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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10
SELECT FAMILY HOTEL.
Dickson Premises on Beretania
Street Leased for the Purpose.

Mrs. B. Freimann has leased the
Dickson premises on Beretania
street and will open a select hotel
to be known as The Richelieu.
The patrons of the new resort will
be furnished with all the delica-
cies to be procured in this market
and on the Coast. Meals are to be
served a la carte, or table d. hote,
special provision being made for
fancy dishes cooked to order. A
limited number of rooms fitted
with electric lights and all modern
appliances, single or en- suite, can
be secured on application. w. S.
Bartlett, who enjoys excellent re-
putation as a caterer, will have
charge of the culinary department,
which is a guarantee that only the
best will be served. The Richie
lieu certainly starts out under the
most favorable auspices.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10
Amateurs In Comedy.

When the Bennington was last
here arrangements were made for
rehearsals of the play entitled
"Meredith's Old Coat" both
aboard ship and on shore. The
officers in the cast have promised
to practice their parts while in
Hilo, and the city people that will
take part agreed to do the same
here. A rehearsal was held at the
home of Miss McGrew yesterday
afternoon. Miss Nellie Kitchen
will take the part of "Ethel," in
place of Miss Crane.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10
PASSENGERS by Claudtne.

The Claudine took as passengers
the quarantined contingent whose
term expired yesterday. They were
G. II. Fairer, G. Kaiser, E. P. Low,
wife and four children, w. Berlo-
WITT, J. Koch, John Frank and
three children, Miss Jessie Neal,
NJ. Harlem, II. German and w.
Ormsted. More could not 60 into
quarantine as the accommodations
were limited.s
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10
NOW READY !

We have q full stock o. the popular bead
ed and rocco border patterns than which
there is nothing more desirable or in keep
ing with the prevailing styles.
The most desirable, however, has been
and always Will be-the plain ebony back
with handsome raised silver monogram.
These we make up in variety OF styles,
to suit each individual taste.
Prices on these goods will be found lower
than similar goods in the United States,
being direct importations from Europe,
whereby we save the high tariff on such
goods into America.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10
Conveying Also a Moral Lesson

"Hello, Jagway! 1 am told you
have taken to riding bicycle"
81 have"
"Like it?'
"Pretty we'll"
whats the name ofthe machine
you rider"
Il call it the Total Abstin-
ence.'"
"What do you call it that for?"
cts my only safety."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-10

A tenth of the world is still unex-
plored.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10

1t goes without saying that ducks
love the water, and in the case of the
breeding stock it is undoubtedly bet
ter if access can be had to n pond or
stream, but i'll the case of young ducks
being grown rapidly, the absence of
water for swimming purposes is not y
detriment, but probably positive adj
vantage, for 1T would undoubtedly be
much more difficult and very much
more expensive to put flesh upon n
duck that has access to water for
swimming. Too much exercise is not
conducive to the putting on Of flesh, and
quick putting on of flesh is an i'm
portant point in this business.
AS duck for the farm the Pekin is
admirably fitted i'll every way except
color, and this Is no objection where
the birds can have access to water to
keep their plumage white; but where
ducks are kept simply for consump-
ton, and where water for swimming
Is not ut hand, | should much prefer
to keep the beautifully colored Rou-
ems, which are of large size and thrifty
habit of growth. They are excellent
birds from n practical point of view,
while, rs ornaments to ones ponds or
poultry yards, they cannot be sur
passed, being always attractive in APP
pearance, whether there is n chance to
swim or not. With a white duck.
however, the chance is different, for
where water is not Mt hand it will
shortly get its plumage into decid-
eddy filthy condition that makes its
presence an eyesore. But for duck
breeding on large scale, where quick
and large growth is of the first i'm
portance, the Pekin cannot be sur
passed. When celery fed it undoubt-
edly passes muster on thousands of
tables as wild duck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
GROWING PEKIN DUCKS.

