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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
ANNUAL MEETING-HAM PLAN.
TATION COMPANY.

The annual meeting Of the share
holders in the Hamoa Plantation Com
pany. will be held at the office of the
c. Brewer & Co., (Ltd), Honolulu, on
Tuesday, October 27, 1897, at 10 o'clock
a. m.
E. F. BISHOP,
473O-td Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09

The Bark FOOTING SUEY will sail
from New York for Honolulu
ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 1ST.
II sufficient inducement offers. Adj
vances made on shipments on liberal
terms. For further particulars, adj
dress Messrs. CHAS. BREWER q.
CO., ~ Kilby Street, Boston. or
G. BREWER & CO, Ltd.
Honolulu Agents.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-18
SAXON SWITZERLAND.
One of the Most Picturesque Dis
tricts in the World.
Visitors from America Pronounce IL
a veritabIe Paradise. suDerior In
some Respects TO the
Yosemite valley.
Especial Berlin Letter /


Among the picturesque districts I'M
til recently neglected by the American
tourists in Europe is that region known
generally as Saxon Switzerland. This
neglect, however, is now being made up
for, as the number of Americans visit
ing that lovely region is steadily on the
increase, / noticed, among the passen-
gers on a river boat going up the Elbe,
several charming American bridal par
ties, and on the summit of one Of the
finest peaks Istumbled into a group Of
Americans who hailed from every part
of the United States, but who were
here, focused together, as it were, in
this tiny paradise.
For Saxon Switzerland is a yeritable
paradise. 1t has not the grand air of
the real Switzerland, and it lacks gla-
ciers and cloud-piercing monsters of
mountains. But Of its kind it is more
attractive. There is a mixture of idyllic
peace and peculiar picturesqueness in
the landscape that is extremely charm
ing. The people there are not yet so
greedy after the dollars of the tourists;
in fact, they are for the most part quite
naive and hospitable, and their brook
trout and fresh fruit and the products
of their mountain industries are as yet
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FERNs IN i housE.
Easily Managed when You Know
How.

Easily Managed when You know
How.
Ferns may be moved at any time,
from early spring, when they first begin
10 show their coils of young green, I'd
late autumn, after they have gotten
their growth, when their height and
general characteristics can be seen.
Take them up with a good ball of earth
when possible, though that is not alb
solutely necessary; one can very read
lily remove them with all their roots in
tact, they grow usually in such soft soil,
not running very deep.
They are like all other plants, their
cultivation is easy enough when we
know just how to manage them, and
this knowledge must come by expert
ence.
Ferns a also be successfully grown
in the house. In the fall 1 have often
taken pots of various sizes right into
the woods and filed them with selected
plants. BY potting them Immediately,
it seemed to give them no idea of change
so they would never show the least sign
Of wiltingI I have kept them in this
way for decorations almost a whole
winter. Window boxes are pretty
filled with ferns. Take up with them
the trailing arbutus, the wintergreen,
and partridge berry vine, whose bright
scarlet berries will swell and remain
fresh all winter. There are a number
Of little evergreen vines in the woods
that can be taken as well, that will
grow in the house just as though it
were spring.
There is a long list of ferns now to be
had from the florist, that will do nice
" for amateur cultivation. OF this list
the A~diantumis, or m~aiden-hair ferns,
are perhaps the most popular, as they
the the most generally cultivated.
Adiantum Farleyense is coming to be a
great favorite, owing, doubtless, to its
fine endurance in ordinary room cul-
ture. The amount of hardships it will
endure without being injured is quite
remarkable. For low fern pans
Adiantum cuneatum is much used.
As to the watering of ferns there
seem to be differing opinions; my ex-
I~erience has been in favor Of frequent
sprinklings, and considerable water,
never allowing the plant to dry out. In
order to insure this constant moisture
To the roots it is.well to put moss about
them. When plants are set in Jar
dinieres the moss On top adds to their
beauty, aside from serving a practical
purpose. One requirement, however,
which they insist upon when ported, is
good drainage, as they will not endure
standing in observation-disclosures Hcme
Magazine.
