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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-15

wATERMEIYONS OF PRECIOUS MEMORY.
velope and labeled. GA long way after
Longfellow." To be sure, there have
been many trivial rhymes and jingles
written concerning the king of berries
the watermelon is true berry and the
blackberry is not-but the amounted poet
of the watermelon has not yet begun to
sing, for exalted poetry must be serious
That the advent of this singer is not
far off Is likely, for, as the watermelon
has grown in importance as an element
of agriculture and commerce and finance,
newspaper writers in many cities have
begun to deal with it as BELTS an article
of so much moment, and serious treat
ment in newspapers always precedes
treatment by serious versifers. Perhaps
the most notable production having the
watermelon for its subject that has yet
appeared is a five column treatise writ
ten by a savant of st. Louis. This
learned writer has traced the waternel-
on from the time of the PtOlemies down
through the pages of history to the bus
Ting present.
Although the watermelon is undOubt-
eddy a fruit that has been known to
man since and before the dawn of ciV-
hzation, it was not until few years ago
that its cultivation and sale We're reduced
to such science IA to place it on its
proper level as regards other products
of the earth. There are, however, fea-
lures of the watermelon business as it
is at present conducted that grievously
pain the true melon devotee.
1t was only yesterday that l met a
citizen who, like myself, was among the
group of outsiders bossing the job OF
unloading a cargo of watermelons on
one of the New York docks. A careless
longshoreman dropped melon, which
of course burst into many fragments
and spilled its precious Juices on the
planks.
''Drat the InanT exclaimed my casual
acquaintance There's another first
class melon spoiled. Why, sir, it angers
me to see such unwarrantable lack of
care in the handling of such noble fruit
When I was boy, I'd have had my
Jacket tanned TO excess If I'd broken
such melon. But there We're no such
melons where / lived, although we had
watermelons, and in comparative plenty
when we could keep the sinful sons of
our neighbors from hooking them.
Il was deacon's grandson, and lived
with my father. and he with his, in one
of the backwoods townships of New York
state. My grandfather planted his water
melons one season in a patch of newly
cleared land away back in the woods.
He told no one where it was for fear that
the aforesaid wicked youngsters might
find it out and rob it.
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a
the markets had to be organized in the
northern cities When this was all done,
dollars came rolling into the pockets of
the men who had done it, and melons
are now shipped in enormous quantities
to every big city in the country, river
and coasting steamers and schooners be-
ing pressed into the service as well as
the railroads.
1t would be a hopeless task to try to
figure up how many men, women and
children reap financial reward from the
cultivation of and trade in melons. The
st. Louis savant who has made study
of the matter shows conclusively that
money made from melons IS factor in
the pockets of stockholders in almost all
the railroad and steamboat lines, and
that when these individuals go abroad
they spend some of that money there,
and so its influence is worldwide. Sta
tistics are sometimes q vain thing any
way, but it has interested me to learn
that this seasons shipments from south
west Georgia alone Will aggregate $500
carloads and that melons from that re-
gion go TO 1S4 different points, the states
farthest west being the only ones not
taking them. 1t is expected that the en-
tire state of Georgia will put out about
5000 carloads this year. and that round
million of dollars will be paid in return
for them to the growers and the rail
roads. OF the cities New York eats
most melons, next comes Chicago, then
Cincinnati, then Boston, Philadelphia
Baltimore, ST. Louis, Minneapolis and
so on down in the order named.
1t should not be understood that Geor-
gia is the only state raising melons in
quantities. They are grown in the Caro-
linas and in Florida, in Tennessee and in
Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and New York On the
Pacific coast they are plentiful in south
ern California.
1t is the exceeding plenteOuSness of the
watermelon that has rendered possible
those refined entertainments known as
million matches" wherein two indi-
viduals Of color pit against each other
the capacity of their stomachs and the
rapidity of their jaws ''for the collec-
ton" They have not been so frequent
IN New York of late years as they We're
in the days when certain Journalists"
used to organize them for the benefit of
their friends or to make sales fors news
paper stories describing them.
1t is held by students of the water
melon that each district produces diff
ferent variety of melon, but 1 cannot
vouch for this. After the Georgia crop
comes that from the CaTolinas, and then
the Virginia and the New Jersey crops.
And there is something about all of these
melons that like. I. D. MARSHALL
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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 Australia gets
in with a big lot Of assorted
wire, we would call the atten-
ton Of those wanting ELECTRIC
LIGHTS in their Houses at All
early date to the advisabiltyof
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.
MeLeave 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.
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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 a switch at the head of
your bed and turn on a l6c.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 well 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, 1893-11-15
Sale of a Strip of Government
Land, South Slope, Punch
bowl Hill, HOHOlu-
In, Oahu.

