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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-10-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Prince of Wales is ambitious
to race his new yacht in American
waters.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria
has ordered $1,000,00O worth OF
cannon from Krupp.
An underground cable is being
laid to connect important German
Notifications.
Russian newspapers say the Gear
fears no war on account of the
Dardanelles incident.
There arc 300 newspapers pub
lished in Fleet street, London,
eleven of which are dailies.
About twenty-five thousand peo-
pie are killed every year in India
by wild beasts and reptiles.
Miss Ethel Griggs, a young Am
erican lady, has achieved a decided
success at Berlin as a whistler.
Lord Salisbury has made twenty
one new peers since be has been in
office, besides raising the rank of
several others.
The Empress Frederick, accord
ing to present plans, will spend a
part of the autumn with Queen
Victoria in Scotland.
Nearly twenty-three knots in
"bolsterous weather" was the speed
attained by the last torpedo-boat
built by Yarrow & Co. for Victoria.
In a recent race of thirty-two
miles, near Berlin, two cavalry off,
GERS reached the goal just seven
minutes ahead Of two infantry Off
GERS mounted on bicycles.
Since the Pasteur institute for
the cure of hydrophobia was estab-
lished in Paris in 1886 there have
been 9,439 patients treated, of
whom sixty-four have died.
The principal article of export
from Russia into Servia is coal oil.
There are at present 3 100000 kilo-
grams of kerosene in the port of
Odessa ready for export.
"A great many more young men
and women are sent upon the road
to ruin by money than by poverty.
AS rule the devil wants no better
chance at boy and a girl than to
have their pockets full of money
and then set them down at some
-ashlnable resort. Rest is all right;
'evelry is wrong.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-10-10
PAINTER!

IF YOU WANT A FIRST-CLASS JOR
Il OF Painting of any description done.
eau on the practical Painter, J. l.
MEYER only. $50 Fort st. P.O
Box SS7. Nut. Tel. 662. 2s2S-1y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-10-10
SHE'S ALL RIGHT.

She is not in art critic, nor in grammar
and analytic.
She doesn't know the distance 'twixt
our planet and the sun.
She knows nothing OF astronomy OF
American autonomy,
And cannot tell the difference 'twixt
an apothegm and pun.
She is weak in mathematics and the
same in hydrostatics.
Knows naught of styctography, which
now is all the rage.
She is ignorant of theosophy and tvro
in philosophy,
And hasn't any notion how to elevate
the stage.
She knows nothing OF philology or even
of cosmology,
For though she's been to school she
never passed through any college.
But her husband thinks her splendid. for
she keeps his stockings mended.
And none can approach her in culinary
knowledge.
New York Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
Dream Supersti;ions of Indians

In Mr.. Thurnim's elaborate work
on the Indians of Guiana he tells us
that the dreams which come to the In
dian are to him as real as any of the
events of his waking life. To him
dream acts and waking acts differ only
in one respect-nam"ly, that the for
mer are done only by the spirits, the
latter being done bv both the spirits
and the body. Seeing other men
asleep, and afterwards hearing them
tell the things which they supposed
themselves to have done when asleep,
the Indian has no trouble in reconcil-
ing liiat which he ilears with the fact
that the bodies of the sleepcrs were in
his sight and motionless throughout
the time of the supposed action, be-
cause he never questions that the
spirit, leaving The body, plays its part
in all dream adventures. In some
respects this odd superstition compares
favorably with the beliefs of the
Medieval Germans, who were of the
opinion that the soul could leave the
cody while the latter was asleep, and
then again return without the sieeper's
knowledge. In undergoing these
Transformations the soul usually took
on the form of a small red mouse
TSt. Louis Republic.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
A Shower Of Mamma.

