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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
USUIT.

She-HoW nervous you were when you proposed. He-Yes; I'm always that way when I'm getting engaged.-In- dianapols Journal.
 Hoax-Slubbem is a pretty clever box CT He has an abnormally long reach. I wonder where he got it. JoaX-He used to eat at our boarding house. Philadelphia Record.
 "Old books are best" oh, yes, indeed So plain a fact no proof can need; Easy to hold, and more than that, They can be flung to scare the cat
 Chicago Record.
 Mrs. Blacke-I heard you and your husband quarreling to-day. Did he come home with chip on his should CT? Mrs. Green-No, it was not chip; it was blonde hair-Yonkers States man.
 Poor Dick is gone! He was devot- ed cyclist, wasn't he?" Yes, indeed! He left will stating that he was to be cremated and used to help out on our new cinder path.-Louisville Cour ier-Journal.
 "Si Hubbard told me that he got a neup OL WOIh Oul OI yOu Wilcll Spu Wdo workfn' fer him." said the farmer. Wal, I allow he did" said the hired man. "Yas; fact is, I guess he jist about got it all. ll.'-Indianapolis Journal.
 Mrs. Cutter-The more I think of it, Mir Cutter, the more I am convinced that when I married you I married a fool. MT Cutter-Accepting your con- clusion as incontrovertible, madam. it enforces the verdict that we are well mated.-Boston Courier.
 Magistrate-Yo have been arrested for scorchng. What have you to say for yourself? Prisoner-Judge, I'm very much obliged to the policeman who stopped my wild flight. It was my first ride, and I'm hanged if I could check the blamed machine.-Philadel- phia North American.
 The highwayman had followed her from town. He had observed the pock- etbook which she held in her hand. It was fat, even as a plump partridge. She was returning from the city, and he bided his opportunity. It was dusk. A lonely part of the road was reached. He sprang forward, snatched the pock- etbook from her hand, and disappeared. He wended his way back to town. Gleefully he sought his attic room. T shall dine well tonight" he said. And he opened the purse and swooned. It was fat with amples!-Harper's Ba- zaE
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

In back and slightly bent down at the sides. The trimming consists of a full Till of white chiffon wired to form a fan-like trimming in back. In front is three-looped bow of black velvet rib bon held against the crown with two rhinestone buttons. Two velvet loops lie on the brim, and at either side there is full ruching of wired chiffon inter- spersed with colored pansies and foli- age.
 Hats showing a combination of blue and green in shot straws and mixed tulle trimmings are still in favor and this combination is a very becoming one when peacock shades are chosen. A handsome trimming for a summer hat is wreath of cherry foliage and large bunch of red cherries at the side with knot of ribbon intermixed Large marguerites in white, black and yellow on a white hat yelled with leaf green tulle make a very effective trim ming In designing hat pins jewellers display their skill and ingenuity to quite as good advantage as in the rich est jeWelry. Emerald pins are seen that are shaped like violets and pan sies, and their colors are far closer to nature than in the bloom that milli- ners attach to hats. These ornaments are copied cheaply and very prettily so that anyone can possess them, and trifes as they are, they do much to- ward making toilet attractive As to the dressing of the hair the pompa- dour method is still in favor, and it certainly best suits the coats of the Louis periods. But no rule of hair dressing was ever yet so imperative that woman to whom the prescribed dressing was unbecoming might not discard it and comb her locks in such manner as best set off her features.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

The important matter of the sight of school children has been receiving at teution in Baltimore. The eyes of 53,067 pupils were examined, and the percen- tage of normal vision was found to be: First grade, 35; second, fl; third, 47; fourth, 43; fifth, 4S; sixth, 4S; seventh, 54, and eighth, 56 per cent. In the cases of 9,051 pupils the eyesight was found to be so defective as to make any school work unsafe. An unexpected and unexplained result of the examina- ton was the showing of a steady de- crease in defective eyesight from the second to the eighth grade, the second showing 50 per cent. less than the first. the third 42 per cent less than the sec- ond, tine fourth 53 per cent. less than the third, the fifth 63 per cent. less than the fourth, the sixth 75 per cent. less than the fifth, the seventh S per cent. less than the sixth, and the eighth 91 per cent. less than the seventh The eyesight of some pupils in the higher grades had been improved by their wearing glasses, and some teachers found that stupid" children were making better students after an exam ination of their eyesight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
FASHION NOTES.
Too Many Trimmed in Punches.

