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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-07
Prices
Reduced
THE FACTORY DID IT.

BY last steamer advices we were IN
structed to reduce prices to correspond
to the new list just issued by the manu-
facturer, which now makes II possible,
and within the reach OF all to become
the owner of one OF these delightful
musical instruments.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-07
MORGAN'S
REAL
ESTATE
COLUMN.
COLUMN.

1. RESIDENCE on Young st.
Hous, contains parlor, 3 bed
rooms, clothes closets, dining
room, pantry, kitchen, etc. Size
of lot, 5Ox15O. Free artesian wa
ter
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-07

n. 5. SACHS,
go Fort street, Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-07
Second Anniversary

Yesterday was the second anniver-
sary of the organization of the Christ
ian Church in Honolulu, and the event
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
CHAPTER IL

The strikes of that autumn will all ways be remembered by business men for their bitterness and long continu- ance. The brotherhoods of brass and iron workers were finally drawn into the strife. One evening shortly before o'clock Mrs. Sterns saw six sooty faced fellows enter the office.
 "We can't work any more, missis, " said Luke, who had been appointed spokesman.
 "Why, Luke, what is the trouble?" inquired Mrs. Sterns, considerably alarmed.
 Nothing that you can help, missis, <" said Luke. "Fact of the case is the un- ion has ordered us to quit, and we must stop work tonight at ,. We was ordered out last Saturday, but Don said we must help you out by finishing up the big order for them bibbs, so we got leave to stick by until now. Pm dumb ed sorry to serve you so, especially when your mans gone, but we can't help it. We'll come back, livery lad of us, as soon as the union let's us. !"
 Dick Flanaghan thrust forward his long grimy arm and bent down toward the desk his dark, alert face. We're smokers, missis. he said excitedly, ''but don't ye be afraid. We'll never smoke the likes of ye out, though we will some as lives near ye. If ye iver made strong arm, there 'tis for ye"
 "Shut up, Dick Flanaghan, inter- rupted Luke. "Ye wasn't ilicted Paddy first of this litigation. Then, turning to Mrs. Sterns, Luke continued: "Will ye kindly pay us our wages tomorrow? Yis? Ye're lady. Don't ye be afraid of nothin. D
 The men shuffled awkwardly out of the office. Paddy O'Shea, who went last, slammed the door violently. A moment later he put his head in to say: Beg pardon, missis. The door went togither aisier nor 1 expected.
 The workmen went slowly out of the foundry by twos and threes. Even Dave Collins, the clown of the foundry, wore for once serious countenance and lin
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
Mistress of tile Foundry.
By EARL JoSLYN.
IeWhcre lid von leave it. Parker?'

"Whcre did you leave it, Parker?"
 ''In my desk, thought Iwent away in such hurry that may have left it outside ''
 "Can you remember, Parker?" contin- ned Mrs. Sterns.
 ''No, l cannot, was the answer. "If had entered on the ledger the amount of the pay roll, would not mind the loss ''
 ''How much have you in the safe? Cannot you tell by that, Parker?" Mrs. Sterns was looking directly at Parker s face as she put the last question.
 "Yes, very nearly.
 ''How much have you?" pursued Mrs Sterns.
 Fifty dollars, said Parker after a pause.
 ''Thirty-six of that came in this morning. Did you have $14 on hand?"
 ''Yes, replied Parker, ''I did.''
 Mrs. Sterns said no more. What had he done with the $2OO oyerplus? She had found that for six weeks he had falsifed the pay roll.
 Parker was very uneasy about the missing book. Perhaps he suspected what had become of it. At all events on the following pay day he made out a correct list of wages. When all was ready, Mrs. Sterns said:
 ''I will pay the men, Parker. I like to know them by name, and if l pay them 1 shall remember them."
 Parker hesitated, but delivered up the envelopes with the best grace that he could muster.
 When her husbands letter came Mrs Sterns learned that he had signed Star keys notes for $25, 900, $15, 900 of which was due in 30 days. "I have in- structed my lawyer" the letter contin- ued, ito secure me when the first note falls due and to manage as best he can on the second. Keep Parker with you until the notes are paid. Then arrest him. My lawyer understands my wishes and will act when the time comes for action.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
Closinp Hours in London,

