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The Republican., 1891-11-27

Dyspepsia. man at Malden-on-
the Hudson, N. Y,
named Captain A. G. Pareis, who
has written us letter in which it
is evident that he has made up his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says:
- have used your preparation
called August Flower i'll my family
for seven or eight years. 1t is con-
stantly in my house, and we consider
it the best remedy for Indigestion,
and Constipation we
Indigestion. have ever used OF
known. My wife is
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers very much after eating.
The August Flower, however, re-
lieves the difficulty. My wife fire.
quently says to me when I am going
to town, We are out
Constipation of August Flower,
and I think you had
better get another bottle am also
troubledwith Indigestion, and dwhen-
ever l am, 1 take one or two tea
spoonfuls before eating, for a day or
two, and all trouble is removed" o
The Republican., 1891-11-27
VISITING THE OLD FOLKS.

Wal, I've ben of, Lucindy Jane
An taken my vacation;
Ituk the cars to Ashfleld town
BY way of Deerheld station.
didn't hev no call to go,
/ wasn't sick nor ailin';
But wife she said I'd oughter, fur
She s'mised tn old folks was failin'.
So sot out and TUX the train,
And when I'd fairly started,
wi own right up, Lucindy Jane
laid feel lighter hearted.
1t did me good to see the fields
The harvestin' and hayin;
The trees all seemed to noi to me
AS if they was sayin':
"You'ro welcome home. Johoshaphat
You've ben a long time comin';"
The brooks they seemed 10 babble it,
The bees. too, in their hummin'.
And as / neared the old brown house,
Where you and I, Lucindy,
Was born and reared ana Us l saw
An Old face ut the windy,
I'll own right up, Lucindy Jane,
That makes "a man Il Child again;
And so, somehow or other,
Before knew what she was at,
She had her arms around me,
And said: why, it's Jehpshaphatw
And then my father found me.
And when I'd had good square meal
OF fried cakes. pts and fiXin's,
Aud honest coukry bread, yeast-riz-
Home made of mo&ker'S miXin's,
Then / sot out to see the town,
And when I'd asked how fur I is
To So and Sos they'd up and say:
$50 far from Mister Curtis"
j paid the mortgage of the farm,
had the roof new shingled,
And painted up the house new style
With red and yellow mingled.
/ bought some rockers for the porch,
Where mother sets q knittin'
While in her comfortable lap
She holds the purring kitten.
And so left them. better off.
With hired help to tend 'em,
And al the money that they need
I'm ready for to send EN-.
And tell you, Lucindy Jano,
1t paid me for my trouble,
To see the dear old folks again,
II it had cost me double.
Springfield (Mass.l Republican.
The Republican., 1891-11-27

IRAN GO F T
and his wife.
A III a n d n
We're q we'll
IN e a II i II e
coupl e, but
they made a
80, % Ia -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAy.
L ing been duly appointed administrator Of
the estate of LAU NIU, late of Honolulu, all
persons having claims against the said estate
are hereby notified that they must present the
same duly verified with proper vouchers to the
undersigned at the place of business OF Yuen
Lung Co., Nuuanu St., within six months from
this date or they will be forever barred; and all
persons indebted 10 said estate are hereby re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated Honolulu, November 9Oth, 1891
L. AKAU,
Administrator Of the Estate Of Lau Niu.
f1403-1t]
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
DISTRIBUTING VEDALLA.
Sending Scale DesfrOyers by
Mail Over the WOrId-PrOp-
aSatinS the Lady Bird.

