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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-15

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MEXICO,
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AMERICA.
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Callao,
Colon,
Guatemala,
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Ireland.
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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.,
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Victoria, b. c.,
Vancouver, B. O.,
AUSTRALASIA.
Sydney, n. S. W.,
Newcastle, 4"
Melbourne, Wet.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-15
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
MILITARY ExPENDiTUR
An Extract from John Ruskin's Recent
Lecture at bradford, Eng.

An Extract from John Ruskin's Recent
Lecture at bradford, Eng.
Friends. / know not whether the
thing be the moro ludicrous or the
more melancholy, it is quite unspeaka-
ably both. Suppose, instead of being
sent for you. l had been sent for by
some private gentleman. living in a
suburban house, with his garden sep
arated only by fruit wall from his
next-door neighbours, and he had called
me to consult with him on the furnish
ing of his drawing-room. begin look
ing about me, and find the walls rather
bare; l think such and such paper
might be Neutrality-suspicious. little
fresco here and there on the ceilings
damask curtain or 80 at the window.
'Ah, says my employer, 'damask cur
tains, indeed! That's all very fine. but,
you know, can't afford that kind of
thing just now!' Yet. the world
credits you with a splendid income?'
'Ah, yes says my friend, but do you
know at present am obliged to spend
it nearly all in steel trapse' Steel
traps! for whom" why for that fell
low on the other side the wall, you
know; we're very good friends. capital
friends; but we are obliged to keep our
traps set on both sides Of the wall; we
could not possibly keep on friendly
terms without them and our spring
guns. The worst OF it is we are both
clever fellows enough and there never
day passes that we don't find out
new trap or new gun barrel or some
thing; we spend about Els, 600, 600 u
year each in our traps, take it altogeth-
err; and don't see how we're to do with
less A highly comic state of life for
two private gentlemen! but for two ma
tions it seems to me not wholly comic.
Bedlam would be comic, perhaps, if
there were only one mailman in it; aud
your Christmas pantomime is comic
when there is only one clown init; but
when the whole world turns clown and
paints itself red with its own hearts
blood instead of vermillion it is some
thing else than comic l think
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
LIFE AT HARVARD.
4 1uHalonian Tells How His Time Is
Spent in College.

\ IoHat0niRn Tells How His Time Is
Spent in College.
Counting undergraduates end special
students together, there are LAO
young men between the ages of seven.
teen and twenty-four now residing at
Harvard College. The writer enjoyed
an interview with one of the Buffalo
boys, who was at home for brief re-
cess. short time ago. You will
understand" he said, "that | am
neither grind nor loafcr, but an
average student, and the vast majority
of them live just about as do. A
picture of my college day is about as
follows: l turn out anywhere between
TAO and 8 in the morning. and go over
to Memorial to breakfast at 8 or $50
sometimes earlier than that, so as to
go to chapel. Prayers come at S:45,
and are well attended, though We don't
have to go unless we choose. After
this recitations and lectures take ur
nearly the whole forenoon, and l have
one in the afternoon three times
week. On four days Of the week |
have three recitations. on the others
two Other men have them differently,
according to the electives they take.
My studies are over for the day at 3
p. m, and they occupy, all told, about
seven hours day.
I'm interested in athletics. and my
afternoon from to $50 is spent in the
gymnasium, or in outdoor athletics in
the season for them. Part of our train
ing, in suitable weather, consists of d
Hn of two miles, to Porter's station
aid back. The gymnasium is always
cnwded, and you get pretty we'll heat
edup by your exercise, whatever it is.
Tim. after cold shower and brisk
rubbing, you feel like aking, and don't
yotjust sleep nights, though! l find
tina my athletic training helps my
studies greatly. Dinner comes at six,
and generally study evenings, though
not aways. I've been to the theater
someeight or nine times this term. but
l don't like to go to Boston much. It
takesoo long and you have to be up
late, Which won't do when you arc in
training.
''MaAy people have an idea that you
can let your studies go and loaf. or
worse. until two or three weeks before
the examinations, and then cram up.
This is utter nonsense. 1t is simply
impossible to keep up with your class
in that way. unless, indeed, you can
spend $40 or $3.50 for private tutors,
and even then you wouldn't be safe.
AS for cutting recitations. if you made
q practiceof doing it oftener than twice
a week You'd be investigated. sure as
fate-and that is not at all pleasant.
"On Sundays go to church some
sometimes to Boston to hear
Phillips Brooks, sometimes to the COL
lege chapel, sometimes elsewhere.
There are usually 400 or 500 at morn
ing prayers. and more than that at the
Sunday evening service, though you
don't have to go to either unless yon
want to. Buffalo Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
THE POET LAUREATE.
Interesting and Amusing Anecdotes Con-
corning TennysOn.

