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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-28
TANNING PLANTA rIONs.

although we gladly give space to
Manager VOTERS of Lihue plantation
! it must be admitted that we fail to see
| just what he is driving at. If any at
| tacks have been made upon Lihue
plantation, they have yet to be heard OF
in this Office. 1t is with unalloyed pleas
ure that congratulations are extended
to Manager VOTERS and others connect
ed with the plantation for the manner
in which they have harbored their white
colony, endeavored to preserve the nat
ural resources of their district and
bring waste land under cultivation.
Mr.. VOTERS must labor under some
| sort of an hallucination if he thinks
that the people and the newspapers of
Honolulu do not recognize the import
ance of the sugar plantations. In fact,
their value is fully appreciated, and
chat is why an attempt is being made
to equalize the tax burdens of the
it. intend to single out one plantation
and say that that corporation. is not
paying as large tax as it ought. Mel
Their has the stock quotation been adj
vanced as an argument. The reason
why the sugar plantation has cut such
a prominent figure in the consideration
of the tax law is as clear as daylight if
anyone will take the trouble to look
over the review of the tax returns
given by the Minister of Finance. There
it is pointed out that corporations pay
smaller proportion of the taxes than
do individuals. Nearly all of the sugar
interests come under the head of cor
porations. No one with any thought for
the welfare of the country wants to tax
but it is desired that corporations,
whether they represent sugar planta-
tions or taro patches, pay their share
in this taxation partnership of the
commonwealth.
Mr.. Wolters puts forward the oft re-
peated argument that the plantation
pays the personal tax realized from the
plantation laborers. This is very good.
The country wouldn't get as much
money if it didn't have the laborers.
But we are seeking information. Is the
question of the personal tax of the Ia
borer taken into consideration when he
is paid his yearly stipend? Does the
personal tax come gratis from the plan
tation? Who is it that finally pays the
fiddler in this case? Nothing should be
held back in this taxation discussion,
and if by reason of their coming under
the head of corporations the sugar plan
tations are being misrepresented and
abused, the country ought to be made
cognizant of the facts as soon as pos
sible.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-28
Senator McCandless is now famed for
being able to act on whisper.

The progressive element was bull
things as they are. A certain portion of
them became afraid and were willing
to compromise on funding the London
loan. Funding the London loan is a
very nice little sop. Let the London
people get 4 per cent. or AZ per cent,
but for gracious sake let the Hawaiian
bondholder keep his six per cent. for
two years longer. The howl from these
gentlemen whose toes are trodden on is
very dismal indeed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-28

We were sorry not to have heard the
voice of Senator Wilcox on this matter.
He is a large bondholder and should
have given his views. His vote is of
weight, but his voice would have been
far more weighty.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
JOHN TIE PIANO.

A Chinaman, who must have board
ed in Il house where someone was
learning to play on the piano, latel,
returned to his own country and treat
cd his countrymen to the following
description Of a piano: 1.-The Europe
ans keep a fOur.legged beast, which
they can make sing at will. A man. OF
more frequently Il woman. or even q
feeble girl. sits down in front Of the
animal and steps on his tail, while al
the same striking its white teeth with
his or her fingers, when the creature
begins to sing. The singing, though
never louder than IA bird, is pleasant
TO listen to. The beast does not bite
nor does II move, though IL Is not tied
nd"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
Ghflrmofra-S Star
MAKING BOXE rs.

