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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-26
TO MUSICIANS.

THE MISSES RICE, LATE OF MEL
bourne, have located on King street, Wal
XXI OF J. b. Anterior, and will take pupils
for tuition in rianoforte and Singing. Iele-
phone $50. 1919
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
EEss Els - POkT.
NAVAL.

NAVAL.
L 5 Bennington, Pigman, HilO.
MECHANICS.
CThis list does not include coasters.l
" II Dimond, Nilsson, san Francisco.
Bk City Of Adelaide, Williamson, Newcs Ie
Bark Don AdOlfO. Larsen. Newcastle.
Bark ; & Allen. Thompson, san FRANCISCO
Ger bark II Hackfeld, WOlters, New HorE.
Schr Robert Levers, Goodman, HllO.
Bk COIOma. NOyes. Portland.
Brig W q Irwin, Williams, san Francisco.
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WANTED.

AN EXPERIENCED HAND IN MILL
nerv Department. Apply TO
4l55-tf y. s. SACHS.
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PUNAHoU WEATHER REPORT.
Nov. %, 9 P.M.-Temperature, 740;
dew point, 650; barometer, 3O.13.
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WAN TED.

ONE SECONDHAND DELIVERY
Wagon to carry about 20-0 pounds Address
z. y. Box 81. 4l43-tf
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GOLD NATERkALSON|NE

Adapted for Dwellings, Offices and Public
Dwellings, or any other place where
KALSOMINE is used. 1t will not rub,
discolor or scale off.
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PoKMI9N NAIL sERV ZOE.
,.1kexs,

Steamships will leave for and arrive
tTom San Francisco, Vancouver and
Sydney on the following dates, till the
close of 1895.
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Barometer corrected for temperature and ele
Walton, but not for latitude.
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Time whistle blows at u hr. min. o sec.
(midnightl Greenwich mean tine, which Is l hr.
IS min. "a sec. p m OF Honolulu mean time.
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NOVEMBER %, 1895.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
PUSSY WORKED HARD.
For Weeks She Pursued a Pair Of
Gray Squirrels.
Pearl Lost Three Pounds while Planning
TO siay the Nimble Graycoats-IIow
she Finally Landed Her Came
and Killed It.

Mrs r. NJ Polk, ofMouutain Valley,
near Scranton, Pa. owns a handsome
tabby cat named Pearl. Up to New
Years day puss had been growing thin
for two months, owing TO the thinking
she did and the time she spent in trying
to capture pair of gray squirrels. The
bushy-tailed little fellows. appeared on
the premises late in October and settled
down for the winter. Their presence
worried Pearl from the start, and she
tried every way she could think of to-
get near enough 20 nab them.
BY means of the fruit and shade
trees the squirrels gambolled from one
farm building to another without
touching the ground Pearl climbed
the trees and buildings in her eager
ness to seize the playful strangers, but
they were too spry and wide-awake for
her every time, There was a black
oak in the front yard, and the squirrels
gathered acorns from under the
branches and stored them in various
places, While they we're busy Pearl
| lay in wait on the veranda, but they in
variably outwitted her.
The squirrelsislept in the grain barns,
and were in the haSit of carrying
acorns up tree close to IT, The cat
noticed this, and one morning while the
| squirrels were in the oak Pearl climbed
the other tree and watched for the
nimble little'nut gatherers to return to
the barn. Instead of skipping up the
tree where the cat was the cunning
squirrels ran up corner of the build
/ ing and chartered at the euchred cat
from the caves. Pearl was so humjli-
ated over the disappointment that she
vacated the tree Immediately and went
snealking to the house. The provident
squirrels stored lot of acorns under
the stone base of flower urn in the
front yard, and Pearl squatted in the
urn for hours, but got no chance TO
spring at either of the artful little
dodgers. One afternoon she ce me
within an ace of mailing one of them,
and after that they climbed pear tree
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