corning TennysOn.
Absent-minded to degree. Tommy
son often forgets to whom he is speak
ing. and once when in full conversa-
ton with Robert Browning said. ap-
parently apropos de bottles: II wonder
how Browning is getting on" why"
exclaimed Robert, Il am Browning"
"Nonsense, replied Tennyson. with
almost all attempt at roguish raillery.
Il know the fellow well. so you can't
tell me you are he"
A few years ago some enthusiastic
admirers Of Tennyson gave Il large
dinner in his honor, and invited all
their choicest friends in the world of
literature and art to meet him. Tenny-
son. who rarely accepts an invitation,
did. for wonder, put in an appear
ance on this occasion; but, during the
first half of the dinner, caused the
greatest disappointment by remaining
absolutely silent, and as if lost in the
most profound reverie. The guests.
who bad expected to hang on words
falling like pearls of thought from his
lips, gazed somewhat wistfully on him.
when suddenly rousing himself, he OK
claimed in a loud, stentorian voice: II
like my mutton cut in chunks" can
not help suspecting that there was
something of malice prepense in this
burst of confidence, and that the poor
man felt not unnatural irritation at
being gaped at, and a corresponding
desire to punish the offenders.
An anecdote told me not long ago by
the daughter-in-law is amusing, in that
it shows how the greatest are not inca
1pable of STOPPING to little weaknesses.
Some very dear friends of Tennyson's
who had been spending some years in
Paris. returned to London, and anx-
ious to renew old ties, wrote inviting
him to their house. But Tennyson mis-
took the day, and arriving at the domi-
cile found the birds flown. Sitting
down to write note OF explanation, he
had the misfortune to throw the con-
tents of well-tilled ink bottle all over
the beautiful new white Persian car
pet. The maid servant, in answer to
his summons. appeared with q large
Jug Of new milk, which she poured over
the offending ink stain. 'I'll give you
five shillings, my good girl, my very
good girl" confided Tennyson in much
agitation. ''ifyou'll only get rid of that
abominable ink before your master and
mistress come home" And together
on their hands and knees poet and Abb
gail rubbed and rubbed at the wretched
carpet until not spot remained. The
girl earned her five shillings, and when
a few weeks afterwards Tennyson went
to dine with his friend he had every
reason to believe that she had told no
tales. At any rate the host and hostess
displayed their gorgeous carpet with
out any sign OF consciousness London
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
THE SMOKING HABIT.
How Manners and Customs Change From
Time TO Time.