MT. Albert Larking, assistant Secre- tary of the Early Closing Association, writes that traders to whom legislation In this matter is distasteful are mainly responsible for the introduction of any bill to reduce the long hours of shop assistants generally, through their un- willingness to fall in with the volun- tary proposals made to them from time to time. MT. Larking gives number of examples of this kind of opposition, and adds: "One would have thought a 9 o'clock closing on four nights of the week perfectly reasonab ble, but in all parts of London our efforts to secure even this reasonable hour in place of 9:3O and 10 o'clock have failed. That our legislative policy is generally ap- proved Is evidenced by the steady in- crease year after year of our income from employers and assistants, the in- crease for the first seven months of this year alone being no less than 1850. While waiting for legislation, however, which we are certain will come, we have not abandoned our voluntary work, and it is hoped that when we open our autumn and winter campaign on the return of our secretary Qrom his enforced absence through ill health) we may receive a more ready coop
 eration from the London traders to se- cure some reasonable improvement in the present late hour of closing. One of the sad sights of London at the pres ent time is to see shops of every thor oughfare crowded with well-dressed women, who ought to know better, as late as g o'clock at night, and who could, with a little self-sacrifice, shop earlier, and thus help to make the lives of the overworked shop assistants a little brighter and happier. We despair, however, of thoughtless women ever giving up their cruel and bad habit of late shopping until compelled to do so by finding the shop doors closed against them at 8 o'clock"-London Telegraph.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
MODERN PRISONS.
Their Very Improvements Are What Drive
 English Convicts Mad.

Their Very Improvements Are What Drive
 English Convicts Mad.
 The official belief is that there is lit tie or no prison made insanity. Prison doctors are keenly alive to the possibil- ity of shamming, and they hesitate to admit that there is any flaw in the sys- tenn for the administration of which they are so largely responsible. Still the fact remains that the ratio Of insaD- ity ill prisons has exactly doubled since 1877.
 The admitted general increase of in- sanity is not sufficient to account fer this startling fact. Prison discipline is now more mechanical, and therefore more depressing Its very improvements in this respect ''take the heart out of a man" It is probable that prisoners were far happier is the old unreformed prisons, when they herded together and had conpanionsl1ip of kind.
 An expert witness who had passed four and twenty years ill jail told the prison committee some startling things from the convict's point of view. The
  observance, and some minds are totally unable to bear the strain of them. A man may be reported for knocking something over in his cell, though it may be by pure accident. The name for this offense is unnecessary noise. !" As the poor wretches walk their weary round in the exercise yard one may fall out of step and thus throw the others out. The first offender or the Iast-any one, in fact, on whom the warder's eye happens to fall-is liable to punishment for this mischance.
 In this way the convict gradually ac- quires an expression that never leaves him-the round the corner glance of a being who dreads a tyrant on the bounce. We want new Howard if the system is only half as bad as it is said to be by those who have best reason to know London News
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
Big Lltkc'S Uoice lUhiSDered "Go back,
 miSSiS"

Big LItkc'S UOtce aChtSDeTed "GO back,
 mtSSiS."
 gered until the last moment. He went over to his corner near the core oven and said, "Goodby, old bench, till l come again. Then he reluctantly went his way. Dave had often cursed his place as being the hottest in the foun- dry, but now he regarded it with affec- tion.
 Mrs. Sterns looked down the street after the receding figures of the men. It was two months before they returned to their work In all that time not foun- dry fire was lighted in the great city of Riverbank
 Meanwhile the contest between the workmen and their employers increased in violence, and now hunger began to press hard on the foundrymen's fami- lies. They always lived from hand to mouth, the tobacco and drink that the men consumed costing much more than the food of the women and children. But for days past one scanty meal was all that the women could provide from their lean larders, and it seemed impos- sible to procure that little for any con. siderable time longer The men were becoming disheartened, as their employ CTS persisted in refusing to accede to their demands.
 Big Luke and Don met on the street one afternoon while affairs were at this pass. Luke was loud mouthed against those whom he considered the oppressors of the poor ''It is tonight that we have bonfire. Don." said
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
(ro BE CoNTINUED.)
Wellington on the Defeat at Ligny.