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q region of mountains, tall, perpendic-
ular rocks and powders (some rising
straight from the banks of the Elbe to
an altitude of 1000 feet and over, and
the submits of the mountains 1000 to
5000 feet event through which the
lovely Elbe river winds its way. The
rock formations, with their odd shapes.
owe their origin to a remote volcanic
past, and being all of sandstone, the
rock is piled on, so to speak. layer on
layer, with needIe-like peaks jutting
forth in the most unexpected places,
often dotted with tall and magnificent
trees, often, too, bare and showing the
loyeliest Kaleidoscope changes. as the
light. the sun, the clouds. the weather
act upon them.
A sunrise and a sunset, for instance,
with the rosente or deeper tints Of the
orb thrown on the two walls OF steep
rocks hemming in both shores OF the
silvery river, are among the finest sights
that human eye can behold anywhere.
md then again, the view, panoramic and
extensive, TO be enjoyed from many Of
these mountain tops, is unique. TFom
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hood. To right and left Of this long
cleft in the rocks valleys extend, and
in these there are picturesque mills and
little chalets.
The P~rebischthor, again, is a tremen-
dous rock formation-some 1900 feet
high and standing in the very midst
of a magnificent wilderness Of tail trees
and powders. The valley from which
it rises skyward looks as If giants had
played marbles with immense powders
and had left the game unfinished; every-
thing is to~psy-turvy. But out Of il
two enormou pillars of gray, withered.
sandstone stick up straight into the
air-1,200 feet high. and on the top
these two pillars have another huge
slab of rock lying right across them,
thus forming a natural gate. On the
slab of a rock stand a big terrace, a res
taurant and numerous other signs Of
human civilization, including iron rail-
ings, from which the different phases Of
the outlook can be enjoyed in safety,
and galleries have been hewn into thu
rock itself, facilitating the ascent and
making it even possible for donkeys
and horses to climb up to the height.
Persons who have ever seen the Yo-
semitic valley, in California, will be
struck with numerous points of resem-
blance between that lovely region and
this. This is especially the case as to
the peculiar shapes of the rocks and
promontories. Here in Saxon and Bo-
hemian Switzerland, too, all sorts Of ex-
t~raordinary forms are noticed-faces OF
human outline, for instance, are quite
frequently met with, with noses aud
mouths hundreds of feet in extent, and
a tall pine or oak for eyebrows. hut
while these and similar points are of
striking resemblance to the Cali
~fornian landscape mentioned, this one
of little Saxon Switzerland is much
more idyllic, picturesque and peaceful,
and the vegetation, too, is more plenti-
fui and varied. Lovely flowers, not met
with elsewhere, are found in the nulner-
GUS side valleys, and bird life is pIen-
tiful and very variegated.
Take it altogether, what with the pure
air and water, the stimulating effects
of open-air life. the beauties of nature,
and the wholesome and well-prepared
food had everywhere; perhaps, too, the
charming character of the native popu-
lation in this whole region, the Amer
lean tourist who has tired of the grand
er scenes of the Alps and the crowds
of sightseers in the large cities Of Eu-
rope cannot do better than take a trip
to this lovely country. His health and
temper, beyond doubt. will be improved
thereby; his pocket will not much suf-
fer. and he will take away with him a
remembrance as of something alto
Yether unique.
WOLF Won sCHIERBRANp.
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is largely for the purpose Of catching
insects. It is probable that the red
head fully c~ompensates for the damage
done by sapsucking, in consuming 50
many insects"
The kingbird comes in for a word Of
praise. He is distinctly a fly catcher
and takes a large portion Of his food on
the wing. The kingbird also watches
the trees closely, and gathers in all
sorts of insects. This bird has been
suspected Of catching honey bees; hut
an Iowa farmer says that he shot d
dozen kingbirds neal his hives, and
found not u single bee in any one Of
their stomachs. Therefore he d
cludes that the kingbird is guiltless OF
this charge; modified by the factthatin
various parts of the country IA king
birds were killed, and 40 drone bees
were found in their stomachs. IsnsA
that wonderful? How in the realm Of
intelligence could those birds knew
that the drones were proper prey, while
the working bees and queens must be
spared?
