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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-10-17
Faukaa Annual Meeting.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
i Paukaa Sugar Co. will be held on
TUESDAY, October %, 1889, at the office
of c.. Brewer & Co., Honolulu, at 10
o'clock a. m. P. G. JONES,
91-td Secretary.
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embellishments.
[. O. O. T. NOTICE.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE
n held at HARMONY HALL, King st. =
on SUNDAY, Oct. 20, 1889. at 80 D. m.
at which ALL members of the Order with
their families are requested to attend.
PER ORDER.
Explanations of Flowers will be thank
fully received at the time of the Service.
91-td
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vessels Leaving To-day.

'esseIs Leaving To-day.
y Nalmanalo, Everett, for Wal
nd Waianae, 10 m.
Rob Roy for Puuloa.
LlSa for Hawaii.
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-. a8y Authority" column is a
I 1,t .cnders sill be received at
!l' u. he Board of Education for
s.y,,etjon OF schoolhouses and
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Kohala Sugar Company
ANNUAL MEETING.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
i Kohala Sugar Co. will be held on MON
DAY, October q, 1889, at the Office of
Castle & Cooke, Honolulu, at 10 o'clock a.
m. Per Order. J. B. ATHERTON,
S5-td Secretary.
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NOTICE.
Onomea Annual Meeting.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
l. Onomea Sugar Co. will be held on
TUESDAY, October %, 1889, at the office
of G. Brewer & Co., Honolulu, at O'Clock
Ap. m. L. y. JONEo,
91-td Secretary.
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Vino Wo Chan & Co. have
s;'. men. " elsewhere enumerating
re-; q, f1e and fancy articles they
!. .D' raceiyed from China by the
~ # Peking and bark Velocity.
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IA lease OF Government land
;s.e S u has been advertised for
5 'il ,oEos place at the front en-
.-0s,, I; S Hale to-day at II noon.
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W., i3r the past lew days mas
s, Ssatn' 'b ~, damp, and last even
f;lsre e1 S., was nearly continuous.
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=, to As O'Clock last
!. arrests One ne Chinaman for having
! s'f' session, and another on a
= n yagrancy'
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,,aeting Of the Mutual Tee
.s,ial ni ~ he held at IL a. m. to-
Co. G. ,Som11pany's building
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.nart boy is wanted Haa a,d BY
"a ,.' q tin in this ISSUE
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patinss u The elephants were
/. II -oeriormed'
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.,lr meeting Of the W,C :L,dJ:
p2355na,fi they the Y. NJ. G, A. parlors
held o,n a, at $50 o'clock
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,e,L AND GENERAL

,,L AND GENERAL
business meeting OF
e,i III Be =. at their Hall at 7;SO
9j'F' irons Yesterday
astinee ~ The elephants were
o a45 performed:
,,rt boy is wanted by
d..bt, s ,n5y. dentists. See their
G. ..n e tin in this ISSUE
.,oating OF the w. CT. ..
pooitn y the the Y. NJ. c. A. parlors
bed on a. at $50 o'clock
.,oting of the Mutual Tele-
:ssial ni M he held at IL a. m. to-
&C. 6. .Ssnn.pany's building
,,r the past few days has
weather t 10 damp, and last even
f;lsr re. was nearly continuous.
-, to 11:45 o'clock last
are''IO One Chinaman for having
esr3 ::,.s o.s and another on a
I'd yagrancy.
ofa lease OF Government land
''S 5S IL has been advertised for
WAX AXES place at the front en-
lD',, Iiiojani Hale to-day at II noon.
u;og Wo Chan & Co. have
S s. 'sss.;.e men elsewhere enumerating
a!Es fne and fancy articles they
70 Nv raceiyed from China by the
r, Of Peking and bark Velocity.
aRy Authority" column is a
I .cnders sill be received at
5. y, 'lI %. ,he Board of Education for
,e.tr,lction Of 8choolhouses and
%.
.,,,isement elsewhere it will be
lI,t the annual meeting of the
8 y sns3r Co. will be held on Tues
1.ob9r 22d inst, at 10 a. m. In the
"a. Brewer & Co.
.,,aba, said to be the shortest
8 - -bis Kin dom, arrived in Homo
1.-The KaaIa yesterday. 1t is very
n ones favor to be famed for
4 .src that does no harm.
rn.Town Bookstore has an an
i srant in this issue regarding the
Il. which are kept at that we'll
T. Emporium for indoor games and
r. They have on hand an infinite
f.Tfom the price Of twenty cents
! 9Fards.
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=, . business meeting ,S 81
vi be s at their their Hall at 80
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
THE G. AR AND THE COMMISSIONER.

