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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-06
w. w. DIMOND.

China ware in England is
CrOckery in the United States
and mighty good ware in
Honolulu. Our advertise
1ent last week brought US
an abundance of orders--it
will bring more this week.
The prices we quote are
misleading, because they
give you the impression that
the ware is cheap. Convince
yourself.
Tea Sets, % pieces, So. so
Yea Sets, 81 pieces, 1912
Tea Sets, IL pieces, 1910
Tea Sets, 50 pieces, 81 81
You have three shades to
select from and if the pieces
included in the set are not
to your liking, you may have
others.
The breakfast sets are
CharmerS.
25 pieces at S2.73
81 pieces at S4.o4
40 pieces at S. 80
y pieces at S7.83
The dinner sets cannot be
described--tOO much for so
little. Read these prices:
Dinner Sets, "a pieces, 5II
Dinner Sets, 50 pieces, SII.6o
Dinner Sets, 65 pieces, SI2 40
Dinner Sets, So pieces, $500
m0@ @
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
The Virginia Quarrel.

It YES &c BE expected that the action
taken by the republican state committee
of Virginia would be criticised in some
quarters. And it is: within the state and
out of it the note of protest is heard A
campaign. 1t is insisted. ought to be made
even in the face of the disbursements
that exist. The party, although again un-
successful at the polls, would benefit in the
way of discipline and holding to the line
of organization. To decline combat, it is
declared, is to increase the discourage
me1ts and invite decentralization.
BIt it is only fair to assume that the
committee took all of these things into
account before it voted. 1t is thoroughly
representative committee. 1t knows the
state from one end to the other. Its MEM
bers were all in last years fight, and hence
are fresh from experience with the demo-
cratic election laws. They claim to have
worked last year as never before and with
such assistance as they could not hope to
command again this year. And yet they
lost the state by nineteen thousand votes.
What the result OF fight this year would
be is matter only for speculation 1t is
n certainty that the republicans would
lose. Bet by how much? Suppose the re-
turns. no matter by what means secured,
and free silver by forty thousand majority.
Would that, the committee asks, benefit
the cause of sound money in Virginia or
elsewhere?
Each faction questions the motives of
the other. The Lamb faction, which has
secured no recognition in the matter of
patronage at the hands of the administra
ton, is very certain that the Agnew fac
ton, now that it has the patronage. is
Indifferent to everything else The Agnew
faction is equally certain that only be-
cause the Lamb faction has been disap-
pointed in the matter of patronage does
it press the making of a campaign this
year. Its desire is to give the democrats
an opportunity to appear to score a tre-
mendous victory, in the hope that it may
be accepted by the country as rebuke to
the administration.
Charges and counter charges may go for
what they are worth. But the fact re-
mains that the committees vote against
n convention was almost unanimous, and
that the committee is in closest touch with
the national administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

for supposing that Gov. Griggs intended
any such slur on that body.
1t requires no fortune to hold high of
flee In Washington and exercise command
ing influence in affairs. Extravagant dv-
Ing is not the rule of political life here.
Men of large means who reach member
ship in either house OF Congress, or are
called to high executive place, entertain
handsomely, but only on the same princi-
pie that they entertain at home Society
expects it of them not because Of their
office but because Of their means. They
are able to entertain. and hence it becomes
part of their public duty. Many very
eminent and influential men who come
here in public commission without fortune
make no attempt to emulate those with
fortunes. They live here, as they do at
home according to their income, and they
do not suffer in any way by reason of 1t.
They come to commanding proportions in
the transaction of the public business land
leave lasting regulations behind them.
Gov. Griggs is a practicing lawyer with
family. He probably has ambitious pro-
3ects for his sons and daughters. To give
them the best of opportunities requires
him to attend to the matter of income
closely. When he leaves his present office
he will very likely return to a lucrative
law business to which. freed from all po-
itical cares. he can give his whole time.
That will mean in a few years for him a
snug estate and the ability to do for his
children what he has in mind for them.
An election to the Senate would. on the
other hand. deprive him Of many profess
sional opportunities, and make him, in
comparison. but a small financial return
In the circumstances therefore he for
goes the honor of the senatorship for him
self in consideration of matters which for
the time he considers weightier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
The Deadly Grade Crossing.

