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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-02
mAnCHEsTERs SHIP CANAL.


"a L. beginning To- Loom Up IA IA Large
Sized White Elephant.
It appears that the people Of Man
chester are beginning TO find that their
vauntod ship canal is something Of an
elephant on their hands The chairman
OF the canal company has submitted 20
the municipal authorities a report which:
does not make them feel very good.
His figures show that at the end Of the
current year the canal deficit will
amount To GIG, see, and unless some
thing can be done about it, nobody
knows exactly what, the city will have
to meet the interest of the bonds III
1896, which means an increase Of taxa
tion of l shilling ~ pence on the
pound, or about s per cent.
1t appears, too, that the canal COM
pany has entered into sundry obligations
which the corporation knew nothing
about and to meet which will make n
tremendous drain even on the resources
of the corporation. The canal Will,
moreover, have to keep dredges at work
ut cost of about $50, 600 year, and
more capital is called for to meet the
extra expenses of digging the canal.
The chairman advises the taxpayers
to make no further pledges to the canal
and announces that he proposes TO re-
sign the position of chairman, as he
does not feel equal to the task of eXtri-
eating the canal from its difficulties.
This all makes showing very different
from the roseate reports of the canal
which have been coming across the wa
ter.-New Orleans Picayune.
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THAT UNReFILLAeLe VIAL.
How the New Device Resists Attempts to
Use 1t n Second Time.

How the New Device BesistS Attempts to
Use 1t Second Time.
What do you think of a bottle that
can be filed only once-a vial that is
as worthless after its original contents
have been exhausted as n tomato can?
a Boston inventor has devised such a
bottle.
Some time ago Park square phar-
macist asked him to exercise his inge-
nuity on a bottle for the use of pro-
prietary fluid which could not be filled
a second time, thus preventing the man
ufactuFers of limitations from offering
spurious preparations in such of the
special bottles rs they might be able to
buy.
The vital principle of the new device
is a cork float with q rubber pad mt the
back, located inside a glass cap in the
neck, which closes instantly whenever
an attempt is made to fill it, This float,
once against the entrance, Is held IN
place by the weight of glass ball at
tached TO chain, having tho play OF
half an inch
The original contents find their way
out through interstices in the cap To n
groove in the neck of the bottle into
which no knives or tools can be thrust.
All parts of the invention are of glass
except the chain and floats and will be
blown in when the bottle il made
Boston Transcript
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THE OAHU RAILWAY LAND 90.


in
Ciyre nmendi as natura SAINT rum.
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CAPlTAL ANp coNFlpchcE-
All That IL Seeded Tor the American I,.a.
pie to start 70 AZ ain.

All That IL Seeded Tor the American P.a.
pIe to start IP gain.
Everybody who has money l. tirrd
Of getting ] per cent 81 no per cent fyr
IT, Every business man who has been
lying 0n his oars - crazy to do some
thing OF engage ia something lao under
stands. Every enterprise which has
been dormant IL feeling it's way for can
ltai ana confidence. Labor Is every
where eager for work and cmUlove,.
IT'LL more eager 90 open their works. It
only requires tine normal machinery Of
tha country 90 move la "a normal way.
Tor consumption 20 again make demands
upon production.
When the history Of the late panic
comes TO be written and the troubles in
Cidont 90 ~, one Of its remarkable fea.
lures viii be the effect upon railway
traffic, upon all business Of 80, 900, 600
people, 81 those who had 20 and those
who had no need TO ecOnOmiZe, but ala
80 ia every possible way. When one
family uses the old stove with the
cracked lids and pastes paper over the
broken pane Of glass and does not renew
any or the furniture or crOckery, when
they wear last years clothes and 20
from food which might be Iuxuries o.
food which simply supports life, the eco
Monies are demonstrated which follow
"a total on partial loss Of income
Precise y that process has been going
on for twO-thirds Of year among 90
per cent Of our population. IL has made
clear the fact that the American people
who are charged. and probably justly,
with being tho most cXtravagant people
IN the world, can live as closely "a any
body when 10 becomes necessary. But
the effect upon merchants, middlemen
and carriers in the volume of their bust
ness and their profits is disastrous be
yOnd any process which has ever affect
ed the business of the country.
cey NJ. Depcw in Now York Tribune
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ATHLETIC CLUB MEETING.
Programme Of Events for Next Sat
urday.s Field Day.

