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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01
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DAINTY ACCESSORIES.

The TeminInIty Displayed In All Sorts OF
Pretty Alterations.
Notwithstanding the hard times. Of
which most persons are complaining, mi
iady's dress throughout is most luxurious,
In witness whereof one has only TO point to
such minor details as petticoets, stockings
and shoes. Nothing IS too dainty or too
costly for the lady OF the period. She as
seTts her sex's privilege for any kind Of ex-
travagance and delights in any novelty
that adds 10 her sense OF luxury and re-
hnement.
Those women who have old lace by them,
or indeed lace Of any kind. black or white,
have an unusual opportunity for display
Ing il TO the best advantage, for it is intro
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01

On articles it less than cost, but stock
be reduced and willing give time to the
public for the next thirty days. regardless of profit to our
Selves do regard this ordinary advertisement
sales evidences that do just agree
not necessary to tell you that stock of Dry Goods Mill
merry and Furnishing Goods is large and we'll assorted which
patrons good fresh Goods Nothing will be held
back in this sale Everything will be offered at the large dis
count of One-fourth off, yP S-Terms strictly cash.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01
Tie illustrated Tourists Guido

Thst popular work, "THK TOURISTS
GC1Dz THROUGH THE HAWAIIAN ISL
ANDs," Is meeting with steady sale
both st home and abroad. Tourists and
others visiting these islands should be
In possession of copy Of it. 1t is per-
feet mine Of information relating to the
scenes and attractions to be met with
here. Copies IN wrappers can be had at
die publication Office, 46 Merchant
street, and Et the News Daalers- Price
50 cents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01
NOVEL CoTFFCEEs.

Some hniTdressers have brought out the
1880 style of hairlressing with outstanding
loops of hair in front, which have found
favor with certain ultra fashionable WON
en-. but not with the world in general,
though certainly the hair is dressed higher
at the back in the evening than in the day
time.
For elderly women thc hair is becoming
IL arranged in soft waved baudeaux on
either side and gathered into low soft coil
at the back
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01
Hawaiian
Electric
Company

will be able to furnish all the
Light and Power the City of
Honolulu will require, and, as
we now have some six large
wiring contracts to begin on,
as soon as the ustralia gets
in with big lot of assorted
wire, we would call the atten-
ton of those wanting ELECTRIC
LIGHTS in their Houses at an
early date to the ACCESSIBILITY of
having the wiring done soon.
As only a limited number Of
good house wire men are to
be had, contracts for wiring
will have to be taken up in
turn in the order received.
After the Australia gets in
we will have a complete line
of everything needed to wire
any building, including Elec-
troliers, Brackets, ETC., and a
large assortment of plain and
fancy Shades.
nELeave your order ear
ly and have the satisfaction of
having your House ready for
the lights when the current is
turned on from the New Sta
ton now under way.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01

Are you going to keep up
with the times and have your
House lit up by Electricity,
or are you going to keep
right on in the same old rut
and burn OIL simply because
you have grown use to the un-
comfortable heat, the strong
odor, to say nothing of the
danger from EXPLOSIONS, and
bother Of cleaning and filling
your lamps, ordering your oil,
ETC.? Which is the easiest, to
have switch at the head of
your bed and turn on q 16c.p.
lamp when the baby begins to
talk politics at A. M. or to
get up, fall over three chairs
and pull off half the wall or
naments feeling for the match
safe and then be told, just as
the lamp is we'll lighted, to
please put out the light,
baby is alright now ?"
In a few short months the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01
IfeI.ra In Hairdressinc.

