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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-23

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03

is really better than the sugar plant
sgegit Get Of at the Son4tbhSern 4bS States do, and we
figures. They are glad to come, in
fact, as the work is steady and they
do much better than in their own
countries. OF course, when we have
fulfilled our part of the contract and a
laborer is not sick, yet refuses to
work he can be locked up. This
might be thought to SAVIOR of slavery,
but it does not, as the labOrer has re-
course to the courts il he considers his
treatment unjust. The contract lab.
orer is never abused at the islands,
and when an occasion comes up that
brings him before court, he is gen
orally favored. He is never worked
severely, and he appears to enjoy life
about as we'll as laborers do any
where.
81 have already mentioned annexa-
tion. Personally speaking, l should
prefer an armed prOtectOrate by this
country. The mere presence of the
flag is all that would be required to
insure an absolute stable government,
and the element in power at the ISL
lands, which is thoroughly American,
naturally turns to this country for
security. The island trade with the
United States is immense. San Fran
clScO'S eApOFLS 10 hOHoluIu are laISe
than to any other country, and this
trade is bound to grow with the de-
velopment- of the islands unless the
United States chooses to turn the cold
shoulder upon us, in which case we
must turn to England. The present
Government holds it's position by force
of arms against the will of the ma
iority of the islands inhabitants; but
this is a case where the minority must
rule, and we intend the government
shall stand as it is until we are under
the flag of a powerful nation. No
country so small as Hawaii can ever
hope to amount to anything as an in
dependent government"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03

tial element at the Hawaiian Islands.
1t means absolute freedom of trade
and stability of government, and sim
ply guarantees the future prosperity
of the territory.
"But there is one great problem
which is likely to be seriously affected
by annexation conditions. The sugar
industry is dependent upon cheap
labor. We are obliged to- have con-
tract labor, as the native population
is hopelesSly insufficient. We are
compelled TO keep importing more
laborers. This is contrary to the
present laws of the United States, but
it would seem that the question could
be settled by the passage OF law pro-
hibiting such contract labOrers from
entering the states. Japan furnishes
by far the greater number of laborers.
We have treaty with that govern
ment by which 1t attends to all the
details of shipping its subjects to us.
But we realize the danger of getting
too many of any one nationality, and
try to get as great a variety as possi-
bic. Portuguese and natives of the
Azores have been imported in large
numbers Of late. A vessel arrived at
Honolulu with 900 Portuguese on
board the day sailed.
''The islands have population of
about 100000, less than one-tenth of
which are whites, exclusive of 1900
Portuguese. The natives number
about 10000, Japs, $4,000, and Chinese
0,000. The Portuguese and natives
are allowed the full rights of citizen
ship, but the franchise is denied the
Asiatics. Our contracts with laborers
allow them $12 per month wages for
men and SO per month for women
who wish to work. In addition to
this we provide them with suitable
dwellings, fuel, water and medical
in case of sickness. This
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03

