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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-26
CLAUS srRRcKRLs. Wn. G. IRWIN.
CLAUS SPRECKELS & CO.,
& an erS,
HONOLULU 81. I.
SAN FRANCISCO AGESTs-T'he Nevada Bank
or san Francisco.
HONOLULU

DRAW EXCHANGE on
san Francisco Tie Nevada Bank of San
Francisco.
London-The Union Bank OF London Ltdl
Bank.
Chfcago-Merchanrs National Bank.
Paris Compton National dEscompte de
Paris.
Observation-Disclosures Bank.
HonE<kon@ and observation-disclosures and
shanghai Banking Corporation.
New zealand and Australia Bank of
New Zealand.
Victoria and Nancouyer-Bank OF Mon
treal.
ITdlSGCl q GGlGfIl BGDElg ] EyGh0DgG Business
Deposits Received. Loans made on Approved
Security. Commercial and Travellers Credits
Issued. bllfs OF Exchange Bought and Sold.
Collections Promptly Accounted For.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

Quietly and without flourish of
trumpets has the return to England of
Sir George Goldie taken place, al
though within the space OF few weeks
he has conquered a superb country, with
a population of some 10, 900, 900 of the
most warlike African natives. The
victory was achieved by a few hundred
of black troops, led by a handful of
British officers, and military experts,
both at home and abroad, are unani-
nous in declaring that for solid and
well-planned progress, achieved with
the most limited our and pro-
ductive of results that can only be
described as imperial, there has been
nothing like the Niger campaign since
the days of Give in Ind a.
Sir George, who is the chairman
sndmanaging director of the Chartered
Niger company, during the last six
months has added more to the area,
aud particularly to the prestige of the
British empire, than has Cecil Rhodes
or any other British general 81 ad-
ministrator in modern times. Yet
three short lines ON an inside page OF
the London Times constituI; ed all the
news which his countrymen received
of his return home. He himself, how.
ever, is the last person to complain
thereof, for he is far too able a states.
man to desire to attact undue atten.
ton to the extraordinary progress Of
Great Britain in the western portion
of the dark continent Chicago Rec.
| ord.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
the worst worry of nv life began from

the worst worry of my life began from
the moment [ caught the first elk for
the herd. . It was not that they were
wild and unruIy on the contrary, they
were too tame. Although the farm is
large enough, the animals seemed to
know by instinct that they were pris-
oners. They have to be petted like
children. Inthe matter OF feeling, too,
[ have to use the utmost care. In the
summer it is easy enough for they may
wander at will and pick up suitable
food from stubble field anltimberla land.
But during the winter their food must
be especially prepared-choppel and
sometimes sweetened when they do
not readily take to it. But from the
first year everything seemed to favor
my project. The numbers in
creased rapidly, and were augmented
from the neighboring forests from
time to time, as my men were
able to secure the finer specl-
mems. While wandering at will on
their native tracts the elk of all sizes
and ages seem to be perfectly able to
take care of themselves and their
horns. But when once they get on a
farm they seem TO forget all this. The
young steers especially get into no
end of trouble and break their horns
in the most distressing manner. As
these broken horns and badly spread
ing prongs iajure the general appear
ance of the herd, I have contrived a
means of regulating and controlling
the horns growth. This is done by
means Of a box-like wooden frame,
light and easily carried Ivy the elk.
The horns are guided in their growth
by this frame, and it keeps the ami
mails from getting into bad places in
the timber belt"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

can families. The delicate health OF
Mrs. McKinle~ iii not prevent hel
from undertaking the social duties de-
volving upon the mistress Of the White
House, yet every possible additiona.
social duty will be performed by those
nearest to the wife Of the President,
and much, therefore, will devolve upon
Mrs. Porter, who is well fitted to meet
these requirements.
The first social function at which
Mrs. Porter appeared was the recep
ton at the White House given by Mrs,
Mckinley in honor of the ladies Of the
Diplomatic Corps, and the manner 10
which the wife Of the Presidents sec
rotary assisted In the pleasant task OF
according q gracious and cordial wei
come to callers won for her the regard
Of all present. Mrs. Porter Is the
daughter OF Col. Belts, of New York,
who is a son Of Judge Belts, the IA
nous lawyer. She was sent at an early
age to Miss Porter's school at Farm
ington, Conn, where she remained I'M
til she went to France to attend q fin.
ishing school. After her marriage in
1884 to j. Addison Porter her home
was for some time in Washington. She
speaks French fuently and is fond OF
the study of languages. Mr.. and Mrs.
Porter have two children. Their names
are Agnes and Josephine and they are
lust about to enter kindergarten. The
Porters reside in a pretty, attractive
house, formerly occupied by ex-Secre'
a Of the Interior Hoke Smith and
his family.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
The Latest Fish'StOrY.