In the mountains of the South tn
schools are still maintained upon th'
subscription plan. A travelling maj
Just returned from that section save :
reporter for the Washington Star the
following account OF an applicant fol
a school:
Il vas stopping at a cabin all
night" said he, land Il pale, slender
young man came during the evening t.
talk with my host"
..I'm thinking OF starting a school
here" he said, ''and l wanted to see
il you would subscribe
kin yo' rcad?'.
Eyes
"kin you write?
Certainly"
"Kin yo' flgger?:"
'Of course"
'Air yO' married"
"No."
"Wall, we did want a married maj
mex time. The las three teachers has
run of with gals an thar amt enuff
gals in this hyar ncighborhood now.
But I don't s'posc none OF 'cm would
would want Il lean Teller like 80. l
don't reckon y0' not bcin' marricdll
make much difference. Couldn't cx.
pcct such poly Teller to be married.
Then thar's mi thing. Me and Bill
Simpkins and All Toney is all gwine
ter school an larn to read and write.
l licked Bill an he done licked All, 80
l reckcn the only onc to settle with is
me. We amt gwine ter hey NJ man
we kin lick. Kin you fout:"
II studied boxing" said the stran-
ger.
'Don't know nothin' bout tibet.
Does maxim boxes make musclc?:"
"Try me and sce,' was the cool re-
jo,nder.
The big mountainecr hit at the lit
tie man, and when he regaincd con-
seriousness had his head in the wood
box and his feet sticking up In the air.
Looking about him with Il dazcd
expression, he said:
Young Teller, shake. Ill so with
you some day, and we'll git tibet
school. An say, young Teller, set me
TO work on them boxes, will yo'"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
EARNING CHARITY DOLLARS,

A ladies' aid society OF Chicago had
agreed that each member should earn
u silver dollar all by herself and then
entertain the society by telling how
she did it. The fund, OF course, was to
be applied to some Of the numerous
uses for which the funds Of ladies' aid
societies commonly 60. Now, the earn.
ing of q dollar is not always the sim
plcst thing in the world to persons
whose sole profession is housekeeping
without pay. The accounts Of how IL
was done therefore showed consider
able diversity. One fair madam got
hers as a tip from her husband for
blackcning his shoes. She did it with
liquid polish and a sponge. Another
sold her husband Il pan Of d%oughnuts.
Another kept the furnace fire from
going out for three weeks. And 50 the
reports went on through the usual
and familiar list Of devices. Finally 1t
came the torn OF the little black-hair-
ed woman who had just joined.
"But l did not know we had TO tell
how we earned our dollar" she pro-
tested.
ooh. yes, answered a score OF voices.
"rhat's the fun OF the game"
I'D rather not" said the little wO.
man, bluShing.
"Oh, you must. All the rest Of Us
have"
swell, then, II | must, 1t was this
way: My husband gave me the dollar
not to scOld because he wanted Go
make a bet on a prize fight"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

has been seen that the Abyssinniahs
are an exception to the rule. The
native OF Abyssinnia is darker on the
plateau and lighter on the plains. In
Peru the inhabitants on the coast
have "a lighter skin than those IN the
mountains. DiOrbigny observed that
in America in the impenctrable for
ests the savagcs lighter, the
darkness evidently prevented pigmen-
tatiOn. What, asks the writer, causes
the difference between the negro
laborer exposed to the sun and the
Brazilian savage who lives In the for
est? The latter is more or less ch0cO-
late-c0lored, but not black. Are these
facts, he asks, sufficient to prove absO-
lutely Buttons assertion that the color
OF the skin depends on the climate?
Evidently not. II they were we
should see the defendants Of a white
person become black and vice versa.
The acclimatcd white ma does not
work in the sun and he preserves his
white skin, as the Brallmin does.
Furthermore, IL would require many
generations to accomplish the change.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

A magazine writer says that Cf'pp,
Creek got It's name from q VI" ="
prospectors wh0 happened to stop y"
the banks Of the stream because Tue"
mule had gone lame. They discover"
signs Of gold and decided to s%
awhile. While putting up d sI!a"y
one Of the men fell from the roo' a" '
struck on the dog which tnry . "%
with them, trcakinghnia own a'"'a"
the lcg Of the cnntne. TINS "'" ~.
three crlpples In camp-"e"''
name.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

