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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-08
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House re-assembled at 40.
Bill II was passed to engrossment,
and Friday set for the third reading.
Bill No. Is, to repeal the vaccina-
ton law.
Rep. Smith moved reference to the
Sanitary Committee; as also the bill
No. %, which was almost identical
with Is. Carried.
Bill No. II, to amend Chapter 1,
Section 10, Laws of 1890. The bill
raises the duty on coffee to Il cents a
pound.
Rep. Smith moved reference to
Committee on Commerce. Carried.
Notice was given to the Sanitary
Committee to meet.
The House adjourned, on motion OF
Rep. Iosepa, at 1:45 p. NJ.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-08
"REMINISCENCES.
s. Voyage From Fiji to Honolulu
in thu Colima.
Human Beings Cooked to a
Turn"-The Old Mail Route
BIondin PracficinS at Sea
Honolulu Sixteen
Years Aeo-Haoie
KamaainaS.

The arrival of the magnificent
steamship Colima reminds the
writer of old times, on account of
having been a through passenger
from Kandanva (Fiji Islands)
about sixteen years ago. The mail
route was in those days from Sgd
ney to Auckland, afterwards con-
Meeting at Kandanva with a mail
steamer from Port Chalmers and
other southern ports of New Zea-
land. Mails and passengers for
Europe and America, via San
Francisco, were transferred to the
Colima, where she had been de-
tanned three days awaiting the
steamer from the south, and that
steamer was the Australia, then
bran new from Scotland. The
Colima's passengers had a good
time doing the Island of Kan
danva. The natives there are
darker of skin than the Hawaiian,
and very kind and hospitable. We
were shown the old earthen pits
where the bloodthirsty King
Thakawbou used to have human
victims cooked "to a turn" Before
the advent Of the missionaries,
cannabilism was rife in the Fijis.
We did considerable trading in the
purchase of clubs, combs, shells
and island curios in general. The
native boys dived for coin along
side, just as the gentle Hawaiian
kid of to-day does. There were
some noted people as passengers on
the Colima. Mr.. Blondin with his
wife and son, the Hero of Niagara,
was there. In calm weather Blon-
din practiced at sea, and was al
lowed the privilege of rigging his
rope aloft. When he practiced all
hands and the cook stood from
under; when on foot he used a
long balancing pole, and when do
ing the same feat on his bicycle,
those on deck held their breath.
Mr.. Z. J. Creighton, afterwards
editor of the P. G.. ADVERTISER, was
there in charge of the Colonial
mails, and on his way to Wash.
ington, representing the Colonial
Government in matters of mail
subsidy, so that negotiating subsi
dies is nothing new to Mr.. G. Geo
Englehardt, who died here some
years ago, was also a passenger.
A great number of big bugs
cattlemen from Australia-madt
things lively in the bar. Upon ar
rival at Honolulu, called upon His
Late Majesty Kalakaua, and was
astonished when we saw the mar
who was standing by to receive The
king pull his pipe out and hand i
to his sovereign, who took few
pulls at the pipe and returned it tt
the hostler. Arrived about 9 AN.
sailed at 8 PM. the same day
Talked Honolulu all the way t.
Frisco, as some gentlemen from
the islands were passengers. Som
of the engineers staff came to worl
at these islands afterwards. MI
Tucker, formerly chief engineer o
the Wilder Steamship Company
and Mr.. VIM. Johnson, the presen
chief of the same outfit. Mr.. 10
Kearny, recently foreman in tn
Union Foundry, was also machin
list on the old Colima. Captain
Shackford was very reserved sor
of man-did not mix much wit,
the passengers, but at the sam
} time possessed the confidence of al
on board as a skilful commando
Aloha Colima. TRAVELLER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-08

Rep. Kapahu presented petition
from the I'd district of Honolulu, pray
ing that $4,000 be appropriated for
extension of School street. Referred
TO the Public Lands Committee.
Noble Macfarlane presented a petit
ton in English from Kalihi asking
for extension of the waterworks to
that district. Referred to the Public
Lands Committee.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-08

The ADVERTISER has the largest
circulation and prints more live news
than any of its alleged contempt
raries. It's advertising columns
prove that business men know a good
thing when they see it. If you do
not take this journal you are behind
the times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-08
Fine Coffee.

