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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-27
The TabIes Turnad.
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A story has just come TO light here which
affords much amusement to the natives al
the expense of three Boston dudes, whose
connection with the opening of Georgia
marble quarry has brought them here.
They bave had much amusement with
mountain hoosiers and delighted in showing
off their superior accomplishments. While
on the way to Tates they met two harmless
looking country boys, who, barefooted and
with but one suspender over their shoulders,
were trudging to town. The Bostonians
stopped N front Of them and ordered them
TO dance to a Massachusetts, juba. When
the mountaineers became satisfied that tho
Bostonians were in earnest they pulled out
two ugly looking revolvers and changed the
programme by ordering the dudes to dance.
Thinking to humor the joke, and thus escape
easily, they danced awhile, but the boyG
would not let them halt. For five hours,
under cover Of the revolvers, the Bostonians
danced such jig as has never been ssen
When the time was up one OF the mountain
GERS exclaimed: "Now, dang it, run" Tn.
Bostonians were only too glad to do so, ami
reached town footsore and weary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-27
Why Has NIormonism Grown?
lBibliotheca Sacra'l


Mormonism is adapted to the intellectual
capacities of the masses, the multitude of
the ignorant and poor, the wretched, the
pariahs of society. To these are offered just
what they are sure always to hunger for,
bold assumption and boundless assertion,
great show of authority, these helping t.
certitude in faith; salvation by forms, by
the legerdemain of rite, the hOcus-pocus OF
initiating and amounting; literal interpreta
tion of TIE Scriptures, and profuse quota
lions of texts, and specially such as are set
in the poetical and obscure diction of the
prophets. The same minds delight III
prodigies. "Quod ignotum, pro miri6ce.
The more mysterious the more true.
The secrecy, too, of the endUwments has a
charm, and as well the offices and titles
which each one may possess. OF such gew-
gaws and tinsel this church has unlimited
store And who is not f1attered by the as
swance that he is of the few wise and
blessed of the race, that the many outside
his coterie are foolish and doomed! No
doubt. also, by setting the standard of mo-
rality so lamentably low, and offering saliva.
tion to the worst on such easy terms as ex-
ternal obedience and service, thousands have
been captured and held. The promise, too,
Of land ! a lure too many.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-27

r., Resident; dA Charge ~ C. commer
Consul General; y a" Eoln Inn
G., CorsuI A. c., Acting Consul; V. u" Vlce Oo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-27
Long Island Peat.
EXCHANGED

It has been discovered that a piece OF
swampy land near Clifton, L L, contains
peat such a. is found in the Dogs of Ireland.
1t burns nicely with clear bright fame,
and hunters of wealthy people on the island
are burning it ia CRATES, for which it is said
70 be- warmer and more desirable than can
psl coal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-27
Diplomatic and Consular REPRESENTATIVES. Of Hawaii:

COUNTRY.
UNITED STATES.
Washington, D. G,
New York,
San Francisco,
Boston,
Portland, o.,
Port Townsend,
Philadelphia,
MEXICO,
Mexico,
ManZanillo,
CENTRAL d SOUTH
AMERICA.
Valparaiso,
Lima,
Callao,
Colon,
Guatemala,
Monte Video,
Assumption,
GREAT BRITAIN d
IRELAND.
London,
Liverpool,
Bristol,
Holl,
Newcastle on
Tyne,
Falmouth,
Dover and thu
Cirque Ports,
Cardiff & Swan
sea,
Edinburgh and
Leith,
Glasgow,
Dundee,
Dublin,
Queenstown,
Cork,
Belfast,
CANADA.
Ottawa,
Montreal,
Toronto,
Rockville, Ont,
Hamilton, Ont,
Kingstown, Ont.
Rimouski, O.,
st. Johns, n. B.
Halifax, n. S.,
Yarmouth, n. S.
Victoria, B. c.,
| Vancouver, b. @.
AUSTRALASIA.
Sydney, N. S. w.
Newcastle, "
Melbourne, Wet
brisbane, O.,
Hobart, Tas.,
Launceston, Tas
Auckland, N. H.,
Dunedin, n. H.,
HoNGKONG,
SHANGHAI,
GIBRALTAR,
FRANCE d Colo
MES.
Paris,
Marseilles,
Bordeaux,
Rouen,
SOCIETY GROUP.
Papeete, Tahiti,
GERMANY q Colo
MES.
Berlin,
Hamburg,
Bremen,
FrankfOrt-on-
Maine,
Dresden,
Karlsruhe,
SPAIN & COLONIES.
Madrid,
Barcelona,
Cadiz,
Valencia,
Malaga,
Cartagena,
CANARY ISLANDS.
Las Palmas,
Santa Cruz de Il
Palma,
PORTUGAL IL Colo
MES.
Lisbon,
Oporto,
Madeira,
ST. Michaels,
st. Vincent,
ITALY.
Rome,
Genoa,
Naples,
Palermo,
NETHERLANDS.
Amsterdam,
Dordrecht,
BELGIUM.
Antwerp,
Client,
Liege,
Bruges,
SWEDEN 81 NORWAY
Stockholm,
Ehriatiania
Lyskil,
Gottlemburg,
AUSTRIA.
Vienna,a
DENMARK.
Copenhagen,
JAPAN.
Toxic,
Hioeo & Osaka,
SOUTH AFRICAN
REPUBLIC.
Pretoria.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-27