The keeper of a pharmacy in tho
city of Bagdad, in Asiatic Turkey.
has sent to the scientific journal. La
Nature, a specimen Of an edible sub
stance which fell recently during a
copious shower of rain in the vicinity
If Mardin and nisrhrklr. ia the same
country, in August, 1890 The sender
Of the substance stated that. on falling,
it lad plentifully sprinklcd over con-
siderable area of country The inhab
itants came out and eagerly gathered
up the substance, and with it made cx-
cellcnt bread. Tie "mauna7 was
floury, palatable, nutritious and very
dige-tible.
La Nature states that the sample
of the ''manua@ which it received was
in the form of small globules, about
the size of millet seeds, and the mass,
yellowish OH the outside, was perfect
ly white within.
The substance was given to skilled
butauists TO examine. and they pro-
nounged it to be a vegetable substance
of the lichen family, scientifically
known as Lecanora csculcnta.
This lichen is frequently found in
the most arid mountains of the desert
of Tar!ary, where the soil is calcareous
and gypscous, and grows on the
ground amidst the pebb'c from which
it is to be distinguished only with the
closest scrutiny.
Considerable quantities Of lichcn
are found also in the desert Of Turk
cstan, and in other parts Of Western
Asia.
Parrot, the traveller, brought home
a quantity of this substance as long
ago as 1928. 1t had fallen in a shower
in Persia, and was said to have cov-
cred the ground to depth of several
inches. Cattle ate it eagerly, and the
inhabitants gathered it in quantities.
1t is regarded as likely that this Ii
chen, abundant in the country where
it fell, had been drawn up by wa.cr
spout, not an infrequent phenomenon
there,-and after being carried by a
vaporous wind at high altitude, had
fallen TO the earth again in rain
shower. II Youths Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
A Tall Idea.

Professor c., a Green Mountain
boy, who stood six feet six inches in
his stocking feet, desiring to take pas
sage for London, went to New York
for that purpose. While standing on
the dock, he got into conversation
with a stranger, asking him by what
route he had better go on his contem-
plated voyage. "Wcll,' was the re-
ply, elf were you. would put a
loaf of bread on top of my head, and
wade. - rHarpsr's Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

don't think it is a strong story. ]
suppose, Willoughby, you know
suppose you ought to know-men bet
ter than do; but | don't believe in
that kind of man you describe. Your
stO:y lacks realism, as they call It. A
man as weak as tic ono you paint
could never exist. Why, he never
could have escaped the dangers Of
teething," she added, scornfully "And
as for your girl, know that such
poor, spiritless, namby pamby thing
could never hold the love of even the
poor little puppet you have set up"
Then, aghast at her impetuous cando:,
"Of course l am speaking of the
characters, not the story itself"
Her voice had vouch of anger in
it, and he, surprised at her vchemcnce,
could only stammer out, 81 don't
see -"
A quick movement from her checked
his speech, and he could hear the pen
thrown sharply on to the table, as she
said, i'll tense voice that grew more
rapid as she went on. "You say they
loved each other, and that apart they
were doomed to misery; tina. they
were kept apart by his poverty, while
size had more than enough for both.
What was all of it TO her without him?
Why should it keep them apart be-
cause it happened TO be hers and not
his? 1t should not do SO; it would
not do so if the man were not coward
and ;he woman a fool. Now, don't
you see? Oh, Willoughby, don't you
see?'
Her voice had lost its tension as she
spoke these last words, and was
dangerously near TO tears.
He lifted the bandagc from his
bruised eyes and looked at her. She
was leaning forward on her hands,
her lips quivering, her face suifuscd
with bushes, and her bosom hcaving
tumutuously. He dropped at her
feet, clutching wildly for her hands,
and CRYING,
"Oh, Margaret, can ii be true?"
One of her hands found his, while
the other rested a moment lightly on
his head "Put on Your bandagc,
Willoughby," she said, leaning for
ward to adjust it, and passing her
hands softly over his temples. "I
have cured your worst blindness,
dear, but your eyes are still weak
And SO it came about that at last lie
found his profession, or rather his
4 profession was found for him.
Not as doctor or teacher is he dcs-
tined TO shine. Ills business abilities
are not TO be at the service of Boards
of Trade or Chambers of Commerce,
aud though his name is blazoned as
the junior member of the firm of Wes-
tern e. Marable, it is not in the courts
that his finer qualities are to be shown
and his genuine talents to be cx-
hibitcd.
Margaret will tell you the profession
that nature made him for lie is fill
ing, she thinks, the position for which
he was destined from the beg nnine
of time. 1t is one rarer to find and
harder to fill than any in laboratory
or school-room or mart of business OF
court of justice; and one more impor-
tant to her than any trade, calling,
business, art, or PROFESSIONALISM of
a model husband.
SO it will come to pass that though
he will never, as the world calls it,
"dO any great things for himself,
Margaret will be happy, and their
little ones will love him, and his life
will not have been spent in vain.-
[l1arper's Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
A Summer Song.