All people interest ed in the be-
nevolent warfare which the Aus
tralian lady bird, vedalia car dina
lis, has been carrying on in this
State, should go to the State Board
of Horticulture headquarters in
this city during the next few
weeks, if they want to get
glimpse of these scale eaters at
work. There is a colony of sew
eral hundred of these tiny warriors
there7now, and more are Matching
daily.
They are kept in four big glass
jars, in which supply of scale
infested orange branches are kept
all the time for the hungry lady
birds delectation. It is a curious
sight to watch these little insects
at work, and to think of the won
derful work Of regeneration which,
small as they are, they have been
able to accomplish among the
orange groves of Southern Cali
fornia. No one who has not seen
some of those orange groves both
before and after the vedalia came,
can fully realize the marvellous
work done. Trees that were black
and dry, with little or no foliage or
fruit, now look bright and healthy,
and are yielding their owners good
returns. Through the glass jars
one can see the scale-destroyers
busly at work. They are the NOR
tai enemies of the cottony cushion
scale-icerya. These tiny red in
sects can be seen pushing persist
emily under the whitish punches
that show the presence of the scale
and feeding steadily all the time.
The stock of Vedalia available
was very low about a mouth ago,
so a few pair were brought from
the south by Entomologist Craw,
and bottled up for breeding pur-
poses. Demands for the benefcent
insect had been accommodating, COM
ing not only from various parts of
California, but from Europe and
even from Australia, where the
vedalia was first discovered. Dur
ing the past two Or three weeks
several hundred have been sent out
to fruit-growers who have found
on their trees indications of the
dreaded scale. They have been sent
to Suisun, Mountain Review, River
SIDE, San Gabriel, Sonoma, Yuba
City, San Rafael, Mibrae, San Jose,
Sasalito, Stockton, Novato, Oak
land, Santa Barbara, HeaIdsburg
and Menlo Park. Several pair are
tucked away in tiny box and sent
by mail in response to each request.
A New Zealand correspondent
has asked for a few vedaGa. A
similar request has also come
Jerusalem. There are many orange
groves in Palestine, and some are
reported badly affected with the
scale that the lady-bird enjoys. A
shipment of the pupa of the insect
went lately to Levi Reed, Salerno,
Italy, but on arrival they would
not touch the pest observed on the
orange trees, it being a different
sort from that which they seem
especially created TO destroY.-Ex.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
THE YACHT ST. GEORGE.
About to Leave on Her Home
ward Voyage.

It is about a month since this yes
sci arrived in port from British Co
lumbia, via San Francisco, and dur
ing this interval she has been to
Hilo and Kealakeakua and her party
have visited some Of the most note
worthy localities on Hawaii,-the
volcano and Captain Cooks monu-
ment. During her stay in this port
she has been visited by many of
our residents, who all express great
admiration for this, the finest speci-
men Of a nobleman's yacht that has
ever anchored in our harbor. She
was built expressly for Mr.. E. J.
Wythes, her owner, at Leith, Scot
land, in 1890, and is now making her
first voyage. A full description of
her was given in this paper at the
time of her arrival, but in addition
to that notice it may be stated that
her cabins and staterooms exhibit
some of the finest finish ever seen
afoat. They are lined with black
walnut and some of the decorative
panel work is ordinary satin wood,
and some the rich Hungarian satin
wood, while most Of the stateroom
panels are finished with very rich
and expensive silk tapestry from Ly
ons, France. The crockery, silver
and glassware are perfectly ele-
giant, all marked "St. George" The
cabins, as we'll as the staterooms,
are filled with rich and rare treas
ures, collected at the various ports
at which the yacht has touched in
India, Singapore, Java, China, ia
pan and other places. The vessel is
fitted with every modern improve
ment for hosting and navigating,
and is probably as staunch and
strong as any vessel of her size that
ever put to sea, and is in ever way
a fitting home for the owner and his
companions who are making a pleas
ure trip around the world. She will
leave soon after the arrival of the
American and English mails for
Fiji and Australia. To all on board
the beautiful yacht st. George, BON
VOYAGE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
Kamehameha School.

Founders day at the Kameha-
meha School promises to be a mem
orable event. It will take place next
Saturday in Bishops Hall and the
public are cordially invited to be
present without any further invita-
ton. His Elk. j. L. Stevens will de-
liver the address that will formally
turn over the new hall to the trus-
tees. Minister Stevens always has
something interesting to say, and
no doubt a large audience will be
present to hear his remarks and wit
ness the exercises.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
~ ceiyed by the Hilo Road Board, at
Hilo, Hawaii, up until noon, MONDAY,
January 4, 1892, for taking down the old
and putting up new bridge over the
Waiakea stream at Hilo.
The Board will furnish all material. The
iron from the old bridge Is to be used in
putting up the new bridge. Ihe bridge is
a Pacific Bridge Co.'s Combination Truss,
136 feet span, Is feet roadway.
The Board do not bind themselves to
accept the lowest or any bid.
]. A. SCOTT,
Chairman Hilo Road Board.
1405-2t 2942-6t 10,5,9,3,6,30
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
Musicale.