At the w. c. T. U. coffee rooms
at Queen Emma Hall, corner NJ
uanu and Beretania streets, deli
cious coffee, sandwiches or bread
and butter and rolls are furnished
for 10 cents.
~Open from 6 to s A. NJ, from
II 80 to 80 noon, and from 6 30
to 9 80 P. NJ, from Tuesday, May
10.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
A eoornLAcKs STORY.
He Intends to Be Somebody in tho World
and Make n Fortune.

He Intends to ISe Somebody in tho World
and Make n Fortune.
Frank Mckee, as he now calls him
self, is an Italian bootblack. good
looking. enterprlsing and. although
only five years jl New York. he has
saved $500. His story is published in
the New York World as follows:
Il intend TO be somebody and to
make my fortune in the Dew world.
1t is q great country and l believe any
man can do it If he tries. My people
were we'll to do in Italy and l went to
school until was thirteen years old.
Hearing so much OF America | made
up my mind to come and try my luck.
had just 80 in my pocket to star:
with.
When / arrived / looked around
and. seeing some Italian boys black
ing boots asked them what they
made.
II then invested SO in an outfit and
gave boy quarter to let me black
/ the boots of his next customer, just t.
! get my hand in. l found l must
learn English so l fingered around
my new friend few days, hnt when
ever any one spoke to him in English
| asked him to tell me what it meant.
In n few days had all the necessary
phrases and started out for myself.
"One day not long after man
4, came up TO me and said: IF you
work for me | will give you 50 a week,
and you will make lots more besides. )
lie said he had the T. ght on tho ferry
boats. and no one who did not work
for him could go there.
Well / went He was hard
task master. | soon found ] was
making as much a day Tor him as he
gave me week. Often gentlemen
would give US five or ten cents over
and tell US 20 keep the chp .ge but
this we could not do for h searched
US all every night before we went
/ home and took all the money we had.
IL soon left my taskmaster and took
my station at first-cass hotel where
/ BACKED the boots OF some of our
most prominent men. rs well as the
| Four Hundred. From here | was
driven by one OF those contractors
who claimed he had the right Of all
hotels. / am now at a fir5t-cla bar
Der shop on Sixth avenue and am
doing well. Hero | have great va
riety of men to please but men who
go to the races are the hardest. Some
want tho left foot done first others
the right; some insist on the first
stroke of the brush being upward. II
by any chance / forget or do it differ
emit they say: No use betting to-day.
you have ruined my luck. Some be-
cause dress WE'LL and am polite,
don't think | can be a bootblack 9TH
ers treat me with greatest politeness
while others again laugh at my man
pers and call me count
AT first it angered me but l don't
mind it now. | know it is character
aud not business makes the man.
When / have saved a couple OF hun
dred more. | shall travel through the
United States see all the large cities
and then decide what l will be"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
WORK OF SKILLED FINGERS.
Marvels of the Middle Ages Rivaled by
Those of the Present Day.

Marvcls of the Middle Ages Rivaled by
Those of the Present Day.
Mark Scarlet q blacksmith. who
lived during the reign of l,ueen Eliza
beth made chain OF forty five links
to which ne attached paddock made
of steel and brass consisting of eleven
pieces bes des the key. Tie chain
was so small as to freely admit Of being
fastened about the neck OF Il common
TEA The apparatus flea chain pad
lock. key and all weighed but grain
and a half when exhibited before the
wondering royalty on pate of pol
ished silver. ne reader Will no
doubt think this lea story worthy to
be taken with the proyerbial grain
o. salt noting us he will that 1T
bears the date and ear marks OF lie
olden times" but what will he have
TO say when informed that within the
last live years San francisco pro-
lessor has eJualed Scarlots ingenuity
in every particular.
This Golden Gate Wonder Worker
has exhibited u perfectly trained team
of Geas, drawing miniature tai no
wheels perfect each turning nicely
on its axle.
Prof. Schumann. OF Berue. Switzer-
land. worked seven years making a
silver, gold and platinum model of the
great Krupp tiity-ton hammer, now in
the Krupp gun works at Essen. Ger
many. In Schumann model the
frame. hammers and pulleys all com
plete. weigh but one and II half
grains. The frame Is of platinum.
the pullcys silver and the hammer Of
solid gold. A flea trained by Mr..
Schumann will at the word of COM
mand. hoist the hammer 10 the top OF
the frame where it is automatically
set free. descending in precisely the
same manner us the monster after
which it is modelled. Mark Scarlet
did wonders but the Professors" OF
1892 have excellcd his best efforts.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
PUTTING A CROWD ON.
Tho Nan who Was Always borrowing
Tobacco.

