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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-06
GIBRALTAR.

Despite the drift of waits and outcasts
and the incoming of honest CHILEAN colo
nists the population is not one-tenth what
the island would sustain. 1t is the ideal
place for an American coaling and mill
tary station and capable of being easily
made the Gibraltar of the South seas.
The largest vessels could easily enter the
harbor of Port Cumberland, but no
where else could they reach the shore,
and from the heights a garrison could
defend it against the navies of the world.
Ell Yunke (The Anvil), the highest
mountain on the island, rises but 5000
feet above the sea. With the Nicaragua
canal completed and Juan Fernandez
held and fortified the United States
need not beg any South American nation
to treat her sailors decently.
africa is the most southern port save
one in Peru, and therefore a place Of
great Importance in relation to Chilli,
and the MORO or high rocky headland
by it is natural fortress of immense
strength On this Peru has long main
tanned a garrison, but that nation is not
now in a condition to utilize it's strength.
The history of Gibraltar shows the i'm
mense advantage of holding such places.
The Saracens fortified it in 7l2 and held
it against the Christians for 597 years.
Later they captured it and held it TWEEN
ty-nine years. Then the Spaniards held
it 246 years, till the famous Sir George
Rookie and the Prince of Hesse Darn
stadt, with combined British and Dutch
fleets, captured it on Aug. 4, 1904. In
1779-93 occurred the ever memorable
siege by the combined naval forces of
France and Spain.
For three years the attention of the
civilized world was fixed upon that rock,
and on several occasions the most furi-
Gus bombardments were maintained for
weeks. In December, 1881, thousand
pieces Of fixed artillery and forty-seven
ships of the line played on the fortress,
while 40, 900 men pressed the approaches
from the land side. Yet the English,
numbering 1000 men, under Sir Gilbert
Elliott, beat them Off At one time, it
is claimed, about 800 English i'll an ad-
vanced fortress drove back the whole at
lacking land force. In September, 1882,
the besiegers succeeded in getting ten
great floating batteries close to the
fortress, and on the 18th one of the most
dreadful cannonadings in history took
place. At midnight every floating battery
but one had been set on fire by red hot
shot, and all their crews were drowned OF
killed save 400, who were rescued by the
British. The latter lost sixteen killed
and sixty eight wounded. In February
1888, the general peace was concluded
and that ended the famous siege.
j. Fl. BEADI.E
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WIN They Leave the Door Omen.

There are two occasions that are usual
ly improved by the observation-disclosures
man. One is when he comes in with the
intention of going out again; the other
when he goes out intending to come
right back again. 1t isn't because it is
any particular trouble to close the door;
it is the human instinct of providing the
ready means of escape, of safety. The
first thing a burglar does when he enters
a house or bank is to see that every
thing is clear for sudden exit.
The wise general always plans the
method of retreat and leaves an opening
for getting away in case the battle goes
against him. The willy savage and even
wild animals have the same instinct.
When a man enters your Office and
leaves the door ajar he is doing just
what any other animal would do-pro-
viding for the possible contingency of
being kicked out. This contingency is
a little more remote than the comfort of
society would seem to warrant.-New
York Herald.
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JUAN FERNANDEZ.

twice that of the United States, extend
ing from latitude "a to 56 south. De-
Quoting Patagonia west, however, over
which Gillian jurisdiction is but NOM
inal, the coast line runs through but 10
dogs. of latitude; and as Chilli is no
where over 200 miles wide, and in some
places but fifty, its CONFORMATION is much
like yard of ribbon, and the total of
real CHILEAN area is but 1873, 900 square
miles.
The harbors IN the order of their ex-
cellence are Talcahuana, Coquimbo,
Valparaiso, Caldera and Valdivia, but
the third is the most important. It is evil
dent therefore that if there is war the
islands will be of vast Importance. Incl
dentally it may be noted that in no. part
of the world do American sailors enjoy
better health than on the coast of Chill,
and that the climate of Juan Fernandez
is perfection-if such there be in this
world.
The island so famous in song and
story, often called "Robinson Crusoe's
island" lies about 400 miles west of
Valparaiso, in latitude SO dogs. and SO
min. south-just the right latitude for a
seagirt isle to have all the advantages of
the tropics and temperate zones. 1t is
about one-third larger than Staten Is
land-that is, it contains about ninety
square miles, its greatest length being
seventeen miles and greatest width six
teen miles. Port Cumberland is the
only good harbor, and not only is the
island landlocked on all sides, but reefs
surround it in such way that there are
but few openings into the comparatively
calm water inshore.
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THE MUTUAL LIFE INSUR-
ANCE co. OF NEW YORK

