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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
al NoveI SnennIation.
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II have a memorial here which l would
like to sell you said a peddler to lady
whose door bell he had rung in Brooklyn.
He held up an engraved memorial sur
rounded by q cheap frame. 1t had been
gotten up in memory of little child of
the lady, who had died few weeks be-
fore.
How did you know had lost child2"
she asked
"Oh, saw it in the papers, was the
reply. That is where we got the age
and other information required
"It's good thing, said the man to a
reporter We look over all the news
papers and cut out the notices of the
deaths of children. After two or three
weeks, when we think that the grief of
the parents has passed over somewhat,
We get up memorial and take it around.
1t is solely on our own responsibility that
we do it, and we must run the risk of not
selling. Sometimes people are indignant
when we approach them. but as general
thing they buy. We sell them at So
apiece, to be paid for at the rate of so
cents a week. Now, between you and
myself, they cost US about 81 each.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
They WON'T Stand II.
Detroit Free Press ]

AIeLTOL free EIcS5
Eyes. I come in after a hired man,
said the old farmer as he slipped his root
b, r on the market yesterday, "but I've
got Disguised and shau't try very hard to
find one.
Whats the matter with hired men!
Too heightened and important. Why,
| had one last spring who rugged up an
umbrella over the plOw SO rs not to get
tanned and he refused to eat with the
family because we stuck our knives in
our mouths At the end of a week he
quit. Said that labor was ennobling and
so forth. but The landscape in that vicinity
offended his taste -
"Yes
Wall, took on another. and he put
on cuffs and polished his boots before
going to work. and he quit at the end of
a fortnight because we didn't have a plan
ner in the house Why, that chap never
got up till 3 clock, and he insisted on
going to the village to get shaved and per
fumed up every other evening
The third one quit me yesterday He
wanted stained glass in his bedroo win
der He wanted me to buy him guitar.
He wanted to paint all the roofs red and
put pea-green on the cOrn-cribs He sug-
gested a hoy-pen with q parlor to it, and
he spent two days of my time trying to
arrange a way for the windmill to milk
the cows. found him writing poetry in
the corn field, and because spoke up
sharply he quit the job. polished up his
boots, and sent for coupay TO bring him
TO the civ -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
SIX MILLION NILES OF FENCE
Costing 81, 900, 600, OOO-A Brief History
of Fence-Building.

Costing 1000 600. oOO-A Brief History
of Fence-Building.
Augusta OIe.) Cor Boston Herald
According to the best estimates. there
are 5000, 900 miles of farm fences In the
United States, costing over 81, 600. OOO,-
600. In many states the fences on a farm
cost more than the buildings standing on
it, and that, too, where lumber IS abund-
ant and cheap The amount Of labor and
money consumed annually In building
and repairing fences-fe~ are aware OF 1t
is lust so much taken from the product
i've interests of the country.
Both law and custom prescribe fencing
1t is an ancient tradition The Plymouth
colonies in Massachusetts gave US the
first fencing known in this country In
1882 They were erected to protect
planted crops against damages from crea-
lures going at large. 1t was said before
meeting of the American Institute Farm
er's club at New York, in 1859, that the
farmers in this country were educated
under the system of fences; under the no.
ton that man is bound to protect his
property by fencing out the world, that
the law has no power, and that there is
no general respect for the right of prop
erty, but that you must fence out all in
truders, and guard your property with
walls and fences.
1t is all founded on fiction. The law
does protect a mans property His real
estate and its products are his, and,
whether fenced or unfenced, they lie
under protection of the law. In continual
ton of this matter the correspondent says
that most of our New England farms are
inclosed with fences-straight. crooked.
and irregular-good. bad, and Indifferent
Most farms are so subdivided as to resem-
BILE a checker board Everything seems
to be fenced. The fences are almost as
varied as they are abundant The Virginia
rail fence is the pioneer; then the log
fence, stone wall. stump fence, pitch pole
fence, worm fence, and the post and rail
fence.
Not less than four feet in height con.
stitutes the lawful fence. Stone wall is
the main fence in Maine and Massachu.
sets, and perhaps in Connecticut also.
Maine also has the rail and the board
fence and the bush fence. Fail fences
are the cheapest The roots and stumps
of large trees, set up edgewise, make
most effective fences The stone wall
would last forever. if it were well and
carefully laid in the first place and the
frost did not play havoc with it. AS
commonly built. the stone wall will keep
out all kinds Of stock except sheep. 1t
is insisted that stones could be more
cheaply disposed of than by laying in
wall form
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
Arsenic for the Grassboppers

lFTeS1O lJaLl FXD0Slt0r.I
A Fresno house recently sold 700 pounds
of arsenic and has orders on hand for
some pounds more. A prominent San
francisco drug house has sent 1000
pounds of arsenic into the valley in the
last few davs. This gives some idea of
the onslaught that is being made on the
grasshoppers The preparation is found
to work like charm The hoppers eat
it. whether wet or dry, and rather seem
20 like it. and there is no danger of their
communicate the poison to the fruit or
anything of that kind, as they never fly
after eating it. simply contenting them
selves by crawling of and hunting a
shady place TO die
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
The Traffic in Church Livings.


