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Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
IN IRE aulcxsANps.
vhrndng and Almost Fatal Adventure of a
 pehnsylvanla Sportsman.

pennsyivanla Sportsman.
 Quicksand swallowed W. A. Finley, a hotel proprietor of Norristown, Tuesday, to the waist, and but for the heroic as- sistance of two friends he would have met an awful doom.
 Finley, William Shine and John Good win started out to catch snipe and snap pers. They drove to Fair7iew and then started on foot up the Skippack creek, which flows mile from the town. They chose this spot for their tour for game because it Is rarely visited. Finley and Shine waded in the creek searching for spappers, while Goodwin remained on the bank gunning for snipo,
 Without knowing it, Finley walked into a bed of quicksand. He did not realize for some minutes the peril he was in. Rapidly he began to sink, and then the horror of the threatened doom con fronted him. He tried to lift his feet, but his legs had sunk to the tops of his boots in the consuming sand, and the water touched bis waist, Finley pulled and rugged at his right leg It yielded, but at the same time his left foot pene- trated deeper and deeper into the mys- terious substance. Then he reversed his efforts and with all his strength pulled at his left leg. It yielded, but the right leg went down to an alarming depth.
 Finley called to Shine for help, and the latter responded quickly. He tried in vain at his own peril to extricate his friend. By this time the quicksand had almost swallowed Finley's legs, and the water was gradually rising and nearing his shoulders.
 Then Goodwin wRs summoned, The victim was sinking more rapidly now, and the water was getting alarmingly near his chin. The combined efforts of Che two friends checked the descent. They rugged for 10 minutes before Fin ley, utterly exhausted, was pulled from the quicksand For curiosity they aft erward tried to reach the bottom of the bed with long sticks, The sand was found to be over six feet deep.-Phila- delphia Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
CleanIiness Against Isoston Rules.

At the last meeting of the school com mittee it was solemnly voted "that per mission be given to Mrs. Annie Fields to employ women to wash the floors of the Bowdoin schoolhouse and the windows of the Chardou Court schoolhouse."
 This vote was necessary, because it is contrary to the school committees rules to wash the floors and windows of a Bos- ton schoolroom oftener than once year. This sounds strange, but it is true. Bos- ton Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
KHayrack Ambulance.

A rather curious spectacle on Court street in Auburn recently was a hayrack containing a bed made up neatly. In the bed was man, evidently an invalid, for he lay back weakly upon the pillows. A hat was upon his head, contrasting rather strangely with his surroundings. Beside the he'd sat Q lady and over him bent another carefully attending to his wants. This sickroom on wheels was part of a spring moving and will go on record as one of most novel loads of the season, Lewiston Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
nintermittent Well.

There is a spouting well on the place of William Deutsch. four miles south of Anacortes. The well is 112 feet deep and has only three feet of water in it, which cannot be lowered from its present depth. When the well begins to spout, it con tinues for several days at time. It roars precisely like the Ohio gas wells and forces the water and spray several feet above the topof the well. Then for the same time it will cease to breathe and remain perfectly quiet. Seattle Post-Intliileencer
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

The Red sea is supposed by some to have derived its name from the large quantities of red coral and pink colored fuci which it yields, but the name is with more probability derived from the ancient Idum@a. 'sea of Edom, " Edom signifying red
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
Rare Chance.

Mother-Yes, my dear know that heis very much older than you are. He is one of the old fashioned gentlemen, the only one of the old stock left unmarried, and advise you to take him.
 Daughter-But why2 He is not even rich.
 Wealth does not bring hap piness, my daughter. Like his father before him, he will do his own market ing, and if the steak is tough you can growl at him instead of him at you New York Weekly.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
Last nrnnth.. Reonra.

William Johnson of Boston. who has taken weather observations at , a. ID. every day for years, reports that the glass averaged at that hour 41t degrees all last month, and that itwas the warm est March within the 70 years hs hss becn Eeepins record
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

In 1900 the girdle makers trade was an importaSt industry in every part of Europe Girdles were the fashion for ladies of rank, whose position was shown by the girdle. This article was of leather adorned with gold or precious stones and was often.l2 inches wide
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
Hn,niliato.i Ati,cna.

