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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21

The Heaviest Crops of Coffee are Pro-
duced Here and the Product Com
mands the Highest Price.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21
If YOU WANT
A 6 MASCOT +"
let us know.

let us know, Tor we
have a lot. This is another
FIVE hole Range, and No. 6 has
a ID by "a, No. "a I6 by l6
and No. 8 IS by IS oven. t
is a little more expensive thu n
the Rival" but not much, and
though it is fully worth $40
you can have it for $rA, as we
intend to sell ranges, and will
put them to begin with where
every body can afford to have
the best little range in town.
Besides the above the Hollis
wood" brought us many tons
of new goods, but as they are
uot put away yet we will tell
you all about them later. We
still sell WHEELS.
<. 0. Hall & Son.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21

sUailC clrculaClon Dy WHICH ali
vapors arising from foods in the
provision chamber are con-
densed in the ice pan, and run
off with the melting ice.
Most refrigerators are so
constructed that vapors from
various kinds of foods are chill
ed to bead drops of water with
in the provision chamber.
Hence such refrigerators are
always damp and deleterous to
health; and hence the instruc.
ton "to frequently wipe the
moisture from the provision
chamber"
In the Alaska no Uapors are
allowed to remain; but, by a
perfect circulation of air, they
are drawn through the flues in
to the ice chest and are con-
densed there. By thus removing
the vapor all odor is removed
for the odor is in the vapor
and dry, pure cold air falls
into the provision chamber.
The provision chamber of
the Alaska never coats from
condensation, but is always
clean and free from foul odor.
The points sought for in a
refrigerator are:
LIST. The preservation ofper-
ishable foods.
End. The disposal of foul
vapors which constantly exhale
from provisions.
3rd. Dryness of atmosphere
in the provision chamber.
4th. Low and unvarying
temperature.
9Th. Economical use of ice.
These results are best pro-
duced by the Alaska, and are
plainly demonstrable upon the
scientific principles used in the
build, by which low tempera-
ture and dryness of air are
naturally and inevitably obtain
ed, and do away with the prin-
cipal reasons of decay in meats
and fruits, dampness and vary
ing temperature caused by ex-
pansion and contraction Of
tissues, hence a dry atmosphere
and uniform temperature are
conducive to their preserva-
ton.
The patent waste water traI
is health assuring and keeps
out all odors deleterous to
health as effectually as a sewer
trap can. This trap is one o
the most novel, as it has Ger.
tainly proved itself to be one o
the most useful improvements
Heretofore this cup has beer
on the end of the waste pipe
outside of the refrigerator
Through carelessness or indif
ference it has often been lost
or not put on. Now this entirely
new and novel design is fitteo
to the waste pipe in the proci-
sion chamber, just beneath the
ice chamber, where it can be
easily reached to be removed
when necessary to clean.
A refrigerator with a poor
provision shelf is almost USE
less, and most provision shelves
are worthless, because they
are made from wire or narrow
strips of tin or iron, so narrow
that no small dish can be placed
upon them, and so weak that
they will not support a large
article.
The provision shelf of the
Alaska is solid galvanized
iron and the slots are corrugat-
ed, and are wide enough SC
that any dish can be placed on
them without tipping over. In
fact the construction of the
Alaska Refrigerator is the
acme of perfection.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21

"James," called out Fweddy to his
man, ''bwing me a chair to stand on. ]
am going to put on me ovaooat. CHI
cago Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21

The Conductors Excuse.
Conductor, why didn't you stop the
car when motioned to youp'
beg your pardon, madam. Thought
you were kissing your hand to me. -
New York Recorder.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21

Passengers are carried direct to Hilo, Olsa,
COFFEE bisTRPcrs on the % wld os ass
side Of the Island At all these points the
conditions of soil, temperature and rainfall
are ideal for the cultivation of COFFEE,
ORANGES AND OTHER TROPICAL
FRUITS.
Corn, potatoes and vegetables grow to per-
lection at the higher attitudes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21
HAWAII still wants a cable

HAS the usual alcohol act been
losl1
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21

THERE is no disquieting news to
send by the steamer today unless
the same be manufactured.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-21
OF tho Islands.

