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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-28
A Contradiction.

The following letter will be of
general interest:
Hon. A. S. CLEGHoRN, Collector
General of Customs.
SIR: Deeming it my duty to
contradict a statement made in the
Hongkong Daily Press of Deem
Der 25th, 1891, rejecting upon the
Customs authorities Of this king
dom, | address you the fol lowing
communication:
"The article in question makes
me say that II, 900 taels of opium
were put on board of the Velocity by
the Superintendent of Customs at
Honolulu, to be taken to a certain
latitude and longitude and handed
over to another vessel"
l most emphatically deny the
truthfulness Of the above state
ment, and would here say that at
my trial J stated that the Customs
authorities placed the opium in
question on board of my vessel
themselves because they could not
trust the shipper to do it.
| am not certain that the Gus
toms officers were aware that it
was the intention of the shippers
to land the opium in the kingdom,
but my vessel having been followed
by a small steamer on my depar-
ture, | presume that they had a
suspicion that it would be done.
1t had been agreed between the
shipper of the opium and myself
that vessel was to meet me at a
certain distance from this port,
outside Of the jurisdiction of the
kingdom, and / was to deliver it
there TO that vessel.
The vessel failed to meet ne and
| stood away for China.
As ! said before, | deem it {
duty, and | may add a pleasure
for me to set this matter right anC
free the authorities from any seem
ing collision in the matter such a.
the errors in the report Of my evi
dence, when on trial, might imply
beg to remain, Dear Sir,
Your humble Servant,
r. MARTIN,
Master bark Velocity.
Honolulu, May q, 1892.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-28
The Road Board Vacancy.

Mr.. EDITOR: / understand that
on the day following the death OF
Samuel Mahelona there were only
fifteen applicants for the vacant
seat in the Road Board. Of the
number mentioned, thirteen are
members of the National Reform
party, including the plasterer,
Will you please inform me what
the said plasterer knows about
road making, and if it can be pos
sible that there is another $34, 900
in it? DOODLE.
Honolulu, May 81, 1892.
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iniure trade and financial conf
dence. The blame for any trouble
that may arise is fixed on the i'm
mediate persons without much
thought of the remoter causes. The
cause of agitation and revolution is
not the agitators or revolutionists,
but poverty and bad government
that produce the same noxious
crop the world over. 1t is not
Wilcox and Ashford who bring
about an unsettled state of affairs,
but the utter badness of the social
and governmental systems which
produces Wilcoxes and Ashfords-
revolutionists and anarchists-and
will continue to produce one lot
after another till there is n real
reform.
Those who desire stable govern
ment must first found it. 1t is
worse than useless to try to prop
up the old top-heavy one with
useless prosecutions for treason
and libel. 1t is no use to refuse
employment to those who are agi-
tating for bread. Even numbering
outright in the name Of law and
order those who refuse to starve
quietly will not render the govern
ment stable or prosperous.
Then, in attempting to have a
stable government, it must first be
considered if it is a government
that merits perpetuation. No one
should desire the continuance of
bad government. In order to
secure stability, the centre of
gravity must fall within the base.
So in government, the superstruc-
ture must rest on the people. If
the people are intelligent, prosper
Gus and contented, the government
may be just and stable. If the
people are struggling in ignorance
and poverty, there can be no
foundation for popular govern
ment. A system founded on
slavery or involuntary servitude
can produce only one result
moral, social and financial corrup-
ton and ruin.
The policy of the wealthy and
powerful in these Islands has de-
populated the country and left the
State without foundation. Ha-
wall is becoming a country with
out a people; fertile land lying
fallow and waste under an evil
magician's spell. The fields no
longer bring forth harvests. Houses
and homes are deserted and desc
late. Poverty, confusion and crime
are spreading everywhere. 1t is no
wonder that there are those who
hope to snatch the wand from the
wizards hand and restore the
country to its natural animation.
No one with an iota of manhood
can desire to see things continue in
their present course till Hawaii is
only a camp of slaves herded by
an army of foreign mercenaries, nor
to see a conflict between Govern
ment and people, police and sol
diers, mobs and dynamiters, max
ing the Paradise of the Pacific an
Inferno. The symptoms of fatal
disorder are appearing. Something
must be done. Luckily the remedy
is at hand. By doing the right
thing at the present crisis all
trouble may be avoided, and the
country can start out on a course
of prosperity beyond the dream of
the present population. Will the
people choose the right course?
d. L. H.
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Stable Government.

