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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27

CHRISTMAS DAY has come and gone,
and now the New Year is at hand
though we have all, it is to be hoped,
enjoyed ourselves, yet the celebra-
ton of the season is not without Its
drawbacks. We allude more espe-
cially to the unchecked annoyance
of fire crackers and bombs which are
allowed to make night hideous.
On Christmas Eve to the small
hours of the morning, from close
behind the Queens Hospital, all the
length of Punchbowl street and the
Pauoa road, the roar of crackers and
bursting of bombs; then comes the
serenaders, and invalids and tired
workers are deprived of their much
needed sleep. We invite heads OF
households, and, if necessary, the
police authorities, to prevent the
night between the old and new years
being made a torture instead of
root
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27

S. T. Young receiver OF the California
National Bank, has RENTED to the con-
troller OF the currency sufficient funds 10
pay the per cent. balance due on all
claims against his trust. 1t i Just two
years ago to-day since this bank sus-
pended, and at the time It Was thought
very doubtful whether or not the de
positors would be paid in full, aud IN
consequence many sold their claims at
| heavy discount.
| DR.. O'Donnell, the chronic candidate
! for Mavor, is contrasting the election OF
Mayor Elect Sanderson. Thus far the
recount has given O'Donnell a gain OF Is
| votes.
A fire occurred in the row OF buildings
from 4ll-4l5 Commercial street, occu-
pied by Chinese shoe manufacturers, IN
which one OF the occupants was burned to
death. Damages to buildings and stock,
$25 600.
The Composite Bill.
On the 18th inst the House Commit
tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
formally agreed to report the Composite
Bill prepared by the majority OF the
members OF the committee as suDsti-
!, tute for the Senate Tonnage and Subsidy
Bills. The motion was carried by a
| party vote, with the exception OF Cuui
: mings OF New York, who voted by proxy
for it. Chairman Farquhar later re-
ported the bill to the House. The com
mittee appends to the report letter
from the Commissioner OF Navigator
a showing that the total payments under
8 the bill for the first year would aggre
: gate 81, l09, 1856.
= Sporting News.
{ SYDNEY On. S. W., December ia
. sculling match for e30O and the cham
> pionship of the world took place to-day
= between Kemp and Mclean, and re
- suited in a victory for the latter.
. John Mclean, who will now be haile'
champion oarsman OF the world, is ma
! tive Of Shoalhaven, New South Wales
= He was born September II, 1859, and
y therefore 81 years of age. He stand
y half an inch over six feet in height
= boasts of chest measurement OF forty
- two inches and his rowing weight is 10
;s pounds.
- He rowed his first race as an amateu
- - on March II, 1888, which he won. Hl
- first professional victory was in an al
~ corners race at the antipodes on Jan
~ uary %, 1884, and since then he has ha
~ but few reverses, and has been steadll
- advancing toward the championshl
n goal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
THE LABOR QUESTION.

The exodus of Chinese laborers is
still going on, and is being felt all
over the islands. Plantation hands
in some districts are demanding a
dollar day, and in this city domes-
tic service and laundry work is rising
in price. By the S. S. China yester-
day afternoon not less than 173
Chinese men, besides women and
children, returned to their native
land. The very ship which carried
the planters envoy in search OF
labor, was loaded with labor which
we can i'll spare.
We referred last month to the
great new industrial undertakings
lust started, or to be started, the adj
ditions to the Oahu Railway, the
great plantations at honolulu, ka-
huku, in this island, Makaweli, or
Kauai, the prospective operations II
tea and coffee planting in Hawaii
the building going on in and about
Honolulu, the dredging works de
signed in this harbor. All these cal
for large increase in unskilled la
Dor. and are met with decrease
which means extravagant wages
Field-hands and the like have al
ways received higher wages in thu
than in any other country IN tn
world, and now when we may be oh
liged to take two millions of dollar
less under the Mckinley tariff TO
our crop than might have been real
lied under the former sugar tariff, !
is necessary for planters to watch al
out-goings with if possible extr
care.
Meanwhile we have yet to lear
that anybody is the better for thu
depletion of the unskilled labo
market. Cinnamon are not less bus
than usual in those trades and me-
chanical employments they hav
already obtruded themselves into
On the contrary those of them VIII
obtained a footing are the NOR
secure and less liable to competition
High wages on plantations will hel
o keep competition from Chimes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
Notice to Contractors