NAME.
His Elk. Hon. II. A. P. Carter,
E. H. Allen,
D. A. Mckinley,
Bond,
John McCraken,
James G. Swan,
Col. w. j. De Gress,
Anastatio ObregOn,
Robert James Barney,
David Thomas,
r. III. Beddy,
Sylvanus Crosby,
Henry E. Cooke,
Henry Tolke,
Conrad Hughes,
A. Marengo,
Abraham Hoffnung,
B. Francis Hoffnung,
Manley Hopkins,
Harold Janion,
Mark Whitwell,
w. Moran,
E. Blesterfeldt,
w. S. Broad,
F. W. Prescott,
Hyam Goldberg,
E. G. Buchanan,
James Dunn,
j. q. Zoller,
r. j. Murphy,
G. B. Dawson,
w. A. Ross,
@. Elliot Anderson,
Dickson Anderson,
Col. Geo. A. Shaw,
j. d. Buell.,
A. Brown,
@. Richardson,
J. n. Pouliot, Q. c.,
A. y. Crookshank,
E. F. Clements,
Il. P. Rithet,
Ernest o. Smith,
Il. E. Stokes,
Captain G. n. Oakley,
A. B. Webster,
Captain Hon. A. Coete,
Geo. Collins,
d. b. Cruickshank,
II. Driver,
Hon. j. Bell Irving,
j. j. Keswick,
II. Schott,
Alfred Houl6,
A. Cows,
E. de Boissac,
@. Schaessler,
j. T. Cognet
J. Kopp,
A. p. Russ,
II. Muller,
Z. Minguez,
V. Chust,
f. I. De Navarro,
j. Paris,
J. B. De Lag1na,
B. Matthew Y BattaIler,
A. F. De Serpa,
J. Hutchison,
G. Martins,
x. De Luchi,
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Frozen Wheat for Seed.

There is test being made which may be of great value to wheat raisers next spring. Many of those who have sown their wheat have devoted portion of it to seeding with frozen wheat, some claiming that the germ is neither de- stroyed nor injured by being frozen. Should this wheat grow promptly in the spring it will relieve the farmers from great expense in procuring seed the coming season, it being evident that good unfrozen No. 1 hard will be held by few, who will, following in the wake of more influential and wealthier ''trusts" demand high price for pure seed. At all event the seeding has been done, and the wisdom of this carly work and the question of frozen grain for seed will in a few weeks Ee settled for North Dakota Minneapolis Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
An Unconscious Thief.

Strange stories in connection with hypnotism are frequently heard in the present day, one of the latest coming from the town of Nantes, in France. A few evenings ago certain expounder of hypnotic mysteries gave seance at the theatre of Nantes, and during it he operated upon gentleman well known by all the townspeople. While the sub ject was in trance or sleep he sug- gested to him that on the morrow, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he should leave his office, proceed to a certain house in certain. street, and there steal a watch, which he would find in a bedroom. The next day the gentleman, when the hour of struck, became rest less, and after species of inward strug- gle he was noticed to take up his hat and start off at rapid pace for the street named. Arriving there he entered the house, went in half-unconscious condi- ton up to the bedroom and took the watch, as suggested to him, several thou sand persons witnessing the theft and ac- companying the thief, in spite of himself
 to his home, where the hypnotiser, who was waiting for him, had the watch handed to him.-London Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Five Generations.