Mr.. EDITOR: An editorial bear
ing the above title appeared re-
Gently in the ADVERTISER, and was
replied to by the evening organ.
But the most important things for
the thinking public to consider at
the present time still remain un-
said. There is class of business
men and others who do not con-
Germ themselves much about poll
tics, who strongly resent any agita-
ton or disturbance that tends to
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"e 20 nat hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made. or opinions expressed by our
correspondents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-28
CORRESPONDENCE.

II. NJ. WHITNEY, Manager
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

Forty miles from Port Augusta. Spen.
GERS gulf, south Australia, is an immense
deposit of iron, reaching a height IL some
500 feet above the level Of the plain, which
promises in point Of extent and quality ~
eclipse any Of the wonderful mountains
Of iron" which from time to time are dis
covered In the United States. The colonial
territerous elevation, which has been an
propriately christened the Iron AonnrcS
was, it seems, acquired two or three wears
ago by syndicate, not for the iron ,vhicl,
1t might produce, but for the silver whica
experts believed must lie under the ferF;o
surface. The sanguine expectations OF ne
company were, however, never destined Ia
be realized
The Iron Monarch soon showed that il
was not going to belle Its name, and thar
its superficial show was an accurate reflex
Of its ihterior=4in short, that it was never
intended by nature, as its anxious ex.
plorers have fondly imagined, to prove 4
rival 20 the famous Broken Hill Il Is
nevertheless probable that the Iron Mon
arch will, in the course of time. become AZ
great an iron mine, or rather quarry. -
the celebrated hill ia New South Wales
with the disreputablc title Is a silver mine.
which is equivalent to sayiug that Il win
eventually be the largest iron mine ia the
world.
At present the owners Of the Iron Mon.
arch are undecided with respect 70 tho
probable best markets for their ore. Witch
Is said to assay from 95 to o. per cent. 81
iron oxide. But negotiations are in
progress, and the full development II this
mine is apparently within
distance Of consummation.--
isan
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
The SLY of New York.

Those whom Mars has attracted recently
will never wish to sec another sky than
the sky OF New York. Clear, proundly
blue, despatched with stars, it listens to
the moditatiOns and murmurs Of the city.
New York then is black, thick, immeas-
urahe; the prodigious forests Of stone,
full Of beings, monsters, dreams which
shall become facts and change the world.
In the sky that scars above it, a special
divinity of New York sings on an immense
rhythm its glory, its suiferings, its hero.
ism and the ecstasies Of its legitimate pride
In the daytime the sky Of New York
seems to say that it has no special desire TO
display splepdors fQr people fearfully busy,
who never find time TO lift up their ey,,
and would not find time IL they lived "a
thousand years. Yet in its plains Of gold.
iron, azure and sulphur are battles Of cnii
before cities Of light; in its rivers Of met
lug copper fall Governs of precious stones:
the most magnificent Of spectacles arr
given there every day.
The elevated railway cur philOsophe.
says that he prefers the sky Of New York
rather than any other, although he knows
well the sapphire sky of New Orleans. He
says that the sky Of New York is WITTY.
There are Of course silly skies, skies IL
certain summer resorts where mind,
vague, commonplace, impcrfectly colored
have stained nature.-New York Times
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