less and cluclzless. He doesn't wake
up the neighborhood at four in the
morning with an everlasting cocl-a-
doodle-doo.
Every time cloud passes over the
sun he does not scream "Kaw-w-w, -
and send the hens scaling for the barn
in fear of hawks No, but he is just as
much lord OF the chicken park as ever.
There is nothing that he fails to see.
lie makes eyes answer for ears and
voice, too.
When the first glow of sunrise APP
pears he begins the duties of the day
by raising the rest of the fowls in the
hennery in his own original way. He
walks around to each one and kicks it
off the perch. There's no resisting
such an invitation TO get up. It's ever
50 much more effective than growing.
When he gets challenge to fght he
does not stop to announce what he can
do. He goes and does 1t.
What is most remarkable, however,
about this deaf and dumb bird is that
he can readily distinguish between an
admonition to ''shoo" and an invitation
to come in and have something TO eat.
His owner thinks he does 1t by watch
ing the motions of the lips and the gen
eral attitude of the person. At least,
he knows what it means when a stone
is thrown at him.
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nm snARK swALLows rHE Loa.

to make. Perhaps this man-eater may
swim for months with the sharp-edged
instrument in its stomach but eventu-
ally it win die from its meal"
So closely followed was this vessel by
sharks during her voyage north that it
was difficult to get the men to go aloft
to furl the sails, they fearing that in
the event of their falling overheard
they would be swallowed up by the
hungry monsters. 1t was at Z o'clock
in the morning that the log was first
discovered missing A huge school OF
sharks had been following the vessel
all the previous day and night, and, no
doubt, they took the revolving instru-
ment for some kind of fish. After
swallowing it, a desperate fight for
freedom must have resulted, as the rail
was badly chaffed and the line parted
in such manner as would indicate the
application of great strength.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

was in great pain and he was confined
to the hospital for nine weeks.
When Hoffman's clothing was exam
ined after the accident it was seen that
in many places the lightning had cut
the cloth as neatly as If it had been
done with razor. Some of the cuts
were long and straight.
The lightning took his clothes of
quicker than he could have undressed
himself, and it threw them on pile on
one side of the track, with his shoes
carefully deposited beside the pile. The
clothes seemed to have been neatly
folded until they were examined anc
found to be a pile of rags,
Hoffman's pants" had been yanke(
off him without the formality of pulling
them over his feet. This seemingly
impossible task was accomplished by
the lightning first cutting each les
open, and then it appeared to hav,
taken them by the seat and dropped
them on the coat, and to finish the jol
by depositing Mr., Hoffman's straw hal
on top of all.
After 1t got through with Hoffman
this remarkable streak of lightning
ran along a metal track into the Glen
gary mine, at the mouth Of which he
had been working ran TO the end OF
the shaft, which is 400 feet below the
surface of the ground, and then il
ran along a ''cross cut" 200 feet, where
it branched off and for sixty feet fol
lowed a 'NHinze."
There were several men at work a
this point, and all were more or les
stunned. The bolt of lightning wen
into the earth when it reached the enc
of the 'winze. Hoffman is now
known in Butte as "the human light
ning-rod -
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

A Presque Isle merchant recently
carried out a satisfactory transaction
on the principle that bear in the bush
is worth barrel of -four in the hand,
although in theory it was contrary to
the maxims of Poor Richard and all
the other philosophers. A long, lank
fellow from the backwoods, whose garb
bespoke the healthy and rugged pow
erty Of pioneer life, came into BarlSer's
store and wanted TO get barrel Of
flour on credit. Being asked what
security he could give for the bill, he
admitted that no had no real estate,
neither a hoof nor head of stock, and
no personal collateral of anv deserip
tion, except wife and a arge brood
of children, but he added that he had
just got on she track of bear, and II
Barker was willing to take the bear as
security he would shoulder his gun on
next Monday morning and camp right
on his track until he got him. II was
q trade-which the bear squared up
with his skin two weeks later, and
Presque Isle honesty and sagaeity were
both yindicated.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
sIRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A Thunderbolt Strips a Miner Of
His Clothes.
Even Ills Shoes Are Peeled on by this
Mysterious Electric Iluid - Now
Known ia the West as the
Human Lightning Rod.