Next morning Wellington was con- versing with General Bowles when a staff officer drew up, his horse f1ecked with foam, and whispered the news of Ligny. Without a change of counte- nance, the commander said to his com panion: "Old Butcher has had - good licking, and gone back to Wavre, IS miles. AS he has gone back, we must go too. I suppose ill England they will say we have been licked. I can't help it; as they have gone back, we must go too. William M. Sloane in Century.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05

matter how friendly it may look.
 We would all love God more, if we would only trust him more.
 How much praying is done in public that God isn't expected to hear.
 Bringing prayers closer together is very apt to put sins farther apart.
 The devil has good start in every home where there Is moderate drink CT.
 The children of millionaire can only be slightly acquainted with their ia ther.
 The man who would be strong in the Lord always must not feed his soul on moldy bread.
 There are preachers who do not claim acquaintance with Christ out side of the pulpit.
 It is doubtful If the church loafer weighs any more for good than loaf CT anywhere else.
 The man who is holding on to a few favorite sons is playing hide and seek with the devil.
 If the Bible in your home Is simply a parlor ornament the devil may walk in and sit down on it.
 If some men would get nearer to the Lord, they wouldn't have to talk so loud when they pray.
 The Bible says that Job sinned not with his tongue, but 1t fails to say the same about his wife.
 Isn't 1t strange that so many men think they can do most for the Lord where the pay is best?
 The woman who marries a man to reform him has no time to take proper care of her complexion.
 It Is better to believe that there is some good in everybody than that there Is no good in anybody.
 Look at 1t this way: The world and everything in 1t is yours to help you make true man of yourself.
 The real Christian will not shut up his Bible and quit, because things fail to go as he wants them to go.
 Find a man who loves God with all his heart and he will be found work ing for him with all his might.
 Call the devil by any name that sounds well, and how quick he will pull in his claws and shake hands with you.
 One week a year of self-denial from every Christian in the world would soon raise money enough to bury the devil, horns and hoof.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
CHINESE CONJURERS.
People Supposedly Cut to Pieces and Ther
 Put Together Again.

Put Together Again.
 The court jugglers in the time of Er blai Khan made it appear to those vii. looked on as if dishes from the tabl, actually flew through the air. One oi the travellers who visited the regions of which Marco gives us some account says, "And jugglers cause cups of gold to fly through the air and offer them selves to all who list to drink. And Ibn Batuta. Moor who visited Cathay a century after, gives this account of a similar incident:
 That same night juggler who was one of the khan's slaves made his ap- pearance, and the emir said to him, "Come and show us some of your mar vels." Upon this he took a wooden ball, with several holes in it, through which long thongs were passed, and, laying hold of one of these, slung it in- to the air. It went so high that we lost sight of 1t altogether. It was the hot test season of the year, and we were outside in the middle of the palace court. There now remained only little of the end of a thong in the conjurer' s hand, and he desired one of the boys who assisted him to lay hold of it and mount. He did so, climbing by the thong, aud we lost sight of him also The conjurer then called to him three times, but getting no answer he snatch ed up knife as if in a great rage, laid hold of the thong and disappeared also By and by be threw down one of the boys hands, then foot, then the other hand and then the other foot, then the trunk and last of all the head. Then he came down himself, all puffing and panting, and with his clothes all bloody kissed the ground before the emir and said something to him in Chinese. The emir gave some order in reply, and our friend then took the lads limbs, laid them together in their places and gave a kick, when, presto! there was the boy, who got up and stood before us. All this astonished me beyond meas ure, and had an attack of palpitation like that which overcame me once be- fore in the presence of the sultan of h. dia when he showed me something of the same kind. The Kazi Afkharuddin was next to me, and quoth he: "Wal- lah, 'tis my opinion there has been nei- ther going up nor coming down, nei- ther marring or mending. Iris all ho- GUS pocus. "-Noah Brooks in St. Nich- olas.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
DEAFNESS CANNOT RE CURED

by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by eonStilu- tional remedies. Deafness IS caused by an in famed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube iS infamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear Ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by eatarrh, which is nothing but aa iLfiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (eauSed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
 F. J. CHENEY X CO.,, Toledo, O. E% Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
SPECIAL OFFER TO GENERAL
 STORES,

Dry-Goods Stores, Dealers in Notions. We wish to establish in every town on the coast an exclusive agency for the A. NJ. w. Water Proof Dress Facing and Binding. Best seller on market. For terms, samples, and particulars, address at once,
 PACIFIC CoAsT AGENCY WEBER MANUFAC-
 TURING Co.,, Sl9 Market St., Rooms 3 3-24,
 San Francisco. Calf
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
Whittier's Large Fortune.