The latest fish story comes from
Philadelphia and is vouched for by the
Record. The tale runs that Off the
Virginia coast the schooner NJ Bos-
ton ran into an immense school of
bluefsh. The crew lowered eight
small boats and scattered among the
fish. The men used hook and line
and herring for bait, and the voracious
bluefish swallowed the hooks as fast
as they were thrown among them. For
miles the school followed the schooner
and the boats, and the work of haul
ing the fish in only ceased when the
vessels hold would contain no more
of it's glistening cargo. Nearly 5000 of
the fish were taken, and their average
weight was nearly sever pounds. The
vessel was Immediately headed for
Philadelphia and the catch disposed
of
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Never Closed.

Night traffic in New York is no
longer confined to the druggist and
the dealer in solid and liquid refresh
ments. The "dental parlor" is now
among the recognized''open all night
places. SO is the dress suit parlor,
though of recent origin. "Our GUS
toners belong to all classes Of socl-
ety." said the proprietor Of one OF
these establishments, "anl our dress
suits are worn by walters and by men
whom they serve. Men whose bag
gage has miscarTied and who are in
town for the purpose of attending a
function come to us in a hating, hes
itating way for garments. directly
after such q customer there may be
q person who is ambitious to win glory
and q prize at the cakewalk. 1t is de-
sirable to have some people re-
turn the garments as Oon as possible,
and we make it an object to them by
charging less if returned that night
than the nextmorning, keeplngthep place
open all night to accommodate them.
There are places where one may have
the services of a stenographer and
typewriter at any hour of the night.
The business done by these places IS
growing constantly. There are also
night Photographic establishments,
where one may sit for a picture at any
hour. Among the best customers Of
these places3f business are the young
men and wol.aen who go to fancy dress
parties aBwant pictures q their
costumS. One of the mofTecent re-
cruits to the all night .fnks is the
never closI lawyer%o sees and
advises cliene1.ssa<Tti between
six in the evening and six in the
morning. His Office practice is large
and varied. People go to him for adj
vice on every imaginable subject; he
keeps blanks for all sorts Of business,
aud is called upon to write deeds,
draw affidavits, take dispositions and
draw wills.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Deforned Fingers in Criminals.

"The fingers Of criminals" says q
medical man who has studied them,
fare in nine cases out of ten, in some
way or other deformed.
"People who are continually being
convicted of theft are found to have
long, thin fingers, a wide space separ-
ating the first and second, and the little
finger crooked. In murderers the fin
gers are short and thick; the thumb is
long and the hand altogether power
full. In cases where excessive brute
force has been used, the little fingers
on both hands have been found to be
weak and deformed.
"Knotty fingers are prominent
where craftiness is exhibited. Among
habitual criminals, especially burglars,
the fingers are found to be thicker al
the tops than neal the knuckles. Out
of 5000 criminals recently examined, sc
per cent. were found to have deformed
fingers"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
HE RAISES ELK,
Captain Coo Tells How He Making a
Success of His VenturtA

Captain Cook Tells How He Making a
Success of His v~enturGA
One of the strangest e~ntefpsSes in
this country is an elk farm in Colo
RADIO. The man who took it into his
head to start this oldest of all odd
farms is Captain Marcus Cook, who
says:
~ own an elk farm. As far as I
know, there is not another such farm
in the world. My farm is in n ofthe
imost picturesque parts of Colorado, in
a valley sixteen miles east of Meeker.
1t is 1853 acres in extent, and through
the length Of it runs a splendid trout
stream. Some idea of the extent to
! which T work my farm may be gained
from the fact that each year | raise for
nv elk alone enough hayto baleup $50
tons and garner from 800 to 500
bushels of grain. On this farm, which
is $500 feet above the level of the sea,
the elk roam through the timber land
Just as though they were not captive.
But they are safe enough, neverthe-
less, for I have them fenced in with a
| fve-strand barbed wire fence. 1t has
been four years now since [ first took
the notion Of tanning the elk and raise
them just as other people raise cattle.
| It took me a year to get the farm In
order and to capture the six animals
with which I started. Up to that
time I did not know whether the idea
was feasible: [ was afraid that I should
have q great deal of trouble
in DEMONSTRATING them. To be sure,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Presto 800 to 500 Per Gent.