A remarkable incident, both of lon gevity and the unbroken preservation of several generations, recently came to the notice of Dr. Rawlings of Sandersville. He was called in to see an old negro living about two miles from Sandersville named Abram Marshall, who was sick with malady which, from the nature of things, might we'll have been old Dr. Sangrados "natural phthisic," !" old age, though such was not the case. The old negro had a colored woman, even more aged than himself, in attendance upon him. The doctor chanccd to ask who she was, and to his astonishment was informed that it was Abrams mother. The climax was reached, how ever, when in course of conversation the old woman, herself 85, casually remarked that her mother "was getting rather fec ble now!" Upon inquiry, it was found that she was 99 years of age, and has lived to fondle her great great grand children. Old Abram is proud of being able to have around him both a grand mother and grandchildren, while five generations are yet alive in the land.- Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
CANAAN CONN, WEDNESDAY,

dishes are washed and the work is over. I haven't been at it half year yet, and I've earned good deal more than thirty dollars. Look, here is my savings bank bookw
 "Well, I de-clare!" said Silas.
 "Hector objected to it at first" wert on Cynthia, "but when proved to him that I should still have plenty of time left to read and garden, and walk with him, he let me go on with it. So, you see, the Improvements are really an econ omy."
 "Well, I de-clare!" said Silas. "I dunno but what you're right, CynthyP'
 He walked out to the village burying- ground in the yellow flush of the twi- light, that evening, where the russet leaves were drifting down on a solitary mound, and stood there silently for awhile.
 Perhaps he was thinking of what might have been, if he had been more considerate in the years gone by to the poor woman who lay there!
 When he went back to the house, he met Hector.
 "Hector," said he, "you did right to fix up the house to suit Cynthy."
 ''I am glad you think so, father," said Hector Bayliff. Night.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Common Salt Used by Builders.

The use of common salt appears to be of increasing importance in connection with building materials. Among the carpenters the article is now found to be an aid in the heating of glue, and where, as has been usual in joiners' and cabinet makers shops, the glue is melted in a jacket kettle, surrounded by water, it is said to be an improvement to place salt in the water in the outer kettle-that is, the addition of salt raises the boiling point, and therefore enables the glue in the kettle to be kept at a higher temper
 ature than could be maintained with water alone, and this is advantageous to the work. Again, masons find their use for salt in adding it to cement mortar in cold weather to preserve it from the in furious effects of freezing. It is known that, in many cases. masonry has been laid in cement in cold weather, using a considerable proportion of salt in the mixture, which, after repeated freezings and thawings, has remained in perfect condition, while work near by laid in mortar of the same kind, but without any admixture of salt, became disin- tegrated by the frost.-New Yorh Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
A New Chinese Gambling Game.

A brand new method to play the fan tan has just been introduced by some en- terprising Chinese gamblers in Mott street who expect to elude the police. The game, as is we'll known to most de- tectives of the Sixth Ward, is usually played with lot of little Chinese coins upon long table. By this new method it is played with box full of Mandarin oranges, which the dealer buys at whole sale rates from the fruit dealers down. town.
 One who does not know the ins and outs of the heathen's civilization would think he was before Chinese fruit dealer peddhng out his oranges by retail at an immense rate of profit.
 This unique gambler carries his box of oranges on one arm, while sharp pointed knife and square chopping board are also parts of his equipment. With these he goes from one store into another or wherever he sees crowd of Chinese laundrymen, but instead of sell ing the fruit he lays down the chopping board. and selects good-sized orange, removes the skin carefully and places it upon the board. In the middle of this board or chopping block is the figure 20.
 The gamblers bet on the number of seeds in the orange, twenty being taken as the mean. It is "even" money where there are more or less than twenty, and if the player is so disposed he places his money on that figure itself and wins three for one if there are just twenty seeds. The dealer gets per cent. com mission. When the bets are laid the dealer cuts the orange and counts the seeds. Those who lay money on the right of the figure play for less than twenty; those on the left for more. Their money is not taken in case twenty wins. By curious Oriental irony the heaviest loser gets the fragments of the fruit.
 One fellow on Mott street disposed ot half dozen boxes of oranges in this way and won $1O.-[New York World.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
The Cars Dazzling Palace.

