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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

GET down TO BUSHES

A canvass of the business men of
the city and members of the Chamber
OF Commerce shows an almost unani-
nous expression in favor of the for
nation of a Bureau of Information as
mapped out in a recent issue of the
Advertiser. One gentleman suggests
that to carry out such plan will re-
quire radical change in the organ
ization of the Chamber of Commerce,
which now has but thirty members.
When the representative association of
business interests in a city as large as
Honolulu can only boast of thirty
members, it seems reasonable TO be-
Iieve that a radical change is neces-
sary.
TEE1e is not a man in Honolulu who
will lift up his voice against the in
formation bureau; but nine out of
every ten, while admitting the neces-
sity, will point to the failures of the
past. For the most part, however, for
mer attempts have been carried on by
private parties; business firms have
made their contributions and paid no
attention to the method of disburse-
ment Finally they have lost interest,
then pocketbooks have been closed and
the bureau has passed into history.
Let the movement once be set on foot
as a department of the Chamber of
Commerce and every business firm in
town will have lively interest and
will see to it that the Bureau is con-
Quoted on business principles. Homo
lulu has passed through the expert
ence of almost every new town in the
Western States. Divers and sundry
schemes for advertising and furnishing
information have been started by pri-
vate individuals, most Of them good,
honest men, too, but practically moth
ing has been accomplished until the
business men have taken the matter up
in the Board of Trade and gone about
the work in a businesslike manner.
Honolulu has passed through the stage
of scheming, and now it has reached
the point where the merchants ought
to get down to business principles and
assume direct supervision of a depart
ure in national enterprise which calls
for prompt and decisive attention.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
MOSQUITOES AND PETROLEUM.

While Commissioner Marsden and
the rest of the "bugologists" are wait
ing for the toads and bats to increase
sufficiently to wipe out the mosquitoes,
it would not be bad plan for some
philanthropic citizen to experiment
with petroleum, as suggested by the
United States Bureau of Entomology.
Several years ago that department rec
commended spraying with petroleum
the marshes and pools where the mos
quito breeds. The scheme has been car
ried out very successfully on limited
areas in New Jersey, where the
pest is even worse than in this coun-
try. One enthusiast even goes so far
as to express conviction that the
time may soon come when the mos
quito will be practically unknown in
New Jersey. If such a possibility is
even partially realized, the petroleum
advocates will stand high in the esti-
nation of thousands of the blood
thirsty insects victims.
The plan for the people who go gun
ming for mosquitoes with petroleum is
given as follows: Mosquitoes are
able to reproduce their kind only in
stagnant water, where they lay their
eggs. few cents worth of crude pc
troleum will cover many acres of such
water with thin film. The oil thus
spread kills the larval insects immedi-
ately. One of the most infected mos
quito districts of New Jersey is that
which surrounds Cape May. To the
presence of these affecting insects may
be attributed in great measure the de-
cadence of that summer resort during
the last few years. 1t is environed by
extensive salt marshes, with pools scat
tered here and there. Probably by the
expenditure of 500 or 5000 per annum
the town could almost eliminate the
mosquito plague, merely by placing
small quantities of petroleum where
they would do the most good
1t does seem as though with such
promises which the petroleum the
orizers make there ought to be some
one bold enough to try the practical
side of the question. We believe this
paper is safe in guaranteeing a costly
memorial tablet to the person who will
successfully battle with the mosquito
using petroleum or anything else for
a weapon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Census returns show that those who
predicted $4,000 increase over former
years did not strike very wide of the
mark. The principal interest will be
centered in the figures setting forth
the particular race that has done the
most to bring about this increase. The
part which the Asiatic plays will be
watched closely, and those who claim
that the stream of Orientals out of the
country is as large as the infiowing
current will have an opportunity to
prove their statements.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

The article was written as an elabo-
rate take-off on the newspaper reports
of thought photography; but much to
the surprise of the author, his article
was taken seriously by the newspa
pers, and even so careful a journal as
Science remarked upon the subject
matter in a proper scientific manner.
While no particular harm has been
done, it is quite certain that the Incl
dent will lead scientific men to be
more careful in the character of the
amusement TO which they lend their
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

One of the dangers of scientific jok-
ing was exemplif1ed recently when
Prest. Jordan of Stanford University
wrote an article for Appleton's Popu-
lar Science Monthly, entitled "The
Sympsychograph. President Jordan
ings of the astral Camera Club"
whose members, by fixing their minds
on the idea of a cat, succeeded in i'm
pressing that idea upon sensitive
Photographic plate, and thus obtaining
a thought photograph" of the animal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

1--WE are trying an interesting ex-
pertinent in our town. says a Scranton
man in the Washington Times. 1T is
municipal employment bureau, where
both applicants for employment and
persons in need of help in their homes
or business may register their wants
without charge. All the labor connect
ed with it is done by police officers
already on the pay roll of the munich
pality Thus the scheme does not cost
a cent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