The traffic in livings still goes on in
England The presentation to the rectory
of Crawford, with we'll timbered pleas
ure grounds and a net income of nearly
So, 600, can be had for /; ~, 500. Yald
ing, near Maidstone. yields 81 900, and
is quoted at 500, 600, Subject to the life
of the incumbent, in his 6lst year. " For
a $1,000 living in Yorkshire SIS, 900 is
asked, but there is "a prospect of i'm
mediate possession"-i e., the aged
clergyman who was put in to keep the
place warm is dying. In Lincolnshire
there is a living for sale. the income from
which is small, but there are beautiful
grounds, with wineries, orchard and
melon house, kennel room for eight or
ten dogs, a church in perfect repair
and, above all, perfect independence of
Episcopal Jurisdiction, the bene1ce being
a donative The living, it is added,
would suit gentleman wishing to COM
bine the positions of squire and parson.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
Electricity as a Dust Settler.

The remarkable effect of electric dis
charges in causing dust and smoke in the
air to settle was some time ago pointed
out by Professor Lodge. This led to in
vestigations by an English lead smelter,
Alfred .. Walker which have resulted
in the important discovery that a constant
discharge of electricity in the tiues of lead
works causes the lead fume to condense
and settle very rapidly. Much time is
thus saved. while the loss of lead fume is
greatly reduced. The discovery applies
to other volatilizable metals besides lead
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
w stern Leu'e-.

For its private work the bank OF Devils
Lake. Iakota. has adopted rather pecul
lar but very suggestive vignette. The
base is a sheaf Of wheat. on which rests a
silver dollar over the back of which
Satan is climbing. holding in one hand
the scales of Justice aud in the other a
lance. At MS left is a map of the lake,
which forms the place for writing the
amount of draft or check. on which are
the words, "Gige the devil his due.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
Her Retort.
lScmerville Journal.

He (provokingly)-Wo has two
eyes, two ears and only one mouth.
Therefore she should observe and listen
twice as much as she should talk
She (revengefullyy-M has two ears,
two eyes and only one mouth. Therefore
he should hear and see twice as much as
he should eat
And they didn't speak to each other
again the whole evening through.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
Protection Agains. Lightning.

1t is said that three o. four thicknesses
of common wire mosquito netting. painted
or implanted, and laid upon one another,
are utterly imperviOus 10 lightning. No
substance, whether liquid solid, how
ever combustible, in ammable, or ex-
plosive, that is protected by covering of
this material, can possibly suffer in any
wise from lightning or from any acct
dental spark or Jet of flame from without.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
High Degree of Civilization.
waterbury Americana

One of our countrymen in Italy, as
shown up in story translated from an
Italian paper: "a gentleman, travelling
with ! ankee. observes: Grand country,
yours; only two centuries ago peopled by
savages; what progress and what marvel
Gus results of civilization Certainly
replied the Yankee, we have reached such
a high degree Of civilization that even in
our virgin forests all the rattlesnakes have
electric rattles
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
An ArithmeticaI / experiment..

Take slip of paper and place thereon,
in figures, your age in years, dropping
months, weeks and days. Multiply the
sum by two, then add to the result OBJ
tanned the figures 3,7G6; add two, and
then divide by two. Subtract from the
result obtained the number of your years
on earth, and see if yOI do not obtain
figures YOU will not be likely to forget
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12

The ancient Chinese legend relating to
the origin of the tea plant tells us that the
first teabush sprang up from the spot
where Confucius had thrown his eye-ids,
which he had cut off in anger because
sleep had overtaken him when he had
vowed to keep awake.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
Buck hot for e ephants.

II e rot Free P-ess.l
Elephants like to have buck shot fired
into them. The lead allays all irritation
in the summer and ha,deus up the flesh
so that the files can bite through
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
Washing Down the River

A scientist says that 80, 900. 600 tons of
matter in solution are annually poured
into the gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi.
At this rate one foot of land over the
whole basin would be removed In 4, 900
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
ard to DO.

One of the hardest things for boy to
do is to con ince himself that the pants
made for him by his mother look just as
If they had come from the clothier's
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
A Feature of the Landscape.