The annual statement of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of New York, is eagerly looked for at
this time of year by a large num-
Der of persons, including: of course,
those who are directly identified
with it as policy holders, and, in
addition, by very large number of
business men who are interested in
not only life insurance, but finance
as well. The Mutual Life, during
the past year has made very note
worthy advances, its assets having
increased more than $12 100000;
its reserve on policies at four per
cent, $10,00QO00; its surplus, $2,-
100000; its receipts from all
sources, nearly So, 100000; it's pay
ments to policy holders, 81, 1000, 900;
and the amount of insurance in
force, $57,O0O,OO0. It's total as
sets on the 31st of December
amounted to $3.50, 507, 1865. 1t
should be borne in mind that in
its statement of risks assumed,
only the number and amount of
policies actually issued and paid
for are included in the account.
Some little time ago, as noted In
our columns, the Mutual Life made
an exceedingly commendable de-
parture from the old custom of
including in its annual statement
the number and amount of policies
issued, but which had been re-
turned to the Company, by an
nouncing that hereafter only such
policies as had been paid for would
be included. This new departure
of the Mutual Life is so vast an
improvement that we trust every
life insurance company in the
country will adopt the same Gus
tom. The Mutual Life began
business forty-nine years ago, and,
of course, during the early years of
its history, its progress was slow
and uncertain. The vast increase
in it's business has been acquired
during the last ten or fifteen years.
It's progress during these years has
been something very wonderful.
1t shows, of course, the firm hold
that regular life insurance now has
upon the people of the United
States, their greater appreciation
of its wonderful benefits, and their
greater advancement in the higher
type of civilization, in that they
are ready and willing to make
sacrifices in order that their de-
pendent ones may be cared for.
The figures given by the Mutual
Life stamp it as one of the greatest
financial institutions of the world.
It is no small matter to assume
the management of an organization
having assets of $159,0O0,O00, and
it goes without saying, that a high
order of financial ability is required
to successfully invest and care fol-
such a vast sum of money. The
Mutual Life is fortunate in having
on it's Board of Trustees some Of
the ablest business men in this
city. It's Financial Committee is
an exceedingly able one, and in
fact every department of the Mu
tual Life has the advantage o
experience and ability. Much o
the prosperity of the Company is
due to the great ability of Presi
dent Richard A. McCurdy, every
where recognized as one of the
ablest life underwriters of The
world. Mr.. Robert A. Granniss il
Vice President of the Company
Mr.. Walter R. Gillette, Genera
Manager; Frederic Cromwell
Treasurer and Emory McClintock
Actuary. Exchange.
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u lding TEXANS to a Wedding.

This morning an unusual sight was
seen on Brenham's streets. 1t was a
horseman gayly decorated with ribbons
of every hue of the rainbow. These rib.
bons were hung in clusters and festoons
all over the rider and horse. The horses
ears and forehead were covered with a
sort of cap in which were stuck feathers
of bright colors, surrounded with rosettes
and knots of ribbons.
The rider was Fritz Wiesepappe, and
questions about his startling decorations
elected the information that he was the
inviting agent to a marriage-a sort of
animated wedding card. His brother,
Herman Wiesepappe, and Miss Bertha
Schultz are to be married next Thursday
at the home of the bride, in the Post
Oaks, five or six miles east of here, and
he was summoning the guests.-Galves.
ton News
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ueau OF nOerUy ana the garrison was
small. One night the former rose in re-
volt, massacred the soldiers and many
of the honest villagers of Port Cumber-
land, but rum, rioting and mutual muir
der soon reduced them TO handful.
Then came a Gillian man-of-war and
slaughtered all the survivors except a
very few, who found refuge in the wild
interior. A little later the mate of an
American whaler found few widows
and daughters of the convicts living in
cave in a hidden valley; he deserted,
took up his abode with them, and found
ed family which still has representa-
tives on the island
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THE MORO OF AFRICA.

