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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-20

Be 1T ENACTED by the Executive and
Advisory Councils of the Provisional
Government of the Hawaiian
Islands:
SECTION l. The Pos, master: General,
as Manager OF the Postal Savings Bank,
with the consent and approval of the
Minister of Finance, may issue to any
person Term Deposit Certificates in the
name of the Hawaiian Postal Savings
Bank for deposits of not less than Five
Hundred Dollars nor more than Five
Thousand Dollars.
SECTION 2. The amounts so deposited
shall draw interest at rate not to ex-
coed six per cent. per annum to be COM
puted in accordance with the law reg
ulating the Bank. Such deposits shall
not in The aggregate exceed $150,000 at
any one time.
SECTION 8. The term for which any
deposit shall be received under this Act
shall not exceed twelve months.
SECTION t. The form of the said GER
tifcates shall be as follows, and shall
contain the conditions hereinafter set
forth:
HAWAIIAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK CERT
FIcATEs.
s No.
Honolulu. .1S9..
Received from. in
Coin, Dollars on
Deposit, pavable in Coin on pre-
sentation of this Certificate, properly in
dorsed. This deposit is made for.
months. and will bear interest from
.IS9. :, at the rate of. .....
Der cent per annum. and in accordance
with tbe conditions nr;n+ed bereon
T,+o-aO+
....................
Minister OF Finance.
CONDITIONS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-20
ACT 40.

An Act to Increase the Facilities to
Depositors and Providing for Term
Deposits In the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Bank.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-20

MEssRs. II. G. OVENDEN and Al
FRED ". CARTER have this day been
appointed Notaries Public for the First
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
TIC BONE THROWER.

The similarity of this latest explosion at
Paris to thai 1T Barcelona is so striking
As to suggest a concerted plan.
sun.
The dynamiter is likely to reduce the
ranks of socialists, for all Europe is charg-
ing the anarchists to modern socialism,
New York World.
The explosion shows that the boasted
| vigilance of the police aut horities inFrance
is not yet equal to the shadowing of every
anarchist.-Detroit Free Press.
This atroe;ous deed is regarded OF more
moment because it is the first instance of
the kind in which Legislative chamber,
while the mernbr RS were in session, has
been invaded bya bomb thiower.-M
kee Wisconsin.
The man who threw the bomb in the
French chamber of deputies, it will be OBJ
served. is not half witted crank, but a
member of a class which has determine
lions thar are strong, however indefinite
they may sometimes seen.-Proyidence
Journal
1t seems to be question whether the in
vention of dynamite was a good thing or
not. Since it has become the universal
weapon OF anarchists the very name OF
dynamite inspires fear. In the hands of
these. enemies OF society it is more de-
structive force than anything else which
can be obtained. Buffalo Enquirer.
The explosion of that bomb in the cham
Der of deputies at Paris shook the CONT
nent of Europe. This is not figure Of
speech; it is II simple statement of fact.
What has been done Mt Paris may he dupli-
Gated at Rome, at Madrid. at Lisbon, at
vienna, at Berlin. Nobody knows which
capitals turn will coia. next. The only
thing certain is the existence Of a common
peril. the oppressive sstiae of universal III
security. --i.artfofd Co,iT;i;.t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

A characteristic feature of Mashonaland
Is the kopje. Some descriptions of these
curious elevations are given in a letter to
Professor Geikie, by !. b. Don. formerly
one of his pupils. A uniform granite for
nation is, be says, by far the most promi-
nent geological peculiarity Of Mashonaland
and indeed of most of the interior of
South Africa. Sometimes it rises into
mountains, but usually the general level
is only broken by low kopjes, and in those
parts where the bedrock and surface are
--LATEST the kopjes present the most singu-
lar appearance. The whole country seems
dotted with these curbstones, and in
whichever direction you look they gradu-
ally close in the view, as the trunks Of
trees would in forest. Some of these
curbstones are 800 feet or more high,
sheer all round, and apparently of smaller
diameter than height. Sometimes the orig
inal mass has been SO broken up az to
form the most marvellous steeplelike strIc-
lures springing ont Of the rich foliage that
grows in all the creviees. Native huts are
built on these kopjes in the most inacces-
sible positions. News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