The meadow lark is complimented
because Of the fact that ii feeds nj
most wholly upon insects. In 28a
stomachs examined, it was discovered
that 70 per cent. of the food OF the birds
consisted Of insects alone. It nests On
the ground, and walks about with
dainty step, knowing that it is q wei
come visitor and therefore not in fear
of human assault. The meadow lark
is wholly beneficial, and is not guilty
Of the common charge Of pulling sprouts
Ing grain. 1t loves fat bugs and beetlea.
and takes grasshoppers and caterpfl-
lars also, whenever they can be found.
Even when the ground 10 covered vita
snow. this bird finds Insects somehow.
and does not seek the granaries. It's
a very skillful insect catcher
This letter contains only an epitona<
Of the proofs presented in favor Of the
farmers friend, the common birds.
SMITH d. BNH.
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The Houma Courier.
EAsTON DUvAL. Publisher.
HoUMA ss LOUISIANA
IN eREEN.
A Popular Color in House Fnrnssh-
f.ra


A Popular Color in House Furnish
fnss.
Green seems now to be the key note
Of color in furnishings and very beau
tiful effects may be obtained from this
color combined with either white or
black and for any apartment, be it dim
ing-ropm or parlor, library, hall or
chamber,
VI course the wool carpet need not be
dispensed with, but a cool mating of
natural color with here and there dashes
of green viii be far preferable, while
the best choice of all is a hardwood
hoor with handsome rugs wherever de-
sired. Very desirable rugs are shown
now in the shades of green and white
alone and serviceable homemade rugs
are not to be despised.
Very dainty effects in window drap-
cries may be produced from sheer white
muslin. Turn n and one-half inch
hens on three sides and hemstitch them
with white Asiatic honiton lace silk
which is SO fine that the stitches will
not show. Mark put a scroll design,
quite a "a one, and outline it with
Asiatic caspian floss. Let them fall but
little below the window seat and fasten
them back about 10 inches from the sill
with white cotton cord and tassels.
The bed if not of white enamel will
probably be Of some of the dark stains,
and a spread and bolster cover
Of white worked with green Roman
floss will be artistic. There are a num-
Der Of materials that may be selected
for the bed covering, but let your choice
be Of something not very heavy.
The new bamboo furniture stained
green makes suitable fittings for almost
any room. With this furniture only
cotton draperies and cushions SHOULD
be used. One of the newest cushions is
of white linen heavily barred with
green. This is used for both upper and
lower coverings and the narrow double
ruffie which is in when the seams
are sewed up. These cushions if elab-
orately embroidered are very beautiful.
The embroidery is worked entirely in
the white square and should be done
with Asiatic twisted embroidery silk of
the same shade as the green of the linen.
THESE will of course zeal innumerable
washings and come forth fresh every
time. Very Inexpensive printed cotton
fabrics may be obtained suitable for
pillows, table covers and draperies
which will need no embroidery; these
should be trimmed with narrow ruf1es
of the same hemmed very narrowly.
Draperies Of green denim worked with
the heavy white Asiatic Medieval art
silk are very effective hung over fine
white lace curtains. The edges should
be finished with green and white braid
about half an inch in width and the
draperies fastened with small rings to
a white enameled pole. Loop back with
q heavy green and white cord and tas-
sells. Mantel drapories in these green
rooms may be OF white cotton crepe,
with scattered flowers and leaves out
lined Or chainstitched with green
Asiatico outline. ilk.-WashingtonH Home
Magazine.
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RocK FoRMATIoN ban sAxoN sw1TzERLANp.

all to be had at a very reasonable rate.
In fact, for a holiday of a fortnight or
so / know of no more propitious spot on
earth than this same Saxon Switzer-
land, and as such it is recognized by
the shrewd Germans, the Berliners es-
pecially, who undertake frequently and
at small expense brief trips there.