Too Many Trimmed in Bunches.
 From the old fashioned sun 'hunnit'' to the showy affair Of straw, flowers and ribbons that our modern summer beauty wears is a long step, and not even a cynic would say that it is not a step forward, at least as far as appear ances go. Still grace does not charac- terize the trimming of large hats, as a rule, for the placing of garnitures in large punches and in a hit-or-miss
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each fn- sertion. Five cents Q word for full week (seven times)
 Display Advertisements-Pe inch, one in- sertion, $l.20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week, S3.20; one month, Slo; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents pc. line. Notices of births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own irnmedite business {all matter to. be unoh- jectionable), And their contracts do not h. clude Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

A London magistrate has fined a lot Of London shopkeepers for having, without authority, assumed and used in connection with their business the royal arms There is popular notion that, even in Europe, any tradesman who pleases can ornament his shop and his billheads in this fashion, while there are others who imagine that @ chance visit and a single purchase on the part of royal parsonage are sufficient to authorize the shopkeeper to assume the coats of arms of the illustrious custom CT; but such is not the case. The only people in trade who have the right to use the royal arms are those who have received from the chief of a royal house. hold q duly stamped and sealed warrant appointing them purveyors to the roy al parsonage in question.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

Virue is it's own reward. A clergy man of the Church of England, who gave his fortune of $100,000 to charity, has just died in the Market Bosworth workhouse. He had once been curate of the parish.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

Probably the owner of the largest number of dogs in the world is Gustav Jovanovitch, a Russian cattle king, who has S5,O0O shepherd dogs to look af- ter 1,5oo, 900 sheep.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

fashion is often decidedly awkward, A worthy example has been selected for to-day's picture, a Louis XVII hat of fancy green straw 1t has low crown and its wide brim is turned up
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Honor has voted, 510 to S6, not to admit women into the order. The Supreme Lodge os the Ladies of Honor should now meet and vote unanimously not to admit men into their order.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

Church of England chaplains at Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo and other places on the Riviera have issued an address suggesting that English clergymen keep away from the gambling tables, concerts and other amusements of Monte Carlo, as their presence there furnishes a bad example.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

A speed Of a mile in fifty eight sec onds is claimed for a motor cycle eX- hibited at the Imperial institute, Lon don.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

These are the wise words of Chief Ar engineers, spoken at a recent meeting of that organization: Experience has proved that strikes and lockouts which lead to violence and destruction of property afford no satisfactory relief. Workers cannot afford to resist the law. By obeying the law, by defending their own interests with knowledge and foresight, and by wisdom and prudence in their conduct, they create a public opinion which in the end brings jus tice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

The mayor of Omaha has vetoed the "curfew" ordinance on the ground that it is not the business of the police to interfere with boys who behave them selves, no matter what time of the day or night they are on the streets, and if the boys out late do not behave them selves the police have full power to take care of them without passing any new laws for that purpose.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

It is said that Madame Zola, though a devoted wife, has never read or tried to read one of her husbands works. She declares she is ready to believe what their warmest admirers say of them Zola is not a. bit disturbed by her indifference to his writings. He says that he married her, not on ac- count of her intellect, but on account of her heart, and he thinks it is great mistake for any man, particularly if literary, to choose on other grounds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

Don't make the excuse that you have no cards. You will
 meet lots of new friends this Summer.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
MCKINLEY AND HOBART.