Oh! lul me to sleep on this warm summer
day,
And sing me a song Of the clover,
How Il mods to the trees
And bows low to the breeze,
To the bee all its honey gives over.
Oh! cheerily sing, as the bird trills its lay,
How the daisy true answers the lover,
when he whispers so low,
Gam loved yes or nor
And throws down its own crown but to
prove her.
Oh sing Of the birds and the brooks. what
they say;
And sing OF them over and over
As lie meath the tree
And WOO sleep for me,
AS the bee, with his song, woos the clover,
i Emil w. Robinson.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

We paid our money and went on
board the vessel, which was anchored
three miles from shore We found a
promiscuous crowd from every ma.
on nnde. 's,aved, the prcdominating
sSpc D.. n IT the American rough.
The deck = =, 50 densely packed with
men from stem to stern that we could
scarcely move. Many were PROSTATE
with sickness,O or supported by friends,
or lying in hammocks swung along
the side rigging. All day long this
crowd Of men were sec,hing, swaying
quarrcling and cursiug. No food was
provided and hunger and thirst gave
an edge TO the bad passions of the
mob. The captain, United States
naval officer, had not assumed COM
mand because he was shut off from
his men by the chaotic crowd. At
length, towards evening, he stood on
the quarterback, and shouted above
the angry mutters and jargon of TIE
crowd that the deck must be cleared
for his men so that they could
raise the anchor. | had conferred
with few of the more respectable
looking passengers, and we had con-
cluded that there were more men on
board than our contract stipulated for,
so we replied to the captain that the
anchor could not be raised until we
had had a count. The effort to get
the men in order and to set them in
motion so that they could pass around
in line required two or three hours,
but was at last accomplished, and the
result showed 440 persons OH board
besides the sailors. This attempt Of
the cOnsignee to increase his enormous
profits dishonesty at the risk and dis
comfort of the passengers excited a
torrent of indignation. Inflammatory
speeches were made, and a committee
was appointed to visit the consigned
and adjust the matter. About one
hundred men left for the shore in
b 5ats that the natives had in waiting
about the vessel, and those who re-
mained agreed to keep the ship at an
chez uatil they should return.-[ Cen
tury.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

The committee Of arrangements for
Leonard Calvert Monument have appon
the day Of dedication June Bird proximo.
steamer has been chartered to leave Baltlm
on the evening of Jane End, arriving at
Mary's City about O'Clock in the morni
The Great Southern Band will furnish
music. The opening prayer will be delive
by Cardinal Gibbons and the closing pra
by Bishop Paret Attorney General W
Pinkney Whyte will be the orator of the d
and an historical address will be delivered
Col Thomas Scarf. The exercises will be
terspersed by vocal music by the young lat
of st. Mary's Seminary. This celebrat
will be something grand and we would
pleased to see large attendance of our co
tians. The monument is to be erected by
thority of a bill introduced by Senator Y
kinson, Of St. Mary's county, at the last
sion of the Legislature. The total cost
$1,000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
Where the Scare Was.

A little three-year-old boy was car
rying his fathers lantern and dropped
it. His father, seeing his frightened
lock, said to him: "Did it scare you,
Howard" "Yes," said he, "my
knees are scared" Did any older peo-
pie ever feel that way?-[Springfield
Homestead.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
The Amende Honorable.

Aunty (to whom the game eff base
ball has been eXplained)-I do not
quite understand it yet
Little Boy-Why, aunty, it's as
plain as the nose on your face
Aunty (who has rather large nose)
You should not use such express
sions, my dear.
Little Boy chastity correcting him
self)-I mean, aunty, it's as plain as
pikestaff.- Good News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

Creditor How long will it take you
to prepare a statement?
Mr.. De Bust (head Of bankrupt firm)
Our liabilities are so scattered that it
will take US about three months to col.
lect them.
Creditor-Three months? That's a
long time to wait; and besides, YOU
must then have additional time to pre-
pare a statement of the assets.
Mr.. De Bust-Oh, can ges that un
in five minutes. .-Nel0 York Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
Never Maligned.

1t is a curious fact that no author,
ancient or modern, no poet, no phi
losopher no grumbler or genius ever
has been found to speak i'll of jewels,
while gold, that symbol of incorrupli-
Bile integrity, has had its traducers.-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
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Harris hot items.

