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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-22
4hbtrtistntats.
EVERYBODY
EATS
CRACKERS.

Everybody eats crackers and conse-
quently anything relating 10 their
manufacture and sale is Of general in
terest. There was time in the his
tory of the business when crackers
were all about the same. One brand
was just about as good as another and
none of them were good enough to be
any great temptation TO delicate
stomach. That time has passed. 1t
was a good many years ago. The
crackers of the present generation are
as different As day from night. There
are good crackers and had crackers !;
fresh crackers and stale crackers; and
of the whole lot, stale crackers are
the worst.
There are some grOceTs IN the coun-
try who sell stale, unpalatable crack
ers because they can get them cheap
and make a big profit on them. They
think their customers don't know the
difference and 10y and by, when their
cracker trade is all gone, and they
don't sell box in a week, they look
surprised and say: Funny how peo-
pies tastes change. People don't care
for crackers any more.n
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-22

Or- n suv foreign eo1ni-y for ; Cents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-22

Don't they though? People don't
care for stale, unwholesOme crackers,
that's true, but they DO care for a
cracker that is pure and fresh, and
altogether delightful as an article of
food
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
FREMONT AND LINCOLN,

Extracts from the life of Mrs. Jessie
Benton Fremont, published elsewhere; re-
cite the old story of her husbands first
emancipation proclamation, with the in
tention of showing that General Fremont
was in advance of Lin ,oln on the ques-
ton of abolishing slavery. To those
whose memory runs back to war times
this is merely recounting familiar history.
To the greater number whose memory
falls short of the first season of the war
the repetition of that fragment of history
will be of interest. The story is told from
the side of General Fremont in the article
referred to; but as to the main facts there
is no dispute. 1t is true that General
Fremont was so far in advance of PreSi-
dent Lincoln that he issued an emancipa-
ton proclamation in 1861; that it was
revoked by order of President Lincoln
and that this fact made Fremont the
favorite of the advanced or radical ring,
even in 1864, after President Lincoln had
come up to the emancipation platform.
The facts cannot change the worlds
estimate of the two men, as it has stood
for thirty years. Fremont undertook to
settle the slavery question on his own au-
thority, and necessarily the President de-
clined to have his administrators course
on the great political issue of the day pre-
scribed by the commander of military
department whose sole duty it was to be
at the enemy. Fremont was more than
year in advance of Lincoln on
the slavery question; but Lincoln's
was the rarer quality of bringing
the reform to consummation at the
time when the people were ready
for it, and when it would succeed. 1t did
not take very long for intelligent people
to perceive that if Fremont's proclamation
had been accepted by the administration
in 1861, enough people would have been
alienated in the North to have made the
prosecution of the war very doubtful. A
year and quarter later emancipation was
possible, aud Lincoln as the President of
the United States proclaimed it.
General Fremont was in many respects
a fine character and the disposition of his
family to exalt his record is pardonable.
But even that effort cannot put the rep
utation of the impulsive, snowy and in
discreet Fremont above the fame of the
patient, cautious and unerring Lincoln.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

