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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-31
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The morning call., 1894-01-14
STAMPS AS AN INVESTMENT.

Sentiment and logic combine to give
what to many seems an lnexpllcahle
stability to p-cOllecting. Not the
least potent of the materialistic reasons
that help to sustain the popularity of this
hobby is the knowledge that with advan-
cling time a collection. even without addi-
tions being made TO it. grows in value and
becomes a good investment. This is true
more particularly of the better class. or
higher priced. stamps. and the reason
thereof is clear and simple. While the
rarer stamps do not increase in number,
but If anything, grows less with each
succeeding year, the number Of collectors
is constantly increasing. and in the past
lew years in much greater proportion than
population. Thus The supply is kept
stationary or decreases, while the demand
IL ever waxing.
1t is proper at this point to call attention
TO the distinction between speculative
stamps and those that come under the
head OF sound Investments. OF the first
mentioned the stamps are bought with the
purpose OF making quick turn ln the
market, while the latter may be purchased
with the idea of making profit from them
by reason of the almost certain future and
permanent enhancement of their value.
SO strongly imbued with the value of
stamps as an investment Is local collect
or, that he has repeatedly refused to In
sure his life, claiming that the same amount
OF money put into stamps. even with the
exercise of ordinary Judgment. will in
lew years give returns more satisfactory
than life insurance policy. That there is
some logic in this view is shown by the
regular and oittimes great increase In the
values of many specimens, nifty TO l0O per
cent being a not uncommon increase In the
course OF two or three years.
A few notable examples OF remarkable
advances in the price of stamps are here
given.
Frequent reference has been made of the
2-cen. CIRCULAR British Guiana, which
brought S101O at auction last season.
When +. de Cappet. whose property this
was. purchased it for about $50. or $3.50. in
London a few years ago. he created sur
prise and feeling Of misgiving among his
pbilatelic friends at what they were
pleased to term his rash extravagance. but
his Judgment was proven sound as subse-
quent Developments showed. AT the time
he paid this price for what he considered
to be philatelic gem, it was something
rare for stamp TO change hands at any,
The morning call., 1894-01-14

all respectable fishermen here deprecate the
act, shot several bullets through his boat while
II lay there, partly pulled out on the river
bank. SO IL will be seen thar Mr.. Wilson, who
was pI obably two or three miles away from the
scene OF the shooting, was in no danger what
ever.
There is no respectable man or woman here
who finds fault with the Fish Commissioners
Tor doing their duty. 1t Is the outrageous and
arbitrary laws which the State and county
legislatures infIct upon the people that fault is
against those who are so unfortunate as TO be
poor and are trying TO make a living without
having to resort TO highway robbery or petty
larceny, or both.
with regard 10 the Fish Commissioners. how
ever, there is one thing upon which The people
here would like TO have some light.
u. Watson. Deputy Fish Commissioner, is
drawing pension from the United States Gov
eminent for loss of eyesight, and as he is fire.
qGentiy seen going about here with a VIM
chester rifle on his shoulder the people marvel
or any other weapon. could be put by blind
man, also why blind man should be appointed
Deputy Fish Commissioner. A. B. SILVA.
The report as published in The CALL
was from IN interview with representa-
tive OF the commission and according to
the testimony adduced at the trial the in
formation received was pretty near correct.
Mr.. Wilson proved that he was wide
awake to the situation when he took pos
session of Silvs's boat, as by so doing he
fooled the poachers who were illegally
fishing at the mouth of the river. When
the 1ishermen's friends discovered the
trick Wilson had played on them they rid
died his boat with bullets. 1t is certainly
about time that illegal fishing on the Rus
sian River was stopped. and the Commits
sloners can rest assured that the better
class OF citizens of Sonoma County are in
favor of having Russian River stocked
with edible and gamy fishes.
The morning call., 1894-01-14

saving the Chinese are anxious to register.
At the conclusion of the official month
OF registration in this city some idea may
be gained as to the willingness of the
Chinese to comply with the law as COM
pared with the statistics furnished at the
time the bill was passed. II now looks as
if it was going TO cost the United States
more money to deport the Chinese who do
not want to register than to provide
means ( or those who want to stay In the
country and are willing to comply with
our laws. While it may cost considerable
10 get rid of the Chinese there is satisfac-
ton in the thought that the la W will be
rigidly enforced and that those W ho 60
cannot return again.
The morning call., 1894-01-14
A BIG SEIZURE.
Two Hundred Pounds of
Opium Captured.
Two Chinese Are Arrested, but a
White Man Escapes-A Po-
liCeman'S Luck.