"Thc next business Is the call of roll
of states for the nomination of president"
announced Mr.. Thurston at O'Clock. The
roll was called; names were un: answered
which had seldom been passed before in
Republican conventions-Illnois and In.
diana-and the monotony was broken
only when Gen. Henderson rose at the
cali of Iowa to announce that Charles
n. Baldwin, of Council Bluffs, would
sneak for that state. In a brief but elo-
uuent speech Mr.. Baldwin presented the
name of VIM. b. Alison of Iowa, as a
candidate. There was not much enthusi-
asm manifested.
When the state OF Maine was reached
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts, came forward and presented the
name of Thomas b. Reed. one enthusi-
astic admirer unfolded a great banner
containing n large portrait of Speaker
Reed, with these words: Nothing to ex-
plain-true from the first" AS he dung
the banner out from the galleries the
Reed men began to shout Reed, Reed,
Thomas b. Reed" but the demonstra-
ton lasted not over a minute. AS he
closed his eulogy of Speaker Reeds serv-
ices and eminent qualifications for the
presidency by offering the name of Thorn
as b. Reed, the Reed mon In the gal
leries Joined in the demonstration.
The honor had been reserved for Hon.
Chauncey M. Depew. of the greatest per-
sonal ovation of the convention UP 20
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
M'KINLEY, OF OHIO,
HEADS REPUBLICAN, TICKET
SILVER KNOCKED OUT.
Proceedings OF the National Republican
Convention at st. LOuis-Hobart, of
New Jersey. for Second Place-Siiver
Men of Western States Bolt.

The opening of the national convention
of the Republican, party at$kSt. Louis was
not suspicious as 1bc weather. the attend
ance and the proceedings. Convention
hall is certainly monstrosity OF rare
ugliness when viewed from the exterior.
but the interior is admirably suited to
the purpose for which ii was put togeth-
err with the one eXception-the acoustics.
For 1t was well nigh impossible to follow
some of the speakers with small voices.
There were probably 10000 people besides
the delegates within the walls of the
building when Chairman Carter. of the
national committee. called for order. At
III 20 p. m. the gavel fell. The usual hustle
and commotion followed as the delegates
and audience settled into their seats. Rev.
Rabbi Sale came forward and amid the
hush of the assembled convention deliy-
cred the invocation. The secretary, Jo-
ecph II. Manley, then read the call for
the convention. after which Chairman
Garter introduced Chas. W. Fairbanks, of
Indiana, as temporary chairman. That
gentleman proceeded with an address
which was a sCrong and forcible state
ment In arraignment of the present DEM
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
THE PRESIDENT THINKS
That "a Stand for Free Silver Would Bring
Disaster to His Party.

Disastcr To Ills rarity.
President Cleveland has given to the
press a statement of his view of the
Democratic political situation, in which
he says in part:
have have no figures as to the prob
able action of delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention, but | re-
fuse to believe that when the time ar
rives for deliberate action, there will
be engrafted upon our Democratic
creed a demand for the free, unlimited
and independent coinage of silver. l
cannot believe this because / know the
Democratic party is neither unpatriotic
nor foolish and it seems clear to me
that such course will inflict very
great injury upon every interest of our
country which it has been the mission
of Democracy to advance, and will re-
suit IN lasting disaster to our party or
ganization. | am very far from AFRO
eating to myself controlling influence
upon the policy of my party; but as an
unfiinching Democrat who has been
honored by his party and who desires
hereafter no greater political privileges
than to occupy the place of Il private
in it's ranks, / hope l may not be
blamed for saying this much at this
time, in the interest, as it seems to me,
of the grand old organization.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
Steam Yacht Exploded-Tcn Killed.

At the Taylor cycle park, near Little
Falls, n. Y, where the state meet of
the Il. A. w. was to take place the
steam yacht Titus Sheard exploded her
boiler. Ten of the crowd were killed
outright, one died while on the way to
the hospital, three were fatally and six
seriously injured. The boat was blown
to splintcrs and pieces of the boiler
were thrown 500 feet. The explosion
is believed to have resulted from the
defective working of the pump con-
nected with the boilers. All the dead
and injured thus far accounted for
lived in Little Falls.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
1000 Killed by Eart,aunkes In .Japan.

