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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Phe1fm o'Toole, the Fireman.

New Orleans TimeS-D Democrat
At the meeting of the National Associa
ton of Fire Engineers at Long Branch
the feature of the reception at the Ocean
of St Louis "Phelim O'TOole, said
Mr. Sexton, "was an Irish sailor, who
came into the St. Louis fire department
while | was the chief A better, Drawer
or harder worker | never had under me
1t was only when he had whisky in him
that he was contrary, and then he was d
regular Tartar. But as rule, he was as
strong as all OK and gentle as a child.
He was promoted for bravery until
he became foreman of SINNERS
truck one bitter night in the winter of
1874 the Southern hotel caught fire 1t
was an awful fire When all but one
corner had been consumed we were hor
ror- stricken to find that Professor Reise,
of W ashington university, and his wife
were in the sixth story Phelim at once
started up ladder taking a rope with
him He was ninety-five feet above the
ground when he found that the ladder
was fifteen feet short. Take some sheets
and tie one end up there and then let them
droDp he yelled The professor was al
most overpowered with smoke, but he did
just what he was told In two minutes
the sheets tied together were secured
above and the other end low
cred to Phelim The draught
kept it out of his reach. He eyed il
for minute There was a crowd of 90
900 people watching him Then he
jumped for the sheet and caught it, and
went up hand over hand till he got into
the window Then you would have
thought that the people had gone crazy.
They cried and shouted and laughed at
the same time Well, to make a long
story short, he got them down all right,
and got down himself, too, just in time,
for we had barely cleared the street when
the walls fell helm got medal OF
course. He was killed at SO fire in
cellar afterward by the explosion of an
extinguisher The whole town turned
ont at the funeral Mr.. and Mrs. REESE
cried like babies over his grave, and they
often visit the grave now.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Lemons in Medicine and Cookery.


We know of q physician who used
lemon juice in case of smallpox, the
only liquid given, and no other remedies.
In thirty six hours the disease was under
complete control, and in one week was
entirely cured
Hot lemonade, with flaxseed simmered
in ii for half an hour, then strained and
sWeetened, is excellent for a cold, but, as
it produces perspiration, it should be
taken only upon retiring. The white of
whipped up with the juice of lemon, re-
lieves hoarseness and soreness of the chest
at once, taken by the teaspoonful half
hourly.
The Juice of two lemons taken in half a
glass Of water before each meal is power
full remedy for rheumatism, and it is also
considered almost a specific for inter
mittent fever The juice of one lemon
taken three times a day in cup of clear
strong coffee, will often cure chiIls and
fever, when the disease is stubborn and
unyielding to ali other remedies
The pulp of a lemon bound on for three
successive nights, is said to cure cQrns,
and few pearl shirt buttons dissolved in
the juice of one lemon, forms a thick,
creamy ointment that will almost surely
cure them. SO we find the medicinal
properties of the lemon are many and
varied; their value in culinary art is also
great. The rind, thinly pared off, is an
agreeable Ilavorirg for custardS creams
and blanc mango 1t should be cooked
in the milk and removed before the other
ingredients are added. The yellow rind
only is fit for use-the white part is
always bitter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Fixing the Land.
a. alsaw Traveler.I

The dunes of Gascony, according to
recent report by the inspector of French
than 200, 600 acres, and are more than 30
feet high and three or four miles wide
The fine sand composing them was for
merly pushed constantly inland by the
wind, covering fields and villages and
even burying churches up to their towers.
Since 1880 the difficult task Of fixing the
sand hills by creating a growth of vegeta-
ton on them has been in progress, and
has at length resulted i'll averting a great
public danger and forming a fine forest
The formation of new dunes is prevented
by the building of wooden palisade,
against which the sea raises so steep a
bank that no sand can be blown over the
incline
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
~ SUPERIORITY OF DUTCH RICE. -
The Process by Which It Is MiIIed and
Polished Kept a Secret.