Why do the free silver men claim to
b. biMctalllsts?
They are monomctallists-silvcf
m0nomctallists.
They known full wrll that II the
minis Of the government were thrown
open tn silver and that metal coind
at II ratio Of IS To |, the country would
be IN Il silver basis.
In claiming to be bimctallists they
are not honest. They are trying to
deceive the people.
This contention between gold and
silver Is one NJ standards. Shall We
adhere tn the gold standard or shall
We drop to the silver standard?
The advocates NJ the free cOinageM
silver cannot yet away from this. They
will have to come out from under
cnver OF they will be smoked out.
They have been making a great deal
Of bluStcr and noise, bOasting Of their
strength and threatening what they
will Go II their demands are not accei'
cd to, but when IL comes to a show
down they weaken.
The national conventions Of Mtn
the great political parties should DC
declared iq, plain and unmistakaOle
terms for the single gold standard
and give the free silver men to UNDER
stand that they 50 of and flock %
themselves.
Nothing can be gained by making
even the smallest concessions to t'e"'
for by so doing sound money mr."
would be driven away, and the sup
port OF the silver men would NOT ~
secured, for nothing will SUIT 'Wm
but the free and unlimited coinage"
silver at n ratio OF 10 to !.
IN. Y. Mercury
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
NO TINE WASTED.

Home Times.
A cow and a mule were harncssed
together and hitched to Il pillow, and Il
woman was holding the pillow and rip
ping the soil OF Kansas up the back at
Il great rate as l rode along the high.
way. l halted to watch the novel sight,
and as she caught sight of me the
woman stopped her team and came
striding across the burrows to say:
"IIell0, stranger. Did you stop at
the shanty?"
Eyes, stopped for a drink"
"Was the children all right
81 saw eve or eight playing on the
grass and having Il good time. Where's
the old MANI"
Peg ,ed out last fall"
''DO you mean he died?' s.
Didn't do nutliin' else for about
three months and finally got thar.
Yes, he's gone to a better land and
| am working to pay up his debts"
"Sartainly. Coin to settle out
here"
POSSIBLY"
"Marricd?
"NO."
"Want me-"
"No."
IS, ranger, shake" she exclaimed.
as she came nearer and extended her
hand. "Y0u are acritter as knows your
grit, you are. and it does me good ia
meet you. Lands alive, but the men
who come along here don't know nun
to pound sand and l waste about
three days Il week on EN-! want Il
crittcr to say yes or no right of the
handle and l,ev done with 1t. So you
don't want me an the young 'uns an
the mule an the COW an the claim:
mo, ma'am."
"Nuff said-so lOng-gcc up thar
you critters and get around the field
afurc another Teller comes along"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

MANY USES FOR DENIM

sunday Journal.
Denim Is "A material Of great noss;.
bilitics. 1t Is being used this sprin,
In many new ways. and the lates, d.'
Minis are most artistic looking fabrics
They may he bought in yellow, say,.
green, delft blue, deep red. brown
cream color and white. have
stamped design which is either floral
or antique. The mythical pevasus
is the most popular design this season
These dcnims are known as the A.,
DENNIS, and cost IS cents a yard.
In decorating country houses tb.v
may he used In the variety Of ercc,iv.
ways. DENNIS may take the plar. y,
wall paper In many rooms, and n. +,
carpet IL Is much to b. desired. !,
will wear much better than a tilin,
and makes an excellent background
for rugs. For portierres II is always
in demand.
Snmenf the new denim tableclotbcs
are things OF beauty. The art depims
are only yard wide, and as N.
ordinary dininy.rNm tablc.cloth +.
generally three or four yards wide i,
is necessary To have Pie strips q,
denim scwcd togcthcr.1 One table.
cloth seen recently was made OF yellow
denim. The four yards which were used
were fastened together yellow with
satin ribbon. embroidered in a conyen.
tinnal design with a heavy black silk
floss. In each corncra Pegasus In black
was embroidered. and all the cloth
was finished with u denim frill hound
with narrow black satin ribbon.
Piazza sofa cushions In denim a,e
seen in many new designs. SAGE
green aud delft blue cushions the mos,
popular. Many have an embroidered
design worked upon them, or some.
appropriate quotation.
In the way Of wearing apparel de.
MIN Is useful in making cl0thes.pin
aprons, and for pctticoats for outing
wear it Is most scrviccablc.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

Job printing neatly executed ut this
'a1ce.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
HENRY BLOUNT'S BEST.


