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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-22
supreme Court.
AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JUDD, c. ].
TUESDAY. December Dist.

At HAMBERS-BEFORE JUDD, {. J.
TUESDAY, December Dist.
In the estate of William B. Wright
deceased. Application by the widow
that Hon. w. c. Parke be appointed adj
ministrator of the estate. The applica-
ton was granted on proof OF the intestacy
of the deceased, the amount of bond to
be hereafter determined upon, there
being proof of the insolvency of the
estate. In all probability the admins
traitor will apply to the Court to sell the
realty, as the personal property will not
be sufficient to pay off the debts. The
widow appeared on her own behalf.
In the estate of keoni Kapu, deceased.
Application by the widow that she be
appointed administrators of her hus-
bands estate. No one appeared to con-
test. The estimated value of the pro-
perty is about $4,000, consisting of two
pieces of real estate in Honolulu and one
in Waialua, on this island, and some
cattle Deceased left as heirs two sons,
who were present in Court, and con-
scented to the appointment of their mother
to administer upon their fathers prop
erty. The application was granted,
petitioner to file bond Of $3.50, which is a
limited amount, owing to there being no
debts due by the estate. Hon. J. L.
Kaulukou appeared in support of the
application.
In the estate OF Thomas Brown, de-
ceased, late Registrar Of Conveyances.
Hearing on an application for probate of
the viii. No one appeared to contest.
The will was admitted to probate and
letters testamentary issued to Mrs. NJ.
a. Brown, as executrix without bond,
the will eXempting her from giving
such. The will devises all OF the prop
erty, real, personal and mixed, to said
Mrs. Brown to her and her heirs for
ever. Value OF the estate is about $13,-
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600. The viii was executed some six
teen years ago and attested by Messrs.
c. T. Gulick and c. \. Castle, who
were then in official relations with the
deceased. Said c. \. Castle having
died since Witnessing the will, his sigma
ture had to be proved before the Court
by the testimony OF said Gulick and
Godfrey Brown. The Hon. Cecil Brown
appeared on behalf Of the application.
In re bankruptcy OF Thomas K Clarke,
His Honor administered the oath OF the
bankrupt prior to granting him his GER
tifcate OF discharge from all his debts.
Discharge granted. Hon. Cecil Brown
for the bankrupt.
BEFORE Mr.. JUSTICE PRESTON.
Hop Sing ct al. vs.. Kun On ct al.
Bill in equity praying for the foreclosure
OF mortgage, DR.. J. :. McGrew being the
mortgage in interest. Messrs. c. w.
Ashford and w A Kinney for plaintiffs,
Hon. Paul Neumann and Mr.. F. NJ.
Hatch for defendants The evidence
was completed, and arguments viii be
heard on Thursday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-22
AMONG MEXICAN PLANTERS.

Their Shiftless System of Cultivation
The Unwary Foreign Investor.
Noticing the shiftless system of cultiva-
ton prevalent among the Mexican plant
ers, which / could not help contrasting
with the clean cultivation of the Texas
and Arkansas farmers, inquired of a
well-infOrmed resident:
why would it not be a good scheme for
some shrewd American to come down
here, secure a plantation, and work it ac-
cOrding 90 northern methods? With this
marvellous soil, abundance of water, skill
full cultivation, and high prices of the
staple, there would be fortune in it,"
There are almost insuperable obstacles
! / the way" he replied. "In the first place.
they would not know the language, which
balks many an enterprise undertaken by
Americans. Again, nearly all this sec
ton is owned by q few rich bOndhOlders,
who are unwilling to part with any por-
ton of their estates and, being very con-
sentative and content with their present
revenues, do not become entangled so as
to need to sell them. The rent list of one
of these lords of the soil amounts to 500,
900 annually But grant that you can Sc
cure a foothold and have plantation,
where will you get, your labOrersi On
one side you would have hacienda with
1900 employees, on the other, one with 400,
but you could not engage one of them
whatever wages you offered. They are
all in debt to the planters, and should
they desert and go to you, the jefe poliU-
leo would soon bring them to their senses.
This is Mexico and this-its richest soil
is for the MeXicans, and the unwary in
weston would soon be made to know it.
There was much force and some reason
in his remarks. MeXicans are glad to have
foreign capital invest in mines, for their
value is uncertain, and nine out of ten in
know it. But a nook in this farther cor
ner of Gods earth is another matter.
Once planted and rooted, and the for
eigner can maintain himself ever better
than the MeXicans The latter fears his
competition, and naturally prefers to
exclude him utterly from his Eden. The
. rich haciendados live in comparative sim
plicity, content with themselves and their
surroundings. Unlike the American
Croesus the wealthy Mexican thinks that
enough is enough, and having cOmpe
tence cares only to quietly enjoy it, Not
given to travel, his family does not imbibe
expensive foreign fashions and notions.
Far removed from large cities the diver
sions of town life do not disturb his tran
quillity nor waste his resources. 1t is not
easy to become dissipated when you have
to ride twenty-five miles to see your next
door neighbor But whatever inclination
covets and money can buy that the cotton
planters of the "Laguna" have and enjoy.
They are said to be almost royal in their
hospitality to each other-Mexico Cor.
Cleveland Leader.
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A Disinfectant for the sick-Room.

