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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
A PECULIAR and distinctive product of

A PECULIAR and distinctive product of
American party politics is what is known
as "the boss" The presence and per-
tinacious activity of the parsonage so
named IS not confined to either of the
two great political parties, though it ap-
pears to have been in the fostering shelter
of the Democratic fold that he first as
sumed definite form and proportion. His
existence and functions once recognized
and acquiesced in, he rapidly blossomed
forth into that tropical exuberance of
power and pretension which characterize
him to-day. But wherever he origin
ated, he has at all events spread rapidly.
He has fastened himself upon American
politics like the lantana on the slopes of
Kona, and seems quite as difficult to get
rid of. Now what is the boss?" He is
simply the chief manipulation or wire
puller, the man who, to more or less
complete extent, controls and runs the
regular party machinery. He it is who
arranges caueuses, and makes up
:" slates," and selects the delegates to
be elected to conventions, and in all
party matters acts as the power behind
the throne generally. Great is the boss
and not to be despised, as no end of
people have found out to their cost.
Gentlemen of good intentions and linn
tied experience, who enter the field of
politics with large expectations of use
fulness to the public and honor and glory
to themselves, are very apt to ignore or
undervalue the Importance of the indi-
vidual in question, with the result of
being badly, and sometimes very unex-
pectedly " left" Thus far in our politi-
Gal history, we in Hawaii can hardly be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
California Fruit Farm of a Former
Hawaiian Resident.

Hawaiian Resident.
The following description of the estate
of Mr.. S. T. Alexander, brother of Hon.
w. D. Alexander of Honolulu, is con-
tanned in a published letter from Ander-
son, ten miles south of Redding, Shasta
county, Northern California:
IS. T. Alexander, six miles from town,
has what is destined to be one of the
finest, if not the finest, fruit farms in the
valley. There are now planted to trees
and vines 100 acres, 100 of which were
set out this year. All told there were
planted 5000 trees divided as follows ::
Thirty-tive acres to prunes, mostly
French, sixteen acres to almonds, six
acres to olives, twenty acres to peaches,
five acres to oranges and one acre to Sicily
lemons. There are about thirty acres OF
Muscat grapes and ten or twelve acres Of
old orchard. Fifty acres more were
cleared this summer, which will be
planted during the season to olives and
prunes. A crop of bIackberries yielded
over 5000 per acre"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
Band Concert.

The Royal Hawaiian Band will give a
concert this evening at Emma Square,
commencing at 7:30. Following is the
programme:
1. Decentralization. ......R ossini
3 Finale-Stradella (by request. FIotow
3 Fantasia-Mil in the Forest. Eilenberg
4. SelectiOn-Attila.. ...............Ve Verdi
Mikioi, Malama, NOwelO.
5. SelectiOn-Patience (by request)
6. Waltz-TheMikad (by request Sullivan
T. Lancers-The MikadO - Sullivan
Hawaii POnOi.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
Chinese LiberaIity at Home.

A Hongkong dispatch of October Sd
says: Foreigners at Canton have ad-
dressed the Consuls protesting against
arbitrary obstacles imposed by Chinese
officials of that place in respect of the
landing and embarkation of goods. The
matters in dispute have been referred to
the Home authorities.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05

merchant called on to divide the money
said: = You sold your thirty chickens
two f dollar, and you sold your thirty
chickens three for dollar. That makes
sixty chickens at the rate of five for 81.
Well. five into sixty goes twelve times
twice twelve is twenty-four. That makes
S24 your chickens have brought" But,
as shown above, the women actually had
S25 in their pockets. And yet the
merchants figures were right! Do figures
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
Storm and Fatality at Sea.

