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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-12
OPIUM IN INDIA.
Effect Upon Thousands Addicted to
It's Use.
What May be Expected in Homo
IuIu-FauIt Laid at Door of
Government.

Mr.. EDIToR:-The following is
an extract taken from the Calcutta
Medical Record, one of the leading
medical papers of India:
Dreadful as are the evils of
alcohol, the pernicious conse-
quences of indulgence in opium are
vastly more terrible. By it, human
life is shorn of every vestige of
nobility and moral responsibility;
the mind is rendered insensate to
every ennobling desire or senti-
sentiment and the moral nature of
man is unfathomably degraded to
even greater depths than british
ness. Digestion becomes steadily
and speedily impaired and the
whole physical sequeIlae are those
of emaciation. attenuation and de-
vitalization of muscle, nerve and
brain. Opium numbers its vic
TINS by thousands in Calcutta
alone, and every city through
out the length and breadth of
this vast empire of India
and Burmah yields a condemning
freight of evidence of physical suf
fering, moral degradation and social
ruin, which none but callous
government stepped in the luxuries
of an irresponsible biouaucracy
would dare to despise. Yet this
awful stigma attaches to the Gov
eminent of India, that it not only
freely permits the sale of a per-
nicious drug, but protects and en-
courages the continuance and per-
manency of it's ravages among a
people whom it has been called
upon to regenerate and save"
The above quotation gives US a
summary of the effects of opium
licensing, and the cultivation of
the vice under it, in India. 1t is
we'll that the people of Hawaii
should know beforehand just what
to expect if we license opium.
The granting of an opium license
means that the Government will
encourage the continuance and
permanency'' of the vice in our
midst by protecting the men whose
business it is to breed and foster
opium eating and smoking in order
that they may make as much
money as possible out of it. Every
one admits that the present law is
not working satisfactorily, except
for those who are smuggling and
dealing in opium. If the commit
tee to whom the opium bill has
been referred will report back a bill
prohibiting the importation and
use of opium, in which in fixing
the penalties for violation of the
law there shall be vastly less con-
sideration for these vampires, who
are fattening in luxury upon the
vices of our people, and more for
the suffering, shame and degrada-
ton in Hawaiian homes, caused by
their deviltry, than is shown in
the present law, it will go long
way toward solving the opium
problem. Then properly equip
and give the customs authorities
and police a chance to enforce the
law. HARcoURT w. PECK.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-12
FILTERS.

The report of the execu-
tive officer of the Board of
Health relative to the
condition of the Nuuanu
reservoirs is suggestive of
something dangerous to
health. 1t also suggests fill
tiers, good filters, something
that will effectuaIly separate
the water from mud and filth.
Nature has done much
toward providing the people
with neceSSarieS; it has also
done a little toward securing
for the people, luxuries In
some localities a filter is a
luxury, in others, Honolulu
for instance, it is a necessity,
but the natural filters that are
sold have been much inn
proved by the ingenuity of
man.
Charcoal is admitted to be
the most thorough purifying
agent known, consequently
MeSSrS. Slack & BroWnlOw Sc
lected it foru use in the manu-
facture of their filters. And
we are the AGENTS for this
particular brand of filter in
Honolulu, a sufficient guaran-
tee, by the way, of the
character of the article.
The latest Invoices show
three different, styles of the
S. & B. Filters and these we
have in stock, just opened
them, in fact, and we
want your attention.
No l, 1--WE will call it No.
u is fitted with a movable
plate, so that when neceS-
Sary, the carbon may be taken
out and washed. 1t has also
a movable lining allow
ing access to every part
of the interior, which
may be kept perfectly sweet
and clean.
No. 2 and ; are provided
with the same convenienceS
for cleaning as the other, but
they have the important ad-
dition that every part, in
Guiding the pure water
chamber, is accessible, Civ
ing them allthe requirements
of a "Perfect Filter"
The price of the S. & B.
filter is below the others.
You should have one, be-
cause it is a necessity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-12

