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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-06

Mrs. Moore, of 40 Marshall
street, died yesterday. The funer-
al took place this morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-06

Ed. Lager, of the LIGHT typo
graphical force, is celebrating his
nineteenth birthday anniversary
today. The LIGHT employees were
RECALLED with a keg Of xxx Pearl.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27

a 4 correspondent Of the London
Times, resident in Japan, says that "as
a result of paragraphs in the papers
describing the extraordinary cheap
ness of Japanese limitations Of Euro
pean goods such as felt hats for a
dollars as English machines cost in
pounds in japan have been
.deluged with inquiries, and have had
TO explain that the goods are altogeth-
er unsuited to the European or Ameri-
can market; that the hats would be
unstable; that the woven stuffs, when
durability was taken into considera-
ton, were no cheaper than home pro-
ductions, and that no self-respecting
Teuton or Anglo-Saxon would ride
bicycle made in Japan Such BIZ
cycle is constructed in a blacksmith's
shop, made by hand, and is more close
" related to the antique 'bone-shak-
err than to the modern safety. There
are only four bicycle workshops Of any
Importance, the total output not ex-
ceeding 500 machines per annum. So
called pneumatic tire bicycles cost
from ELL to Ell, while the English
manufacturer can place bicycles on the
market at from ,f12 to EGO, with which
those of primitive Japanese workman
ship are not to be compared.
''As regards the manufacture OF
yarn the circumstances are different.
Imports of yarn, both from England
and from India, have fallen of very
considerably. But Japan has pur-
chased large quantities of machinery
from England, so that the volume Of
imports has actually increased. jap
anese spinning mills undersell Lanca-
shire and Bombay in the home markets
simply because of contiguity to the field
of distribution. 1t does not by any
means follow that Japan will become
a powerful competitor in foreign trade.
So long as she does not make her own
machinery or grow her own cotton she
will not secure control even OF con-
tiguous China markets.
1.-THE question then arises, Is Japan
likely, in the course of time, to make
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
A NEW PLAN FOR REACHING THE
POLE.

An entirely new scheme looking to
arile navigation and fight has been
suggested by A w. Nitsch Of Boston.
1t is such a decided departure from all
the propositions heretofore, advanced
tention from scientists and others to
whom it has been presented.
1t is the idea of Mr.. Nitsch that the
subtle magnetic attraction that holds
the needle of the mariners compass
with answering fidelity to the north
can be utilized in magnified from for
mans convenience, profit and pleasure.
Accepting the theory advanced that
vast deposits of magnetic ore exists in
the immediate vicinity of the north
pole, and from there come the magne-
tic currents distributed over the globe,
and that it is the attraction Of this
thus far unbounded field that draws
with magic power the needle of the
compass, there is nothing, as Mr.
Nitsch looks at it to prevent it's being
made of real service.
81 believe" said he, that magnets
could be suspended in the air of suffi-
cient force to counterfeit the resistance
of the air, overcome the adverse cur
rents and move more or less rapidly
toward the north" Mr. Nitsch says
that it might not prove possible, but
it was open to argument and expert
ment, and there was no telling what
might come of it. AS to the methods
of return, should such a fight as pic
tured ever be taken, that was spoken
of as a problem that would be solved
quickly-Chicago Tribune
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
FORTUNES WE'RE MADE.

Old newspaper files show that dur
ing, but more especially at the close
of the war, the business men of the
country began to show some slight ap-
probation of the possibilities of ad-
vertising. The beginnings of many
fortunes built up from advertising
date from that period. The creation
by the newspapers of that heretofore
almost unknown parsonage, the bust
ness manager, and the recognition of
the necessity for departments devoted
exclusively to the advertising business
affairs of newspapers, also marked a
long step forward. The longest leap
of all, however, came many years later
with the advent of the advertising ex-
pert and writer. His appearance
marked a new era in business. Bust
ness men had at last came to recog-
nize advertising as an art, as a some
thing worthy of thought and study.
as the great motive power of business.
Newspaper men had come to recognize
advertisements not as so many bIots
upon their pages of which they had
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
RAILWAY TRAINS AND THE RO-
TATION OF THE EARTH.