This man, says the New York World
is not a LeXow witness after an inter
view with the police. He was not in a
railroad accident, nor did he fall from
balloon. You might suppose, with
his trousers torn to shreds, his shoes
ripped, his coat and shirt in tatters
and walking with crutch, that he
had tried to jump upon Broadway car
and been saved by patent net, or
that he had sought to elbow his way
through an elevated car at $3.50 in the
evening
He has done none of these things.
He has simply been struck by light
ming.
His name is Charles b. Hoffman and
he lives at Butte, Mont. He was stand
ing at the mouth of mine when the
lightning struck him The thunder.
bolt, he thinks, first struck the straw
hat he was wearing, and it tore hole
in the hat and cut part of the rim.
Then it tore his clothing into shreds
and left him naked. Both his overalls
and the shirt he was wearing pre-
sented the appearance of having passed
VII C'B ~ n o'uouBO Ahllls IIOllludl
sends his picture to the Sunday World
showing his condition after the acci
dent.
81 would like he writes, "for some
one to explain to me why was moi
killed instantly"
He has been asking this question
ever since the accident happened, but
thus far has not received a satisfactory
answer. Nobody can tell him why he
was not killed by the lightning. The
bolt, he says, after passing through
his hat, struck him on the shoulder
and ran the full length of his body
burning the skin to a crisp on the sides
and legs. 1t also cut his left foot OF
the side and bottom, breaking tn,
bones of the foot.
''My clothes were torn TO pieces anC
thrown from my body" says Mr.. Hofi
man, ''and my shoes were torn from
both feet"
He became unconscious as soon as h,
was struck by the lightning and dix
not revive for an hour and half
When he regained his senses Hoffman
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

THE West of Ireland is again threat
-ened with its periodical famine, a re
Currence which it seems out of the po yer
of legislation or administration, or
change of crops, or redistribution of
Aald, or any other governmental OF
economic device to avert. IL comes
about so often, like the cholera or the
Siberian grip, and has to be reckoned
with as a persistent factor in the concerns
of that understanding country. 1t is as
yet only in prospect, but the outlook is
serious enough 10 awaken anxiety and
apprehension. Should it come, the right
thing will be done about it on this side Of
the water, as it has often been done be
fore and it is, meantime, gratifying at
least to the benefciaries that so many oi
ohe sons of that unfortunate island have
made so much money in American poll
Tics that they can afford to contribute
generously in such a crisis.
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Irit were not a regular thing for Demo.

