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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-20
a Pointed Hint

Dissatisfied Guest-Waiter, you don't
seem to know how to broil steak at
this eating house. Let me give you
pointer
Waiter with some alacritO - All
right, sub, only we usually calls 'em tips.
Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-20

Daily Advertiser SOC. per month
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-20

DAILY ADVERTISER, only so cents
per month.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
GENTLEMAN BROWN.

wretched little vagabond and saw him
safely out of the town in good condi-
ton.
One day he brought a specially bad
specimen home with him. He came
into the house and into the dining
room, where the family were at dinner,
the wretched little tramp dog at his
heels.
He looked up at his master, wagging
his tail, asking for something to eat.
A plate of food was set down and the
little dog snatched at it ravenously.
Brown seemed to think that it was all
right. He did not offer to touch the
food. When the little dog was through
he asked for another plateful and had
ais own dinner.
He kept the little dog for quite
awhile, always permitting him to eat
first At night he took the dog into
his kennel, himself sleeping outside.
He was not at all intimate with the
dog, but treated him as a visitor, not
at any time as a friend. The tramp
finally went on his way, strong and
well, and as plump and sleek as any
dog need be. What was said between
these two dogs both at meeting and
parting would be very interesting to
Known Y Recorder
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

what am l to do?'' replied the fox,
treacherous thought dartiug through
his mind.
''If you would just drag me gently
along out of this rain and wind, to
some shelter, will be your debtor
evermore."
The fox bent down as if to comply
with her request, but, alas for all his
promises, pinned his sharp teeth in her
little neck, bit her head off, and in a
few moments nothing was left of her
but few feathers.
And then a strange and dreadful
thing happened to the inhabitants of
the beautiful park and forest. Up to
the present they had always lived I'M
In olested by the creature called man,
but now Dame Nature put it into mems
hearts to come into their peaceful do
main and, with cruel weapons, to hunt
and Stay them-some for their beauti-
full coats, and some because they were
good to eat
Then the animals began to quarre!
amongst themselves, and the fox hated
the rabbit, the hounds quarreled with
the stag, and the poor birds in the fer
est began to live in fear of the cruel
armies and guns of their human enc
mics. And all the happy days vanished
for evermore, which always comes to
pass when honor and charity are for.
gotten. And perhaps the fox was pun
ished severely enough for his bad be-
havior.-Pall Mall Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
FACTS AND FINDINGS.


BELGIUM is declared to be the most
incorporate country in Europe.
In 1898 the United States had one
liquor dealer to every 272 of the popu-
lation.
IT is stated that one thousand, five
hundred and thirty-nine liquor shops
are owned by one hundred and seventy
two members of the house of lords.
The following declaration was signed
by over two thousand members of the
medical profession in the United King,
dom: That the most perfect health
is compatible with total abstinence
from all Intoxicating beverages
whether in the form of ardent spirits,
or as wine. beer, ale, porter, cider, etc. :"
ARCHDEACoN FARRAR gives IN the
London Humanitarian some appalling
facts in regard to the effects and preva,
lence of drunkenness in England: THE
number of drunk and disorderly per.
sons for twenty-five years is no fewer
than 4,26S, 022, though not one in twen-
ty of the drunkards are arrested Pau.
perism has extended enormously, but
the chairman of the Coventry board of
guardians has never seen an abstainer
come to the workhouse for relief; the
same is true of fifteen other work.
houses
In forty years the consumption of al
coholic liquors in France has trebled
In fifteen years insanity has doubled
in France and the statistics of disease
and crime prove that the French peo-
pie must soon meet the liquor question
fairly and squarely or go down to
shame and disaster from drunkenness.
France is wine country and it has
often been used as an illustration of
the blessings and benefits arising from
use of light wines. But the facts
show that wine-drinking paves the
way for the use of other drinks and
that wine-bibbers soon demand strong,
er drinks.
A WRITER in the German Army Jour,
nal calls attention to the seriously un,
satisfactory physical condition Of the
army reserve, attributing it to excess.
i've drinking. Another writer believes
that the whole future of the German
nation depends upon the solution of
the drink question. Germany is not
the only nation so dependency One
fifteenth of all the cultivated land in
Germany is devoted to the production
of materials for the making of alco-
holic liquor. 1t is estimated that the
loss to the country in money through
this diversion of land capital and la,
Dor is equal to IA sum large enough to
keep a laborer's family of eight per-
sons for eight weeks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
A MODIFIED BAR.
Intoxicants surreptitiously Sold In Patent
Drinks.