A case Of considerable interest both &c
the keepers and the customers of restau-
rants was decided yesterday in the diFi-
sional court Shortly, the facts were as fol
lows: The plaintiff was iii the habit OF
dining at the Cafe Royal, and ON the oeca-
sion in question one of the walters, with
out being asked, hung up his coat for him.
By the end of dinner the coat had vanish
ed, and the case which was tried yesterday
was the appeal of the defendant, Mr.. Mic
OILS, against the verdict of the county court
jury, who had given the plaintiff dam ages
to the amount of guineas. The judges
decided, but not apparently without some
difficulty, in favor OF the plaintiff, on the
ground that there had been evidence OF neg
ligence in the matter of keeping the coat
which the jury was entitled to consider, and
that there had been "bailment' OF the
coat. We fear that one effect of this decision
will be to cause the average waiter TO he
very shy of taking charge of the coats aud
umbrellas of guests, lest he should lind
that "bailment," with all its attendant
responsibilities, has come upon him un
awares. But, in spite Of this, 1t is much to
be hoped that the decision will be upheld
BY fixing the responsibility upon the
restaurant keeper the law gives the Gus
toner substantial defendant to sue if his
property il lost instead Of an airy stranger
who appears for moment, makes his little
mistake with the coats and umbrellas, and
then vanishes into the exit. No doubt
this decision adds to the troubles OF the
restaurant keeper, but he can easily avoid
its dangers by providing "A safe place for
his customers belongings, and declining
as the railway companies do-to accept any
responsibility for them unless there de
posited.-London Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
The Meaning Of Trolley.

Most persons who use the word trolley"
probably do not know the origin Of this
term or why this name was given to that
apparatus by which the electricity is con
veyed from an aerial wire. Twenty years
ago the word was used to designate "a
form of truck which can be tilted, for car
rying railroad materials or the like
This is the only definition of the word
in Webster's dictionary Of the edition OF
ls4S. In the edition of 1892 Of the same
work three other definitions are added.
|. "A narrow cart that is pushed by hand
or drawn by an animal" 1t is noted that
this meaning of the word is in USE in Eng
land, not in the United States. 2. "A
truck from which the load is suspended
on some kinds of cranes" This meaning
is technical, according to Webster, and
employed only in speaking Of machinery,
3. Electric railway IA truck which
travels along the fixed conductors and
forms means Of connection between them
and railway car" 1t is easy to see how
the primitive form of the electr ic trolley,
which travels upon the wires, came to re
eeive its name from its resent larice to 9th
er types of trolley, and the name having
been Immediately given to this primitive
form was naturally retained when the
method of connection was changed from a
little truck moving on wire 10 mast
having at its end wheel press ing on the
lower surface of the wire.--Ddtroit Free
Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

The ride from Atami to Kodzu, along a
beautiful coast. is Il thing to be remem-
bered. The coast is bold, the mountains
extending to he sea. The road, which is
the highway Of Il province, is from to 10
feet wide 1t is carved into the side OF the
mountains and winds in and out. follow
ing their contours, sometimes 800 feet
above the sea, then descending to pass
through towns situated wherever stream
comes in, making II delta of arabic land,
which is cultivated in terraces as described
at Atami
Oranges and lemons, figs and guavas,
flourish on this sheltered shore, and the
cultivation is as clean and minute as we
have seen anywhere. We meet many PEG
ple-men, women and children, farmers,
peddlers and travellers. The jnrikisha is
the only mode of conveyance beside walk
ing. Many family parties are on the move.
The sweet faced wife is in the first Jinrik-
isha. and the sober husband follows. Mel
ther shows curiosity or self CONSCIOUSNESS.
All along the coast fishing junks and
Sampans swarm, the fishermen generally
naked except for narrow breech clout-
Our coolies started with bare legs abovs
the knees, and as they grew warm with
their work they reduced their costumes to
the extreme limit of the law. Your Jap
anese does not like clothing when Mt work.
Going through villages we see mature men
dressed like the Apollo Belvidere and mat
rons calmly making their toilets in the
costume of Venus de Milo.-Boston Her
aid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