The new watch is to have a phOno-
graphic cylinder hidden away, and at
the hour and at each quarter of an
hour a tiny voice will be heard giving
you the exact time. You will simply
touch a spring, hold the watch to your
ear, and the little fairy on the inside
will whisper the hour.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

When it was proposed to build rail-
road in the United States, Chancellor
Livingston, who was one of the great
est men in the State of New York,
published letter to demonstrate that
the undertaking was impossible. One
of the reasons was that no one would
want to risk his life flying through
space at the rate of II or Is miles an
hour. Daniel Webster said the frost
on the rails would prevent the train
from moving, or stopping after it had
begun to move.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

The nomination of Polk in 1874 was
the first to be announced to the coun-
try by the telegraph, though even then
the wires ran only to the larger towns.
Telegraph wires will last for 40 years
near the seashore. In the manufactur-
ing districts the same wires last only
ten years. The largest telegraph office
in the world is the general postoffice
OF ST. Martin 's-leGrand There are
over 5000 operators and 1000 of them
are women.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Two English explorers are now on
their way to China by routes north of
Thibet. Captain Deasy is taken the
Khotan route, and will work through
Chinese Turkestan to Batang; while
Captain Wellby has gone more west.
Leto was the starting point in both
cases.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

1t is a mistake to suppose night air
in towns is unhealthy. In most cases
it is purer between 10 at night and
in the morning than any other part of
the twenty-four hours. 1t is bene-
fetal to sleep with the window open
four inches from the top, and the
door tightly closed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

The United States Naval Survey, the
University of Harvard and the Civil
Engineering College, Cornell. are com
bining to ascertain the precise longi-
tude of Cornell Twenty stars are TO
be simultaneously observed at Wash
ington, D. c.; Harvard and Cornell
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Chambers Journal is authority for
the statement that lin a Government
report from Colombia appears a de-
scription of a tree, known as the cha
parro, which possesses the property
of being fireproof. 1t grows on the
vast plains of Colombia and the north
of South America called savannas, ex-
tensive districts which are parched
with heat except during the rainy sea-
son. 1t is a small tree, seldom grow
ing to more than twenty feet in height,
with a girth of about three feet, and it
owes its protection from fire to the
nature of it's hard, thick bark. The
bark lies on the trunk in loose layers,
which do not readily conduct heat to
the more delicate parts of the struc-
ture.''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

and rises to the surface, where it con-
tinues 10 float until it melts. The ris-
ing is explained by the expansion OF
the ball due TO heating, whereby it be-
comes, bulk for bulk, less dense than
the molten metal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

President Kruger has exactly the
same number of grandchildren as the
Queen. His children and grandchlld-
rem, with their husbands and wives,
number 142.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
SnOkeleSS . .
Powder
..CartridgeS
1O-GAUGE-12
dupont" ''Schultze" and "Gold Dust
Brands.

We also have SmOkeIess
Powder in lib. tins.
Try one of our Plover
Whistles; they only cost a
Quarter, and you can call
the birds while you are aim
ing at them. Whir-r-r-r-rl
"Here they come p Ping |!
And the leader of the flock
comes tumbling down at
your feet, while the rest of
the birds try in beWilder-
ment to locate their enemy,
which they find difficult to
do, owing to the smokelesS
powder.
When you 60 hunting, go
fully equipped. We have
some fine canvas Hunting
Coats that will be service
able.
We intend to make our
store the Headquarters for
Sportsmen in Honolulu, and
will keep only A No. I stock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, fond
~ known as Carmen SYLVIA has writ
ten an operate libretto in French on a
Turkish plot. Jules Massanet will
write the music for it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Mrs. Fawcett, at a meeting in Lon
don, urged that ladies, when they pur-
chased new bicycles, should give their
old ones to the clubs and societies
which exist for the benefit of working
girls.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Mohammedan depositors in the Post
Office Savings Banks are enriching the
British Government, as their religion
forbids them to receive interest. They
insist on taking out no more than they
have put in.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Ignace Paderewski has written new
minuet for the piano. which he has de-
Dictated to his American admirers and
given the significant name of 'Menuet
Modorne."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

There is a club of Septuagenarians
in Switzerland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

The London house of Richardson,
the novelist, is about to be torn down
He built it to suit himself, and it
pleased every one but his wife The
two are buried in the Church of st.
Bride, near by, where a tablet to the
author of "Clarissa Harlowe' was set
up seven years ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
Pure

Blood IS essen.l-l - leF g hsalth. This
is a scientific TACT. Every organ, nerve
and muscle must be iea and nourished.
1t is the function of the blo5d % furnish
this nourishment, and the quality Of
nourishment these organs receive depends
on the quality of the blood. If the blood is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