Tho Kan who Was Always borrowing
Tobacco.
AS tho train stopped at , small sta
ton in Kentucky it was discovered
that u switch engine had run OIL the
track just beyond and wrecking
crew was ut work getting her on.
The conductor said he would be de-
tanned half an hour, and many OF us
went up to see the wreckers at work.
There was u crowd of fifty around the
spot. when fat good-natured looking
man. who had a mouth big enough TO
take in half n pumpkin pie, came saun-
tering up ana bowed to every body.
He was just getting ready TO say some
thing when little skinny man with
a piping voice cried at him:
Don't yo' do it. Sile Davis don't
yo' do it! II 20 do I'll give 20 dead
away"
The good-natured man fell back at
this and | saw him wink and motion
to the skinny man to draw aside for
confah
Il don't want no truck with yo'.
Sile Davis" was the reply. Il told
yo' last week I'd do it and so l will;
yo' jest keep shet."
The language aroused our curiosity
as matter of course. and we were
anxious for the explanation when it
came. The fat man walked aroand
for minute or two and wnen he
thought the other was not looking he
slipped up TO one of our crowd and
softly remarked;
stranger would yo' mind lendin'
me a chaw Of plug tobacker fur day
or two till | can git $27 as is OWN
me on job"
Here yo'? shouted the skinny
man. who had kept an eye open all
the time, Il warned yo' I'd do it and
now | will! Gentlemen. l want to
, tell yo' about this critter. He chaws
mo- tobacker than any TO men in
kentucky and he begs every bit OF it!'
Il only borrows it j." protested the
other
Only borrows it! And never pays!
Gentlemen. look at this memorandum
book Here's his account put down
and tiggered up TO date He begun
borrowin chaws of me the 9Th Of
May 1876, and in the fifteen y ars has
borrowed jest exactly "a, COZ chaws
and never paid ono OF 'em back.
Don't no man in this ere crowd pull
out no plug for any sch critter to bite
on. -
II don't want none-l'm a-chawin'
on sassaflas, replied the fat man as
he tried to brace up under the shock.
but he didn't hold his nerve over a
minute, and went OF to hide himself
behind n freight car
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
Life Among Birds.

The distinguished German biologist.
Weismann has pointed out that there
is less exact knowledge on this subject
than. might be. expected. considering
howl many in fnumber are the orni-
biologists and the pathological soci-
cites. Small singing bird live from
eight to eighteen years. Ravens have
lived for almost 100 years in captivity.
and parrots longer than that Fowls
live ten TO twenty years (and are then
sold as spring chickens to young
housekeeper5). The cid goose lives
upward of 100 years. and swans are
said to have attained the age OF 800.
The long life of birds has been inter-
preted as compensation for their fee Die
fertility and for the great mortality
among their young. From the small
island OF St Kilda off Scotland 20 =
900 young gannets and an immense
number of eggs are annually collected;
and although this bird lays only one
egg per annum and is four years In at
tanning maturity. its numbers do not
diminish. Obviously. as Weismann
says such birds must reach n great
age or they would long ago have been
exterminated. Chicago Herald. :
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
I.ooklnu Tn I'm the world.

