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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-13
WHY HE HATED THE BEAST
An Extraordinary Request Which Excited
the Curiosity of q Country Roarder.

| An Extraordinary Request Which Excited
the Curiosity of a Country Boarder.
ST never look at that old clock On the
nantelDiece," observed my friend Mrs.
". IS we sat in her parlor one evening
last week. that it does not call to my
mind an amusing incident connected
with my trip to the northern part Of this
state last summer.
4 was stopping" she went on, sin a
quaint little village at the only hotel in
the place. Every evening upon retiring
I heard voices in an adjoining room.
My curiosity naturally prompted me to
listen. The conversation was usually of
& commonplace order, but what really
attracted my attention was this strange
request nightly repeated:
Now, Jovilla. put that Internal beast
out Of the way and cover him up 1t
was mans voice, gruff, though, I fan
cied, kindly. This peculiar request was
invariably met with some such response
as this:
oh, Tom, shame upon you! What
would dear mother say if she knew how
you treated her present?
THE voice this time was distinctly
feminine and rather shrill and complain
ing. OF course I was fairly consumed
with curiosity. What manner of beast
was this which the poor woman was thus
obliged to put out of the way and cover
up? And why did they keep beast in
their bedroom anyway?
''In vain pondered over this seeming
mystery. In vain fretted and guessed.
Tom appeared to be so kind and even
tempered too. Well, could stand it no
longer, so l finally resolved to ask him
frankly for an explanation.
Mr.. Tom,' said to him one morn
ing, pray excuse my apparent rudeness
and curiosity, but won't you tell me
about that beast you keep in your room
and why you wish to have it covered up
every evening before you retire?
ga CLEAN of mirth lighted up his coun-
tenance. so you've heard US a-talkin,
neighbor.' he said. We'll, it's just this
away:
"'Jovilla, she's my wife, an she sets
great store by her ma, which, between
you an me an that there gatepost, don't.
So long bout last Christmas the old
woman give us clock. 1t wasn't much
to look at, but it had the awfulest tick
you ever heerd. Loud and solemnlike
it was, an it made me that nervous l
couldn't get no sleep O nights.
'"''Now, Jovilla." says 1, you'll have
to put that tickin beast-I always calls
it beast-out of the way or muzzle it
or su' thin, or I'll smash it with ham,
mer, will" So Jovilla she took it and
wrapped it up in her flannel petticoat.
"'But may never touch another drop
of cider eff the cussed thing didn't tick
louder than ever. That kinder made me
mad, an told her that if 1 herd that
tickin ag'in I'd stop it for good.
$50, you see, neighbor, Jovilla fixes
it every night before she goes to bed SOS
it KANT make no noise. She just puts it
in the washtub, throws big fur robe
over it, shoves it in the closet an shuts
the door.
"'An that, neighbour observed my
rural acquaintance, is what I mean by
coverin up the beast. New York Her
aid
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a PoDulRr Myth.

The time worn million stamps" lie
still survives and is likely to prove i'm
mortal People all over the country are
trying to accumulate 100000 Cancelled
postage stamps, in the belief that a
standing offer is made by the govern
ment or by somebody of a big prize for
such collection. Some think that S10,-
coo is the sum guaranteed, while others
imagine that the reward is the endow-
ment of permanent bed in a hospital.
The popular notion on this subject be-
ing somewhat underlined, letters asking
postofice department. But no denials
serve to destroy the widespread faith in
this strange Observation-Disclosures Let
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-13
A Luxurious Shanty.

If the intelligent foreigner who comes
to New York includes Shantytown in
his round Of observation, it must sur
prise him to see what difference exists
between the rude huts of that district
and the cabins Of the very poor in Great
Britain and France. The latter are built
to last, while the New York shanty is
only expected to tide over period of
four or five years; but, rude as it is with
out, the shanty is often the superior of
the European cottage in its furnishing.
Well made furniture, carpets, stoves
and wall paper are common to the shan
ty, while the peasant across the sea may
have to content himself with an earthen
floor and a bed built into the frame
work of the house. On q recent evening
a reporter saw a shanty that could not
have cost 800. It had lace curtains at
the windows. portieres worth about $40,
framed pictures on the walls, and was
lighted by a piano lamp with a silk
shade.-New York Sun.
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VICTORIOUS SCHOOLBOYS.
The Kamehamehas Win Two
League Games.

