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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
Come 10 Anchor.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please answer in your Query column
Can ships anchor be cast In mid
ocean, and is II necessary for the anchor
20 touch the bottom Of the ocean?
j. III. S.
An anchor is never knowingly cast ex-
cept where 1t will touch bottom; to do
any good It must touch bottom.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
To Remove Grease spots.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please answer in your Query column
what will clean light clothing Of grease,
etc; also. what Is the best way to wash
them 10 keep them from drawing up. b.
Whitlock. Va.
Inquire of druggist. Many recipes are
cold
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
QUERIES & ANSWERS.
Arrangements for The Entertainment Of
Veterans al Confederate Reunion.
CAPITATIoN-TAx
PROBLEM,
where Is the Original of Our Ordi-
nance Of Secession .-Inauiry as to
Etchings Made an the south During
the War, Etc.


To the Editor Of the Dispatch
Is the comet. which is said TO be APP
preaching the earth. visible 10 the naked
eye? II so. where and when can II be
seen? AN INQUIRER.
The comet referred to has not been
visible 10 the naked eye. and Is not likely
10 be so.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
Cotton at Liverpool and New Or

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Which city handles the most cotton
New Orleans or Liverpool
INQUISIT1VE.
AS a distributing point, Liverpool is
apparently the largest. New Orleans
handles more original cotton-that is. di-
rect from the producer-than any other
city In the world. In lS9i-'95 LiverpooTs
receipts were SSsO.SOO bales. while New
Orleanss were 2,702,931.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29

In Germany. for many yeans past,
bronze wire has been In use for telephone
lines. on account Of its conductivity being
superior to that of iron or steel wires.
Besides bronze wires covered with cop
per, number of German makers have
also brought out numerous double metal
wires under the name Of compound wire.
bimetallic wire. double-metal wire, double
bronze wire. patent-bronze wire. etc.
These wires have core OF steel or
aluminium. bronze, with a high tensile
strength. and are covered with copper
or bronze OF high conductivity. and ex-
per.ments with these wires having been
made with a view to comparing them
with bronze wire for telephone purposes.
the results are claimed to show that
they have important properties available
in that way. IL NJ stated for example,
that a telephone line with a blmetallic
conductor will work much more perfectly
than with conductor Of single metal
such as copper-less insulation, too, Is
said 10 be needed for such a conductor
than for copper or any other material,
and hence such wires laid on the earth
without special insulation permit a tele-
phonic connection TO "a much greater dis
lance. The final experiments In this
line. however. are TO the effect that the
double-metal wires are really no more
valuable than the pure copper wire. but
that the distance to which telephone
transmission by bare wires laid upon
the earth is possible depends mainly upon
the size and weight OF the wires, pre-
Stunning all the conditions are similar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
Capitadon before a Person Is Fl.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
l notice your answer In the Query col
umn of the Dispatch of the 18th instant to
communication signed w. Il. s., regard
ing eapltatiOn tax, to which you give as
your opinion that no one who is not q
years old OF February 1st of any year
can be assessed with capitation tax OF
that year.
In pursuance of section 49l OF chapter
q Of the Code of Virginia, 1857, prescrib-
ing provisions "for the assessment Of
taxes on persons and property" the Code
provides as foilows-to-wit:
THE commissioner shall ascertain and
assess all the personal property NOT ex-
empt from taxation, and all subjects OF
taxation In his county, district or city,
on the said first day OF February In each
year, and also all male persons Of full
age and of sound mind residing therein
on that day, and herein shall be included
all persons and property which have been
removed therein since that time" &c.
Now, L appears from the above that the
law has the same reference to persons as
to property, and II a person arrives at the
age of q subsequent 10 the 1st day OF
February or that year, and before the
commissioner calls TO make the assess
ment he is subject TO capitatlon tax for
that year.
Your answer seems to conflict with the
meaning Of the law, in my opinion. AS
the question Is by no means a triing one.
and one which may affect the county and
State revenues. you will pardon a reader
for dissenting. Please answer through
your columns who is correct.
S. IL. EDWARDS.
Isle Of Wight Courthouse, Va
Persons ana property are taxed AS OF
the 1st day of February in each year.
Property not in this State on that day is
not taxable, though 1t be brought into 1t
on the very next day 4 person not 81
years old on that day is not taxable
though he arrive at that age the very
next day. The clause of section 491, which
our correspondent thinks conflicts with
these propositions, simply provides where
and by whom certain property shall be
listed for taxation, which is subject to
taxation, and does not undertake to say
WHAT persons and property are so sub
ject. Said clause was intended TO pro-
vide for the listing of persons and pro-
perty liable TO taxation In one county on
February lst but which should be re-
moved out Of that county after that date
before the commissioner of that county
listed it. and thus might escape taxation.
1t directs the Commissioner OF Revenue
of the county into which such person or
property is thus removed 10 list it, but
the next clause declares that the COM
missioner of the county into which the
person or property is removed shall not
list It, II the commissioner Of the county
from which removed has listed II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
IN THE BIG BARN.

