Frank X. Stockton,
author Of "The Rudder Grange" "The
Late Mrs. Null" etc, New York; Charles
Scribncr's Sons.
''The Christmas Wreck" and other stories,
second series, by Frank X. Stockton. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
From Brentano Bros:
"Mlton's Earlier Poems,u National
Library series. New York; Cassell q Co.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

and The Queen herself we will venture
the prediction that he will put on the
mantle Of the deceased and occupy the
shoes of the same, no matter how
fondly he may remember the melting
elances aud fawn like grace Of the girl
he left behind him. a lilndoo as well
as any other man can tell a good thing
when he secs II.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
LEGAL NOTICE.
TN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
i nIsMDIGI lAI IIMnIA lNI

TN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
i DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE 9TH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1856.
MIETERN S. Brown
VS.. No 1000. Docket To-
MARY E. BGowN,
On motion of the plaintiff by Mr.. d. G. Love
Joy, his solicitor, II is ordered that the de-
fendant, Mary Il. Brown, cause her appear
ance to be entered herein ON or before the
first rule day occurring forty days after thls
day; otherwise the cause will be proceeded
with as in case OF default.
Provided that this order be published once
a week for three weeks from date hereof, In
the Washington Law Reporter and the Even
ing Critic
The object Of this suit is to obtain divorce
from the defendant on the ground OF deser-
tion. CHARLES p. JAMES, Justice.
II. j. MEIGs, Clerk,
BY NJ. A. CLANCY, Assistant Clerk
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

A REGIMENT of insurrectlonary
Spanish soldiers in Madrid yesterday
rose up and shouted: "Long live the
Republic" but somehow the Republic
failed TO come to time. This is dis
couraging.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
-a2 %ENE EET/IW
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The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

THE Ohio Democrats refuse ab-
solutely to give Mr.. St. John $50 a
night for speeches in that section.
Water at that price is more expensive
than old bourbon under the highest
kind of license
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

OFFICE or THE WAsuiNGroS GAsLiGur Co.
For gas consumed on and after OC rOBER
I, 1856. the net price will h1 re laced t. Sl25
per Geo cubic feet, rs follows:
Gross price Per I 900 feet .,,,...,.....".s 30
Discount If raid III seven duys.,......,. %
Net pricc.,.,,,....,.'...,' ..,'.'''.'''''''''sl -
CllAS. u. BNILEY,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
uOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

II WHVVTIUy StIHI1Hry.
The thirtieth annual term will commence
on Wednesday, September s2, 1896 This In
stiute Is designed to be select school in
which girls can obtain n thorough education
under judioious and careful superintendent.
The school Is twelve miles from Washington,
on the b. and o. Railroad. Terms moderate.
For full particulars address Mrs. l.. II. FitZ-
hugh, Beltsville, Prince George County, Md.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

DEWITT SELIGMAN, ono Of the several
bankers of the family is about to start a
weekly newspaper in New York. 1t will
deal with live political and financial issues.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

THE report that General Booth Is
coming to this country to take the
American branch of his Salvation
Army back with him is unfortunately
not confirmed
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
e~ysewAsuINGroN, ID. G..

~ SEP L. 13 1885.
The copartnershlp heretofore existing be-
tween JAMES l.. BARBOUR and JOHN A..
HAMILTON, Under the firm and name Of
BARBOUR & HAMILTON, was by mutual
consent terminated and dissolved on the lst
day of July. 1886. The business will be con
tinued by JAMES l. BAR5OUlt rs wholesale
exclusively. and no goods will be sold after
SEPTEMBER ~ 1856, except TO dealers,
JAMES l.. BARBOUR will pay all debts due
by the firm, and is authorized to collect all
detts due to the firm. All persons whose
bills are due will please make Immediate pay.
m-nt, AZ the books ot the late firm must be
snf lnl vii hnnI l..luN
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

II is understood that truce has
been declared 10 the hostilltles recently
raging in Civil Service Reform circles
between Commissioner Oberly and ex-
Commissioner Eaton. There was i'm
minent danger that the cause might be
murdered in the house of It's friends.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
TMERsON IN sTITUTE,

NNMEKNON INSTITUTE,
IL aIi 18th st between I and X.
SELECT CLASSICAL AND MATiIEMATICAL
SCHOOL FOR BOYS,
Begins its 35th year MONDAY, SEPT. %.
Prepare for Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Johns
Hopkins the Scientific Schools, United States
Military and Naval Academies. and for busl-
ness.
Circulars at the book stores. For particu-
lars, address
CHARLES u, YOUNG. PRINCIPAL.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
COLLEGE.

" al 4 STREET NORTHWEST.
The course of studies comprises English,
French, German. Latin and Greek, Bnohkeep-
ing. Chemistry, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Elo-
cution ard Photography. Roopens MONDAY,
Sept @. Terms, $40 per quarter In advance.
REV. u. A. MCGURK, s. j.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

The Chicago Hcrdld editorialy announces
that silver Is looking up. In view of the
fact that it is short weight, and for so long
bore the motto: In Col We trust" there
is every reason why 1t should look up.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

Miss Cleveland, in an article on "Home,"
seys "there is no measuring a woman's
lever" woman up town says II her hus-
band is referred to In the matter of staying
at home of nights, there's no measuring
mans leave her.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
LIVERY STABLES.

YOU want to buy, Sell, Exch hange,
Il or hire horses, carriages, harness, etc, go
10 VIM. u. Downey's stables, 1920 TO 162i L. 81;
repository, 1897 and 1920 l. st II W; none but
reliable stock handledi everything guaranteed
az represented. Vim Y. Downey.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21
CTcrk n q IIo,,so II.I of uenrcsent n,, a.,
DEPARTMEHT Or STATE,
IL Washington, Sept. 10, 1S'

SEALED PROPOSALS will DO received at
the Department of state until I. O'Clock
noon, THURSDAY, SEPrEMBHt %, 1855, for
furnishing the Department with stationery
for the hscal year ending June 30, 1877, In ac-
coldancc with n schedule OF articles which
Will be supplied to persons proposing TO bid.
The right TO reject any and all bids or t1
accept any portions of any bid or amend the
quantity given OF any article in the scncdulc
Is reserved
Zach bidder will be required TO furnish
with his bid bond, with two sureties. In tine
sum of $1,000, as n guarantee OF q faithful
performance OF the contract which may be
awarded him.
All samples submitted should be left at the
stationery room OF the Department.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-21

THE able prognosticators, who every
now and then fix up place for Allen
G.. Thurman in Mr.. Cleveland's Cabi-
net, will please to make note of what
the ex Senator said for himself at Gin
cinnati yesterday; II shall never hold
an office again" Yet if he had lived
anywhere else in the country outside
of Ohio, Mr.. Thurman might have been
President of the United States.