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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-04
THE Worlds Fair Commission
December, 1891.

The Worlds Fair Commission
ers have entered upon their work
with zeal which augurs we'll for
the successful carrying out of the
enterprise. We publish the full
report of the Committee on Organ
izatlon and it should be read with
care as the public should acquaint
itself with just what 10 proposed.
The report contains extended sug-
gestions as to the objects to be
exhibited. With separate build
ing OF our own, the Hawaiian Band
and native glee club, a magic Ian
tern throwing views of island seem
cry on a screen thirty feet in dia-
meter for the delectation of all
passers, finally with the Volcano
panorama, in full blast, we shall
get our full share Of attention, and
serve a notice on the public that
Hawaii exists, which will not soon
be forgotten.
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BOOM HAWAII.

Bound in lovely pale blue boards
tied with tasselled silk cord, the
name HAWAIIin heavy raised gold
letters On the cover, it lies on our
table. VIsTAs OF HAWAII, the
most charming gift book, the most
inviting advertiser of the claims
and attractions of Hawaii abroad,
which we have ever seen. "Vistas
of Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pa.
cific and Inferno of the World" is
the title of the pamphlet which the
enterprise of the Volcano House
and 0. r. Il Z. Co. has published
at large cost, to advertise Hawaii
to the thousands and tens of thous-
ands of tourists who are looking
for a nice place to go to, and are
only waiting to be hooked and
landed here.
The pamphlet consists of series
of short descriptive articles, leg
ends and poems, by Messrs. Mark
Twain, Hon. R. M. Daggett, T. r.
Walker, w. D. Alexander, S. E.
Bishop, W. t. Brigham, W. R.
Castle, S. G. Armstrong, S. B. Dole,
Mrs. Z. L. Dillingham;, Mrs. G. P.
Andrews and Charles Warren
Stoddard, PREDATORY and connect
ing matter being furnished by the
editor L. A. Thurston. The read
ing matter contains historical and
descriptive sketches, legends drawn
from Hawaiian mythology, several
exquisite poems, besides miscella-
neous information of a practical
character. The letterpress is ar
ranged with a view to decorative
effect, and each page presents a
different appearance. The sketches,
historical and otherwise, are all
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for an article in silver to hold
ferns. We had none in the
store then but now we have.
These are made squatty SO
that your vis q us at dinner
will not be entirely hidden
from your view. One likes to
see who is opposite at table
and the oldstyle epergne pre-
vented it. The new style
won't, and if you entertain
much you'll probably want one.
If you are not anxious to get
the best don't hurry. Some
one else may be.
The other day we said some
thing about Easels and how
much they added to the ap-
pearance of a parlor. We
didn't think there were SO
many people who wanted to
make their homes attractive.
1t must have been the price.
We have only one of the old
LOFTS as pretty as any Of
it's fellows but it was sighted
by the friends of the others
and will go to anyone who is
willing to take it at half the
price we asked for it before
We want room for some a
trifle more expensive-some
of the varieties you have reao
of in the foreign journals
Aladdin's kind, perhaps. May
be you've seen them at the
Coast, made of silver anc
ivory-they will tell you ii
some of the establishment:
that the ivory is a part foune
by Stanley in Darkest Africs
but don't believe a word of it
there's not an ounce of ivory
in a million of them. They'rt
a clever imitation of it and will
: lastjust as long. It's the same
with the silver part of it. Sill
yer costs too much to MAKE
lamps of, with sugar at the pre-
sent figure. Something cheape
will please the eye just as well
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PASSED WITH
CREDIT.
HIGH