Traverslng the Finest Cot
fee and Sugar Lands
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10

&pf the projectiles which were loaded
with gun cotton exploded. The fuse
which was supposed to cause an explo-
sion on impact didn't work. 1t was of
new design and 1t was said that 1t would
be easy to remedy the difficulty. Even
Sif this were not possible the fuse that
twas tried when the ship was accepted
Z by the Government could be used. The
explosions caused by that fuse were
such as naval officers never saw before
They tore up from the bottom Of the
Delaware river great blocks of black
mud and threw them with the water in
the shape OF crested mountain 900 feet
Into the air. 1t was as IL volcano had
I burst In the river bed and had begun
ito spit fire and water. When those mud
balls began to fall they seemed to gather
& the water about them and they rescm-
5bled immense comets with watery tails
rushing towards the earth. No one who
d saw that experiment ever doubted the
.asfleslue OF the Vesuvius as an engine of
Sfsgar.
ssF1c!sTIL1TY TO THE vEsUvIUs.
!. I muat be remembered that the Vesu-
can be OF no service unless she ia
s5;Nlthlin mile OF her antagonist. Her on
.s1spnln t.;s say that she would be r.atlled
{: RS net ppoasntsi quick firing Pans be-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10

became generally known that this coun-
Try was building Il submarine torpedo
boat and that within a Year the craft
would probably be in service This sub
marine boat is as Yet unnamed She is
10 run on the surface at the rate Of six
teen knots an hour; awash that is. with
only the observation turret and smoke
stack showing, mt the rate of fifteen
knots an hour: submerged completely.
at the rate of eight knots an hour for
SIX hours at a stretch. When running
under water storage batteries are the
propelline power. When running awaeh
or on the surface steam is used When
about TO dive the smoke stack is drou-
ped inside the craft and all openings
are made tight. Compressed air fur
hishes breathing atmosphere Paddles
mat resemble in principle the feet of a
duck are the means by which the div
Ing is done. The boat can be made IN
dive twenty-five feet in twenty seconds
when running on the surface and in lei,
seconds when running awash. IL carries
hve torpedoes which are to be discharged
against a hostile vessel When IL is
ho' desirable TO come up in the presence
OF an enemy camera lucida, which
is noth1ng more than pine about eiyh
inches in diameter with lot of mir
rers In 1t, Is poked up out of the water
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10

her range. One of her air torpcdoes
,Nstriling the water within q hundred
yards of Il ship would probably tear
R,out the sides of the craft. NO matter how
formidable 1t might be. by means of
8$the vacuum created by the explosion.
mo vessel could live II actually struck
&by one of the cartridges that the We
t5Suvius could throw 1t is no wonder
#that the Navy Department hesitates to
Sdiscard such an engine of war, even
Though 1t be shown that dynamite"
%guns are more effective OH land than OH
ia floating platform where it Is difficult
Sto regulate the distance OF hurting mis-
sssiles by compressed air owing to the con-
Sistant rise and fall of the ship as
#gun platform.
Tests made three years ago at Port
4 Royal allowed that In target shooting
&the Vesuvius made a marvellous show
Sins. even though the officers and crew
sswere q fixed target. the Vesuvius being
i stationery, nearly one hundred per
3 cent of the shots We're effective and
some OF the shooting was as close as
with the big guns on ships. When
Isthe target was in motion and
1.-THE Vesuyius stationary or in
emotion 1t was found that the
&nurnber of effective shots was greater
S;tlian in actual warfare The charge
Stherefore, that the ship could not shoot
y fectively was dispelled.
93Ss& But there was serious hitch. None
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10
HE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
RAM.

RAM.
The ram Katahdin does not rest on
speculation merely as 10 it's value. The
loss of the Victoria In collision with the
ram of the Camperdown In the Mcdi-
terranean sea three years ago showed
the effectiveness OF the ram. There
We're instances of II In our civil war.
Numerous accidents at sea have shown
that collision blows are the most fatal
to ships. The Ratnhdln is built for that
purpose. solely. She has 81 thick steel
deck of armor capable of resisting the
attack of ordinary guns. Her PROV Is
of solid steel and weighs fourteen tons
OF itself. Her ram Is slender as well a;
sharp. The iden OF that is that she may
draw away when she has struck her an
tagonist a blow and not be carried down
when the injured vessel goes under. The
katuhdin carries two small rapid fir
ing guns for use In case OF attack by
torpedo boats. Her speed is about iif-
teen knots. She will not hesitate to at
tack any vessel that floats. She has
more than seventy water tight compart-
ments and numerous pumps for use I'm
case of injury to herself In collision.
She draws only fifteen feet of water and
thus is in some measure independent
of channels I'm hnrbor defense. Numer-
Gus descriptions of her have been print
ed recently.
1t is only within short time that 1t
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10