IL it were not regular thing for Demo
cratic politicians to disagree upon any
question of public policy that originates
among themselves, it would strike us as
extraordinary to witness their varied
opinions upon the financial situation that
has been directly brought to their atten
tion by the President, but which he can
hardly even have expected them to seri-
aously consider, much less legislateNpon
The popularity of Mr.. Cleveland's mes
sage consists in the entire absence of any
rJthcial statement from the Treasury De-
psrtmeut to substantiate his assertions.
Ordinarily there would be no question as
70 the sccuracy of Presidents message,
but dr. Cleveland's record has shown him
20 be the author of so many theories and
esoniectures, which he has regarded as
facts, thatit is not surprising to find Dem
-ocratic Senators calling for detailed and
specific information in support of what
he has to say.
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and peeped into the urn before they
undertook to get acorns from under it
to carry to the barn.
After awhile the squirrels took de
light in teasing the anxious cat by ca
pering close to the piazza when she was
watching, sitting upon their launches
and chattering at her saucily. The i'm
pudence of the daring little graycoats
broke the cat all up, especially after
she had sprung at them without getting
SO much as a tuft of hair. The squirrels
vexed puss every day, but she didn't
give up trying to kill them on that ac-
count. The more they teased her the
more determined to slay them she be-
came.
A deep snow fell in Christmas week,
and for couple of days the squirrels
kept shady. Then they scampered out,
tunnelled in the snow to the base of the
urn, and lugged more acorns 70 the
barn. Again Pearl endeavored TO nab
them on the sly, but they were too
and persevering puss was still bent on
destroying the squirrels, however.
| At daylight on New Years morning
Mrs. Polk saw Pearl climb a spruce
tree in the front yard. 1t was eighteen
degrees below zero, and Mrs. Polk
couldn't coax the cat to come down, so
she stood at the window to let the cat
in as soon as she left the tree. A few
minutes afterward the squirrels scamp
cred across the yard, scooted into the
tunnel, and soon shot out and sat up
side by side in the snow Each had an
acorn in its paws, and both faced the
window. All of a sudden Mrs. Polk
saw Pearl sail out of the tree and land
on the unsuspecting squirrels. She
went out of sight in the snow, and Mrs.
| Polk ran out to make her let the squir-
rels alone. Pearl was too spry for the
gray fellows this time, as well as for
Mrs Polk, and killed them both before
Mrs. Polk could interfere. The cat
wouldn't eat a particle of the squirrels;
all she wanted was to put them out of
the way Pearl lost three pounds
while planning to slay the squirrels,
and within week after she had killed
them she gained two pounds.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
Had Faith In His Father.

The faith which children have in their
parents is not often better Illustrated than
by story which was told recently by a
fond relative of an almost precocious boy,
He is about years of age, and his fond
mamma thought that it was about time
that she impressed upon his infantile
mind some one of the first lessons in
Christianity. This took the form of a
prayer, which she repeated while the boy
lisped the words after her. 1t happened
by chance that the head of the house was
absent from home, and among the petit
tons for special blessings was this.
PLEASE, God, bring papa safely home
With all the dignity which can be crowd.
ed into the being of a 3-year-old Robert
stood up and said proudly, My papa can
come home hisself." There were no more
prayers that nigh Brooklyn Eagle.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
A voRAolous SHARK.
by Mistake He Swallows a BarlSentine's
Taffrail Log.

TatfrRl Log.
The crew of the Portland barkentine
John j. Marsh, Capt. Whittier, which
has just reached pier IS, North
Wharves, Philadelphia, with a full
cargo of salt from remote spot
known to mariners as Tagged
Islund," had dangerous encounters
with myriads of hungry sharks which
at this season infest the waters
in the locality of the Bahamas. As
a result, the vessel has reached
here minus her taffrail log, a
nautical instrument without which the
navigation of "a vessel is rendered not
only difficult, but dangerous. This huge
instrument, fashioned somewhat after
a ships propeller, is towed by heavy
line astern of ships, and an indicator
on the quarter-rail marks the miles run.
While thus being used it was swal-
lowed by one of the hungry sharks and
the line parted just two feet aft of the
indicator.
"It was quite an unhealthy mistake, y
said the mate yesterday, ''for the shark
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
uo won tile Bet.

Old John Langley, the veteran horse
man, is better known to old Worcester
sporting men than any man living. Stories
of his eccentric career are innumerablo.
He often complained of being done" in
betting AS matter of fact, he did"
his adversaries in the sporting world of
tener than they did him. One day he
called at the store of tailor and stated in
his usual loud and emphatic way--for his
conversation was always highly favored
with the tabasco of profanity-that he
wanted pair of breeches And l want
the best stuff in the store, no matter what
the -- color" The tailor was a little be
wildered, but finally showed Langley the
most costly material in the shop, beau
tiful silky broadclUth. That this was I'M
suitable for trousers made LJ difference TO
him, Il want it," said he, and l want
1t made up wrong side out" The tailor
expcstulated in vain, and the trousers
were made and delivered.
A friend called on Langley and re-
| marked on tho trousers in uncomplimon-
tary language. Langley said he was salts
| fed. More Ruying resulted in the old man
| Offering tu bet $25 that the cloth cost more
| yard than that in his friends trousers
| The bet was taken, and the tailor was to
decide it, He named the price. The friend
| would not believe that the rough goods
could be so costly until he was shown the
shiny, silky other side Then he paid, as
| did other men ON similar beCs That was
what the old man had bought the trousers
| for.-Worcester Gazette.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