The community Is again shocked at the
news of another grade-crossing accident.
This time two lives were lost-one an aged
lawyer, who was highly esteemed by large
circle of friends. and the other a young
woman of many attractive qualities. a
descendant of the family of the first Presi-
dent of the Umted States. The worst feat
ure of this accident is that 1t. appears to
have been the result of parsimony on the
Part of the railway company.
According to the testimony given at the
coroEer's inquest there was but one man
employed in the tower. whose duties in
cluded the receipt and sending of tele-
graphic messages. the looking after the
signals and the lowering and raising of
the gates at the crossing. 1t is in evil
dcnce that the employees of the road had
frequently commented upon the excess of
work required of the man at this point
and that the day operator had frankly told
the officials of the company that his du-
ties were too great for the salary
he was receiving and that they must either
give him more money or put a gateman
there. The company raised his compensa-
ton and did not employ a gateman, but
made no improvement in the night service.
The Star has for years urged the s:boli-
ton of the grade crossing and the elevation
OF depression of railway tracks within the
limits of the District. If the grade cross
ing is to exist every precaution TO prevent
accident should be taken by the railway
companies. There should be gateman
at every crossing. VINO should have no
otner duty than to see that the gates are
lowered on the approach of every train.
Failure to provide proper protection in this
respect on the part of a company makes 1t
justly liable to the charge of criminal negli-
gence and wilful disregard of the lives of
those who are compelled to cross it's tracks
So far as the testimony has gone at the
inquest the case seems to be one calculated
to excite Indignation in the community
at the sacrifice of life by a failure of the
railway company to apply proper safe
guards at the point where the accident
occurred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
A Sign of Acquiescence.
From The Springfield Republican.


The old Republican Association of ILL
nois' at Washington is to be disbanded-
and thereby hangs tale very creditable to
the civil service reform intentions of the
administration. This association, like many
others at the capital representing other
states, is composed of Office holders resident
in Washington. For thirty years it has been
active in helping other Hlinoisans to get
Office and in sending home the voters at
times of close elections. Lately, however.
it Endorsed the application Of citizen of
Illinois for Office and received word from
the department applied to that no such
support corld be recognized set forth
the political service of the applicant or the
politics of the indorsers. This convinces the
organization that 1t has no particular rea-
son for longer existence. It is regarded as
a significant step bearing on the growth
of the reform. Says the Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Evening POST:
TT means that the small-fry politicians in
Washington have realized at last that the
merit system is in force; that the day of
political pull in the departments is passing
away; that President McKinley's last civil
service order is going to be honestly con-
strued in spirit as well as in letter in every
department, and that when clerks and
others secure promotion or advancement 1t
will be because they deserve 1t and not be-
cause of influence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

of his party or the country through Con-
gress distinctly on his plan. But in July Of
the next year. 1890. Congress, with a re-
publican majority In both houses, passed
the Sherman act with its silver bullion pur-
chasing clause. and In that Mr.. Teller and
his silver friends concurred. The bullion
purchases under that act. however, did not
relieve the situation, and at the end OF
three years. Mr.. Cleveland. who had been
returned to the White House meanwhile,
clause Of the act, and this, after pro-
tracted fight in Congress. was secured.
Among the arguments in support Of the
repeal OF the purchasing clause Of the Sher-
man act it was urged that, by such pur-
chases, the government entered, In a meas
ure. upon the populistic "warehousing
policy" Now that 'warehousing policy"
1t will be seen, is at the root of this Win
dom plan as revived by Gov. Boies. The
government. it is true, would make no
purchases. as under the Sherman act, but
1t would become the custodian of all silver
bullion upon which the owners desired an
issue of notes with the governments stamp
upon them.
But the question is of prime interest be-
cause 1t is brought forward by a silver
leader who abandons the ratio of 16 to 1
while holding on to the silver ISSUE He
resides in the Northwest, where silver has
long been strong, and there will be curios-
fty to know how many men. who like
himself. stood on the Chicago platform last
year. are now, like himself, convinced that
the ratio of 10 to 1 is out of the question,
and the fight for 1t abandoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
The Situation in India.

The latest news from India is somewhat
assuring, but the situation undoubtedly
continues grave. This is shown by the fact
that $4,000 British troops are now in the
neighborhood of the scene of the threat
ened uprising. The putting of so large a.
force in the field there is evidence suffi-
cient that the British commander scented
real danger. The suspected tribes are send
ing in their submission to the government,
but ample means will probably be taken
to prove their sincerity before the British
watchfulness is abated.
General Roberts of Indian fame, now
commander of the forces in Ireland, is
quoted as confident of the ability of the
government in India to deal successfully
with any trouble that may arise there His
reliance is, Of course, on the size and equip
ment of the army. His faith in that is
naturally great. 1t has dealt with some
pretty ticklish affairs there under his own
direction. But he makes a disqueting
statement in the doubt he throws over the
sincerity of the Ameer of Afghanistan. He
does not think that the mutinous tribes
men would have shown their teeth at all
if they had not felt assured of the Ameers
approval. The Ameer exercises great in
fluence over his people, and if he is secretly
fomenting trouble for the British, these
present messages of submission from the
suspects" may prove to be a feature of
his treachery. too precipitate start may
have been made, and the Ameer may now
be advising policy of submission pending
more complete arrangements for second
outbreak.
While the British are very strong in
India, and have now a better civil and mill
tary organization than ever before, an up
rising of the natives on fanatical lines
would tax the British resources severely.
And then there would be the danger of
spread of the disaffection far beyond the
ordinary calculations. The forces and in
SEPARATIONS that work in time of war among
such wild tribes as in case of another re-
volt would again confront the British, are
not easily discovered, or, when discovered,
easily understood by civilized men. The
necessity arises. therefore, for the employ
ment of the most terrible agencies for put
ting down revolts, and these in turn beget
terrible reprisals on the part of the saw
ages. The mutiny Of forty years ago left
a memory which will long survive in Eng
land, as in India, and is still sufficient to
awaken anxiety at the bare suggestion of
a collision of any kind there between the
authorities and the natives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Ynried Uses of the Rnyn.