For evening wear with certain styles OF
ornaments it il necessary to dress the hair
high, and there also appears great dispo-
sition 10 form the front hair in curls with
n decided point in the center.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01

STYLISH COLLAR WITH LACE FIOUSCES.
duced in every imaginable fashion. The
lace fiOunces which used to he worn are
now placed at the edge of the skirts, often
-fcstOOned with ribbon bows. They also
are introduced round the hips, while tri-
pie fiounces are made to cover the entire
skirt. Almost any shaped piece Of lace ap-
pears to be adapted to the shoulders and
10 the capes, which are of every form, but
mostly surround the yokes taper from
the waist over the shoulders.
Very dressy and at the same time feIni-
nine are the lace ruffs and collars which
render even n plain dress picturesque and
attractive. in the cut is shown n partic-
ulariy graceful affair IN velvet and pearl
lace. As may be seen by studying the illus
tratiOn, the three cornered lace founce is
headed by n straight collar composed Of
two folds Of velvet, finished with an earlike
bow 1T the back. and Ihesmell tippct Euied
on the shoulders
The fancy continues for translucent Ela-
tcrials, such IA lace grenadine, gauzc :.ud
The ike, in black, TO be worn over coioYcol
silk foundations. These affectations alter
airy frills and laces is in charming contrast
with the masculine effects gained in the
strictly tailor made suits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-01
Hawaiian Stamps
WANTED.

TWILL PAY CASH, FOR EITHER
Il large or small quantities of used Ha-
waiian Postage Stamps, as follows:
CThese offers are per hundred and any
quantity will be accepted, no matter how
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
immigration For May.

The immigration figures just issued by
the bureau of statistics of the treasury
department. for the month Of May show
very considerable reaction in the direc-
ton Of increased immigration from the
falling of of last year. For the five
months ending May 81, as compared
with the corresponding period of the
previous year, there was falling off of
10000 and upward, and for the II
months falling OFF Of 10000. But for
the month of May, as compared with
the corresponding month of 1899, there
was gain of 8,148 The details of the
showing are interesting. The largest
gain over last year was in italian immi-
grafton, 1862. The largest loss was in
German immigration, 8,199. There was
falling off in the immigration from
Great Britain Of nearly 1900, and gain
in Austrian Hungarian of 1900. There
were considerable gains from the Neither
lands, Russia, Sweden and Norway, and
q small gain from France. The account
with Denmark and Switzerland shows
losses. The aggregate for the month was
as follows: Austria -Hungary-Bohemia
1000; Hungary, $3.50; other Austria lex
cept Poland), 1888. Denmark, 1,191
France, col; Germany, 1896; Italy, II,
8sS; Netherlands. 2,112; Poland, 2,1S4
Russia Except Poland), 11,2s1; Sweder
and Norway, 10,261; Switzerland, 607
United Kingdom England and Wales
1894; Scotland, 1858; Ireland, 11,018
All other countries, SOL. Total, 95.S85
Detroit Free Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
A ROADWAY OF TO-DAY.

OF such roads they had nearly score.
They stretched hundreds of miles across
plains Of shifting sands and through
fruitful valleys. They afforded solid
paths through deep morasses, spanned
dizzy gorges by suspension bridges or on
masses of solid masonry, scaled the faces
Of precipices and tunneled the eternal
hills. They led through regions of deep
SHOWS and across wide wastes where no
drop Of rain ever blessed the parched
ground. They equaled the best roads of
the old world in magnitude and work
manship and were four centuries ago the
best and greatest highways ever yet
known in the western world. The great
Humboldt pronounced them the most
useful and stupendous works ever made
by man.
The way from savagery to that high
state of living, of government and of art
doubtless extended through scores of
centuries. The destruction of those mag
nificent works began with the Spanish
invasion of Peru. Since that Ill omened
time no approach has been made on the
American continents to the excellence OF
the roadmaking Of that ancient race.
Yet they had comparatively little bulky
commerce to move long distances and
possessed no knowledge of the mighty
power Of steam, nor had they explosives
nor even tool of iron to aid them in
their gigantic work.
It has been said that the road is that
physical symbol by which one will un-
derstand any age or people. If they
have no roads, they are savages, for the
road is a type Of civilized society. A
leader in the cause Of improvement Of
our public roads recently said that CO.
lumbus discovered America in vain IL
after 400 years we are still behind those
ancient Americans and are not ashamed
ofit. d. e. VERAs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
ofInterest % whist PLAYERS.