The Process by Which 1t Is MiIIed and
Polished Kept a Secret.
New York SUM-
The finest rice is known as Dutch rice,
and comes from Amsterdam. 1t is grown
in ava and milled and polished in Am
sterdam by some peculiar process which
American millers are very anxious to
learn The Dutch rice" has more per
feet grains. a better luster, and is less
broken than rice milled in this country.
Many attempts have been made to learn
the Dutch process but they guard it with
Jealous care and allow no one in their
mills 1t is suspected that they use oil.
as the rice when confined in bag for
some time gives the cloth a soft, greasy
feeling.
Recently the state department sent out
q circular to consular officers requesting
information concerning the preparation
of rice. The consuls had no better luck
than other people. They recently reported
that the manufacturers declined to divulge
the secret saving that it was of the ut
most value for them to preserve it, and
that they would not furnish the method
to their own government The Dutch
rice is worth Z Of a cent more per pound
than other rice, simply because of its fine
appearance, but when cooked it is no bet
ter than other rice. American millers are
secretive about their own processes OF
milling, and decline TO allow strangers to
go through their works.
The grain comes from the threshing
mill as rough rice or paddy, and requires
grinding to free it from the hulls. 1t IS
first screened to get rid of the sand and
is then passed between pair of heavy
stones five feet across to remove the
outer husk Thence it goes into large
wooden mortars, the irOnshod pestles TO
which weigh 2jO to $50 pounds each, and
is pounded for two hours, when it is
ready for screening. Some mills clean
the rice by means of wire cards. without
pounding. inalIy the rice is screened
into Tour, broken rice. middling rice, and
prime rice The prime rice passes into the
polishing or brushing screen, which is
vertical cylinder. laid up and down with
shreds of sheepskin, and made TO revOlve
within a wire screen. This cleans off the
flour and gives polish to the grains.
The best rice produced in this country
is grown in South Carolina The Chi
nese consume a great deal of rice in this
country, and use only the best quality
The ma ority Of New York families
serve boiled rice as sort of a paste. with
the grains all merged together. In the
south, where its cooking is properly I'M
derstocd. it is served with every grain
clean aud distinct 1t is eaten there as a
vegeta jlc with pepper and salt while
north il is regarded as a dessert and eaten
with su-ar or moIasses. 1t is said that
the rice should be put into sailed water
which Is boiling hot In five minutes the
water should be drained of. and the Gov
cred pot left for twenty minutes longer Oh
the Goals.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Cost OF the Cur Dog.
ICor. New York TliDuna.1


There was once a people who wor-
SHIPPED the cat; we sacrifice to the cur dog
40, 900, 900 sheep annually. What a noble
creature must be this cur dog These 10,
600, 0JO sheep would supply all the wool
we re uire. and, in addition to that from
the sheep which the cur dogs kindly
spare to us, would leave a good deal to
sell abroad. What does the cur dog cost?
orty million sheep would produce $50, ?
600. O0U worth OF wool and So. OO0, 900
worth Of lambs. The cur dog, then costs
Us in this way alone 800, 900, 900 yearly,
besides his food and the fowls and eggs
he destroys, and the invaluable lives which
are lost by reason OF his bite and the
dreadful hydrophob;a We laugh to
scorn the ancient people who sacrificed
to the neither harmless nor necessary
cat, but we ourselves worship the savage,
unrelenting dog and sacrifice our invalna-
bic sheep to It's bloodthirstiness
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
How Prairie Dogs Get Water.
Frontier Letter.

1t has always been a sub .ect of curiosity
and inquiry as to how and where prairie
dogs, living. on the prairie. far away from
any river or stream, obtain their water
Mr.. I. Leech, a frontiersmap of expert
ence, asserts that the dogs dig their own
wells each village having one with a CON
cealed opening. lie knows of one such
we'll 200 feet deep, and having a circular
staircase leading down to the water.
Every time dog wants a drink he de-
the distance, is no mean task. In diG9
ging for water the animals display as
much pluck as they do in resisting the
efforts of settlers to expel them from the
land of their progenitors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Trees as a Protection from Lightning.