The men who are retained I'm winter
quarters with the circus find plenty TO do
during the cold months IN repairing
properties OF all kinds which have suf-
fcred BADLY from the wear and tear OF
the season past. These men are car
pcnters. blacksmiths. harness-makers. and
painters, and when spring comes again
old wagons look new the harness is spick
and span. the torn canvas has been
patched and mended. the cars repainted
and lettered. and everything IS ship
shape, and the show again ready to take
the road Mr.. Hunting has had ff-
teen Of these artisans with him at the
EXposition-Grounds all the winter, and
their work is now about over The ten
cars have been painted white, and, in
fact, everything about the show IS that
color from the big centre-pOle TO the
smallest stake
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
SOME INSIDE WORKINGS.

But while we all know what the circus
IL, as seen from the tiers OF plank seats,
over which we have often stumbled, not
without fall now and then. in our ef-
forts TO get near the top" very few are
familiar with the vast amount OF work
necessary TO get the show ready for the
road"
Robert Hunting's circus has been in
winter quarters at the Exposition-G Grounds
here since IL closed for the season last
fall. and everything is now busting in the
camp" for the show opens in this city
April 9Th.
To Dispatch reporter who visited Mr..
Hunting at his quarters last week, the
genial proprietor and veteran clown gave
a few Of the inside workings OF the show.
Any one who thinks that those engaged
In the circus business rest upon a bed OF
roses, and gather In the shekels OF the
public without any great amount OF work.
Is laboring under a deluslon. which, it
must be said, however, Is rather a COM
mon one. There is work, and plenty Of IL,
In all branches OF the business, and those
who did not have a natural taste and
liking for 1t, but were only looking for a
soft snap" would give IL up In disgust
after a few weeks trial. and look around
for something easier.
The proprietor or manager OF a circus,
a few weeks before he intends to "close,"
notifies his 'people"-performers, musi-
clans, canvas men, etc.--of the exact date
OF the last performance. Those he wishes
TO retain for the next season he enters
into new contract with. The circus,
after closing. then goes into winter quar-
ters. and in the ring barn" the work for
the next season goes on. Most OF the
performers 20 upon the vaudeville stage
when the tenting season is over. except
the equestrlans. who have TO look around
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29
LIFE UNDER THE TENT
HoE a Circus Gets Ready to Go Upon
the Road.
PRACTICE IN WINTER QUARTERS.
A Vast Deal OF Work Required to BE
Done before q show Can Start Out
for the season-some Inside
GIimpses.
GIinipses.

What boy has not, at some period OF
his life. had longing to live under the
white tents Of a circus and to mingle with
those Bohemians who stake their tents
in the early morning. and then. ere the
cock crows TO herald the coming Of an
other day, steal away. leaving naught
behind but sawdust ring and a lad
whose mind Is filled with visions Of a
world OF glittering spangles, a sky CT
snow-white canvas, and a population OF
marvellous creatures-men and women
clad in gayly-colored raiment. who are
so unlike ordinary mortals that he
dreams OF them by night, and awakes
with sigh to find that he is back once
more among everyday people. and that
those OF his dreams are many miles
away7
Yes. the circus has its charms; and he
Is indeed a dull specimen OF humanity
who can sniff the sawdust OF the ring,
and hear the lively strains OF the band.
without feeling a stir of pleasurable emo
tons as he calls TO mind his younger
days, when he emphatlcally asserted that
II stern parents denied him the price OF
admission 10 take him under the Topping
canvas, he'was "going 10 tote water for
the elephant" thereby securing for him
self the necessary ticket
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12
ART, MUSIC AND SCIENCE.

