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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

teen years OF age, under penalty of
not less than SO nor more than 800
for each offense.
The tall Masonic Temple Building in
Chicago is slowly sinking. 4 fortune
was spent TO secure firm founda-
ton for this great tWenty-0ne story
structure; but it seems to have been
failure, The building has commenced
% settle, and already at its roof it is
IL inches out OF line. Executions for
the foundation were made fully 30 feet
down, and then piles were driven into
the ground and piles driven upon them.
Then came innumerable layers Of ce-
ment and concrete, interspersed with
miles of railroad rails laid over the
concrete. 1t was thought that this
would make it firm enough. 1t is sur
missed that some Of the piles are sink
ing into the swampy ground.
At a recent entertainment in a sub
urb of Boston the cards of admission
bore this legend: Ladies are requested
TO remove their hats as far as posi-
BILE"
According to the New England His
toric Genealogical Society, Of Boston,
only twenty-nine families that came
to New England from Great Britain
were entitled to bring armOrial bear
ings with them.
The King of Siam carries back to his
country from Europe big box filled
with nothing but insignia of distin
guished orders conferred on him by
brother monarchs.
Hameln, on the Weser, is to have a
monument to its Pied Piper. whom
Browning's poem has made famous.
The monument is the gift of the Prus-
sian Treasury, which erects it to COM
memorate early German colonial en-
terprse, as according to the form Of
the legend the children whom the rat
catcher led into the KOpelberg turned
up in Pennsylvania, and established
the Saxon settlement there. = New
York Sun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

Out of 222 pupils in the grammar
schools in Chicago who attained GER
tain percentage of efficiency only twen-
ty-fve were boys. This would indicate
that girls are about four times as
bright as boys 1t is hard to under
stand these things and straighten up
the rules of heredity 1t is, we believe.
the accepted rule that boys take after"
their mothers and the girls after their
fathers. If they, the women, are the
smarter, the boys, taking after their
Mothers should also be the smarter.
If the men are the smarter, then the
girls, taking after their fathers, y
should be smarter. 1t is a difficult rid
die to unravel-Medical Record
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

Organ grinding has been taken up
by FeliXstowe England curate to
obtain money for his church building
fund. He pays $40 a month for the
hire of the barrel organ, and in three
weeks has collected SIS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

We have a full assortment
of Horse Goods, including
Whips, Sponges, Rugs, etc.,
etc., and a visit to our store
will repay you.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30
TOPICS

Il Avn III ~ A~
goth December, 1897.
A new LOU G eript ito 1@e Of
Harness and Saddlery came
to us last steamer, and we
are in a position to dispose
of it at prices unheard of in
Honolulu.
Just a few articles of our
large stock can be mentioned
here:
HARNESS-Good,
strong. we'll made and dura-
BILE.
22-MULE HARNESS-As strong
as can be procured. For plow-
ing and all rough work, it
can't be beat.
:3,-SINGLE CART and BUGGY
d HARNESS Beautifully
made of first class material.
We have them from SIG to
S}5 the set.
4-RUSSET HARNESS-Always
looks neat and good.
ROBES = We have a
large stock in Linen and Mo
ME cloth, from ST to $3.50.
GENUINE IVORY-Martin-
gale rings.
7-WHITMAN BITS are for hard
mOuthed animals, but they
can be used without fear of
injury on the tenderest of
mouths.
S-RACINE BITS are the latest
things out. No fear of bolt
ing horses where these are
used. They're a bit too much
for 'em.
9-FEED BOXES prevent slob
boring and waste, and pay fOl
themselves in no time. be
sides being a real boon tC
your horses.
= = & & i
We have a full assortment
| of Horse Goods, including
Whips, Sponges, Rugs, etc.,
etc., and a visit to our store
will repay you.
The HQWQiQD AQIdVQ[e Go.
2S6 FORT ST.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

teen years of age, under penalty of
not less than so nor more than 800
for each offense.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-30

The King of Siam carries back to his
country from Europe big box filled
with nothing but insignia of distin-
guished orders conferred on him by
brother monarchs
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
SociaIistic Experiments.

Under a new law in Switzerland, all persons without prcperty or a good in- come for life are compelled to insure in companies against accident and illness.
 In New Zealand amy person over e5, who has lived in the colony twenty years may draw a weekly pension of from $1.25 to S250, according to circumstances statsd in the law.
 The New Zealand idea Is that as the public would have to support helpless old persons anyhow, it night as we'll make such people a small allowance.
 On the other hand, the idea in Switz- erland is that all poor persons should be forced when they are well and strong to lay up provision for a rainy day, and it is believed that this can be done bet ter through the medium of a safe in surance company than in any other way.
 The two experiments are socialistic, and it will be interesting to watch their workings. If they give satisfaction they will probably be adopted in other coun- tries.
 In these days public convenience can-
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
One Books Work.