The whist players Of America are
greatly interested because Of the pres
ence on this side of the water of Henry
Jones' the Englishman who writes on
this noble game of cards over the sigma
ture Of Cavendish. Mr.. Jonesis here for
the purpose of taking part In the whist
congress that is to be held in Chicago,
and he is In great demand wherever he
goes. Whist players and newspaper
men beseech him for interviews, the
first class for the purpose Of having
knotty points Of play settled by his auto
cratic tips, and the second for copy that
may be sold for shekels. The players
are delighted because the great British
expert says the American lead" has been
adopted by progressive English players,
and the reporters occasionally secure
enough Of his time to enable the making
Of salable story.
1t should be understood by the public
that the whist congress is in no sense q
part Of or held under the auspices Of the
officers Of the Worlds fair. 1t is ON an
nual gathering of whist players, who de-
cided to meet in Chicago this year pos
sibly because the fair is held there, but
its arrangements are entirely in their
hands and have been made independent
ly Of the Columbian exposition'a commits
aSonara
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

Vacation time Is coming, and the sea-
shore dweller is getting ready to 80 to
the mountains, the tired city man is pre-
pairing to go to the country, the dweller
Of the interior is looking forward to
visit to the city and the shore. Each de-
sires change, and so illustrates the law
that rest and recuperation come not SO
much from cessation of activity some
times as from variety Of occupation and
new surroundings, new faces and now
scenery. It is well that this Is SO, for
the visiting of new places and the MAX
ing Of new acquaintance tend not only
to strengthen and refresh the tired toiler,
but to make him broader in bis views
and filter to understand the large prob
lens that as citizen of this age Of change
and progress he must grapple with.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
The People WIN Have to Pay.

Roadmaking is easy enough for any
body to comprehend from the road
which is made by one wagon following
the track of another till the grass is
worn away by hoofs and wheels, to the
road that is laid with care and regular
ity and presents hard and even surface
that is neither very dusty in dry weather
nor very muddy in wet.
That we have not as many of the kind
Of roads last described as we ought to
have is due to the fact that the country
is new and sparsely settled in COMPARE
son with its extent, and also to the fact
that we have not paid as much attention
to the subject Of good roads as we should
have done. We are beginning, however.
to make up for lost time in this respect
that is, we have advanced to the point
of discussing the subject, and that pre-
pares the public mind for the next step,
which we may assume will be the count
ing of the cost. The people will have to
pay that, and 80 it is possible to interest
even those who have no idea what bad
roads there are in the vicinity of great
cities in the matter. Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
Had He Rnt-

Had 1 but saved the Doodle I in other
years have blown, today might have
had little nest egg Of my own; / might
be now we'll heeled enough to join the
the happy throng, to spend a month at
Jackson park and take my folks along.
o povertyl thou art indeed ragged
mans distressl the robber thiefof human
hopes and earthly happiness, and count
less thousands mourn today the fate one
SO abhors-but some have fun while 9TH
ers stay at home and do the chores. So
must stay and toll for bread and miss
the great worlds show. but what a mot
ley crowd thered be if every one should
70, and in few days at the most I'm
bound to quit the fight and visit lands
beyond that beat this Worlds fair ont
Of sight. Nebraska State Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
On to Mecca.

The pilgrimage to Mecca has been ex-
traordinarily large this year, tho total
number of pilgrims already being about
double that of last year. Over 10000
have passed through Suez alone, and 1t
is estimated an equal number have ar
rived at Mecca by overland caravans.
The usual resultant conditions Of the pill
grim season favorable to epidemics have
been consequently aggravated, and the
Egyptian quarantine board has declared
all the Hedjaz littoral to be foul and ap-
piled severe measures to prevent the
spread Of cholera and other disease.
Cholera has been rife at Mecca for SONS
time, and the number of deaths has been
great. Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
NUMBER As
overdotng Things.