were employed upon it, and in winter
9gR4Oi The GHHtRal nTt yI be Of It the great
chant marine, but to the German
navy as well, running as ii does
through the most north erly part OF
the empire. The German men of war
can pass from one sea to the other
without traversing foreign waters,
and will be enabled to concentrate
rapidly on either the north or the
west coast. 1t is expected that fully
$4,000 merchant ships will pass
through the canal yearly. The saving
in time will be considerable. Ships
plying between the Baltic and points
south of Hull will save 29S miles,
while Bremen ships will save 392
miles and Hamburg ships 424 miles.
A still more important gain will be
made in regard to safety. The pas
sage between Jutland and the Scandi-
navian peninsula is considered one OF
the most dangerous in Europe, and
yearly about 200 vessels are lost on
these coasts.
The Baltic Sea Canal differs in many
ways from the Suez Canal and from
the projected Panama Canal. The
SueZ Canal is without locks, since the
the mean levels of the Red Sea and
the Mediterranean are exactly the
same. The Baltic Canal has two locks,
one at either end. 1t is also crossed
by two immense railroad bridges It's
length is 81 miles, while that Of the
SueZ Canal is 100 miles, including
about IS miles of actual canals and %
miles of lakes. The general width of
the Baltic Canal is 229 feet, but in
places it widens out 428 feet, allowing
vessels to pass one another. The width
of the Suez Canal at the surface is S25
feet.
The course Of the canal is from Kiel
on the Baltic, across the Prussian pro-
vince of HOlstein to a point on the
Elbe, near Brunsbuttel. The latter is
below Hamburg on the Elbe, and not
far from where the river empties into
the North Sea. The nature Of the
soil is in many ways favorable to
canal building, although in places the
bogs and marshes made the formation
of q good bed difficult, and necessitated
the use Of original methods in dealing
with the difficulties. No such abnor-
NAL land formations, rushing torrents
or mountains OF rock as have inter
fered with and delayed the completion
of the Panama Canal were met with
by the German engineers. There il
no land along the course more than
eighty feet above sea level, and the
soil is for the most part sandy OF
marshy.
For the illustrations the Sun is in
debted to the Illustrirte- Zeitung.
A distinguishing feature of the Bal
! tic Canal is its two immense locks.
| There is seldom any considerable diff
| ference between the food tide and the
ebb in the Baltic, usually not oftener
| than twenty-five times a year. The
! Baltic lock will, therefore, be used in
| frequently, and most Of the time will
! stand open. On the extraordinary
| occasions mentioned it will be a nee
essity for the prevention of irregular
currents in the canal. The lock at
! the Elbe end, on the other hand, will
! have 10 be kept closed nearly all the
! time. The difference Of tide there Is
| so great that the depth OF water var
| les from ten feet to twenty. seven and
] half feet. The two locks are the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03

The week of celebrations with
which the great Baltic and North Sea
Ship Canal is to be opened in June
next will mark the contamination OF
by far the greatest piece OF canal en-
gineering since the Suez Canal was
finished in 1859. A noteworthy feat
ure OF its construction is the fact that
it will reach completion within the
eight years allotted and that the orig
inal estimate for building it, amount
ing to $S7,440,0OO, has not been ex-
ceeded. The work was begun on
June 3, 1887, and its progress since
then has been perfectly systematic.
During the summer months 5000 men
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03
NEW WATERWAY OF GERMANY,
Great Baltic Canal Engineering En-
terprise Finally Completed
EIGHT YEARS IN CONSTRUCTIONS.

Distinguishing Features OF the work.
Its Systems OF Locks and tho Methods
Employed in Building-A Revolution
In shIpping-Trade OF Hamburg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03
Hawaiian Life In BurIesque.

Edward Dekum writes from Port
land, Oregon, that extensive pre-
parations are being made by the
Multnomah Club there to produce
in burlesque "The Hawaiian King
Pro Tem," at the Marquam Grand
opera house on May 18th, 18th and
18th, with a matinee.
The libretto is said to be exceed
ingly clever and catchy, and the
piece excellently mounted. The
familiar airs of "Hawaii Ponoi,' D
"Aloha Oe" and "Lilioukalani
March" will be introduced. The
play has strong plot and during
its progress a genuine hula dance
will be given, together with popu'
lar topical song on annexation.
Glimpses of the burlesque and
characters will be shown in this
city later.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03

A Samoan paper suggests that a
Scottish memorial of r. l.. Steven
son should take the form Of an ODE
lisk on the western summit Of the
Braid Hills, which could be seen
from the region where the author
spent his youth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03
Massage.