The sewing machine, one of the great
est blessings in the way of machines
ever offered to the public. sold for years
at sixty dollars in the United States.
The same machine, however, to be
shipped to a foreign land, could be
purchased below twenty dollars. After
the patents ran out the price fell
rapidly until now sewing machines are
sold for twenty-five dollars and often
below twenty dollars. The sewing
machine manufacturers became i'm.
mensely rich from their profits of
sevegei hundred per. cent. It har
BEEN estimated that typewriting ma.
chimes cost less than twenty dollars to
build, while they sell for from fifty
dollars to one hundred dollars each.
It is generally understood that an
agreement exists whereby these high
prices are maintained. Business men
are compelled to pay from three hun.
bred to five hundred per cent. profit
or 60 without the machines.
Are there any other machines which
yield such profits as the sewing ma
chimes did for years, and the type
writing machine has and does; except
it be the bicycle?
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
TRADES THAT KILL.
Occupations That Destroy the Lives OF
Men Engaged in Them.


People are afraid to travel by land
or sea, and take out all sorts of accl-
dent policies, bat there are many le-
ultimate occupations or trades that kill
as certainly and steadily as the most
ii~l-regulated steam engine. An o!i
writer said that human life was the
cheapest thing on earth. Strange TO
say, says an English trade Journal, you
cannot frig|ltcn the workmen who
know how dangerous is their trade,
and not even higher wages will tempt
them from such death traps. Lead,
in the form Of bullets and shot, is a
deadly, dangerous thing, but it is also
death-dea!ing to all who use it in their
work, as house-paiatcrs, giIiers, Calico
printers, type-foUnders, potters and
braZiers.
Mercury is a foe TO life. Those who
etcrs, who etch or color wool CT felt,
Will soon feel the effect Of the nitrate
of mercury iii teeth, gums and tie It's
sues OF the body. Silver kills those
who handle it, and photographers,
makers OF hair-dyes and ink and other
preparations ere long turn gray, while
a deadly weakness subdues them, and
soon they succumb. Copper enters
into the composition of many articles
of everyday life, and too soon those
who work in bronZing and similar
decorative processes lose teeth and
eyesight and finally life. Makers of
wallpaper grow pale and sick from the
arsenic in its coloring, and match
makers lose strength and vitality from
the excess of phosphorus used in their
business.
Nitric acid is used by engravers, by
etchers in copper, by makers Of gum
cotton and those who supply our
homes with lovely picture frames. It's
fumes are poison to the human lungs
and soon destroy them completely.
Ammonia kills the soap-makers; work
ers in guano grow deaf; hydrocyanic
acid deals death to gilders, p~hotogra-
pliers and pictHre-fnishers, while zinc
is a fatal foe to calico-printers, makers
of optical glasses and meerschaum
pipes. I
Mankind is by nature brave, and
very few are deferred from action be-
cause Of supposed danger. II the
great builders and engineers of the
world would stop and ask, GLOW
many lives will this undertakingcost?'
it is probable that the world would be
without some OF the greatest triumphs
of modern thought. Everyday life
and common occupations are full OF
silent courage, and all around are
workers who die in the harness and
are true heroes without knowing 1t.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Tobolisk, Russia, is the Oldest in
habited place in the world.
Football was a crime in England
during the reign of Henry VIII.
The first printing-press in America
was established at Cambridge, Mass,
in 1859.
A man in a balloon four miles above
the earth can plainly hear the barking
of a dog.
There are two business men in an
English town named [. Came and Fl.
E. Went.
G. A. Barber of Salem, Ohio, claims
to have a violin hat was made in l414.
and believes it to be the Oldest in the
world.
The latest project in Switzerland is
that of d mountain railway to the sum-
nit of the Breithorn, next to the Mat
terhorn.
Teapots were the invention of either
the Indians OF the Chinese, and are of
uncertain antiquity. They came to
Europe with tea in 1910.
An inhab1tant Of Arendskerke, in
Holland, has notified to the municipal
registrar the birth Of his twenty-frs
son, all the others being alive and in
the enjoyment of good health.
About ten million cattle are now to
be found in the Argentine Republic.
They are said to be all descendants OF
eight COWS and one bull, which were
brought to Brazil in the middle of the
sixteenth century.
Small diamonds have been discov.
cred in the sand taken from a lake
formed by the crater of al extinct
volcano in the Whites Hook mountains
| of Natal, whichare beyond the hitherto
known diamond fields.
In Germany the bridal wreath is
| usually formed of myrtle branches ; IL
Switzerland aud Italy Of white roses
in Spain of red roses md pinks ; II
the United States, France and Eng
land, of orange blossoms.
The French minister Of wal lately
offered a prize for the swlftest bird II
q flight from Periguoux to Paris-31(
miles. There were 2746 entries an6
| the winner did the distance in sever
hours and thirty-four minutes.
The first public library in England
was founded by the corporation o
London some 800 years before the Brit
ish Museum was established. Crom
we'll borrowed books from this institu
ton and "forgot to return them"
While praying in church a[szah
S. c., on a recent SIday, J>pal
Crosby, colored, found<big pistolil
his hip pocket uncomfortable. In re
moving it the weapon ofas discharged
wounding him seriously and causing
stampede of the CONGREGATION. =
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
NEARING DEATH,
Ahe Serious Condition OF the Err nres.
OF Austria.