fore she could get within range. One
shot in her unprotected magazines would
wreck her That Is undoubtedly true,
but the same thing IL true OF every other
torpedo boat The Vesuvius Is nothing
more than torpedo boat. she hurts
| her torpedoes through the MIR instead OF
| through the water. She has high speed
| TO avoid being struck by projectiles.
| She would have an even chance In IL
| fight and IL she were protected by q
battleship she could APPROACH near nm an
tngonist with comparative safety. IL
only one OF her thirty shots hit the mark
even though she might be lost herself.
she would be Il success In an engage
ment
Omen hostility has been shown In the
navy to this boat. Certain naval OIL
GERS have declared that the use OF gun
cotton and similar explosive belongs to
the army. Wholesale butchery work,
such as the use of these explosives sug-
gestes, is not to their liking. There can
be no doubt as to the success Of the "dy-
guns on land but why the gov
eminent should reject their use on
moving platform, simply because they
are not as effective as on stationary
platform. has not been explained Many
persons who are familiar with the facts
as to the opposition I'm the navy to the
EeSuviuS do not hesitate 10 assert mat
II arises from motives which are highly
to any man whose profess
sion is that of warfare. The NeSuviuS
draws only about eleven feet of water,
has speed of nearly twenty-five knots
and $500 horse power. Darling about a
harbor with little regard to channels and
with enormous powers of destruction In
her hold there is no telling the probable
limitation of her power and value. She
is useful in time OF peace In blowing up
wrecks along the coast and IN time Of
war would be of great value, for any
gency of destruction is valuable then.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10
-Four UNIQUE NJ! TYPES
Z sitGoncluded from sixth Pare.)

~ sSSsssss. Aonl oiAtH Iasel
SGD long as the water did not flood the
SSalnaoke PIPES and thus-put out the fires
SsNch a. contingency has not happened
q $Ss anVS largeSvesse in recent years, and
sSasIlee IL is safe to declare them absolute
~ ygsseaWorehy. Their chief mission, how
Ssyeer,sts that OF harbor defense and the
battles hip has not been built or even
SRiadi med that the Puritan. the largest OF
$%sSSnpese$old and yet new monitors could
cope with on equal terms In or OH
iS9IsAeWs York or any other harDor IN
i 9eee S ! he advantage would be with the
saltsssnritan because, being SO small tar
her shots would be htty
1tsfsCent. more effective than that OF an
sopnonent of equal theoretical hghtihg
ssapacity
THE SOCALLED DYNAMITE CRU
ISER.
There can be no doubt that there has
Sbeen SO much opposition TO the So
Scalled dynamite cruiser NesuVius thal
many persons view her with suspicion.
sit is said that she is inlpracticable, thai
Z she Is not safe and that i'm warfare she
could not get near an antagonist Tie |
fact Is the yesuviuS has never had |
fair trial, even theoretically. Those |
who champion her point to the fact
Y that she can throw not less than $4,000
pounds of high explosives at given
mark q mile away In half an hour. !
Such an engine of war as this has pow |
sers of destruction the like Of which have |
snot been dreamed of until the present |
generation. Moreover. this platform of |
SEuncotton guns can be moved from |
place to place at high specd. If she |
were hidden in some cove in harbor
no battleship would dare for moment |
to try to come within the possibility of
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10

and View of the surroundings is OBJ
tanned. The vessel has satisfied every
requirement of the Navy Department.
II She is the success which 1t Is rea-
sonable to think she will be. no man-of-
war in existence would dare to come
Into harbor she was known to be
guarding.
Thus there are four types of vessels
that the United States have that no 9TH
er nation possesses. They all grow out
of the policy that this country needs q
navy chiefly for defense. For this pur-
pose these vessels can not be equalIed !;
for offensive purposes they are of lit
tie value. That of itself tells n story
of the policy Of this nation toward 9TH
erS.
Much has been said about the posi-
bflity of bombnrding New York by Il
hostile fleet lying off Sandy Hook This
Is practically impossiblc. Owing TO the
difficulty of elevating the guns sufficient
~, the largest of them could not be
made to shoot more than eight miles.
That would he from eight to ten miles
from New York city. If the Vesuvius.
kathadln or the Holland boat were in
the harbor not one boat Of n hostile
fleet would dare to venture Inside the
harbor.
FRANKLIN MATTHEW'S
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10
+. A. PORTER,
Trustee.
Wh. NJ. HANNAH.
Auctioneer.
By II. l.. Page G Co, Real Estate Auc-
tioneers. No. 16 Bank street
" VALUABLE BERKELEY PROPERTY
FOR SALE At AUCIlON -.