On WEDNESDAY, November -,
1893, ut II o'clock noon, at the front
entrance of the Executive Building, will
toe sold at public auction, strip Of Gov
eminent land, rear OF lot recently bought
by Mrs. A. VI. L. Smith, containing an
area OF I7I5 square feet, little more OF
less.
Upset price $50
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RICH, JUICY, MELTING
WATERmELONS, LARGE AND SWEET,
FILLED VITA RUBY, FLAKY MEAT.

I'm the Southland They Are Grown; In the
SorthIand They Are Known-BIg and
Green and smooth and Round, Better
Eating Meier Was Pound.
Should you ask me. whence these ueIonsg
Whence these ruby hearted monsters,
With their swelling 'rous roUUduess.
With their Juice Ike heavily nectar,
With their seeds OF ebon blackness,
With their Kinds 50 smoothly polished.
With their tints OF notified Crecnuess.
And their luscious, tOothsoLne sweetness,
Than Of honey, three times sveeterT
should answer, I should tell you
From the sandy soil Of Georgia
from the regions OF the southland,
From the country OF the sunshine,
Where the happy colorei brother
Feeds on millions full OF gladness.
Feeds and sleeps. aud. waking, feeds more,
Full Of JOY because he Hyeth
And can stuff himself with melons.
It is my opinion that the poets Of this
day and generation have sadly neglected
the watermelon. and this Is why 1 have
preserved the lines above printed, which
were found On the back Of a vagrant en-
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lone Sunday my father didn't go TO
meeting with my grandfather and | re-
manned at home also, and we two went
out to walk My father took along his
fishing tackle. and it is my impression
that he meant to break the Sabbath. In
fact, he did drop his hook into the wa
ter. but as he lost it and didn't catch
anything but a big root he said he broke
nothing but his fishline. When my ia
Their had accomplished that much, we
turned about and started home by a
short cut When we were about half
way there, we came to little clearing
full of stumps. In the middle Of the
clearing was a melon patch, and in the
middle of it-running along by three
etUmps-was a vine with three ripe mel
ors on it.
=. Goodness Iue, my father said, here's
Your gran pas melon patch. And Iswan
70 mercy if he amt a-comin this way
now home from meeting. Then my ia
Their dropped his fishpole in some weeds
"a - +to 10 IN On n good sized stump, at
and another had e sS6 q Sooa sIZeu lneton.
.ondon girl visiting the fah!np oy th''5
ulated just before the chair i, me aIlC,
I collapsed so ignominiously.- nc iooii'
isDafcii- ii 49, -,
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BYAUTHORITY


Sale of Strip of Government
Land, Soufh Slope, Punch
bowl Hill, HonoIn-
In, Oahu.
On WEDNESDAY, November -,
1893, at u O'Clock noon, at the front
entrance Of the Executive Building, will
toe sold at public auction, a strip OF Gov
~ eminent land rear OF lot recently bought
by Mrs. A. VI. L. Smith, containing an
area OF 17l5 square feet, 4 little more or
less.
Upset price $50.
j. A. KING,
Minister OF the Interior.
Interior Office, October IL. 1893.
35lI 1502-3t
week
World. Sale of the Government Land
tired WI of Waawaa, Puma,
seeing, Hawaii.
the grea.
great good "WEDNESDAY, November 10, 1898,
coast from the Aff,noon, at the front entrance
ton. Building, will be sold
General Dimond Is q, the Government Land
always interests. HIna, Hawaii, containing
life of such activittcres, a little more or less.
and withal so suc,s25O.
short account of it J. A. KING,
with eagerness. Iinister Of the Interior.
Although born an.e, October 10, 1893.
on the Hawaiian islap1l 1502-3t
parents were mission
Dimond is yet an AnvernInent Land at
Americans. The FAM TIiIo, Hawaii
orig -
o. Oh "EDNEoDAi' November TO-
1885, at IL O'Clock noon, at the front
entrance OF the Executive Building, will
be sold a public auctiOn. a portion Of
the Government Land of Kuaia, Hilo,
Hawaii, containing an area of 40 acres,
C1.5. . little more or less.
- Upset price $3.50.
o. t is conditioned that the purchaser Of
w; above land shall pay cost of survey
tbat- and plotting OF same.
A. Full Information in this regard can be
o. obtained upon application 10 the Land
Office, Interior Department.
JAS. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, October Is, 1898.
in - - 35I1 1502-3t
par
II of Government Land at
put Laepaoo, Puma, Hawaii.
.'I IN WEDNESDAY, November Is,
- V, at II o'clock noon, at the front
III. rance of the Executive Building, will
-: old at public auction, portion OF the
South 80 " "r 1',
kept oso - Tann
Memt ~ ~ I soo
comm p0 ZINC
Minister OF the Interior
Interior Office, October 1G, 1898.
3511 1502-3t
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THE UNDERSIGNED ARE PRE-
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Brass, Bronze, Zinc and Lead Castings
also a general Repair Shop for Steam
Engines, Rice Mills, Corn Mills, Water
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the cleaning of Coffee, Castor Oil Beans,
Ramie, sissal, Pineapple Leaves and
other fbrous plants; also, Machines for
Paper Stock, Machines for extracting
Starch from Maniock, Arrow Root, etc.
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R~- Published by the
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE PUBLISHING co.