The base ball game between the
Kamehamehas and the Crescents
was witnessed yesterday by good
sized crowd of people. The Cres-
cents were not allowed to make a
single run, while their opponents
made ten tallies. Owing to the
illness of George Angus, the box
for the Crescents was occupied
by Willie Lucas, who pitched a
fairly good game, when his lack Of
practice is taken into considera-
ton.
The game on Saturday was an
other one-sided affair. 1t was be-
tween the Hawaiis and the Kane
hamehas. The Hawaiis did not
tally until the ninth inning, when
they had a lucky streak and piled up
five runs. Their opponents scored
thirteen times. The heavy batting
and superb fielding of the school
boys kept the audience from going
to sleep.
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The Crrcifx ofLouis XVI.

It has often been wondered what had
become of the cruciix used by the Able
Edgeworth at the execution of Louis
XVI. Our Paris correspondent says it
is now in the possession of the parish
priest of ST. Medard de Guisiere, to
whom it was given by one of his flock,
Nine. d'Espilat, when she was dy-
ing. She enjoined him never to part
with it because it was a sacred relic,
and she expected that Louis, the martyr,
would one day figure in the calendar
Of the church along with his ancestor,
ST. Louis. The crucifix, with the Christ
on it, is in old carved ivory and was prob
Ebly made at Dieppe.-London News.
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For Sale.
2@

House and Lot on Beretania Street,
near Pensacola; Lot 200 it. frontage and
40 feet deep.
II Building Lots and Fish Ponds on
the road to WAIKIKI.
Also, Valuable Block of Brick Build
ings in the heart of the City.
Upright Piano.
G. Z. BOARDMAN.
$685. If Agent.
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The illustrated Tourists Guids

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 a 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, 46 Merchant
street, and at the News Dealers. Price
60 cents.
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German
Syrup
ForThroat andLungs

q have been Ill for
Hemorrhage "about FIVE years,
"have had the best
Five Years. medical advice,
land took the first
"dose in some doubt. This result
led in a few hours easy sleep. There
"wasno further hetnorrhage tillpext
"day, when had slight attack
which stopped almost immediate
ely. By the third day all trace of
blood had disappeared and I had
recovered much strength. The
fourth day I sat up in bed and ate
"1ny dinner, the first solid food for
two months. Since that time I
"have gradually gotten better and
am now able to move about the
"house. My death was daily ex-
"pected and my recovery has been
F." a great surprise to my friends and
" the doctor. There can be no doubt
"about the effect Of German Syrup,
as had an attack just previous to
its use. The only relief was after
the first dose" J.R. LoUGuHEAD,
Adelaide, Australia. 8
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Boston English.
so gloomy?

George-Why SO gloomy?
Joln-I am desperately in love with a
Boston girl, and she said something last
night that fills me with alternate hope
and despair, because don't know what
she meant. She never sounds the "r,"
and she always gives ga" the broad
sound.
George-Well?
John-Well. I don't know whether she
was talking about her heart or her hat.
New York Weekly.
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Tourists and others visiting Hilo
can find the DAILY ADVERTISER
and HAWAIIAN GAZETTE (weekly)
on sale at the store of ]. A. Mar
tin, Waianuenue street.
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To Let.

Ia A FURNISHED COTTAGE
BE on Judd Street. Possession given
at once For particulars, apply to
II. GUM,
3397-tf At Egan & Gums.
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AGENTS FOR TdE CELEBRATED
American Rambler SafetieS

Fitted with Elleptic sprockets and q. &
J. corrugated air tube tires. These tires
can be fitted to any pneumatic safety,
they are practically puncture proof, do
not slip on wet roads, and are very fast
ANY desired gear can he furnished with
these wheels from No. 5j to so.
While on my Rambler wheel I'm seated.
And up the street, l swiftly glide,
They say discussion. grows quite heated
To know what wheel that man doth ride;
And when my wheel let them try,
They exclaim with look intent
This is the wheel we'll surely buy
If we don't lay up cent.
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STRAY sCRIBBLINGs.