lreative positions as father and
son. The G. A. r. looks after the
aged or infrm veterans of the
civil war, and when they die they
are buried by the surviving mem
bers. The. Sons of Veterans will
perform the same services for mem
bers of their organization.
Hawaii nei has many young
men as residents who are entitled
to membership to the new society
as lineal defendants of veterans,
and their first act should be to
send their applications for mem
bership to Captain McGrew or
First Sergeant Wilson. The soci-
ETY. expects to build up a strong
organization, and it can be done if
the sons of veterans throughout
the islands will join.
The following officers of the
camp were installed last night:
Captain, Louis K. McGrew first
lieutenant, f. E. Lynn second
lieutenant, j. w. OnorC camp
council /: George Dillingham;, G. B..
Mangus and A. l.. Patterson; Chas.
d. Wilson, first sergeant III. A.
Wilder, quartermaster-sergeant O..
H. Green, chaplain ; Geo. Overlook,
sergeant of the guard J. F. Hilbus,
principal musician Louis Adler,
corporal of the guard L. Perkins,
camp guard.
Past Commander S. McKeague
of G.. w. Long Post, No. 45, was
installing officer, assisted by the
following members of the post ::
Past Commander J. n. Wright,
Commander r. J. Green, Adjutant
L. L. La Pierre, Quartermaster w.
L. Eaton, Officer of the Day w. L..
Williams, Senior Vice Commander
L. Adder, Comrades James Dodd
and u. Conklin.
Meets the third Tuesday of each
month in their hall over Wich-
mans store.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-12

The HAWAIIAN GAZETTE (semi-
weekly and the ADVERTISERS con
tain all the news of the week. Mail
them with your letters today. To
be had in wrappers at news stands
and publication Office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-12
Band Concert at Thomas Square.

Band Concert at Thomas Square.
This is to be one of the pleasant
est afternoons of the month, and
that fact connected with the in
formation that the Hawaiian band
will play at Thomas Square should
make the following program all
the more attractive:
/. March-''Vienna Hearts"
b
2. Overture -'tAnthony and Cleo
patra" ............... Nlll1ers
3 Finale-"Carmen" ........- Bizet
4. "Reminiscences of Auber"
.......................... ............ Godfrey
B. Waltz-"TOwn of Songs.
............ .......... ..-.......F ahroacn
6. Polka-"Tiorella" ............... Levey
Hawaii Ponoi.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-12
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO.
Save
Your
Honey.

The odd cents is what counts.
can save you from rs to So per cent.
on your clothes and guarantee a fit and
perfect satisfaction in every respect.
| make friends of my customers,
and customers of my friends. Do not
be deceived by grand display. Fine
goods weIl-made is half the battle.
Once tried you will come agalx.
Latest designs constantly received.
must have room for my new stock.
# you are need of clothes, now is yozr
time to see me.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30

nobody can tell what quantities Of goods
have been accumulated while mills have
been waiting for demand.
Wool sales. exclusive OF a few spec
ulative transactions based on extreme
low prices. are less than 40 per cent OF
weeks fair consumption, and for May
havs been II. 1000 pounds against 20
S00.750 last year and 2o,3S9. $50 in 1892.
Prices are weaker, washed Xxx 16izc:
Ohio deiaine Ice, and about half the
quantity sold Is foreign The larger
manufacturers took quantities OF wool
in January and the smaller want scarce
~ any now. Dress goods are quiet, ex-
cept for wheeling use and dealings in
mems wear are still unsatisfactory. Silk
is a shade strong for Italians, but a
large auction sale of silks realized low
prices.
The iron and steel markets are weak,
with low prices, because the demand for
finished products is entirely inadequate.
though prices are higher. Pig iron has
fallen over per cent since April !, but
the average OF finished products has
been advanced per cent Lower quo
tations for Bessemer and Greyforge,
and local coke at Chicago, with stopp-
age Of two-thirds OF the furnaces in Vir-
ginia, some in Pennsylvania and others
in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys,
result from inability OF manufacturers
TO sell at prices which their combination
demand, billets being undersold by open
hearth iron bars, and nails by new con-
Germs which are rapidly putting in ma
chimes. Plates are weaker and there
is no improvement in sheets and rods,
but beam makers have raised the price
81 per ton. making slight advance in
the average Of all prices for The week.
It is possible that rebuilding after the
disaster at st. Louis may acct iron and
steel makers extensively. The minor
metals are all shade stronger.
Failures for the week have been 239
in the United States. against 215 last
year, and 20 in Canada, against "a last
year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
PRICE MOVEMENT DOWNWARD
Cereals and Provisions Exhibit Uaexpected
Shrinkaees for the Week.