Rocky Mount Phoenix.
Some days ago Henry Blount was On
the cars on his way to ali an engage.
mcnt, when his attention was attract.
cd by two smart Alexis who were
ridiculing everything they saw in
North Carolina. Seeing u tobacco
barn, they asked II that was q North
Carolina residence. whcreupon Henry
Bl0unt. who Is quick at rcpartcc rs he
Il good at compliment. rctortcd that
1t was il dry house. They wanted to
know what was u dry house. lie re.
piled, q house where VIC nut green.
horns t"dry them out t" keep the cows
from eating them. 1t is needless I"
say they made M liorc remarks about
North Carolina.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

A very old man, nearly 90 years OF
age, being asked what he had done to
live so long, answered: when l could
sit, / never stood. l married late,
was a widOwer soon and never mar
ricd again." But a learned bishop,
who was married four times, thought
differently, for he was 50 well pleased
with hiy matrimonial ventures that lie
placed this motto on the wedding ring
Of bis fourth marriage: III l survive,
I'll make IL Ave."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

An exchange tells Il mean story on a
young lady. 1t says she found Il horse
shoe and, for luck, placed IL under hel
pillow, in company with her false
teeth on going to bed. Sleeping late
next morning, and being in a hurry
for breakfast, she made a mistake and
put the horseshoe in her mouth In
stead Of her teeth. The mistake was
not discovered until the next evening
when her best fellow kissed her and
was frightned at the metallic sound.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

II seem TO be very we'll liked" said
the NANCY little dog.
"Ycs," remarked the wicked little
boy; even the tin cans are attached to
yOu."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

There seems To be little d0llbt tM'
John Is. Robinson, u South Africa
the richest man in the world hn
fortune il estimated ut $35O,oWM
In 1878 Robinson was in debt "
had kept u grocery store in the ofa"s'
Free State, hut he could make "a
ends meet. lie and his wife Ofes"
their way for 3OO miles to kIn''N''.
Here Robinson laid the foundation"
his enormous fortune by picking up'
rough diamond worth $500. Ms '~
bitiun now N Go be worth a billion
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01

Hints for young sportsmen
you discover IN owl on a tFcc' ~"
find that II Is looking ut YOU m..a
have 10 do IL To move quickly '''" ~,
the tree several times. when t"c om ',
In the meantime, whose attent'o" sm
be firmly nxcd, forgetting tue ...
slty Of turning It's body with Nv "s s's.
w1l follow your motions WIN '''V
till 10 wiring Its head on.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
What's the Use Of Waiting?

are right, our work AL, AL # you don't
bring us work we will come after it, in cnS
way or another, either by bringing TO your
notice our prices, facilities and quality OF
execution, or personal interviews We are
not grumbling; far from it. We've had our
share; We are still getting our share. But we
have placed at your disposal modern, and
almost ideal, printing establishment, with
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
Miles stnndish and John Alden.

Captain Miles StaDdish, the man not of
words, but Of actions, did not capture the
Puritan maiden Priscilla, but John Alden
did-after awhile. The first wife of Stan
dish-Rose-had died Jan. "a, 1921, and
after this unhappy arms length courtship
the captain married Barbara the younger
sister of his dead wife. When he made
his will, he left his property TO his widow
and four sons-Alcxander, Miles Joscas
and Charlcs-and to his daughter Lora.
John Alden married Priscilla Mullins.
and ti..' nett generation of the two families
in,ermarrl,'d, and from them and tic chill
drcn who man ed otherwise have descended
4 GGrre2t army OF .Alne;jcen, people who are
glad tl.cy are of Purst;,il stock, and cspc-
cially that they arc Of the Standish and
Alden strains. On the Kennchec .ney
have family ossociatt..vn OF Establishes nj
well lis in Massachusetts, ara in New
York In Androscoggin, franklin, Ok.
ford and Cumberland counties we are con-
stantly running across people who are
proud that they are Standishes or Aldens.
To give n list of each descendant or to men
ton every family would fill series of
books.-Lewiston Journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
Phenol Dressings.