No one Of the recent commercial fail
ures has stronger lesson for men Of un-
bounded enterprise than that Of Erastus
Wiman Of New York city. For num-
ber of years past MIR. Wiman was special
representative of prosperous COM
mercial agency, andthe connection gave
him an income of $c5, 900 a year, enough
to satisfy ordinary ambition, and to earn
which it would seem that 300 and odd
working days are none too long Never
theless, Mr.. Wiman for FIVE or six years
has been Interested in variety of enter
prises, each of which was enough to tax
one mans capacity for administrative
work. One Of them was rapid transit
steamboat and railway line from New
York city across the bay and threading
Staten Island. lines aggregating over 80
miles.
After making good progress couple
of years Mr.. Wiman retired before the
system was half complete, leaving the
control and management to others. A
second scheme was to thread the island
with electrical railways, motive power
to be furnished by lighting and motor
plant which has been under construction
over year. Another enterprise has
been the erection of homes for the mid
ding classes, to be sold on installments,
with life insurance policy to secure
the payment and to secure the family Of
the purchaser in case Of death. As a
preparation for this enterprise Mr.. Wi
man secured the title to about 1000
acres Of farm land accessible and suit
! able for the purpose. Incidentally has
advocated and devised plans to carry out
building and loan association with the
insurance feature attached to the loans.
| A racing association ON the beach 3
Staten Island is another project towl !
Mr.. Wiman has given some attention.
All Of these projects are feasible and
in line with public needs, and Mr. Wi
mans intimate business associates de-
| CIhT0 b1Hb IL l0 ndU 0oVOVOSA A4AAAoVAA w
any one Of them exclusively he might
have made fortune for himself and
created public benefit as well. But
aside from inability to attend to 30 many
irons at once Mr.. Wiman had insult
ficient capital at the start. although he
was fortunate in possessing good credit,
With inceptive enterprises resting upon
foundations liable to be shaken in every
financial furry, the final outcome might
have been looked for. And along witt
Mr.. Wiman tumble the schemes. AL
Of them feasible and reputable in them
selves, they must carry the stigma q
having broken an enterprising man ani
wait long time for new investors.
Meanwhile the people who stand ii
laneed Of the improvements must be tn
s chief sufferers. Does that sort of I
mania for doing things paya
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
Pensions and internal Revenue.

Texas paid last year $6O6,375 of inter
nal revenue taxes and received in PEN
sions $005 5,e3O. South Carolina paid $71-,
e12 revenue taxes and received $171,-
120 in pensions. Tennessee contributed
81, ,278, 1862 and drew out in pensions
$2,484, sos. Alabama's revenue taxes were
$tO6,771; her pension receipts were $4OO,-
729. Arkansas paid 800, 5,7t8.86 revenue
taxes; received in pensions, 81 ,470, N.
West Virginia's revenue tax was $807,-
1886 and was paid In pensions 81, 1885,
7O8.12. Louisiana and Mississippi to-
gether paid $734, ,s3s.20 and received
$847, ,552. As in pensions, Maryland, Della
ware and the District of Columbia paid
$3,2SS, ,873.77 internal revenue tax and
received in pensions "a, ,920, ,890.13. Step
over into the northern states, and the
conditions are reversed Illinois paid In
revenue tax 1896, 6,705, 1888 and received in
pensions so, 9,348, ,998. New York paid
S17,e7O, ,978 revenue tax and received in
pensions $11 ,762, 400. The aggregate
amount of internal revenue taxes paid
by the 10 southern states and the Dis
trict of Columbia was SO, 690, ,802.28, and
the receipts from the pensions were $19,-
eO0, ,681. 81, nearly twice as great.--Cor-
poral Tanner in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

With the approach Of hot weather the
question Of clean, healthy surroundings
is one that must command the attention
of every one, and especially in view of
the fact that reports have been published
that cholera can always be prevented by
keeping things clean. The physician
should be the preacher of cleanliness, for
cleanliness saves more lives than oil Of
the drugs known to us. This includes
body cleanliness as well as that of sur
roundings. Use water, deodorizers and
disinfectants steadily through the hot
season. There is sanitary condition Of
our bodies as we'll as our surroundings.
Bad matter is continually exuding from
the pores of the skin, and if this is not
washed off frequently it will become the
breeding place for disease germs. Fatal
germs are in dust dirt and particles that
float in the air. These cling to the body,
and under the warmth of the heat from
the body they multiply.
Many who are filthy get infectious dis
eases, while those who are clean escape.
It is the safest protection that one can
obtain to surround the body with q clean
skin. Our surroundings must also be
clean, sweet and pure. Filth creates in
fectious atmospheric conditions that baf'
fle the wisest sanitarian, and every epi
demic beginsin dirt. Decaying animal and
vegetable matter, imperfectly cleansed
clothing, person or bed, are all breeding
places for diseases that may in time be
come epidemic. The physician should
work TO prevent all of this, and every one
who has the good of his country in mint
should aid him in trying to keep the sur
roundings of the community clean ant
sweet in hot weather. Yankee Blade.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
SOME EoLpEAMeRIoAN t1IeHwAYs.