Many and varied are the uses Of the
Roentgen rays. They have been utilized
to find vagrant needles in the human sys-
tenn 10 locate long-lost bullets, to reveal
anatomical mis-cues. to ascertain the
whereabouts Of pennies and other unwhole-
some articles of diet swallowed by juve-
nile experimenters in gastronomy. to de-
tect the wickeiness of would-be SNUG
glers to pry out, in short. a hundred and
one secrets of man and nature. 1t has re-
manned for a Camden high school GIRL
however. to add to the practical roper
toire of these marvellous vibrations that
pentrate so many hitherto Opaque SUBJ
stances. She was under instruction in
wood working in the manual training
department and one feature of her an
nual examination in this branch of learn
ing was the construction of small box
to contain gloves and sundry other articles
appertaining to the feminine toilet The
work required the use of long nails in one
end of the box and short nails IN the other
and after these had been driven the young
woman discovered to her dismay that she
had forgotten the relative places of these
two sizes. 1t was all important that she
should know these facts in order to pre-
vent certain mechanical difficulties and
thus 10 save the record mark that contrib
uted to the scholarly total of the year.
Acting on an inspiration she took her un-
finished box to a kindly wizard with a
Crookes's tube and static machine, who
turned on the rays and revealed the nails,
all In their places. The girl then finished
the box correctly, received a perfect mark
On her achievement and passed her exam
nation triumphantly. Shall it now be
said that Herr Roentgen Is not q practical
tenefactor?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Gov. Boie., Change Of View.

Ex-Gov. Bcies. in addressing a democratic
meeting at Marshalltown, Iowa. reiterated
an opinion he had previously expressed.
that free coinage Of silver at the ratio OF
16 to l was not, In present Conditions,
within the reach" of the friends of silver.
He first expressed this opinion some months
ago, before wheat and silver had parted
company, and while the market price of
silver bullion still lowered near the quota
ton of last November. The deliverance,
therefore, Is not to be read in the light of
recent developments. 1t was not necessary
for wheat to go to a dollar and silver bull
lion to reach the lowest figure recorded In
its history for the distinguished Iowan to.
discover the error of last years democratic
contention.
Gov. Boies was originally republican.
Becoming a convert to the principle of tariff
reform, he joined the democratic party,
and then embraced the cause Of free COIN
age. He was a candidate for the presden-
tial nomination at Chicago last year, md
at the outset had a large following. He
Was at that time in full accord with the
party's silver policy. Had he been nomin-
ated 1t would have been upon the platform
on which Mr.. Bryan stood. He supported
Mr.. Bryan as the party's nominee. But
now he admits change of view. and con-
fesses that In his opinion free coinage at
1G to as an Independent act by this gov
eminent cannot be accomplished.
Gov. Boies does not abandon the cause of
silver. He Is in favor Of keeping up the
fight. but upon lines promising success.
His present proposition is that recommend
ed by the late Mr.. Window when Secretary
of the Treasury in the Harrison cabinet In
1889. Mr.. Window proposed to Issue treas
ury notes against silver bullion at the
market price Of silver when deposited,
payable on demand In such quantities In
silver bullion as Will equal in value at the
date Of presentation the number of dollars
expressed on the face Of the notes at the
market price Of silver, or in gold, at the
option Of the government, or in silver dol
lars. at the option Of the holder
Mr.. Window did not live to take the sense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Gov. Grixx.' Choice.

Gov. Griggs Of New Jersey. an able law
Ger and very popular man, has been solicit
ed to stand for the Senate as the republic
can candidate against Senator Smith, He
declines. upon the score that he Is too
poor to enter the Senate. His decision
causes comment. In which may be heard
that old cry about the degeneracy Of the
Senate into a mere club of rich men and
their agents. But there Is no authority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

Mr.. Watson will doubtless indorse Mr..
PETERS opinion that the populists ought to
be a party unto themselves. But he Will
probably disagree with him as to the best
man to put forward for presidential c;.n-
didate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

Canada will divide her energies between
efforts to collect tax on gold mined by
Americans and lending helping hand to
the Chinese desiring to be smuggled into
this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

Inc change in advertising methods
which has occurred within the past few
years would make the total. disappearance
OF the billboard a matter of slight regret
to anybody except the ompiyorous goat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

Broker Chapman can place his hand
over his heart and VOW that neither he
nor the United States Senate has had a
thing to do with the profits now being
realized on wheat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

The feminine nature will assert itself
even in the midst of the most serious bust
ness. Up to the present time most of the
talk about the Kansas carnival has been
devoted to what Mrs. Lease will wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

Some Of the populists in Ohio seem to
have been doing the best they knew how to
refute charges that their ideas Of politics
are not practical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
t able No. 10.