OK austria,
Empress Elizabeth Of Austria he's
oeen so seriously Ill at Cape Martin
that her husband, who proposed to re.
main at Vienna until the trouble in
connection with Crete was ct al end
nastened his departure, and proceed.
Cd WltA all haste to the South OF
FRANCE where the Empress IS being
attended by her youngest an, favor.
ite daughter, the Archduchess Valerie,
Inc Empress Vas unable to meet her
husband on his arrival, and has been
forced to abandon all those long walks
10 which she has been given ever since
tne doctors compel d her to give III
riding.
II seems that the imperial lady. IN.
stead OF being benefited by her gojourn
at iiarritz In December and January,
on the contrary was harmed thereby.
RAINING tits, Insomnia, neuralgia and
rheumatism, complicated With othe,
painfui nervous disorders, ensued, and
me principal court physician, DR.. Won
herzl, having been urgently summon.
ca from Vienna, Immediately gave or,
ders that she should leave Biarritz fol
the south Of France.
At present the Empress Is an invalid
IN every sense Of the word, almost en-.
t1rely tnfrm, and it Is doubtful if she
ever Will be able to resume the violen,
exercise to which she has been devoted
until now. Indeed, it may be ques,
toned whether it is not really the over
doing OF exercise, first in the form OF
riding, and later on in the way OF
walking, that is responsible for he,
present condition. AS long az she was
able to ride Elizabeth used to spend
her whole day in the saddle, begin.
ming at 5 or 6 o'clock In the morning,
and frequently changing horses fou.
and five times during the course Of a
single morning. When she took ia
walking she would not be satisfied
with constitutionals Of less than thirty
and even forty miles a day.
1t was always asserted that 1t was
by means of this violent exercise tina
she was able to maintain unimpaired
the balance Of her mind. instead Of sue
cumbing to the insanity which is one
Of the hereditary curses Of the roya'
house of Bavaria, to which she belongs
by birth. Some apprehension, there
fore, Is felt at Vienna as to the possible
result Of the inaction to which she Il
now constrained ~ reason Of lei
health.-Vienna Letter
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Finding Water III tho Desert,

The Western mar who got water In
the desert by the aid of a reed and q
sponge evidently got the Idea from the
bushmen of the kalahari desert in At.
RIGA. These people often live scores OF
miles from places where water comes
to the surface. During certain times
Of the year sharp storms pass ever the
Kalahari, covering the apparently arid
region with the brightest Of verdure
and filling for a few short days the
water courses with roaring torrents.
The bushmen find water by digging in
the bottoms of these dried up river
beds. They dig q hole three or four
feet deep and then tie a sponge to a
hollow reed. The sponge absorbs the
moisture at the bottom of the hole, and
the natives draw it up into their
mouths through the reed.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
A Method of Measurement.

"There is such a thing as becoming
too much devoted to the bicycle" said
the young woman, thoughtfully. Il
was riding with a friend of mine who
demonstrated that fact"
Did she talk constantly about the
wheel?"
"No. She didn't talk about any
thing until I asked her if she knew
what the hour was. She looked down
at her cycIometer and said we'd better
hurry home, as it was two miles and a
quarter past dinner t~ime."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
MRS. j. ADDISON PORTER.