Extraordinary Percentage Gain
ed by a Washington Boy in
an Examination.
The report of a Naval Examining
Board that recently examined candi-
dates for promotion from the grade
of ensign to that of junior lieutenant
of the engineer corps certifes the
extraordinary high percentage at
tanned by Assistant Engineer Walter
M. Mcfarland, who obtained $40
credits out of a possible 1000. En-
sign Mcfarland will be commits
stoned a Junior lieutenant in a short
time.
Mr.. Mcfarland is a Washington
boy. After passing through the
public schools of the district, he en-
tered the Naval Academy in 1875,
and was graduated four years later,
standing second in his class, with
only quarter of 1 per cent. differ
ence between his record and that of
the leading cadet After two years
sea service as a cadet engineer, he
was appointed Assistant Engineer,
with the rank of Ensign, the posi-
ton from which he will be promoted
as result of the recent examina-
ton. The percentage attained by
him in this examination is the high
est ever attained, with one exception,
by an ensign of the engineer corps in
an examination for promotion to a
junior lieutenancy.
Mr.. Mcfarland has numerous
friends in Washington, and he is
very popular with his associates in
the Engineer Bureau, among whom
none is more gratitied than Commo-
dore Melville, the Arctic hero, who
is chief of the bureau, and who has
watched Mr.. Netherlands progress
for a number of years. The news
paper men assigned to the Navy
Department are very happy over the
promotion, and yesterday they con-
graduated the new Lieutenant hear
tily. Mr.. Mcfarland is son of Mr..
John M. Mcfarland of the War De-
Observation-Disclosures Post, Nov.
6, 1891.
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admirably done, and every line in
the book IS of interest. The idea
of securing a number of contribu-
tors was very happy one, as it in
sures freshness and variety in the
treatment which would otherwise
be wanting. 1t is surprising how
much information is crowded into
this little book without interfering
with its light and airy character,
and preventing it's being what it is,
a thing of pure beauty.
What constitutes, however, the
feature of the volume are the twelve
photographers which adorn it.
The scenes to be exhibited
have been selected with a
sure taste, and the arrangement
on the page is simply exquisite
each central picture being sur
rounded with a group of little
views or fringed with ferns Of
palm leaves, so that each re
cclves a setting which immensely
enhances the effect.
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Removal of Stock of the Pacific

HaY0Ware company.
The PACIFIC HARDWARE Co. have
removed their goods from McInerny
Hall to the second floor of their
New Building, and are as rapidly as
possible putting the stock in shape.
A portion of their New Goods
for the Holidays have been received,
and more are expected Immediately,
when a regular opening will take
place. In the meantime they will be
pleased to have their friends visit
the upstairs Sales and Art Rooms.
1858 1880
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The Sale of the SEAL PROPERTY.
advertised for Monday, Nov. Both, has been
postponed to
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:Nrm ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOBRON,
NEWMAN
& co.
Cor. Fort & King SITS.
HOBRON,

In less than month Christmas will
be here.
Have you provided present for your
friend yet
Perhaps you're in dilemma to know
what to get ? It's often the case, and
the chances are you will hunt all over
town and then buy something the reel.
| pient doesn't want.
Before you become SO desperate, drop
into our drug store and look at the new
lines of perfumes which we've i'm
ported. You can get any size bottle
you desire from one-eighth of an ounce
up to pint.
We have some perfume cases contain
ing couple of bottles of perfumery and
cake of sweet scented toilet soap. They
are very pretty and you will want one.
If these perfume cases do not suit your
fancy we have line of cut glass bottles
that will surely captivate the most fasti-
dious. Cut glass ware is always hand
some and makes attractive ornaments to
any room
You can fill these bottles with hello
trope, white rose or some other delicate
perfume and your gift will be complete.
We know the ladies will soon be
wanting some sachet powder to perfume
the fancy articles which they have been
making for the holidays. We have a
fresh supply, embracing a dozen differ
ent odors. You will find them all good,
but Cleopatra +" will probably be the
sach powder you will select.
It's new brand and has an unusually
fragrant and lasting perfume.
We have many other things but can't
tell you about them all this time
HOBRON,
NEWMAN
&c co.
Cor. Fort & King SITS.
1920 14OI
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We cannot too heartily commend
the enterprise of the two corpora
tions which have begun to adver-
tise with 80 much energy and
Judgment. A book like this one
will draw the admiring attention OF
thousands, and letters conceived in
that vein are already pouring in.
We are glad to note that this idea
of the Importance Of energetic adj
vertising is beginning to take hold
of a large class, and if it is carried
through in the spirit In which it is
being begun, it is sure to bear
abundant fruit.
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Hawaiian Hardware Co., Id.
Monday, Nov. so, 1891.