The medical experts report several mis-
haps from the imprudent use of phenoi
dressing which were recently brought to
the attention of the Paris Academic de
Medicine. In one of the cases quoted in
Paris cook, after wounding her thumb in
cleansing pane of glass and after keeping
it dressed two days with n Q per cent solu-
ton of phenol, found that the second joint
had become quite black, but in spite of the
acute pain she continued to apply the So
LUTON. The caustic action was so rapid
that four days from the beginning the sec
ond joint was black and shrunken, and
subsequently dropped Off. The Herald s
foreign medical correspondent, comment
ing upon this result, says:
The only means of protecting ourselves
against accidents of this nature is to bc
we'll aware that strong carbolic solutions
are not the only ones to be suspected; q
phenol dressing in 40, 90 or even 100,
kept around finger or toe for one, two or
three days may cause more or less complete
modification of the whole or part of it, ht
ony age and without any pathological pre-
disposition, because the fact of being shut
in by an impermeable wrapping gives to
the dressing n degree of caustic power
which the concentration of the solution
would in no way lead us to expect. New
York Herald
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
Each His Own TimepIece.

There is well known gentleman in
business in Main street who possesses q re-
marSablc power which is also of great
service to him. He can go for hours at "a
time during the day without looking at q
timcpiece, and when asked what time it Is
he can tell within five minutes the ex-
act position of the hands of the clock He
always allows himself margin of five
minutes on either side of the exact time
but rs general rule he can tell the time
to the exact minute or within one or two
minutes of 1t.
This power Of time telling resembles
that assessed by the famous RUDE Field
of Missouri, who died some years ago.
Field could be awakened from his sleep
at any hour of the night, and he could tell
the time to the exact minute.
He was also a mathematical prodigy.
Though he had never received any school
ing to amount TO anything in mathemat-
les he was able at glance to solve the
most abstruse problems. Louisville Com
mercial
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
Numbering Thread.

The questions, why is spool cotton
Numbered as it is; and why are figures
not used in regular order?'' are often
asked The explanation is this: The
numbers ON the spool express the num-
Der Of hanks which are required to
wind pound. The very finest spinning
rarely exceeds 800 hanks to the Mound,
while in the very coarsest there is abou.
half pound in each hank. The more
common qualities, however, those from
which sewing thread is usually made,
run from 10 to so hanks to the pound,
and the spools on which it is wound are
numbered 10 to so in accordance.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
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HER FOOLISH BOY.
That Was What She Called Him and She
Was Not Half Wrong.

Your Horace boy is so poor. sweet
heart. that I fear it will be some time
before he can make you his wife -
Poor? Oh, Horacel You little know
the depth Of my affectionl Nor do you
realize tho sacrifices 1 am willing to
make for my boyl"
my ANGELO
And it hurts me TO have my boy call
himself poor when he has mel"
Forgive me, my love. I am rich.
rich, rich, now that you are mine. But
we will be poor in this worlds goods
until I have made fortune for us. We
will not be able to even keep q servant
at first"
"And shall not care. 1t shall be q Joy
for me to prepare my boys meals with
my own hands. Such dear little breaks
fasts and luncheons and dinners as we'll
haye!" '.A Sa'~ L" -
My darlingv'
Eyes, dear! I suppose that my foolish
boy has been fearing that he has engaged
himself to useless girl, who doesn' t
know how to cook, but he hasn't. You
want me to tell you what can cook?'
eyes, dearest
"Well, 1 can brown sweetbreads beau,
tifully and know how to get up the
loveliest quail on toast, and 1 can make
perfectly delicious frappe and I know
how to make the loveliest pudding ont
Of choice nuts and fruits to be served
with champagne sauce. Yes, indeed
And can make the most delicious pate
de foie gras, and papa says my Welsh
rabbits are lovely. Then, know how to
make the daintiest little plum pudding
with wine sauce, and you should see my
angel cake and my turkey croquettea
And yet you think am afraid to be.
come poor mans wife because can't
cook for him Ali you foolish boy"
And as Horace walked two miles
homeward to save a nickel toward this
future bill Of fare and reelected on the
fact that he had been refused an in.
crease of &c week on his salary of s14,
he thought that perhaps he was, after
all, "a foolish boy. 49, -