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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28
SAN DIEGO EAGER TO FIGHT
Official Action to Be Taken in the
South for Free Bicycles.


SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. 27.-Chief Con-
sui @. C. Monaghan of Santa Ana, the
head of the Southern California Division
League of American Wheelmen. is. in the
city interviewing prominent wheelmen
and members of the league as the course
to be taken by the division regarding
contest against railroads which charge for
carrying bicycles. The matter has reached
an interesting stage and from present in
dications all the wheelmen of the State
will com bine together with their brethren
in the East to contest the right of rail-
roads to charge for wheels when they are
offered as baggage.
Mr.. Monaghan has interviewed a num-
Der of members of the league and they are
all in favor of uniting to make contest.
"We have had to make this fight all
Alone" said Mr.. Monaghan yesterday,
''and it looked as if our brethren around
San Francisco would not join US. They
displayed no interest in the matter until
the railroads up that way put on charge
and then they awoke in hurry. Now we
are satisfied that we shall have strong sup
port in the north. This means that there
is every prospect of success"
The plan of the wheelmen, as nearly as
can be learned, is to have bill intro.
duced in the next Legislature similar in
terms to the Armstrong bill of New York
State prohibiting railroads from charging
extra rates for bicycles and compelling
them to accept them as baggage.
The league in this State is in position
to maintain a powerful lobby at Sacra-
mento, and, as wheelmen by uniting in
the past have demonstrated the emselves a
powerful force. it is likely that the rail-
roads will find an irresistible influence
against them. There are 400 members of
the League of American Wheelmen in the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28

Brazil Is utterly unsuited to emigrants,
and the authorities are still warning peo-
pie against going there.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28

southern division of the State, and great
many more in the north.
The San Diego Wheelmen, a club num-
bering over 200 members. will also enter
the fight, besides the San Diego Road Club
with fifty members.
a meeting of the league members and
the San Diego WheeImen has been ar
ranged for next week, at which steps will
be taken to get into line with the Ameri-
can League on proposition to carry the
proposed bill through the Legislature.
The matter may become National ques-
ton, and certainly it will be prominent
one at Sacramento next winter.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28
made good scores also received pretty

made good scores also received pretty
and useful prizes.
the large asse mblage were entertained by
dancing. At the conclusion of the
pleasant affair the band followed by
large number of mem bers OF the club went
across the street and seranaded Albert
Ehrenpfort, one of the member who has
just returned from the southern part Of
the State. where he has been making .
tour with his bride.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Told Army Secrets.

During the war Father Sherman was
a camp follower, going in when about
3 years old and remaining with his
father, General William T. Sherman,
until the close of the struggle. At
Black River, on the march from Allan
ia TO the sea, a Confederate was sent
under a flag of truce to Sherman's head
quarters. Arriving, he found the gener-
al absent, but young Thomas was there
and inclined to be communicative when
taken upon the knee of the Confederate.
Drawn into conversation, he bluntly
remarked, 'Why, father can whip you
fellows every time. . On being interro-
gated as to how and why he could whip
them, the boy proceeded to give detail
ed information. Father has $4,000
men and SO many cannon, just so many
foot and SO many horse soldiers. He has
just exactly so many men, foot and
horse, and so many cannon at another
place. " The boy did not neglect to state
that tne northern troops were we'll off
for provisions and how and where they
could gel them when they wanted them.
General sherman after the Confeder-
ate's departure learned of the cClver-
sation. Why said he, you young
traitor! There is nothing for it but that
you must be court 1nartialed, and you
will probably be shot > The boy was
not shot, but he was told of the rules
and usages of armed forces when at
war.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Work Done bx Earthworms.