The Greek capital is threatened with humiliation which never could have been imposed upon ancient Athens. Tho city is apparently unable to pay it's gas bill, amounting to 447,000 drschmas, and the company has notified the authorities that the gas will be cut off unless tl. bill is settled within few days,--Parit Figaro.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
Religion of the Working cIassea.

The world has to have religion of some kind, and the hope of better food and clothing, more leisure and q greater variety of alnusements has become the religion of the working classes.--E. L. Godkin in Forum
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

The age of whales is ascertained by the size and number of laminm of the whalebone, which increase yearly. Ages of 800 and 400 years have been assigned to whales from these indications.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
Early Deprayity.

'Papa," asked Tommy Goodman, ."who was Gains wifef'
 Caroline" said the Rev. Dr. Good man after an oninous pause, address ing his wife, twill you please hand me my heaviest slipper and leave the room: There is going to be trial for heresy right here and right now. Chicago Tribune.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
The Wonderful Congo

The Congo is the most wonderful wa. terway in the world. It is 25 miles across in parts, so that vessels may pass one another and yet be out of sight It has twice the extent of the navigable waters of the Mississippi and its tribu- taries and three times its population. - Philadelphia Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

In China the name Chang is pro nounced "Jong, with the long sound on the To" This may account for the nickname John" as applied to China men,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
HardtoPIease.

Landlady-This is very bright, pleasant room, and
 Mir. Henpeck-Well, I'll have to see sny wife first, for she may want a roon where she can have the morning sun ir the afternoon. - Chicago Inter Ocean.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

Awomah or man with a careful ex- pression and a manner of repose always looks years younger than the birth reg ister gives out.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

Instances of extreme old age are more common among those hoexercise them selves with gardening than in any other employment,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
ApdweIl Done

Theory of "Well! man. will be heard when the latest expedition reaches the uarth polo, Newport News.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14

Many coffin is covered with roses by hands that never before gave it's occu- pant anything but thornS
Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
HOST HOPED cAsTRAToR IN HE WORLD

Has his motiioGs now in book form, and for sale, fully Illustrating his most approved methods Of Altering Colts, Spaying Cattle and Dogs, especially Ridgling Horses, etc. Also showing his ropes and instruments, and tell ing the best after trcatnisnt or castrstod Ftock Very importcnt to all stock own and castrators, For prices and particulars of book write him at Charleston, Coles G., H.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29
SENATOR H0AR'S REWARD.
Alabama Democrats Send Him 1
Coffin Filled With Corn CobS.

ATLANTA (Ga,l. August 15.-A
coffin stood in the doorway Of the
baggage car o. the North Atlanta
and West Point train Yesterday.
Il was filed with corn cobs. and
waS sent BY The Democrats O. Ben
ton. Ala. 70 Senator Hoar. who
helped . raise the 5000 SUbScrip-
:ion . The Home Market Club Of
Boston 10 defeat Congressman
Oates. I Alabama. n the recent
race Io- The GovernOrship. The
cobS inside represented the pOllti-
ca remains - Reuben ho.b. who
ian sCairsi Oates The coffin was
brought y Just a. the time when
he station : most crowded. There
vas : 1arEe crowd 70 greet i. Il
wss hustled OF : pair q trucks
and rolled = tbe >eab0a-d train,
which stood waiting for i. The
crowd followed : ana saw the in
sc-iption. G. T. Hoar, Washing
toa, =. {. paid Home Market Club
5000 Herein bury your hopes OF
splitting the solid South. Compli-
mems Of Benton. Ala. Democrats.
Pail bearers ". H. Scraggs. 4.
7. Goodwin. J. V. Pitts. P. @.
Lown8n. :. ?. McElwain. ;. /.
Fonville, :. NJ. Adams" On one
side o. the coffin IN large White let
ters was hastily but plainly paint
Cd. BY the Home Market Club,
5000" On the opposite side was
the Official ballot o. the Jefersonian
Democracy, headed by the name Of
Reuben kolb for Governor, and
followed By 2 complete list O. the
candidates. On The same side
Te-s the words. "Furtber favors So
licita6 io- campaign purposes.
The Influx O The Hoar fund into
Alabama was z great stimulus %
he Democrats and became good
political capital tor tie defeat Of
him wbose etEgy was Eent IN the
form RI com cobs y ~. Hoa-,
The coffin Was SIX feet long. Up
OF The ID was z single COB, around
which Was lied z piece q Grape.
Within tie cobs ratified Ike bones.
TIE coffin VIII IL delivered PIE
paid % tbe Massachusetts senator.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29