White husbands are fashionable al
present among the Indian maidens in
Washington state and the noble red
man is the worst kind of wallAower.
much to his disgust. In one camp on
the Grande Ronde river there are sew
enteen manageable Indian girls and
they all want white men for husbands
and shun their would be lovers in the
camp The father of one of the girls
makes an open offer OF 200 head oil
good horses to the young white man
who will marry his daughter. The
old Indian says however that he will
not accept any kind OF hoodlum for
a son-in.law; the man must be OF good
character aud address and alb Q to give
his Indian bride good home
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
WILD HERDS.
Descendants of Tame Animals Which
Have BecOme wild.

btbCCnNaHNt w AA'AAp
Have BECOME wild.
Ia several parts of Washington and
British Colum bia are herds OF wild
animals descendants from domestic
ancestors. For instance. in the west
erh edge OF this state. next the coast
is the remnant of herd OF cattle.
which for years has roamed through
ere woods and over the prairies there.
Long IL military post was maintained
on Gray's Harbor and adjacent was a,
large amount of cleared land. cult
waited by the soldiers as farm. The
troop owned good many cattle.
which pastured on part OF the garri-
son ranch.
For some reason or other the post
was suddenly abandoned. and the sol
diers found it impossible to take their
cattle with them. SO tho animals
were left there and. since there were
no settlers in the vicinity to look after
them, the herd grew wild. In spite
of the fact that the forest afforded but
a small amount OF pasturage. and not
withstanding the depre1ations OF black
wolves which then infested the woods
along the coast, the cattle increased
in mum bers very rapidly. and were
constant annoyance to early settlers.
Fences were broken down, crops were
destroyed and tame cattle coaXed of
to the woods. Many OF the animals
, were killed by parties organized to
eXterminate them and the remainder
of the herd has been driven into the
skirts OF the Olympics and into the
coast range south and east Of Gray's
Harbor But every now and then the
hunter for elk which abound in these
mountains comes upon bunch of
wild cattle almost as fleet as the deer
In SnOhomish county. forty niles
north of this city are lot OF wild
hogs, the number being estimated at
500. Some years ago about forty
pigs got away from a farmer James
Duval, and they since have multiplied
like rabbits. They are rapidly de-
velopinS all the traits Of the hogs
which have never been domesticated,
for they are becoming gaunt long
haired long-tusked and savage. and
they run swiftly through the under
OfuSh FORCING Lnelf way Wherever
they choose to go. Hunting hem as
hogs are stll hunted in Northern
furope in the preserves of the no.
bility is getting TO be favorite sport
OF the young Snohomish farmers.
In an area OF about fifteen miles
square below Trout creek in British
Columbia. is a band of at least 100
wild horses. They are not only eat
ing of the stock ranges but are be-
coming more direct source OF loss to
stock owners for they entice away
good horses, especially the co Is. The
go ernment has been several times
petItioned either to evtermiuate the
band or give the settlers permission
to do it but thus far no action has
been taken. Though tnese wild
horses are worthless little animals. the
authorities are afraid the killing
them will give otfense to tie Indians
who claim some o. them. but who
ne ertheless shoot without hesitati on
when any OF the horses interfere with
! their tame animals.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
A Ru.Y woman.

Mrs Emma Drew. of South Nor
ridgewock. Me-. is very busy wo-
man. She carries on farm. keeps a
horse and COW. makes butter for mar
kat and sells eggs besides doing her
housework and caring for five little
childreu. After her household duties
tire completed in the morning she
puts up the dinners for the children.
harnesses her horse takes two of her
children and drives 10 Martin Stream.
whore she has school OF seventeen
children that she teaches every day
n the week but Saturdays Mrs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19

How to purify the air of public
school-rod,9, has always been an I'M
solved problem. Where so many
pupils are seated so close together as
is necessary under the present system
of public school education. the air
must be more or less contaminated.
but whether enough to be injurious ia
health is a question for discussion.
Air in the open. removed from dwell
iugs, and even in the country. is
under certain conditions of humidity
or great heat to a more or less degree
impure.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
On CATS.