disinfecting compound for purifying
the atmosphere of the sick room has been
presented TO the Berlin Medical society.
Oil of rosemary, lavendar and thyme. in
the proportions of ten, two and a half and
two and half parts respectively. are
mixed with water and nitric acid i'm the
proportion of thirty to one and a half. The
bottle should be shaken before using. and
a sponge saturated in the compound should
be left TO diffuse it by evaporation. The
vapor of this compound is said to possess
extraordinary properties in controlling
the odors ana effiuvia of offensive and in
offensive disorders. Chicago Herald.
There We're Is, 1913 chattel mortgages
filed in New York the first half of 1886
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a $50 mortgage has been on a house at
Norfolk, Va, for eighty-one years. The
interest has been paid annually with due
regularity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-22

One factory in New Jersey keeps 300
men in steady employment the year round
making Roman candles.
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a Dakota Girl

A young woman of Ashton, Oak, has a
farm which she works all alone. She has
three horses and last year she raised 200
bushels of grain, and now has seventy five
acres of wheat, fifteen of corn, and is
breaking up more land. She averages
about one offer of marriage a month
Chicago Tribune
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Curious Discovery of Medicinal sp


A writer in The Boston Transcript, who
is travelling in Arkansas, writes that at
Eureka Springs it was my good fortune
to meet Col BOudinot, whose father was
an Indian chief of the Cherokees, and in
conversation with him he related the in
cident that led to the discovery of the
springs. For long time their virtues
had been know to the Indians, but they
kept the knowledge profound secret. 1t
was left for the Yankee mind to discover
and appropriate their commercial value.
An Eastern man afflicted with sore eyes
visited the land of the Cherokees, and one
day CHANGED to battle his eyes in the cool
ing water of a spring. 1t seemed to give
him relief, and for several days the pro-
cess was repeated. He found after a few
weeks of the treatment that his eyes were
completely cured. Then followed the
Yankee acuteness He bottled up the
lpring water and sold it to the whites for
miles around His eye water became ia
nous, and he realized quite a sum from
its disposal But finally his secret was
discovered, and the springs became COM
mon property.
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Shady hooks of Cape May.

The big porches of Cape May hotels con-
tain shady hooks where much soft whis-
pering goes on The clever girl who wants
to make a genuine impression soon Olsen
cages an admirer from the dancing thrOng
within and installs him in one of these
attractive recesses, where there is nothing
to distract his attention FROM her varied
charms Chicago Times.
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Awk~areenr,s OF Wales Oldest Son

1t is a pity that Prince Albert Victor
does not indulge in few lessons in de
pertinent and dancing. His partners com
plain terribly of torn gowns and trOddel
toes, and in Ireland his reputation 70
World.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-26
TO DRESS CHICKENS.
How Fowls Should He Killed and PIens0
Valuable Hints.