Harris hot '3sems.
Eugene Thomas, worthy and indust
Gus colored man, had his tobacco bed destr,
ed by fire on Sunday last. Some unkno
party set FIRE to the brush with which it '
covered and the result was that promisi
bed of plants was completely destroyed.
DR.. Lancaster has been confined to his
in Washington city, with the grippe"
il now much better
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

: the use Of nets in the water! of tie Dis1Ii
Columbia, where the majority Of the Poto
: fish spawn.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
L. M. SWITZERLAND.
Az 9 II 10 NEER
Port Tobacco. Charles County, Md.

VIII att nd to all business entrusted IN
him, in any portion Of the County. Com
nunications addressed to i'm at Port
tobacco will receive promDt att ntion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

The Blarney stone is merely sham
rock after all.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15
NO TARIFF

cent ia wln2sg hst a every kind Mord'e a. advanced p,
en
ss sell o good the ia prices selling We had
suppN
o Fred
u IlhIsu wifo days from ii
Ireuts X lanIyi
o.
sav uno <
up Bows,
Suits Mems
coats a. Rock Bot ON Pri
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-15

We paid onr money and went on
board the vessel, which was anchored
three miles from shore We found a
promiscuous crowd from every ma.
on nnde s,avei, the prcdominating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15
THE FUNERAL OF CHARLES FISHER.

The funeral of Charles Fisher, the actor TOOK place
a. bapast o'clock yesterday afternoon In the Church
~ the TRANSPORTATION. The utmost simplicity was oo-
served In the ceremony The coffin was covered WIN
hack cloth and destitute Of all establishment save inc
ilvermouned handles and plate on the lid, on wmch
was engraved the name, the date OF birth and death
~ Mr. Fisher The hcarse was preceded by carriage
containing the pall-bearcrs and was followed by Two
coaches occupied by tho widow and few intimate
friends Few people were in the church during the
ceremonies. The coffin was met at the western en-
trance Of the church by the Rev. Dr. Houghton ana an
assistant the former reading the sentences as TIE pro
ce.sIon moved up the main aisle Four men carried
the comm on their shoulders.
The honorary pallbeareTs were Joseph Jenerson'
william Winter J. II. StOddaTd, Daniel H. HarMhs'
Maurice Barrymore and c. W. Couldock. Mrs Fisher
the widow was escorted by George Williamson, and
Mrs williamson and her daughter Miss Williamson,
intimate friends Of the family, followed with male
escorts T. Henry French was also In the procession
Among Others attending Charles Foster, Colonel
Mclean Of the Old Guard, and Sheridan CoIbn
Dr. Houghton read the service his assistant alone
speaking the responses. There was no music The
only flowers were comprised In wreath Of beautiful
white roses the tribute OF Mrs. George Gould. A
couple II leaves OF palm we've laid the coffin I'D
before the body was carried from the church Tic
burial was In Woodlawn Cemetery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15

potion which Is for the cleansing Of all SIN. the oN
Hlled with potion which is for the soothing Of all sun
ing Two Gospel bottles Christ mixed them out Of IN
own tears and blood. In them Is no human admittun
Spend time on the mysteries You, oaly On
or high, ought not to try 10 wade tho
sand feet deep.
My own experience has been vivid devoted the noa
OF my time years in trying TO understand Gods Ees
DEGREES and determined 10 nnd out why the Lord
let sin come into the world. and 1 set out 10
explore the doctrine Of the Trinity, and with yadtex
20 measure the throne o. the Infinite As with all my
predecessors attempt dead failure. For the lsa
thirty years have spent two minutes in studying the
controverted points Of theology and II live thirty yesn
longer will spend the thousandth part Of second ID
such exploration. / two things, and these viii
devote all the years Of my life in proclaimns; God viii
through Jesus Christ pardon sin and He will eomfor
trouble
Creeds have their uses but Just now the Church ID
creeded TO death The young men entering me mnH'rl
arc going to be launched in the ickest fog that ever SET
tied on the coasts to all young men soS
"a enter the ministry that the greatest novelty IN M
world will be the unadutersted religion Of Jesus Christ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15
TUO BOLD BURGLARS CAUGHT.
ONE THREATENS TO KILL A WOMAN AND THE
OTHER BEATS ONE.