In a week or two Police Officer Clark
will have about 1868 in United States coin
to add to his bank account, and in addition
credit the capture of 279 fiye-tael tins of
contraband opium aud two Chinese snug
glers.
Officer Clark was patrolling bis beat on
Taylor street, between Clay and SacIamen-
TO, Friday night. just in front Of Sergeant
Houghtaling's residence, and at about 10
o'clock his attention was attracted to the
suspicious actions of two Chinese who
were standing on the sidewalk across the
street. The officer had noticed them leave
a car few minutes before. 1t was evident
that the Chinese did not see the officer,
who was standing in the shadow.
The house the Chinese were watching
was 1121 Taylor street, the residence of a
widow named Mrs. Dwyer, whose son,
John Dwyer. is an engineer on the steam
ship City of Puebla, which runs between
this port and Victoria. After waiting un-
til the street was apparently clear of peo-
pie the two Chinese crossed the street
and, tapping at the door of the house, two
sacks were passed out to them and the
door closed. The Chinese turned and
hurried down street, but were overtaken
by Clark before they had gone square
and arrested. They were taken to the old
City Prison and searched, eghty-one five
tsel tins of unstamped Victoria opium
being found in the pockets of their
specially made blouses. The Chinese
were ideu titled as Lo Sue. head of the Ye
Chong firm at 739 Jackson street. and one
Lee Tong, highbinder.
Clark at once returned TO 1121 Taylor
street and camped before the house, the
arrest of the two Chinese being carefully
concealed. About daylight word was sen t
to Deputy Surveyor Sam Ruddell, and he
at once requested Clark to remain ON watch
until he could get some of the customs in
spectors. From early dawn until about s
o'clock yesterday morning Clark dis
covered nothing about the house TO excite
suspicion, and was about to give up his
vigil when man drove up to the door in a
light wagon, drawn by single horse, and
took from it a case such as cOaloil cans are
usually packed in and started to carry it
into the house.
and dropping the box ran at top speed
feet for the officer and escaped, Clark re-
the two sacks and the case mentioned in
all 1913 five-tael tins OF uns tamped Victoria
opium. This, with the drug captured from
the Chinese. was turned over 20 the Govern
ment officers. while the horse and buggy
which the smuggler deserted was taken TO
a stable near by. Later in the day the
Government officers made thorough
search of the house at l121 Taylor street,
but found nothing. The white man who
escaped is known and his arrest is hourly
aYpected
The morning call., 1894-01-14
ALAMO SQUARE SAVED.
" The CalPs" Suggestions Accepted
by City Authorities.

Dy lily AutnOritIeS.
About two weeks ago The CALL
directed the attention of the Supervisors
and Street Department to the shameful
neglect of Alamo square, on Hayes-street
hill. The city had expended about S25, 900
in cutting down the rocky hillsides and
grading them to levels which engineers
thought would be proper for terraced
pleasure park. But after the first heavy
rains of this winter change came over
the smooth and sloplng ground. 1he wOrk
had every appearance OF being labor In
vain, for deep furrOws were cut by water
running down the slopes. and unless
timely action should be taken to preserve
the grades, several thousand dollars would
have to be spent In repairs.
On the four sides-that is on Steiner.
Scott, Grove and Hayes streets-the soft
soil had washed down over sidewalks, and
was carried in different places clear across
the streets. The METROPOLITAN Electric
Company was compelled to keep force Of
men employed on Scott street. 1t was
their duty TO dig trenches for the water
and keep the tracks clear. On the Oppo-
site side no attempt was made to check
the washOuts, and consequently Steiner
street was rendered impossible. What
might have taken place in further wet
weather could be readily imagined from
the effects of the first rains.
IHE CALLS information, when learned
by the city authorities, led them to exam
inc Alamo square. in which $4,000 had
been invested already. 1t was seen that
immediate action should be taken or else
the city would have still another unDeces-
sary bill to meet. And no time was lost,
either. in doing what should have been
done before the rain set in. The square
will not run the risk of being cut into gull
leys and ruts by future rainfalls.
WOrkmen. with teams, grading imple-
ments and cultivators. have been busy in
the embryo park for days past. so it has
been put in good condition again. Slopes
were coated with manure, and the ground
has been literally covered with grass
seed, which will soon begin to grow and
prove an effectual barrier against the ef-
fects of transforms.
The morning call., 1894-01-14