WE are not pointing with pride TO our
Foreign policy but at the same time China
should be careful how she seizes sailors
barely possible that war ship belonging
to the United States government might
be moved to take care of its own without
waiting to communicate with Washing
T0n
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

IT is singular that New Jersey should
Eetsist IN denying to women the right to
practice at the bar if they are otherwise
qualified for that profession. Most of the
states Of the union now permit women to
practice law and in many instances these
modern POrtias have attained consider
able eminence. A bill is now pending in
che New Jersey Legislature taking away
che disabilities of women in this respect,
g8ut Indications are that the measure will
not be passed. There is no more reason
why women should be debarred from the
Aegal profession than from the medical
profession. Indeed, there would seem to
0s less reason Few women lawyers ap,
pear In court as advocates their practice
being chiefly Office work, and in this day
of women cashiers, accountants, teachers
and shopkeepers it is difficult to under
stand what there is that can be considered
Objectionable and unfeminine in such an
lacsupation.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
rncIriI .Iohn Hunter.

John Hunter, he great anatomist
came home one evening and found ahousC
full Of company dancing. He halted IN
the middle of the floor and looked savage
ly around. 81 knew nothing of this kick
up and ought 70 have been informed A,
l have returned home for the purpose o.
study, 1 hope the present company will al
once retire They did So
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

Everybody knows how difficult it Is
even for expert lapidaries to cut dia-
monds; not only on account of their
hardness, but by reason of their struc-
ture and veins, which must be well de-
fined before the cutter begins his
work. NJ Antoine, one of the best
known jewellers of Antwerp, has, after
many fruitless attempts, and three
years of arduous and patient toll, at
last succeeded in cutting whole ring
ont of block of diamond. The ring is
perfectly round, with a diameter OF
nineteen millimetres about three-q lar-
ters of an inch), 1t was exhibited for
some time in Antwerp, and was very
much admired. It's value was not given,
as the maker win not sell it. Outside
of this ring there is but one other ring
known TO be cut out of one stone, and
that Is the beautiful sapphire ring il
the Marlborough collection.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
Tho Condor

The condor, the largest bird of prey
can devour fun grown calf inside of 30
hours eating at intervals of three hours
until it is gorged Its flight then is slow
and difficult until it has gained height
of 200 yards by gliding up and down aerial
planes The condor can then hover on
the wing and lloab for half an hour in cir
eles without moving a feather
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
noosrEn woarA HAVING.


te ls Dcnt ana Dumb, But bright ns "a
New silver Dollar.
Asa JudlSins, OF Palermo, Me. says
that his deaf and dumb rooster just
beats creation, and that's right, too; be
wasn't created that way Up TO the
time he was eight months old he could
reel off a 'cocll-a-doodle" as fippantly
as any rooster in the neighborhood,
and then one unluelsy day he got his
head caught in a barbed-wire fence in
such a way as to mangle his neck and
probably tear out his vocal cords.
Just what made him deaf, though, is
uncertain, but it is likely that when he
lost his power to make sounds he evi-
IDENTIFY forgot how to hear them. At
least now, at the age Of three years, he
gives no evidence of hearing So this
brown Leghorn goes through life crow
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

The cause of honest money is right.
eous one, and the people will see that it
prevails in spite of all schemes to OBJ.
sstruct and defeat it.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08

The incoming of the new Congress will
do more TO restore confidence than any.
.hing that can possibly be done by the
present one,