How Fowls should he Killed and PIeHsG
Valuable Hints.
Kill by bleeding in the mouth o.
opening the veins of the neck; hang b
the feet until properly bled. Leavo
head and feet on and do not remove i
testines or crop. Scalded chickens ~
best to home trade. and dry-picked helf
to shippers, so that either manner q
dressing viii do. if properly executed
For scalding chickens, the water shout
be as near the boiling point as possib1e
without boiling; pick the legs dry -
fore scalding; hold by the head and leg
and immerse, and lift up and down
three times; If the head is immersed 4
turns the color of the comb and gives
the eyes shrinking appearanoe,
which leads buyers to think the foyI
has been sick; the feathers and in
feathers should then be removed imme-
diately, very cleanly, and withouk
breaking the skin; then plump"
dipping ten seconds in water nearly q
quite boiling hot. and then immediatsly
into cold water; hang in cool plaeo
until the animal heat is entirely out. To-
dry-pick chickens properly, the wofk
should be done while the chickens ~
bleeding; do not wait and let the bod
les get cold. Dry picking is much moEs
easily done while the bodies are war,
Be careful, and do not break and to
the SKIM W. Christian advocate.
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a NlnE-MlLLIon BOOK.

Book Agents Who Earn from Ten to Twenu
Thousand Dollars Year.
BY this sketch see that the Applet0nG
have made nine million dollars out q
their Cyclopedia alone; nine millions i
gross, Of course, this means; but thae
IL good margin for profit. Out q
their Picturesque America" they hsve
made four million dollars. So II III
only published those two books. they
would do well. ..Webster's Primer.
which they still publish. sells at the RI
OF one million year regularly, sonos
times few more but never less. -
70 Mr.. Appleton one day that the pao'
iisner Of three such books ought to -
satisfied. Yes, he said, but unfortunats
" they publish other books, the succeo'
OF which, or the non-success of whic4
make an inroad into the pro-
OF the other publications However, -
house OF Appleton is rich enough =.
the most Of its wealth comes throufH
- subscription department. You 60
imagine that the subscription depefe
ment does big business when some &
it. agents make from ten thousand d.
lars to twenty thousand dollars ~
ont Of it. This IL . good income tH Z
oook agsnt-Phi1a6s Ma Press.
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9ht S1ntheru Seutiutl.
WINFIELD. WINN PARISH La.
DIVIDED LOVE.

He took her trembling hand In His;
sIook mp and tell me, sweet and low.
1hat you viii be my bonny BRIDE"
s1n this soft hand, you hold my hope
mo sum and substance Of my life,
1Aey Will Be less than naught to me
II you refuse TO be my wife,"
She did not blush or draw away,
Nor did she hang her lovely head,
But coOlly, like little man,
II thank you for your proffered love
And all the feeling that you show,
Ny hand give you-but my heart
Igave my pug that long ago."
Merchant Tf0relee.
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AN HISTORICAL CLOCK.
Once Owned by John Knox. the Great
Scotch Reformer.

Urea,
Scotch Reformer.
Huntington pal Special
Not alone ON account Of its intrinsic
worth, but owing to its historical value,
w. h. Woods, of this city, has in his pos
session a clock that would command per-
haps rs high a figure as any other time
piece in the country. 1t was built at Pals
ley, Scotland, by Evan Skeoch in 1560, and
was owned by John Knox, the great Scot.
fish reformer. from whom Mr.. Woods de-
sends iineally. John Knox died in 1917.
His big eight-day clock was handed down
to his family for nearly hundred and fifty
years, when 1t finally came into the hands
of John Witherspoon, father of one Of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
When John Witherspoon, the SON, left
Scotland In 1766 to take charge
Of Princeton College, he brought the old
heirloom with him, and when he was elect
ed to the Continental Congress the old
timepiece was ticking in his parlor and
indicated the hour Of his departure
in time TO transact his patriotic du'
ties. DIR. Witherspoon priced the clock
very highly. He cleaned It himself Mt
regular intervals, and took pleasure in
showing 1t to his friends and the men,
bers Of Congress.
When he died he requested that it should
remain In his family and descend to
the first born Of succeeding generate m.
At the death Of DIR. Witherspoon, which
occurred in 1704, the clock came into the
possession Of his daughter, Marion, who
subsequently married the Rev. Dr. Il.
s. Woods, Of Icwistown, this State. Who
died In 1862. At the death Of Nrs. Woods.
shortly after, the clock came into the pos.
session Of the present owner, w. II.
Woods, In whose psrlor it now stands.
The clock Il stin good timskeeper.
eight feet high, built Of rosewood, with
works Of brass. Mr.. Woods was urged to
place the clock on exhibition 1t the Cam
eennial, but refused TO let Il be taken from
the house.
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The Designations Incident to the Season
Forcibly Presented and Illustrated
A Plea for Abstinence On the
Natal Day or the New Year.
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"A THOUSAND TO FIVE"