The discussion over the resolution with
reference to Pensions Commissioner Tanner,
by the National Encampment of the G. A.
r. at Milwaukee, was a peculiar feature;
but we fail to see how the action of the
order can afford much aid or solace to the
assailants upon the Corporal 's'oficial course.
The Grand Army thanks the President for
the appointment of Tanner, and expresses
its confidence in the integrity Of the head of
the Pensions Bureau. 1t takes the un-
assailable ground that the investigation
should be made, as all public offices should
be open to investigation if serious criticism
or charges should be made against their
management. 1t does not stultify itself by
attempting to PREJUDICE or cry down the in
vestigation; but above that the expression
of confidence in the Commissioner is clear
and full.
This is what was to be expected OF the
Grand Army with reference to Commissioner
Tanner. 1t says all that is necessary and
gees to the full extent of its province in in
dorsing him. The fact that the resolution
adopted may be a little more conservative
than that first proposed does not discredit
the Commissioner, and really makes the
Endorsement stronger by its moderation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30

decision of the same Court upon the ques-
ton, however, makes the imposition of the
old common law sentence possible, although
the carrying out of it would doubtless be
beset with difficulties, as the Supreme Court
ruled in 1866 that it was a matter for the
Legislature to decide whether or no the
ducking stool was unconstitutional as q
cruel and unusual punishment. 1t there
fore appears that a woman who makes her
self nuisance to the neighborhood in
which she resides, by the loudness and
violence Of her conversation, is still liable
to be summarily suppressed by legal means,
of fine or imprisonment. though she may
not be subjected to the humiliating punish
ment of ducking in dirty water.
Nevertheless, there is q wide difference
between legal enactments and their enforce
ment. When the law undertakes the re-
straint of the female tongue it attacks a
more hopeless task even than the restraint
of the corporations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
A SPECULATIVE SCHEME RALKEp.

1t is decidedly satisfactory to the public
at large to learn that the project Of certain
eminent New York capitalists to buy up the
floating supply of Government bonds and to
force the Treasury to pay 130 or more for
them has been defeated by the steady re-
fusal of the Treasury Department to exceed
its stated price of 12S. Rumor states that
the syndicate had succeeded in making
considerable impression upon the Treasury
authorities with regard to the necessity of
buying bonds for relieving scarcity of
money in Wall street; but timely ex-
posure by the financial column of the New
York Tribune of the project to make lib
eral profit for the spectators out of mis-
representation OF the Treasury's duty Ripped
the project in the bud. The Secretary de-
cided to maintain the price at 12s, and on
Monday the syndicate surrendered at dis
cretion, and offered a total of $500, 900
bonds at the Treasury price. The only
doubt in the matter is whether the Treasury
might not have obtained the bonds little
cheaper. II Wall street operations create a
scarcity there the Treasury certainly has
right to buy the bonds at price which will
render them 21z or 3 per cent investment
for Government funds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
LIMITED TOO MUCH.