The New York Tinles gives the follow ing interesting facts in regard to the, Revised English Bible and lts fate:
 These who remember the enormous sales which attended the Introduction of the Revised Version of the Holy Scrip tureS will be not a little surprised at the general collapse which has gradually made this publication a drug in the market Over sixteen years ago the first edition of the Revised New Testa- ment was published at the Oxford Press. and at that time so strenuous were the efforts made to obtain advance sheets of it that one house alone offered f5 900 for single copy without success. When the Revised Version of the entira Bible was published four years latter, the run on the Oxford University Press ware house was unprecedented, upward of a million copies being issued between one madnighr and the next midday. At the New York branch of the Oxford Press, Tn Bfeecker street. the office was bes,aged the might before publication, and special detectives were placed around the build Ing to prevent overeager purchasers from obtaining copies, even by depositing their money.
 IL Is estimated that 1000, 900 copies we're sold in this country during the first three weeks after the publication. Such a sale had never before been known. and several American firms, including Har- per Brothers. D. Appleton & Co.,, Dodd, Mead & Go, and Porter & Coates, of Philadelphia, issued American editions in qarge quantities to meet tha demand.
 The collapse was experienced less than two months after the firslt appearance of the new version. The total loss to the American firms interested has been va- riously estimated to be between $500, 900 and $600,000 From that date until now the sales have been extremely small, less than eight copies being sold to 100 of the King James version.
 That the revised version will ever sup plant the King James version seems ex- tremely doubtful from the present out look. As Is well known. the new yer
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
The Siren of the Melon.

Te following story of Arnold Boechin' the Swiss painter, is told in the German papers. In the early part of his career he was commissioned to paint a "stn- life" for an art lover of Ba;sle The pdc- ture, consisting of several siorts or fruae' among them a large melon, was refuseo. The planter took aa home and, wishing to utilize the canvas. began to serape N with a knife. The small fruits rapidly disappeared, but when 1t came to scrap ing the melon Boechlin stopped. feeling as if he were about to commit homicide. He had not the courage t,o accomplish the sacrifice A bright idea dawned on him. He seized brush and turned the melon into siren swimming under wa ter. The effect produced seemed to the artist wonderful Since then he has painted many sirens. but his favorite is the one that came, many years ago. from an fdealized melon.
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
Hard On Debtors.

In New York, when a debtor falls to pay, and nothing can be found to levy on, he may be summoned in what they call supplsms sntaIry proceedings, and compelled to answer questions about his property and his income.
 The other day a preacher was put through this examination at the instance of grocer whose bill had been running for three years. The poor minister had to tell all about his affairs. His church paid his salary irregularly in driblets. He rarely ever received fees from funer- als ctr marriages. After paying rent he did not have enough to support his wife and children.
 It is quite likely that his church will be angry over this disclosure of it's fail ure to pay the pastor, and instead of set tling with him, it would not be surpris- ing if he should lose his place.
 Yet it is not the debtors fault. He has patiently waited and tried to keep up respectable appearance, but his pri- vate affairs are now laid before the pub lie, and he will have to suffer further wrong and injury. The New York method is very much like putting man on the Olr
The age-herald., 1897-11-25

slon is never used In either the Roman Cathode or Protestant Episcopal church Tn public worship, and can never be, un- less authorized by those in power, which is extremely unlikely to occur, ewing to the origin Of the revised version. The Donay Bible is at present used almost exclusively among English spsakHng peo- pie of the Roman Cathode church, and the King James Bible in the Protestant Episcopal church. In churches of other denominations the revised version has made little CT no hsladway, and the reg ular Scripture reading for the day Is rarely taken from 1t.
 That old-fashioned Bible has saved the English languagel
 It has remained through all the cen- turies the standard of our written lan- guage, and that ripe scholar the late Charles A. Dana, always made 1t his model and guide In the construction of sentences and the use of words. When in doubt about grammar ot, diction he re- gardcd 1t as a safe rule to follow the usage of the tlanslatoris of the King James Bible.
 No one book has ever had such tre- liAthiuOuS ll1uutICt dpOn SlyfG O1 speakers and writers, and this fact has prevented our language from being en- tirely revoluitf otIized by new words and custcms. As 1t ifs. we borrow foreign words and new fashions of speach, but our regard for the standard Book of Books prevents us from making too many reckless innovations. But for the influence of the Bible in settling the forms ef our written language, 1t is cer- tain that the people of the present day would not be able to dead and under stood Shakespeare or any of the authors of the Efizabethan age.
 The prejudice of the people in favor of the old Bible will be a great help to our literature. Without some standard book to preserve our language it would change in every generation, and the great writer's of our century would be unfntelligible to the readers of later period.
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
Wasting Public Money.