The electricians of the Old World are
among the latest strong advocates Of EN-
ploying trees as protection from light
ming. Investigation leads them to con
clude that the greatest protection build
ing can have is to have tail trees near by
The branches are so many points con
Quoting the electricity by the trunk to
the ground. AS to what particular trees
are the best for this purpose there is
some question, but all agree that tall
growers are the most desirable; also that
those with great branches are better than
such as have spreading ones. Perhaps all
tall-growing kinds, like oak, poplar
hickory, horse chestnut, elm, pine or
spruce, are of nearly equal value. In
planning to protect buildings a distance
of fifty feet away would be proper To
have the trees closer there would be danger
in case of a stroke of lightning that the
fluid would follow the ground to the
building. A small pond between the
tree and the building would render the
protection about complete
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
A Spot Where Liberty Took Root.
London Times

Ankerwyke house, BuckinghamshirS
the ancient home Of the Harcourt family,
including Magma Charta Island, " on or
near which King John signed "the bull.
nounced for sale early next month The
estate comprises nearly 100 acres, with a
rental Of alittle over 2, 900 pounds sterling
year Ankerwyke is in the parish of
Wraysbury, between Staines and Datchet.
and is celebrated for the picturesque
beauty Of its trees, which form con
sPIcuouS feature when seen from the river
side
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Treatment of Insanity.
Chicago Herald.l

Commenting upon the fact that there is
one insane person to every 800 Americans,
and that the ratio has greatly increased in
the last thirty years, New York scientist
says that an apparent cause Is the popular
change of opinion regarding the treatment
of insanity. Fifty years ago to be sent to
an insane asylum ostracised one as com
pletely as term in the penitentiary That
is all changed and a brief residence in an
asylum is no more detrimental to social
standing than visit to Hot Springs or
Florida
He does not regard our system of edu-
cation as a notably exciting cause of in
sanity. The evidence is rather to the con-
trary, the great ma GRITTY of the insane
where nature has supplied little mental
power to begin with and art has done less.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
YOUTH.

This poem by Robert Burns, hitherto VI
published, has been found in one OF tn
poets manuscript excise books, and is give
TO the world by The Dramatic Review c
London, which indor5es it as genuine.l
Youth is tie vision of morn
That flies the coming day;
It is the blossom on the thorn,
Which wild winds sweep away;
It is the image of the sky
In CLASSY waters seen,
When not cloud appears to fly
Across the blue serene.
But, when the waves begin to roar
And lift their foaming heads,
The morning stars appear no more
And all the heaven is fled.
'Tis fieeting as the passing rays
OF bright electric fire
That flash about with sudden blaze
And in that blaze expire.
It is the mornings gentle gale
That as it swiftly blows
Scarce seems to sigh across the vale
Or bend the blushing rose.
But soon the gathering tempests soar
And all the sky deform;
The gale becomes the whirlwind's roar,
The sigh an angry storm.
For Care, and Sorrows morbid gloom,
And heart corroding Strife
And Weakness, pointing to the tomb,
Await the Noon of Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Health of CoaI-1Iiners.
[ChicayO News.I

A great variety of Industrial employ
ments are directly and largely productive
OF pulmonary disease, notably among
stone-cutters. steel grinders, iron miners.
ETC. Taking pulmonary consumption as
a test disease of the hurtful effects OF inhal-
ing metallic dust, there is a mortality Of
90 in every 100 sick needle Makers di-
minishing to 10 in every 100 sick
brass-workers Mineral dust causes
a maximum death-rate from con
sumption of so per cent. of the total
mortality among grindstone-makers, AMI
NAL dust causes A. per cent, and dust
from poisonous metals 20 per cent of
such mortality, spectively, in the workers
exposed Of those exposed to vegetable
dust, 90 out of every 100 deaths among
the cotton flax and hemp dressers are
due to consumption, while among coal
miners only fraction of one in the 100
deaths is due to this cause.
Recent Investigations show not only
that consumption is not caused by coal
mining, but that this is the heathiest Of
industrial employments. Looking to the
longevity, high standard of health, and
low death-rate of coal miners and to their
remarkable freedom from pulmonary dis
ease, there would seem to be some special
protective feature in coal-m;ning opera
lions not shared by the rest of the dusty
trades. 1t is surmised that this may be
due to the antiseptic properties of the car
bon constantly inhaled.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
The Writer of Dime Novels.
[BrOOklVn EARLE.