A private musicale will be given
at Kawaiahao Seminary this even
ing. The following is the pro-
gramme:
l. To Thee, o Country......... Eichberg
School.
=. The Swallows. Leslie
First Choral Glass.
4. do the Sunshine ...... Schumann
Oily forth, my Song ........... Abt
School.
4. Recitation FLOR Christmas Day
5. Sailors SUPERINTENDENT atton
First Choral Glass.
6. Solo-Peace I leave with you...
.'.'.' ....s.. ........, ....".. Kinney
Miss M. G.. Anterior.
Z. Trio-The Reapers.. Clapisson
s. Chorus of Angels.................. Costa
First Choral Glass.
8. He Pule.......... Queen Liliuokalani
School.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
WANTED.

by AN EXPERIENCED MAN, A
- situation as book-keeper. or salesman
IN grocery store. Would be willing to
wait on customers in busy time, and post
DOCKS during spare moments. Would do
copying of any description, or would take
two or three small sets of books to post.
Good reliable reference furnished on an
plication. Enquire at this office. 2945-lw
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17

The "Visfas of Hawaii" is the
daintiest souvenir ever placed on
sale in Honolulu. Leave your
orders with the Pacific Hardware
Co., and copies Will be mailed
postage free.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17

"Vistas of Hawaii" is not only
artistic, but it is a mine of vaIu-
able information not to be found
anywhere else. Copies mailed
postage free, on application, to
the Pacific Hardware Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17

You want to touch the soul of
some bright particular sweet
younS lady did you say?
That's right young man!
Send her a copy of the "Visfas
of Hawaii" and she will be in a
melting mood the next time you
meet her. They are just too
pretty for anything.
The Pacific Hardware Co. will
help yOu out with this scheme.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
BINDING

The HAWAIIAN GAZETTE COMPANY
having purchased the old-established
Bookbindery of Mr.. A. II. Raseman,
and having secured first class workmen,
are prepared to do any and all kinds of
plain Or expensive work at short notice,
and at SIS low prices as similar work can
be obtained from abroad. Every descrip-
ton OF work required by Merchants,
Planters, Steamships, Traders and
others, such as:
LARGEST AND FINEST ACCOUNT Books.
INVOICE AND SALES Books,
SHIPPING AND LABOR Books,
ORDER AND RECEIPT Books,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
MAGAZINES AND PAMPHLETS,
NEWSPAPERS, ETC, ETC.
In short, every kind of work usually
done by bookbinders in large cities,
such as recovering old books, mounting
maps on cloth, lettering in gold, binding
IN gilt and morocco, repairing old
volumes, ETC., etc. Where a number of
volumes are to be bound up, reduction
In the price is made.
1t is the purpose of THE GAZETTE
COMPANY to maintain a First-class
Bindery, where frst-class work can be
had at bedrock prices.
Parties on the other islands can send
Sets of Books to us direct to be Bound,
with sample of the style in which pre-
vious volumes were bound, and their
orders will be promptly filled.
Address
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO.,
As Merchant Street,
Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17

Daily Advertiser, SOC. per month.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
CASUAL OBSERVATIONS
By the Man with the Incandes-
cent Eye.