MRS. OLE BULL makes her home in Bos-
ton with her brother 10, who married one
OF Poet Longfellow's daughters.
WHEN Lord Tennyson is asked to read
his works aloud he almost invariably selects
the lode on the Death of the Duke of Well
ington" and after that MAUD"
CHARLOTTE NJ YoNGE, though 70 years
old, is one of the most popular woman
writers in England She writes regularly
except Sundays, from o in the morning till
o'clock and again from tot.
PETER NJ ARTHUR, Grand Chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
lives in a handsome home on Euclid avenue
in Cleveland. He is q thrifty and economi-
cal man and is said to be worth $3OOOOO.
REV. L. 7. CHAMBERLAIN, D. D., of
Brooklyn, took part in the recent parade of
coaches and private carriages at Manchester
by-the-Sea. His victoria was decorated with
pansies and Virginia creepers on the body
and blackberry vines and nasturtiums.
HENRY LAURENs DAWES, the senior
Senator from Massachusetts, who has de-
years in public Office, and IL years in the
Senate. He is now 76 but vigorous and hale
and outside of his political career he has
been teacher, editor and lawyer.
DR.. PIERsoN, of Philadelp phia, who Of
ficiated in Dr.. Spurgeon's pulpit in the Met
ropolitan Tabernacle, London, during the
latter's final illness and who later acted in
the same capacity, has been finally accepted
as the permanent successor to Mr.. Spurgeon
Dr.. Pierson will assume his duties in the
Tabernacle on January ]. 1898.
GENERAL ANDERSON, of Cincinnati, O.,
10 l1yin nriti llx- of Cuit
land. He is suffering from an internal
tumor. His son, Larz Anderson, Second
Secretary of the American Legation in Lon
don, has been summoned to the Generals
bedside so that he might be with him in his
last moments in the event of fatal termina-
tion.
The Queen will present unique we'd
ding present to Princess Marie, daughter of
the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of
her marriage in October to Prince Ferdi-
nand, the heir apparent to the throne OF
Roumania. The gift is pleasure barge
fashioned in the form of a swan. The neck
and head form the prov, which is Is feet in
height The body forms the cabin and the
feet are employed in propeIling the beauti-
iul craft
PROF. ARTHUR BURGoYNE, whose satir-
ic al hits in ryhme, in the Gall Sorts" col.
umn of the Leader, have introduced a new
era in newspaper poetry, has extended his
field by publishing the words and music of a
campaign song entitled Indiana Ben." 1t
is rather hazardous for poet whose repu-
tation has been made by unsparingly hitting
heads where he sees them to try the
Mandatory muse; but Prof. Burgoyne is moro
than ordinarily successful in his attempt.
Indiana Benz will take rank as one of the
ditties of the campaign.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
THE KONGO TRAGEDY.

The news from the Arab rising on the
Upper Kongois summarized in an article
elsewhere, which shows that the gravity
of the situation threatens the repetition
of the experience on the Nile If prompt
measures are not taken the slave raiders
hold ON the center of Africa will become
as deathlike as that of the Soudanese on
the Nile at and above Khartoum.
THE DISPATCH has often pointed out
that the mistake on the Kongo was not in
eXhausting peaceful measures first, but in
failing to have strong reserve of force
behind it When dealing with men whose
fortunes lie in murder and rapine the GER
tainty of collision must be taken into ac-
count Military measures that would have
been effective were not hard to take.
Fortified stations at Leopoldville and
Stanley Falls as a base of supplies
for steamers armed with the small
est of Krupp guns could have made
the whole river untenable for the Arabs.
If these had been supplied such punish
ment could have been inflicted for this up
rising as would have crushed it in its in
.ception. The lack of it has cost the lives
of all the whites in circuit of thou
sand miles.
Now that the need of such measures
has been demonstrated they should be
supplied vigorously. 1t would be humil-
iating commentary on civilization if it
proved unable to suppress slave-trading
on the Kongo as on the Nile.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
LAST HoNoRs TO THE QUAKER POET.
Brilliant inteilects From All Over tho
Union Send Tributes for the Funeral.

Brilliant inteilects From All Over the
Union Send Tributes for the Funeral.
AMEsBURY, MASS, Sept. 10.-This quiet town
was thronged to-day with those who gath
cred from lar and near to gaze for O last
time upon the features of the dead poet.
John Greenleaf Whittier. ALL over the city
flags were at half mast, and the public
buildings were decorated with embems OF
mourning. The remains of the departed
poet, encased in rich broadcloth-covered
casket and surrounded with beautiful floral
tributes, lay in state in the parlor of the
home of the late poet. from 10 A. NJ. to 2 P. NJ.
During that time thousands passed in and
took a farewell glance ut the calm, peaceful
face of the sweet singer
At 2:30 o'clock the funeral services were
held in the garden in the rear of the house.
There was large attendance. The Quaker
form of service was used in accordance with
the request of the deceased. The interinent
etery at Bartlett's Corner. Floral tributes
were received from all over the country,
many Of the pieces being very elaborate.
The Hayerhill city government was pres
ent in body, coming on a special train. The
Loyal Legion OF the United States was rep
resented by a delegation of ten members.
The Whittier Club OF Haverhill and several
other organizations were present. Tele.
grams and letters were received from a
number of distinguished people, expressing
sympathy and grief. Among them were
Douglass, Ex-Governor John d. Long, Hon.
X. T.Davis and Alfred II. Love. Business in
the town was suspended throughout the
afternoon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