The Waimanalo Steamship Co.
naVe recently sold out to the Wilder
Inc Inc There has been no sale OF the
uuie steamer Waimanalo herself, but
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Work equal to the best at San
Francisco prices at the GAZETTE
Office.
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Advice to Mothers.

Lee the childr make noise
som times thir happiness is as
important as your nerves.
As the buys grow up make COM
panious of them; then they will rot
seek companions elsewhere
Talk hopefully to your children f
life and its possibilities you have
no right to depress them because
you have suffered.
Bear in mind that you are largely
responsible for your child's inherit
ed character, and have patience with
faults and failings
Nitre is excellent for a cold, es-
pecially feverish one Use n
drops to teaspoonful, according to
age, once in four hours.
Respect their little secrets; if
they have concealmcnt, worrying
them will never make them tell, and
patience will probably do its work.
Remember that without physical
health mental attainment is worth
less let them lead free, happy lives
which will strengthen both mind and
body.
Find out what their special tastes
are, and develop them, instead of
spending time, money and patience
in forcing them into studies that are
repugnant to them.
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Proof Of Endurance.


"You're pretty small" said the
man who MAS engaging some men to
go on on exploring expedition with
him.
"I'm not very tall,n admitted the
little man.
"Not much over five feet / should
judge
Very little over that"
'That's what makes me hesitate,1
said the big man. ~ shouldn't think
you had enough endurance to standv--
"Endurancs?' exclaimed the little
man. why, sir, I've got 3 record
for that.n
"How so?'
Il put in whole afternoon IN the
rain with girl six feet tall and held
the umbrella over her head. If that
doesn't show endurance, | should
like to known-
"That's enough. You'll do. -
Detroit Free Press.
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OBJ WORK.
o. every description, plain or color
ed, promptly done at lowest
prices.
POSTERS,
PAMPHLETS,
6lLLHEADS,
CIRCULARS,
LETTERHEADS
SALE BILLS, 90
"Neatness taste and DESPATCH is
our motto. Call and ascertain rates.

squeezed herself. She had escaped
by a hairbreath, for the great iron
monster bad passed her with snort
like Wild beast and had pulled
huge volume of black smoke into her
very face before she had had time to
put her handkerchief to her mouth.
With crash like thunder the train
went roaring by.
Sue, half blinded aud sufIccated,
did not wait TO see whether the
southern express would stop or not.
She leaped out to the track again
and few on her mission to save the
other train coming down the Trestlc
Fork. She was but a momeet in
getting over the remaining ground
and reaching the ties of the trcstle.
She bad taken her station. raised
the red flag and was all ready before
the eastern express whistled for the
curve mile below. The one whistle
was followed BY series Of sharp
shrieks, and Sue knew the train was
saved.
The engineer reversed the lever,
the brakemen sprang 10 the plat
forms, the airbrakes whistled, the
whole train gave mighty groan and
shiver, and after a few irregular
shoots came TO dead stop.
The excitement over, it was found
that nobody ives seriously hurt al
though several persons were bruised
by being thrown forward, and all
were terrible frightened.
Sue tried to get away, but the
grateful people would not let her.
Before she had chance to escape
her mother and father came.
Mother, forgive mel" cried Sue
throwing her arms around Mrs.
Craig'sneck. chad to disobey you'll"
"Sue, my Child" said her father,
blowing his nose very hard, "here is
your Aunt Maria. She arrived On
the southern express, and she is GO
ing on to Niagara right away. You
had better run homo and get ready
to go along with her." and Mr.. Craig
blew his nose very hard again.
Sue made her trip, and enjoyed it,
too, despite her broken promise to
her mother, But whenever the mat
ter was referred to Aunt Maria would
say, "Thers are great duties and
small duties, Sue--great duties and
small duties" And then Sue would
sit and think.-Exchange.
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Newspaper editors have to be
very careful in opening their columns
for statements. But aware that the
DR. Miles Medical Co are RESPONSE
bic, we make room for the testimon-
ial from r. McDougsIl, Auburn,
Ind, who for two years motto d q
stoppage or skipping OF the pulse,
his left side got SO tender he could
not lie on it, his heart futtered, he
was alarmed, went to differe doc
tors, found no relief, but one bottle
Of DR.. Niles New Heart Cure cured
him. The elegant book "New and
Startling Facts, free at A. M. Gill
bert's. It tells all about Heart and
Nervous Diseases and many wondre-
full cures.
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See the Worlds Fair Tor 15c.