CCHL Eye
A former resident of Honolulu re-
turned from the Coast the other day
and started out to visit the scenes of
his childhood. In his perigrina-
tons he wandered into Beretania
street. When he reached the neigh
borhood of Thomas square he saw
Capt. Christian and a gang of reef
ers at work. The old gentleman
wiped his glasses and looked about
him. After he had satisfied himself
that it was not an optical delusion
he, to make assurance doubly sure,
stepped up to Christian and asked
him to pinch him. After he was
through yelling he said to Christian:
81 was here when your father start
ed this road, but I had no idea that
he had son that looked so much
like him or was as old as you"
When the foreman told him that he
was the only Christian that had
ever worked on the road, the old
man ventured the opinion that that
might be the reason that they had
been so long doing so little work. II
there is any one in the world who
knows how to nurse soft thing it is
road foreman. But is it best for
the taxpayer that such hardness
should be tolerated? There are, no
doubt, some of the younger mem
bers of this generation who would
enjoy a spin over the road while
they are still young, but if the road
department don't get the stiffness
out of its joints it is doubtful If the
ride will be enjoyed except by our
great grand children.
The editor of the Bladder, yclept
IA Leo, also believes that the hula
is better dance than the can can as
the editor of the ADVERTISER learned
it in Germany. Perhaps it is to a
man with tastes as depraved as
Dancing Master Bush's, but has he
not learned that the can can is
essentially French? It is not a
German production, Mr.. Bush, it is
OF french frenCny, ana dOn'G De-
lieve you would like it as we'll as a
hula; there is certain high kicking
movement to it that your ossifed
body would not yield to. Don't try
it, Mr.. Bush, please don't. You may
think you can seduce the Mormon
voters by your theoretical knowledge
of the hula, but if you will take my
advice you will not depend upon it
to bring about the desired result.
The Hawaiian race is an exception
ally intelligent one, and knows a
good thing when it sees it; that is
the reason they voted for Cecil
Brown last time, and will do so
again; besides, Cecil knows a move
or two that may spoil your theory.
CHARLIE WHITE Hoss.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-17
FOR RENT.

- THE VERY DESIRABLE RESI-
dence located on Kinau street near
the corner of Pensacola street, pre-
ssently occupied by P. F. August Ehlers.
House contains, parlors, dining room,
kitchen, three chambers, bathroom, pan
try, veranda rooms and ample closet space.
Possession given December LIST. INQUIRE at
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO,
2897-tf Fort St., ODD. Spreckels'.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
protec,inr ship., pottoms.

The question of providing some eff
fectiye method of protecting ships
bottoms has come to be matter for
serious consideration. The condition
OF the bottom of the flagship Charles
ton when taken out of the water the
other day at Mare Island Is described
as astonishing. All sorts of marine
growths, animal and vegetable, COW
cred the entire wetted surface so
thickly that it was impossible to in
spect the steel plates; and until these
growths shall have been removed,
when it is feared more or less corro-
sion will have set in, this investiga-
tion cannot be made; and the prob
lem how to protect the bottoms of
our new and costly ships, especially
in the Pacific, will be again presented
to our naval authorities. One Of the
modes suggested for overcoming this
difficulty is the use of japanese lac
quer. 1t appears that this idea
emanated from a lacquer manufac-
turer Of Toxic, who noted the fact
that lacquered objects that have been
subjected to sea water were found to
be practically uninjured after a con-
siderable period OF immersion. Ex-
periments were made on ship plates
at the Yokosuka Navy Yard, and soon
after the bottom of the ,Fuso- Kan
was lacquered. The result was so
satisfactory that many other vessels
of the japanese navy have since been
subjected to the same process. Ex-
periments are now in progress with
anti-fouling lacquer that promises
very well. The contractors guarantee
lacquer coat for three years, and,
according to the rates charged in
Japan, the cost of applying it to a
vessel like the Charleston would be
$1,000, at 13 cents per square foot.
The lacquer would in all probability
cost about double the price here. 1t
is understood that plates thus pre-
pared are now at the New York Navy
Yard under test. Lieut.. Murdoch,
who has devoted great deal Of
attention to the subject, estimates
that the lacquer process, assuming
that it will last three years, is cheaper
in the long run than painting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
curiosit,es of Matr,mony.

There are seventy peoples whose
customs forbic the wife's relatives to
hold any communication with the hus-
band, or, conversely, the husbands
relatives and his wife to speak to one
another Yet, in the former case, 1t
is the husband who goes to live with
his wife's parents, and In the latter
case the wife who goes to live in her
husbands home with his father and
mother.
The native Andamanese women have
curious custom. When any OF
them are left widows the bereaved
wife is accustomed to procure the
skull Of her late husband and carry 1t
about with her suspended by her side.
She also uses it as sort OF treasure
box, placing in it her money, jewels,
or any other valuable articles she may
have.
1t is a law of good society in China
that young widows never marry
again. Widowhood, therefore, is
held in the highest esteem, and the
older the widow grows the more
agreeable does her position become
with the people. Should she reach
fifty years, she may, by applying to
the emperor, get sum OF money with
which to buy q tablet on which is en-
graved the sum of her virtues The
tablet is placed over the door at the
principal entrance to her house.
The Zaparos, tribe Of South
America, have curious way Of court
ing. The loye-stricken young man
goes out hunting, and, on his return,
throws his game at the feet of the
young lady who has smitten him, to-
gether with a sufficient quantity OF
fuel to cook It. II she takes up the
game, lights fire and commences To
cook It, he knows his suit is accepted;
but, II not, he turns away, sadder,
II not wiser, man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