| uIudJ FltIu Day.
At the meeting Of the Honolulu
Amateur Athletic Club, held last
evening at the y. NJ. G. A. Hall,
the following programme for next
Saturdays field day was arranged :
One quarter mile race.
Putting l6-pOuuds shot.
3-I2O-yaTds hurdle race, ia heats.
4-One mile walk.
5-l2D yards hurdle, final
6-TbTowing 10 pounds hammer.
7-lOO-yaTds dash, ia heats.
S-POle vault.
300 yards dash, final.
lO-Running high jump.
ll-One mile race.
l2-Running broad jump.
I3-2zO- yards dash.
l4-ObEtacle race.
First and second prizes will be
given To the winners of each event.
PunahOu and st. Louis College
boys will take part in the sports,
their representatives being engaged
in training at this time, and from
appearances a store Of surprises TO
the Athletic Club boys may result.
Entries will close tomorrow and
can be made with Secretary Henry
Hapai, or at Thrum's store, or with
the committee at the Y. NJ. &. A.,
at p. M, October Sd. The days
sports will begin promptly at 2 80
p. M, Saturday.
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with guitar accompaniment.
Mr.. Theo. Wolff and Mr.. a. Marques.
4. Vocal Solo-"Called Back"...
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y. VI. barrie Going to Samoa.

The statement is repeated, and it
seems likely 20 lee true, that Mr.. and
Mrs. Barrie are contemplating a honey
moon jaunt 20 Samoa TO visit Mr. n. l..
Stevenson. The South sea exile's visit
Ors have been many and varied, but
Mr.. Barrie would be the first brother
novelist TO make the journey West
minister Gazette.
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The Water Supply is Ample.

needs population the
ity n
authority
is he purest n
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO EARLY SETTLERS
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MIR. 1heo. WON and Mr.. a. marques
1. Vocal Solo-"Called Back.
Miss NJ. Lishman.
D. Trio-Violin, Viola and Guitar.
n. "Styrian Flower" Mazurka
b. (by requesD ''Herzannerg,"
Gavotte..-... ............... - Lat2nn
Messrs. Heitman, Rosen and Marques.
6. Vocal Solo-"Asthore".. .- Ii. Trotere
Miss f. Nolte.
Z. Saxophone Solo-National Fan
tasia o.. -, ..--....- Hartmann
Mr.. Joseph Libornio.
S. Vocal Solo-"Afterwards''
......... ..-.....- ....-...-.-J. Mullen
Mr.. w. Hogs.
9. Vocal Solo-"Carnival''... Molloy
Mrs. J. +. Bowler.
10. Duet - Violin and Piano
"Cossack Dance" .... Tankofm
Mr. J. LLOYD and Miss +. Dayton.
II. Vocal Solo-"Ecstasy," Nalse
Song.-....-.. .......-- .-.-.... Aroll
Mrs. |. Lowell.
l.. Quartette-Niolin, Viola, Bacon
and Guitar. "117th Quartette"
-.......- l.. ue Sail
Messrs. Heitman, Rosen, Brandt and
MARQUES
Accompanist, Mr.. o. Herold.
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of ,Iunber
rails
efore
particulars cali lumber
that
whoa avail
wilre Give e following
Company will carry residents their
o'clock and from Honolulu to Pear City in evening leaving Homo
all
be in
will
to dfromt the
Who Honolulu
purrcs
TO I % m
Equal desiring
neverb before been
Company all their
in
againoc for he purchase of p
ord Ia a :
y
$3.50 Ed Ill Gener7
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SOMETHING MORE
ABOUT SODA WATER.

The First Requisite in Making Soda Water
Pure Water.
HOLLISTER COMPLAINTS FACTORY only
Honolulu of
OF purifcaion-the Hyatt all amin
vegetable is kindo
in Factory for
AS for the Gas,
s whether S ronch marble
whiting, be
q
Bi-carbonste has by
HOLLISTER COMPANY for over and the IAHTI
WoRKs foundation
It is Cheaper
than of the and to
The
s
with the be thoroughly Most
a nj gas
through purifier We We
OF the lime caTbonaes would do
If did slop they nsoluble
be i the glass; but with b-caTboDae
different because the bicsrbonate sulph
OF soda (5lsuber Salts good hore medicine but
agreeable to have a glass of Sods, which /
solGabe and therefore be detected by
We do dispense Soda Water furnish
guarantee the Soda Water be pure.
suits his trade but this has nothing with the purity
wholesomeness of Soda
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