Tsarkoe Seloe, the Russian Czar's palace near St. Petersburg, stands in grounds eighteen miles in circumference
 In the palace there is room known as the lapis-lazuli room, the floor of which is ebony inlaid with mother of pearl. There is also an amber room, the walls of which are of the finest amber picked out in multitude of exquisite designs. The walls of the palace throughout are hung with the rarest tapestry and silk curtains. The banqueting- hall is the chief attraction of the palace. Its walls are covered with gold, and its ceiling is dazzling with the same precious metal.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Racing Bulls in France.

In France there is breed of cattle called the Landaise. These animals are peculiar to the department of Landes, where the grass is hard and scant, and where agriculture is rude indeed. On many of the farms these cattle are fed by hand. There are openings with wickets in the wall of the house which faces on the court where the cattle are kept. Members of the farmers household take their places by these openings and feed the cattle from within. They hand mouthful after mouthful, but so slowly that the animal puts its muzzle to the opening and has every straw carefully tucked in between its jaws. Hour after hour is consumed in this kind of feeding. Sometimes the COW tires before it is considered she has had enough. In that case piece of turnip or choice wisp of hay is offered. The poor brute raises her head to the opening only to be fooled and have tucked down her throat another bunch of coarse straw. It is said to be astonishing how little is required to keep the Landaise thrifty by these methodical methods of feeding. The Landaise COWS, as we'll as the oxen, are worked hard in the fields and on the roads. Some of these animals are highly prized for their speed, and the most ex- citing features of the programme of the fairs in Landes are the bull races. The consul, who sent home a picture of a Landaise racer, said the agil- ity was extraordinary. These ami mals take trot without being blown. They often make long trips, covering forty five and fifty miles a day. At the games in Landes they are turned loose in a ring, and the athlete wins the plaudits of the spectators by teasing and dodg
 ing one of these bulls. The perfor- mer's greatest feat is to advance with a cigarette in his mouth. The bull charges with lowered horns. The athlete nicely calculates the distance, and just as the bull reaches him he places foot between the horns and vaults over the bulls back, being aided in the jump by the upward toss of the animals head.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
The King and the Beggar.

A stately old gentleman with gaunt, sallow features and gold trimmed eye glasses over the bridge of his aquiline nose, was coming down in the elevator of No. 252 Broadway the other day, when he felt in vain for match. He asked stranger for light of his cigar, which he got, and then apologized for it in this way:
 When I was United States Minister to Lisbon under President Pierce, fell into the habit, so common in that country, of asking, casual acquaintances for a light, and can't rid myself of the trick, though perhaps you may think it discourteous. But on the streets of Lisbon have actually seen one of the raggedest beggars in the Capital stop the King, who was walking with two aids-de camp, and ask him for light. He got the light"
 The dignified old gentleman was as- sured that no offence would be taken, and with a magnificent bow and flourish he presented his card. He was Hon. John J. O'Sullivan.-Nco York iStar.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Statistics of Glucose Manufacture

The manufacture of ''corn starch sugar" or "starch sugar." or "glucose, :" is just now attracting much attention. A Russian chemist discovered in 1911 that by boiling with diluted sulphuric acid, starch was converted into sugar. On Aug. 1, 1880, 10 glucose factories were in operation in the United States, consuming daily about 20, 900 bushels of corn It has been estimated that in May, 1881, the total consumption of corn in sugar making was about 35, 900 bush els daily. The factories are so arranged that corn may be converted into starch or sugar according to the demands of the market. It was estimated that 11,O00, 900 bushels corn would be used in these factories in 1881, and doubled in 1882. -TPicavune
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
A Parrot Story.