You wonder why proprietors Of
soda-water fountains are permitted to
sell liquors without license?" said the
proprietor of one of the largest foun-
tains in the city. well it is accom-
plished in this way: When the strength
of an Intoxicating wine or liquor is re-
duced forty per cent. there is no law
requiring person to take out a license
to sell it. 1t is then deemed nonintox-
icating. In this way we are able to
sell sirups of the flavor of any wine
that is made, such as sherry, claret,
port, Madeira, etc. In making it up in
a sirup the strength is reduced much
more than forty per cent. No, there
are no inspectors for the soda water
trade that know of The fact of the
matter is that introduction of mixed
drinks in which wines and liquors
are used is of recent date. Sew
eral years ago the only drinks
you could obtain from soda
fountain were those consisting of the
sirup of fruit and carbonated water.
Then lemonade was added; then the
numerous patent drinks following upon
the heels of acid phosphate, until at
present there are hundreds at patent
drinks upon the market, all claiming
to do wonders for the nerve and brain.
THE saltwater fountain of to-day
is bar on a modified scale. We sell
almost everything that is dispensed
over the bar, only in modified form
so modified that the Intoxicating effects
are completely done away with, leav-
ing nothing but the taste. Recently
lunches in the shape of biscuits have
begun to be popular, especially during
the winter months, when hot drinks
are being served. This introduction
takes many customer from the res
taVrants, for numbers of ladies go to a
soda-water fountain and find they get
just what they want in the way of
lunch by procuring cup of bouillon
or hot chocolate with crackers. The
soda-water business has progressed
wonderfully. Great sums of money are
being made in it, for since the prices of
patent medicines have been cut so much
the druggist expects to make his profit
for the year during the saltwater sea.
SON n-pittSburUh Dismal ch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
THE UNGRATEFUL FOX.
Story of an Ancient Feud Between tho
Birds and the Animals.

Story of Ancient Feud Between tho
Birds and the Animals
1t was q beautiful spot in which to
wander; the park with its long
stretches OF velvety turf, and avenues
of stately trees, and the dim forest
carpeted with hundreds of fragrant
flowers, and murmuring with softest
zephyrs (for it was always summer in
the long ago.. Very few human beings
ever passed through the park or forest;
but they had many inhabitants, for all
the animals and birds that are found
in our country retreats now made their
peaceful and undisturbed homes there.
They did not dwell all together.
The forest belonged to the birds, and
the park to the animals; and neither
ever sought the others domain, for the
pheasant, who was the head of the
birds, and the fox, who ruled over the
animals, hated each other One day,
however, young and foolish fox,
roaming about, strayed on and on until
he found himself in the forest. Try
ing to make his way back to his home
he became caught in holly-bush, and
there stood lamenting piteously. Very
soon pretty, soft-eyed pigeon flew
along. AS soon as she caught sight of
the captive fox she turned to fly away,
in fear; but the prisoner began to
plead SO for help that she stayed her
flight and, venturing close up to him,
asked if she could help him.
ooh! fairest bird, if you would but
release me from these cruel BRAN bles l
shall be ever grateful cried the little
fox.
And the little pigeon, touched by his
distress, overcame her fears, and going
up to him, tugged so vigorously at the
bramblcs with her beak that in a mo-
ment or two the fox was freed. JOY
fully he ran Off and soon found him
self in his own domain. His friends
had begun to wonder at his absence,
and inquired where he had been. Then,
mounting the root of tree, the fox
babe them all gather round him while
he told them his adventure. When he
had concluded, all the animals declared
that he had been nobly treated by an
enemy.
and now, dear friends, let us show
that we can be generous to our foes as
WELL cried the young fox, who enjoyed
the dignity of his position on the tree
stump. My father, who rules us all, is,
as you know, very i'll, but in his alb
sencc l make decree that any inhab-
liant of the forest, whoever he may be,
shall not be treated as a prisoner of
war, but honorably conducted into
safety and freedom"
Time went on, the old fox died, and
the young one became ruler of the
park; but the grandeur of his position
made him proud and overbearing. One
day, when great storm had been
raging in the park and forest, the
youthful ruler hurried forth from his
home to preside over meeting in the
stays cave. AS he trotted down
through a dark avenue of trees he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
DRINK IN CLUBS,
A Social Medium of Ruin to Young Men,
Lives.