with double doors, one screened, the
other glass. A bay window. with the
glass screened so that it can be opened,
adds to its beauty. The tioor should be
covered with mixed gravel and sand. 3
or 4 inches deep. with a little old NOR
tar scattered through it. A small foun-
tain with the water in constant motion
will add greatly to the comfort of the
birds and he attractivenesS of the
place. Potted plants of the large order
should be added to give the place as
much as possible the appearance of a
garden. A small fir tree in Il pot in
n corner, Il couple of beech branches
with the dead leaves still clinging to
them in another. Il bunch of low bushes
in q third; all these little accessories
add to the happiness of the birds. In
the fourth corner fix a number of
percheS of different sizes. These may
be nailed crOsSwise to an upright stick
n so placed that the droppings from
birds on the upper perches can not
soil those below, 1t is important that
only birds of the same size be together,
as the robin, brown thrasher or any of
the largest songsters will intimidate
and tyrannize over little fellows like
the American gold finch or European
black cap, keeping them from food and
bath and in a state of constant fear.
Small birds so confined have often
starved to death rather than seek food
when placed with the larger birds.
Things that Delight the Birds.
About the aviary. on the side of the
room, detachable glass food cups can
no mt on harmon. SbalyaS with Slanta1
strips of tin forming Il little roof over
them to keep the seed or hooking bird
food clear. These tin roofs should be
placed close enough to allow the birds
head and shoulders entrance to the cups
but not the whole body. Two or three
10-cent wooden cages like those in
which the German canarirS are brought
to this country, can be hung Oh nails
about the room with some of he front
Stats taken out. These serve as re-
treats for the birds and are Il delight to
them. Now add a hanging basket on Il
revolving perch fastened to the cell
ing, and the place is complete. Boxes
of chickweed. m~ignoncttc or groundscl
in season, and pieces of apple or celery
in cold weather are Il treat TO the
birds. In winter and summer II Their
mOmetcr should hang in the aviary,
and the temperature in winter should
not be allowed to go below 90 degrees.
in summer air and shade must be given
them during the hottest months.
PLACE males only of the specie de-
sired and not owe fifteen or twenty Of
these in room this size as the fe-
males cause fights and jealousy,
especially in spring and summer
1t is useless to attempt breeding in
the aviary unless the room of Il
screened part Of it is devoted to onc
couple, as the idle birds will br FAX tic
eggs II pull the nest to pieces when
the mother is away from it.
Now and then Il male among males
proves a tyrant even among biz Is OF
his own size.
If you should have such a one, for
the peace and happiness of your fam
lily, give him away. cr exchange him
for another at the bird store at nee
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
EARLY DAYS IN MISSOURI.