AIRS. PRAY WOULD ANNOUNCE
w that she will attend limited num-
ber of patients. Address at q. N.
Whisasy's, King st.; Bell Telephone 70.
3229-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03
Imperial
Flour

Is the only blended -four ever
offered on these Islands. It is new
Patent Process" OF blending together
the Best Known varieties OF wheat tor
strength and color, thereby producln
a -four that will give the best possible
baking results for the housekeeper
~Ask your grocer for a trial sack
it will cost you no more.
4. L. NORRIS & CO.,
3o37-6m Wholesale Agents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03
SUGAR INDUSTRY IN HAWAII.
A. c. L0Vekin Discusses its Pro
duction in the Islands.
BEST RAW SUGAR IN THE WORLD

without American Reciprocity Planters
Could Not Raise Sugar at a Profit.
FaVors an Armed Protectorate by the
United States-Contract Laber Best.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15
MRS. Y. T. buck.

mNO. DUH.
blood remedy. One especially which
makes such large claims for curing dis
cases of the blood, drank by the whole
sale, but it did not seem to reach my
trouble. A celebrated specialist said
he could cure me and / paid him in adj
vance, but he filled me full of arsenic
and l became bloated and my digestion
so bad that life was misery. l then
applied to DIR. w. c. Dabney, an old
practitioner and medicine manufactures,
who advised me to take S. S. S., saying
that one dozen bottles would cure me. /
took four bottles and my body broke out
in boils and eruptions, but the doctor
told me that these symptoms were very
favorable, as this is the way the medi-
cine gets rid of the poison matter perna'
nently. After had used six bottles the
eruptions began to disappear, my appe-
tite improved, my digestion became all
right, and having finished the twelve
bottles, I am perfectly healthy, my skin
is clear, the capillary circulation is
good, and would not be in my former
condition for two thousand dollars"
S. S. S. never fails to cure blood
trouble. Scrofula, eczema, rheumatism,
contagious blood poison, and in fact any
disorder of the blood is promptly wiped
out and cured by it. Do not rely upon
simple tonic to cure deep seated blood
disease, but take real blood remedy.
S. S. S. has made some wonderful
cures of cancer, and we would be pleased
to send full accounts of same to any adj
dress. We will also mail our books on
blood and skin diseases upon applica-
ton. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15


Bowler Childs is a slender. little, dark
eyed woman, whose main interest In
life seems to be the well being and care
Of her household. She has never been
a society woman and has rarely been
seen in society, the theater and opera
having no attractions for her. She has
lived in the great white marble man.
sion during the winter for many years,
going as soon as spring came to the
country seat, Wooton. Mrs. Childs has
left the Philadelphia mansion for good
since the death of her devoted hus-
band, and she will soon build house
in Washington and make that Ity her
home.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, wild w Of the
hero of the confederacy, lives in Char
lotte, NJ. c., with her sister, the widow
of Gen. d. II. Hill. She has been busily
engaged for several years in writing
the life of her famous husband and has
almost ruined her eyesight in her labor
of love- Two little grandchildren,
Stonewall and Julia Jackson Christian,
the children of her only child, Julia
Jackson, who died five years ago, live
with her and are the joy and comfort
of her life.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has chosen New
York as her abiding place and spends
much of her time in her pleasant apart
ments at the Marlborough hotel In
the spring she usually spends month
or more at West Point. That place is
full Of associations for her of her hus-
band. who was a graduate of the mill
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15
SCpOfula
20 Years.

1t is great mistake to rely upon the
fnercurial and potash remedies with
which doctors usually treat blood dis
eases. 1t is also useless to take a RENE
dy which is only a tonic and cannot
possibly touch real blood trouble.
Scrofula is stubborn and deep-seated
disease of the blood. and all of the min
eral mixtures in the world cannot cure
it. S. S. S., a purely vegetable COM
pound, gets at the root OF the disease
and permanently rids the system of it.
1t is real blood remedy, for real blood
diseases, and has no equal
Here is an interesting case where the
doctors were absolutely at sea.
Mrs. Y. T. Buck is the highly esteemed
wife of well-known and prosperous
farmer residing near Delaney, Arkansas.
For twenty-five years she has been trou-
bled with a deep-seated blood disease
that baffled the skill of the doctors. She
says: "Some doctors called my trouble
Eczema, some Salt Rheum, and others
Scrofula, and though their treatment
continued for years, they could not cure
me. then began taking various medi-
cines, and took nearly every advertised
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15
NOVELTY IN MINING.
by Means of Magnets Separating IL
Greatly Simplihed.