Captain E. B. Cousins of the American
bark Alden Besse, which arrived at Ka-
hului, Maui, last Monday from Nanaimo,
British Columbia, with a cargo of coal,
reported stormy experience during his
last trip. A heavy gale from the south
west began on Thursday, October 18th,
and lasted for twenty-five hours, the YES
sci shipping heavy seas constantly. The
men ON duty were kept in the after-house.
On Friday morning at 3 o'clock, a sea-
man named j. A. Lockwood, a native of
New York, who was in the after house.,
was washed overheard by a high sea,
together with small boat, davits, and
bulwarks, in latitude A deg. north and
longitude 128 deg. west. The captain
was scarcely able even TO attempt rem
dering assistance to the unfortunate man
on account of the severity of the weather,
and the poor fellow quickly disappeared
from view forever.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
Do Figures Ever Lie2

Two women had thirty chickens each,
which they took to market They agreed
to divide equally the proceeds OF their
sale. One sold her chickens two for
dollar, getting for her chickens $15. The
other sold hers three for dollar, getting
for her thirty chickens $40. This made
$25 realized for the sixty chickens. The
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
Typographical Union No, 81.

At the regular monthly meeting of
this branch of the international Typo
graphical Union of North America, held
on Saturday evening last, the following
officers were duly installed to serve for
six months: w. NJ. Pomroy, President;
J. j Williams, Vice-President; J. j.
Greene, Secretary; w. S. Brash, Treas
urer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
Dp autljuritp

Notice of appointment of Fire Marshal
In accordance with the power vested III
me by law 1 have this day appointed
JOHN CORRECT WHITE to be Fire Mar
shall of the Fire Department of Honolulu.
CHAS. B. WILSON,
Chief Engineer Honolulu Fire Dept.
Approved:
L. A. THURsTON
Minister of Interior.
Honolulu, Nov. l, 1888. 1291w 1243-2t
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Sealed Tenders

Sealed Tenders
Will be received at the Interior Office until
FRIDAY, November 8, 1885, at y 0 clock
noon, for the construction of an addition
to the Reservoirs at the Halfway House,
Nuuanu Valley.
Plans and specifications can be seen and
all required information obtained upon APP
plication to the Office of the Superintendent
of Public Works.
The Minister of the Interior does not
bind himself to accept the lowest or any
bid. LORRIN A. THURSTON,
Minister of Interior,
Interior Office, Nov. l, 1888. 137-td
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House To Let!
Notice to Creditors.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN DULY
! appointed and qualified as A. mi nistrators
with the Will annexed of the estate of Samuel
Gardner Wilder late of Honolulu, deceased,
hereby notify all persons having claims against
said deceased to present the same duly anthem
ticated, with the proper vouchers if any exist
even if secured by mortgage, to VIM. F. Allen,
Esq, at the bank Of Bishop s. Co., Honolulu
within six months from this date or they will be
forever barred. A. +. JUDD,
W. F. ALLEN
administrators with the Will annexed of the
EstateSof S. G.. Wilder, deceased.
Honolulu, Oct. IL, 1888. I24O-5t 12O-1m
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HAVING RECENTLY IMPROVED

HAVING RECENTLY IMPROVED
Al and strengthened our construction of
2-Roller Mills, as also the Stat feeding mechan-
ism for same with very satisfactory results, we
are now prepared to contract for that class of
machinery at short notice. We have patterns on
hand for 4Ox66in., 3ex66in., 32x6Sin, 3Ox6Oin.,
30x54in., 26x54in sizes of rollers steel shafting
and steel gearing throughout with any desired
type OF engine, Or they be driven from
engine in use on 3-Ron Mill, by compromising
the same, thereby economizing steam. Results
under EQUAL CONDITIONS guaranteed UNsUR-
PASSED by any OTHER construction or system of
FEEDING
j. N. S. WILLIAMS.
Agent Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works,
I36 l243-tf San Francisco.
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NOTICE.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE I1c
| and commodious Dining Rooms of the
COSMOPOLITAN RESTAURANT
Boat For Sale.

THE BOAT SAVED FROM
aAanAD the wreck of the 'FDunnofar
- sszs-sSSsk Castle" and sold at auction
80 ~---=--1-s-- to the King, has been re-
fitted, coppered and decked over by Mr. RoIIan6
and is for sale cheap for cash by
Sz-u T. 4. RYAN, Boat Builder.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
DRESSMAKING.

AIRS. NJ B. CAMPBELL HAS COMMENCED
W the business of Dressmaking, Cutting and
Fitting. at her residence No. 10 Beretania street
opposite the Hotel. The patronage of the ladies
is respectfully solicited Satisfaction guaran-
toed.
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TO LET.