The dime novelist or serial contributor
is 10y no means such a contemplate
figure, socially and intellectually con-
sidered, as he is frequently denounced
His stories are "grind" from the incep-
creation. His pathos is forced, his dra-
matte situations ridiculous and often
dragged in by the heels. The stuff is
manufactured as blacksmith YIELDS iron,
pounded together.
But apart from all this he is a we'll
spoken, intelligent, original fellow That
is the mere routine of his business, but,
personally. you will find him delightful
companion, whose ordinary conversation
is spiced with wisdom and wit, not to be
despised because its author may be seedy,
self complaisant, beer bibbing and tobacco
smoking.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
THE LOVERS.
2&8
George Ehotl

George Ehotl
Two lovers by a moss-grown spring;
They leaned soft cheeks together there,
Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
And heard the Wooing thrushes sing.
D building timel
o loves blest primel
Two parents by the evening fire.;
The red light fell about their knees
On hea IS that rose by slow degrees
Like buds upon the lily spire
D patient lifei
o tender strife!
The red light shone upon the floor
And made the space between them wide,
They drew their chairs up side by side
Their pale cheeks joined and said, "Onct
moreP
o memoriesl
o past that is!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Charcoal for Animals.
tChicago Times.

Charcoal is an antiseptic, aud may often
be taken as medicine with much benefit
10 relieve the stomach from excess of
acid and to promote digestion. 1t is
mistake to suppose that birds and ami
mails in state of nature can not procure
charcoal and would not use it if they
could. Tres occur in the wilderness
every season and charred trees are of com
mon occurrence Deer and birds eat this
charcoal very freely, and pigs roaming
the woods are eager for it. When char
coal is not attainabIe rotten wood is eaten
as substitute
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
How the Chinese NAY BE Utilized.

The similarity of Cinnamon must be a
source of unavailing regret to theatrical
managers, who find themselves unable to
collect corps of even a dozen "supers ="
who can effectively create the illusion that
they are a vast army by COMMUNICATING
out at one wing and in at another One
of them is always recognized on his sec
ond appearance by striking prOtuber-
ance of nose or an abnormal curvature of
leg. and hailed with unsympathetic
mirth. No such disaster could befaIl a
spectacular procession of Cinnamon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
A True AlleUOFV.
rRurdette il Brookv7 EagIe.1


Beautiful white-browed Truth sat at
her desk in the editoria room, calmly and
sweetly revising the circulation atidavits
which had ust been sent up from the
business office. A weary, haggard Joke
came in from the darkened street and tot
tered feebly to chair. The letters f
were stenciled on the back of his futter-
ing ulster. As he took his accustomed
place the white browed gathered her white
robes about her and prepared to leave, but
pleading look of long enduring patience
in the eyes of the Joke detained her.
Where are you going? he asked
II am going to the composing room,
she said, there is a new sub on slug to-
night. and / want 10 keep him from tell
ing that he was the only man that could
set u Horace Greeley's manuscript, and
how he once set up the president mes
sage all alone in four hours, while the
rest of the boys were out on foot as he
calls it.
You look so young and beautiful, :"
said the poor Joke, land yet there is but
little difference between our ages And
look at me! My gray beard reaches
to my waist, my teeth are gone, my
lettering knees scarce support my
emaciated frame, | am bald and half
bind-tell me" but his voice was chOked
with sobs
4 am 5000 years older than you,
said Truth gently, but then l am always
young
And I, " sobbed the miserable Joke,
II was always Old"
Truth paused; her heart yearned for
the wretched Outcast; she bent tenderly
over him and drew broad blue pencil
mark around him. and To- radiant fair as
the morn, fresh and youthful, the Joke
sprang into new being, the latest scintil
lation of that peerless wag, the leading
American humorist
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Built Upon a Marsh.
Philadelphia CALI

Amsterdam, the chief commercial city
of Holland, is built upon what was once
s marsh, or, worse than that, a sea, and
is a vast marvel of massive water-works
dams, entertainments and buttresses built
of very heavy stone above, but resting
upon millions of piles below. Piles are,
in fact, the support of the whole town:
for the upper soil, most Of which has been
brought in from distant places, is com
posed of sandy loan, which affords no
firm support.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
To Re a Writer.