In 1890 Alvan Millson, an employee
of the British colonial government at
Lagos, west Africa, made some remark
able observations on the work Of earth
worms. For scores of miles Sround
Lagos, he says, the earth is literally
covered with cylindrical casts Of earth
brought to the surface by the worms.
In some places the earth is covered to
the depth Of several inches with these
little cylinders. which have been caked
hard by the sun. Having removed these
casts from a space Of but two square
feet, I weighed them carefully and found
that the weight was 1915 pounds Es-
timating pounds to the square foot
as the amount of earth which these
creatures bring TO the surface annually,
/ find that they bring up an average of
not less than 81, 1888 long tons of subsoil
TO each acre Of farm land in this vicin-
ity. ''-St. Louis Republic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
w. w. DIMOND,

Do you remember when
you ate white bait in New
York or London what slices
OF brown bread cut very
thin were served with the
fish? 1t was buttered too.
When you were eating the
delicious bit you wondered
how the chef managed to
cut the bread so thin, with
out going through to the
other side. 1t was a secret
then; not now. He used a
"Christy," an improvement
on the ''Clauss" bread knife
in many ways. Finely fin
iShed wooden handle, saw
edge as keen as a razor and
a good thing all round. We
Sell them for a half.
Pride of the Kitchen is
justly named, because the
cook who takes pride in
keeping his kitchen clean
uses it. Better than Sapolio,
because it will not scratch
it cleans without defacing.
Escolloped oysters or fish
is as dainty a dish as a king
would care to sit down to, if
properly prepared and serv-
ed. The correct way to put
either fish o. oysters, cooked
in this way, is in shells. We
have the genuine article
grown expressly and which
we sell at a dollar a dozen.
Walkers self pulling cork
screw, draws the cork and
cuts the wire at the same
time without an effort. We
get rid of them at IS cents
each. That's the way we
get rid of the best lawn
mower on the islandS--sell
them at $50.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
ANY WIFE TO ANY HUSBAND.

Today. if l We're dead and could not feel
Your kisses or your tears upon my face
n ali the world could give of woe or veal,
Could find within my heart no resting place,
You would not think Of any bitter past,
You would not chide me for careless word,
You could not be cruel al the last
As to condemn me, unconfessed, unheard.
II We're lying wrapt about in white,
With flowers all around me, on my breast
And in my hands, and on my face the light
That angels shed upon their dead at rest
If We're lying thus, and one should say
Such bitter things as you have said TO me,
With sternest anger you would drive away
That one and swear 'twere all base calumny.
III not rebuke you, though my heart be full.
I dare not chide. l. too, may be astray.
Experience yet may teach-a bitter school
Me what TO do and what, perchance, TO say.
and yet / ask you, humbly, tenderly,
II should answer nevermore your call,
Would You not grieve OF all most bitterly
For words and deeds that are beyond recall:
Parsons Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
SKATING STORIES.
They Were Good Enough to Tell, but
Their Truth Was Doubted.