s,No. ;ae violin and cello have 10
rivals, cNcep, tho human voice ,
a0& azas", ta, variety ii elects
ns.a.uaa,e ~ ous person from one
'nStuoaent-the organ. justly call,
- TIE king ~ instruments, comes
FIRST i = an Interesting fact aud
coe Which : rot generally known,
that She u>p q! she tAumb in play.
snE was na; allowed unt, The mid
die - the las, century. Emma.
pue, Bach IN l-AS frs, introduced
= system ~ lingering" in which
:he thumb was admitted.
\ knowledge a music and II
some musical instrument being
now considered par; ~ ones ed0-
cation. ): : advisable that lis
study SAeuld begin IS early as
convenient, aud iha, she best pos
>ib.e master should Ne engaged IL
teach and guide the pupils toward
attainment ~ refined and cult
waited taste Tor the beautiful muSi-
cal inspirations as expressed by
The hes; composers.
HEApYcN
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29


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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29
SOMETHING MORE
ABOUT SODA WATER.

The First Requisite in Making Soda Water is
Pure Water.
HOIIISTER COAPANY'S FACTORY the only
that made Of the improved method
purifcation-he Hyatt Systen-that all animal
vegetable and this the KIND OF
We use Z Factory for customers
AS for the Gas,
is obtained from chalk marble,
whiting bcarbonae Of soda the will be identical
either
Bi-carbo Of has been used exclusively by
HOLLISTER COMPANY rs and the TAHITI
Lgzoy its foundation, because
II is Cheaper
any u the and handle But
be before mixing with the
In generating he gas, the material carried
whit the nd IN be thoroughly eliminated Most
oda satisfied by the
thrsuvL one We We through three
of the linec would do harm
they NIL nsolnhle
glass; carbonate Of soda
carbonate converted into nulrhhte
Salta) good hors medicine, but
enndth therefore lc detected by tho
We nst Spin Water bat furnInh tho
soda Z
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If Soda Water
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-29
The Water Supply is Ample.

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in the
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in country.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO EARLY SETTLERS
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-12
TENANTED BY WILD HOGS.
A Large Alabama Tract Where No Hu-
 man Being Dweils.

A Large Alabama Tract Where No Hu-
 man Being Dweils.
 In the northern part of Limestone county, Ala, is a tract of land con- sisting of more than one thousand acres, which is not on the map of the state, nor can it be found in the reg ister's office of that county. No one claims it and no taxes have ever been paid on it. It is vast wilderness, in habited by snakes, deer and razorback hogs. It is free hunting ground, and thousands of these hogs are killed every year, more for sport than for anything else. The hogs are wild and cannot be domesticated. Their yield is said to be enormous. Tom Booth, of Pulaski, Tenn, secured male and fe- male and did all in his power to tame them, but failed. He kept them year, and at the end of that time they were as wild as at first. The more he fed them the thinner they became. Within the year they consumed four hundred bushels of corn and were as lean as church mice. During that time the sow had five filters of pigs, num- bering two hundred and ten. Mir Booth could not tame any of these nor get them fat enough to make even soap grease. Finally he gave them to negro, who now considers himself under,no obligations to Mir. Booth.
 The flesh of these hogs resembles horsefesh. It is as tough as coon skin, and large-sized hog of this species rendered would not make grease enough to fry skillet of batter cakes. They go through garden like shovel blow, and no vegetable es- capes them. They can crowd through a crack that would hardly admit a mouse, and their sharp noses act as levers fol garden gates. The Tennes- scans make great fun of Alabama's razorback hogs.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-12
DESTRUCTIVE OCCUPATIONS.
Poisons That Lurk for Flax and Artificial
 Flower Workers.