w OYI1tIEVI -FOO. -, @C91.
A choice modern stock oil
Christmas Novelties is to the
cultivated mind a collection of
beautiful shapes and colors.
Our stock, to which an in
spection is invited, has been
selected with view to please
the fastidious, 1--WE use the
word frequently because it is
APPROPRIATED this community,
consequently it will please you.
Come in and examine it but
don't hurry. You may as we'll
try and see the wonders of
Kilauea in the glare of the
MONDAY sun Or the beauties of
Niagara by the aid of a lantern
after dark as to view our stock
by rushing in our front door
and out the back. 1t takes
time. Take it deliberately and
you will enjoy it. Buy in the
same manner.
In selecting our stock, the
best judgment of a careful
buyer has been exercised; the
best onlyin every instance has
a place with us in the matter
of goods for our customers.
Brass goods have been the
coquettes of the Hardware
trade ever since we have been
in business. In the East the
prices have been up one day
and down the next. We were
fortunate in getting our last
lot at a time when the cost
was less than formerly. An
emergency in one of the
largest manufactures in New
York brings the lamps, tables,
and everything else made of
brass to you at a price you
have always paid for imita-
tons. We don't lose anything
by it 1--WE forgot to ask how
the maker will come out), and
you're the gamer. That's the
part that interests you. We
sell you a table this year for
about half what you paid for
one not half SO good last year.
It's the same with Lamps and
Chandeliers. They're cheap
if you want one, dear if you
have no use for it, but we
think you have.
If you have any doubt where
the lamp business is being
done in Honolulu, take a peep
in our store. And we don't
ask you to buy. We do ask
you to see them. Our stock
is worthy your confidence, we
want it and when we get it
you'll buy.
Few Hardware people any
where, carry SO large a stock
of Silverware as we do. It's
left for the jewelers., but there
is room for us all and our
shelves show what good taste
means in buying for a class of
people who won't be hum
plugged. Some of the pieces
bear close relations to solid
ware if looks go for anything !;
only a judge of such things
can tell the difference, counter
feits of the work of the best
French artists in silver. Some
of them would puzzle the fell
low who got up the patterns
of the originals in France-or
Connecticut. There's lots of
good things made in Connect
cut that Europe gets the credit
for. Look at ladies' garters-
in our silver ware cases-any-
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Bp 1ntl)orltn.

1t has pleased Her Majesty the Queen
to commission and appoint
JAMES B. CASTLE, ESQ,
as Deputy Auditor-General during the ILL
ness of George j. Ross, Esq, Auditor
General.
Aliiolani Hale, Nov. 81, 1891. 2935-3t
In the Supreme Court of the Ha.
Waiian Islands.
ORDER
Ry virtue of the power vested in me by
the SAID Section of the Civil Code, here
by order a SPECIAL TERN of the
Supreme Court to be held in the Upstairs
Court Room of Aliiolani Hale, on MON.
DAY, DECEMBER 81, 1891, at 10 O'Clock
A. M, for the hearing of Banco Cases only
Witness my hand and Seal oil
the Supreme Court at Homo
LsEAL lulu, this 1st day of December
1891.
A. F. JUDD,
Chief Justice Supreme Court.
Attest:
HENRY SMITH,
2935-3t Clerk Supreme Court.
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The Pacific Hardware G


Beg to that they opened ART ROOMS
second floor of their NeW Buding here they haze Exhibit
articles suitable PRESENTS comprising
of the FOLLOWING Wares: Limoges Boston, DuJay Nup
I0ory Quee BdsQue Oyot WINDSOR Royal Worcester Royal De
Royat Hungarian Tulip, orchid, Bohemian, Etc., Etc.
They haze Just Received fine the Latest Patterns
PICTURE MOULDINGS Mirrors, EngraUings EchngS FhogT
cures, Paset Aotypes, Etc., Etc, of the --latest publication
Edets In aood and bamboo Tables Chandeliers, Hanging
and Banquet Lamps, Satuee articles numerous
OIL PAINTINGS by Wells Messrs Bar
fetd, Hitchcock, Mrs. PauliS
bAs shielding the first IS completed they ~
open Lime of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Agate, Japa"e
and Tin Ware. They friends appreciate the d
po2ntnet they able to hare
Store fitted completely earlier fact that "s
entrance is unattrdcve afford little inducent to vs
second floor.
Il VISIT to their Art Rooms OI they trust be repaid
Soliciting continuance patronage haze so 0ed
enjoyed in the they spare pains all orders %"
pronaptaess.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02
Resolutions Of Thanks.