Tomorrow begins the Third Week of
our GREAT ANNUAL WINTER CLEAR
ANCE SALE and still there is no abate-
ment in the interest of the public. First
class goods at three-quarters, one-half
and in many cases one-third of their
real value, is our way of attracting Gus
toners and increasing trade. The
prices given this week are only SAM
pies of the great reductions in all de-
partmentS.
The morning call., 1894-01-14
CHINESE REGISTRATION.
The Highbinders Carry Their War
Into the Interior.

Yesterday Internal Revenue Collector
Welburn received advices from Watson
vile and other interior towns announcing
that as fast as the circulars were posted
up by the Collector, written in the Chinese
language and telling the laborers when
and where they could register, they were
being destroyed.
In this city the registration is far short
of the number expected, and from the
present outlook the Government will have
to pay the passage back to China of fully
three times the number of Chinese
counted Oh when the McCreary bill was
passed.
The Collector has advices from San
Diego and other points from bis deputies
The morning call., 1894-01-14

substitution for window glass is now chron
Icled among Important recent inventions. 1t is
manufactured Of blchromated gelatine, and is
as transIucent as opal glass. 1t reflects the
rays OF the sum- is tough and flexible, bends
without breaking, is not injured by frost and
will not diSc0lor in water. A bad conductor OF
heat, exposed to the air it becomes stronger and
stronger.
The morning call., 1894-01-14
Sheriff's Sale Postponed.

The Sheriff's sale Of Sozin's V. c. Ba-
zssrs, which was to have taken place yes
terday. was postponed until tomorrow.
The auction will be held at IL, IL and
o'clock respectively at the braDches-302
Davis street, 421 Kearny street and 1372B
Market street. The claims so far aggre-
gate 81, ,S68 08, and it is probable that a
further postponement of the sale may take
place tomorrow, pending an arrangement
with the creditors.
We produce and eat every year about
$40 06J tons of beetroot sugar
The morning call., 1894-01-14

SAY, girls If you want to fool that best fellow.
just ask him to give you his package of Whites
Yucatan Gum. when he asks you TO be excused for
. moment between acts. See?
The morning call., 1894-01-14

E&AreH
Are easily attained, and those who fail to avail
themselves OF the means should not complain
when accused of gross neglect. The SOZOpoNT
will speedily eradicate the cause of foul breath
beautifying and preserving the teeth to the Oldest
age.
The morning call., 1894-01-14

The first horse was brought to this con-
tinent in 1918. Now there are in the
United States alone 14.056, $50. valued at
$941, 100000.
The morning call., 1894-01-14

In connection with the Clearance Sale
we will this week offer an immense
purchase of DOmestiCS from the great
PEREMPTORY TRADE SALE of Bliss,
Fabyan 6 Co., held in New York City
on November 22. There were 10000
packages of Domestic Cotton Goods sold
on that occasion at forced prices. We
were among the largest buyers. The
goods have been delayed and have only
just arrived. Read our prices to dis
pose of them at once.
The herald., 1894-03-08
A Chinese Lntterv Dan.

Entering a Chinese lottery den, one
sees On the walls a large representation
of lottery ticket beautifully engrossed,
and also large slips of paper, each slip
containing one of the 80 lottery charac-
ters. When the drawing is to take
place, these slips are taken down, rolled
into pellets so as to conceal the writing
and then thrown into pan. They are
there well mixed up and again taken
out and placed in four wooden bowls
marked /, Q, 8, 4, 90 of these charac-
tors being distributed equally among
the four bowls.
One of these four bowls contains the
winning characters of the drawing.
Which is it to be2 Again four pieces
of paper, each printed with number,
l, 2, 3 or 4, corresponding with the
numbers marked on the bowl, are rolled
up, thrown into box and shaken. A
disinterested person, sometimes little
child, is called in to draw out one of
these numbers. For this service he re-
ceives cents for good luck. The paper
bearing the given number is straight
ened out, the number Iead and the
bowl selected which corresponds with
the number. This, of course, contains
the winning 90 characters, and all the
other go characters in the three other
bowls are destroyed. The bowl chosen
is taken up, and one by one the charac-
ters are unfolded. An assistant is sta
toned near the large lottery ticket hang
ing up, and as each character in the
bowl is read off the corresponding char
acter on the wall is marked. AS soon
as the 30 lucky characters are called
out they are pasted on piece of paper
and hung up where every one can see
the drawing for that day.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The herald., 1894-03-08
The Golden Rule In the Boxing Ring.