Very little is known of the danger to life and health that exists in many occupations where women are largely employed. In England league has been formed to call attention to the facts of the case, and Mrs. c. Mollet has made extentive investigations, says the New York Sun.
 In the linen trade the flax has to be left to soak in the water, and rheuma- tism, bronchitis and pneumonia seize upon the women who have to deal with it in this stage. In the flax-card ing department the fine dust pro- duces lung disease and kills its victims at thirty. In fur-cape mak- ing the odor and the fine fluff are both extremely injurious. A singular in- jury is caused to artificial flower malk CTS. especially those employed in mal- ing white flowers by gaslight. The dry dust causes infamed eyelids, and the work is so trying that women are worn out long before middle age. In the china trade the clay dust settles year by year in the lungs until con- sumption results.
 In the whitehead trade horrors are found quite equal to those of the phos- phorus match trade. Lead is in itself highly poisonous, and the most dan- gerous part of the process of making the ordinary blue pigs of lead into the deadly white carbonate is carried on by women, because it requires less muscular strength than the rest. Cakes of lead are put to ferment in tan and acetic acid for three months, and then the cakes have to be grubbed out of the mixture by hand, the poison getting under the finger nails. After being ground to powder under water the dishes of damp lead have to be placed in a stove to dry for fortnight. The worst part is when these poor women have to take away the dry, hot, white carbonate of lead from the stoves. Even the muffled heads, the woolen respirators, the sack overalls, fail to keep out the deadly dust. They rarely live many years; sometimes a few weeks or months bring on the symptoms of acute lead poisoning, to which they rapidly succumb. This white carbonate of lead is used for glazing china and enamel ad- vertisements. The only safeguard would be in prohibiting the manufac- trre, and it would be possible to do SO, for various substitutes are in the market.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-12
WHY GIL sTILLa OCEAN WAVES.
The Wind Passes Along the oisy Surface i
 with Reduced Po.gcr.


 with Reduced Po.ycr.
 A great deal has been written about the infuerce of oil on waves at sea. and of the practically useful action of oil in many cases there is abundant testimony, but little has been heard of the reason for the results obtained, says the Chicago Tribune. Experi- ments made in shallow, broken water on the coast, where the wind and tide conficted, have shown that little or no advantage can be traced from the use of oil under such conditions; that is to say, the wave motion being disturbed and under forces not wholly those of wind action, the oily film becomes broken up. In deep water, however, where the waves may be considered as wholly formed by the wind, their forms are more regular, and it is ia such cir cumstanccs that the recorded exam ples show to the best effect. These ef- fleets suggest the real action of the oil. According to some theories the oil acts as it does when applied to bearings in machinery, and thus the wind glides more easily over the oiled surface than it does over the water surface. 1t is difficult to see. however, that the fric- tional resistance between air and oil shoIlld be less than between air and water. as the oil is less mobile fluid that the water. Again, when we con- sider the surface tension of fluids, and can often observe their restraining ac- tion on ascending air bubbles or small floating objects in glasses of water, we might suppose that by the addition of the film of oil sufficient resistance was offered to the uprise Of the upper part of the wave, and thus the tendency to break would ba restrained. The ac- tion of the film of oil is one of separa- tion. When we ccnsider the tendency of air to become saturated with watery vapor due to evaporation and of water to retain air by absorption, we may readily conceive that the impact of air on watery surface will tend to cause a commingling at the surface of air and water which will thus offer sufficient resistance to the motion of the wind to throw the water and mixture in- to an undulatory movement and, there fore, when this forward movement has exceeded the speed due to the periodic motion in the wave itself, the upper part in falling forward from the effects of the push of air from behind shows a foaming rush of broken water; that is, the air incorporated with the water and the water itself Arguing on this basis there is no difficulty in accepting the theory that the film of oil spread over the surface of the water effect ually prevents the formation Of broken water; as the air and water are kept separate the tendency to mutual ab- serption at the surface is checked and the wind passes along the oily surface with reduced power of wave making.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-12
NEED OF HE POET.
The Laws of the Mind Make Kim en Im-
 portant Factor.