dds WILL BE RECEIVED FOR
ID digging a cellar and building cellar
walls on Fort street, on the site of Will
liams' Photographic Gallery, up to Dec.
80, 1890, at II o'clock noon. We do not
hind ourselves to accept the lowest bid
made. Plans and specifications can be
obtained at our office.
145-2w G. BREWER co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
EVENTS OF TO-DAY.

BAND CoNcERT-At Thomas Square at
7:30 p. NJ.
HAWAIIAN MISSION CHILDREN's SOCIETY
Meeting at residence of Mr.. Il. +. Dill
bingham, at 80 P, NJ.
TEMPERANCE MEETING-At FOwler's Yard
at 7:30 r.. NJ.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
THE DAILY

Pacific Commercial Advertiser
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
King kaIakaua's Movements.

(From Our San Francisco Correspondent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
Census Notice.

For convenience in taking the census
the District of Honolulu (Kona. Oahu
has been divided into twenty subdivisions
and the following named persons have
been appointed to act as enumerators;
1. William Hunt. IL. George Williams.
2. II. w Cham berlain12 d. Kua
3. Rose Dawson. -. T.. McGeeney.
4. Robert Lavrey. ii. w. d. Alexander
5. Mary L. Green. Is. John Good. [Jr.
g. louis J. Scott Is. J 7. Iva.
Z. j. Camara. II. Rev. s. Paaluhi
8. q. II. Chase. Is. Nahora Hipa.
7. &. +. Wolfe. 49, J. s. Keawe.
10. G.. W. HAVANA 20. G. J. Campbell.
nakoa.
A map showing the boundaries of the
respective subdivisions can be seen at thu
Census Office on the second floor of th'
Government Building.
CHAS. Il. RODGERS,
152 st General Superintendent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27

workmen in towns, without helping
IN the least the white mechanic.
As long as large orders are plen-
tiful all may be well, but when plan
tations are compelled to drop their
average of cane planting, as must be
done unless labor be supplied, it will
soon be felt in the trades.
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per >. s. China, from San Francisco
December IS, 1890.
| (From Our San Francisco Correspondent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27
Nem advertisements.
PION EER LIN f!
WHITES EXPRESS
All Aboard for Waialua and
Way Stations

TRAINS LEAVING HONOLULU
i Railway Station at S:45 A. M. on
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRI
DAYS will carry Passengers, Mail and
Small Packages for Waialua.
Transfer will be made at Pearl City to
Whites Pr neer Express, which will COM
mence to run Monday morning, Dec. 18th.
60 Single tickets from Honolulu to
Waialua can be bought at Honolulu Kali
way Station for So; round trip tickets 30.
The Pioneer Express will leave Waialua
in time to connect with the passenger train
leaving Pearl City for Honolulu at Ala
pm. on TUESDAYS, tn URSDAYS and
SATURDAYS, arriving at Honolulu Sta
ton at 4 :55 P. NJ.
This new line will start for the first time
from Waialua on Tuesday, Dec. 80, 1890.
B. F. DILLING HAM,
| l53-1m General Manager o. l.. & r. Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-27

Be just and fear not:
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be
Thy Oountry's. thy Gods, and Truths.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25
A New Wrinkle Knocked Out.