The group were talking about skating.
al don't pretend TO be much # skat-
er. said the man with his feet on the
nantelpiece. The last time 1 INDUCED
III the pastime, though, 1 had the good
luck 10 sip into an airhole. -
You don't call that good luck, do
your: asked the man who had been try
ing to break into the conversation and
tell story himself.
well, under ordinary circumstances
I wouldn't call it good luck" replied
the man with his feet ON the rlantel,
''but III this instance it led TO my catch
ing the largest fish ever found in this
section Of the country. 1t happened this
way: was skating around the airhole,
and at last ran plump into it. The low
er part Of my body went under the ice,
but l was able TO hold myself up by the
arms. At last a man came TO help me
out, but one of my skates seemed to
have become entangled in something
below the surface, and he had TO call
for assistance Several persons respond
ed, and by their united efforts pulled
me and four pound rock bass through
the airhole The jaws of the fish were
held apart by one of my skate blades.
suppose, - he added by way of explana-
ton, that / must have struck my foot
in his mouth when first went down"
1t was the unuttered consensus of
opinion that the speaker was liar.
There was a short pause, and the
man who had been waiting for chance
told Of an adventure on Lake Superior.
He said that while skating there one
evening, far from shore, he was pur-
sued by monstrous gray wolf. ''The
wolf chased me about considerably,
he said, but l wasn't afraid, because
always was a good skater and could
beat any wolf that was ever created
when it came TO getting around on the
ice. After 1 had little fun with the
animal, making figure Fights and
things like that around him, thought
1 would put him TO some use. So made
a dash around TO his rear and caught
hold Of his tail with one hand 1 had a
Skinny stick in the other and beat him
across the back with it. Well, gentle
men, that beast was so shocked and sur
prised that he didn't know what to do
He jumped around just like colt that
was being broken in. held on tight,
though, and he finally came TO the con-
cIuslon that he wanted to go home, and
lit out for shore.
Gentlemen, know you will believe
me when 1 say that that was the SUI
preme moment of my life. There 1 was
a-holding TO the VOLTS tail with one
hand, beating him with the Skinny stick
which I held in the other, and flying
over the CLASSY surface at the rate of
about 40 miles an hour. AS we neared
the shore he slowed up some, and on
reaching the land lay down and died
from exhaustion.
81 have his hide at home now," con-
Guided the narrator land you can see
it if you want to. .
This seemed satisfactory proof of the
truth of the tale At least no one ques-
toned it, and the meeting adjourned
Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
THE CLIFF RUINS OF COLORADO.
Region of Especial Interest to Students
of the Prehistoric.

A Region of Especial Interest to Students
of the Prehistoric.
The cliff ruins of the San Juan and
the Mancos have been the center Of at
traction, have been viewed from all
sides, and their wonders have been told
and retold TO the world time and time
again. Scientific men have visited the
region, have penetrated southwestern
Colorado and have considered that sec
ton a place of especial interest, because
the cliff and cave dwellings are probably
the Oldest in this strange land, being
the first built in that mysterious journey
southwark of great but unknown peo-
pie For 20 years the prospectOr has
followed the San Juan river and gazed
with careless unconcern on the rough
and broken walls, so full Of interest to
the archaeologist.
But the mind of the prospector has
no room for curios, and he has no time
for archaeological investigation. He
sees only the glitter of the gold IN the
sand, and thinks only of the time when
he shall have made his ctcke In No
vember of 1892 hundreds Of gold hunt
ers rushed madly into the canyon north
of the Navajo mountain, travelled 300
miles over bleak, desert tablelanGs, sui
fering terribly from the cold, hunger
and the long, wearisome journey. IN a
few days they had staked off all the
available land for 90 miles up and down
the river and then returned home with
out having obtained SO much as color
of gold, and today have nothing to show
for it but the stakes.
1t is one of the most wildly pictur-
esque and beautiful regions in the
world. The bleak old Navajo mountain
rises abruptly and towers like a grim
sentinel over the surrounding mesas,
while in canyon gorge more than ), 600
feet below it's base the Rio San Juan
appears like silver thread. The canyon
is several miles wide, and descent C2n
be made to the river only by precipi-
tous trail, but as the river approaches
the great Colorado the canyon becomes
more marrow and the wall more perpen-
dicular, and when it merges into the
Grand canyon it is scarcely more than a
deep, dark channel.
A few miles from the Colorado river,
where the canyon is not more than 500
or 1000 feet from wall to wall, and
where the walls are perpendicular and
smooth, ON the right wall are the pic
lures of seven warriors with bows
drawn to the last notch, while across
the river on the opposite side are the
pictures of seven antelope, apparently
in full run TO escape the hunters. These
pictures are we'll executed and are III
the most inaccessible places. Evidently
the artist had to be lowered from a
ledge hundreds of feet above the picture
and held suspended while he performed
his tedious task. There are many places
in the mystic southwest re such
paintings are to be found. - Denver
Field and Farm.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
APreparation For Padding.