A Social Medium of Ruin to Young Mems
Lives.
One of the perils for young men, es-
pecially at the present time, is club
drinking. Many young men who would
be ashamed to be seen drinking in the
ordinary saloon are tempted to this in
diligence in the more select and 8sthet-
ic environment of the club. An old
New York club man is quoted as say
ing:
1.-The bar-room makes drunkards. l
wish l could say that the purpose of
the club was to make men sober but
as l can not do so with truth, l might
as well confess among other things
that the tendency of the modern
club is to intensity the drink
habit till it degenerates, particu-
larly with young men, into the disease
of inebriety. know of scores of prom
Using lives-and so does every club ma n
of experience-that have been wrecked
by the opportunities for conviviality
afforded by clubs. If the stewards of
the leading clubs in any of our cities
would confess to the number of MEM
bers they know to be habitual drink
ers, or rather habitual drunkards, the
report would startle the uninitiated I"
Friends of temperance, while labor
ing for the legal suppression of the
saloon. should also exert all possible
moral power for the restraint and abo-
lition of club drinking. -National Tenn
perance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

heard soft, plaintive cry from some
where near, and, looking about. he
soon discovered wood-pigeon, whom
the heavy storm had injured, lying I'M
der an oak tree.
what are you doing here?" cried he,
haughtily.
Il am sorry to be trespassing, dea.
sir" answered the pigeon, feebly, but
the high wind and rain blew me hither
and brought me to the ground thus;
but surely" she went on, you remern-
Der mel Did | not free you from the
clutches of the cruel brambles some
months ago, in our forest? Repay me
now by assisting me to a sheltered
spot where L can dry my plumage ard
then fly home"
''How dare you speak to me in such
familiar manner" said the migrate
full fox. ''Do you know am the ruler
of this park now?"
81 meant no offense," said the poor
little pigeon. II only beg you to as
Bist ME now"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
MAKING MAPLE SUGAR.
Description of Most Interesting Amer
lean Industry.

Maple sugar, which is made from the
sap of the hard maple, is generally
manufactured in the months of March
and April. When it is time to begin,
the men go around end with half-inch
bits bore holes little way into the
trees, and drive in iron spouts. In
these spouts are hooks on which to
hang the buckets. Only few years
ago every sugar-malier used wooden
spouts and buckets, and boiled the sap
In huge kettles hung on a pole over the
fire. When the buckets are nearly
full, the sap is gathered in a large tub
on sled drawn by horses. When this
Is full, it is drawn to the boiling-place,
and emptied into large watts OF storage
tubs. The sap is then strained and
boiled.
There are two methods of boiling
now used, viz, long pans and evapora-
ton. In the first case the manufac-
turer usually has two pans, one called
the sap or back pan, and the other the
sirup or front pan. The sirup pan is
shorter than the other These are set
on huge arches of brick or stone, with
large chimney at the back end. The
fire is built at the front end under the
short pan. The back pan is kept near
~ full of sap, and as it boils down it is
dipped into the front pan, and every
day when it is thick enough it is
dipped out of this pan and strained.
Although some sugar their sirup off in
the woods, it is usually taken to the
house to be canned or caked In the
evaporation the sap passes from the
back to the front of the pan through
small tubes so slowly that by the time
it reaches the front end it can be
drawn off as sirup. This is the more
rapid method, and makes whittier sugar.
Sometimes there is such big run of
sap that they have w boil nights in ortler
to prevent the sag from wasting. This
is the happy time of sugaring fcb the
boys, whose great delight. is to boil at
night. They roast potatoes in the
ashes, broil meat over the Goals and
boil eggs in the pan. 1t is fine sight
to see the flames shoot up and hear the
cracking of the wood as it burns
Edgar S. Pilkip, l. Harper's Young
People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

innocuous, but anything which will
bring the drunk" is the safest thing
In the world for the man or women OF
delicate constitution! During the CEN
tenial year, visitors to Philadelphia
were made to understand that the
water of the Schuylkill was not safe
TO drink. More recently, in Chicago,
at the Columbian exposition, visitors
were similarly taught to dread the
water of Lake Michigan. In both
places it was deemed necessary to take
freely of beer, or wine, or at least to
put little brandy or whisky INTO the
water. Occasionally one of the
visitors had satisfactory evil
dence from his personal expert
ence that his cautious friends
had reason for sounding note of
warning on the point. After eating an
unripe melon, walking about in the
hot sun for three or four hours looking
at the exhibits, drinking several
glasses of lemonade, and making 4
lunch of fried chicken and ice-cream,
he had sense of faintness with
twinges of pain, which, he was salts
lied, was the result of his unwisely
drinking glass of water of the region.
lie Ought to have known better" He
wouldn't try it again" He would
thenceforward stick to the trust
worthy beer or brandy. If Solomon
had only said; Look not upon cold
water when you can get anything
stronger to drink" how MANY follow
ers he would have had!-S. S. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

wretched little vagabond and saw him
safely out of the town in good condi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE EXPERIMENT..