The best way to do this is to take the
fast train from Berlin to Dresden. ston
there over night. and then take one OF
the pretty Elbe boats the next morn
ing and make the circuit through the
whole region by easy stages, going by
boat up the river a few hours, then dis
embark again, and make a dive down
n of the m~arvelously pretty side vail
leys, of which glimpses were caught in
nearing it on the water; then making a
roundabout way through the rocky
formations again, and reach another
steamboat station higher up, whence
to pass on for another spell. Hotels,
some luxurious, others rather primitive,
but all clean, wholesome and providing
good fare, are to be met with every
where, and pleasant travelling compan-
ions are sure to be encountered almost
at any stage of the journey. The
whole trip, taking in every point of in
terest, far into the German-speaking
part of Bohemia, and lasting, say q
fortnight, reckoning from the time OF
leaving Berlin, with fare and hotel ex-
penses may be made for about $25; liv-
ing on the fat Of the land, too. on that
sum.
Saxon Switzerland owes its peculiar
charm to several circumstances. 1t is
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the Bastei rock, for Instance, near the
town of Schandau (although but about
700 feet over the riverl one sees, when
the weather is clear, the pillars and
spires of Dresden(25 miles disfant) on
tho one side, and the mountain sops Of
Bohemia (about the same distance or
farther on the other). Below, scores OF
little villages, hills and dales, wooded
slopes and rocky formations, with the
river separating the whole picture,
spread out, checker-board fashion. The
whole district, so far as it is worth Sec
ing and visiting, measures but a few
hundred square miles, it is true, but
within that small territory the tourist,
to his a~mazement, notices more variety
in landscape, in type Of population, etc.,
than he would elsewhere in territory 20
times that size.
Beyond the Saxon borders, on Bohe-
milan soil, there are two of the loveliest
sights of all. viz: P~rebischthor, and
the Edmund's Klamm. The lafeer is d
chasm opening into the steep and per-
pendicular rock for the length Of ten
miles or so, the bottom being formed by
a pellucid mountain river. Row boats
ascend this river to the very heart OF
this slit into the rocks, and the scenery
changes frequently during the trip.
Now mi passes rocks down which the
mountain brooklets trickle with me-
lodious splash. and then again both
banks are lined with pine trees. yerdure,
bushes from which hundreds of sing
ing birds pour their songs, for though
men are in close proximity they cannot
harm these birds, and the birds know it
and are jolly in proportion. There are
several rapids, but it is easy to avoid
tkem-at least it is SO for the ex-
perienced boatmen of the neighbor-
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% take eaeh ae.f 0Ir8
bis stomach. Sue
learn Nnat fepd fht t
and hence can dae
they gre friends eetaes
man. Ills generally
common Birds 1fe
farmers and ara as
Hroraus enemies. Ls
ing been made Is each cssf e
are informed 81 the rtslfi 81 tho II
tigation. and thereaiim tAe stelrta
dispensed with 80 Die killing
few birds results in saving Tie Nf
thousands Of others.
The professor says that caekcoa a
much given to eating coterrtlIare. an
DO not object to their hair rs na
birds dc. On the contrary cleko1s
50 many hairy eaterpillars that
hairs pierce The inner Innings q
~st0macha; and when the8 $40 opanea
and turned insid on Tile pnciloo
acbs seem 70 Be lined with 8 thin COAT
ing Of FUR, which appears TO be pa1tot
the stomach itself. Nature provides foe
continued digestion, just fhe same.
While the scientific siauRhfer
cuckoos vas going on, 1e Of the birds
were examined, and the result shows
that they had all been diligently ens.
gagged in helping the farmers Of thesF
ne~ighborhood. The Is stomaehs showed
the remains Of 32s caterpillars. III,
beetles, IS grasshoppers, 60 saw flies.
four spiders, and three stink bugs
Those were industrious birds, and they
were doing their best for their farmer
friends, when they were ruth}essly Shoe
down for scientific investigation. Just
think of It'll There were 328 c~aterpfllars.
many Of them in the larva stage. Hnt
for those cucEoos all Of those caterpi6-
lars would have been working on the
leaves of trees; and they prefer apple
trees. Of the 90 saw flies. so were IL
the larva stage.
Investigation demonstrates that
yate woodpeckers. They leave no marka
on healthy trees. On the contrary they
unerringly trail down the wood-bcring
larva, and dislodge and deyour them.