Upon receipt of your address and
10 cents in postage stamps we will
mail you prepaid our Souvenir Port
folio Of the Worlds Columbian Er-
position. The regular price is fifty
cents but as we want you to have
one, we make the price nominal You
will find it work of art and thing
to be priced. II contains full page
views of the great buildings, with de-
scriptions of same, and is executed
in highest style of art. I cot sat-
isfied with it after you get it, we
will refund the stamps AMI let you
keep the book. Address,
II. e. BUCKLEN & CO.,
Chicago, Ill.
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The Population OF Martins.
burg

Is about 5000, and we would say at
least one-half are troubled with some
affection upon the Throatand Lungs,
as those complaints are, according
to statistics, more numerous than
others. We would advise all our
readers not to neglect the opportu.
nifty to call on their druggist and
get bottle Of Kemp's Balsam for
the Throat and Lu0gs. Trial sire
free. Large bottles soc. and 81.
Sold by all druggists.
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For lame back there is nothing
better than to saturate flannel
cloth with Chamberlain s Pain Balm
and bind it on the affected parts.
Try it and you will be surprised at
the prompt relief it affords. The
same treatment will cure rheuma-
tism. For sale by E. G. Williams
Jr. & Co.
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Miss Lily (after the proposaD-
Il don't think you had better see
papa to-day, Tom; my dressmaker
has just been here with her bill.'i
Tom Featherhead-"That Is just the
time. He will be glad to get rid OF
you.n
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She-"So you saw my husband
for the first time last evening. Does
he remind you of any of his family?"
He-'Yes, he reminded me of his
wife, and said l needn't let on to you
where / saw him. Boston Tran
script.
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"And who lives in the big house
opposite?"
"Mr. Flinders, strand Mrs Film.
ders-the old Veterinary Surgeon
and his wife"
"They must be pretty well of, I
should think, to live in a house like
that"
"Oh, yes, sir; very rich, indeed.
Why, they 'ad golden wedding
there the week before last. Punch.
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Nothing Succeeds Like Sue
cess.

It can be said without fear of con.
tradiction that no medicine has had
greater success in curing Coughs,
Colds, Hoarseness and Consumption
than Pan-Tina. This celebrated
remedy stops coughing, soothes the
throat and lungs and irduces a good
nights rest. Hundreds can testify
to the remarkable and life-saving
virtues of this remedy. Pan-Tina
costs only % and so cents. Trial
bottles free at e. G. Williams, Jr.
& Co.'S. Drug Store.
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A gentlemen in Union County,
Mo-, who is too modest man to
have his name mentioned in the
newspapers, was cured Of rheuma-
tism by Chamberlain's Pain Pam,
after trying other medicines and
treatment for thirteen years. For
sale BY =. O. Williams Jr. & 90.
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Walton-"Is the fare improving at
your boarding place any?" Burton
-"Oh, yes; the butter is considera-
bly, stronger than it was last week =
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
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"What are you marking those col
lars fort You said they didn't IT."
@Tbat's it; If put my name on them
III never see them again. "-Ohics-
go Inter- Ocean.
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She Didn't Yearn For II.