The Wife OF tho Secretary to the
President and Her Official Duties.
The wife Of the recently appointed
official whose card reads u. Addison
Porter, Secretary to the President"
naturally takes a central place in the
life Of the most interesting Of Ameri-
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Same Thin1.

my mither sent NE to see Il you Uad
gle her g. calendar like the ane you glsd
to Mrs. Mackay," said a boy to a grocer
In the village. But, my little boy" re-
piled the grocer, your mother does not
get her groceries here" NO" replied
the boy, but she borrows them from
Mrs. Mackay, and Mrs. Mackay gets
them fraa Eou"-Iouslhold Words.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
GAINED IN STRENGTH

Was Confined to the Bed Most OF the
Tirne-The Remedy.
"I was much run down in health and had
to keep my bed the greater part OF the
time. I had no appetite and did not rest
well nights. I began taking Hoods sarsa-
parilla and my appetite returned and 1
gained strength rapidly, and soon felt like
a new man. I attribute my escape from
illness of any kind thep past ,ssnter to tax
ing Hoods ~sarsapariIlsy5S ABEL MYEns,
Arthur. New York. Get Hoods.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
A Hat Size.

A size In hats Is one-eighth Of an
inch. According to the English meth
cd, the smaller diameter Of the head Ia
taken as the starting point. One-clghth
Of an inch increase In the shorter dt.
ameter makes O little more than three
aishths in circumference. The French
and German hatters have q rule slight.
" different from thi..
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Ere the Farewell is Spokeu

On the deck OF the steamer, Or on board the
train that is to bear YOU away from those
dear to you. you will, if you ara wise, have
safely slowed away in your luggage a sufi-
Gent supply OF that safeguard against illness
-Ho6tetter's Stomach Bitters. Commercial
travellers, tourists and pioneer emigrants con-
cur II testifying to the fortifying AM saving
properties 6f the great tonic. Use for consti,
PATTON, b~illousness, malarial and kidney COM
plants and nervousness.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

Some folks actually believe that they can cure
akin diseases through their stomachs. It's absurd
on its face--absurd on the fscn of the man who
believes, too, because lis disease stays right
there. Stays there TIL he uses Tetterine. It's
the only safe and certain cure for Tetter. Ring.
worm, Eczema and other itchy irritattons. Good
fer Dandruf, too. At drug stores, 30 cents, or
~ mail froIa j. I. Shuptrtne. Savannah, Ga.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
A Boiled Dinner.

II wish" said the artist who had beer
80 absorbed in his work as to neglec1
his eating, chat you would send out
and get a nice large head Of cabbage
Certainly" replied his wife; "have
you On inspiration for a new still lifey'
mo; I merely want it for q pot
Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

A fajbous pear tree, which has lived
nesrlyH six centuries, neal Toulon,
France. was destroyed recently by a
violent wind storm. The trunk was
nearly twelve feet in circumference.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

: Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 2 trial bottle and treatise fire. g
DE. r. Fl. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

Some men are born great, and some have
handouts thrust upon them.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

: Mr.. Rockefeller's income is said to BIZ
el.363 an hour. That explains why he Gang
AFFORD to lay Off Saturday afternoons. :
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07

; !. .Walthal & Co, Druggists, Horse Cave,
N.Y. say: halls Catarrn Cure cures every
ons eaat takes it." Sold b. Druggists, T5c,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Send for Price Listi

FAall that We ask
and it will cost but a
postal to do it. All
we ask is to get your
eye tor a minute on
details and prices.
TIE goods will sell
themselves. You
know as well as We
that the John +.
Lowell Arms Co. tof
which the i~ndefatig-
able Col. Zen S.
Lowell, known all
over the world, is
treasurer and acting
head has made and
for a Lalt century
maintained its great
reputation by the
manufac ture OF
-.,li, woods n il
The Opelousas courier., 1897-08-07
Enemies Forever.

Enemies Forever.
Manie-Fred proposed to me las,
night.
Clara-That accounts for what he
said to me to-day.
Mamie-What did he say?
Clara-Cnly lie lost his presence Of
mind last night and would be mlsera.
BILE the rest Of his life.-New York
journal.