"rve not single lesson learned.
Oh dear, what shall do?'
And Tommy stopped and thought bit
While tying up his shoe.
'Iguess I'll just begin to cough,
And have stomach ache.
And grandmall say when 20 down:
Susan, for mercy's sake,
That 10y Is sick and isn't At
To go to school to dayp'
think that grandmas are so nice,
They always find way
To help boy when he is fast
In places like I'm in.
Oh, dear; oh. dear, think it's time
10 have the pain Begin
But grandma was too old to be
Fooled by clever trick,
And so when Tommy coughed and cried
And said that he was sick,
What do you think that grandma did?
She put him right in bed
And put soapstone at his feet
And water on his mead;
And then she gave him castor oil,
And pennyroyal tea,
And made plaster that was hot
And big as it could be.
And grandma brought his dinner in
Upon a little tray.
He had just toast and all the rest
Had something good that day
And all that Tommy bore that day
Would be too much TO tell.
Next morn when grandma questioned him
He said that he was well.
-Jeannette La Flamboy, in Woman's Hom'
Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
AFRAID OF WATER.
Travellers who VIII Trust Themselves Only
to Strong Drink.

If the average traveller only feared
wine or brandy as he does water, it
would be a great gain to the cause of
temperance. No matter what part of
the world he is in, he seems to have an
idea that the only really dangerous
drink in that vicinity is the water. If
an American travels in Europe, he is
commonly told by his fellowtravelers
that the water there is very bad; it is
quite unsafe to drink it; he had better
take wine or brandy as beverage If
the European travels in America, he
learns the same thing about the water
here. A New-Englander going west
or south is warned against the water
of that region. He must take
strong drinks, or die Nothing in New
England on the other hand. so perils
a western or ii southern mans life as
pure spring-water Green apples,
wilted cucumbers, baked beans, are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
GENTLEMAN BROWN.
He Was the Protector of Many a Poor
Little Tramp Dog,

he was the Protector OF Many Poor
Little Tramp Dog.
Brown was simply a large dog who
was so strong, so fearless, so intelli-
gent and so active in affairs that he
was considered the champion of the
town.
He could thrash any dog round about
and always did it when it was neces-
sary.
But he was extremely kind and be-
Eevolent. He showed great kindness
to tramp dogs and protected many a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
TRAMPS IN BYGONE AGES.

Medieval Vagabonds Who Could Give
Pointers to the Modern Species.
The tramp is as old as civilization
itself. A contemporary suggests that
the original ancestor of the modern
type of rowing er-do-weels was Esau.
The professional tramp, however,
reached his highest degree of artistic
finish in the middle ages when all
kinds of roguery flourished and beg
CARS abounded throughout Europe.
France, Italy and Spain were the
countries in which this nefarious bust
ness attained the dignity of profess
sion, from which condition sprung one
of the strangest Kingdoms known to
history, kingdom presided over by
an elected monarch, himself beggar
and ruling over his beggar subjects.
They made themselves SO much dis
liked that they were hunted down like
wild beasts and their tribes broken.
The beggar kingdom was organized
for the advancement of roguery and
showed it's gypsy origin by the peculiar
dialect spoken by its subjects, their
jargon being the parent of the argot
used by thieves in France at the pres
ent day. The monarch, who usually
presides in Paris, ruled over this unique
kingdom by virtue of universal suf-
frage and was subject to deposition if
unfaithful. Stated councils were held
at regular meeting places, taxes were
paid and lieutenants appointed who
represented the king in different parts
of the country.
The duty of the latter was not only
to collect tribute. but to teach mem
bers how to beg successfully. As a
result of this regime of imposture the
French beggar became a master of
his art, each individual being spe-
ciai!st, and, with the exception of
few tricks, peculiar to Italy, the meth
DDS of the French beggar included all
the impositions practiced in European
countries.
Many of these methods were posi-
BILE only under the peculiar social con-
ditions of that time. For instance, the
'Hubins'' pretended to have been Bit
ten by mad dog, and, armed with
bogus certificate, implored aims that
they might journey to the shrine of st.
Hubert, in Liege, which pilgrimage
was considered sure cure for hydro
phobia in those days.
Another set of impostors simulated
epilepsy. BY means of a small piece
of soap concealed in their teeth they
frothed copiously at the mouth. One
class of rogues would tie a cord about
their upper arms so as to stop the cir
culation and then fall in the street, as
as if stricken with dread disease.
| Fake merchants ruined By hypotheti-
cal shipwreck or stripped by imaginary
| robbers begged on the highways, and
pseudo travelling iourneymen who
| never worked wandered about with
| implements of their professed trade on
their backs, implor;ng aid to help than
on their way. Chicago Post