A grtal deal Of merriment has Just been
excited in one Of the Paris law courts Ow-
ing to the very odd answers given by a
defendant to the questions addressed TO
him by the judge The family OF which
he was a member was the possessor Of a
dog which had been bitten AS It was be-
heyed to be affected with rabies. orders
had been given to destroy the animal One
Of his Sinsfolk, who was examined before
ne was called, declared that she had pre-
- -ed 70 close" the dog so one morning
mi ired 70 the Halles, got among a
crof nd then made the best Of her way
home, .eaying the poor beast to look after
itself When the judge animadverted on
her conduct ia thus turning a dog (which
was reputed TO be mad" loose on society.
she quietly replied at had only been
bitten" It was now the turn Of the male
representative Of the family. The Judge
began by inquiring why he had not killed
the dog. II beg your pardon. mon presi- /
aeht, she can't come on account Of her /
healthF was the answer which he rsS 1
cceived What, the dogf" asked the
Judge much puzzled Yes, and here is /
the doctors certificate"
Explosions Of laughter broke out In
court, which increased when the defendant
- I'~AANARANA anu LUX NnHiEs D
from piece OF paper, which was handed
to the judge, who exclaimed, What do
you want me to do with this?n No reply
was forthcoming. Are you deafg'T Mo-
'Then reply" 1T IS sore throat There
was renewed exhibition Of merriment,
which by no means diminished when the
Judge after reading the document, said,
Why you have passed me a certificate
stating that your wife'- and was inter
'upted by the defendant with the cry.
She was not mad"- that your wife is
from sore throat, J" continued tie
Judge gravely. "Then you can understand
hat this was not a reason for killing her."
epiied the prisoner.
At length in despair the judge got an
lsher to explain the matter to the defend
mt, who, after admitting that he was "a
title hard Of hearing" quietly Remarked
Ali my dog is it? Well, didn't kill il,
ola toutw Finally it transpired that the
nimal had been sold, and each Of the de-
sndants was sentenced to the payment Of
fine OF sixteen francs.-Cor. London Tele-
raDh
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
DIRECT TAX.

Notice lie hereby given that tie original Direct
Tax Records have been delivered to mo by the
Il tcmal Revenue Department Of the Unitee
States. and that al sc rsons whose names appear
uFOn said Records can have the said Tax refunded
BY making application to me. Execus2rs or Ad-
minisirators making application for deceased
persons whose nanes appear upon the said Rec
ords will be required to furnish a certihcate Of
appointment from the Register OF Wills Of their
counties to hle with said claim.
J. FRANK WILDs,
Commissions
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

Can head severed from the body ute,
an Ineligible sound? That is a question
which has been for some time agitatinp
medical circles IN Great Britain The
matter was brought up in its present form
by the passing away of Ravachol. Ever
since the execution a lively controversy has
been going on as to the real nature of the
last cry" which he uttered just as the
knife Of the guiilotine was falling upon his
neck. Whether he intended to shout
"Nive la Republiquer' or 'la Revolutiones
or ia RevOlte" will never be known. as
he had only cried ''Vive la Re- whep
his head was severed from his body. Sev
eral persons who were close to the guillo
tine declare that they distinctly heard the
final syllables-" publiquen- from the
lips as tile head fell into the basket.
A controversy arose as to whether such
a phenomenon is physically possible, and
has assumed such proportions that the
Academy Of Medicine has become interest
ed IN the matter and letter has been read
before that learned body which will prob
ably settle the question once aud for ali
IL IS communicated by an eminent phvsi
clan, who explains that no sound can Dos.
sibly emanate from the head when severed
from the body, no matter on what part Of
the neck the knife descends. The same
does not, however, apply to the trunk, pro.
vided the larynx be left with it,
If criminal goes to the scaffold. as
Ravachol did, with all his wits about him.
he instinctively contracts an his muscles
when placed under the knife On the
severance Of the spine the muscles sudden
" distend, and the air which has been con /
lined in the chest may, in passing through
he vocal organs, produce sound which |
.ould be mistaken for the syllable Clique.
This sound was probably heard by the
PERSONS in question, whose natural emotion
aused them to imagine that it proceeded
rom the lips after the decapitation,
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
MILFORD LIVERY STABLES,
REAR or DORSEY HOUSE
y. DONOFAN. PROPRIETOR.
Teams fysf-clGSs. ChatPeS HIodFrGH
& OHIO RAILROAD.
ID Schedule in effect Nov. 10, 1891,
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE Avenue DEPOT,
EAST BOUND