a THOUSAND TO FIVE
How q Poor College Student Wo
q Wager and q Wife.
It You take sharp turn to the RICH
midway on the Ifley road between tn
City of Oxon and Littlemore Asylum
beautiful green lane viii bring you t
the locks and the narrow foot-bridg
which. for convenience, is placed acros
the food-gates that you may pass to th
opposite bank of the Thames. The an
tique city lies still to your right with it
spires, and domes, and college towers
which stand out in clear-cut, dark up
rights against the wintry, gray sky, or
in the blue haze Of summer mist, appear
as II dressed in purple gauze.
The bank on which you stand has 8
wide foot-path, which narrows as you
recede from the city. Here tile river
deepens slightly, rejecting luxurious
green shrubbery, while few yards far.
ther on the stream grows SO shallow
that rank, though not unpicturesque,
weeds and water-fowers spring up to
greet the eye.
In the early morning or ON summer
evenings true admirers of the beautiful
never miss frequenting this spot Low
ers, the invalid, the weary student-all
alike here find rest and long to breathe
in an air that seems to stir into life
everything in the vicinity.
It was the day after the Oxford and
Cambridge boat race. At the former
university things were unusually quiet,
though the crews were far from discour-
aged. At the latter there was high glee.
After many successive years Of strug-
Cling and defeat Cambridge had once
more won the day. The fates had de-
cided il her favor.
Yet afew earnest coxgwAins and train
ers might be seen in busy conversation
at the various newly painted and gilded
boat-houses, and not few canoes and
gigs had demanded an opening Of the
locks that morning. Si1l the marked
excitement and hustle of the three pre-
ceding days had now all but died away.
A sober air pervaded everything. Song
birds from their boughs but twittered
dignity and seemed to glance askance
q pessers-by.
Yes, Jack, that was the bet.n
t.Frightful odds, wasn't itp'' chimed
h Bently Knoll.
But say, old fellow, do tell rs chat
ta}e, pursued the first speaker n sxal.
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months before, and he deserved it He
was . capital fellow, large-hearted.
empty-headed and brimfull Of sport. His
pocketbook was ever open. Many q
struggling fellow who went to bed at
night worrying over the expenses Of the
morrow woke up in the morning to find
placed between the leaves of his Latin or
Greek exercise book small note on the
Bank Of England. At first such unusual
beneficence puzzled us, but we very soon
discovered its true author.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-06
RIch Western Cities.

From the Pittsburg CommercialGazette.l
 Probably the richest city for it's size in the world is Cheyenne City, Wyoming, the home of the cattle kings" said Charles Jen- nings, a huge-sized western man from that territory, at the Union depot ''The popu- lation of the city is only about five thousand and it has about two hundred and fifty busi- ness houses, counting the cattle companies offices, which number sixty-six."
 "How much money is there invested in cattle in Cheyenne Citys" asked the reporter
 "To my knowledge there is thirty-two mil lion five hundred thousand dollars in that branch of business alonen
 "All American, suppese?'
 ''No, great deal of that amount is Eng fish investments. know Of at least five million dollars and there may be a great deal more 1 know nothing of. The Swan Land and Cattle company's paid in capital is seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and then there is the Powder River Cattle company with capital stock of one million five hun dred thousand dollars, the Duke of Manches- ter being the chairman of the company, thus showing the large amount of stock held and controlled by English capitalists"
 "How about other kinds of business?'
 "Do you know it seems to me that there is not poor person in the whole town. If there is there are very few. There is about as much invested in other kinds of business as there is in cattle raising, thus making town of five thousand inhabitants worth six ty-fve million dollars, and where can you find another city of that size in the world so wealthy? The town has all the modern i'm provements, such as electric light, theaters, the same as large cities. Goodbye stranger If you want to become rich go there,'' was his parting words as he left to get aboard an eastern train
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-06
CHANG YEN WOON.
Lately 8rrived to Represent His Gov
 at