4 NO Z CHAPLAIN STREET, ONE LARGE
"A furnished fro ut room; also, small suite of
rooms suitable for small family. 132-1m
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A. K. WEIR.

MOULD RESPECTFULLY NOTIFY HIS
w friends and the public generally that he
mas purchased the Blacksmith and Carriage Shop
form erly conducted by A. Morgan at Nos 70 and
81 King street. where he is now prepared to do
all kinds OF Carriage Painting and Trimming
Carriage and Heavy Wagon Work and General
Blacksmlthlng with promptness and dis patch.
oallsIactloh guaranteed. 13l-tf
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THE DAILY
Pacific Commercial Advertiser.

Be just and fear not:
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be
Thy Country's, thy Gods, and Truths.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-05
NOTICE.

nURING THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF
- our Mr.. w. q. Irwin from this kingdom
MI FRANK r Hastings will act for our Bank in
all matters of business @-A Al
Honolulu, Oct. o. 1888 1as 9U
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
No Such Thing as Waste.

The complete erasure of the word
WASTE from the dictionaries, at all
events I'm SO far as IL has any relation to
industrial products, IL, IL not quite an
accomplished fact, undoubtedly becoming
more and more imminent: and we may
thank the chemists of this generation for
teaching us how To recover and utilize in
Vulnerable substances which, in their ig-
norance, our grandfathers threw away.
Thirty years ago the manufacturers or
iron, gas and chemicals, everywhere neg
lected all but the prime objects of their
industries, whereas today, on the system
of taking care of the pennies and allow
ing the pounds 10 take care of them
selves, competition has induced us to re-
gard our legionary by-products as so
many integral parts or branches OF each
enterprise. IL the intelligent men who
have 'gone before" and who were looked
upon by their contemporaries as wise in
their generation, could 10y any chance re-
appear among us, we might conduct them
10 our gas works, and with certain pride
explain the origin of our sulphate of am
monia, our aniline dyes, and our hundred
other extracts from coal tar.
From the contemplation Of gas we
would turn with them to some of our
SnltllcIS anu polilJ W thS
mineral wool, the cement, the glassware,
the pottery, the fire bricks and the fertil-
izer, all derived from our furnace Stag;
and finally, entering great chemical
works, we should show them how the
once devastating gases, SO fatal TO life
and vegetation, are no longer sent free
into the air, but are condensed and trans
formed into staple articles of trade, and
how by an ingenious and, TO them, un-
dreamed of process we extract the
precious metals from our exhausted sui
phur ores. To their wondering question,
"How can these things be-" we might re-
ply that all these marvels result from n
modern and enlightened policy, which, in
many countries, has fostered every species
of research in every branch of science, en-
couraged great minds TO ponder over and
gradually unravel the mysteries of nature,
and stimulated "a general thirsting for
that knowledge which, properly applied,
must ever amelorate our condition in this
''vale of tears. THE Age of Steel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
Different Phases of mind Cure"

Now that all forms OF mental healing
are much talked of and largely adopted,
il might be well for the public TO know
that the disciples Of the different schools
resent the common practice Of outsiders
bulking them all under the head Of "mind
cure" Mind enters into each one, to be
sure, but in different forms and through
different doors. They who practice
christian sciencep draw healing force
from the Infinite Mind, and consider their
own minds as at most a mere telegraph
line through which the vivifying power
reaches the patients mind. Plain "mind
cure" works by the operation of the heal
er's individual mind on the subject, and
partakes of what is known as mesmerism
or hypnotism. Faith cure" and prayer
cure" are one and the same, both relying
upon faith to override disease.
III any one doubts that the healing Of
disease by mental methods is going on
briskly in this city, let him drop into the
offices of some of the best known practi-
TONERS and see the collection of patients
waiting hour after hour in order that
each may get a treatment Nine O'Clock
is the hour for beginning the business of
healing. An hour before that six and
eight patients are in readiness to get their
slice Of life and health as drawn from the
infinite source of all life and Wilderness
From that time on until the office closes
at night it is never empty, and most OF
these reach a point when they declare
themselves healed York Press
Every Day Talk.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
Bargaining for q Parrot.