Trilby has reached Paris. 1t is to be
made there into an opera comique.
Eugene d'Albert opera Ghismonda
was very coldly received at it's first
performance in Dresden.
"Jack the Ripper" is the subject Of
q new opera about to be produced at
Verona, music and words by an Italian
named Gioma.
Leo Kill. and DUO d'Auma1e have
been made honorary members of the
st. Petersburg Imperial Academy of
Science.
Prof. Knackfuss, who executed Kaiser
Wilhelm's allegorical cartoon, has been
appointed director of the Berlin Ma
tional museum in succession to DR.. Jor-
dan.
Lassalle, the baritone, has set up q
cement mandatory at Chantemelle
on the Seine. He attends to the busi-
ness himself, and has been made mayor
Of the town.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12
MIND YOUR EYE.

Don't read lying down or in q con-
strained position.
Don't read by freight, moonlight or
twilight.
Don't read by Pickering gaslight or
jcandleliHht.
Don't read books printed on thin pa
Jpgr. y '.t..a
Don't read books which have no ap-
preciable space between the lines.
Don't read for more than 50 minutes
without stopping, whether the eyes are
tired or not.
Don't hold the reading close to the
eyes. #.-." r1a
Don't study'at night but in the morn
ing when the eyes are fresh.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12
OLD AND SPRY.

Twin sisters, 70 years old, were pres
ent as witnesses in court at Columbus,
Ind, few days ago.
Mrs. Annie Merifield, of Eimington,
Me-, who is "a years old, is making con
Siderable pin money knitting socks for
the Portland market. ....
Two hale nonegenarians, Mr.. and
Mrs. Moulder, of Honey Creek, Ind,
celebrated the Goth anniversary of their
marriage recently.
Probably the oldest railroad engineer
In New England is Squire Wilson, of
Lyndonville, VT. He has beenrunning
an engine on the Boston and Maine
system since 1852, and is still making
a daily run.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12
PetersOn'B
FREEI COINAGEnDREss-CUTTING
Tailor tSystem.

why pay $40 for q system and
waste three weeks in learning, when
you can buy one thoroughly reliable
for $3.50, which you can learn in q
single day? This Is WoMAN's GREAT.
EST FRIEND, the refore boon to hu.
manity. The most searching criticism
invited. 1t is no @fake" but q GOOD,
HONEST SYSTEM OF DRESS CUTTING
Mothers, teach your daughters to be
self-supporting. Any woman can
learn it. Tie se charts can be had OF
Mrs. j. Lang, Elko, Nevada. Send
$3.50 and get one. Full instruction Q
with every chart. jy19tf.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12

When you are III iced of letter
heads, bill heads, note heads, envel-
opes,. statements, etc., remember that
you can have them printed at the In.
DEPENDENT office at prices. within the
reach OF all. ~,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT,

Published every Sunday and sent TO any ad-
dress, postage paid), At the following rates,
pysble in advance.
in eAr.. Ar..............-......- ...A W
SI months. ........~-.......... DO
For any period under six months. fifty cents
per month.
Entered At the Elko, Nevada, Postofice{for
through the mails ss second
:llss mail matter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12

G.. .. GARCIA,
Manufactures of and Dealerin--.
Harness and Saddl nv,
Takes pleasure in informing the PEI ,e Of
Elko county that he has located at o and
is prepared to make
vAQUERo SADDLES TO OR. xR
WHIPS, SPURS, ROBES, BLANKETS,
RIATAs and MEXIoA.; BITS
Constantly on Rand.
E~EREPAIR & OMPLY DONE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-12