Ter the UeInuIr p.OvoCsvrate. 1nt
natives were in the great majority
protestants, and had been educated
by English and American mission
aries, so consequently German rule
was unsatisfactory to them. As a
consequence Mr.. Morgan was fire.
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1n& St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
SNTGGLERS or CHINAUEA C1CGHE
OPERATIONS OF A NEw-ENGL\ND GANG Dis
COVERED BY \ TREASURY SPECIAL AGENT

OPERATIONS OF A NEW ENGLAND GANG DIS
COVERED BY \ TREASURY SPECIAL AGENT
Washington June 3.-Important disclosures as to
=, systematic underground railroad arrangement for
smuggling Chinese into the United states ny way oil
Canada are contained IN report Just made To III"
Treasury Department by Special Agent Converse J.
smith stationed at Boston. lie reports the arrest
ON the charge Of fraudulenty Introducing Chimes" into
the United states OF five persons Charles l.. smith,
of West Charleston. VT. Mr. and Mrs. willis Hopkins,
Of West Charleston, VI; Chin Poy. OF Lyndonvillc.
w. and Frank c. Park Of ST. Johnsbury, VT The
report says:
The two last named are Chlnamen and beg to
state that warrants have also been issued for the
arrest Of A. +. Miles, OF Stansead. p. O., aud Frank
Ross OF Charleston VI. Uhe latter the father OF
Mrs, W. Iiopkns, on the same charge. but as Yet
these two have not been apprchendcd TN December
:. Is03 | reported to the department that a. +.
Miles, OF stanscad, Quebec Province, engaged In
introducing Cinnamon into the United States the plan
adopted and something m to the extent OF his opera
lions since that time this agency has been con-
,inlally the alert to break up the system and to
cuu. the arrest Of the operators.
'Thi, organized gang land 1t Is believed there are
confdcratcs in ostOn) have conducted their nefaous
business nearly year, and from confessions OF
some OF those now under arrest can auth0rltauvey
state that Chinese borers to be entered clandeslney
we're first taken to Montreal and delivered to one Frank
Lee also a Chinaman and laundry man at sher-
brooke, Que. who sccret.d them Tor ten y,T day, oT
two weeks In order that no trail might be obtained
Of the men, and them under cover of the night they
we're taken by carriage by A. Miles to his residence
", Snnstcad near the border. Miles has fitted up his
house for the accommodation Of these men, ana mere
,hcy werc also detained for a time. ana then Tor
,tardct again by night Charles L. smith, at Charles
ton. VI. who in turn delivered them to the chinese
park nj St Johnsbury. some sixty miles from the
bordcr and at these points the Cnnamsn have uNeh
Frnnk Ross and wits Hopkins. also Matte Ross,
n daughter Of the former. and VINO was united IN
,orr,acc IN IIopkins two weeks since ut the house.
"f A. +. Miles all residing In Charleston; have also
frnuducntIy introduced Chlnamen ana acta as cnrrr, %
Mics 1rho undoubtedly the leading spirit has also
been engaged In smuggling OPIUM ana "'"er "'er
chnrdsc. A.. ,,.,os. and h...
orco n,,cd gangs that operated In New-Engnnd
has becn nnearthed and | look upon the arrest OF
the parties OF great Importance to the Govern
Inited states District Attorney aud other onicals'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
FATAL MORNING FIRE IN EAST FORTY
THIRD-ST
4 WHOLE FAMILY IMPHI sONED IN BLAZING
TENEMENT WITH FIRE ESCAPES