1t was in Broadway bird store that a
young lady was shopping for parrots. A
big and valuable bird was under her con-
sideration. She was criticising its points
like an expert.
II think the other one is BETTER" said
her dude companion.
"But this one looks so much like you,
Herbert, dear, she sweetly rejoined, that
] think prefer it,.
So it did The profile of the beak was
q counterpart Of the ugly fellows nose,
and otherwise the two faces were about
the same in shape and in suggestion Of
intelligence The slightly dazed chap was
silent, as though revolving in his still
mind the meaning Of her remark
This parrot is wonderful talker," put
in the dealer. II haven't had better one
in stock for long time"
"Oh, he talks plain English we'll
enough" said the young lady, "but do
you think he'd learn to stammer and
drawl and use the London accent?
couldn't love him if he didn't do that, "
and here she gave a deeply sentimental
look at the young man, which made him
happy in spite of all.-New York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20

+. Il. Bassett, with the Aberdeen
pharmacy, has invented an electric
clock which, for simplicity, originality
and accuracy, is one of the most won
derful inventions of modern times.
The clock contains two dials facing in
opposite directions, with two sets of
magnets between the dials, each pro-
vided with arpatures which are in con
nection with a center or main wheel
containing sixty teeth, which in turn
connects with the face wheels of the
clock, The clock will be attached to IL
post in front of the store, with the bat
terry inside, thus causing the circuit to
pass from the sweep second hand of the
regulator into the magnets of the street
clock and then back to the battery.
The diameter of the clock is thirty
inches, with two twenty-four inch dials.
This is an experiment with Mr.. Bassett,
it being entirely original with him. A
patent has been applied for which, if
secured, is sure to result in good profits
for the inventor. An electric hight will
be placed in the clock at night, thus
making the standard time discernible
for at least a block away.-Aberdeen
(Ddk. NeWS. Good for Fred; the
NoRTHERNER hopes he will make "A
fortune out of his invention.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
About Railways.

The following useful information is
taken from Il series of railway articles
that will appear i'm ScribHer'S: The
United States has $50, 600 miles of rail
way, about half the mileage of the
world; they were built ut an expense
of 80, GOO, 600, 600 and employ upwards
of million of people. The fastest time
ever made by a train was on the Phila-
delphia and Reading-ninety-tw miles
in ninety-three minutes, one mile being
made in forty-siX seconds. The cost of
"a high class, eight wheel locomotive is
about So, 800 The Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe system is the longest sys-
TEN in the world, being about 5000
miles. The cost of palace sleeper is
from $4,000 To $1,000. The longest
bridge span is the cantilever span in
the Poughkeepsie bridge-54S feet;
the highest bridge is the Kinzua viaduct
on the Erie, 800 feet. Peter Cooper
built the first locomotive used in the
United States. The Manhattan ele-
waited carries 191 ,625, 900 passengers II
year, Spa, 900 "A day, n greater number
than is carried by any other road. The
average daily earning of a single loco
motive is about 300 The Hoosac
tunnel is the longest i'm America, four
and three-fourths miles. The average
cost of constructing "a mile of railroad
is $50, 600 The highest point attained
by any railway in the United States is
1882 feet, at Marshall Pass on the
Denver and Rio Grande. The statistics
show that one passenger in 10, 900, 900 is
killed; there are more lives lost by fall
ing from windows than in railway acct
dents. The Canadian Pacific, running
fran Quebec to the Pacific ocean, ex-
tends farther east and west than any
other railroad. The average life of a
steel rail is about eighteen years. The
fastest time between Jersey City and
San Francisco, three days, seven hours,
thirty-nine minutes and sixteen seconds,
was made by special theatrical train
i'm June 1896
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
ra.bu,tv to pulmonary Consumption.