cas- Were Unsurpassed.
A hardy race once dwelt in high val
ley shut in by snowy mountains. Cold
rains often drenched the unfriendly soil.
In this Its native home the potato was
dwarfed and bitter, maize was stupted.
the hardy barley would seldom ripen,
and no other cereals afforded food for
man.
Bearing the hard burdens Of their rug
ged life made the people brave and
strong. In conquering many difficulties
they became cunning, patient and per-
Eistent. Having grown numerous aud
powerful, they seized another and fertile
valley and established there their central
stronghold. They developed agriculture
and the arts and taught tolerant reli-
gion. BY persuasion when they could,
by force when they must, they allied
with themselves many other people and
SO became strong above all other nations
on the continent on which they dwelt.
They climbed the barriers that hemmed
their mountain home and cultivated all
the valleys that ran from them down to
the sea. Their gardens terraced every
mountain side. They tunneled the liv-
ing rocks and led their waters far over
sandy plains scorching under rainless
skies. They made the barren deserts
bloom and compelled the wastes to give
to man abundant food. They moved
whole communities to conquered prov
inces, to make there new homes, to min
gle with the subdued race and thus to
continue the work Of subjugation and Of
assimilation.
To hold fast all 80 gained they estab-
lished arsenals and magazines at short
distances. They realized, as our own
nation has not, that without food at COM
mand the largest army is weaker than the
smallest, therefore stored abundant sup
plies along the lines Of march. And from
post to post, from colony to colony, from
city to city, they made roads, broad,
smoothly paved and walled by stone,
shaded by fruit trees and by flowers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
It appears that the Austrian and Ger


man imperial governments are profound
ly interested in the American school
question. They both oppose as openly
as they dare and secretly with all their
might instruction in the English Ian
guage only in our public schools. They
try to foster the Misunderstanding spirit
among our immigrants and throw all
the weight of their moral support on the
side Of schools where instruction is Civ
en- in German and other foreign tongues.
They can have only one object-that Of
insidiously working to destroy this re-
public. With knowledge Of the depths
Of treachery and meanness to which the
desperate monarchies of Europe are will
ing to descend every American citizen
will know how to act. The existence Of
this noble and prosperous republic is a
perpetual menace to kings. Self preser-
vation i1npels them to resort to every
means, no matter how unworthy, to dis
integrate and destroy it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22


A snow bank here, puddle there,
With mud between-a Lions share-
And then strip OF slanting Ice,
Washed CLASSY by the SUMS device,
Where one may sail along, then slip
In some pond-a foundered ship
With broken ribs and tattered sails,
A victim for some jester's rails,
And though 'twere Joy to "run aground
There's uot solid bit around.
There's tufted grass upon the sides,
But then, alasl the guttcr's tides
OF siush and slop-a warning moat--
VIII not our longing Footsteps float.
The rutt1d track holds fast the pace
we exercise with doubtful grace,
And though we sigh for earth or snow
Ia one unbroken stretch we know
That spring affords in measure rife
VarietY-the spice OF life.
Buffalo News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

The fruit trade of California is in
creasing enormously, and she fiatters
herself that she will soon be able to sup
ply not only the United States, but Eu-
rope as well. That may all be, but with
cherries, for example, at 40 cents q
pound in the large American cities, what
good will her abundance do anybody
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

Professor 'sNatural-Law-In-th -the-Spirit-
nal-World" Drummond had the courage
or the cheek or the effrontery. according
TO the point of view, to tell the Boston
women that the difference between the
sexes Is fundamental and eternal Icha-
bodl