for Governor of Idaho Various have
been the charges calculated to wreck q
candidates budding hope of office; but
none were more insidipusly designed to
ruin man with the Idaho voters than the
one brought against Mr.. (probably
Colonel Burke. 1t is not asserted that he
has wrecked bank or got up trust.
Such venal things might be excused; but
Colonel Burke's offense, as charged in the
Indictment, is more inexcusable to the
Idaho mind than fat burglary.
The charge is that Burke, though prone
to swell the lofty Jackpot and to draw to
the alluring bobtail, does not like to lose
his money. That is universal falling,
and if confined to the mere sentiment 1t
might find sympathizers even in Idaho.
But when Burke lets the sentime mt find
concrete expression in the practice OF pay
ing his losses in checks which his bankers
are instructed not to honor, Idaho is
likely to express solemn disapproval at
the polls The man who will do that is
capable of going back on his party
workers and deceiving friend and foe
alike.
A great moral issue like this injected
into the Idaho campaign causes economic
issues TO pale their Intellectual fires. As
the people who hold Burke's dishonored
checks are making it lively for him we
may expect Idaho to be thoroughly
warmed up to the question before Novem-
Der. 1t is safe to predict that no man will
occupy the Gubernatorial chair of that
new State who does not play the royal
American game on the square.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
A NOVEL CANDIDACY.

There is something grotesque in the in
formation that a Republican Congressional
Convention in Philadelphia the other day
formally nominated William McAleer, the
present Democratic member from that
city. Such an action bv the machinery OF
the party, with the active Mr.. David Mar.
tin at the throttle, is calculated to make
US ask if the hated Mugwumps have re-
ceived new reinforcement in the persons
of the machine managers of Philadel-
phia.
Instances have been known and highly
approved by THE DISPATCH in which
party lines have been discarded in nomi-
nations for the judiciary, and in rarer
cases for local positions where politics
have no real pertinence. But the position
Of Congressman is essentially a political
one. The only good reason for any party
to nominate Congressman is that he will
vorthily represent the principles and
measures which that party represents. So
We have in this case the authoritative
declaration that Mr.. McAleer represents
the principles of the Republican man.
ayers of Philadelphia-if, for the sake of
the argument they may be supposed to
possess such thing as principles,
1t has also been possible in cases where
party was in hopeless minority for it
to make no nomination even for Congress
But that act of omission did not meet the
exigencies Of the case in Philadelphia 1t
was, owing to requirements which at this
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
A Floral Gold Mine.

The cultivation of the Gamma as garden
flower for common use about private resi-
dences is one Of the prettiest results Of the
new horticultural schools teaching. The
great graceful leaves of this plant are gen.
orally at their best now, and the crimson
plumes of their blossoms add greatly to the
plants beauty. A landscape gardener of
note told me this little story which illus
trates somewhat the popularity OF the
Gamma:
"Not long ago when Crozy, the great
French horticulturist, was filling an order
for Peter Henderson, of this country, by ac-
cident some of the special Gamma seed he
had for hybridization slipped In. As soon
as the consignment had been dispatched
Crozy discovered his mistake and wrote at
once to Henderson to return It. Henderson
complied but not before some of the pre-
cious seed had been sold to a nurseryr1an in
Charleston, S. c. From one of the seeds thus
sold grew the variety known as Star OF 81,
which has already become famous for the
size and beauty OF it's blossoms.
"William Falconer, who is one of the
greatest of our horticulturists and has
charge Of Charles A. Dumas unique gardens,
saw the great value of the plant and secured
it before the world knew much about The
Star of '9L' Falconer afterwards sold his
stock to John Lewis Childs, of Queens, who
sent the new Gamma out last year. Some
idea OF its popularity can be had from the
fact that lC0, 600 plants have been sold, and
at IS cents to 81 25 each."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
Obituary Notes.