WHEREAS, We, the members OF
the First Baptist church, Of Salem,
Or, have been materially assisted in
our care of Mrs. Lowery outside oi
our membership, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That our thanks are
due and are hereby extended Drs.
Rowland and Young for their kind
ly interest aud grstuitous endeavOrs
in behalf of the afflicted woman.
REsoLv n, That our especial
thanks be extended Drs. Byrd and
Smith for their valuable services as
physicians and surgeons, rendered
with laborious fidelity and without
hope of pecuniary reward.
RESOLVED. That we appreciate
the interest and assistance of all
Others who participated in this good
work.
RESOLVED, That th"se resolu.
tions be spread upon the minutes
and published in the city papers.
BY order of the church.
M. BEAMER,
Mrs. JENNIE FERGUSON,
RoBr. WHITAKER,
w. w. BROOKS, Com,
Salem, Oct. l, 1891.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02
Meeting Of PrOpertY Owners.


A meeting of property owners is
to be held this evening at the coun-
Gil chamber t0 determine what style
of paving shall be adopted in Salem.
The meeting will he advisory and
for purpose of consultation purely
and it is but right that the owners
of frontage property who have to
pay for paving determine what 1t
shall be. At the same time the
whole public has an interest in and
cannot be prevented from discussing
street Improvements. The jour
NAL is firmly of the opinion
that good, smooth, durable and
e. onomical streets can be built of
gravel. But it is also as firmlS
Convinced that this cannot he done
Ivy merely strewing a little more
gravel on the present surface. No
Intelligent person can examine any
works on engineering or road build
ingaud come to any other conclusion
than that sub-drainage and surface
drainage are the great problems
here. There are two ways to build
gravel streets properly. One way
is to put in foundation of broken
rock and put the gravel upon that.
The broken rock fills in with gravel,
binds it all together aud makes a
hard road.
A gravel road that will become
hard and smooth can be be built by
making a smooth well rounded sub
grade of the present material that is
on the streets and then putting on
courses of clean gravel and letting it
pack together as best it will.
This will not make as good a
gravel street as one with a broken
rock foundation, But it will be
proven to the satisfaction of anyone
that it will make smooth, hard
street--provided always tile-drain-
age is resorled to TO make the soil
dry.
The meeting tonight will accom-
plish great good and should be at
tended by all Interested.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02

The banana goes back to the earliest
lays. Alexander's soldiers, as Pliny
'ays, joined the sages of India seated in
its shades and partaking of the deli
cious fruits, Hence the name "sapien-
cum" given the plant, which likewise
bears the name of Jupiter's fair daugh-
ter, Musah. Now it has been shown that
he banana is of Malayan origin How
lid it get to India and to South Amer
ica and Mexico2 The feet of birds have
borne seed a full 10000 miles, while
the cocoanut floated well nigh the
world around in the great ocean cur
rents.
But the banana has no seeds nor has
it u casing like the globular cocoanut to
aoat it around over the waters. Then
it must have been carried by man. 1t
is significant that the Aztecs had tradi-
tions of visits by people from over the
seas, while there was to confirm it an
admixture of the religion of the Brah-
minis in their own theology Would
you think that the despised banana
would actually step forward to prove
that before Columbus was or Lief Eric
son even had an existence some
swarthy denizens of the Old World had
migrated across the waters2-Gold-
thwaite's Geographical Magazine.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02
SMOKE sY DAY AND FLAME BY NIGHT.