great many people, first and last
nave been seized with an irresistibl,
desire to go into poultry raising upou
large scale, says Webb Donnell in
the New York Times. They have fol
lowed out the desire with varying re.
suits, but the majority have made In.
mentabIe failures. Especially has
there been failure when the attempt
mas been made to make chickens and
eggs the chief source of income. There
Is one branch of the poultry business.
however, In which certain individuals
nave made quite n distinct success.
ana mat Isl the raising of young ducks
Tor market Long Island is parkicu.
l7rly noted as the location of the
greater number of these mammotb
duck plants, though an equal degree
OF success appears TO have followed
the Efforts OF parties in other parts of
the country along the Same line. The
fekln, pair OF which are foured
herewith, is the duck used for breed
ing purposes in all these great duc,
hatcheries. This is because of its
white color making in-feathers less
objectionable In the dressed specimen
lis large size and, in particular. its
habit of wonderfully rapid growth
from the she'll mp to six or EIGHT
weeks of age. One who has never
raised these ducks can scarcely eaIize
WIN what amazing rapidity the Pekiu
ducklings will shoot mp. IT almost
seems as though one can see them ex.
pandinQ before ms very evesl have
kept all kinds OF poultry, with the ok
ception OF geese, aud speak ndvise,IIv
when ! shy that for rapid prowth-.bc
rapid doubling and doubling AGAIN az
sizc-thero is nothing i'm the wholeIist
That has come under my notice that
can Mt all compare with the growth of
10 young Pckin duck. In the meau.
time, the young duck Ia eating in q
way to we'll nigh cause u fnmincl But
mo turns what lac eats 10 good purpose
ana gives satisfactory profit il ne is
fed to his utmost capacity for few
weeks and Is then sent promptly fo
market. Kept little beyond "a
proper limit md nc will soon -
eating bis head of, for u ducks bill
ls yeritablc shovel, and ~ shovel TINT
viii always be worked effectively
when anything in the way of food is
IN light ] suppose there IS n limit TO-
q ducks appetite, but just Mt this mo.
ment ! do not recall ever having wit.
messed it.
in large cities there is n demand M
particular seasons Of tho year for
Young ducks, and it is 10 meet this dc.
mand that the business Of duck raisin
"a truly mammoth scale has been
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10

holds itself with the top of the hose
oil the time. There is no danger of
overlooking or drowning the cans. OF
course, there should be enough cold
water pumped into the vat to keep the
milk cool. ] find that when my milk
Is Mt the same temperature rs the
water coming from the well. it is about
right to raise all of the cream. used
piece of two-lnch hose, and bored n
twoinch hole i'll the box and inserted
the hose. Then in order to make the
hose and box watertight bored hole
through stick, which / drove inside
of the hose where it passes through
tank. 1 had'good sweet milk and good
buttermilk and fine, hard butter all
summer. | shipped my butter to
Omnhn, and received for 1t at the de.
pot Tour or five cents per pound more
than we could get Mt the store st
home. also grew in my garden after
July s, 1894 INT which time was hailed
out and lost my entire crop), one pail
tomatoes, one bushel of turnips. eleven
cabbages, four bushels of radisbes
one-half peck of beans, lots OF lettuce
and and few onions, by irrigation
from our milktank. Farm and Fire.
side.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10

81 tell you what, Sophia, / reckon
some of the men that fit in our war; an
got titles by so dom, would be glad to
see the days o battle an blood sheddin'
back agin,, turrible though they was"
remarked Uncle Wilson Flanders, as
he laid down the evening paper and
wiped his spectaclcs.
why, what curious things YOU do
say, Wilson" returned Mrs. Flanders,
calmly. 81 s'pose they jest live on their
pension money, and rejoice in peace,
most of EN-"
NO, they don't" said Mr. Flanders;
they have to work like all POSSESSED
any number of en-. Why. here's n man
here jest listen TO this" and the old
man caught up the paper again and ran
his finger down a column. Here it's:
Change in the PostOfIicc. General De-
livery will be sent out from the main
office six times day TO all parts of the
city
Now I'd jest like to have YOU put
your mind on that, Sophia. \ general
most likely wounded i'm his legs or
somewheres -hayin' to kerry letters all
over the city six times II day, Why,
there amt boss In Creekville that has
to work like that! An / don't s'pose
they pay him enough to let him ride i'm
them elekitral cars; an, any cal
late the houses Is set so near together
comparative that 'twouldn't scussly
pay him for gettin' off an on 'em. which
| expect is pooty dangerous business.
what with sparks flynn all round the
cars, ms in course they must
II tell you" concluded Uncle Wilson.
warmly, II shouldn't blame that man
II he was to banker for the days when
he marched an fit i'm the midst o. tur
moils an uphcavin's. l reckon he
want mite more wore out when night
come than he is now-not q inflow
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
OPIUM A VALUABLE DRUG
Communication Has Decided that 1t IL
Lees Harmful than Alcohol