Express TraiRs.
New York week days, Os, ny 20, 10 SO am.
! IL 81, 80, 5 81, Z 80. p. IN.
New York Sundays, } Os, Z i7.Io 81 a. m, u p
Boston, 5 81 m daily, with Pulman bufe
sleeping cars, runHiHg through 10 Boston without
change, via Poughkeepsie bridge, landiag pHssen
gers Ia Is. 4 N, station. Boston.
Phiadelphia, week dly-, 5 O3, 90, as, Z II
40 30, 8 50, 100, So 10 ~, 70 ~, u ~ \. m.
Il ~ %. , 20. 3 o., 10, o. 81, ~, 70, 3,
P6iladephia, sundsyr, Os. e47, Z Il, Z 80, . o.,
80, y 40 a. m, is q, o. 20 OS' 10 . o.
Uhesler, week days, Os. o d. q IS, z H. 2 90
So y 80 9 90, 50, 10 o. 10 30, II % a. m, co.
5O ", 10, U.s. Ss, 49, 80, 20, 10 W, 10 So
Chester, sapd.ys sUs. Is, III, so, sO5.lo 49,
II 40 a. M W, 50, 05, 10, sos, S s. As,
Z 70 81, 10 0O,1O 50 p. N.
Atlantic Ci y, week days, Y q. ns,, II 81, 50
p. m, Sunday. ~ 3. m SOP. M
WEST BOUND,
Baltimore and Washington, 4 81, Z OF, 8 q, 10
a. M u TO- p 5, 2 50, 4 % @ "A. 81 p. M daily.
Baltimore aud way stations, % a. m. IS p
Ben,inore and principal stations on Philsdel
phin Division 10 VI =. m, daily
Newark, Del, 4 "a o. s A., 10 O6 4. m, 1e 10,
Pittsburg, 4 O. "a, 40 p m. daily.
Chicago, 8 a. T. m, 40 p. m. daily.
Cincinnati ARD 81. Louis, u 10 p. m, and 7.57
,. m. both daily.
Sin1erly accommodation, O2 u. m, s., 80
and Il 10 p. ~. daily,
Laiidenberg accommodation. week days, OF,
II % a. ~, 50 end 50 p. m. Sundays. 30 am
and 40p n.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STA
TiON.
For Philadelphia, week days, IS, 6 9O7 p, 9 %,
49, II IS a. m, ~ -, %, 50, 45 p. M, sun
dave 80 q. m, II ~ IS, 3 So, . - p. m.
Fer Baltimore, week days, 81, 20, -, 9 80.
II S5a m, Z s. y. m. SUNDAYS, and 9 50 q % n. N.
Baltimore and principal stailns on philaisiphia
Division, 0 - n. IN. daily,except SUNDAY, Sundays
For l.andenoerg and way stations, week days,
8 So, 10 81 a. ui., 70, 90 Pm Sundays, % \.
m. and 5 % q. NJ.
SUNDAY, 3 IS y. N. daily.
Cincinnati and Il. Louis, II 81 a. m, daily ex-
cept SUNDAY.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON.
Daily. Is, go, IS, 10, A., 9 80 lC on, II IS
!, M. IL 90 uOen, ~, 30, 3 %, 20 %, 80,
IS, T 80, 5 81, 80, =, TO- 10 10. II 30 ,. ID.
Sunday, Is, 90 10, 30, 50. 20 90, II IS,
J. m., u 90 nOop, 80, 3 %, %, 80, 81, 20,
q, 10, 10 10, II 50 p. rs.
Telephone 1885,
Rates 70 Western points lower than via any
ithaR line O. o. SCULL Geu'l Pass. Agent.
J. 4. ODELK.. General MAnagaI.
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.
A True Story from North Carolina.