WHO are Won N exclaimed Mrs. Mary Franz wife
of Joseph Franz carpenter of No. 444 East Tenth
ST. when she was aroused from her sleep at a. III.
yesterday by feeling some one pulling at her pillow
She raised her ewes as spoke and they met those
Of stranger. $50
"Hush," he said, " say worn OF scream anu l Ii
have your llfel"
Mrs Franz screamed for help. The cries awoke
her husband who sprang out Of bed Just in time TO
see the burglar Jump from the fre-eScape into The
yard and over fence into the yard of a house In
Ninth-st Upon the flre-escape was found pair OF
shoes. Franz discovered that his silver watch mad
been stolen from the mantelpece. The thief belev-
ing that he was pursued into Ninthst. and down
toward the river. Policeman Brophy, OF the Union
Market police station, thought 1t strange TO see man
| running in his stocking feet, and gave chase and
! captured him. lie brought him back to the house
| from which he had come, and Franz and his wife
| recognized the Franzs stolen watch was found
| on the prisoner. He described himself as Charles
Dunn thirty-two years old, Of No. 363 Eghth-st lie
had entered the place by forcing open window
| At the Essex Market Police Court yesterday Justice
Meade asked Dunn what he had 10 say to the charge
| and he replied " No steal the watch
| The was dark
He was held to await the action of the Grand Jury
James Lane, twenty-five years old. of No. AZ Henry
ST.. was a prisoner the Tombs Police Court yester
| day on complaint of Annie Murphy, young woman
living at No. 81 New-Chambers ST.. who charged hin
with assault and robbery. Miss Murphy had reached
| home at 6 O'Clock yesterday morning. after dom.
some marketing in the neighborhood. She lay on th
| sofa In her room and soon asleep. In the poke
| Of the wrapper she wore was a purse containing
sls so In money, pawn-ticket Cor gold watch ant
laundry ticket While she lay sleeping Lane peeret
| through the keyhole in the door, Turning the knot
softly he found the door locked. Pressing his weigh
against it, he burst The door In With the crash tn
| woman awoke. struggle followed for the posses
sion OF tne purse S besd ma WIS c uo"h 49, ~ ~
| body. she tainted. When she regalned conscious
| ness the and her purse were gone.
she reported the TO the Oak-st. police station
and Lane was arrested by Detectives Carter and Nc
| Crazy Jnstice Hogan held Lane for examination fl
| al 900 bail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15

cheaper nlne-inch poughs Is cents cheaper; eleven,
inch and twelvelnch pI0ughs 10 cents cheaper, anu
fourteennch ploughs Is cents lower Ihan lasD year
Long-handled shovek, which cost 10 90 dozen IN
1890 were s5 75 In 1891, and snortha1die9 snovels
fell from SO 40 in 1890 to IS 70 In desi Long u,
1901 while short handled spades fell from % ~
AZ 25 dozen. Garden seed drills fell from 20 oo 10
Is 25 and grubbing hoes from $3 S3 to NJ " uOze'
while the of hay knives harrows, onc-Orse cuI
yaors and a great variety Of other farm implements
was the same In 1891 In 1890. Tanning nils De
cned from $40 20 70 $40 10, and twohorse culH'aOo
from $11 20 TO $40 -. $500 .,. A.. .o,
The above named items fairly Indicate the com,
narrative prices in 1890 and 1901 of several Thousand
manufactured articles purchased by the Govefnment
for the Indian service comprising woolen cotton anu
linen goods clothing for men, women and children;
IrDn and steel including house hardware, agrlculttal
tools Implements and machinery, unware, etc', eve.
The prices Of these manufactures, Instead OF Deing
higher undcr the new tariff than they were uuer ino
old one average lower; while tho advance III PrlS,o,
where IL is not more than covered by the superior
nnality OF the goods bought this year a. compareu
with last years purchases, Is extremely small even O
tinwarc Instead OF being as many Free Ita dS
voubly assert, %. so and even 80 per cent mb'eT
than last years prlcos. -, 49,. -. us,or
II shouid be remembered that the prices here gwen
are not mere market quotations, but the prices
maid by the Government on awards nlaoo EisV feal
and TO be paid on awards made TINS year. lneSe
prices cannot be disputed or be MADE matters Oh "
troyersy for they represent actual transacuohs' Is
demon strated fact that the Government mas DOuEnt
mora manufactures Of wool, cotton, max ana hemp'
iron and STEEL pottery, tin etc., ana OF better qtS
Iast wear before the tariff was revised, - MchIney
nrlcesp 10 the contrary Notwithstanding III IS also
demonstrated fact that the cost OF sugar mas Decd
greatly reduced by the removal OF the revenue duJ'