The Mystery OF a. Florida swamp That
Many Have Tried In Vain to Solve.
MeSsrs. Castleman and Barbour, who,
with Mr.. Stavley rs guide, went down
into the Pinebrook swamp to ferret out
Florida's mysterious volcano, have re-
turned. like thousands of others, with
out the volcano They took observa-
tions from the east bank of the Wau-
ciSsa river, near the gulf, and saw the
vast column of smoke ascending sky
ward Having no boats TO cross the
stream they could not make n direct
shoot for the location of the smoke,
but had TO move further up to start
into the swamp.
They were supplied with good com
pass and an experienced engineer, but
the swamp was such a dense jungle Of
canes, vines, briars and undergrowth
generally that they had to literally hew
out a passage. After much hard work
they found that they were progressing
only one and half miles per day.
Castleman and Barbour have not en-
tirely given up the exploration, but
will equip themselves better for the
work and try it again at later day.
For more than half a century this
mysterious column of smoke by day
and flame by night, rising in the midst
If an impenetrable swamp on the gulf
aoast, has not only puzzled the rustic
fishermen and hunters who watch It
from the outer edges of the swamp,
but scientists and thousands of others
who have viewed it from elevated
points about Tallahassee, thirty miles
away.
By day it presents the appearance Of
vast volume of jet black smoke rising
npas though issuing from huge smoke
tack, ascending high above the tree
tops and floating off on the breezes.
At night it presents bright light as
though large house was burning and
the flames were not quite visible. 1t
appears and disappears at irregular in
tervals, but always in the same place.
From Tallahassee it is south southeast,
and when burning can be plainly seen
from any elevated position. For more
than twelve months, a few years ago,
It was continuously visible.
Numerous expeditions have started
out with sanguine expectations, but
came back worn out and disgusted.
They can get all around the mystery,
and see it from any elevated stand
point, but when they start into the
swamp, which is from fifteen to thirty
miles across in any direction, they are
met by insurmountable barriers, be.
sides snakes, alligators, mosquitoes and
'andflies. s.-Tallahassee Floridian.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02
Wealthy Men and Scientific Research

Wealthy Men aud Scientific Research.
How is it with the men into whose
hands the practical applications Of
science bring measureless WEALTH. Do
they. as general thing, show any
recognition of its importance to the
world2 Are they interested in aiding
researchl Do they determine that no
one who has an impulse toward scien-
tific discovery shall, If they can help it,
lack the means of laboring in so noble
direction2 Alas, mol
The favorite direction for the rich
mans wealth is toward the theological
college. From the number and mag
niflcence of the donations and bequests
to theological colleges, in this country
particularly. one would suppose that
the age was starving for theological
knowledge, or perchance that the theol.
ogy had produced the wealth that was
the source of these benefactions. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02

Equipages ofNow YOrk's Wealthy Families
OF all the wealthy New York women
whose equipages are noteworthy foi
elegance, those of Mrs. Whitney are re-
garded as being the finest in appoint
nient Of any In town. IL is said
Of the vehicles in which she rides
that none better are to be seen on
either side of the ocean. Her coach
man and groom are tastefully liveried,
and her whole turnout betokeRs refine
uieDt a taste and elegance without dis
play. Mrs William Astors carriages
are also elegantly plain and perfectly
appointed The same absence OF
elaborate furnishings charaeterizes the
equipages Of the woIhen Of the Have
meyer and Rockefeller families New
York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02

OBITUARY.-Mary C.Moll of Kins
P. O., age fifty-two years, was borl
Sept.7, lS39,and diedSept.7, 1891. She
was born in Ohio, Harrison county,
and came to Oregon in 1852, with
her parents, Jacob and Mary Scott
and was married to David Moll,
Nov. 8, 1854; became a member Of
the Christian Church about twenty
years ago. Her sickness YVES dropsy
and heart disease, and she was par.
sylzed two months before she died
Her father died a year ago last May
and her mother is still living. She
leaves husband and three children
TO mourn her death.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02

MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED
Urias Pugh, an old gentleman re-
Gently from Colorado, and VINO has
been boarding with Mr.. Havelin, on
East Fourteenth street, mysteriously
disappeared last evening. He left
his rooms yesterday morning tor the
cannery for the purpose of procur-
ing work, but did not return home
in the evening as was his usual
custom. Search was instituted for
him today without avail. 1t is
known he went to the cannery, and
be was seen in the afternoon with
three tramps near the electric light
station. At the time he left Mr..
Havelin's, be had eight or ten
dollars on his person. He has quite
sum on deposit in one of the
banks of this city. 1t is feared that
he has been the subject of foul play.
Eugene Guard, Oct, /.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-02

WILL CoMPLY.-The Union Paci.
fic was charging for two aud eight
tenths miles between Portland and
East Portland, when it was only one
mile in reality. The Oregon COM
mission discovered this and asked
the company to reduce this charge,
making a difference of seven cents
mile, which reduction on all local
tickets sold into or out of Portland
tie company BOW proposes to make.
This will be Il saving to the people
of $40 on every thousand local
passengers hauled out of or into
Portland. The reduction goes into
effect Oct. 1st, and affects all local
tickets sold in Washington as well
as in Oregon.