The opium commission, appointed 10
England to report OH the use md effects
of opium in India. has rendered its de-
cision. IL had to determine whether Cpl
um, when taken in moderation. was an
Injurious article OF diet; whether In
dian opinion was opposed 10 lis use,
and whether prohibition was u practi-
cal policy. All three questions are an
swered by vote of s to l In the mega
tive. Opium Is found to be an excel
lent remedy in modcra ton all through
life with practically no i'll effect upon
the healthy constitution, and it's habit
ual votarics like the Sikhs and the Raj
poots, display exceptionally fine phys
iQuc. Doctors know that the effect OF
opium differs with every constitution,
ana II Is proved that the Indian con
stltution tolcratcs il better than even
that of the Chinese, who are not pure
yegetarians. 1t no more Injuries them
than wine Injuries Italians or beer the
Bavarian pcasantry. In India every
body looks upon opium as allowable,
and the practice of opium eating is al
most universal In fact, Its prohibition
would be everywhere regarded as nm
unjustfiablc Interference with purely
domestic comfort, just as in this coun-
try an effective attempt TO prevent
man taking glass Of beer with his
home dinner would be considered.
There Is n disposition among thought
full natives to look upon the use of the
drug as the alternative to the use Of
cheap alcohol and to dread the resort to
the latter. Religious feeling accounts
for this In some measure, but II is well
known that. while Asiatics can be
moderate in the use Of ScdatlvcS, they
lose all restraint when they take to
alcohol. SO the commission has decid-
ed that opium is n reputable drug. that
1t does Infinitely less harm in the world
than alcohol and that It's effects I'm a
large proportion OF cases where 1t Is
used are beneticent and desirable. This
decision would, of course. greatly sim
plify tho question of prohibition, but
the commission frankly confcsses that
prohibition Is simply impossible. There
Is no means of preventing the manu-
facturc of opium in the native states
and throughout India, and no amount
of zeal or expenditure or severity can
prevent the smuggling OF drug which
can be carried in quill, which will
grow anywhere on the continent of
India, and which national opinion, even
among the officials and tho police, en-
tirely approves. The commission says:
I'VE can, and do, restrict the use of OPT
um by taxing it enormously, but tho
prohibition of it is entirely beyond our
power" The moderate use of opium
Is, therefore, AT last pronounced respec.
table. There are people on this side Of
the world who have always looked upon
it ms shining virtue compared with the
loathsome habit still tolerated by soma
cultured nations, Of tobacco chewing in
public placeS.-St Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
Fruit Trees by the Roadside.

The pleasure OF riding or walking
through country places would be great.
ly increased If fruit trees lined the
road sides. or course some OF the
fruit there grown would bc taken md
eaten by the p1ssers 10y. but except near
cities and l1Egc villages this demand
would bc quickly satisfied. with tho
roadsid" frff held T. common prop ,rtv.
10 would ~ less difficult to protect the
fruit In Jvar by or adjoining orchards
The frTt trees would have further
advantage that they do mo-. grow so
large nor do their roots extend SO for
ns e. injurc the fields beside them. We
know some fine rows of large trees bv
read sides which cfcctually destroy the
all for one or two rods inside the field
and make IL not worth cullvatng. Tho
elm, whose roots always run near tho
surface, Is one OF the worst trees In tbis
respect Tx.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
Gardening In the Suhnrhs