In discussion before the London do
cesar conference it was declared as the
unanimous opinion of that body that the
evil of early marriages has grown to such
an extent as to render some reform i'll the
marriage laws urgently necessary. Sub
seQuently, at the Congress of hygiene, DIR.
Korosi of Buda- Pesth read "a paper on
'tThe Influence of the Age of Parents on
the Vitality of Their Children, -" contain
ing remarkable statements in line with
the above declaration. He showed from
a comparison of several thousand cases
that the proportion of deaths among chill
dren from weakly constitutions or mala-
dies traceable to the mother was twice as
large among the children of mothers I'M
der 20 as among the children of mothers
over 80
Investigation also showed that the
healthiest offspring wills born of mothers
between 90 and 80, united to husbands be
tween 80 and 40; where either husband or
wife was under 90, the offspring proved
generally weakly. this being the case even
in Hungary, where the girls become
women at the age Of Is. In that country,
too, 5 per cent OF the number of mar
riages show the brides to he under 20
years of age, and i'll England IL per cent.
New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

In his Recollections of Military Serv-
ices" Sergeant Morris says that one
night, when he was completely worn out
with long continued and arduous labors.
he was placed as sentinel on post of con
siderable Importance. He knew that the
safety of the town might depend on his
vigilance, and that disgrace and death
awaited him if he We're found asleep, but
excessive WEAKNESS seemed to blunt all
moral sense of obligation. He says:
Iresisted the temptation for awhile, and
then, feeling that must sleep if died for
it. deliberately lay down on the ground,
rested my firelock by my side, and with a
stone for pillow fell asleep.
Time passed quickly, and now what has
seemed to me an intervention of provi-
dence occurred. ! was awakened by a ter
rible dream. An immense lion, fancied,
was about to spring upon me. In the ut
most terror | sprang TO my feet, instinct
lively graspng my firelock. Footsteps were
approaching.
Ipulied myself together and had sufTici-
ent presence of mind to give the usual
challenge, ''Who comes there:''
"The grand round" was the reply.
"Stand fast, grand roundl'' command
ed. At Advance. sergeant, and give the
countersign.
The sergeant advanced few PAGES, pro-
nounced the mystic word, and l called
out, Pass on, grand round; all's well. l."
1t would not have been well for me had
they caught me asleep. The inevitable
punishment for such a crime. under such
circumstances, would have been death.
had been asleep nearly two hours, thank
ed God for my deliverance and vowed
never again to sleep while on sentry. In
deed was too much excited to care for
any more sleep that night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
She Went After Anothe r!

A woman complained to the police last
week that fortune teller had swindled
her out of g gold ring.
Chow did it happen" asked the ser
geant at the station.
II went TO consult the clairvdyant about
u-well, about a little affair in which
am interested, and she said, Il must have
some of your gold before / can work the
charm Well. the only gold had about
me was that ring, and of course let heI
have it, She agreed to return it again
after n few days-as soon as she had
worked out what wanted to know-but
when / went there today found she had
moved, and none of the neighbors knew
where she had gone. ="
"Well, why don't you consult another
clairvoyant and get track of herr" asked
the sergeant alphabetically.
"That's sol / never thought of that
said the woman, frightening up and bid
ding the officer good day. "You police
officers beat all for thinking of things.
Indeed you do London Tit-Bits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

It seems odd that n huge animal like the
American black bear, able to skin n sheep
or slaughter a pig or steer likea butcher,
would bother itself about the tiny but
inert Larvae or the fragile eggs of bird,
but he does. There is nothing more awk-
ward looking than bear in motion, with
his hnlking. ungainly gait, siouching
along as if he could make no Roadway un-
less he had a wide field to swing himself
in. But the most expert slack wire per
former cannot s'irpass the graceful, sure
footed poise of bear as he makes his non
chalant way out on the bough OF a tree,
where he has discovered n bird nest from
which he is bent on extracting the eggs
He picks the delicate little things from
their cuplike depository as deity as my
lady's taper fingers lift the bonbon from
its satin lined box.-New York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
WEIGHING THE EARTH.
An Extraordinary Scientific Result and ths
Method by Which 1t Was Obtained.