Very many persons would like to
know how to pad sheets of paper so as
to make tablets, but do not understand
the proper composition for putting on
the edges. The following recipe is
vouched for by competent authority :
Glue, 4 pounds; glycerin, pounds ;
linseed oil, one-half pound; sugar, one
quarter pound; aniline dyes in suffi-
cient quantity to color. The glue is
softened by soaking it in little cold
water, then dissolved, together with the
sugar, in the glycerin by aid of heat
over a water bath. To this the dyes are
added, after which the oil is well stir
red 1t is used hot. Another compost
ton of somewhat similar nature is pre-
pared as follows: Glue, apound; glycer-
in, ounces; glucose strip, about 2
tablespoonfuls; tannin, one-tenth ounce.
Give the compositions an hour or IL .
in which to dry or set before cutting CT
handling the pads.-New York Ledger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26

Leeuwenhoek and Humb Oldt both say
that a single pound of the finest spider
webs weuld reach around the world
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
A Trick of the Profession.

AS two eminent physicians We're stroll
ing arm in arm along the boulevard one
of them bowed to a lady who crossed
their path.
ga patient, eh?"
''Oh, not a serious case. l attended
her lately for a pimple-a mere speck
on her nose. >
What dad you prescribe?''
Prescribe? Nothing at all, though l
absolutely forbade her TO play the
piano.
1.-The piano? For pimple on the
nose? 1 don't see that. -
"Ah! 1 ought to tell you. perhaps,
that my rooms are just below hers. .
La Libre Parole.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26

The HAWAIIAN GAZETTE Essmi-
weekly is issued on Tuesdays and Fri
days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Pride and Prejudice.

I'D, be ashamed TO go around beg
ging,' said the prosperous citizen.
''Pride's funny thing, amt lt!''
answered Mr. Everett Wrest. Here you
are, too proud TO beg, and here L am,
too proud TO work. Takes all sorts TO
make a world, I guess. indianapolis
TOT1rua1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Its Effect.

Boggs-I see the weather bureau has
put in a typewriter
Foggs-Well. that means that we
are about 10 have bad spell OF wealth
eE-Yonkers Statesman.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Easy.

lis it hard to learn to write short
hand?''
mo. Anybody can learn it. And aft
er you have got so you can write 1t,
why, all you have to do is TO so towork
and learn to read what you have writ
ten. Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26

HAWN. GAZETTE CO.,
Publisher
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26

There are said to be over d thousand
women in New York who, in one way
or another, make their living by their
pens.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
- THE -
HQWQIlQn Pointers Monthly,
III. n. WHITNEY, BAssee.

Contents for August, 1896.
Notes on Current Topics.
The Best Sugar Industry in America
The Louisiana Sugar School.
Duration of the California Canning
Season.
Hawaiian Sugar via Cape Horn.
Oxidation of Sugar in Evaporators.
Fermentation of Sugars in the Sugar
House.
Sugar in London.
Beetroot Manufacture Seventy Years
Ago.
The Future of Farms and Farming in
the United States
Practical Notes for Farmers
Cultivation of Coffee in Mexico.
The Decline in Prices
Pine Culture in Florida.
A British Empire Zollverein.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
What Is
PURIFINE?

II IL the new disinfectant which
has superseded all other disinfecfe
ants, being a scientific compound
having no odor, yet possessing the
qualities OF a powerful disinfectaat.
The automatic distributor should
be placed In every house In Hone
lulu where doors and germs Of de
ease exist. They are placed frea
OF charge, taken care OF and KEPT
working day and night for $1.oe
per month. It's an innovation, but
on scientific principles. and aR-
peals to everyone OF common sen91.
The idea is this: The distributes
drops two drops a minute, day and
night. Foul odors are killed, yea
no disagreeable smell Of carbolia
acid or crude disinfectants takes
fits place. You don't know that q
powerful disinfectant is being used
II you judge by the lack of odor.
But it's doing the duty-doing 10
we'll. Can we show you the Ideal
Automatic Distributor" Our Mr..
Washburn will call, Ii you'll taAe-
phone 10
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-26
Art Goods.