New York, May 29.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: The improvement in
the trade situation is confined to the
demand for hides, leather and shoes.
the tendency of prices Of the same 10
advance, and an Improvement in re-
quest for dry goods, hats and shoes
from wholesalers al 81. Paul, Kansas
City, Omaha, and Baltimore. The out
look in South Carolina and Kentucky is
brighter because of recent rains and a
generally better feeling exists among
sugar producers and handlers in Louisi-
ana and Texas because OF the recene
sugar bounty decision
General business continues quiet and
at large financial centers less CONNER
cial paper is making, even at lower
rates. A between-SeaSonS trade has
begun to assert itself and from num-
Der of points mercantile collections are
less satisfactory, aud in some instances
more difficult.
The price movement is again DOWN
ward, wheat, corn and oats, as well as
pork and lard, exhibiting unexpected
shrinkages. Coffee, cotton and petrole-
UNI are likewise lower, and sales Of pig
iron and billets by middlemen have been
a shade under nominal figures. Wheat,
-four, coal and print cloths are principal
ly unchanged, while refined sugar and
tin plates record advances. Hides and
leather are firm at recent advances, and
the tendency is upward.
Exports OF wheat, -four included as
wheat, from both coasts Of the United
States during the week amount to 3
064, 600 bushels, as compared with 1906
900 bushels last week, 2,426.0 bushels
in the week one year ago, 2.4O1, 900 BUSH
els in the week two years ago, and with
3,514, 900 bushels in the week three years
ago.
The total number Of business failures
in the United States during the week IL
227, as compared with 216 last week, 205
in the week one year ago, Isl in the cor
responding week two years ago, PA in
the like week of 1893, and 163 in the cor
responding period Of 1892,
The total number of business failures
in Canada this week is 25, compared
with IS last week, p in the week year
ago and So two years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
FOREIGN MARKETS

Liverpool. May 29.-Bacon-Steady;
demand poor.
Beef-Extra India mess SIS Cd; prime
mess As Cd.
Pork-Prime mess, fine western AIS
Cd; medium western 4OS.
Lard-Quiet; prime western DDS; re
fined in pals 24s.
Butter-Finest United States 70s good
SOS.
Liverpool, May 29.-15 closing:
Wheat-Spot quiet. demand poor; No.
red winter 5s SID; No. hard Manito-
ba IS 21zd; No. California os al.
Futures opened firm with near and
distant positions 4 pence higher. closed
steady at near positions Il higher and
distant positions k@iz pence higher;
business about equally distributed; May
SIS I'D: June IS I'D: July IS Id August
IS Id; September IS ia pence; October
IS IL pence.
Corn-Spot firm; American mixed new
IS I'D: futures opened firm with near
uositions kd9h higher and distant po-
sitions u pence higher. Business about
equally distributed; May Is 11zd ;une
% 1Izd; July 80 I'D; August 50 ID; Sep
TENDER IS 1%<d; October IS Nd
Flour-Duil. demand poor; st. Louis
fancy winter Is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
Do Diamonds Rreea,

One OF the queerest of the old-time SUI
perstitions was the one that is response
bic for the notion that pearls and dia-
mcnds breed" like animals do. Rues
saws: "As for what l know concerning
the reputed story that precious stones
Gre divided into sexes, male and female,
Just as are plants and animals. and that
they breed like the latter do. relate
the following, which came under my
own knowledge: A certain princess OF
Luxembourg had two diamonds, the
solors of which betokened that they
were male and female. The princess
laughed at the notion until one day she
was startled by finding a tiny speck of
n diamond in her casket- She put the
two large diamonds and the little one
sway together. and they had whole
family in a reasonable course of time"
a similar tale is also told by BoethiuA
N. y. Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
BOSTON Markets

Boston, May 29.-The Boston CONNER
cial Bulletin will say tomorrow OF the
wool market: More wooden mills have
stopped this week and the assignment
of the Glenmore worsted mills with con
siderable Indebtedness in Boston has
not improved matters. A line OF 100000
pounds of South American cross-bred
woods was shipped back to Antwerp.
There have been no other notable trans
actions. The sales OF the week are
1,63s, 500 pounds domestic and $4,000
pounds foreign, against $4,000 domes-
tic and 81 900 pounds foreign last week
and / III 900 pounds domestic and 1913
500 pounds foreign for the same week
last year The sales TO date show a
decrease of 13,2ss,173 pounds domestic
and 2,sA 300 pounds foreign from the
sales TO the same date in 1895. The
receipts to date show a decrease of
1884 bales domestic and an increase
Of 1881 bales foreign.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
Canine strategy.