1oT e VI Z y uIil't J
The young man who wears custard- pie
colored puntaloons to the picnic not only
gets ahead of the funny mau. but he
makes very picturesque feature IN the
landscape besides
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
? DavenporS : Library.

Fanny Davenport. in describing her life
in her country home, says: 4 devote
myself for a couple of hours daily to my
books. / am taking an I'M entory of
them, for l pride myself on nv library.
and think have the finest collection OF
books of any woman IL the country.
have chosen them myself. buying them
gradually l have always had an am;i
fion 10 own library. and when went OH
the stage I made rule from the first of
buying book a week. Sometimes it was
a comp. etc set, more times it was SINCE
voume. The foundation. however. o.
my library was little book. wee Tes'a
ment. with the following inscription Oh
the fly leaf: Miss davenport F-om her
parents. Sept :, 1865 Then followed
a criptural verse. The first book. OF
books, l ever bought was Dickens, sec
ond- set. for which paid, ! think,
50 This was the nucleus of my present
large collection. "
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
STEAMER MOKOLI1,
tMcGregor, Commander.

tMcGregor, Commauder1,
Leaves Honolulu each Monday at p. IN. for
KRunakakai Kamalo. PuEoo, Lahaina, Lanai, Moa-
nui. Halawa, " aflau, Pelekunu and KalaupapR. Re-
turning, leaves Pukoo Friday a. m. for Honolulu,
arriving Saturday morning.
E5- The Company will not be responsible for
any freight packages unless rCceipted for, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly marked. Not
responsible for money or jewelry unless placed In
charge Of the Purser.
All possible will be taken Of Live stock, bat
the Company Will not assume any risk Of accident.
sAM'L. q. WILDER, President.
s. B. ROSE, Secretary.
oFFICE-Corner Fort and Queen atreets.
s9-1y Mar 30
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP Co.,
Limite<Il.
STEAMER KINAU,
CKing, Commanoe1I,

(King, CommanOer>,
Leaves Honolulu per following schedule
touching at Lahaina, Maaaea, Makena, MANU-
kona Kaw alhae LaupAhoehoe. HilO and keauhou:
Commencing MONDAY. October 18th, and
thence the first Monday following the arrival
of the alameda" and 'Mariposa," the sth
and 22d OF each month:
The steamer Kinau will make the VOLCANO
TRIP, reaching Keauhou Wednesday morn
ing, giving tourists two days and two nights at
the VOLCANO HOUSE.
When the sth and 22d of the month fall on
Monday, the Kinau will leave that day.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO TIL
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PA vs.
ALL CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive IN Honolulu Sunday
mornings Volcano trips. On Hilo trips, will
leave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
kinau at MahukOnR.
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at HonOkaIa and
Paauhau On down trips from HiO for Passengers
If a signal is made from the shore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
4 100. Yenr-nId Annie Tree.
Exchange. I

On the Dater homestead at Brunswick,
n. Y, is an apple tree which is believed
to be 1C0 years old. 1t IS nine feet in cir
cumference, and has been known to bear
thirty bushels of apples in a season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
ORIFTwoo0.

Friend. that love IS ia lse
Which clings to love for self-h sweets Of
love. - Light Of Asia
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12

He seemed a cherub who had lost his way,
And wandered hither, so his stay
VITA Us was short, and twas most meet
That he should be no deliver I'm earth'5 clod
Nor need to pause and cleanse his feet
To stand before his God. -lLOwelL
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12

For he that flung the broad blue fold
Ger mant.ing land and sea,
One-third part OF the sky unrolled
For the banner Of the free.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
a Thousand eet neen,

During all seasons of the year. it is
said, the earth at Yakutsk, Siberia, is
frozen from the depth of fifty feet to that
af about Onn feet
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12

IT'S but the ruin OF the bad,
The wasting of the wrong and i'll;
Whate'er of good the old time had
Is living still -rAnon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,
STEAMER LEHUA.
davies, Commander

VIII leave regularly for same ports as KIlaueG
HOu.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
An Endless Reptile
Tst. Louis Globe Democrat

One day last summer while the troops
were being brought into Fort Reno, l. T.
to be ready to suppress an outbreak
among the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes,
they found great many snakes in the
prairie grass. In one day the soldiers
killed thirteen large rattlesnakes. A
young cavalry officer gave his experience
with an unusual specimen of the sam,
family. After going into camp about
dusk he started for the spring in little
ravine near by. When not far from tn,
ravine he saw the object, which was about
an inch in diameter and Of Shiny green
color, dragging its length across his path
with rapid movement. Quick as fash
he drew his sabre and slashed it in two
This only had the effect to quicken it In
its mad race for the ravine. He made an
other and another slash, cutting of two OF
three feet number of times, but still was
not able to find its head or check its speed
until he got to the edge of the ravine, when
he saw, just below him, one of the company
horses, who lariat he had bean chopping.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
HOME AND FARM.