How Manners and Customs Change From
Time TO Time.
Nothing changes more than the out
side laws and formulas of pOliteness.
Within the memory of any sexagen.
arian the whole code hts been altered.
Where. fifty years ago, Ito take wine
with you and bow across the table was
as much an expected attention, an
obligatory act of courtesy, as to salute
you on entering the room the man
who should do this, save at O supremely
intimate and half-jocular gathering,
would be as much tout of it" as if he
were to lay his hand on his heart, bow
as low as his knees and assure
madam" his fair friend. that he was
hers from his eyebrows to his finger
tips. Fifty years ago no gentleman
could have smoked in the presence oil
ladies. The unmarried girl or young
wife OF certain social status met
walking with man putting cigar
would have gone home with few
set out with. But who has aword tc
say now? Now we have the cigars and
cigarettes brought in with the coffee
Immediately after dinner. and no one
is offended. The men are not con-
sidered too free, the women do not hold
themselves cavalierly treated when the
dainty little appliances for lighting,
ash and cutting go the round of the
table, and the fragrant ''batons' are
lovingly handled and regarded. Often.
indeed. one of these ladiss-psi} aoS "a
Join the men, and If fow ppim old
souls think the exhibition shocking the
younger accept it as a matter OF taste,
and either decline or determine to try,
according to their individual liking,
with no moral afterthought whatever.
On this special question of smoking
in the presence of ladies we offer nc
opinion. Those who like it and those
who dislike it must settle the matter
between them. 1t is one of those nova
BILE and temporary items which depend
wholly on acceptance. In Spain. the
East, South America ladies smoke With
and like the men. There are reasons
for and reasons against the practice,
but as we said, these must be discount
cd, each woman for herself, aud those
who will may and those who do Dot
wish are not obliged, but tho one does
not lose the finer part of her character
and the other is not guilty Of unjust
prudery unless she confousds the prac-
tice with the person. and because she
dislikes the former condemns the latter.
Toledo Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The action in line of battle was In
some cases quite different from what it
appears to be in the lynn OF battle
years later.-Merchant Traveller.
In this advanced age of progress
and reform it is extremely singular
that no bench show for dudes has yet
been established. Troy Times.
-SnoOper-"You call that picked
choir, do you?" Chorister-'.Yes;
why do you ask?" Snooper-''Is strikes
me that it was picked too soenr'-
Time.
Yes. " said Bagley. "Ihave become
quite famous as an author, and now T
have to cultivate eccentricitics. | am
around paying my debts. Albany
journal.
-Irate wife Ito saloonkeeper)-
"Does my husband spend much time
here, sir?' Yes, madam. but you
need not be uneasy; tt It's all he does
spend. Toledo Blade.
Various papers say that marriage
is on the decline. That may be, but
the ladies who are over sixteen and
under sixty years of age are not on the
decline. Texas Siftings.
Curiosity is an essentially feminine
virtue; but most observant observers
have observed that man is not at all
unwilling to listen to the information
his inquisitive wife may have gathered.
-Somerville Journal. ..
--Wife-"Here it is one O'clock
What have you got for an excuse this
timer" Husband--"I wns to 'wrest-
ling MATCH" Wife - Eyes, that's
good. l guess by the looks of your
clothing that the other follow won
every fall. IN. Y. Graphic.
-Son-"Papa. how do they catch
lunaticsP" Cynical With large
straw hats and feathers and white
dresses, jewelry and neat gloves, my
boy" Mamma (musingly)-"Yes, 1
remember that's how l dressed before
we were married. Boston Gazette.
Miss Ponsonby-"I didn't have the
pleasure of call from the Italian count
before he left From the stories in cir
culation about him perhaps 1 didn't
miss much" Miss Candidde-'If he
had called you probably would have
missed great deal. Town Topics.
AT the theater-Mr Simpkins-
"What are you doingP" Mrs. Simp-
kins-"Tm going to take off my bonnet
and hold it in my lap" Il never saw
youso considerable of any ones pleasure
before" "Umph! You needn't think
it's that. I'm the only woman in the
house that hasn't got anew spring bon
net. and you ought to BIO ashamed of
it. "-Chicago Herald.
= FL have always admired proverbs,
my dear" Mr. Dusenberry said. as he
rubbed his chin in contemplativs
way. They are chock full of signifi-
canoe. They are laconic and logical.
Now, for instance, there is the saying.
'Straws show which way the wind
blows What could more tersely-n
Eyes" interrupted Mrs. Dusenberry,
with twinkle in her starboard eye.
'If you'd sift the ashes every morning.
instead of letting me sift them. you'd
know more about the direction of the
wind than all the straws in creation
would show YOU"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
PURCHASE A HOME.
why 1t Is Not Always Cheaper to Rent
Than 1t Is to buy.


