Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-09-15

Hardware
Comply.
August 80. 1894

from the four quarters of earth,
do so with little thonght of the
expense attached to getting out
paper and the trials and tribula-
tions Of the editor and frequent
loss of money to the owners
The d faculties which be set the
paths of newspaper people vary
according to locality; in the
Nothern States, where there are
"nine months winter and three
months very late fall, it frequent
ly happens that the roads are
blocksded with snow. just about
the til the paper supply is ex-
hausted. so the editor has to fall
back on his polished-surf ce
book paper to get out his edition.
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, away
back In the sixties an entire stock
of wall paper was used in getting
out a weekly paper, newspaper
was not obtainable.
In some places the people will
demand maximum of news.
telegraphic and local at min
imum price, and then want to pay
their subscription and advertis-
ing bills in wood or vegetables.
But when Saturday night comes
around the gentle and ungentle
compositor rebels, when he is of
fered anything, but coin in pay
ment for his services, and this
accounts for the fact that half
the editors In United States are
troubled with insomnia. We
have known compositors in coun-
try towns to actually refuse to
live on diet of roller compost
and strike if the editor would not
divide the contents of the paste
pot.
In Honolulu, things are differ
ent; paper is manufactured in
California, aud the ocean never
freezes so hard that the vessel
can't run, SO there is no delay
there III getting stock of paper;
the typos" usually meet the
business Managers on Saturday
with broad smile which they
give in exchange for good gold
coin, and the editors who do not
wear search lights in their shirt
fronts leave them off, because
they do not wish to be mistaken
by tourists for capitalists. The
compositors, too, Are Of better
class than you will find on the
Pacific Coast; they dress better,
live better and are better citizens
than you will find in other places.
even at twelve and IA half cent beer
is not indace,nent enough for
them to take on jig
If there is anything that will
set off the appearance of home,
a good hanging Lamps is the
thing. We have a new stock of
Lamps that is SO varied in styles
and prices that we can suit the
tastes and purses of everyone.
The burners, which is really
more important than the decora.
tons, nave been selected with a
to securing the most powerful
light with the least possible
amount of heat. We offer these
to the public at prices snf
fciently low to induce more peo-
pie to buy than We have Lamps
to sell.
Garden Hose is as much a
necessity as a teIephons. The
long stretches of dry weather kills
the grass unless il is irr gated
and yon cannot very we'll ilrigaie
unless yon have Hose, the water
supply is meagre but with little
eonsving one can always get
enough to keep the grass aud
plants alive.
Table Knives. Carvers. Spoons
and Forks are cheaper than they
have ever been before and We
have a big stock of them. The
Knives are the best made in the
ofafes and the spoons and Forks
the best quadrup plate. These
will last as long IS solid ware that
costs four or five times AS much.
We keep always a full line Of
these goods and can snppIy any
demand
We neglected to mention when
writing about Garden Hose that
We have a Quantity OF the latest
improved water sprsnksers that