She (triumphantly Some OF the
greatest women in the world-Har-
riot Martineau, Sarah Martin, Flor
ence Nightingale, Queen Elizabeth
and others-never married. What
do you think of thatY
He-I think it not unlikely that a
woman who wishes to become fam
GUS will succeed better without a
husband than with one. If you have
that ambition I will-er-release--
She-(hastily)-Oh, no, no, in
deed, IL hate fame.-Boston Globe.
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Jagson says We never know how
bad our friends can be till We see
them in amateur theatricsIs.- Elmi.
"a Gazette.
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What Shall the Harvest bee

Why! What can it be, but suf.
fering and sorrow, disease and death,
if you neglect the symptoms of q
disordered liver? Take DR.. Plerce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t out
sells all other remedies. Sold under
condition that it must either benefit
or cure the patient, or the money
paid for it will be promptly returned
1t cures all diseases arising from de-
ranged liver, or from impure blood,
as biliousness, Silver complaint" all
skin add scalp diseases, salt-rheum,
letter, scrofulous sores and swell
ings. fever-sores, hip,joint disease
and kindred ailments.
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AuCTIOhEER's NOTICE :!

J. v. QUINN offers his services as
Auctioneer in the counties OF Berkeley
and Jefferson. Having had over 20
years. experience can guarantee satis-
faction in selling and in price, or no
charge. Terms moderate. A share Of
public patronage solicited. Address all
Communications to j. ". QUINN.
Bedington, Berkeley county, w. Va.
Dec. n, 1880, Il.
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Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite
is poor, you are bothered with Headache.
you are fdgetty, nervous and generall GU
of sorts and want to BRACE up. Brace up
or bitters, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad whiskey, and which stimulate
you for an hour, and then leave you in a
worse condition than before. What you
want is an Alternative that will purify our
blood, start healthy action of Liver and
Kidneys, res.ore your vitality and give
renewed health ana strength. Such medi .
cine you will find in Electric Btters and
only 50 cents bottle, at E. G. Williams,
Jr. & Co., Drug Store.
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cuticura ResoIvent

The new blood and Skin Purifier, and greatest Of
Humor Remedies, cleanses the blood of all impuri-
ties and poisonous elements, and thus removes the
cause, while CUTIcuRA, the great skin cure, and
CUTIcuRA SOAP, an exquisite akin beautider, clear
the skin and scalp, and restore the hair. Thus the
burning scaly, pimply, and blotchy skin scalp, and
blood diseases, from pimples to scrofula, from
infancy to age, when the best physicians fail.
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TIME TABLES.

MONT ALTO RAILROAD
IVf TIME TABLE,
NORTHwARD.
In eject Dec. /, 80. Daily except snlday
From Waynesboro Mail. Acc. Mixed
AM Pm Pm
Leave WaynesbNro IT As A. TO-. :. .5.15
NJ. A. Junction $3.50 SOL. Il 80
" ChamhersDurg IS 40 10 7.40
SOUTHWARK.
leave Chambersburg. g. - % 05 :. / AZ
NJ. A. junction 1000 8. IS. .1.5c
Waynesboro. 10 SO II 0S Z. 8 20
Connection for all stations on CumDer-
land Valley and Pennsll AHA Railroad
J f. BOYD,
Men. . 81 Sup .intendent.
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Hoods
Sarsa parilla
Gu res

better than did ten years ago. This makes me
feel proud and cannot praise Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla enough. My case was bad one, but Hoods
Put Me on My Feet
and / am naturally very grateful to 1t. ] re-
commend it to all the people whom hear COM
planning of feeling weak and tired and for other
troubles. and know of many who have been
benefited by 1t. I am living witness to the
merit Of Hoods Sarsaparilla" JOSEPH o. 10.
PEI, Maynards, Md.
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Sold everywhere. Price, CuTrcuRA, SOC. Soar,
25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by the PorrER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston.
81" How to Cure Skin Diseases" "a pages, so
illustrations, and testimonials, mailed free.
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We had occasion to use your Cur1cunA RnxH.
DIES on our baby Gertrude for skin disease, and
We have fully cured her. We can safely say that
they completely cured her, and thank you for your
diseases to commence using them Immediately.
N. B. s. X. n. GENTRY, Richmond, Ky.
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nHIo RIVER RAILROAD
J TIME TABLE

On and after Monday ID c 10, 1892,
PASSENGER trains Wi. ii'n ~ follows:
#Daiy tnaily excep da
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QhpV'C Skin and Scalp purified and beautiHed
UHUI . by CUTIcuRA Soar. Absolutely pure.
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w. ] ROBINSON, G. p A.,
Parkersburg, W. Va