Every visitor speaks with enthusiasm
of the glorious picture the island pre-
sents at first view-the great cliffs of
many colored rock, the sloping wales be-
tween so richly colored by tropical veg
citation, the wild fruits and plants, the
clear waters rolling gently on the sandy
shores where the beach is sloping, and
the deep, beautifully blue sky over all.
In the early morning, as rule, all the
peaks of the island are wrapped in mist,
which soon rolls up in light, heecy
clouds and is then dissipated by the
rising sun.
AS the mist rolls away the front of
the limestone hill above Port Cumber-
land seems to be pierced by the embra-
sures of an immense fortifcation, but
these are only the remains of cliff dwell
ings dug by convicts. Nearly all the
early navigators in the Pacific saw the
island, and some of them turned cattle,
goats, pigs and horses loose upon it, and
these multiplied so rapidly that later ad-
venturers found an abundant meat sup
ply, and finally the buccaneers seized the
spot as their rendezvous. it being Just
about far enough from the coast for q
refuge and reftting station.
In 1704 Scotch sailing master il
Dampier's squadron, after q quarrel
with his captain, was left on the island
by his own request and lived a solitary
life four years and ten months, till taker
off by Captain Woodes Rogers. This wa:
Alexander Selkirk, the supposed origi
nal of Robinson Crusoe. Next Span
lard named Juan Fernandez located
there with his family and gave the
island population and name. Quite &
community had gathered when Chill be
cap.e independent and made the island
penal colony.
The conyicts were INDUCED in great
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rzl

been struggled for with desperate en-
ergy, and it is scarcely necessary to add
that Great Britain has secured the most
important. Gibraltar and Alden. com
manding the Mediterranean and the
Red sea, and insuring control of the
route to India, are hers; Malta, the
great naval station in the eastern Medi-
terranean, is British, and so are Hall
fax, st. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope
and many others.
On the western continent each nation
Is as yet the owner of its natural FORTH
cations, and no such anomaly as that at
Gibraltar is yet established; but in view
of possible trouble between the United
States and Chilli, the Island of Juan Fer
nandez has all at once attracted much
attention. In a study of the situation it
is first of all necessary to note that the
Pacific coast of the Americas is as a rule
'Flandlocked' from Alaska to Patagonia
that is, lofty mountains run close to
the shore and for long distances there
Is very little beach-while on the Allan
tic side there is almost everywhere a
gentle slope to the ocean, and so FORTH
cations must be artificial.
Beginning at the northwest corner of
the United States the approaches are as
a rule easy, and no other state has so
much deep water interior navigation as
Washington. At the mouth of the Co
1umbia, however, the difficulties are
great, and there it may be said there is a
natural fortifcation. At San Francisco
is one of the greatest natural defenses in
the world, and San Diego is also quite
defensible. According to the official
summary the United States has but
three good harbors on all its Pacific
coast, which extends through II dogs.
of latitude.
Chill does not seem to be much better
supplied, though its coast line is nearly
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In JAIN for One Hour

The shortest term of Imprisonment
ever given in Massachusetts, was i'm.
posed on Lemuel E. Demelen few days
ago in the United States circuit court in
Boston. The prisoner, charged with in
terfering with United States officer in
the discharge of his duty, was fined 800
and imprisoned for one hour in the
county jail.-Exchange
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MARCH.

Restriction i'll Beet Sugar Cultivation
Hawaii Viewed from Abroad.
The Coffee Blight and its Remedy.
Deterioration of Cane Seeds.
Sisal Hemp in the Bahamas and
Florida
Letter from a Hawaiian from Southern
California.
Dried Bananas and Plantain Meal.
Concerning the Coffee Blight and its
Enemies.
Proposed Restriction by Mutual Agree
ment of the Area under Beet Guilt
walton.
The Possibilities of Our Sugar Industry.
Seeding Sugar Canes.
Remedy tor the Coffee Blight.
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The Illustrated Tourists Guide

That popular work, "THE TOURISTS
GUIDE THROUGH THE HAWAIIAN ISL
ANDs," is meeting with a steady sale
both at home and abroad. Tourists and
others visiting these islands should be
in possession of copy of it. 1t is a per-
feet mine of information relating to the
scenes and attractions to be met with
here. Copies in wrappers can be had at
the publication office, AS Merchant
street, and at the News Dealers. Price
go cents.
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FEBRUARY.