News of a terrible disaster, involving
the loss of over 1000 lives has reached
here from the island of Yesso, which
contains the northern provinces of
Japan. which were the scenes of series
of terrific earthquakes. The subterra-
neous disturbance lasted about 90
hours and during that period the ut
most terror prevailed. Shock followed
shock in almost uninterrupted success.
sion about every eight minutes. In
all, it is estimated, there were $50
shocks. The whole town of Kumaishi
was destroyed, probably by the result
ing tidal wave.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
Steamer Sunk with gar People.

The British steamer Drummond
Castle, Capt. n. w. Pierce, from Cape
Town for London collided at midnight
with an unknown steamernear Ushant,
off the coast of France, and sank three
minutes later with 144 passengers and
1903 officers and crew on board. The
fate of the steamer with which the
Drummond Castle collided is not known
and h pes are expressed that she may
be ailoat and that some of the passen-
gers and crew of the Castle liner are
on board of her.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
Uomeopaths I'm Convention.

The national materia medica confer
cnce of the American Institute of
Homeopathy was held at Detroit, pre-
ceding the regular sessions of the in
stitute, with prominent followers of
IIahnemann from all over the country
in attendance. President Pemberton
Dudley, of Philadelphia, presided at
the institute. The discussions were
very important and were principally
technical
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
Sault Ste. Marie has two street com

Sault Ste. Marie has two street com
missioners. One was appointed by the
board of public works, while the Dem
ocratic mayor. Jay Hurseley, was alb
sent. He annulled it and appointed
the old incumbent. Neither will give
up now, and the council ordered both
laid off. The marshal was given
charge. The latter laid a sidewalk
and when the street commissioner
came along he ripped it up and carted
the material to the city hall. A merry
time is in prospect.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
TRADE PROSPECTS.

There are continued signs that gain in bus
mess has begun. stocks nave gone higher than
they were before the artificial break two weeks
ago wheat and cotton are In better demand,
there is more confidence IN monetary circles,
and the tendency toward shrnkage in great in
dustrics seems in some measure ut least to he
checked. While the outcome of the Demo-
cratic convention is uncertain and the great
crops are not yet wholly beyond danger, u sure
and strong improvement could hardly be eX-
pected. but the tone In business circles has
grown distinctly more hopeful
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
More Trouble in Venezuela.

London: In the house of commons
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, confirmed the
report that Venezuelan troops had en-
tered the territory in dispute between
Venezuela and British Guiana, and had
interfered with a party of British sur
veyors who had asked for the support
of the colonial authorities.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26

The Democrats of Louisiana in
structed delegates to vote only for men
pledged to the free coinage of silver.
The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26
GRAIN, ETC.

@Detroit-Hay. No. Timothy, $500 per ton.
Potatoes new southerns, &C per bu Live
Poultry, chickens. &c per 10: turkeys, 10c;
DUCKS, &c. Eggs fresh l0c per doz. Butter
fresh dairy, l2c per To- creamery, l6c.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23

ing that the Board of Health claims
that patients sent to the Hospital I'M
der the Act TO Mitigate are entitled TO
Tree treatment as Government patients.
etc, has been submitted TO the Board
OF Trustees of the Queens Hospital at
It's regular meeting held today and
am instructed TO say that the above
Board does not share this view Of the
case held by the Honorable Board of
Health.
Although such class of patients are
in themselves not desirable inmates of
the Queens Hospital, its Board of
Trustees has not declined to admit
them as such, but has at a special meet
ing held for that purpose in Septem-
Der, 1894, rather shown its disposition
to assist the Honorable Board of
Health in providing medical treatment
and Hospital comforts, at the exceed
for all such patients of other national
tiles than Hawaiian, the latter being
entitled TO admission free of charge.
l am instructed to say also that the
Board of Trustees of the Queens Hos
pltal is prepared to continue to admit
patients sent to the Hospital by the
Honorable Board of Health under the
Act to Mitigate at the above nominal
charge per day, but that it has to de-
cline to receive, treat and maintain
them free of charge, as claimed except
Hawaiians
I remain, dear sir,
Very respectfully yours.
(Signed) F. A. SCHAEFER,
Secretary of the Queens Hospital.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23
MR.. SCHAEFER REPLIES.
Explains Position of the Trustees
of Queens Hospital.