The high moral value of boxing as an
exercise and of the boxing code to which
every boxer must submit is due to the
fact that they compel men to be just, to
accept equality, to respect the rights of
others, to be fair to their opponents on
their feet and magnanimous TO them
when they are down.
They take the golden rule down into
the gymnasiums of every first class col
lege and school and say to the youth of
today, who is to be the citizen of to-
morrow, Put on the gloves, young
man, and learn that you positively shall
not, in the boxing ring at least, do any
thing unto others which they shall not
do unto you.
Quite apart, therefore, from it's phys
ical benefits, which are greater than
those of any other form Of athletics,
quite apart, too, from its utility in mo-
ments of personal peril, which is too
obvious to need pointing out, rejoice
at the undoubted growth of boxing in
the general favor as distinct and val
liable moral advance. 1t is already
taught in nearly all our leading colleges
and private schools. I hope to live to
see it taught in all our public high
schools, and this more as means of
moral discipline than of physical i'm
provement. nt.--Donahoe' Magazine.
The herald., 1894-03-08
THE cAMEL.
He Il PiEheaded, Obstinate, Unsociable
aud Unnaanaeeable Brute.

ne - Pigheaded, Obstinate Uneociabie
and Unmanageable Brute.
Camels are not like horses. If horse
docs not want to do anything, we make
him. If a camel does not want to do
anything, he leaves il undone. No
amount Of coaxIng. no amount of cruel
ty, will make him bulge. He has the
determination OF a mule combined with
the strength Of an elephant. A camel
is one of those aggravating brutes which
will drive hot tempered man to distrac-
tion. Nothing will persuade him to lis
ten to reason. He will llUppose your will
with a passive resistance that is abso-
lutely unconquerable.
The only way TO treat camel is to
humor If yon cannot hnmbug him.
They will often lie down if you load
them with the proverbial last straw,
and you might beat them to death or
offer up all the pleasures of paradise be-
fore they would get up. They are pig
headed boasts, Sometimes when they
have quite light load they turn nasty
and throw themselves to the ground.
But although they are obstinate they
are not cute, and an Arab, by pretend
ing to eubmit, can generally get the
better of the stubborn beasts. The driv-
ers will ostentatiously remove three or
four packages from the load, and the
animal, with an inward chuckle OF
satisfaction, rises at once without per-
ceiying that the parcels have meanwhile
been returned to their former place. AS
he fiatters himself he has shirked some
OF his duty he swings away with light
heart, gratihed beyond measure, like a
spoiled child, at having his own way.
The camel is an unsociable beast. He
is also habitually dull, except when he is
shifting the salt air of the desert. When
he is treading the sands, with the burn
ing sun on his back and the boundless
waste before him, he feels himself at
home. The immense heat makes him
bubble over with pleasure and fills his
frame with sublime intoxioation. 1t
has been stated on the best authority
that he can go nine days without wa
ter. And if you had ever seen a camel
drink when he does get a chance of
quenchiDg his thirst you would not be
surprised at this. They have been
known to put away ~ gallons at a
time.-Ashton Reporter.
The herald., 1894-03-08
FAlLEDi