4 WHOLE FAMILY IMPII sONED IN A BLAZING
TENEMENT WITH FIRE ESCAPES
ONLY IN THE REAR.
Five persons were burned TO death at a fire
this morning in the fve-story fiat house at No
1873 East Forty-third-st. They were:
WILLIAM BENTE, twenty three years old.
LOUISE BENTE, twcntyone years. his wife,
EsSlE BENTE. twenty five years old his sister.
HELEN wFTMORE BIETZ. SIX years old, his niece.
Another Body was found in the same fat and
was identified as that of a man named Charles
Pugsley, who was boardcr with the Bentcs.
There wer" many narrow escapes.
The blaze originated in the dumbwater shaft
and shot up through the building. The Ecnte
family lived on the top floor, the fifth The
flames were by man in the street, who
called u policeman. The policeman sent in only
one alarm When the fircmen got to the fire
they found the tenants in great peril Those
on the lower floors We're removed without
much difficulty. Then the iiremrn tried to get up
stairs, but could not do so inside the house
Persons appeared. at the windows on the fourth
floor. They were NJ. BiorISell, Dane, and his
family, and they shriekcd for help. Scaling lad
dcrs were procured quickly as posi-
bic and were put up against the walls, the fircmcn
assembled them and the entire family was carried
down safely amid the cheers of the crowd. Tho
ladders were up to the top floor. When the
Gremen went inside they found four bodies burned
to a crisp in the front room. They were those
of the Bente family. The bodies were removed,
and later the iiremen, cropping amid the smoke,
stumbled over another b,dy, that OF Charles
Pugsley.
The fire escapes were in the rear OF the build
ing The blazing shaft was between the east
and west flats. and all avenues Of escape were
cut OF.
The building is owned by eX-Mayor Hewitt.
Il is one of a row known the "Nandcrbyt
fats II is surrounded by tenements. ont of which
swarmcd excited men ard women and children
The building is of the common tenemcnt-house
order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
DESPONDENT SHE TRIES TO hILL HEfSELf
4 WEALTHY MANS REFUSAL TO MARRY HIS
HoUsEKEEPER CAUSES HER TO At
TEMPT SiICIDE


Ottie Stcltcr, u German woman. twenty-siN years
old went TO the Grand Union Hotel yesterday about
! D. M. and a room the NTH boor was assigned
to her Three hours later hnbOy heard groah
come from the room and, going In. found tn" woman
living on the bed unconscious. An empty ounce
bottle with "Laudanum' on the Label. lay by her
side. An ambulance surgeon from Bellevue liospi'
tai soon arrived, and after using a stomachpump
on the would be- suicide, took her to the hospital,
where she lay early this morning in Il critical con
dition. Thr,. letters were found in the room. TWO
I'm German and In English. The letter In English
was addressed 10 a Mrs. Miles, Dulhcldst., Brooklyn.
The letter said that the writer was In great trouble
and had decided TO end her life. She said Mrs
Bran. OF No. $50 East seventy sxth-st, could tell
about It,
Mrs Bran. wien seen last night said that the
woman had gone to live with Henry Bollman, "a
wealthy wdowcr OF No. 431 East seventy third as
his housckccpcr about a year ago. HIS WE ued
shortly before that. lie had promised his houSe-
keeper the anniversary OF his wife death TO marry
her. When the day came he failed I" Keep MS woru.
Two weeks ago the wcman went to Els nome 10
plead with him, and She says that he beat her ana
kicked her out OF I'll" house . -, .,
Yesterday morning Ottilic bad Bollman arrested
and n, c,lsed him IA the lOrkvle Police Court oi
assault lie was discharged Til. dospondent young
woman then decided to end her life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
GIFT TO COLUMBIA COLLEGE.
JOSEPH PULITZER CONTRIBUTES 100000
TO TIE INSTITUTION.
1T WILL BIZ USED FOR THE BUlLpIN" foND-
PROVISION MADE TO ASSIST POOR BOYS