He walked into the Pen sylvania railroad
depot in jersey City with pert look on his
face, says the New York Sun, and. advanc-
ing to one of the benches. he stood his
silver-handled umbrella on END, produced a
chain and paddock from his pocket, and
runni e ore end of the chain through the
open handle, he made the umbrella fast to
the seat, and said to the nearest man:
81 haven't Travelled over this country for
five years without learning a thing or two. "
He went away smiling and whistling, but
had scarcely left the waiting room when
along comes another dapper fellow, wearing
a check suit and having a smooth cheek,
and he walked right up to the umbrella.
produced three-cornered file from his
pocket. and in two minu es he had filed the
CHI lin in two. He put chain and lock in his
pocket. shouldered the umbrella, and
walked off with the observations:
1T the Teller who is Smarter than chain
lightning comes back and asks who did it,
tell hum it was hayseed who had never
been of the farm before"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25
The Greatest Diamonds.
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The largest diamond known belonged
once to the grand mogul aud was found in
Golconda in 1850, and weighed in its rough
state 900 carats. Another gem, the size of
pigeons egg, was stolen from Brahamin
idol by a French soldier, and was bought by
Queen Catherine of Russia for $3.50, coo and
an annuity of $3.50, 900, and weighed 1874
carats. The Koh-i-noor is well known Y
nearly every one as the name of lovely
gem belonging to the English crown; it
weighs 1861 carats and is valued at $780,
600. The Hope is blue'diamond, owned by
Holland, valued at SS5.0OO. Russia owns
four magnificent diamonds besides the
Grand Mogul, named respectively Shah of
Egypt, Saucy Polar Star, and Orloff, the
value or which amounts to more than
Sl,0OO,0 900. France owns a beautiful dia-
mond known as the Regent, valued at
S1,5O0.0OJ. Diamonds, although the hard
est of known subs tances. are not, as some
people really believe, indestructible. They
are iuflammable when heated red hot aud
when plunged into the atmosphere of oxv-
gen burn with steady light, giving rise to
pure carhonic acid and leaving small
residue of silica and iron.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25

duce the dimensions of its trench whom
ever these exceed It's habitual need. To
divide the river into two, by taking any
considerable portion of its volume through
an outlet, would be to reduce its habitual
requirements below the outlet proportion
ately, and wouli infaIlibiy result in par
tial filling up of the bed. Nothing can be
more certain than that the final result of
the outlet system would be to raise the
Hood level OF the river instead of lowering
it. In this all engineers now connected with
the river agree. Reference is here made to
outlets which discharge at all stages, and
such as are contemplated by their principal
advocate, and not to high water weirs.
Such weirs might perhaps be used without
positive injury to the river, but the easiest
and cheapest way to get rid Of the water is
to keep it all together and to raise the levees
il necessary.
From time to time various projects for
deepening the low water channel by showing
off the crests of the most prominent bars
have been presented, aud some of them have
been tried. Dredgers of various patterns,
scrapers and portable wing dams have all
been tried. They have all failed, and in the
nature of things must fail. The building
power of the river is too great. 1t is hope
less to struggle against it. The river itself
must be trained.
The results of the works thus far for
deepening the channel have been satisfac-
tory to those navigating the river. Many
serious Instructions have been removed.
Although, owing to similar distractions
which remain, boats cannot load any
deeper, they can make their trips more
quickly thsn they could before. The navi-
cation interest and the agricultural interest
on the banks nave both derived substantial
benefit from the expenditures of the gov
eminent. Very few persons can be found
in the Mississippi valley to-day who do not
favor the continuation of the work under
the present plans.
o. II. ERNST, Col. U. S. Army.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25

runs and is unrivaled at pole-vaulting for
distance, and few weeks ago broke the
college record at the running broad jump
scoring twentv-one feet seven inches. j. P.
Lee is Harvard's ack sprinier. and is said
TO be unapproschable at 220 yards. while he
caa do 100 yards in 10 2-5 seconds. He is
almost as good as Sheriff.. who is
a wonderful runner and has made a
phenomenal record for a lad who
had no athletic training whatever
before entering college. Sheriff. is
a tall, rather raw-boned. demonstrating
youth, lightly bull. aud il the only anna
teur who ever made Q 100 yards in ten
seconds. There is not at the present time
bis match at the short dist inces in any of
the colleges IL is likely that he viii be
entered for both the 100 aud 220 yards dash.
Harvard will depend upon Lee to carry off
the latter, while Sheriff. of Yale may capt
ure the former, even from such big and
able competitor as Cary of Princeton, who
has done the 100 yards within a fraction of
Sherrills time. Lee is heavier than Sher-
rill, and his wonderful speed has surprised
not a few of the college cracks.
Following are the records of the principal
competitors in the different events:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25