An Extraordinary Scientific Result and the
Method by Which 1t Was Obtained.
The question of the earth's density and
weight has always been one of great inter
est to scientific men in general. Newton
proved that its density could be ascertain
cd by noting the detection of plummet
by the attraction of mountain. Bonguer
applied this method, using an instrument
called zenith sector" {see that title in
any good encyclopaedia in connection with
u telescope made to point at certain star.
After taking observations at one station
the. instrument was moved 100 feet and
again turned in the direction of the same
star. BY so doing it was found that the
graduated arc and pointer showed differ
ence of nearly one second OF an angle-this
on a level plain. Carrying the experiment
further, it was found that when one of the
stations was at the foot of mountain the
change of direction as shown by the zen
18th pointer was hardly noticeable; this on
account of the mountains attraction.
In 1872 Professor Maskelyne made eX-
periments at the foot of Mount Schihal-
lion, PerthshNe, Scotland, by which it
was determined that the attraction exert ed
by that mountain caused the plumb line
to deviate nearly six seconds from its nor
NAL. Professors Cavendish, Playfair and
Hutton, figuring from the known struc-
tural composition of Schihallion, found
that the mean density Of the mountain was
to that of the earth as > is to 9. From this
the mean density of the earth, as com pared
to water, was found to be as s to /. Other
more recent experiments make the ratio
vary from 1 Z to & Z to /, instead of to
i. shown by Caverdish ct al. Takif z sta
as the average, and the diameter If the
earth as 1912 IA miles, and the wei sLt OF
a cubic foot of water as 81 80 pounds, the
weight of the earth is shown to be 5,S42
trillions of tons of 2,240 pounds; or, in fig
ures. 5,S42 900. 900, 900 900 000, 600 tons =
st. Louis Republic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

- Ynse cneaeM G11y - - HA9-
- - LIZ Dosnr.
YSaru -. wben our x1,dfafhea 0xRo
49, til capital ~ Alahann wzs ~
| Aeauffful Iits7e city Of 81 Stevens. Is WNo
- firss capital a the state. and eaeh year
1 ekueee annrru bIed tberpthe men who started
| tR1e eOx,d old shin Of state 70 safely On her
| fsurs~y. But mot alone did there old
| worfhiss 10 there to make Laws. Like the
| statesmen Of this day and time, they mixed
considerable fraiic with their labuRS- Most
l az them were rich and lived in cpuIenee in
| their lovely country homes. When they
went to the capital, ffsrrsnre, they pro-
| decided 70 get out Of town life all there was
! Ia IL In consequence old 81. Stevens was
| 4 fast and goddess place The, biggest
| gamblers in the state collected there and
| fteecesi the rich and uuso;,hfsticated plant
1 ers and lawmakers.
| It is related that n was unwritten Law
| that no preacher should invade the pre-
| cinets Of st. Stevens. One day a Baptist
| minister reached there and proposed To
| preach He was uBeerernonionsiy seized,
| put In a skill and rowed across the river,
| where he was left with the Injunction that
| II he returned he would be tarrtd and
| fenthered. Tradition says the good man
| uplifted his hands and ia honest indigna-
| ton prpphe@ied the decay and ultimate
| abandonment of St. Stevens. His pruph-
ecy was fulfilled, for nothing now remains
1 OF old st. Stevens excerpt some rock FUN
! dationS, some marble columns, some graEe-
| stones and some memories Fifty years
| ago the town WAS abandoned, the capital
/ was moved TO TUSCALOOSA. the center OF
| the state, and the present 1t. Stevens, the
| seat Of Washington county. was built upon
| the river.
| A visit to the site of the first capital OF
| Alabama is full Of interest. As you APP
| preach IL you discover the ruins of once
| handsome dwellings. The stone founda-
| tons show that they were massive and III
! dictate that they were built with no regard
| for economy.
| Coming 10 thatown proper, one can cas-
| lily trace the streets and thoroughfares,
| They were carefully surveyed and laid OF,
| and many OF them were paved with stone.
| Near the center of the old capital city arr
| found the remains of the old state bank
and those of the leading hotel, About all
that reniains of the former institution Il
| the stone vault, in which was kept the
money Of the state and Of the rich legisla-
tors. The CELLAR is about all that remains
| Of the principal hosteiry. and from the
bottom of this massive oaks are now grow
| ing. The cellar is laid i'll solid stone ma
| sonry, but some 80 years ago aeorns bur
| led beneath the floor shot little sprigs up be
| tween the blocks of stone, and as the twigs
| grew and strengthened into trees the rocks
| were pushed aside to let them spread
Probably the place Of most interest,
however, is the foundation of the first cap
| itol That il WAS handsome building for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
TIE SCIENTIST.