Dogs are allowed 90 ro=Ha ~ isrT, IA
Madagascar. and in tks.r frequent n.
cuTsionE they have constantly "a paas
over the streams Il fhis rwampy
island Herr they arr vsyisld ~ tAosa
horrid a!I.gztors, Which regard a ao2
a. q dainty raorseL This - bow ibs
canine auadruSsds coaiTirs - oocgs
TIE -coes sdrillsE.- "a the Preach liEes-
men cad thes- Thy vii aSsenshls a
q pzc< q hzlf dora or more bear -
bznk % the river, sad esuu~nce baxs.
ing With al thsir n GIT. Whrrrupoa
shoals q sliigaierH arc 500 eoaTsrg-
ing 20 ths rpst 81 esgsr sEpee'stsou a
: oopious fessf- Whru al to zlliZ4sass
q Tie nci gh5srhoa.s ere go tnEsthsf.
the dogs stzrE OF 8; Esiisp ADD rfo~s
TO- river il s4fe,T 20 o. 80 yards up
stream. a r~EzsTisble proof tsis q Ne
instinct ard izseili Yrnee - a. zziA.--
Revue Auecrsgt<ess~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
SMUGGLING IN PRISONS.
Queer Places Where Contraband Article
Are Hidden from ofaoizls.


Are Hiddea from ofhoi2ls.
The suicide by poison in the tomh
of Herman Bansener, a prisoner await
ing trial, and of Charles Harrowitz, 4
consumptive in Aontefore home, by
shooting himself, has attracted atter
ton TO the impossibility of absolutely
preventing prisoners and patients wht
are allowed to receive visitors, extra
food md delicacies from obtaining
drugs, liquors or weapons, the posses
sion of which Is contrary to prison and
hospital rules. 1t was not known until
several days after Bansener's death how
he obtained the poison. Then it wa
learned that he brought it with him Il
The tombs, sewed in the hem of his IN
dershirt, and had thus bafned the keep
ers, who made careful search OF his
person when he entered, knowing that
he had threatened 10 commit suicide.
Warden Van De Carr, of the tombs
possible to prevent a clever prisoner
determined on suicide or addicted to the
use of drugs, from getting the means to
carry out his desire.
''In Bansener's case" he said, enough
poison, which understand was strych
nine, could have been concealed in the
hem of garment to kill half q dozeI
persons, and It would not have altered
the appearance of the garment. The
only method of detecting the posses
sion of poison by prisoner in such 9
case would be to rip apart every gar
mcnt, and as no provision is made fol
clothing for prisoners awaiting trial
that is impossible. We must content
ourselves with a thorough search and a
close watch on the prisoners"
Persons with suicidal tendencies are
the most difficult to deal with. The
warden said that not long ago woman
prisoner was broughtin. Her ears were
stuffed with cotton and she said she
suffered intensely from earache. He i'm
sisted that the cotton be taken out and
examined, and in it were found two
pills, each containing enough poison to
kill several persons.
Another prisoner, some years ago,
was heard talking TO his wife about
committing suicide and a close watch
was kept on him. AT a subsequent visit
his wife begged permission to kiss him
and she was allowed TO do 30 through
the cell bars. The keeper in attendance
was suspicious and forced his mouth
open. He found in it a pill of powerful
poison, wrapped in tinfoil, which the
wife had brought and transferred 70
him during the kiss.
Persons addicted 10 drugs give much
trouble to the authorities. Prisoners
awaiting trial are allowed extra food
provided by their friends. 1t is always
examined for contraband articles, but
sometimes the forbidden things are so
carefully concealed as to evade detec-
ton. A Chinese prisoner, after begging
for opium for several days, suddenly
became quiet. The authorities sus.
pected that he had obtained the drug,
but a careful watch failed to solve the
mystery. His friends kept him supplied
with sandwiches made from rolls, and
each sandwich was taken apart and ex-
anined before being sent to him, but
no opium was found, until one day the
bread was accidentally broken in the
examination and n supply of opium was
found concealed in hollow roll.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
A Corrart ninrna.is-