Some one has said that 60 the true and the
false speak the same language But there
can be no doubt that this speaks with the
true ring to it, Letter from Mrs. J. NJ.
Holleman, proprietress Of 80 Hotel Holleman, -
Apex, N. c." Ny son Harvey had scrofuia
from the time he was three years old until he
was seven. We had the best doctors that
the country afforded, yet he was given up to
die, several times Some ono recommended
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
After taking five bottles he was well enough
TO get about, and has mended 50 fast that he
Is now enjoying good health
Find a remedy for scrOfula something
that pitrJles the blood, as well as claims
TO- That, If it's taken i'm time, will cure
Consumption, which is only lung-scrofula.
DR.. Pierce has found it. It's his Golden
Medical Discovery AS a strength-restorer.
blood-cleanser, and fesh-builder, nothing like
it is known to medical science. For Scrofula,
Bronchial, Throat and Lung affections, Weak
Lungs Severe Coughs, and kindred ailments.
it's the only remedy so sure that it can be
guaranteed If it doesn't benefit or cure,
In every case, you have your money back.
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

The notion still held by certain shallow
women that maturity is ugliness is one Of
the most incomprehensible pieces OF non
sense Of the time. Here is a fair mud
dler in one Of our contemporaries compli-
mentlng Nine. Albani on having overcome
her matronliness and on the renewed girl
ishness of her appearance. From this
should judge that women who live on pub
lie exhibition fear nothing so much as de-
velopment. II they can only stay all their
lives in a lisping and glutinous sweetness
and not grow they are satisfied. To get on
IN appearance orin characteror IN strenr.h
Is a calamity In this extraordinary ST q
Of things a green ooddling IS better III 3
ripe pippn.
Women who exhibit themselves
only one standard Of merit-and tHar
youth. Poor creatures, they do nos inr Is.
that the pretty girl ought to become the
handsome woman, and never reaches her
full splendor until she is matron. They
cannot comprehend the fact that fixed
beauty has DO existence except ia death. !
and even then only when the embalmer
has put in his work. The law Of beauty
in life is the law of development and at
tainment, and the beauty OF n natron and l
the beauty Of miss differs from each
other rs one star differs from another in /
glory-and, curiously enough, the older
the star the more beautiful it becomes.
Women who think Of nothing but how
they shall stay young are women Of chan,
acterless minds. All things considered the
greatest woman is she who can grow old
glorionsly, and defy time with something
better than cnamel. But your woman who
is professionally on exhibition has got to
bring to the market what the public most
desires. And It is a patent fact that the
mob would rather look at the pastryness
IF youth than at the perfection Of person
llity 1t is this p. .iular instinct that
makes exhibiting women starve them
selves, enamel themselves. prison them
elves, restrict their functions, suppress
heir minds and cruelty their bodies.-New
York Truth
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

Theusual order Of things was reversed re-
Gently in Chester, England, when suit for
breach Of promise Of marriage was brought
against a woman and decided against
her. The plaintiff was young farmer
named Albert Timmis, and he sued Miss
Mary Birch, a young woman Of small for
tune. The plaintiff said that for two or
three years Miss Birch had .kept him
dangling at her heels just to please her
vanity, without the slightest intention to
redeem her promise to marry him. At the
last moment she threw him over in a most
heartless fashimF4RRe said she was too
good for fab Vie" She also in
simulated tl9.tss " Efter her money!
The young 2ss 8 he wanted to clear
his character lfFs8ese aspersions. The
judge said the young man had real
grievance; his letters revealed manly and
touching sentiments and he had been bad.
y treated. The jury gave him fifty pounds
DAMAGES
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

tney can bicye = evils chariot"
N turkey ana Z % lorbids its use
A man OF sc.. &C Germany maintains
that ali ourG...n.a ONE from meteors
A girl who va Of her listle feet
doesn't worry n4,.eh out the size OF her
head.
Newfoundland is oicing over
catching of 100000 seals by her feet /.
season.
A company Of Japanese actress,
preparing to start on a professional a.
Europe,
Representatives Of the French COVE,
ment are buying horses in Ireland for I'll
cavalrv-
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