FOR SALE AT AUCTION
On THURSDAY, March 18th, 1896. Mt
u o'clock. IL the Iteal Estate Exchange.
we will sell ALL THAT CERTAIN VAL
UABLE CORNER LOT OF LAND, Sit
uated ut the northwest corner OF Berk-
ley avenue and Main street containing
in front on said Berkeley avenue 20 feet.
and extending of that width In depth
ana nionG said Main street 1o1 feet
inches. This corner lot is desirably To-
lated and suitable for a public hall.
and two years, with interest on deferred
payments.
Also ALI. THOSE FOUR DEsIRA-
BILE BUILDING LOTS, situated in
the town of Berkeley. on tho north side
OF iicrkley avenue, beginning at Rev. j.
4 Spcishi's line about Sc feet east OF
Cross street, having front of one hun
drcd feet on said Berkley avenue, and
H. dept, of one hundred and one feet
These lots VIII be sold separately. each
lot having Il front of twenty-five feet, and
2 depth of loi feet four ipches. Terms
years, with interest deferred pay
ments.
II. L. PAGE & CO.,
fe29-tdS Auctioneers.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-10
VIM. NJ, Hannah, Auctloneer

BY VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST
mate TO mo as trustee by a. W. Con-
way, bearing date on the eleventh dny or
y 1iny;; ~ the year eighteen hundred and
ll5, page Sia. and at the request of the
GrGditor therein secured; shall sell Mt
tate Exchange, No, ilh Main street,
.Noriolk. Virginia. on TUESDAY, tho
twentE-fourth day of March, in the veal.
eighteen hundred and nineiy-six, ut il
ALL. THOSE CERTAIN SIN LOTS on
h inan' with the buildings and Improve
Norfolk. Virginia, bounded and described
as follows: beginning at point on the
south side of Pine street extended dis
tnnt seventy-iivo feet east from the east
side of Chapel street. running thence
southwardly ninety-four (9D feet and ex-
tending back between parallel lines one
mundrSd and thirty, Qs0) feet: being lots
n, 70 "a. %. e. on the plat of Nottingham
and Webster.
Terms Cash.
L. A. PORTER,
Trustee.
WM. NJ. HANNAH.
HarO-tuS AuctiOneer
The record-union., 1896-08-19
SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
Office of the City Clerk until 5 o'clock p. m.
on MONDAY, September Z, 1896, for the
construction of pumping plant for the
disposal of city drainage, as follows
Plant to include three boilers and two
centrifugal pumps, each with capacity
of 10000 gallons per minute, and each
pump to be operated by a compound en-
gine, making the pumping arrangement
in duplicate with a common shaft for
pumps and engines. Provision to be made
also for the placing in position of present
drainage pump of 5000 gallons per minute,
to be operated by electric power To in
clude suction and discharge pipes of boiler
steel, properly caulked and dipped in as
phaltum, also gates and valves. To in
clude a sump 20 feet by 20 feet by is feet,
with concrete bottom and brick walls laid
in cement mortar. To include concrete
foundations for boilers Is inches thick and
for pump and engines feet thick. To
include frame building about 40 feet by
40 feet, with sheet-iron smokestack and
coal bins, and to include piling at the
river bank necessary to hold discharge
pipes in place. The maximum lift for the
pumps to be about % feet, and the loca
cation of the plant to be west of Front
street, on the line of street, about 100
feet from the river levee. The discharge
pipes to be laid through the levee near
the top thereof, and descend into the river
to point below low-water mark. The si
phon principle to be availed of for all
lifts above surface water in river Each
bidder shall furnish detail plans and
specifications for the pumping plant COM
plete, including sump, and shall state a
lump sum for performing the entire work
Each bid must be accompanied by GER
titled check made payable to the order of
the City Clerk for an amount not less
than 10 per cent. of the aggregate of the
bid. The Board of Trustees reserves the
right to reject any and all bids Infor-
nation and data will be furnished from
the office of the City Surveyor upon appli-
cation.
Attest: NJ. ]. DESMOND, City Clerk
au19-20t
The record-union., 1896-08-19
DENOMINATION OF JOHNSON.
Few Districts Have Been So Fortu-
nate i'm Their Choice.