In the great West miners often find
rivers that have their beds filled with
enormous deposits of peculiar black
sand. This sand contains large quanti-
ties of gold dust, which, however, 1t is
extremely difficult to separate from the
sand owing to the fact that the sand
has very much the same specific grav-
ity as gold and settles in about the
same way as the precious metal. This
sand contains iron, and II has been
found profitable, to limited extent, to
have the deposits melted, but this is
not very paying business, therefore a
new process has been tried with marked
success. BY means of magnets the iron
particles are drawn away from the gold,
leaving this substance quite clear. After
passing through the apparatus devised
for this purpose it is found that forty
tons of sand yield one ton of crude sand
and ore, worth about four hundred dol
lars ton. If the machine that is now
being tested does all that is claimed for
1t, it will be of very great value, as it
costs but about a thousand dollars for
a working plant capable of handling an
enormous amount of sand per day.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15

ton to succeed Gen. Sherman. Mrs.
Sheridan leads very exclusive, dig
lified life, only occasionally taking part
IN the social life of the capital. She is
young woman compared with the
)ther generals wives and is very hand
some and MISUNDERSTANDING. She
1evotes much Of her time to the educa-
don of her four children-Philip, who
will enter West Point as soon as he is
I'D enough, and her daughters, May,
Irene, and Louise.
Mrs. John Drew at rs is as active as
kitten. Her theatrical company owes
almost all of its success to her clever
iancing and exquisite acting. Mrs.
Drew is to the young actress the in
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15

dous reserve force-something wnicn
shows In the son. whose ability to use
this reserve strength has on many an
occasion been shown to splendid advan-
tage The father was the most unpre-
tentious OF men, and cared little or
nothing for the elegancies OF life. me
room where / saw him stretched on MS
bed, a fallen giant, was comfortable
but plainness itself. The whole house
is the simplest of places-the common
est OF rag carpets on the floor, walls
with little adornment, homely rooms yet
cheery-just such lowly rooms as de-
lighted the owners heart
In the 'parlor" of the little home,
from which 1 could hear the monoton-
Gus ticking of self-satisfied clock, and
|. the spasmodic breathing of the old man
lying upon his bed of sickness. could
see pictures of the son, neatly framed
and hung on the wall, and there were
several fat albums containing pictures
OF both branches Of the family. On the
slender table In the corner were two Of
me famous hats-hats which both the
rather and son have contributed to, to
make famous-battered affairs of ruff
He'd black, never too old for the proud
sire to wear. A cabinet organ in the
corner added the last touch of the
country home OF the days gone by.
They wanted me to have a nurse"
said the sober-faced wife as we stood
at the side Of the old man, who seemed
TO be so near to the entrance to the last
voyage, but he won't let anybody look
AFTER him but me. He had never been
SICK In his life until seven years ago,
when he had fever, and since that
mo he has nove~ haan an wall"
When 1 left the little yellow house
among the trees the purple asters nod
ded me a goodbye, something the old
man lying in the low bed with his
parchment hands crossed over his
shrunken breast could not vouchsafe
me
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15

tary school. Her daughter, Miss Win
ME Davis, is her constant companion.
They are very popular socially, espe-
cially in the southern colony, and Miss
Winnie has added literature to her
completed a novel which is said to be
very clever.
Mrs. James G.. Blaine has two homes,
one in Washington, where so many
sorrows crowded thick upon her, and
the beautiful summer home at Bar
Harbor. Mrs. Blaine Is a cold, reserved
woman, who has never been popular So
cially. All Of her life and soul seemed
10 De centereu In ner distinguished nus
band, and without him she Is lost in
deed. She spends much Of her time in
travelling, and the Washington house Is
rarely opened.
Mrs. John A. Logan, with her patri-
clan face and snow-white hair, is prob
ably the most picturesque Of the mill
tary widows. She is shrewd business
woman and an able financier She has
greatly at heart just now the success
Of Bishop Hurst's university. She has
promised to raise 81, 900, 900 for this in
stitution and it is very likely she will
succeed.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, sister
Of Harriet Beecher Stowe, is past IS,
out she Is still busy, energetic wom-
an. Last winter Mrs. Hooker jour-
neyed to South Carolina, but will re-
turn in time to spend her summer at
her beautiful home in Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Phil Sheridan has continued to
live since the death of her husband in
the house on Rhode Island avenue,
Washington, which was presented to
the general when he went to Washing
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15
NEW WOMAN IN RUSSIA.
A Project on Foot to Educate Female
Aocoucheurs and Physicians