PROVISION MADE TO ASSIST POOR BOYS
THROUGH THE COLLEGE.
Tho tus,ec, Of Columbia College asked recently for
90 oooOoO to erect new college buildings on the sitc
obtained some time ago on Morning'id" H'ish'S' Inv
,ru.t.c. now have $50 900 subscribed toward thc
buldlng fund OF this amount Joseph Pulitzer "l'mh
the last few day. has given slVo'"o' MI i"i'''
has been quietly Interested In ihe coi"g'' an" NV
amoun, which he has subscribed j. an earnest oi MS
high regard for the Institution. This subscription Is
Il, play a double part. Besides being added TO inc
huIdipr fund II is 10 provide for the poor boys OF
tbe pulllc schools who win In open competition the
cole giat. scholarships previously established bv MI
Pulitzer an opportunity to obtain the preliminary
preparation required 10 secure their admission 10
collcg. of the first class
In consideration Of this Gift Of 100000 from Mr..
prlltzcr the college authorities have agreed to furnish
to each Of the boys winning scholarship adequate
o,nor,unitv In the high school Of the Teachers Col
lcce for preparation to pass an entrance examination
In any college which the pupil may select. Those
Of the boys who choose Columbia College VIII DE-
entitled TO a free tuition throughout the course oi
four years, either in the school Of Arts or the Hchoo
OF Mines.
Mfr Pulitzer founded these scholarships four years
ago. lie at that time proposed 10 give and since
then has given $50 yearly 10 each OF twelve boys
who were selected from tho public schools on account
Of the examinations they passed. one OF the nam
provisions Of tEcs, scholarships that they c"u"
only be- given to students who were unable 10 pay
their way.
Seth Low, prcsdcn: Of Columbia College s"'o H'S'
night TO a Tribune reporter: ave were oi co"rS'
very dad 10 receive Mr.. Puliizcrs gift, ana We h"P
Others will follow his example. This brings inc hnn
20 far subscribed up TO about Sj50,0Oo. th" totai
amount needed being $1,000 OOO The elI' now
ever will not affect our present actions l hny WY;
We cannot obtain possession Of the ne" S,c nh,I
1885 and therefore do work on me new
buIldIng until then. 30 we have plenty OF 'inc "
obtain the balance required"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
HE LAY DEAD on THE HOCSE-STEPS.
A WEALTHY CRACKER BAKER OF sCkANIoN'
FOUND BY PHYSICIAN IN ThIRTf

Dr. Rarsom Of No 30 East Tnirty-third'st. no
ticed "a sitting on the steps OF III" ndIohihe
house. No. %, about 10 O'Clock last night "h'h
,bc doctor approoobcd him 10 sec what the mat
Ter he found that the man was dead. Officer
Ouitey OF the West T.Ircih.st station. was called.
and the body taken to the STALLION Lc''er' anu
cards found on The dead man showed 'h't ne WAS
j. J. Ruddy. wealthy cracker baker, oi scranton
Penn. Checks amounting TO $500 were lpuhd IN
his pockets Word was sent 10 the coroner III ~
supposed that the man died from heart iniiure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
MANY FIREMEN KILLED.
Fatal. WORK OF A FIRE IN OMAHA.
A WALL FALLS BURYTNG UNDER 1T FIGHT MEN
FEARFUL RESULTS OF LIGHTNING

AND STORM.
Omaha, Neb, June 3.--The large furniture
house Of Charles Shivcrck d Co., on farnham-
ST. burned 10 the ground tonight md the IRE was
attended with the death Of Captain {. ID. Cox. oi
tho fire department: the fatal injury OF len
iamin Morris. Charles Ellington. George Coulter
and C.. IT, Pringlc. hremen. and James Coney' OF
Scranton Penn, a bystander The loss on the
building is $40. 900. and on the stock. 81 5o,ooo
Edward Maurrrs restaurant next door was dahi
aged $4,000 During the progress of the hre
the west wall fell, buIying the irenen IN the
ruins.
Fircmen Ouray and Dean are missing, ana IL
is almost certain that they are in the runs. Inc
fire was caused by lightning in the worst storm
ever experienced in Omaha. For six hours 'he
rain descended in torrents and the lightning never
ceased Telephone and telegraph wires are
burned ont and cellars flooded in almost every
part Of the city and it is roughly estimator that
Sl 90, 600 worth of damage has been done 10
property.