Than 1t Is to Buy.
at is cheaper to rent than it IS to
buy" is the remark of many persons
when asked if they own the house in
which they live. There is sohe truth
in the statement. 1t is undeniably
true when the maker has his money in
some business where more can profit
ably he used and from which the re-
turns from the investment are greater
than from real estate. But with this
exception. it may be set down as a
general proposition that. apart from
all other considerations, and there are
many of weight, it pays a man to own
home-to have spot which he can
absolutely call his own.
The natural tendency of men IS to
live up to their means. There are a
few whose income is so large that to
use popular expression, ''they do not
know what to do with it," which means
that it is greater than can possibly be
expended for maintenance alone: but
the average mortal readily finds an
outlet for the whole OF his income.
Whether part of it goes in payments
on house or to the owner fositsuse,
the year finds it all absorbed in one
way and another. But if man deter
mines to have home for himself, he
understanding that he has o small
income-shape his resourcest to that
end. Little by little he mai usNg-
rcss, until finally he mas adqEoE0Ses
his head which he can actually eShhis
own-has a substantial stake in TIE
community, and has laid solid foun-
dation toward competency. In many
cases he is just home better Off thar
he would be if he had continued to act
upon the theory that it is cheaper tc
rent than to buy
Desirable as it is in the city for mar
to be the owner of home it is ever
more so in the country. where one gets
his living from the land. In this coun
try, as yet, the actual occupiers of ag'
ricultural lands are in the great major
ity of cases the owners thereof. This
is great factorin our national strength
and prosperity. There is no man who
has justly more right to feel independ
ent than he who has the means Of pro,
viding ut first hand all the necessities
of life for himself and family. Every
man who makes his living from the
first fruits of the earth should strive
if he do not now, to own the land he
tills. Even now, in some sections Of
the country, the delusion that renting
is more economical has led many men
into relaxation Of effort, with the re.
suit that, instead of themselves keep.
ing their noses to the grindstone, with
a reasonable hope Of respite in the fu.
ture, they are compelled to keep them
there with little prospect of relief.
There are exceptional cases to which
these remarks do not apply, but the
general rule is as stated. With very
limited qualifications TO meet such
cases, it should be the aim of every
young man to get homo for himself;
and there are many men, no bnger
young, who, if they would but set shout
it, would find the proanrssa2sttss
home much easier, and its pbssession
much more satisfactory, than they have
supposed. Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
WHALE WITH PEASE.
One of the Cetaceans Sufficient GOOD for n
Mans Whole Lifetime.

There are obvious difficulties in the
way OF selling whale over the counter
in a lishmongcr's shop. Nevertheless.
we may yet see bits of whales being
thus purchased and carried away.
There was time in Mcrric England
when whale with green pease was con-
sidered delicacy. History, it is said,
repeats itself, and some of us who now
strut the stage of life may, ere we die,
indulge in the same feast.
In Barbados, when obtainable, the
flesh OF the humpbacked whale (Megap-
terra Americana) is eaten by all classes,
being preferred to beef, which is there
tough. A South Sea harpooner will
tell you that, excepting the delicacy
of Il draught Of the yellow. creamy
milk taken from o freshly-speared She
whale, whale fins properly cooked are
the greatest of conceivable dainties.
A single catacean, it is calculated.
will supply 500 pounds of extract, and
q pound of extract makes 100 pints of
aourishing soup. Thus it can easily be
seen that one whale is capable of Gatis-
flying the hunger of $4,000 persons, if
they were content to have meal of
whale soup alone. An average whale
converted into extract would suffice
for the daily dinner of a man all
through his life, even if he lived to the
age OF l40. AS he would not be likely
to accomplish that feat. there would be
plenty of whale over for breakfast and
supper, when-as he might be ex-
pected to tire of soup--the cetacean
might appear on his table in the form
of outlets, or mince or even risoles.-
Medical Classics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
How the Apostles Died.