he was a bachelor, and had therefore no
grandchildren, and that the whole scheme
was an endeavor to divert old ''Molly" to
the use of an individual portion of the con-
federacy. The OLD man was compelled to
march with the troops for two days. on
short fare, and carry the knapsacks of feeble
soldiers, and when he discovered, even to
his own satisfaction, that molly" was a
part of the conquering host, with her posi-
ton and duties we'll defined, he was cast
adrift and allowed to go home.
"Molly's" one PEI sonal adventure with
the enemy was brief and dramatic, and
made deep impression upon her memory.
As she was always with the headquarters
effects at the rear of the command, and
usually out of the range of danger, she
seemed to look upon army life as a long
drawn excursion, and enjoyed it as Only a
true soldier could. But in the battle of
Atlanta, July %, 1864, the first assault of
the enemy was on the rear, running entirely
over the union headquarters. Both "Molly'
and her sable companion and guardian.
Uncle Joe," were completely demoralized
and nearly sc Al ed to deaGh. The cook never
recovered, and Gen. Leggett was compelled
to send him to Ohio, while the COW, of
sterner stuff. gradually recovered, although
for nearly a week she refused her rations
and beloved for hours at time. For
month afterward the sight of a squad of
men on a run would throw her into panic
When peace came and the army that
Sherman had led on his famous march was
ordered to Washington to take rart in the
magnificent parade of May %, 1865, the old
campaigner that had in turn miuistered to
the comfort of so many, from Grant and
Sherman, when guests at Leggett's table,
down to the sick drummer boy, was taken
along, and at the rear of the headquarters
ambulance made marked and conspicuous
part of the procession. The people along
the line loaded her with bouquets and
wreaths until she became a walking monu-
ment of flowess.
Gen. Leggett felt that "Molly" had earned
her ease for the remainder of her days and
| determined to take her home to Ohio. His
command was mustered out of service at
Louisville, KY, in July, 1865, and he was
ordered to proceed to his home at Zanes-
vile, o., there to wait for further orders.
Transport tion was furnished him for three
horses, and when "Tom, his colored serv-
| ant took the order and went to the steam
boat landing with the generals effects,
molly" was among them. "Tom" led two
horses up the gang plank and then advanced
with the COW. The officer of the boat
looked at the order and cried out:
Hold onl There's no transportation
here for a cow.n
"Yes, sah,'' said Tom, sit calls fob so
many hosses."
''But that isn't horse"
"a brevet boss, sah,h quickly responded
the boy, who had heard the standing joke
of the army as to the mutiplicitv of brevet
honors that were flying about in those days.
molly" lived through many years of
peace and quiet upon the best the land
would afford, and when she died of old age
a squad of the veterans in blue followed her
! to the grave and saw that she was laid away
with the proper military honors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-03
The G. A. Il. and "a Fair Rebel,

Many members of the &. A. R. arc
taking a great interest in the production
Of A Fair Rebel, which is to be produc
ed on Friday evening. September 9th, at
the Opera House. This very successful.
comedy.drama, with its great revolving
scene, representing Libby Prison,
naturally appeals strongly to army men
There is an opportunity to SEQ on tht
stage that which has never been attempt.
ed in any military drama touching on
the late war. The interior OF the Libby
Prison presents perfectly the various
apartments in which the officers and
men we're incarcerated, even the cele.
brated 8 shaped opening through the
solid brick wall, which was just large
enough to admit q mau's body down in:
10 the cellar below, known by the
prisoners as "Rat He'll" because OF the
enormous number Of rats which in infested
1t. This scene 10 n Of the largest and
heaviest ever placed upon the stage, but
the change Is made, showing first the in.
terror, to the exterior, in 0 little over
six aeconds. 1t was built by Benson
Sherwood, Of the Metropolitan Opera
House, New York, and painted by
Homer +. Emens, scenic artist Of the
Fourteenth street theatre, New York.
Indeed, the representation, from a mill
tary standpoint, stands far above any.
thing yet attempted.