Whittier left S25O,OO0, though for his earlier poems he received nothing. Lowell, on the other hand, published his first poems at his own expense, and to the end his income from them was small; and it was only in the closing ten or fifteen years of his life that Brown ing, who had a similar experience with his first volume, received anything from his poems.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
MIND READING.

You cen read happy mind in a happy eOuntenance without much penetration. This is the sort of cOuntenance that the quondam bilious sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Hos tetters Stomach Bitters wears. You will meet many such. The great stomachic and altera- tive also provides happiness for the malarious. the rheumatic the weak, and those troubled with inaetion of the kidneys aud blad fer.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
The Acme of Knowledge.

Muggins-Is Bjones we'll informed?
 Buggins-Yes, indeed. Why, he &C., tually knows as much as the average young man who has just been graduat- ed from college thinks he knows.-Phil- adelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
TRUMPET CALLS.
Ra.n's Horn Sounds Warning Note
 to the Unredeemed,

HE moment 6 lie Is born, 1t be- gins to run.
 Isn't 1t about as wrong to be wrong, as 1t is to do wrong?
 Every convert ed man is a liv- ing proof that the Bible is true.
 A lie is always 0n n~@
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
An Innocent.

She-Am I the first girl you ever kissed?
 He (surprised)-Why, no! l have three sisters. s.-Somerville Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
Shaving Down.

Chollie-Say, barber, are you shaving GCWn?
 Barber (wearily, very wearily)-Yess sir, am.-Texas Siftings.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05

"Then you mean to tell me I'm liar?" "Well, no: don't wish to be quite so rude as that, but will say this-you'd make a very good weather prophet"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
Strictly.

Hungry Higgins-What are you read. in now?
 Weary Watkins-Markits. "What's de quotations oD shirtS?" 'Unchanged."- Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only medicine for coughs and tolds.-Mrs. o. Beltz, 439 Sth ave-, Denver, Col, Nov. s, '95.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05

RUPTURE and PILES cured; no pay
 h, until cured; send for book. DRs. MANSFIELD l& PoRTERFIELD S3S Market St., San Francisco.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05

Atsrd Ss Tnf RssSEss Tss ssd %Sst ass Market St.. San Francisco. Write for ''Free Book
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-05
BEST sIs .o. PRUNES7 7OLIVES

Greenbank pow sSo Caustic ic Scda and Pure Potash
 T. w. JACKSON & CO., 226 Market Street San Francisco Cal, Sole Agents.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-23

| or the 100 or more train accidents rp-
! ported in Great liritnin during the calonAnr
year of 1895 50 were inquired into by tho
! inspecting officers of the board of trade.
| says the Railroad Gazette and GONE ut-
! count Of the report nf the secretary of TN.
loald Tor the year was give, In uur last
issue. An supplement to that account Ye
give below some extracts from the roporis
/ III III" Inspecting Officers on The casos iu-
vrstigated The decisions and conmcn,s Of
these officers constitute one Of the main
,hanl, Is ihipnfh which the nf'ltulo a.
the government inward tha railtnais iA
't}resod. and az tho English government
in itH pWornal iuiFreH, iu The aafat' Of
passengers and emRiuyes. gn1s Uato mach
more minute dctal thnn has oyer l,ra
done in this country. and hs the l~iy!iirA
# the government lH n whole. IN ihia D. 81.
ter, are more Intelligent thnn dnyi'lins we
are familiar with here the reports con-
tain much that rs instructive. aud The
circumstances of individual accidents arc
often OF such mature ~ 70 lac of utpr'st
TO Americans, regardless of the mag litnla
Of the results Of the accident study II
English operating methods, 20 llust -atrd !
In these reports, Is also interesting In IT, /
Rcli Tho roads Of Crrat Britain rau nearly /
$50 coo GOO train miles lis year on 2l.iTI |
miles of road oquM 10 10000 train nil |
per milo Of road This s nearly four llInea
run I'm the United Stltts tuuilrd States. |
7GG s5G $50 train miles. lS0G5I milea OF
road). and yet thorc were only ten acct
DEUS In which any porpon wac billed In
thfs: country We recorded during the samr
ifrt ON
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-23