MOST REV. JOHN MEDLEY, d. D., Bishop of
FreaerIcton and Metropolitan of Canada, died
Friday at Fredericton, N. b. He was SS years
old.
GEORGE BRADLEY, only son of Colonel W. o.
Bradley, OF the National Republican Executive
Committee, died Friday of typhoid fever at his
home In Lancaster, KY. He was % years old and
his fathers law partner
THOMAS B. REED, for many years citizen Of
McKeesport, died Friday aged 45 years. His
death was due to a complication of troubles result
ing from grip. The remains were taken TO New
Castle yesterday for interment.
LOUIS EDGAR SPEER died Thursday at Savanna.
Ill. He the fourth Of the late l.. U. Speer,
of Bellevernon. and brother of Captain W.. F.
spesr. brick manufacturer, and A. Q. Speer, Of
the Speer White Sand Company. both of Plttsburg.
and j. p. Speer. His sisters Mrs ). 7: Speers,
of Earleigh Heights. near Baltimore, Nd: Mrs.
Mary Park. wife of Rev, Thomas Park. recently
Of Winchester, o., now of Tower Hill. H., and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
A Like Resort for Pittsb urr.

Talking of pleasant scenes near Erie, am
reminded that much more vigorous effort
to exploit this neighborhood as summer
resort is to be made next year. or course
lots of Pittsburgers know all about Erie, and
upon returning from trip to that town
nearly everyone will ask you simply and
solely: "How's the fishing?" Not every Pitts
burger knows, however, of the grand place
the shore of Lake Erie Is as playground for
children. l happened upon camp lour or
five miles out from Erie itself, where half q
dozen gentlemen had built themselves
there for the summer. One belonged to a
Pittsburger, Super1ntendent Watt, of the Mo-
nongahela Division of the Pennsylvania road
You ought to have seen the colony of chill
dren, sporting on the sands swimming like
water fowl. or eating like victims of starya-
bronze of the original inhabitants of this
coast, the Eries, and most of them could
have swapped clothing with the sayaves
without occasioning remark.
One OF the additional inducements to sum-
mer visitors next year will be the comple-
tion of the new hotel which Daniel Tracy
Mrs W. i. Scott's brother, is building on the
the Head, at which the peninsula which
forms the hafbor joins the mainland IL ia
on the site of place that had rather loud
odor of late, called the Lone Fisherman,s
Inn. They say Mr.. Tracy's hotel, which con-
tains some 60 rooms will be an ideal abode
the Erie people have not made more of their
water 'front.' in the way or pleasure long
ago. The Tracy inn is to be specially dedf
Gated to littsburgers. and you will see that
the Pennsylvania railroad will cut down ira
running time shortly between PittsDurg and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
MEMENT0S ON MORGAN.

j. PIERPoNr MORGAN has done q generous
act at just the time when it will accomplish
the most good.-Bufdlo Inquirer.
The benefcent impulse which inspired Mr..
Morgan to this humane and kindly act is
richly deserving of recognition and imita-
Philadelphia Record
THERE are not many men who could do
this if they would, and still fewer who
would do it if they could, but the great city
of New York should not have been depend
ent on individual Observation-Disclosures
Times
Mr. MoReAN's offer of steamer to the
quarantine authorities is one OF those ex.
amples of individual initiative in a good
cause which are more frequent in the United
States than in any other country.-New York
Times.
THERE is no doubt that Mr. Morgan is
philanthropist, and his latest helpful act is
none the less philanthropic because it is in
tended to help people who ordinarily are en-
tirely able to help themselves.-Brookly7s
E1gle.
No friendly hand was ever more timely
extended and no friendly hand was ever so
earnestly clasped as his will be. Mr.. Morgan
has earned the thanks, not only of the i'm
prisoned and exposed Normannia's passen-
gers, but the thanks Of the city and country
as well.-NeO York Advertiser.
WHY not give public testimonial to J.
Pierpont Morgan: Surely no individual
more richly deserves It. The only objection
to this would be made by Mr.. Morgan him.
self, who shrinks from publicity whenever
he bestows his generous bounty in the In
terest of the public.-Ne,0 York Herald.
Mr.. MoRGAN's generous act is one which
not only honors him, but the country which
produces such broad minded, great-hearted
gentlemen. What he did in the depth and
breadth OF his fine, human, sympathetic feel
ing the Federal Government or that of New
York State or city should have done.-Phild-
detphia Ledger.
THROUGH the active generosity of Mr. J.
Pierpont Morgan, provision is made at last
for q transfer of the cabin passengers OF the
Normannia to more wholesome quarters.
DR.. Jenkins has accepted Mr.. Morgan's offer,
and this solves in part a problem which
appears to present number Of difficulties
Washington Post.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