French scientists have devised an arti-
fetal lacyDx which is claimed to enable the
dumb to speak.
1t is said that the sGdden expansive force
sxerte,l hy water at the moment of freezing
is probably us much rs 5000 pounds per
square inch.
Doctors say that there is small ganglia
in the throat that has control OF the mus
cles of that region and acts very mitch like
q true brain.
Biologists say that Richmond is built
over a bed Of chalk that contains 10, 1905. 000
minute extinct shells to every cubic inch
OF the stratcul.
The grip microbe is rounded atom with
. body marked with numerous lreases and
lines. each having smaller raaiatiDg lines
which give larger ones the appearance OF
being connected by fine hairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

As this is an age of novelties. and for
eign designers are struggling 10 produce
striking effects. you may receive shock
by hearing that engraved diamonds are to
be favorite wrinkle among people "a
whom precious stones are drug. Marie
Antoinette had her name engraved on a
diamond set in a ring. which is now for
sale in London. This ring was among the
late French crown jewels, and it has given
leading jewelers. an idea that is likely to
bear fruit over here, where fair women
deny themselves nothing their husbands
and sweethearts choose to give them
Bonfon Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

\ pair of ruobers are good investuit Mt
IN she.e later days. The interest they yield
ia doctor bills avoided is often a hundred,
two hundred or evea thousand per cent.
tx
We suYmise the editor of the shove is
wearing his left overs from last year. II
he paid trust prices for the rubbers he
eouldlt have figured so big inSs rest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
Weather Proof Humbert

King Humbert of Italy is intensely fond
Of rain and bad weather. The more threat
ening the state Of the atmosphere the
more eager he is for "a ride. He delights
in allowing the storm and rain to beat
upon him and thus putting his iron con
stitution to the test in conflict with the
elements. He generally goes out hunting
in the vicinity of Castle Porziano when
the weather is at its worst and many an
eyewitness has lively recollection of the
Inauguration of Harghcrita bridge in
Rome, when the mayor delivered u speech
while standing under an umbrella held
aloft by municipal guardsman. while
the king stood complacently by in the
dripping rain with his head uncovered
Earfalla
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
THE CLEANER.
were once taxed.

Boards were once taxed
Half of Mexico population are Indiana
The breaking strain Of an inch rope d
1000 pounds.
burned pure olive oil.
Copyright does not prevent poem Of
song from being parodied.
There are fewer lawyers In the English
parliament than in the American house a
representatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

IL 10 certainly to be hoped that the rumor
that our minister a. Rio Jal eiro has reco9'
n,1sd the insurgents as beilgerents is I'M
founded. This government should be very
slow to take any steps adverse t, the vel
fare of the Brazilian Republic. Rather
should we do everything in our power to
strengthen its HANDS in all possible ways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
The DrinkinyCun.

sit is somewhat curious thing" OBJ
served commercial traveller, THAT even
the most IA idious individual who win
reject with In ignasion atumbler that had
been used by another diner at hotel will
not hesitate to drink out Of cup or glass
on a railway train, although it may have
been used by thousands Of persons, many
OF them Of not overcIeaniy habits. The
same thing applies to the persons who use
the ice water coolers in public buildings
or hotels. Why, then, should SO much
fastidiousness bs displayed by persons at
. hotel Or ier table as to the use Of .
tumbler from which single person b
previously Observation-Disclosures Record
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28

Governor W si.e of Colorado declares that
he il in favor OF fighting for the free coin
age Of silver at the ratio of i6 to one ''tiIl
hi freezes over Ii is indeed hun lila
ton to a great American commonwealth 70
have in iss executive chair such a long.
hsiei frotby mouth from Ctankviil-; but
is / probably cafe to say that the mistake
will nsyey be repesfsd