1t is pleasant to hear that railroad COM
pany is likely to have to pay dearly for in
dulgence in the abominable habit of plas-
tering ridiculous limitations upon their
tickets. In this case the Atlantic and Pa
ci6c Railway Company sold ticket good
for six months to certain Michigan man
named Miller. The ticket contained a de-
scrIption of Miller, in order to enforce the
clause of the tickets AIM
itations. On this ticket Miller went to
Mexico, and from thin and beardless man
grew stout and raised beard before he
started homeward. His appearance did not
tally with his description on the ticket; the
conductor put him off the train, and now he
has sued the railway company for $4,000
damages.
This is one of the inevitable results of the
hidebound efforts of the railroads to enforce
the non-transferable clause of their cheap
excursion tickets. Similar mischances are
constantly occurring and the railroads
maintain that Limitation with due knowl-
edge of its hazards. A few years ago a
prominent and responsible Pittsburgs took
his family to Colorado, and leaving a part
of it there, took his daughters ticket by
mistake on his return. The conductor when
he was coming across the plains pointed out
the discrepancy of passing off fifty-year-old
man as young woman about twenty with
black hair and eyes. The conductor In
that case had too much discretion to enforce
the clause; and so saved his company long
bill of damages.
The railroads can easily protect them
selves against abuse by transferring tickets
by selling all tickets at uniformly cheap
rates. Until they do that it is to be hoped
that when their rigid limitations get them
into trouble like that of the Miller case,
they they will have to pay through the nose for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
SCOLDING AND THE LAW

Women who are unable to restrain their
tongues, and are given to creating discord
among their neighbors by scolding and
brawling, are under notice to beware. There
seems to be a concerted movement all over
the United States to put a check upon the
tongues of excitable, females. During the
last two or three weeks there have been
prosecutions of women as common scolds in
the States of New Jersey, New York, Min
nesota and some one of the Southern States.
Now the movement has been extended to
Western Pennsylvania; and we hear of q
Lick Hollow, Fayette county, woman being
held for trial on the charge that she is a
common scold.
No sentence has been imposed in this case
as yet. Witnesses have testified that the
defendant made daily practice of scolding
everybody within earshot, and often put in
a whole day at it. Everyone knows that the
old penalty for this kind of breach of the
peace is the ducking stool. But this piet-
uresque and humorous form of punishment
has not been dealt out to scolding women in
Pennsylvania for considerable time, prob
ably century. We presume that the ami
able lady of Lick Hollow will be punished
by fine or imprisonment, or possibly by
both. We find on consulting legal authori-
ity that in 1925 woman was convicted of
this ofense in the city of Philadelphia, and
the sentence was, at the common law, that
she be placed in a ducking stool, and be
plunged three times in the water.
This sentence was reversed by the Supreme
Court, which decided that the old common
law punishment had not been adopted in
Pennsylvania The Court also said that
the punishment was introduced at q time
when women were subjected to degra-
dation as slaves. The authorities differed
as to what the original punishment was,
and how, therefore, 1t was to be executed
upon offenders, il executed at all. A later
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
THE ASSESSMENT MUDDLE.

The doubt that has been raised whether,
under the inscrutable amendments to the
laws with regard to the election of assessors,
this county has any legal assessors in the
townships, presents variety of interesting
possibilities. Doubtless the rural taxpayers
would be able to view the absence of legal
assessors with great equanimity. if the re-
suit were an equal absence of taxes. But
in that case the urbane taxpayers would be
the persons to raise prolonged and vociter-
Gus objections. The possible continuance of
old and erroneous valuations as a basis of
taxation would be equally Objectionable to
all concerned. 1t is probable that some
way will be found to secure a legal dis
charge of the necessary dury of taxation.
Certainly our friends in the townships
would not be wise to spend the money they
have laid aside for taxation on the assump-
tion that there can be no legal assessments
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
PITTsBURG. FRIDAY, AUG. 50, 1889.
EFFECTIVE EXPOSITION WORK.

The reports of the rapid progress of the
Exposition toward presenting a creditable
exhibit on Its opening next Wednesday are
highly satisfactory to the public and form a
feather in the cap of the management. 1t
is evident that a remarkable feat of work
has been accomplished, in which Pittsburg
should feel both pride and public obliga-
tion.
1t is we'll known that the Exposition
Board has been working against time. with
the apparent chances of the race against the
Exposition. -Four weeks ago the main
building was in an unfinished condition
and the machinery hall practically inchoate.
To-day the majority of the exhibits in the
first are in place and the machinery depart
ment is so far along that its readiness for
the opening next week is assured. The
two months is of itself no contemplate
feature of the Exposition. A large art
show is promised; creditable display OF
Pittsburg's mercantile and manufacturing
interests is promised, and the only criti-
cisms of the Exposition now heard arise
from its inability to accommodate all the
applicants for space.
This is very creditable record, and the
fact that it has been made in the teeth of
adverse circumstances makes it all the more
entitled to public recognition. Pittsburg
can pride itself in the possession of first
class Exposition buildings and should now
direct its energies to making the fame of its
exhibits world wide.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