Ex-Governor F~Ietcher's Reminds
ccnces Of the sturdy Pioneers of
Old.
EX-Gov. Fletcher of Missouri, formed
the center of Il little group of congress-
men the other day who were discussing
old times, says the Washington Post.
"Whcn I was a boy said he, II
lived among the pioneers in Missouri.
They We're Il fine class of people, all ill
all the best people I evcr knew. They
drove back the Indians, and made bear
and deer their meat, as he saying goes.
1t was before the days of the school
master. Occasionally we had a three
months subscription school, but the
master was employed more for his
physical qualifications to discipline the
big boys than for his learning, IT was
before the days of baseball and foot
ball, and the sport that stood at the
head of the list va a 'gandcr pulling
The men met" continued the governor,
at some suitable cross roads store,
where Is cents per gallon corn whisky
was dispensed. and they pooled in. 81
each. say twenty or twenty-five or
them. That was Il big purse i'm those
days. Then they 90: h oldest and
toughest gandcr that roamcd that cir
cult. The feathers We're carefully
plucked from his neck and the neck
was covered with grease and soap.
After these preliminarics Mr.. Gandcr
was securely tied to the swinging limb
If Il tree, hanging head downward.
This done, the men would noun their
horses, a circle was drawn. the master
of ceremonies took his place i'll the
center of the ring. whip in hand, and
kept every horse IN Il lively run as h
riders tried to catch the gandcr's neck.
The man that succeeded in pulling off
the neck raked in the pot. If he held on
until he was pulled off the horse IT
counted for the gandcr and the rider
was out. 1t was IL little tough on the
fowl. but as Il feat of strength and
horsemanship it was worth seeing, and
the knights of old never put lance IN
rest or rode in Il tournament to greater
applause among the spectators than
was shOwered upon them by the throng
at a gander pulling. was once an eye
witness of this strange sport. OF course
it wound up with Il dance. and the
hero who pulled off the gandcr's head
danced with the prettiest girl. Pretty
girls? Your young ladies of today
wouldn't have been in it with those
rOsychecked lassics. All The candidates
for office were there c~lectionecring.
They didn't make many speeches in
those days. They set 'em up and
mixed about and talked with The boys.
Well, all that old set is gone now.
Their descendants are more learned
and have modern manners. habits ami
amusements, but they are not any bel
ter in any sense than the sturdy old
pioneers. their ancestors"
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lations of Kings Ositarsen H., Ositar-
sen III. and Amencmhat III. of the
Twelfth Dynasty, (23OO Il. CO
The treasure which was found in this
death chamber and in the adjoining
of the Queen Aah-Hotpe and her
wealthy c0nsort. is worth millions of
dollars, in fact, it is Il question wheth-
er money could purchase it at all from
the museum authorities.
Most conspicuous of Queen Aah-
HOtpe'S personal effects is Il massive
hand mirror. of which the handle is
of solid gold and the reflector of the
brightest silver. Tho workmanship
shows high cultured taste III every de-
tail. On a beautiful golden diadem,
heavily jewelcd, the queens name is
engraved in full.
In Il gold-cOvered case, of which the
wood was found entirely decaycd. was
a remarkably pretty bracelet of the
queen. 1t consisted of rows of beads
of gold, lapis-lazuli, green felspar. and
red %cnrnelians, strung together and at
tached by perpendicular ~fastenings of
gold.
Another style of bracelet is composed
of a plain gold band surmounted with
the figure of a peacock, the feathers
being represented by the variagated col
ors of Il large number of precious
stones.
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"CouId Play All the Popular Airs of
the Day"
and get fat he looked just as pleased
as could be.
las o as they got up to frying
size the chickens began to disappear.
L watched the snake, and 500 found
that he vas eating a chicken every
other day. 1 thought he was entitled
to something for the patience and did
not disturb him. Do you know, that
snake lived on spring chicken for thirty
days, and then he was as fat and sleek
as he could be. and ready to so back
into his hole for the winter.
That's what I call a great head for
a snake. If he had eaten the nest full
of eggs in the first place they would
have made him only II meal and left
him as poor as he was before. Instead
of that he PATCHED them out and then
got fat on the chickens
"A few years ago We had a little
brown mouse snake in the house out
at my farm that had a great soul for
music and learned to play the piano.
Fact. 1t was the greatest reptile in its
way that eve heard of.
zone night we were sitting in the par
lor, when the piano began to play soft
and slow, apparently of its W accord.
NV daughter had locked down the
cover of the instrument only a little
while before, and the playing of the
closed instrument frightened her al
most to death. None of is thought of
the snake at the time. The little rep
tile was a great pet about the house,
but he usually went into his box and
went to sleep early in the evening.
THE mysterious playing went on for
some time-Soft, low music that reach
ed the soul. All of us felt a bit shaky,
and dreamed of ghosts that night, for
we were afraid to open the piano.
Next day L had a man come to tune
the piano, but did not tell him anything
about the mysterious playing. When
he opened the instrument we found
the little snake coiled up among the
strings sound asleep. Then We knew
he had been playing the music we
heard the night before.
My daughter took him i'll charge
then and taught him to play all the
popular airs of the day. He could play
the instrument by crawling swiftly
back and forth and striking h keys
with his head and tail. He grew so
fond of music he seemed to live on it,
and wanted to play all the time when
he was awake.
zone night we took him up to the
village to a concert, where Blind Tom
was to play the piano. Well, you may
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