! Henderson, Texas. November 20 The
liusk county tair clc+cd today with an at
tendance of 5000 people. It is The uniycrsal
verdict of fair-eocrs that this one, in point
OF races and fire stock has oxcollod every
thing of the kind Of the season, east OF the
Trinity river The races today were the
most exciting Of any aud many last atccds
were On the track. The winners today are:
Mollie IIaleInan. one half mile dash
time ~ seconds, Lady Tramby. one half
mile heat, time rs seconds John Baker
one mile, novelty race. time i:5s, Eurek.
thrtG eighths o. mile heat; 3S seconds.
Moliio Curry, one fourth mile dash. rs
seconds Midnight lro,ing race. mile
heat. 2:3s
Cow roping. the prize won by william
Bishop; tint 81 seconds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-23
EXPORTS or CoRN.


The total increase, as shown by thore
| figures, for tho ten months was 81 500 600
| buthets OF This gain, the increase at Bal
! tim0rc was $500 900 bushels. nj Newport
| NoSH io0G0nQ bushels. at Norfolk 8.l00Dp0
| bushels at Galveston 4.70o.0O0 bushels. and
AZ New Orleans 1890 .0p0 buahoIa, ar To-.
ial Of over i7,0O0.000 busheis. TO this
Should be added a portion Of the incfeare
rom other ports which Includes some OF
the smaller Southern ports, thus giving the
south gain In round figures Of about 3d.
100000 bushels out Of gain Tor The an
tire country OF 81 0D0. 900 bushels Boston
made gain OF only 900 bushels. New
YORK shows o decrease OF 30OD 900 bushels.
while Philadelphia gained i.j0o. 900 bushels.
these being the entire gainn in Northern
ports against the enormous Increase made
through Southern porta. Moreover. thig
condition Is still more strihiDKiy cmphs-
sizcd 10y tho report for October alone, show~
Ing that the SOuths heavy prOportionate
growth Is continuing. Comparing tho Oe-
tober exports OF corn with October. 1895,
there was net gain Of 800 oDn bushels
or this, Baltimore gained I 300 900 bnshelf.
hrwpOrt Ncwa 800 eco bushels. Norfolk
iSo.oJn bushels. Galveston 100000 bushels
and ScH Orleans 200 900 bushels or 4
total Rain at southern ports OF $40 o1g
white Boston shows a decrease Of 300 400
bnshpls Nov York u decrease OF GOO 900 |
hDshcls and Philadelphia alone Of the |
Northern ports exhibits email gain OF |
$40 QUO bushels
Comparing the exports OF wheat. the To- |
tai for the ten mouths ended October, 1886 |
was G3.7SJ00a bushels, ns3inst ~ 1sa ,niO |
bushels for 1896. "A gain OF q. S00. 900 bushels
Vi this amount Baltimore gained 100000
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-23
TEXAS DEEDS IN TRUST.
Ncv Orleans Crcdit Men'a As~ocim-
ton win sinri II Campaign.


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representative OF lhe llmos- Democrat
met a prominent member Of the New or.
,oo,s crc.t,, ,,cr,s association ,,so,or,,,,
VINO sala the executive cohiihlt'ee held n
/ worry important meeting last Tuesday night.
{ when The matter Of securing the uassnye
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~ Oiil NJ 'he J"hHA's s'"'''' VI ene ieN'h
legislature repeating the udious dccd in
trust law and prohibiting preferences Of
an ,,,,r.,,..- d.. .,.,,..,,,e,,,s ,,ot,t,., ,o,,
"' ei"' "''''' ." ''s'7 ''''' '''"' "'"e wa
diiinns the same In IcNah AZ A. ms STATE,
was discussed at louEiA He said the 1850
citation had been so sacccssiul IN ita unoriA
10 secure remedial LEGISLATION ~ Louisiana
The National hssacaiion o. Credit M,n has
delegated to them the conduct OF the cam
paign Tor better aaslgnmeni laws Ia several
of the Southern States The hrst outside
effort If tho arsorlutiqn whine in lrxas
Thu, are occurring and reca. inE tic prac-
ticnily unanimous support u he Tek.ls iob-
berg retailrre hotel lecpcv lnwvprp pnd
others ift.r,,trd iu fhe buslneas ycifars of
Texas hi wish to leave no stone unturned
ma, YIN non, I'm tooyouo-.t alore
Tho rn,,arirr est,1- "Do van think von
viii be sucrresful IN This matter