MAX O'RELL, the cute little Frenchman,
having patted Brother Jonathan gently on
the back, and thus put him in good humor,
will return to America next winter to lecture.
WILLIAM PINKEY wHYTE, ex-Mayor of
Baltimore, Governor of Maryland, ex-United
States Senator, is making an effort to return
to public life. from which he was retired some
years ago, by Senator German.
OSCAR WILDE is not 60 wild, and therefore,
less picturesque in his dress than he was when
he visited this country to make money by
delivering a dull lecture, In knee breeches,
velvet coat silk stockings and pumps Since
then he has married sensible wife, who has
reformed his dress and address.
WILLIAM BLACK is 40 years old. with a
slight, graceful figure, which is well set off by
his elegant dress. His eyes are dark and
have very earnest expression. He talks
well, but says little about his own works His
home is at Brighton, but he spends much time
in London. where he keeps a sumptuous suite
Of apartments
RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON is a very
fortunate author. He has recently received
$1,000, without writing line. John w. Mccoy.
who spent 30 years of his life in collecting the
the finest private library in the South, died
last week, and by his will left the above
amount TO Colonel Johnston, as q mark of a
long and intimate friendship.
WILLIAM 81. BISHOP became a novelist in q
queer way. He was editing newspaper in
Milwaukee, and as an experiment, wrote a
story in competition for prize of $50, offered
by local newspaper, the owner OF which was
his warm personal friend. He read the story
to his partner, who liked 1t SO much that he
advised HIM to send it to the Atlantic Monthly
instead of dropping it into the Milwaukee
prize bag. Mr.. Bishop did SO. and the editor of
the Atlantic discovered its merits.
MATTHEW ARNOLD, the self-appointed
apostle of culture, paid little attention to the
cultivation of an attractive personal appear
ance. He wore badly fitting clothes which did
not show of to advantage his large, ungainly
figure and harsh features. His manners were
cold and repellant, and his expression was that
of disappointed man of the world. He was,
however, a man OF warm and generous
was a disappointment to him, and he showed it
in the article which he wrote after his return
to England.
LADY DILKE is one of the most accom-
plished women in England. It is said to be a
perfect treat to sit by her at dinner, she Is 80
bright, piquant and clever, and at the same
time, SO kind and sympathetic. She possesses
In an eminent degree what the French call
savoir vivre. She has a rather large mouth
but beautiful teeth, which is a rare thing
among the women of England. Lady Dixie
has the highest moral courage. and she showed
il in an eminent degree when she married Sir
Charles Dixie in the midst of the social
scandal which covered his name few years
an0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
BUILDINGS MADE OF SUGAR.
DIR. CLAWS Confident They Are Among the
Possibilities of the Future.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
CLAWS, who has lust filed cavest in the Pen
sion Office for letters patent on process for
making building material out of sugar, upon
the basis of discovery made by Claus Spreck-
els, the sugar king, assured THE DISPATCH
correspondent to-day that there was neither
joke nor Misrepresentation in the matter; that
Spreckels is in dead earnest, and that he him
self would have had nothing to do with what
surdity had he not felt felt assured of the entire
feasibility of the project He is firmly con-
vinced there are millions in it" and that be-
fore long residences will be built OF. sugar
blocks, which cannot be affected by heat nor
frost, rain or drouth.
DIR. CLAWS is an extremely practical, clear
headed German, who has had his attorneys
newspaper row" for congenial association, as
he himself is an experienced writer for the
press He is the agent and attorney of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Company. his
vision Of proposed means and rulings which
affect steamship companies. He Is exceeding
ly popular with his acquaintances, and answers
the liberal guying of the newspaper fraternity
good bumoredly enough, but seriously asserts
that he has got a big thing, and that when it
gets under way he will let all of the ''boys" in
on the ground floor.
This city is plentifully sprinkled with expert
chemists, and these are, without exception,
disposed to make sport of the invention, and
warn people against taking stock in it. Dr..
CLAWS rerorts that he does not expect them to
believe it, but adds that nobody will be asked
to invest any money in the scheme, as Spreckels
has enough to promote 1t without the least as
Farwell will be financially interested in the
ventura
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
A PHONOGRAPH TALKS FOR HIM.
A Real Estnte Man nInkes the Machine Sell
Suburban Lots.