lIGDIYyyyEBIE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

The first to call attention to the
errors in Mr.. Mills statement was
James O.. Swan, Hawaiian Consul
at Port Townsend, one of the best
posted men in the State on mat
tiers of this character.
Ju lge Swan communicated with
the Foreign Office and suggested
that corrections be made by the
State Department in Washington
and published in the monthly
consular reports. This was in
April, 1895. The suggestion was
at once communicated but not
acted upon until w. R. Castle
went to Washington as minister,
and then only after great deal OF
persuasion on his part.
The trouble with Consul Mills
report was, that too much was left
to the imagination. The quantity
and value of the products of British
Columbia shipped on the Canadian
Australian line were not specifid
and as the officials at Washington
are not familiar with such things,
and probably interested less, saw
little to correct.
This steamship line has brought
to Hawaii much that would never
have come, had San Francisco been
the only shipping port. 1t has
given impetus to the manufacturers
along the Sound. 1t has, in many
respects, increased the shipments
of certain lines, Roach Harbor lime
for instance, is imported in larger
quantities now than ever before,
and the manufacture of lime along
the Straits of Fuca is no small in
dustry.
In the book of consular reports
for February, 1896, published at
Washington, statement prepared
by. Mr.. Castle appears. He says:
-" That the greater part, if not all,
of the articles named are the pro-
duct of that portion of the State
of Washington bordering on Puget
Sound, whose nearest and most
natural outlet to the Hawaiian
market is by transit across the
Straits of Juan de Fuca to the port
of Victoria, B. c., and thence by
steamer to Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14
AUTHORITY FOR BAPTISM.
Rev. ROmig Has Questions Pro-
rOunded-AnswerS Given.

At the Christian Church last
night Rev. Romig was asked the
following questions and gave the
answers given here:
The first question was, "Does
in jordan necessarily mean i'm
mersion with reference to the bap-
tism of our Saviour"
In answer Mr.. Romig said
"Jesus came up out of the water.
That shows he had been in the
water. If Jesus had had water
poured or sprinkled over him was
it necessary for him to go into Jor-
dan? l say no!"
SIS Christ's baptism the baptism
of water?"
"The baptism commanded by
Jesus in the commission is water
baptism. Water baptism is the
only baptism that can be per-
formed by man. The baptism of
the holy spirit is promise, not a
command, and can be administered
only by the Saviour.
Is there any absolute proof of a
single case of immersion in the
Bible
Wherever the word baptism is
used in the Bible in the form of a
command it means immersion in
water. DR.. Thayer, of Harvard
University, in his Greek-English
Lexicon of the New Testament de-
fines baptism as to dip repeatedly,
to submerge. In the New Testa-
ment it is used particularly of the
right of sacred ablution, first insti-
tuted by John the Baptist /; after
wards Christ's commands to Chris
tians and adjusted to the nature
and contents of their religion,
namely immersion.
Mr.. Romig said the best authori-
ties living and dead had decided
that immersion and submersion
were translations of the Greek
word baptizo, and he was willing
to accept their definition, backed
by the Bible teachings, as correct.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

miles to San Francisco to send
them by American vessels men
toned in Mr.. Mills report, and
secures far more rapid transit than
in sending such produce by lumber
vessels sailing to Hawaii from vari-
Gus ports in Washington and Ore
gon."
Mr.. Castle speaks hatteringly
in his report of the possibility of
line of American steamers running
from the Sound to Honolulu, and
this mainly on account of the trade
which the Canadian-Australian
line has built up.
A glance at the total value of
imports for the nine months end
ing June 80, 1895, will not strike
the average man as being anything
alarming, even if the entire busi-
ness had been taken from the San
Francisco steamers. And a fur
ther investigation shows that but a
little over 4 per cent. of the value
of the cargoes was the product of
Canada and Great Britain, and
that it was falling off of one-half
from the amount shipped during
the nine months ending September
80, 1894 There seems to be little
cause for nervousness on the part
of the people of the United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14
The Canadian-AustraIian Line Of
Steamers.
TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Opening Commerce With the North
west, Not Canada and Great
Britain-A Boon to the Farmer.
some Figures Regarding Products.