An American professor theorises to
the effect that railway trains are re-
tarded when running west, and acceler-
ated when running east, by the earth S
rotation. The earth turns from west
to east, and the professor holds that
when a train is running with the
swing it is helped along, but kept back
when running against it. He also be-
lieves that trains running north and
south, with their sides to the swing,
lose as much as miles in 20 by their
wheel ianges being pressed against
the rails. From this comes the con-
clusion that what are intended to be
record" runs should be done from
west to east.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
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her own machinery? So far as ma
chimes of delicate and complicated con-
struction-such as those used in spin
ning-are concerned, l should reply
certainly, not in the immediate future
and it is very doubtful if her competi-
ton in this field need be feared at any
time. In the first place, japan is not
a country rich in minerals, and appre-
hension is already expressed that at
the present rate of consumption her
easily accessible coal, which even now
is no cheaper than coal at the pit mouth
in England, will quickly be exhausted
and that it will be necessary to sink
deeper shafts with consequent increase
in cost of production. Almost all the
iron used in Japanese manufactures
comes from Europe. 1t is worth re-
peating that no nation which has to
depend on others, both for it's machin-
cry and for it's raw material, is likely
to be a successful competitor in the
field of industrial production. Japan
is not a newly discovered country with
immense virgin resources. Wood is the
fuel mainly used, and timber has been
almost the sole material in the con-
struction of temples, palaces, castles
or huts, with the result that the forests
Oregon pine is now cheaper than jap
anese woods of similar quality, and
an important trade in timber is grow
ing up between Japan and America.
The steady rise in timber means cor
responding increase in the cost Of 1iv-
ing. And this brings us to the ques-
ton of cheap labor. There are those
having experience who deny that labor
in Japan is cheap, as it requires at
least three persons to do the work done
by one in England. But wages are
very low The wages OF mill hands,
mostly women range from to % sen
(say from I'd to Sd peri day. Since the
war, however, labor has become in
creasingly difficult to obtain, and in
some trades wages have more than
doubled The workers position is IN
many cases miserable enough. Many
mills are run night and day with only
two shifts. A Japanese magazine re-
Gently warned manufacturers that If
the position of workers were not quick
" improved socialism would take root
among the people, and, as matter
of fact, the spinning mills in Osaka
have already had to face several
strikes. As the laborers insist on
higher standard of comfort, wages must
rise in proportion.
LAS a matter of fact, instead of ex-
ports from Japan tending to exceed the
imports into the country the reverse is
the case. For the first few months of
the current year, indeed, the imports
show a vast excess, amounting to 49,
433, 1888 yen. The imports have been
swelled by the payment of the Chinese
indemnity on installments, while the
exports are lower than usual, owing
to a temporary diminution in the ex-
port of rice and silk. Exclusive of the
of specie and bullion, the
excess of imports over exports proba-
bly, does not exceed 100000 yen. But
the general tendency of trade may be
taken as showing that Japan is likely
to be a good customer for many a year
to come, and that there need be no i'm
mediate scare as regards her entrance
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
GERMANY'S FARM DEPRESSION.

Germany shows an increase of popu-
lation since 1882 of about six and a
half millions. In that period the num-
Der engaged in agriculture has dimin-
ished, while there has been a large in
crease in the line Of commercial and in
dustrial pursuits. The earnings Of the
latter exceed those of the rural work
ers in the proportion of a little more
than three to one. The urban popula-
ton furnishes 1850 per cent of the
taxable property of the nation, and
the rural but 22.40 per cent, showing
there, as in some other European coun-
tries, the advance of industrlialism and
the diminishing prosperity of the farm
ing class.-London Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27

into foreign markets. The imports
from Great Britain for the first six
months of this year were valued at
4,971 1884 yen, and from British India
at 2,203,9 yen, while imports from
Germany amounted to only 1,096,062
yen, from the United States to 909, 1886
yen, and from France to 898, 490 yen"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27

A Model Plant is not complete with
out Electric Power, thus dispensing
with small engines.
Why not generate your power from
one CENTRAL Station? One gener
ator can furnish power to your Pump
Centrifugals, Elevators, Flows, Rail
ways and HOSTS; also furnish ligh
and power for a radius of from Is to q
miles.
Electric power being used saves th'
labor of hauling coal in your field, als'
water, and does away with high-priceC
engineers, and only have one engine t.
look after in your mill.
Where water power is available i
costs nothing to generate Electro
Power.
TIE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COM
PANY is now ready to furnish Electri'
Plants and Generators of all descrip-
tons at short notice, and also has or
hand large stock of Wire, ChandeI-
iers and Electrical Goods.
All orders will be given prompt at.
tention. and estimates furnished for
Lighting and Power Plants; also at
te~ ion is given to House and Marine
Wiring.
THEO. HOFFMAN, Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27