anu Inys1cfans.
The council of state in st. Petersburg
is busy with the project of a medical
institute for women, in which women
will study as accoucheurs and physi-
clans for women and children. The
course of study is to last four years, di-
vided into eight semesters. Half yearly
examinations, on passing from one
course to another, will be as obligatory
as in ordinary universities. After COM
pleting their studies the students will
have to practice for one to three years
In WomenS cIinlco UI sinIIai nOspi Lads
All women from 20 to 25 years Of age
who have passed the ordinary high
school examinations, including Latin
and Greek, will be admitted. Those
who go through the whole course and
are successful in their examinations
will gain the degree and name Of "fe-
male physician" and can practice both
In private and in hospitals for women
and children, but will not be allowed to
direct city hospitals or to be called as
experts in law cases or for the army.
The institute will be opened In 1897. 1t
has already fund Of 576,490 rubles, and
in the course of ten years will receive
an income Of 1900 rubles, mostly de-
rived from requests as well as from the
generous gift of the brothers Schen-
jawski. Every student will pay 100
rubles a year for her instruction.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15

presidential lightning rod set for some
time, and as he is in favor Of free COIN
age at 16 to 1. hopes to gain many votes
from Western states. He is also more or
less in favor Of government ownership
Of gold and silver mines, railways and
telegraphs. Just at present he is look
ing after the personnel of the Pennsyl-
vania delegation. That it will be solid
for him, as an Eastern paper puts it,
"goes without saying"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15

told me what her husband had always
contended, that the published state
ments as to her sons age were all in
correct-that he was but as years of
age last February, instead Of being, as
has been stated 81. His birthplace was
Minan, Erie county, Ohio. When he was
years old he came to Port Huron with
his father and from that day to this
people have associated him with Port
Huron.
1t is not at all hard to find the an
cestral influences which have moulded
the inventor and made him one Of the
most persistent and indomitable of men.
His father has been a man not only of
gigantic physique, but equipped with a
powerful mentality. The old gentleman,
say these people who have known him
all these years, was a man of tremen-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15
SAMUEL EDISON.

OAM ~ EDIOoIN.
eyes. He was moaning in his sleep, and
now and then calling out for some one,
mayhap his son-the son of whom he
had been so proud.
You cannot ask a man on the streets
Of Port Huron If he knows where Mr..
Edison lives without receiving an af-
firmative answer, and If you seem a
stranger to the place there is sure to
follow a recital of the old gentleman's
many striking characteristics. And you
will at once be corrected in your pro-
nunciation of the name-if you follow
the one in common use. 1t is Eeedison
here, a very long &C." One man will
tell you that the old man has no care
whatever about hiY personal appear
ance, no more than did his famous son
when he was straining every nerve to
get money to make Investigations, and
was quite willing to part with his best
shirt If thereby he could purchase a few
chemicals otherwise unobtainable; an
other recites some Of the witticisms for
which the old gentleman has become
locaily famous, anUrlier tens IN the
gifts of silk hats from son to father,
the more battered and rusty the more
suited to the latter's taste, providing
they had only been worn by "Tom;"
another discusses at length the acumen
of the old gentleman; another, and
many another, speaks Of his uniform
goodness of heart, writes w. S. Har-
wood in Harper's Weekly. Samuel Edi-
son was born, so his wife told me, in
Amsterdam, New York, August Is, 1904.
His father lived to be 104 years of age,
his grandfather to be 107. With such a
long-lived ancestry to look back upon,
what years, what marvellous years. may
not be before the man who so splendidly
bears the family name! And by the
way, Mrs. Edison, who is the step
mother of Thomas Edison, adds sew
eral years to the future for him, for she