In the outskirts of every city and
village are many places having n small
garden attached, which the owner
would care for IL he could only get the
land plowcd. A man with n smart
team and pillow can pillow and fit these
garden pieces for planting in an hour
or two, doing enough in n day or so To
make profitable days work for him
self and team without charging more
than 81 or $3.50 for each garden. This
work can be made profitable for both
parties. as the product of a small gar
den plot may be made with several
dollars.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
LIKE ANOTHER LAND.
The World Seemed Strange to TIseso
Two Convicts

The World Seemed Strange to TIseso
Two Convicts.
After spending twenty var. I'm the
State prison at Lansing. Kan, where
they were shut entirely from the world.
two convicts named Winner and Nc
Mutt were recently set ut liberty. So
completely isolated had they boon dur
ing their long confinement that when
they walked out OF the prison free
men they could scarcely realize where
they were. Everything seemed new
and strange To them. Some OF the uues-
tons they asked upon emerging into
the outer world were peculiar indeed.
See" cried Winner, the more de
monstrative OF the two. There is n
town. There was no town here when
| went in" The- were told Ii was
Lansing" Lets not go there" said
Winner. 81 want to go over to those
woods" McNutt agreed. and they went
over TO n thicket by the roadside The
two came across a COW. as that n
cow said Winner, hesitatingly Don't
go on. Let Me look ut it," And he cir
cled around the animal much rs n man
examines Il lion in Barnum's Then he
approached her timorously, and laid
his hand upon her back. "This," he
said, lis the only COW / have seen i'm
twenty years"
y little later they met n flock of geese.
"LooR!" said Winner again. Tell me
/ really do not know. are those geese or
ducks;' He was told they were geese
and lie tried to pet them. winner"
said McNutt, n moment later. what Is
that scentf Do YOU smell it," Yes. it
must come from those flowers" Both
men descended upon an clderbcrry
bush and stripped it of its blossoms.
They were like two children. They
picked every flower they saw and car.
ricd it with them.
See here" said Winner, "here is n
good old milkweed. How green and
beautiful it is" And he plucked 1t and
added it to his armful of variegatcd
vegetation. Arthur" said McNutt.
very slowly and deliberately, do YOU
notice how queer 1t is TO talk loudly?
How queer the words Gomez" Il won
der if | could sing. / guess not" said
Winner. He did not try.
Both men curiouSly felt the bark of
every tree they came upon. Finally,
with their arms filed high with green
twigs and flowers. they went To the
hotel in Lansing, where breakfast was
waiting for them. Winner drank three
cups of coffee. How nice ii is" lie said,
ito have sugar in your cofrccl And
cream, too! Think of that" How does
the butter strike youi" ne was asked.
"Oh, WELL" said Winner I'm used to
that We had butter every Fourth Of
July" Later they paid Il visit To Kan
sas City, where they asked questions
about everything they saw. They mar
veled ut the high buildings and stared
in astonishment ut the street ears run
ming along without any visible signs of
propulsion.
Winners folks are wealthy, among
the most wealthy in Kansas City, and
he went ct once to their palatial home,
where he was received with open arms.
McNutt has no one to whom to 20 His
old mother still lives in Nova Scotia
and is still very poor. Winner was 10
when he went to the penitentilry and
McNutt 20 years Of age.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