Hailedl ~Ah. yes. poor fellowI' you say,
Nothing from life be seemed to gain.
His was truly losing hght.
And all too soon the cruel night
Closed around-bsat him down. 30 was
Yes, failed,r you say.
Failedl But tell you-teli you nayl
Twas noble fight be fought and we'll
With courage held high aud brow clear,
No akuiking idly IN the rear.
And IL yanquished 'tReFe Aghting-fghting
No fsilars. Iaay.
And look you. What call you successG
The poor plaudits OF some few menY
palace reared from the cold
A red heap of this earth dug gold2
A cathedral erypt2 And then Well, what
then2
Why, only guess.
And say again, Count you the cost
OF this bridge7 To what is it nailedf
What are its bulwaTks piled high-these
You GROSS to your City Of Ease?
Mani tell YOU tbs built on the failed
The fighters who lost.
And he-scorn or pity SIS you will
Twas in fording that stream he fell.
For freedom, for man, for tho right!
Was his cry in the heet Of the fight,
And for these and for you, rang his knell
Then "failed," say you stilR
nry shca reach yegr pseEaised land new
On his failufe-on those the world rallied
They, tho stuff of whom heroes are,
Who saw its light gleam from valleys afar
And fought for it-died for it-failed.
No failure, ! vow-
New York Ledger.
The herald., 1894-03-08
The pAre OF TIE EXODUS.
Et Would Seem 20 Lie Between the Years
1A20 ana 1900 B. Q.

kt Would Seem 30 Lie Between the Years
14e0 and 1890 h. O.
Although the monuments and papyri
give as no direct information upon the
subject of the exodus. they do indirect
ly indicate certain period within
which it must have taken place. Thoth-
mes III, who was the most powerful
king Of that dynasty (the eighteenth)
which finally drove the Hyksos invad-
ers out of Egypt and reunited the whole
country under one scepter, extended his
conquests as far as Masepetamia, over
running Palestine on his way. He left
lists Of the conquered nations, but does
not mention the IsraeiiSes among them.
Rameses ii Of the nineteenth dynasty,
tho supposed oppressor, who reigned
about 200 years later, also eubdued
Palestine and left lists Of the conquered
peoples, but be, again, does not men,
ton the Israelites among them.
What is perhaps still more impor-
tant is that, while the Israelites have
left records Of invasions by Mesopota-
mians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites
and Philistines, they do not mention
any invasion by the Egyptians. and the
conclusion Is that the Israelites we're
not settled on the west side of the Jor-
dan till after the wars waged by Ram
eses III at the commencement Of his
reign, which began not earlier than
1888 B. O., or, as some. now say, 1895
B. g.
1t has been attempted to explain this
difficulty away by suggesting that Ram
eses II kept close to the seacoast on his
march through Palestine and did not
strike inland till he was some distance
to the north of the Israelites, but it is
inconceivable that he should not have
secured his long line Of communications
by establishing posts so far inland that
they must have been brought into con-
tact with the Hebrews IL the latter had
at that time been settled in their own
country.
The earliest date, therefore, at which
the Egyptian history will permit the
exodus to have taken place, even when
full allowance is made for the time
spent by the Jews in the wilderness and
in conquering Palestine, would seem to
be about 143O B. c., while, if the shorter
chronology be adopted, it could not
have been much earlier than 1900 B.
C.-Soribner 5 Magazine.
The herald., 1894-03-08
Woman In English Politics.

The woman canvasser is a picturesque
feature of English politics not yet famil-
lar in this country. At one of the re-
cept elections the women canvassers,
who really love the heat and burden of
the day, received their reward in this
world, for the day before election the
leading Liberal paper in London paid 4
handsome tribute to the untiring and
successful exertions of the go women
canvassers who had been working On be-
half of the ministerial candidates. "They
went in" wrote the special correspond
ent, " where the mere male canvasser had
ignominiously failed, and they came out
victorious. A voter whom persuasive
woman cannot get the better of is clearly
beyond the reach of all human argul-
ment." The chief requisites for this sort
of work, it would seem, are robust
constitution, an infatuation for politics
and distinct call for the work.-New
York Correspondent.
The herald., 1894-03-08
Kenosha, IN: wes.ern eretna areen.

There is probably no city or town in
Wisconsin where SO many marriages
take place as at Kenosha. 1t is the
Gretna Green for Illinois and also
many towns in Michigan. Hudson is
also noted as a center for matrimonial
ly inclined couples from Minnesota, and
Hazel Green has like reputation for
Iowa and northwestern Illinois young
people who do not wish to be put to the
trouble or publicity of taking out a
marriage license. Kenosha, however, is
far ahead of its rivals in that respect.
The town is about midway between
Milwaukee and Chicago and conse-
quently has the Worlds fair city to
draw from for the greater proportion of
the business in the matrimonial line.-
Milwaukee Wisconsin.