Experiments lately made in England
show that if a ball of solid iron is low
cred into mass of liquid iron by
means of metal fork, the ball at once
sinks to the bottom with the fork. But
in few seconds it leaves the prongs
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

In order to circumvent the law re-
curing a $500 license in order to sell
cigarettes, tobacco dealers in Fort
Wayne, Ind, are now selling campaign
buttons and throwing in" the cigaret-
ties.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

The Prince of Wales mail numbers
500 letters daily
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
Are YOU Q Women?
IF SO, PATRONIZE
L. 3. Kerr

Presenting that circumstances allow
you to answer this question in the
affirmative, we think it will be hardly
necessary to adduce arguments in sup
port of the advice rendered. Four
fifths of our customers belong to the
fair sex; they are our sheet anchor; our
mainstay; without them our store.
would be a bowling wilderness; our
best efforts but labor in vain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19
RiiC n

Pure and full of vitality ii viii properly
feed and support the whole mechanism
of the body. If it is poor and thin
disease and suffering viii be inevitable.
The great success of Bood's Sarsaparilla
in curing stubborn cases of scrofula,
eczema, rheumatism, neuralgia and
many other similar troubles, is based
upon its power to enrich and purify the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

This is also the reason for the great popu-
larity of Hoods Sarsapariila as building
up medicine. By making pure, rich blood,
it gives vigor and vitality even in try
ing seasons, when, owing to impover-
ished blood, thousands are complaining of
weakness and WEAKNESS, lack of energy
and ambition, and that tired feeling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11
ON FINANCE.

We are living in a single gold stand
ard, pauperized, tax ridden, down trod-
den, ring ruled, trust robbed, eternally
busted country, with traitors to rule
and ruin, controlled by a London Jew
and pound sterling gold bugs, who
preach that silver is not sound money.
Gold bugs declared that the income
tax was unconstitutional. 1t was obi
GUS to tax the rich to help support the
government.
The masses are ruined
The products of labor don't furnish
the wants of life.
Suicide is the last resort.
Gold for the rich!
/ DemonetiZed silver for the poori
The masses want work.
No money for improvements
All business men ruined, can't sell
the products of labor.
Silver should be redemption money
with gold.
1t is a law that makes money, not
metal
1t is the volume of money in circula-
ton that makes the prices of products
of labor decline.
With large exports of gold our ma
ton always prospered with silver as
sound money.
Vote for no candidate that withholds
his views on the money question.
Let the platform be silver on a
parity with gold in plain letters
William Farmer in Rochester, N. Y.
Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11
HERMANS' WHEREABOUTS.
INQUIRIES RECEIVED EVERY DAY
BY CHIEF PRATT.
The Missing Pastor Did Not Comply
With the Church Rule Requiring
Him to Write Out Record of His
Life.


Chief Pratt is still receiving letters of
inquiry every day concerning Hernans,
the fugitive pastor. Not a single one of
these, however. contains any clue to the
preachers whereabouts, and it seems I'M
likely that he will be located at an early
day. The news from St. Louis that Her
mans is being traced by officers who be-
lieve they will have him located in a
few days is not regarded with any great.
degree of confidence. Hermans, by. this
time, knows that the authorities are on
the lookout for him and is too shrewd TO
make use of his minister's permit when
travelling, hence his tracks are difficult to
follow.
There has been some talk by the county
attorney of sending man east to trail
the missing pastor, but now that has been
given UP, at least until some further news
relative to his probable camping ground
is received. The appropriation of $3.50 by
the county court could be used for such
a purpose. This amount would be Suffi-
Gent to defray the expenses of person
for some time and such a course might
prove much wiser than to depend upon
eastern detectives to take an interest in
his capture.
One rather peculiar feature about Her
mans career has come to light. While he
was a minister in the Methodist church
the books of the church concerning his
former life. This is something I'M
precedented in the history of that church,
as all its ministers are required to write
a history of their lives for future refer
ence. Hermans never did anything Of
the kind, and nothing prior to his career
in Superior, Wis, is known
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11
NOTES OF THE DAY.