Notes.
An Antidote for Coffee Blight.
Letter from r. A. Macfie, Jr.
Sugar Supplies for 1892.
What are the Profits of Sugar Refners.
Purity of Cane Sugar.
The Bounties on Sugar.
Coca-How the Plant is Cultivated.
Growing Camphor Trees.
Facts about Nutmegs.
Progress of the Cane Sugar Industry.
The Sugar Industry of Santiago de Cuba.
The Bureau of American Republics.
The Sugar Business.
Valuable Bugs.
The Sugar Monopoly.
The Sugar Refining Industry.
The year 1891.
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A CUlGN OF VANTAGE.
THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ
COMING INTO PROMINENCE.

In Case OF War with the United States
seIkirIs's Old Home Might Be Captured
and Turned Into a South Sea Gibraltar.
Famous Fortresses.
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Notice to the Creditors Of B. l.
Williams 4 Co.

A. LII INDEBTEDNESS TO THE
~ above late firm must be paid TO MIR.
9. +. Williams, who alone is authorized
10 collect and receipt tor the same in the
name of the said fin, and will pay
all claims against the firm. All claims
against the above firm are requested to
be presented forthwith, and all indt bt
edness tn said firm must be settled with
i'll tbs next thirty days.
II. II. WILLIAMS,
J. II. WOOD.
G. E. WILLIAMS.
April l, 1892. 303S ct
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General advertisements.
The Planters Monthly
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
General advertisements.
JANUARY.

With Our Readers.
Maui Notes on Mill and Mill Work.
Deterioration OF Seed Cane.
Report of Committee on Ramie.
Agricultural Science and Its Main
Object.
Beneficial Bugs.
Cultivation of Pineapples.
Cultivation ami Manipulation OF Sugar
Cane in New South Wales and the
Hawaiian Islands.
A City of Palms.
Meteorological Summary for 1891.
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HE natural for
tresses of the
world have al
ways been places
of romantic in
terest as well as
Of great politi-
cal Importance.
Those W hic h
command impor-
tant waters have
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E@~Published by the
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE PUBLISHING CO.,
40 Merchant ST.,
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The Book has 176 pages of text, with
20 Full Page Illustrations of Island Scenery,
and description of the Pearl Harbor
railway enterprise. and surrounding
country.
1t has also FOUR MAPS of the larger
islands, prepared expressly for it.
The GUIDE gives full description of
each of the principal Islands and Settle
ments in this Group, and will prove an
invaluable handbook for tourists, and for
residents to send tn their friends abroad.
Some of the illustrations in the nep
book are very fine specimens of the Photo
tint process of engraving, and accurately
represent the scenes portrayed.
E@- For sale at Hawaiian News Conn
pany's, and at +. G.. Thrum's Uptown
Stauonery store david
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Es@ Address:
GAZETTE PUBLISHING Co,
46 Merchant ST.. Honolulu.
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You have only to pay the low
est CASH PRICE for the best
and most popular Bicycle in
use, paying
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-09-10

Humboldt. A. Thyes, J. R.
Harvey Fred Ried.
Lincoln-T. J. Osborne, Charles E.
Goodrich.
Nye-A. Maute.
Ormsby-Evan Williams, e. r.
Logan, A. M. Ardery.
Washoe w. Thompson, G. A.
Taylor, Frank Bell, G. Novacovich.
Storey-A. T. Mcdonnell, II. M.
Gorham, L. P. Wardell, F. G. Lord,
WE. Sharon, e. D. Boyle, C.Ahern,
M. Pearce.
Esmeralda-P. M. Bowler, S. A.
Knapp.
Churchill-Charles Kaiser.
Lyon-Geo. w. Bennett, P. r.
Savage.
Douglas-H. Springmyer.
White Pine-H. A. Comins, Chas.
(most likely William) Read.
The convention adjourned with
three cheers for the ticket.
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Presidential electors.