Guernsey cattle will give the high.
est colored butter of any breed of
cattle in the world.
Wide tires protect the wood of
the wheels. When You have got them
keep them by painting every year.
The man who sticks to raising first
class cattle and hogs, and does it with
| good judgment, will find it reasonably
profitable.
Better raise all the chicks you are
going to, rs soon rs possible now, for
the carly Matched ones will the soon
est lay, end it costs no more time nor
trouble to raise them now than later
on.
TO take out stumps and stones is
easier during IA very dry spell on some
fields, while on other soil the work is
made lighter1f the ground is moist, or
even wet. Pick out the best time for
doing these jobs, SO that the same labor
will accomplish more and be less ex-
pcnsivo for the amount of improve
ments made.
A farmer who has trie | several
modes of destroying cut worms finds
that au excellent method is to use n
stick three feet long and / inches in
diameter, shnrpencd Mt one end, with
which two or three holes are punche /
IN the ground near each plant. The
cut worm Is sluggish aud falls into
the hole, from which he cannot easily
escape.
DO not overlook buckwhea. MS n
summer crop. 1t grows on poor land
but yields more largely if the land j.,
rich. 1t Is considered profitable
crop for blowing under in the full, be.
ing used for renovating poor land. Its
blossoms afford excellent forage for
bees ut time when they can find but
few honey-Produciug plants on which
to work.
1t is contended that severe winters
do not destroy insects, rs they no
down below the effects OF moisture. but
1t IS fact that the severe frosts of
winter do destroy SON Of them. Late
Irosts, however, which como after tho
warm weather begins, are very destruc
i've to insects In 1859 June frost
destroyed the growing crops in Penn.
syivanin, but also exterminnted the
red wheat weevil, which more thnu
paid for tho damage TO crops
Aeration of milk tends to drive ONT
any bad odors that have been absorbed
and to lessen the taste and smell re-
sulting from such improper foods as
onions, etc. But acration in itself has
little effect OF the keeping quality of
The milk or on the effect of Dreaming.
However, ms aerntion is usually nj
tended by cooling Of the milk, the
elect IS to rotord crcnming if tho
cream is raised by setting i'm pans or
cans IN crcamer. Milk shipped to
market IS benefited by being thor.
ougbly ncratcd.
4. Feed horses at hori work ON four
POUNDS of wheat bran and EIGHT
pounds of provsuder CONSISTING of
4oO pounds of cracked corn To- fifteen
bushels OF oats daily, with all the bav
they want. This ration gave tho best
results ut the Massachusetts, Experi.
ment Station for horses WEIGHING
about 1000 pounds, bat proportion.
ateIy moro grain Is fed to heavier
horses. For medium work three
pounds bran and six pounds proven.
der per head daily is used. and for
light work two pounds bran and four
pounds proyender.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10

established All of these establish
ments hatch with incubators, some of
them having a capacity OF 5000 or
10000 eggs every four weeks. More
over, as Pekin duck eggs are remark
ably fertile, almost as many little
ducks are Matched out as there are
eggs put into the incubators. The lit
tie ducks are brooded by hot water
pipes passing through long sectional
brooders, and are fed from start to
finish on a forcing diet AS these
ducks are, in many cases, to take the
place of unobtainable, or too expen-
sive, wild ducks, the idea has been
conceived of feeding them on celery
during the last few weeks of their
growth TO give the peculiar game
flavor which wild ducks acquire by
feeding upon wild celery in tho
marshes. So pronounced is this flavor
of celery fed ducks that one firm, at
least, has acres upon acres of celery
growing to feed to Its thousands upon
thousands of ducks.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN,

COLORADO WAY OF RAISING POTATOES.
A Colorado farmer describes in the
Rural New Yorker the cost and method
of raising potatoes in that State.
81 have been somewhat interested
in the way the Eastern farmer raises
and harvests potatoes; our way being
30 different, j thought some would like
to know how we do it. l have two
sixteen-inch plows-one riding and
one walking. | plant in the furrow
behind the riding pillow, which has an
attachment that throws part of the
loose soil back into the furrow, so that
the seeds have u soft bed. Icover with
walking pillow. This makes the rows
thirty-two inches apart. Two to cut
the seed Il do not like the machine
cutters), two to drop, and Two to pillow,
will plant between four and five acres
day. / harrow twice, cultivate
twice, and go through with the
hoes once. That is all until dig
glng time. use no manure or fer
tilizer, and, unlike the greater part
OF Colorado, we can not irrigate, but
depend wholly upon the rains. The
elevation here is nearly 1000 feet. The
average yield per acre is between 1000
and 5000 pounds, or seventy to ninety
bushels of marketable potatoes.
have this year 40 acres, besides 100
acres of other crops. The land is
worth between 80 and 10 per acre. 1
use the four horse diggcrs. The cost
of harvesting and loading on cars three
miles distant if from ten to twelve
cents per two bushel sack, including
sacks and everything"