The laying Of soft-shelled eees
sometimes results FROM Gver-feeding,
md sometimes lack or lime or she'll ma.
teriaL
Lemon Cream: Peel three lemons
ana squeeze out the juice into one quart
OF milk. Add the peel, cut in pieces,
and cover the mixture for few hours;
then and six eggs, well beaten. and one
pint OF water, well sweetened. Strain
and simmer over a gentle fire till il
t6ickens Serve very cold.-Boston
Globe.
Coffee Cake: One cup Of brown
sugar, one cup of butter, one-half cup
OF molasses, one cup of strong, cold COT
Tee, one teaspoonful of soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful
of cloves, one cup of raisins or currents
and five cups of sifted -four. Add the
rult last, rubbed in little of the flour.
Bake about one hour. Exchange.
A Western farmer advises stringing
seed corn by tying the ears together
with hus IS in some place where the
grain can be saturated with coal smoke.
The odor, he says, repels squirrels and
worms from eating the seed. The seed
comes up quicker. the plants grow more
vigorously and ripen several days
earlier than from seed not so treated
Troy Times.
Too many farmers neglect to bed
the horses. They are foolish. A bed
is needed, even in summer. Wheat
straw is the best for the purpose. 1t is
brittle, and the animal will not get his
feet tangled up in it. Dat straw is too
tough. Barley straw is too dusty. II
causes irritation of the skin. A few
straws will not do. Give q good, soft
bed.-Western Rural.
"A practice that has been tried with
good success, says Colmdn's Rurai. is
to mix the green hay with some old hay
or straw. putting first layer of the
straw, then one of hay, then another Of
straw, and so on till the NOW Is full or
the stack complete. The straw not only
absorbs the moisture from the hay, and
thus aids in preserving it, but it is itself
improved by this absorption of the odors
of the fresh hay. SO that stock will eat
the straw up clean. when before they
would hardly touch it.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
A HAUNTED SHOE.
How a Husband Has TO Suffer For Dis
obeying His wlfe's Directions.

boston Herald.l
Mr.. Anthony Shoe is a clerk in a coal.
oil factory at Allentown, Pa. Some little
time ago he was so unfortunate as to lose
the amiable Mrs. Shoe, who, before she
tain ante-mortem instructions to the eff.
feet that she was not to be buried under
any circumstances in the family lot. Mrs.
Shoes prejudice against this particular
burying-groundw was based upon the fact
that the lot aforesaid was uncomfortably
wet, being frequently flooded with water
when the river happened to be unusually
high. So strongly was Mrs. Shoe dis
posed to insist upon obedience to her
wishes in this matter that she
solemnly declared before she took
her departure to another and
presumably a better world that if
the damp cemetery did receive her re-
mains she would "spcok" her husband and
children. Nevertheless she was buried in
the Objectionable graveyard, and, in full.
fillment of her promise she has been en-
gagged ever since in making existence az
wretched as possible for her ur..
happy spouse. She makes night.
ly appearances at his bedside,
and hovers over the cribs OF the children
in the shape of a spook, nearly frighten-
ing them out of their wits. The annoy
ance became at last so serious that Mr..
Shoe appealed the other day to the police.
and he says that if they can not do any
thing for him he will have to dig the old
woman up again and plant her in drier
spot, where she can rest peacefully in her
grave.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
Not Very Good to Drink.
Montreal witness.l

Yesterday q very peculiar-looking
.beastie" came through tap in the West
End, and the residents in that vicinity
have no interest in any but filtered water
from now hencsforward. He was about
half an inch ir,r length, including the tail,
eral shape. His head was very large, COM
paratively speaking, and was exactly like
that Of the little marine animal called the
sea-horse. He had four legs close TO the
head and . sort OF fur ut the tail. His
horns were well developed, and would be
apt to stick in the throat Of any one who
tried to drink him.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17

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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
For the Ladies'.

Tor the Ladies'.
LAuRhteris the poor mans plaster.
Making every burden light:
Turning sadness into RladnesS,
Darkest hour to May dawn bright.
.ns the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for ihs Of this description,
But for those that woman's heir to-
Use Dr.. Pierces 'Favorite Prescription"
lures all weaknesses and Irregularities,
.bearing DOWN. sensations, "internal
fever,n bloating, displacements, inhamma-
ton. morning sickness and tendency to
generous disease. Price reduced to one
dollar. By druggists.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17

- Delicate Diseases affecting male
or female, however induced. speedily and
permanently cured Illustrated book for
10 cents in stamps Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.