Presidential electors.
Mr.. Doyle moved that the nomination for
Congress be passed. This was opposed by
Mr. Coffin, who hoped the Convention would
honor Mr.. Newlands with the nomination.
Mr.. Newlands was informed that the nomin-
alton for Congress was at his disposal. He
declined to accept in the following letter:
NEwLANDs' LITTER OF DECLr1ATION.
Messrs. Coffin, Cleveland and Fulton-Gen-
tlemen In reply to your communication
informing me that have been put in nom
ination for member of Congress before Con-
vention composed of minority of the dele
gates elected to the Republican State Con-
vention which adjourned to-day, and request
ing me to appear before it, beg leave to say
that Ihave already appeared before such Re-
publican State Convention, called for the pur-
pose, among others, of nominating Member
of Congress, and that have received the
nomination ut it's hands, Whilst l fully ap-
preciate the courtesy extended by the body
your represent and the manifestation of con-
fidence and esteem which personally accom-.
panies the request, must for the above
reasons decline to accept your courteous invi-
tation. l am very sincerely yours.
+. q. NEwLANDs
Mr. Haines then nominated VIM. Wood
burn for Congress, and asked that the nomin-
alton be unanimous. This raised harmony
with big III" This was objected to by Doyle
and Fulton. A roll call was ordered and out
of A votes 20 voted for WOODBURY.. 8 voted
no, and the balance refused to vote. The
Chair declared Mr.. Woodburn the nominee
of the Convention for Congress.
A STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Was then appointed. The mem bers for W hite
Pine county are W. N. McGill and j. II .
Marriott.
vention adjourned.
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Heard Of Eauali&atlea.

At their meeting last Monday the
Board of Equalization made the fol-
lowing raises and reductions on the
Assessment Roll:
RAISED.
H. A. Comins on mortgages, $500;
Theo. Pramenko on mortgages, 81, $50
REDUCEDi
G.. H. Allen on timber land, $3.50;
Mrs. John Howard on improvements,
$3.50; Cleveland & Hill on real estate,
%, 1000.
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Nancy Hanks, Queen of the turf trot-
ted mile ona kite-shaped track, at
independence, Iowa, on August 31st,
in 2:O54.
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RAISED.
REDUCED,
From FryburR District.

J. w. Reed and Lewis Sharp brought
in from Fryburg district yesterday two
tons of ore which will run so ozs. silver
per ton and carries 80 per cent lead.
They dispose of the ore at the smelters
here. This ore is from the Bull of the
Woods claim, recent location. Four
feet of ore of this character is exposed
and will be mined and marketed here
forthwith. Phoebe Record.
H.B. Harris of Grass Valley, aged 22,
was instantly killed on the morning Of
August 3Oth in the Diamond d Mine
at Waybert. A mass of rock fell on
him while he was working above the
three hundred level.
Last June a follow named Frank
Hansborough married Nellie Swasey Of
Mason Valley, and a few days ago
deserted her, leaving for parts un-
known. Hanging is too good for such
a man.
The town of Rocky Bar (Idaho) was
destroyed by fire on September 1st,
leaving 100 people homeless, without
food or bedding.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18

Ed. Dunbury is in the city to-day.
Thos. Mimms, of No. l, is here to-
day.
Hugh Gholson made a flying trip
Nashville yesterday.
ID. II. Hunter, one OF Henrietta s
solid men, is here to day.
&c. Morrow and wife left last
night on pleasure trip to New
York.
Mrs. J. G. Reid and son left last
night for Cleveland, o., to visit rela-
tives.
j. Whit Broaddus, of Erin, en-
route from visit to relatives in
Christian county, passed through the
city to-day.
Harry Robbins, a popular candy
drummer, is selling sweetness to our
dealers to-day and dispensing pleas
ant smiles.
w. b. Young returned this morn
ing from Dawson. His appearance
indicates that his trip was beneficial
to him. He reports a pleasant time.
Mrs. G, G. Smith, Misses Kate
Howell, Mamie Campbell, May Jor-
dan and Halle Rives leave tonight
for Chicago to attend the dedicatory
ceremonies of the Columbian Elk
position.
Polk Prince, of the First district,
accompanied Judge Turney to Louise
to-day. Mr.. Prince is sanguine OF
Democratic success in the coming
election. His district is among the
most active in the county. He says
it is almost solid for straight Democ-
racy.
d. Mack Neblett, Wiley Smith and
Jno. l.. Smithwick got back yester.
day from flying trip to Brownsville
1t is understood that Mack Neblett's
best girls home is at Brownsville
This probably accounts for his trip
thither. At any rate he looks par
ticularly well pleased to-day about
something.