The Mexicans have a queer way of
burying the dead. The corpse is
tightly wrapped in century plant mat
ting, and placed in a coffin hired for
about a shilling. One or two natives,
as the case may be, place the coffin on
their heads and go at a trot to the
grove, where the body is inferred, and
the coffin is then returned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27

reason to be ashamed, but as valuable
and desirable features, not only from
financial, but from a news standpoint;
they had learned that a newspapers
advertisements were of as great inter-
est to many of it's readers as it's news
Cleveland World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
J. ; BREWER J CO., Id.
Queen Street, Honolulu, III. I

Queen Street, Honolulu, III. I.
AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, Wailuku Sugar Company.
Waihee Sugar Company, Makee Sugar
Company, Haleakala Ranch Company.
Kapapala Ranch.
Planters Line San Francisco Packets
Chas. Brewer & Co.'s Line of Boston
Packets.
Agents Boston Board of Underwriters
Agents for Philadelphia Board of IN
derwriters.
The herald., 1896-10-04
FIRED THE LAST SHOT.
Cannon That Belched Forth Fire When
the Confederacy Went down.

The cannon which fired the last shot
in the last battle of the late war Is a gun
worth knowing something about.
Hence the sale Of the eight-inch Column
biad, Lady Slocomb, which Is adver-
tised in the Mobile Register to take place
old soldiers and old soldiers sons. for
the reason that 1t is generally supposed
to be the gun which fired so many deadly
volleys in the last battle that took place
during the civil war.
This last engagement, said an old sol
dier yesterday, took place at Spanish
Fort. This engagement, of course, was
not a regular battle, and is not, perhaps.
recorded in history as such, but 1t was,
nevertheless, conflict fierce, and fire
flew that day as never before. Gen.
Forrest had sent to Spanish Fort during
the last days of the war a sufficient
force of men to guard the place, and
among the number was the Fifth bat
TALON of the Washington artillery, Capt
Slocomb in command. The Lady Slo--
comb was brought there, and there fired
it's last shots when Wilson's raiders
stormed the place and took 1t. There
the Lady Slocomb, for few hours be-
fore the old fort was SURRENDERED,
belched forth fire and scattered death
like an intelligent being, but to no avail,
as the enemy numbered several times
as much as the garrison
After the surrender Of the fort some
of the members of Capt. Slocomb's COM
pany one night rolled the Lady Slocomb
off the earthen embankment into la
COON, or old slush hole, and buried 1t,
giving as their reason, that they did not
want the gun to fall into the hands OF
the enemy. 1t was afterward dug up and
and carried to Mobile, where 1t was
purchased by Henry Barger, promi-
nent confederate Of that place, who had
served through the war and knew of the
excellence of the Lady Slocomb.
The gun was named after the wife OF
Capt. Cuthbert Slocomb, who went out
in 1862 in charge of the Fifth battalion
Of the Washington artillery The gun
at the battle of Shiloh spat out it's first
smoke and spread its first desolation In
the ranks Of the enemy. Through all
the memorable struggles Of the army Of
the Tennessee 1t went, and everywhere
it gained well-deserved renown. It was
prettily mounted and was at that time.
as it probably Is now, a handsome gun.
Now the old relic Is to be sold. The es-
tate of Henry Badger is being wound
up, and the gun, along with other relics
Of the confederacy, is to fall into the
hands OF others. Years ago several ef-
forts were made by the Washington ar
tillery to buy the gun, and they Will in
all probability be heard from at the
sale.-New Orleans Picayune.
The herald., 1896-10-04
FINE ELG1N MARBLES. "
A(From the Academy