Having seen, then, that in the aggre-
gate more civilized males than females
die of pulmonary consumption; that the
costal respiration OF the civilized female Is
developed through the constructing infiu-
ence OF dress around the abdomen; that
the lungs possess an excessive breathing
surface, which, by sedentary occupations,
ETC., can be, and is frequently, reduced In
a great degree; that the baneful results OF
such reduction, consisting of hyperemia,
etc, fall with the greatest force on the
apex Of the lung; that all those who suf-
fer from consumption also show decided
tendency TO immobility of the upper part
of the chest-are we not, therefore, justi-
fed I'm believing that q defective costal
respiration and the beginning Of pulmon-
airy consumption stand in relation To each
other as cause and effect?
And, going one step further, is it not
clear that the civilized female owes her
greater immunity from this disease in
great measure To the fact that she pos
sesses a more highly developed costal eX-
pansion! IL these relations exists, it is quite
obvious that her manner of dress is di-
rect factor in bringing about this result.
She has, by force of necessity, been led TO
clothe herself after method which de-
IluIuS Il IcSLllCblOl VI lut dDiOliililtNl anu
diaphragmatic movements, and which
cultivates greater development Of the
costal portion of the breathing organs,
and thereby she unconsciously protects
herself 10 greater degree against this
disease; while the male, on the hand,
dresses himself after "A fashion which Sc
cures perfect freedom of motion TO the
diaphragm and abdominal muscles, but
which also attracts and tends 10 confine
the respiratory function to the lower por
ton of the chest. Moreover, il must not
be forgotten that the same fashion also
demands that his clothing should be sus-
pended from the shoulders, which of itself
restricts the movements Of the upper por-
ton of the chest, making it evident, there
fore, that his clothing renders him, both
directly and indirectly, more liable TO the
disease under consideration. To this con-
clusion, and to no other, do our facts and
reasoning lead. Science.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20

D. A. Riders liquor bond was APP
proved last Tuesday evening, Trustees
Runyan, Grills and Sherrick voting to
approve and Dowland and Winch To
reject Trustee Harvey was out of town.
While we loathe and detest liquor sell
ing and liquor drinking, we do not feel
called upon to denounce any man per-
sonally for performing an act not con
demned by law. But we do not envy
the saloonist nor his bondsmen, who
are partners in a business condemned
by four-tifths of the community. They
have legal right to engage in it, but
the moral right TO take money for that
which breeds kicks and cuffs for the
children, and rags, shame and misery
for the wife, Is no greater, in our Opin-
ion, than the moral right of the thief or
highwayman to ply his trade. We re-
greet that the members of the council who
approved the bond felt compelled by
official restraint To sanction that which
their private Judgment and sense of
right taught them to strongly disap-
prove .-RefectOr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
Like a FLOCK of Sheen.

During an engagement Of the Strakosch
Opera company some years ago, Gar
men" was presented. The stage manager
instructed the captain of the supes TO
make his first entrance with his men from
the back in single file, come down the
right side of the stage to the front, cross
the stage as near the footlights as possible,
go up on the left side and there form line.
The directions wen- so simple that the
stage manager thought 1t quite unneces-
sary TO rehearse the supers in the busi-
ness. They obeyed TO the letter. When
the cue came for their entrance they filed
on exactly in accordance with instructions,
the captain at their head, walked down
the stage to the footlights and started TO
cross when they were brought to a sudden
halt by the prompter's hood, which stood
exactly in their line of march. There
was not sufficient room for them TO pass
between it and the footlights, so, after n
momentary pause to consider the dilemma,
the captain proceeded To crawl over the
hood, and every man Jack of his crowd
followed suit.-Detroit Free Press.
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Concerning Opium Culture.

In few states the farmers have expert
mented little with the white poppy, but
we have not regarded opium as ever
likely to cut much of figure among our
products. Mr.. Pratt, the United States
consul at Teheran, who has been study
ing opium culture in Persia, where very
fine article is produced, says he believes
large regions in California and the
southern states are well adapted to
the cultivation of the white poppy,
and, in view Of the superior quail
ity of Persian opium, he details the
methods of cultivation in vogue there as n
guide for our poppy raisers. Though the
abuse of opium has made it, in the opin-
ion of many, n disreputable drug, it
serves large number of useful purposes,
and il we could raise what we require for
legitimate uses opium culture would be a
considerable addition to our wealth pro-
ducing resources. New York Sun.