1t is to be hoped that if the project of
establishing railway quarantine stations
outside the city is carried out great care
will be taken as to the drainage from these
places. On that point may depend the
question whether such stations may not be
the surest way of spreading the disease, if
it comes so near.
1t is to be noted that any station
established by the Baltimore and
Ohio would have to be on the line
of the Youghiogheny, and that by
the Pennsylvania Railroad must be on
streams that drain either into the Monon-
gahela or Allegheny. 1t is the record of
the cholera in Spain that it follows the
water courses. One outbreak by letting
the germs get into the streams carried
them to other towns lying further down
the river. At Hamburg, also, it is well
settled that the disease. got its spread
by the pollution of the river whence
water supplies are obtained 1t is
evident therefore that if there were a
cholera quarantine on either the Yough
iogheny, the Kiskiminetas or the Cone
maugh, a single act of carelessness might
be the means of spreading the disease far
and wide, not only throughout these cities,
but down the Ohio Valley.
1t is to be hoped that the cholera will
not get into the country. At present the
measures adopted for holding it outside
our ports seem to be meeting with fair
success But If the time does come for
local quarantines the location of stations
and their drainage will be matters requir-
ing the utmost care and sleepless vigil
sOep
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
FLoTsAM FROM THE LAKES
sending Fish to . Seaport.

- I,vr. rood wav inIa nd
Ioa ianosman who Nv asoS 80. ..,aao e.I1
the arrival OF nshlng poht W hor uocA aiter
a cruise is q wonderfully interesting sight.
The other dav watched boat unload its
fnny fro,rht ottbe dock in Erie harbor
a,,.n ,...,e -. .rb,cn had been ont banl.
Ine hstle tug Doa' ~ -. :, - a.- ;
ing in the nets for ton nours VI more WAS
simply covered Win sliVery nsh ironi steth
to stern. The special hold constructed for
ttasa aeh;no boa ts was simply brimful and
.noso n'He s,,,vaIing the fish ont n. if
the men "ere SUI Thav vara r,os,,,r
they we're sano OF coai. "os oe'iy
fresh water herring, with sprinKung OF
the more toothsome white hsh and blue and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

distance are matters of conjecture, insuf-
ficient to merely indorse McAleer. Ac-
cording to the newspaper reports he was
formally put in nomination as the Repub-
ican candidate for whom all loyal Repub-
ticans are bound 10 vote.
This throws a remarkable light on party
ethics. The vital hold of the party man.
ayers is in the theory of sticking to party.
If an Individual exercises an independent
choice and votes for the candidate of the
opposite party, he is recreant. Butwhen
the party managers for rea sons of their
own choose to make free trade Demo-
crat the authorized candidate of pro tee
ton Republicans, every Republican is
bound by the choice. The contrast beg
gars comment. To enlarge upon it be-
yond the mere statement would be to
paint the lily
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
saucs rzIzscorE a SUCCESS.
The Big Instrument for Harvard University
Satisfactorily Tested.

Inc DIG Instrument Tor Harvaru Unlvefstty
Satisfactorily Tested.
BosToN, MASS, Sept. 1o.-The new Bruce
telescope, the wonder Photographic instru-
ment which Mr.. Clark has been two
years making for Harvard observatory,
was successfully tested on the North
star this evening. The great instru-
ment is mounted temporarily in Mr.. Clark's
garden, where the Lick telescope was 1rst
mounted, and now that it has been proven
success will be set up on the Observatory
hill.
This instrument is the gift of Miss Caro-
line W. Bruce, of New York. It Is not
visual telescope at all. in fact, one cannot
see through It, There are four photograph
ing lenses two feet in diameter and in 'front.' OF
these is the prism for rphotographing the spec
trum of stars. Its thickest edge is three
inches and the thinnest seven-eighths of an
inch. The lenses are all made of the finest
kind of optical glass; and their average
weight is 100 pounds each. The bed plate
will be 10 feet ~ inches and its
breadth 6 feet. This will swing on q
great steel axle ten feet long and weighing
9 ZOO pounds. The wheel to which the clock
work is attached regulating the movement
of the instruments to the motion of the
earth is five feet in diameter, and the gear
ing is exceedingly delicate and nicely ad-
tusted.
Prof. Pickering expects it to reveal As
times more stars than have yet been known
to human astronomers. Prof. Pickering and
a number of other astronomers were present
at the test.