For all kinds Of metals mix half pint
Of sweet oil with half a gin Of turpentine:
stir into this powdered rotten stone till Of
the consistency OF cream; use in the .ordi-
nary way. Tor, tin to three pints Of water
put one ounce Of Nitric acid, two ounces o.
emery powder and eight ounces Of pow
dered pumice stone; mix well and use with
a flannel, letting the mixture dry on the
article to be cleaned; then polish with
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

Wicks-By the way, what has become Of
RjaoksoHf ! hayen't seen him for good
many years.
Hicks-BjacksouG Why, don't you knowf
lie went west fifteen years ago to make a
name for himself,
lid he make its
liicks-Oh, yes,
Wicks- What was it,
Hieka- Dennis. -Somerville Lonrnnl.
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

One case Of renewal Of The hn;r after
years CT badness viii set 1900 bald heads
to hoping and experimenting. II IS almost
q pisy therefore to see Ia the Salisbury
o.. CO papers statement that "a resident
there who had been bald Cor seventeen
years has recently grown a fine head ii
hair, His plan WAS to cut Che hair close
on the sides, which renewed the growth on
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
Guaranteed Cure.

- Ne au horze orr dseiii-ed dirgsist 70 seii j :
hins's New DheoveTy Tor cenrnmpnon. coseh-
"a 'omf. npon this condition Il yos are "a
c-ea with cough Cold Or any Lnvg. Th4nat d,
'hes trouble, md will use fiIs remady a. iir, ct
eifing iiA fair trial and experience 10 bsn. a,
yen mAy ieiurn De bottle and have your maue,
ieiaA'sd "ecouid not make this oaer aid We
ntt know that Dr. KiueI New Discovery coals ~
g iad on. Il never disappolnis. Trial bo,,Iss
eatG. VI Marahail's Diue store 49, ~.
aand si.u0. -
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

America has already sent over "A. ,Oo. Oo9
pounds Of grain to the distressed peasant,
in Russia
Nails may be driver inta harl woo,f
without bending doub sif first iippe,. M
lard or oil.
Ten pairs Of TWIN are sai,s 10 tavs seen
born to the wife of Fesiden. Of ToP.;
kins. N. Y.
John Middleton, born at Hale, in AN
eashire, in the time Of James I, was Q ieek
inches in height.
The mealie crop in the Orange Free
State has been destroyed by the locusts,
causing loss of over 81 10000
Bad light, bad ventilation and unsani-
tary conditions, with a low standard Of
general health, increase the nyopic ten.
dency
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

With Ely's Cream Balm a Guild an
ne treated without pal y ana with per
feet safety. IL cures oAtaFrh. hay few
er and eolC in the head. Il Is easfl,
applied into the n0strils and gives i'm.
tnsdiate relief Price so cents.
Ny cHiarrh Was very bad. For thirty
years / have been troubled with IL
have tried number Of remedies with.
1ut relief "a Druggist advised Ely'e
Cream Balm. / have used only Quo
fnt'is and l can say feel IKE neu
ma4.. ] iga .sisslr asIs- VaiTlniaTS state.
-neut thar Others may knew Of tna
Bslm.-J w. athewsnn. lawyer
Pawtncket. II. 1.
Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09
aIIk for Intants sheula AIwn,. ne I.eilea

Milk destined for food Of infants Shout
always be boiled, without any appreher
sion of any alteration in the liquid, fror
the point Of view Of the preservation Of
r'tritive yHlne.-PariS Revue Sci ntih..
The spring window shade, the stylo-
graphic pen, the marking pen and rubber
stamps each brings SlO0OOO year to their
inventors.