AS a decipherer of hieroslyphics NJ.
de Moegan is a failure: instead. the
new director Is a great historian. with
a wonderful memory. a sharp eye at
the diggings, and an inherent talent of
keen observation. All former attempts
TO explore the Dahschur pyramids
proved fruitless. but nothing dauntNl
nj. de Moegan caused a small house
to be erected on the plain in order to
superintend the work in pers II. When
1t is considered that months were con-
sumed by the diggers in finding the
principal passage leading to the royal
metropolis, that often long corridors
were encountered leading to death
chambers where the Arabian robbers
of old had plundeIed every tier of NUM-
mics, leaving the floors strcwn with
chaotic masses of INDISPENSABLE matter,
that 1t was necessary at every failure
to open new shafts from the plain until
the proper corridor was found. some
conception can be formed of the enor-
nifty and risk of the undertaking. In
many places the atmospheric was so
clammy and Sitting that the lights
could not be kept burning. The only
thing Of Importance found during an
entire month was the sarcOphagus Of
Il heretofore unknown king named
Nefer-Hent. Finally the resting place
of three great harem princesses was
encountered. The inscription Oh some
of their ornaments showed that the
nfummies We're the remains of the
Princess Hathorsat, Mcnt, and Sent
Senbets, and that they were blood re-
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1t is not only the Spectator, investor
and merchant who are interested in the
condition and prospects of corn, but
also the railroad interest, for as the
financial article of the New York
Times states it, if the corn crop west
of the Mississippi is a failure this year
il will be necessary to bid goodbye to
the present dividends on the roads
which draw their traffic from that sec
tion. 1t will be Il sheer impossibility
for these roads to carr dividends. Con
seQuently the corn crop. says the
''rimcs.'' is vastly more important ut
this time than the senate bill or tho
sugar schedule of it. which is not likely
TO affect the dividends of these roads
any way it is tiXcd.-Onlaha Bee.
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GrOUD of Jewels.

bank of the Nile facing the long row
of the pyramids of Memphis.D 1t has
been demonstrated beyond Il doubt that
the Dahschur pyramids belong to the
Twelfth Dynasty. When Perring. an
Englishman. made his Investigations in
1881 this fact was already established.
Because of the great OUTLAWS connect
cd with these sub-pyfamidic explora-
tionS, neither Marietta aScha, the de-
ceased director general of the Bulak
museum, nor his SUCCESSORS. Maspcro
and Grebaut. pail any attention to the
colossal DahSchur group. Since 1892
Nj. de Moegan, the celebrated French
scholar and traveller, has bcan supcrin-
tending the affairs of this museum.
His wandcrings in Central Asia. his
disbursements of ancient Persian monll-
mcnts and his inquiry into the CONNER
cial customs of antiquity have gained
for him a worldwide reputation. Great
progress was anticipated when, as di-
rector general of the GiZeh museum, he
received c~arte-blanche in pyramidic OK
plorations,
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NEW JERSEY SNAKES.
THEY ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT
IN THE WORLD.
How Widow JOhnson's Snake Car
rted Her Eggs to Market-A Ferry
boat Pulled by Water Snakes-A
Reptile That Played the Piano.

New Jersey has something more
than mosquitoes, malaria and summer
resorts" said a mar from Lakewood
at he Hoffman Cafe says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. I'VE have snakes
down in the piny woods, and I'll bet
any amount you name that such rep
tiles can not be found in any other To-
cality in this country.
They are intelligent snakes, the kind
we ave down in Jersey. You have
all seen trained snakes in shows, no
doubt, but for quick intelligence. horse
sense and ability to learn, give me the
Jersey reptile every time.
THE widow Johnson. Nancy johnson,
lives in a little cabin in the piny woods
1our miles out of Lakewood, and earns
a scant living selling eggs and chickens
IN the town. Nancy keeps a lot of pet
snakes about her cabin, but she has
one big black and white spotted fellow
who Is worth as much to her as a
horse. He's the best trained snake
| ever saw. The old woman has taught
him to do any number of smart tricks
and to make himself generally useful
about the cabin, but the cleverest thing
he does is to gather up the fresh eggs
from the nests every morning and take
them to town for the old woman.
Mrs. johnson is a bit feeble, and it
is about all she can do to walk to town
and back every morning, so she trained
Bill-that's what she calls the snake
to take the hen eggs to market for her.
Every morning Bill makes Il round
of the hen nests and gathers up the
fresh eggs His stomach holds just
two dozen eggs, and when he has swal-
lowed that number the old woman
takes up an empty market basket and
starts for town, with the snake craw-
ling along at her side.
bill always seems just as pleased