 ernment at Washington. The new Washington representative of the 1 government of China comes at time when his own people, if reports are true, are exas- perated by reason of the outrages recently inflicted on their fellow -countrymen in Washington territory; and he himself was for time refused permission to land at San Francisco. He must needs be man of ur- banity, tact and sagacity to overcome-if in deed he will be able to overcome 1.-the se- rious irritation produced in the mind of the
 Chinese towards the people of this country by the events stated.
 Chinese statesmen remarkably well equipped for their work, and the representa- tive of the Celestial empire in this country always has been the object of profound re- spect. There is every evidence that Chang Yen Woon will be no exception to the rule A glance at his public services is enlighten-
 ing as to the capability of the new Chinese representative.
 He is a mandarin of the second degree.
 During the six years of his first public ap
 pointment he was collector of customs for the San Tung province. Next he was made chief minister of that province. His third appointment was collector of customs at
 Wee Hu on the Van Tize river. He was serving as supreme judge of the province of
 Wa Hen when called to Pekiu to take posi-
 tion in the foreign office. The latest step in
 the line of his promotions is to be minister plenipotentiery and envoy extraordinary to
 the United States, Peru and Spain.
 Next to the great man himself, out of the forty persons constituting his party, Leang Shung is the most interesting. This gentle
 man lived at Amherst, Mass, eight years and speaks English perfectly. He is inter preter to Chang Yen Woon.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-06

and commission agents having extensive dealings in securities. In 1882 a written agreement was entered into by the firm and the clerk that the latter should continue in the service of the house for ten years at an annual salary of ten thousand dollars. Some time afterward the firm learned that the clerk had long been speculating in stocks on his own account and dismissed him from service. Thereupon the latter brought suit for breach of contract and claimed damages to the extent of seventy-fve thousand dol lars. The trial resulted in judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff appealed, and the Appellate court also decided against him. All of the judges agreed that by engaging in heavy transactions the Stock Exchange the clerk had done what was incompatible with his duties to his employers and justified his dismissal.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-06
Thursday, May 6, 1886.
THE ETG QUESTION.

THE EIGHT-HOUR QUESTION.
 There are good many sides to the eight hour question. One of them is thus forcibly presented by Edward Atkinson: There is but one thing which we all have in common, rich and poor alike; and that is time. The man who controls his own time, who dis poses of it in his own way, and makes his own bargains, is the man who will succeed. The man who puts the control of his own time into the hands of some other man, who may or may not be well informed as to the condi- tions of his work, will be very sure not to succeed. The man who combines with others in the attempt to control and regulate the work of other men who do not belong to their association, and to dictate how they shall make use of the one thing which all have in common-and that is time-can only iniu ence industry for a very short period. The most intelligent among those who join in this attempt will either alter the bylaws and do away with any interference with personal liberty, or quit the union or club to which they have attached themselves. Skillful workmen who are masters of their art will soon see that any other course would. reduce the most intelligent and industrious work men to the level of the least skillful and the least competent in the trade.
 This looks like common sense. The ex- perience of Austria in dealing with the labor problem is interesting. Our consul general at Vienna reports to the State department that one of the measures which was inaugur- ated by the Austrian government during the year 1885 for the purpose of reducing over production, and thus indirectly benefting the laborer, by raising the price of manufac- lures and the wages paid to factory laborers, was the passage of law limiting the hours of labor. But, says the consul general, the protests against this measure have been loud and deep by several classes of laborers, and many trades have petitioned the ministry of commerce for exception and dispensation from this enactment.