 It is impossible for men to live in the world without poetry of some sort or other. If they cannot get the best they will get some substitute for it, and thus seem to verify Saint Angus tines slur that it is wine of devils, says James Russell Lowell in Century. The mind bound down too closely to what is practical either becomes inert, or revenges itself by rushing into the savage wilderness of ''isms." The in- sincerity of our civilization has dis gusted some persons so much that they have sought refuge in Indian wigwams and found refreshment in taking a scalp now and then. Nature insists above all things upon balance. She contriyes to maintain a harmony be- tween the material and spiritual, nor allows the cerebruIn an expansion at the cost of the cerebellum. If the character, for example, run on one side into religious enthusiasm, it is not un- likely to develop on the other coun- terpoise of worldly prudence. Thus the Shaker and the Moravian are noted for thrift, and mystics are not always the worst managers. Through all changeseof condition and experience man continues to be a citizen Of the world of idea as well as the world of fact, and the tax gatherers of both are punctual.
 There is as much poetry as ever in the world if we only knew how to find it out and as much imagination, per haps, only that it takes a more prosaic direction. Every man who meets with misfortune, who is stripped of material prosperity, finds that he has a little outlying mountain farm of imagina- tion, which did not appear in the schedule of his effects, on which his spirit is able to keep itself alive, though he never thought of it while he was fortunate. Job turns out to be a great poet as soon as his fiocks and herds are taken away from him.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-12
GEAR PETer'3 JOKES.
A Great Monarch Vino Was Decidedly
 Erut Il in His Sense of Eumor.

A Great Monarch Vino Was Decidedly
 Erutl in His Sense of Eumor.
 At one of the grand dinners given by the Car Peter, says the London Tele- graph, hugh pie was placed in the center of the gentiemcn's table, out of which, when the carver broke the crust, beautiful dwarf lady, in puris naturalibus, all except a hcad-dress, stepped out, proposed in a set speech and drank in a glass of wine the health of the company, and then retired to her snug retreat and was carried from the table. A man dwarf was substi- tuted at the ladies' table. Did not Peter say he could reform his people, but not himself? A dinner party at the czar's must indeed have been sight not concaiva ble out of Dedlar, and could only have been planned in the Inaddest brain on earth, if manu- script among the Sloan papers in the British museum Is believable Such practical jokes! such wild grotesque gamboling! the frolics of leviathan! the laughter of Titan, as frightful in his fun as in his fury! There was ac- 
 about one hundred, but the grim hu- morist always issued invitations to twice or thrice that number, and left his guests to elbow, jostle and fight for chairs and places, and retain them against all corners and claimants if they could. Not unfrequently a free fight was eXtemporized and noses tapped, and even the sacred persons of ambassadors have been profanely touched and trifled with. The czar sat at the head of the table, broad grin on his face, rolling the spectacle like a sweet morsel under his tongue. The guests are so closely packed that feed ing room is not to be thought of, and ribs are often blackened and almost driven in by active and vigorous el- bows, provoking fierce recriminations and quarrels. The kitchen is so near the dining-hall that there floats through the latter a fragrance of onions, garlic and train-oil, mellowed and tempered by the more delicious aroma of the roast. The more knowing and initiated guests wave away soups and such like edibles, and manifest a special appetite for hams, tongues and viands that cannot be tempered with, or made the vehicle of practical joking, for as often as not it happens that bunch of dead mice will be drawn out of the soup or discovered snugly i'm bedded in dish of green peas, and sometimes, when his guests have well partaken of certain pastries, the czar will conrteously inquire if the eat, wolf, raven or other unclean animal proved savory or delicious nlorsel, with what result let the imaginative guess. The approach toa regular Donnybrook was hastened on by liberal supplies of brandies, strong ales and wines so adroitly served out as to expedite the grand climacteric of drunkenness