~. W. Donovan in The Cure I'll
To be writer; to be able to reach thou
sands and convince hundreds; to please
twenty and offend none; to create new
characters and retouch older events; TO
correct errors and stimulate eXertion; to
encourage the lowly and check the
naughty; to paint some soft tinges on the
hard tragedy of everyday life around use
is enough to inspire ones efforts, to excit,
ones ambition, to reward ones undertake
inc
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
More Than Forty ObeIisks.

There are existing more than forty
Egyptian obelisks many of them are
fallen and broken. There are seventeen
of them in Italy, seven in England, two
in France, two in Constantnople and
one in this country The smallest is at
Berlin, which is twenty-five and half
inches high. An unfinished one in the
quarries at Syeue is estimated to weigh
!, 800, 900 pounds.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
The Cd Theory.
Nedica Jour nall

Sleeping with the head to the north and
the physical and mental advantages to be
derived therefrom is a sub ,ect in which
interest is being revived A German
physician of note was quoted many years
ago as saying that he believed he had
added at least a decade to his life, beside
keeping his health perfect by this method
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
Feeding BaciIIf to Insects.
New York Times !

DR.. Maddox, of the Royal Miscroscop-
ical society, London, says he has been con
tinuing his interesting experiments of
feeding insects with bacilli He fed both
the WASP and the blow fly with anthrax
bacillus, and they lived on for considera-
bic time until hot day, when the Their
mometer rose to 136 degrees Fahrenheit in
the sun, when they succumbed to what
seemed to be heat asphvxia and not an.
parently to. the effects of the bacillus.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
A Cheerful Collection.
Exchange.

The anthropological congress which is
seon to be held at Rome will have Gu
rious feature in the collection of 700
skulls of criminals, numbered and class
flied To these will be added the photo
graphs of 5000 and the brains of more
than 80 convicts, thousands of auto
graphs, poems. sketches. and special in
struments, the work of criminals.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
outstanding the Baltic Provinces.
Foreign Letter.

The czar is quite determined. it seems
TO Russianize the Baltic provinces of his
empire The German language is to give
place to the Russian, for official Dur
poses, and woe be to them who stand in
the way The mayors of Riga and ReveI
have been dismissed by his maiesty's
orders not as it appears, for refusing to
talk Russian, which perhaps they could
not do. but for objecting to the com
pulsory substitution of Slavonic for leu
ionic
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
1t Broke Him Up.
[WashingtOn critic.

A member of congress who was cav
airy officer during the war visited the new
pension building the other day for the
first tiNle and had to be taken away
in an ambulance. He is said to have
made the discovery that every cavalry
man in the terra Gotta bas-relief frieze
around the building is holding the horses
reins in the right instead of the left hand
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
German VitaI s+a.i..,o,

Vital statistics lately published show
that IN Germany the average life of men
has increased during the last thirty wears
from A. > to As. years. or > per cent In
women the increase is given at per
cent, the advance being from Al Q tn
462 :"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
A Professional Juror.
Philadelphia Call.

Bromley, who is that stout man on the
jury? lie 5ust now nodded to you
can t recall him. III bet, however
that he's professional Juror
w hat makes you think SOP"
Because. he isn't paying any attention
to the evidence.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08

The custom of COMPRISING tie heads
OF infants is rapidly dying out amon4the
Flat-head Indians in British Columhig
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-08
So Natural.

A Detroit girl drew a door-mat with a
crayon on the front doorstep, and it was
SO natural that several callers tried 10
give it a wipe.