of Queens Hospital.
MR.. EDITOR:-The statement in
your issue of this day, of the proceed
ings of the meeting of the Board OF
Health, held last Wednesday, as re-
CARDS the action of the trustees of the
Queens Hospital, is in so far mislead-
ing as the reception at the hospital Of
Government patients free of charge
but they declined to recognize foreign
women under the act to mitigate, as
such Government patients. This ac-
ton is the more justified as the Board
of Trustees has not long ago made an
agreement with the Board of Health
by which patients under the act to mi
tigate are to be received, treated and
maintained at the Queens Hospital at
the nominal rate of fifty cents per day,
Hawaiians free of charge.
The enclosure is a copy of the letter
addressed to the Secretary of the Board
of Health on the above subject which
more clearly defines the action taken
by the trustees.
may add here that the trustees are
fully aware of the conditions placed
upon the appropriation of public funds
in support of the Queens Hospital by
the last Legislature. As this law went
into force on the 3Oth June, 1896, hos
pital bills against the Government
prior to that date are expected to be
paid, while Government patients from
and after that date are under the new
law to be received and treated at the
Queens Hospital free of charge, to
which objection has been raised
I am, dear sir,
Yours respectfully,
F. A. SCHAEFER
Secretary of the Queens Hospital.
Honolulu, Oct %, 1896
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23
]. 7. WaterhOuSe

The wet weather contin-
ues and so does the demand
for our wet weather goods.
But we have other things
besides Wearable goods for
wet days, when ladies find
indoors better than the
streets.
It's good weather for
croChetting or SeWing--all
you want is the Materials
every lady has the know
how. Iceland wool is the
best you can get for fancy
work of some sorts and Ger
mantown, Saxony and Berlin
for others, each variety you
will notice is named after a
locality; probably all of it
was made in one place.
Bleached linen towels at
$1.75 per dozen is lower
than you ever paid before.
We have others we sell at
$40, but they're better.
White feather stitched
braid in six yard pieces are
reasonably Cheap--the as
Soctment is large. We have
figured duck in entirely new
and pretty patterns, always
seasonable and popular. You
know how it wears.
Two other staples this
week which desire special
mention; Bleached and I'm
bleached sheetings from 81
to 1914. This is bargain
week on these and the price
is way down. The other
bargain is in BarbOur'S linen
thread, in white, unbleaChed
and black, from coarse to
very fine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23
Sole Deposit Boxes

WE HAVE A FEW MORE BOXES
in our Safe Deposit Vault which are
not yet rented. There are four sizes,
varying in price from $12 to $50 per
year. Any private papers left in
these boxes are perfectly safe, as the
vaults are f1re-proof and are fitted with
time locks, which makes them abso-
Iutely burglar-proof. There are two
keys to each box, both of which are
given to the party renting box, and
should these keys be stolen they
would be useless to bearer, as he could
not open the box without our master
key being first inserted.
Parties leaving the Islands for their
summer vacations will find it a con-
venient place to leave any valuables.
Boxes can be rented by the month or
year as desired. Apply to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23
DEATH OF CAPT. MARTIN.

Owner OF the Velocity Dies at
Hongkong on October 2.
Word was received yesterday of the
death at Hong Kong on October of
Captain Martin of the bark Velocity.
Captain Martin was well known in Ho-
nolulu in shipping and mercantile cir
cles. He has been running to this
amassed a large fortune. He was the
sole owner of the Velocity and made
trips as it suited him. His home has
been in Hong Kong for some time
past.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23
Queens Hosnital

Queens Hospital,
Honolulu, Oct. IA, 1896.
Charles Wilcox, Esq,
Secretary Board of Health,
Honolulu.
Sir:-Your letter of the 28th ult, adj
dressed to Mr.. J. F. Eckardt, Superin-
tendent of the Queens Hospital, stat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-23
LADIES
KID GLOVES

We have just opened new line of
KID GLOVES, and have an assortment
that is not equaled in Honolulu.
The RAGE in everything at present
is BLACK and WHITE, and a glove,
above everything else, should be styl-
ish. We are making a speciality this
week of