Suburban Lots.
NEW YORK. August 2-Mr. Jere johnson,
Jr., the real estate broker of so Liberty street,
owns lot of real estate in Lefferts Park, l. L,
which he has been selling in small lots on the
instaliment plan since Decoration Day. When
he began he had nearly 900 lots to get
rid of, but now there are less than 100
left To sell real estate at such
rate required a lot of talking. Mr..
johnson kept large force of good takers on
hand, hose duty it was to answer politely all
questions about Lefferts Park and eloquently
to expound upon the beauties and the advan-
tages of the place. How well they performed
their work is demonstrated by the lively sale
of the land; but the incessant talking made
their jaws very tired, and they came to Mr..
johnson with their grievance. Mr.. johnson
moments deliberation, said, "Ah."
The result of Mr.. Johnsons "ah" was that
the next day one of Mr.. Edison's workmen
called at Mr.. Johnson's Lefferts Park office and
put up phonograph. Then Mr.. johnson put
down all the advantages and beauties Of Lef-
off in a clear voice into the machine. The
operator set the machine in motion, and lol
discourse on Lefferts Park issued forth.
The idea was put into practical operation
yesterday. When a prospective buyer comes
into the ONCE and asks: "How about the water
supply?" or "How often do the trains runf"
the operator. without saying word. slips
certain cylinder into the machine and rattles
off the information asked for. The collection
of cylinders at the office includes several re-
ments. When the would-be purchaser OF land
has asked all the questions he can think OF,
one of Levy's s25 cornet solos is slipped into the
machine to entertain the listener.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
NEW ENGINES oF DEATH.

An article in Scribner's Magazine for
September, entitled ''The Small Arms Of
European Armies" by W. w. KImball,
U. S. N, United States Inspector of Ord
nance, is rare instance of technical knowl-
edge conveyed in language ineligible to
the average reader. 1t is an article, too,
which every citizen of the republic
ought to read. The reading of it may
awaken the nation to a sense of the
seriousness of this question of arma-
ment, which is always a live one in
Europe At present there are in this coun-
try only Springfield rifles of antique pattern
for few thousands of Americans, while in
Europe even little Switzerland and pauper
Turkey have furnished their soldiers with
the latest patterns of magazine rifles.
The race of the European nations to Sc
cure new weapons of destruction has been a
hot and exciting one ever since the end Of
the Franco-German war. Germany was the
first to throw her affections upon a maga-
zine gun, the invention of Mauser, who
made the single-loading rifle of the German
army. Mr.. Kimball does not think very
much of the Mauser magazine CUR, although
he admits that it shoots we'll. Of the Lebel
magazine arm, which France has adopted to
offset Germany's Mauser, Mr.. Kimball
thinks less, but he regards the Mannlicher
magazine gun, with which the Austrian
army is armed as a very effective weapon.
1t is evident from what Mr.. KIM
ball tells us that all the European
ountries-including England where the
tolerably serviceable Lee magazine rife has
been selected-have decided that they need
small-bore magazine guns, with prefer
ence for the box form of magazine attached
to the piece. Mr.. Kimball, who reveals
remarkable knowledge of his subject, is
strongly in favor of detachable magazine
piece, so arranged that the gun can only be
used as a single-loader with the magazine
of.
We cannot refrain from quoting para
graph from Mr.. Kimball's concluding ne
marks: "Our criterion OF military excel
lence il. very different from that of Europe.
There it is the capability OF men to get into
position to shoot, and to shoot straight and
quick; here it is the prettiness with which
soldiers, under police escort, can march up
the main street of great town" What
have the military experts to say to this
cruel criticism?