Many readers, perhaps large ina
jority of them, old as well as young,
will find new information in the fol-
lowing paragraph. taken from the
Evangelist: st. Matthew is supposed
to have suffered martyrdom or was
slain with the sword at the city of ETH
opia, in Egypt. St. Luke was hanged
upon an olive-tree, in Greece. St. John
was put into a caldron of boiling oil at
Rome. and escaped death at Ephesus
in Asia. st. James the Great was be-
headed ut Jerusalem. st. James the
Less was thrown from a pinnacle or
wing OF the temple and then beaten to
death with fuller's club. st. Philip
was hanged up against pillar at Her.
apolis. q city of Phyrgia. st. Bartholo-
new was aayed alive by the command
Of a barbarous king. st. Andrew was
bound to cross, whence he preached
into the people until he expired. st.
Thomas was run through the body
with lance at Coromandel, in the
East Indies. st. John was shot to death
with arrows. st. Simon Zealot was
,rucified in Persia. St. Matthias was
irst stoned and then beheaded. st.
Barnabas was stoned to death by the
Jews at SalaDia. st. Paul was 5eheaded
W Nero.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
SEYONO WORDS.

little maid in homespGn gown,
Simple as the daisies.
Loving lips and eyes OF brown
Let nc sing your praises.
Shall call my love n flower
Gathered TO my bosom!
No; they fade from hour TO hour,
And want my blossom.
Shall call her precious psarli
Set not jewels nigh her!
Only just country girl,
Yet not u king could buy her.
Shall call her angel blest.
Whitest soul OF woman:
Stay. / think | like her best
Laughing, weeping, human.
Is she, then. a sparkling star
Sont 10 guide and cheer me'
AMI the skies are cold aud far,
And / like her near me.
Not name is there on earth
OF u poets giving
Fit to tel one half her worth,
Real. true and living.
Rhymes and words OF mystery
Only would amaze her;
For her own sweet self is she.
And all my deeds shall praise her.
Chambers Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11
THE MELODIOUS TUT.
Something About the Sweetest Singer G
All the Birds.

Something About the Sweetest Singer of
All the Birds.
Birds of which we know nothing
here, and which, strange to say, were
not even found in that bird puzzle of
ours, are seen in Australia and New
Zealand. A traveller in those far
away lands tells US something about
the Tui: While we stood watching
the stream an exquisite sound broke
upon our ears. 1t was like the piping
OF those reeds that the dervishes in the
East play upon while their brethren
perform their strange devotions. This
piping was constantly being varied,
sometimes by even softer, but some
times by more metallic sounds. At
one moment the song grew so loud
that it seemed to be quite close, the
next it appeared to mels away in the
distance.
Suddenly it ceased. It was Tui-
the most beautiful songster in the
world. We saw one on branch few
minutes later. 1t was about the size
of a blackbird, the plumage of blue
black with metallic hues, and in
places almost like velvet. The beak
was yellow, as were also the legs. At
the throat it had two little tufts of
white feathers, which gave the bird
rather quaint appearance. In New
Zealand some of the birds are pro-
tected by government. but many have
died out.-St. Paul Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11

There is melancholy coincidence
In the fact that this is the age of scien-
tific cookery and the age Of dysnepsia.
Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-05-11

An Atchison, Kan, policeman
named Basket arrested a man named
Peaches the other day
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-27
KING TOLL.

Am the monarch who rules on the land,
And the monarch who rules on the sea:
NV will is iron, my laws demand
That all men shall bow to me.
The empire Under the hills is mine,
Black coal, hard iron, my throne;
7 reign where the bright red gold doth shiuc,
Where the CLEAN of rare gems Is known.
1 reign where the hammer throbs and rings,
Where the sickle flashes its steel;
laugh in the song the mariner sings,
And l fashion the flying keel.
reign where the church rears bold its spire
To the arch of the bending sky;
Where the voice of the bells fierce clang
cries, "Firei'
And the uniformed men dash by.
dwell where the printer fills his "stick,"
Where the cartman holds his reins;
Where the gentle nurses tend the sick,
Where the merchant counts his gains.
Ireign where the lungs of the furnace breathe
Where the life boats breast the wave;
Where friends q bridal garland wreathe,
Where the sexton digs grave.
reign where the woodman fells the tree,
Where the mill wheel stately turns;
Where. the huntsman ranges bronzed and
free,
Where the forge fire smokily burns.
/ reign in the halls where the judges grave
Interpret the laws of the land;
In every cline I'm the friend of the brave,
And hold to all my hand.
w. II. yeith, in n. Y. Ledger.