The demand for coIorS, both
water and oil is the Surest in
dication of a refined taste among
the ladies of the Islands. We
are in a position to supply the
demandl
A full supply of colors,
brushes, oils, vanish and can
vas always on hand.
Picture framing, satisfactory
picture framing, is due largely
TO the taste displayed in the
selection of mouldings that
will harmonic with the pic
ture. We have the taste and
mouldings. Let US give you q
suggestion.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-02
9,rauellers' Guide.
New York, New Haven and
Hartford liz. II.


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1850, $40, $3.50. 1885, x1O:So am, $1,000,
12:O6, N1:SO (parlor car limited), 1875,
l.so, $50 800, 1880, $3.50, *4;15, x4:3O,
90 $3.50, 5:S5, $3.50, $40. $50 (S:15
bridgeport accom-. 1910, 9:15 p. IN.
Sundays-"4:O5, 1880 500 a. M, x4:3O,
x6;l5, T'1O, "S;10, S:15, 1910 p. m.
FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem
River-1:05, <11:60 p IN. (daily.)
fOR BOSTON via Springfield-t1:1
xlo'lo, "1l:05 am, "1:05, *1:44 "5: 80 pm.
Sundays-"1:10 (night), "5:b2 D. m.
FOR BOSTON via New London ana
Providence-*2.10, 1920, *11S5 (parlor
car iimited) a. M, *12:05, $500, 1920.
'4:55, "6:J5 p m. Sundays-*2:1O. 1920.
a. m, *4;55, 1856 p. m.
FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORD,
SPRINGFIELD, Etc.-*1IO (night).
$40, 500, x1o:1O. "1O:5O (WhIte Noun
tain Express, first stop Hartford),
"11:05 a. m, 1906, +1;O5, *1;44 (first stop
Hartford), S:15, 500, $685. (6:15 to
Hartford). sos, 1906 p. m. Sundays
~l:l0 (nlghD 1852, 1928 p. m.
NEW LONDON DIVISION
For New London, etc.-*2:10, (night),
*2:2O (nighD, 7 80, $3.50. 11:o5, *l1:35
lparlor car, limited), a. m, +12:05, $500,
3:O6, 3:55 (to Saybrook Junction., *4:2O.
+4:65, 5:15 (to Saybrook Junction). 6:15,
800 $40 (Guilford acc) p, m. Sun
days-.2:lO (night). 1920 (nighD. xS50
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FOR Middletown, Willimantic, etc.
E4o a. NJ, 2:10, 1888, sos p. m. Sun
days-*7:15 p. m. Connecting at Mid.
dletoWn with Valley Division and at
! Wiliimar tic with the N. e. r. r. ana
N. l.. N. r. R.; at Turnerville with Col
chester branch
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For Shelburne Falls. Turner's Falls
Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hart
ford and intermediate stations-7:45 a.
m. and 400 p. m. For Westfield and
Intermediate stations, 5.55 p. m.
FOR Harrington, New Hartford and
points this side-7:45 a. M, 1904, 400.
5:55 p. m.
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FOR Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia,
etc.-7:00. 9:35 a. M, 1900, 2:39, 400.
5;S5 l:5O, ll:20 p. m. Sundays-S:1O a.
M. $3.50 p. m. 80 :
| For Waterbury-7:oO 500 (through
tram via Naugatuck Junction. 9:35 a.
M, 1900 2:39, 5:35, 1850 p. m. Sundays
$40 a. M. 6:15 p. M (via Naugatuck
Junction.)
For Winsted-7:OO, 9:35 a. M, 2:39, SIS
P. m. Sundays-S:10 a. M, 6:15 (via
Naugatuck Junction. p. m.
For Shelton, Botsford, Newtown, DANE
bury, Pittsfield, State Line-9:35 a, M,
400 p. m.
for Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin-
natl. st. Louis, Chicago and the West,
We otate Llne-9:35 a. M, 400 p. m.
N. r. R. (via Derby Junction)-s:35 .,
M, 400 p. m. - 4
express Trains. xLocal Express.
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