1t is a picnic for a woodpecker to catch
these tree killers. They eat them with
as much satisfaction and gratidcation
as a summer girl manifests over a dish
of ice cream. 1t usually happens thas
after these wood-boring larva + de-
stroyed, the holes are filed with coli
ories of ants. Do the woodpeekers
leave them to thrive there2 Not much.
they like ants pretty well, too; and
they watch those holes carefully, well
knowing that they will have an epicu-
rean festival of ants after a little whiles
and consequently they keep the trees
clean all the time. It is their business
and pleasure 10 do so. Two hickes
woodpeckers' stomachs were examines
in the laboratory, and they each con-
tained 1900 ants, besides the wood-bur~
ing larya. Those were good wood.
peckers, and ought 70 have been keps
and cultivated by the farmers fresides
az near neighbors and close friends.
The official bulletin has 4 good word
also for the r~ed-headed woodpecler.
1t is admitted that this bird IS guilty
Of tapping trees and drinking the
It has been d~iscoyered. however.
very few trees are seriously injured
although some have died Within 4 year
or two, after being sapRed by these
Eed-headed fellows. The professor
says. however, that 'sth& bird captures
millions Of in~sects<Fnich are attracted.
by bA.gyeeb sap, and the tree tapping
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lN 10 cuPRoARp.
Some Articles Tnat should BE Al
sFaya ON Hanl.

Some Articles That should BE All
ways on Hand.
The woman who does all or even part
ofherown cooking should keep her pan.
try well stocked. And this should be
not alone withf ordinary wet and dry
groceries, but with little aids to nice
cookery.
The saying Of the old preacher: "Ah.
my brethren, if our foresight were only
equal to our hindsight how much
trouble might be saved usl'' might be
echoed by the housekeeper when she
has to send a gray, unattractive-look-
ing gravy to the table, because there is
no Drowned flour with which to thickeu
it and no time to brown any; or when
she must serve a t~asteless stew instead
Of a sayory ragout, because she does
not discover until the last moment that
there are no sweet herbs in the house.
Such provisions are not expensive
and there is no reason why every good
housekeeper should not have a store Of
them in the house. In many cases she
can prepare them herself. An occa.
sional rainy day will give her an oppor.
tunity to provide a stock that viii last
her for several weeks and even longer,
Forethought should have been exer.
cised in laying aside ingredients tc
make use ofnow. If she wants to candy
lemon or orange peel, the skins of all
that have been used in the house for
several weeks should have been thrown
beforehand into salt and water to await
the day when she could make it con.
v~enient to candy them. Sweet herbs
that are grown in ones WI garden al.
ways seem to have a spieier flavor than
those bought at a shop. The big punches
Of thyme, sweet marjoram, summer
saYory and parsley should have been
carefully selected and hung, tied to.
gether, head downwards. in a dry attic.
Those that are sun-dried lose much OF
their flavor. Then, when the spare day
comes, the leaves may be stripped from
the stalks, powdered fine, and each kind
put away in a marked tin box, or small
glass jar, with a closely-ftting cover.
The flour may be Drowned this day,
too, stirring it from time to time that il
may color evenly. The doors leading
- ShS AOSAOh W II duJOlulhk IOO1lS
should be kept closed while this is go
ing on, that the pervasive and unpleas-
ant odor of the cooking -four may not
permeate the entire house. Brown
t~hickening, or roux, consisting of equal
weights of butter and flour, cooked to-
gether until of a fine golden brown, is
snost useful to have at hand for thick
ening, is easily prepared and keeps any
length of time. Caramel or burnt sugar
for hayoring custards and creams, and
for coloring soups, gravies and icings, is
easy to make and does good service.
Rolled cracker meal for croquettes
chops and outlets may be obtained from
the accumulation Of broken crackers
that are unpresentable for the table,
and trouble is saved by keeping it on
hand ready for use, instead of waiting
until it is needed before preparing it.
Odd bits of cheese should be grated, and
the powder bottled or put into jars
where it viii be dry and safe from mice
I-HOysnwife