4Sc Denim Covers, 1 yard square
anteed fast color.
4Sc silk Ruffied Cushions, 1Sx1S,
CSC Fancy Screen Doors, 2 It. 6
25c Brusseline Rugs, 20x30.
15c Brusseline Rugs. 27x54.
81 Brussels Rugs, 27x54.
lie Figured Gold Crepe Silkaline.
lint. Mahogany or Oak Tables, II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

IL litigation proves as expensive for the
strikers as it does for most people the
operators will have little objection to their
indulgfng in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

General Weyler is enough to make the
world long for supplemented Don Quixote
as an exponent of Spanish chivalry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

The main point Of merit which the Ger
p man emperor's new battle car displays is
the fact that there will he no ATTEMPT tn
run 1t with an overhead trolley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
1t May BE Free Yet.
From the Troy Times.

The silver dollar is now worth forty
one cents in bullion value. Instead Of
being a f1fty-cent dollar 1t is now a forty
cent dollar. At this rate Of decline it may
be free silver yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

John L. Sullivan has an ambition to be
mayor of Boston. This would be even
worse than the Bacchante.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

From the Kansas City Times
Missouri's twenty-million dollar fruit
crop furnishes a rosy object lesson to men
with the Klondike fever how fortunes may
be made without the unpleasantness of
digging under the ground or dying on top
of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

Now that dollar wheat has become a
reality the American farmer will be
tempted to believe in the sea serpent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Keeping His Word.

You will remember" said the vaudeville
performer on salary day, that you said
you'd take me on trial"
Yes, said the manager.
And If I suited. you said you'd pay me
big money"
"Oh, yes; so I did. Here you are. Fiji
teen silver dollars. I always keep my
word. If you find any bigger money in
circulation than the silver dollar. let me
know and I'll have this changed for you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
SHOOTING STARS,
Up to Date,

Have you any modern engines Of war;"
asked the visitor.
Yes replied the Spanish general; 1--WE
quit running our printing presses by hand
long ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
KlondiIxe It HONG.


From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Kansas man who couldn't go to the
Kiontlfke stayed ut home and committed
suicide. thereby serving the same purpose
at much less expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Another Happy Man.

From the Minneapolis Times.
The contractor for the plating on Oma.
has silver palace Ii not deplQring the fan
Of the white metal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
L able No. s.

S29S Silk-striped Grass Linen. as inches wide.
For 40 CENTS YARD
4sc and Csc Maggie veilngs and Chenille DOTTED
Neilings. For 81 CENTS YARD
&c and loo Swiss and Cambria Embroidered
Edges. For Z CENTS YARD
loo and 1sc Cambria and Swiss Eani,rnideries
to 3 inches wide. For 10 CENTS YARD
12c French Bingham Band Bows
For 3 CENTS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
A Long Memory,


What's the natter" asked the penuri-
Gus landlord.
"The plaster's fallen off the ceiling" said
the tenants son.
well, I hope you're satisfied. The first
thing you did when you moved in was to
complain that the ceilings were too low"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Presence of Mind.

Have you observed the achievements of
women as life savers at the seaside this
summer" said one man.
Yes" was the reply. II was present
when several people owed their lives to
the prompt action of an athletic woman"
did she jump overheard after them?'
mo. She told the man who was rocking
the boat that he could either stop it or
have trouble with her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21


Here's to the man with a gun on his
shoulder,
Who cares not for weather, but trudges
along;
Who stops at no thicket and leaps DER
the boulder
Ard steadies his aim with an arm that
is strong.
No trappings that glitter respond to the
cleaning
OF the sun which beats fierce as he goes
on his way;
He's too old a campaigner to care for fine
seeming;
He laughs. though his garments be spat-
tered with clay.
My heart finds no pleasure in deeds that
are martial
They seem but perversions of powder
and ball.
But my stomach, in sooth is exceedingly
partial
To the man who goes hunting for birds
in the fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

The COnstantfnOpIc bombs.
The sultan, much embarrassed man,
Exclaimed, with furrowed brow,
Il once was Mohammedan,
But I'm a quaker now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

OIn order to avoid delays, on nc
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
to any individual connected with the
office. hut simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial business DEPART
ments, according to tenor or purpose.