(From the Stockton independently
The denomination Of Congressman
Grove L. Johnson by the Republicans of
the Second District was not only what
was expected, but what was to be de-
sired. Mr.. Johnson's course in Con-
gress was one of devotion to the inter
ests of his district and to the State; just
to all parts of the district and making
a favorite Of none. He is vigorous, vigi-
liant, active and independent. Though
devoted to the interests of the Republi-
can party, he has shown an admirable
independence of dictation that has won
him many admirers in all parties. He
has kept we'll in mind that while he was
sent to Congress to legislate for the
Nation, his own districts and his State s
interests came first, and whenever he
saw opportunity to serve them without
neglect or injustice to other regions, he
made the best possible use of that op-
portunity. When a district once has
such a representative it is unwise to
change Few districts have been SO for
tunate as to be represented by man so
active and efficient as Mr.. Johnson in
his first term, and it is the wisest and
best course for the district to continue
him in Congress. where mans effici-
ency increases with length of service If
his activity, vigilance and sagacity are,
as Mr. Johnson's are, equal to the occa-
sion during his first term.
The record-union., 1896-08-19
DUMPED into THE BAY.
Destruction Of Immense Quantities Of
Fruit.
A Perfect Demonstration Of the Ne.
cessity of Free Public Market
in San Francisco.
(From the San Francisco Call.)

(From the San Francisco Call)
The advocates of a free public market
for San Francisco are out again in be-
half of an institution through which
the consumer of produce may purchase
from the grower direct. The matter
has been suggested this time by the
hopeless glut in the market and the con-
seQuent dumping of cargoes of fruit
the very cream of valley orchards, into
the bay
For several years past the fruit
wharves have been so taxed with the
immense quantities of peaches, pears,
etc, coming in that there was abso-
1utely no place left yesterday where a
small shipment might be piled. Ordi-
nary sales have had no appreciable eff
feet in decreasing the bulk of these
great heaps of luscious fruit. that lie
ripening or rotting in the sunshine.
Rather as the days pass the fruit piles
Seem to grow in hight and general di-
D1ensions.
AS there was no room at all~laSt Sat
urday tons of pears and peaches were
hurled into the water; they could not
be sold at standard market prices, as
not everybody could afford to buy. So
rather than let the price decline these
large quantities of delicious fruit were
lost. The condition, therefore, was a
remarkable one; while poor people, of
necessity, had to go without fruit, since
they did not have the money to pay for
1t, loads of excellent pears and peaches
were destroyed.
With such a state of affairs in view
the men who would like to see a free
public market established say that no
Il
market could be presented.
THE absence of a free public mar
ket," said w. II. Mills, '"obstructs the
consumption of articles of produce by
high prices, which never reach the grow
er. There certainly would be less of a
glut if you had a free market. This
dumping of fruit into the bay has a
demoralizing effect upon the farmer.
/ believe that it would not be possible if
San Francisco had a market where
fruits and other country products could
be bought from the producers by the
consumers.
ITO the disgrace of San Francisco be
it said that she is 1000 years behind the
methods of civilized cities in this re-
spect-that there is no place In the whole
city where the consumer can buy his
food direct from the man who grows it.
with an open market housekeepers
would be enabled to buy large stocks
Of peaches and pears at a time like the
present, when the supplies from the
country are glutting the market. The
fruit thus bought would be SO cheap
that it would be within the reach of
everybody and the poor people have a
chance to enjoy it. The housekeeper
would take advantage of the reduced
prices and secure enough fruit to sup
ply her house with preserves for the
whole year. So you see that while fruit
would be crowding in upon the market
il could be bought in large quantities
and preserved. The canneries have not
sufficient capacity to buy perishable
fruit for immediate packing. They can
only handle a certain amount, and con-
sequently are powerless to relieve a glut
on the market. If they overstocked