When the Canadian-Australian
line of steamers began running,
three or four years ago, the farmers
and tradespeople of the Northwest
were given the means of shipping
goods to the Hawaiian Islands and
Australia without having to first
send them to San Francisco.
The new line opened up a market
for products which previously had
been thrown aside because of the ex-
pense, inconvenience and possible
loss in shipping them to so great
a distance as San Francisco. In
the fruit and wheat country in
Washington, east of the Cascade
range of mountains, so anxious
were the people to get their pro-
ducts to tide water as quickly as
possible that they built line of
railway to connect with the North
ern Pacific, and thus land their
freight at Tacoma in less time than
they could send it by the 0. r. d
n. Company to Portland.
The Canadian A australian line of
steamers had been running but
short time when the people here,
noting that the character of the
freight carried was the same as for
merly comprised the cargoes on the
San Francisco vessels, decided that
the farmers and manufacturers of
British Columbia were reaping the
harvest by means of this new
steamship line, which properly be-
longed to the same class of people
in the United States.
Ellis Mills, United States Con-
sul-General at this port, seems to
have been one of these, and when
he had secured copies of the mani
tests of the various steamers in the
Canadian line he straightaway
penned the following report to the
State Department at Washington,' 4
D. c.:
"The inclosed statement showing
merchandise imported by the
steamers of the Vancouver, Cana
dian and Australian line for the
nine months ending September
Both will give some idea of how
this line is encroaching on the
business heretofore enjoyed by the
lOng-established lines of American
steamers, and is also opening up
an English source of supply for the
Hawaiian market, which has here
tofore been exclusively American,
so far as this particular line of
goods is concerned.
''It will be observed that most of
the items mentioned in the state
ment are those which form staple
of export from California,
and it is this class of merchandise
on which the American line of yes
sells plying between these islands
and San Francisco rely for their
freighting business.
"It is noticeable that the guam
tity of freight which the Canadian
steamers bring is steadily increas-
ing, much of it being brought on
ships account, and what those YES
sells may lose in the way of freight
when the goods are sold is more
than made up by the large subsi-
dies which they receive from the
British Government"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14
Sans SOuCi
Seaside Resort,

The pleasantest, quletest, shadIest and
most perfectly appointed seaside resort on
the Islands. 1t is only four miles from the
heart of the CITY aud within easy reach of
the tramcars, which run every twenty
minutes or Oftener. Elegantly furnished
detached cottages or rooms are obtained on
easy terms The table is superior to that
of any of the city hotels and all the modern
conveniences are provided.
Picnics and bathing parties can obtain
advance.
The bathing facilities of Sans SOuci are
superior to those of any place on the
beach 4157-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

THE SINGER receiv e d
81 first awards for sewing ma
chimes and embroidery work at
the Worlds Fair, Chicago, Ill,
being the largest number Of
awards obtained by any exhibitor
and more than double the num-
Der Civ en- to all other sewing ma
chimes. For sale, lease and rent.
Repairing done
B. BERGERSEN, 113 Bethel
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.

Mills & Co., New Market Gro
Gerry, Merchant street, will receive
by the Monowai a full supply of
ice house goods, such as California
and Eastern oysters, celery, sal
mon, butter, navel oranges, apples,
cooking pears, Mandarin oranges.
Telephone 77S. 3-ts
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

City Carriage Company have re-
moved to the corner of Fort and
Merchant streets; Telephone No.
113. First-class carriages at all
hours. JOHN S. .ANDRADE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

G. r. Harrison, Practical Piano
and Organ Maker and Tuner, can
furnish best factory references.
Orders left at the Hawaiian News
Co. will receive prompt attention.
All work guaranteed to be the
same as done in factory.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

JAMES L. HOLT, General Busi-
ness Agent, Accountant and Col
lector, Office on Kaahumanu
street. Telephone 639. Prompt
Attention Guaranteed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

All kinds of SECONDHAND
FURNITURE sold cheap for cash
at the l X L, corner Nunanu and
King streets.
If you want to sell out your Fur
niture in its entirety, or for bar
gains, call at the l. x. L., corner
of Nuuanu and King streets.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-14

A. J. Derby, D. d. S. Dental
Rooms 100 Alakea St, between
Beretania and Hotel. Treatment
of dead teeth and roots speciality.
Office hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Tel. els.