1t was recently discovered that there
are seven telephone companies doing
business in South Dakota, which have
so far been exempt from taxation, but
which will be required to make re-
turns in the future.
Some of the bronze tablets put up in
Albany, N. Y at the time of the city's
bicentennial celebration ten years ago
have disappeared. The tablets had
been placed on many of the historic
spots throughout the city.
The loss of stock in New South Wales
during the recent drouth is estimated
at 100000 sheep, valued at as. each !;
100000 cattle, valued at 40s., and 10000
horses, valued at 60s.. amounting in the
aggregate to total value of e., 666, 0OO
The New York City A. D. T. bicycle
corps, to the number of twenty-five,
were equipped with their new wheels
the other morning. The messengers
signalized their new departure by pa
rading on their bicycles throughout the
city. The start was made from Cen
trail park and the line of march was
down Broadway. The boys. clad in
neat uniforms, rode in Indian file, and
attracted much attention along the
route. Most of them were expert rid
ers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11

on the contempt of court bill. This
precipitated a contest which threat
ened TO expose the absence of a quor-
ufn auS thus create complication in the
progress of the appropriation bill.
4 motion by Mr.. Plat to postpone
the contempt of court bill until next
December was defeated without divi-
sion.
An amendment by Mr.. Cannon,
tRep..) of Utah, giving right OF trial
by Jury in all contempt cases was
agreed to.
The bill as amended was then passed
without division.
The bill recently vetoed increasing
The pension Of Francis E. Hoover was
then placed on its passage over the We
to, resulting. Yeas, Sc; Nays. 9-more
than the necessary two-thirds major
ity.
Mr.. Mitchell's motion to take up the
bill for q reorganization of the Nor
thern Pacific railway was defeated on
a viva Noce vote.
A FINAL CONFERENCE REPORT
on The District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill was agreed 70.
Bills We're passed to prevent the ship
ment of liquor under false tags;
authorizing the appointment of a
naval board TO visit Lavassa and Swan
islands, West Indies, with a. view OF
securing site for naval coaling sta
ton.
At this point Mr. Allison, chairman
OF the committee on appropriations
presented report on the adjournment
resolution offered by Mr. Aldrich some
days ago. The report fixed Thursday.
June II, at 3 p. m, as the time for
final adjournment.
Mr.. Stewart Pop.), of Nevada, in
terposed 4 speech setting forth the
failure of congress to enact silver legis-
lation.
Mr.. Butler spoke in the same line.
The Adjournment resolution was
changed so as to make p. m. the time
for final Adjournment, and as thus
amended was passed.
The senate then took recess until
$3.50 tonight.
At the night session Mr.. Hale Rep),
OF Maine, gave notice of a motion TO
reconsider the vote by which the bill
increasing the pay Of letter carriers
was passed He said the time was in
oppOrtune fer increasing the govern
nlent expenses a million and a half an
nually or for swelling salaries of any
kind.
At II O'Clock the ce-president signed
the sundry civil appropriation bill pre-
paratory to it's going to the president
and the senate adjourned until IL a. m.
tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11
CLEVELAND ENDORSED.
Connecticut Democrats Who Believe

Connecticut Democrats Who Believe
the President is a Great Man.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, June 10.-The Dem
ocratic state convention to select dele
gates 10 the national convention and pre-
idential electors met here today. NJ. B.
Carey, temporary chairman, in speech
claimed considera ton for the Independent
voters to whom several recent victories
CT the Democratic party were due. He
secuted the proposition TO reopen the
light on the tariff issue and declared the
hight is now or the currency question.
lie asked that the conventions platform
be made 10 contain an uneQuivocal declar-
alton for the single gold standard and
that bimetallism in all its forms be dis
avowed. He praised President Cleveland
and Ex-Governor Russell as uncompromis-
ing opponents of a debasement of cur
rency and whose leadership the Demo-
Gratis could safely follow Relative to the
presidential nominee, Carey said he hoped
the convention in Chicago would select
man whose lips were not sealed on the
questions of the day and whose attitude
could not be a matter of doubt.
Ex-Governor Waller. permanent chair
man, spoke briefly. The report of the
committee on resolutions was adopted.
On the subject of currency, the plat
form says: Milile we favor the most
enforcement of the gold standard. we
are unalterably opposed to free coinage
Of silver, deeming it a device for the de-
basement of our currency and compulsory
purchase of silver by the government
Under the existing circumstances to pay
the public debt in silver coin is repud-
iation.,
I'VE believe the safety of our national
finances requires a system of sound bank
ing by which a bank note currency ample
10 supply the needs of the whole country
shall be created, safely secured and al
ways and everywhere redeemable in
gold
The platform endorses the administra-
ton of President Cleveland. especially ap-
proves of his firm support Of the public
credit and his examplification of the
Monroe doctrine
The selections made at the caucus last
night for delegates TO Chicago were rati-
fed as follows:
At Large-First district-Miles B. Pres
tor: Second district, Lynde Harrison;
Third district. Thomas L. Waller; Fourth
district, James NJ. Aids.
Other Delega tes-Edward d. Coogan,
Lyman T. Tingler. William A. Kennedy,
Horace r. Butler, William H. Shields
Fred Morrel, Charles K. Lyman, Michael
j. Houlihan.
In Difference 10 the wishes Of ex-Gov-
enor Russell, of AIassa chusetts, expressed
in letter TO Lyllde Harrison. the dele
gates were not instructed on the subject
Of presidential candidates