George-Eh? You got engaged las,
night? Gus. my old, my dear friend
sell me how you did il.
Gus-Reslly, l hardly know myself.
Couldn't help it Just like falling
downstairs. 1 was on the edge of q
proposal. she gave me push, and there
/ was engaged.
Well. l haven't had any such ex.
perience. Every time I try - start, my
knees knock together. and my teeth
chatter, and my tongue cleaves Ia the
roof OF nv mouth I've tried dozen
times 10 pop the question 70 Miss d
Pink, and slumped every time
And did she let you slump"
YES"
You are counting the wrong girl"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
AMERICAN ANo eRlTisH HuMoa.
Radical Differences Which Each Rses
Finds Dimeuisy la EecsneilinE


Beyond n question there is a distinct
difference between American ant Britt
iSh huSor. To most Americans London
Punch is indescr. sably dreary. yet Ia
the average Britain IL "a the funniest
paper published. Per contra. the Eng-
iShmnn seldom enjoys an American
Joke, and our comic papers are as ruls
senseless 10 him. As an Illustration ot
these national characteristics Charles
w. Brooke. prominent lawyer. recalls
the experience Of Charles ". Browne,
better known as Arremus Ward. one oe
the first of Amer caa humorists. "Is
was singular thing that Ward, willis
nc captured the British public ia his
first lecture, made complete failure
when be became a member OF tho stat
OF London Punch, he being. believe.
the only Americas who was ever en-
p.oyed upon that publication. lie be-
gan his first lecture Ia the British cap
ita: by praising wermly the hospitality
q the people % LONDON. In glowing
terms no described the picture which
] ad been drawn for him IN America of
the warmth Of the greeting whieA
would be extended 20 him when he had
crossed the Atlantic. But be added.
the realization has far exceeded The an
t.cipation. Silsce have been 10 London
J aave been amazrd beyond measure sc
:he kOspitslities az which have been
the recipient. Why. I assure You that
even every time I have left a cab a hand
has been extended 20 me--for skii-
ling The newspapers az that time re-
lated that first there were 4 few smiles
upon the faces in the London audience.
then some one Uttered. after that few
peopie laughed. and in about halfs min
ute the entire audience was ia roar.
From that time = lIuRh followed every
thing be said. His work on Puncb.
however, tlDe Britain people were In
capable Of approaching. even bis de-
Gghtful description Of his Wait 10 tho
tower @ London. ia which. Ia a remiH-
iscent mood. he spoke about bis puri-
tau ancestors and told bow they bad
Travelled % bleak and foreign shorp.
v here they could worship God acc0rss-
ipz "a tic dictates Of their own coa-
sciences zad prevent every oebsT man
from uorshiping according 90 he die
tases Of bis. That sort % zeal hHrsor
vas too subtle ~ TIE L0ndoseF.--
PHILADELPHIA Tfry4ea.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30

1000; cleared for te United States. 500;
cleared for Europe. 1.O00: stock. 10000
Sugar-.Raw. easier: fair refining. s'+c'
Centrifugal IS test. SIC; sales 7.ssi bags
San Domingo centrifugal, - test, 4'sc.
Refined quiet.
New York. May S.-Butter-Steady:
western dairy. SGllc; western creamery,
uT15iLc: Eigins. 15isc.
Egg-Steady: state and ePnnsylvania,
uGl2c; western, 10UlIc.
New York. May 9.-Cotton-Steady;
middling, s..
Dry gooGs-Todsy's dry goods market
was a very quiet one and only a moderate
volume of business was done. Printing
clots were quiet al 2isc. with sales OF the
week less than - 90 pieces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
THE WEATHER.

Wichita. May -.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity
Fair and warmer Saturday, probably fol
lowed Sunday by rain.
During the past twenty-four hours the
highest temperature was - degrees, the
lowest 60 degrees, and the mean 90 de-
grees, with partly cloudy weather, gentle
southeast Wind. and marked fan IN
pressure.
Thus far this month the avcrar- tenn
perature has been u degrees.
For the past seven yeSrs the average
temperature for the month OF May has
been "a degrees. and for the 9Th day ~ de-
grees. PRED l. JDhNSDNs
Washington. May sa-FOilONing - the
forecast up til ?. m. Saturday;
For Kanszs-TncreasinE cluudiness ard
probably local thunder storms. warmer
in eastern portions. southe2steTly winds,
becoming variable.
For Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Fair: probably followed BY local thunder
storms afternoon or night. soutneriF wind
For Colorado-Partly cloudy weather:
probably local rains. cooler n southern
portion.