Client to protect them from the weather,
and when the neighboring forest and the
stream before the door supply every
want TDis immense province, there
fore, OF 700. 600 square miles. has but
20, 900 population Grao Para. wi h
4GC.t CO.. square mics OF area. has but
800. 900, and Maranhao, with 1853. 900,
has only $4,000, the three Amazon
provinces. with all area larger than that
OF the United States cast of the Missis-
sippi, having a total OF 775,0OO Most
OF these aborigines are as yet uncon-
quered; they arc savages In the widest
sense OF the word; varl ke revengeful;
many OF them are cannibals, and all are
dreaded by the whites who slowly
and with great difficulty, have
been able to drive them back,
but never to tiviizo them. Politi.
cally, Brazil is divided into twenty
States an one neutral municipality, Z"
the boundaries following those OF the
provinces which constituted the Empire.
There is an enormous discrepancy both
in the size and In the population of the
States, however, from the enormous
State OF Amazonas. with its sparse popu-
lation, to the petty State of Lergipe,
which has only SO 900 square miles,
though its population, 2T5, 900, compares
favorably with that OF several which
are, in geographical extent, greatly its
superior. The total population of the
republic Is 9,913,00o. which, considering
its size, is very scanty, and TO be ac-
counted for by the extent and uninhab-
liability Of the forests which constitute
the valley OF the Amazon. Besides the
capital there are several cities OF much
commercial Importance. At the mouth
OF The River Amazon. the alluyium OF
the stream, deposited for age alter age,
has gradually built up an island, whose
size may be imagined from the statement
that IL exceeds the combined area of the
Azores, Ma leira, Heligoland, Malta and
Gibralter, and opposite to the southern
shore of this island, from which il is
separated by the ara River, lies the
flou' ishing City OF Para, the metropolis
of the Amazon Valley. ara, though
with a population of only TO- 900, is an
exceedingly important city, since all the
trade of the Amazon passes through
the hands of its merchants, and
though its manufactures are insig-
nficant, its exports are enormous.
in the year 1855 the exports of
rubl er alone amounted 10 33, 600, 900 lbs,
at valuation of So, 1862, 900, while the
exports Of precious woods, hides. coffee,
sugar and other art cles rendered the
rubber export Insignificant by compare
son The State OF Pernambuco, also a
maritime State, has a capital of the
same name, generally called the Venice
of America. on account OF the numerous
canals which run through it in every d.
rection From Per- ambuco the princi.
pal export is sugar, and no small share
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
HOW To /" Saw Rx.n

Some boys do only what they have
seen done by somebody else; other
boys, the boys who make mark in
own eyes, and il thing needs to be
done, set about doing ii. Without
brag or buster they act as If their
motto were, "What man has not done,
man can do" OF one such boy the
Washington Post prints character
istic anecdote.
A few years ago a green country
boy applied to the superintendent Of
Western railway for work, and,
somewhat against the superintend-
ent's wish, on account of the danger
to life and limb attendant upon such
occupation, was given a place as
brakeman OF freight train.
On one of his first trips it happened
that his train met another freight
train at station where the side
track was not long enough to accom-
modate either of them. The con-
ductors were debating which train
should back up to point where they
could pass, when the new hand vent
ured to suggest. that neither should
back; that they could pass each other
by means of the short side track if the
thing was managed right.
The idea excited good deal Of
laughter on the part Of the old
trainmen, but the boy stood his
ground.
"Well, how would you go about it?"
asked one OF the conductors, confident
that the lad would soon find himself
against stump.
The boy took up stick and traced
in the sand diagram to illustrate his
plan.
"Good gracious!" said the conductor,
Il believe that will do it,"
And it did do it. To-day every
trainman in America knows how to
saw by" two long trains on q short
side track, but it Is not so generally
known that the thing was never done
until an inexperienced country boy,
who is now the manager Of great
railway line, worked out the problem
for himself.s