I.
UAlse Paris lied. F'airest of all was she,
WHOSE fairest temple ever wrought with
4 crowned .the Acropolis. Despolled 1t
~ statue Ok great gold and ivory
H24 pirates pillage from a foreign sea.
Worse pir1lte he whose theving title
Its Fhidian marbles borne Ito distant
rHtr relics of. fair vanished deity.
>Gay, say not 80. Had,not Athene first.
WITH ell her muses. fled the ravased
when Creed, bowed bondsslave to the
The F5Stiess went where cart had gone
FROM TpAsland aPallas for her treasures
ss II. = = - = ' A.
The mighty sculptor cnt, in stately
The ras crave ASSEMBLY of grave deities,
The chosen "a aidens bear the peplos. all
Purfied with griffins owls and olive trees,
TO deck AthA ne with its br9deries.
In high Panauaenasc VestivaA
IN guarded teuiele. prIeoned and unwed.
Long months %part from home and love
wsavins 1nsy %sSS S%es,STSysSsndyy,anaigolaen thread
SO sweet to SERVE her, with, ,her robe they
brought
a silver cup, their. gift OF grateful praise
For loveless youthsand toSlsome nightsyand
days.
Forth came the sculptor from the temple
shade,
And carved against the glowing Attic
sun a
a maniier story for his Partgl enon.
Ger thirty metopes the batAe swayed;
'Twixt thirty triglyphs beareUess warriors
Brave contest, and brave.conquest light
" won,
And drave the Centaurs when the fight
was done.
Back to the dimness Of their forest glade.
Chiron is dead, the days forgot when he
TauGht Theseus how to bend his strip
ling bow.
The boy is man and leads the Lapfthae:
To death and darkness the old masters go.
And let them go! Why finger outworn
truth
When wiserWisdom arms her, eager youth?
William Hayes Ward.
The herald., 1896-10-04

but there still remain about 10000 mis-
sives, all Of which are carefully tied up
in bundles and docketed for the use Of
their recipients future biographer.
Mr.. Blackmore's new novel, Darrell: A
Romance Of Surrey, will begin in the
October number Of Blackwood's. The
date and place Of it's American appear
ance are unannounced as yet.
1t Is announced with some show Of au-
thority that Ii Hung Chang proposes to
write a book on the United States. Why
not? Other visitors have done 1t 1t with
less knowledge.
The herald., 1896-10-04

The nizam Of Hyderabad, in common
with other native irtnces q india, CON-
verts his cash into Gol4 and rfqc2ogs stones
and stoFss i r. h. whfe G,sssly ssfsE
tate Is IN possession Of . N4n-sfocked
stronE room valued ct &G00es0o0, and
among his heirloopaa u enc diamond Of 40
The herald., 1896-10-04
A PROBABLE OUTCOME,

Mrs. Up-to-datc Oaying down q news
Keepers when co-opef fative housekeeping
becomes an established fact!
Her Husban1-YAs. You will be able to
The herald., 1896-10-04
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK
Northeast Corner uain and Second streets

DIRECTORS
=. ". Hellman, J. T. Sartori. W: L. Graves,
n: ). Fleishman. G. A. Shaw, r. o. john
Fleming, M. s. Hellman, W. D. Longyear,
cent on ordinary deposits. Open Saturday
ock. to receive deposits.
The herald., 1896-10-04

The increase in the number of mono
logues in literature is remarkable The
first writer of note who adopted this dra-
matte form seriously and Intentionally
was Browning. Nearly all of his writ
ings, except his plays, are monologues.
His longest poem, The Ring and the
Book, is a series Of mdnologues. For
many years there has been a rage for
monologues in Paris.
The American Publishers corporation
is the result Of the organization of the
following companies: The United States
Book company, Lowell, Coryell & Co.,
Hovenden company, International Book
company, Seaside Publishing company,
Empire Publishing company and Ma
tional Book company.
The Little Minister, j. M. Barrie's
novel, which has had large sale and a
delighted audience in the United States,
10 soon to be produced on the stage in
New York The Little Minister is great
book and will doubtless prove success
full play.
1t is proposed to erect in Paris monu-
ment of Paul Verlaine. A bust by ME-
derhausen Is to be placed in the Luxem-
bourg gardens near the statue of Henri
Murger. The money is to be raised by
international's subscription.
They have on the press. also, revised
edition of Whee1er's Real Bimetallism,
or True Coin Versus False Coin. A new
edition Of shaw's History of Currency
will be read shortly.
Mr.. Gladstone has almost completed
the task OF re-arranging his correspond
cnce for biographical purposes. A vast
number of letters has been weeded out.
The herald., 1896-10-04
OFFICERS

J. r. EARTORI. ................... President
MAURICE s. HELLMAN.. .Vice-PresideEt
w. D. LONGYEAR. AR..................C Cashier
Five per cent interest paid on time, 3 per
evenings from to8 &C
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BARGAINS THAT ARE BkRGALNSI

Bargains in goods which you need among which ara
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si25 and si5o Silks, fancy, for G0c.
st95 and st5O Black silks for 900.
Yard wide Gmghums zoe goods 20.
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t2.c Dress Giughums for SO.