A we'll known New Yorker has had an adventure which discounts by 10, 999 the average conventional parrot story. He was fond of knocking about in out-of- the-way quarters of the world, and left ship on the Central American coast with party of comrades to explore the will derness. During the cruise of several months the entire ships company-a merry crew-had devoted their odd hours in singing to a parrot. The sail
 ors had lost no opportunities, and taught the bird all the seafaring lingo, and a few more or less elegant explosives be- sides. When the exploring party had bidden the bird and the sailors goodbye they plunged into the heart of the tropical forest After 2S miles of mortal effort they reached their camping place for the night. Just as the sun was going down they were startled to bear in the primeval silence familiar voice calling down from the top of a tall palm, "Avast there! Yo, heave hop It was the ships parrot. But before they could recover their startled senses the faithful bird, having flown ahead to prepare this unexpected treat for its chums of the voyage, fluttered down to the top of dead stump near by, and with a shrill call summoned thousands of the little green paroquets of the country. It is said that II, ,O00 of them were counted, as they circlcd around the great gray African oracle on the stump, and finally took their places on the ground row after TOW. The explorers looked on in dumb amusement. When the feathered asscmblage became quiet the ships parrot burst into words of famil- jar song and to the einextinquishable laugh ter of the travellers, the consternation of the rest of the tropical world and the delight of the festive preccntor the whole of the 11,000 paroquets, with one mighty burst of song, broke into"Nancy Lee. ."-New Fork Graphic.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
SunhOWer Fuel.

A queer kind of fuel is now used by some of the people of Wyoming Territory. It is nothing more nor less than suntio wers. An acre of sunfowers will, it is asserted, furnish fuel for one stove for whole year. When dry the stalks are as hard as maple wood and make an excellent fire, and the seed heads, with the seed inside, are said to As sunflowers will grow almost anywhere, it is believed that there is way by which some of the treeless plains and valleys of California can be made to yield large supplies of excellent fuel.-[San Francisco Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Says the New York Times.

Says the New York Times: "Gov- ernor Beaver of Pennsylvania wisely de- voted apart of his recent message to the Legislature of that state, to a subject of public importance in which there are no politics. He quotes the old saying that the history of civilization is the history of roads, and adds that if this be true, Pennsylvania cannot claim to have at tained the highest rank in civilization. sThe time has come,' the Governor says, swhen it will be economy in every way to build our roads permanently and sub- stantially. The comfort of our people, economy in the transportation of our products, saving in the wear and tear of vehicles and animals, and the needless nultiplication of highways, all demand ,tlat the laws governing ths laying out snnd construction of our roads should b.
 dically reformed and systematized. ;"
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
A Curious City.

Imagine city with most of its streets narrow, muddy and crowded, where the seller of lottery tickets takes the place of the newsboy, where the payers of the street, the conductors of the cars, the clerks in the stores, the policemen on their beats, the soldier with his musket, the barefooted men and women who peddle their wares and the very beggars at the doorways all smoke cigarettes or cigars The street cars carry the coftined dead to the cemetery, with the mourners in the cars that follow. Men, women and children, half naked and without shoes, bear the burdens that we put upon drays and wagons; water carriers peddle the limpid fluid from the aqueducts from house to house. Every other woman has baby dangling contentedly from sack upon her back. Imagine the picture and you get glimpse of the street scenes that you look upon about the great plaza facing the costly palace and the mag nifcent cathedral of the City of Me1ico.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30

Bradstreet's gives an interesting table of the residences in various cities, from which it appears that Philadelphia has more houses than any other American city-the number being estimated at 146, ,412, against 113,775 eight years ago. New York is second, with 73, ,6S4, an increase of IS, 511 since 1880. Then, in order, comes Chicago with 1870, Brooklyn with 59,2O3, Baltimore with 30, ,820, Boston with 43, ,941.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-30
Value of PersimmOn Trees.

The farmers around Elberton, Ga, know the worth of persimmons, and for years have made it a point never to cut down persimmon tree. In placs so many trees have been left standing that the fields look like orchards, and indeed they are, persimmon orchards, the trees of which bear fine crops of fruit almost as valuable as corn for fat tnning hogs. The farmers say that the persimmon tree draws but little strength or moisture from the soil, and that excellent crops are grown even beneath their shade.-Ne,o York Sun.