a small boy IN one OF the DelrOll
schools recently handed In this com
position:
On CATS.
Cats have four legs and nine lives
Why they are five legs short do not
know at this time. | CESS | can find
out when | die think cats wood
be gould deal funnyer If they had
nine legs and five lives. don't you?
Cats have tales which they RAP
round thare feat when they set down
so as to hold them together. / kno a
bob tailed cat that is ashamed to set
down n public at tall.
/ CESS il Is afrade its feat will
scatter. There are Tom cats and
Puss cats. which the Tom cat is the
more massive and has a more sound.
ing voice, in the midnight darkly
when all elts is still Cats cries like
babies sometimes but you cannot give
them parry gorick to quiet thare ner-
vous sistems like you can babies. We
hav baby at our house that l gcs:
has drinked about four quarts of par
ry gorick. and every mite it cries JUS
the saim as before. CESS that baby
must have the parry gorick habit.
Young cats are very frisky and they
will play all day because they don't
have no skool to go to. l CESS
would like to he young cat until
was growed up to be man. Cats
eat milk and mice regular and the
canary for dezert Cats are very
clean animals but 1 never thought i
was very clean to spit upon their
hands and wash thnre faces in the
manner in which hey do. ! CESS
have wrote all knt " about Gets.
=. Seats have sctrisity in thar'
backs and they can blow up thart
tale as big as a fl brush when they
are froshus
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
Celebrated Leather Gloves.

Woodstock and Worcester leather
gloves are of ancient celebrity. In
the middle ages the giving of a glove
was a ceremony of investIture in be-
slowing lands and dignities In
England. in the reign OF Edward II.
the deprivation of gloves was a cere-
mory OF degradation. The importa-
ton Of foreign gloves into England
was not permitted till 1925.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
Too mnch Curiosity.

A Berlin gentlea an called on his
Doctor who showed his patient over
the house. and pointed out many ar
ticles OF brio n brac.
Your house is beautifully furnish
ed. doctor remarked the visitor
Where did you get all these thingsP
Did you inherit them from your
patientsp"-Texas Siftings.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19

IRISH public opinion has begun to
protest against the share of imperial
burdens levied upon Ireland. At
present Ireland pays of these burdens
upwards OF $50 900. 900. Her just
share. as Mr. GilTen. the statistician.
has pointed out is nearer half OF this
Ireland now contributes one twelfth
of the imperial revenue NJ Glad
stone proposed to have her pay one
fifteenth. and Mr.. Giffen calculates
her fair share at one-twentieth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
.yha xyomen nj sxves.p.

Swedish women vote in the cities
for municipal councillors and in the
country for members of the county
council. and rs the latter body APP
points the members of the upper
Chamber of the diet the women may
be said to exercise direct power in
Swedish affairs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
Uny,appy China.

The empire OF China covering an
area OF 4. 600 900 square kilometers
now has population of $50. 600. 600.
or about lightweight inhabitants to
the square kilometer. Ho- Nan Is the
most thickly populated province hav-
ing about 2l0 persons to the square
kilometer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
Great Rock Agents.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Washington.
Longfellow Daniel Webster Grant
Bismarck. Mark Twain Jay Gould,
ex-President Hayes and James G..
Blaine all tried the book canvassing
business in early life.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
THE ttae power OF lawyer lies in
his ability 10 make sclsar,,stttmena"
accordingao Nj DaSiej WeAteA who

THE tsne power OF a lawyer lies in
his ability 10 make clsar,ststment, !"
accordingly Nj Dabieg WettteA who
himself possessed Chat ability. The
remark may properly be applied to
others besides lawyers. 1t may be
appi ed. for example. to writer's the
writer's of books and writers OF mag
azines and journals The ability to
make a clear state sent is no, pos
sessed by all writer's and the fact is to
be regretted. Webster's remark nay
also be properly applied to public
speakers many of whom are incapa-
BILE of making a clear statement and
hence lack the true power of Oratory.
1t may likewise be applied to preach
ers very many of whom do not even
attempt to cultivate toe power OF
clear statement This is TO be re-
GREETED. We are disposed 10 enter
tain the opinion that Of all kinds OF
thinkers II Is the men OF science who
possess in Tho highest degree. the
ability OF making clear statements;
and there are rsasons Why this should
DO SO. BUT @R@Q6-0AhOse men
offer us very muddlod statements that
oofuscafs the mind.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19

Mr. Goldbug-I have made it a
rule never to lend money to a man
who asks for it.
Needy Friend-But how do you do
when man never asks for any?
Goldbug-O. / wait until he does.
.-Texas Siftings
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-19
Hunk Holidays.

Ba5k holidays were first established
by statute passed in the year 1871.
The holidays were Mt first only in
tended 10 relieve the banks but were
subsequently extended to customs, in
land revenue s.ices. etc.