Every year, in Georgia, and in other states, somebody introduces a prohibi- tion bill in the legislature. It is well known that the bill stands no chance, but it is gravely debated and consumes several days of the session before it is defeated.
 Why continue this expensive farce? Prohibition is an admitted failure in every state that has tried it. Local op- tion laws in counties will sometimes work satisfactorily. but state laws have never worked we'll.
 Such laws are not needed. Business regulates temperance these days. The liquor habit is losing ground, and in the near future the American people will be noted for their temperance habits.
 Only the rich can afford to drink, and they have so many other pleasures that they need not be drunkards.
 Business will do more than all the statutes in the world to keep men sober.
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
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The age-herald., 1897-11-25
How the Castle Was Saved.

A certain lord, on the eve of his depart ure for India, bethough1 him of an old historic ru.n-a former stronghold of the O'Neills-which stood on his estate near Belfast.
 Summoning his steward, Dan Mulligari, he took him to his castle and drew line with his stick around it to show where he wanted protection wall to be built.
 He then set off upon his mission, se- cure of the preservation of his grand his toric ruin.
 On his return home the first thing he thought of was his fine old castle, which he hastened to view. It was gone.
 He rubbed his eyes, and looked again Yes; gone it certainly was, leaving no trace behind.
 He summoned Dan.
 "Dan, where's the castle?"
 "eThe castle, my lord? That old thing! Sure, I pulled it down to build the wall Widl"
The age-herald., 1897-11-25

not be made unpopular by raising the cry of socialism. As Gen. Toombs used to say, there are two kinds of socialism good and bad lit is the part of wis dom for a government to utilize every honest method which will promote the public welfare. Under our political system we have features which are dem ocratic, despotic, paternal and social istic
 There will always be some forms of s5cialism practiced, because they will serve the people better and more econom- ically than they would serve themselves by their individual efforts
 But this ds very far from saying that socialism would be a good thing for the foundation of a system of government
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
Drawbacks to Klondike Life.

'"There are some drawbacks up there," said the Klondike Munchausen gravedy. "There is so much dust-goqd dust-that of course you get 1t in your eyes, and some of the boys went stone blind on that account. You can't bear the sight of whisky up in that country. Why :? On account of the dust-gold dust-that you gst into your system.
 And another thing, the nuggets are awfully tl'oublesloma They are lying around so thick everywhere that you get 'em in your boots and they hurt your feet; you get 'em in your blankets and have to pick 'em out before you go to bed, and you even get 'em En your eat ables I got stomach complaint that way. Them nuggets just wouldn't digest"
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Choice of the Dragon Who wrestled With the
 Czar.

czar.
 One of the stories of Peter the Great which tine French president heard In St Petersburg was of the great czar's wrest- ling match with dragoon.
 Once in the Imperial Palace-so the story goes-Pster was at table with g great many princes and noblemen, and soldiers were posted within line hall. The ezar was in a happy mood, and rising, called out to the company:
 Listen, princes and boyars; is there one among you who will wrestle with me, to pass the time and amuse the ezar?"
 There was no reply, and lthe czar re- peated his challenge. No prince or noble man dared wrestle with his sovereign. But all at once a young dragoon stepped out from the ranks of the soldiers on guard.
 Listen, orthodox c1ar," he said. T will wrestle with thee."
 ''Well, young dragoon" sadd Peter T will wrestle with thee, but on these con- dations: If thou art thrown, thou >shaDt be beheadedI Wilt thou wrestle on those conditions?"
 q will, great czar," said the soldier. They closed, and presently the soldier with his left arm, thiew the czar, and with h.s right he prevented him from failing to the ground. The sovereign was clearly beaten.
 Somewhat in the spiri9 of Herod, the czar offered the soldier whatever reward he should claim, and the soldier ignobly claimed the privilege of drinking free, as long as he lived in all the inns belonging to tha crown
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
THANKSGIVING, 1897,
By A. B. Purdue.

By A. B. Purdue.
 As down the ringing groves of time
 The year wheels swiftly to it's end, Full-freightsd with a thousand cares Yet gIded with faith sublime;
 The busy world needs pause and send To Heavens gates its praise and prayers. In distant lands the scourge of war
 Has cast it's desolation round Some Christian altars and famine's breath Still scatter peStilence afar
 Beneath fair Indiais sun; and down The Orient runs the river Death Yet at our gate, the Mexic wave
 11er sorrow-ladIen dirges bring Of patriots warning to be free The unequal struggle by the brave,
 Fair Cuba and the tyrant's sting Her heroes and her chiva1ry. How blessed our landl The impregnable will
 Of Him who rules all land and seas Our fortress is whose tender love And ever-guarding eye distill
 His blessings on our liberties, Like twilight dews from Heaven above.
 And curse the land where freedom dwells, Or else the cyntc prophecy = Our nasty ruin, with mOcklng leer;
 The doubtful gloom at once dispels, Since God yet holds our destiny. A goodly land! where peace supreme
 And freedom hold their glad embraces Nor famine comes, nor tyrants frown; Where plenty reigns. and fortune beams
 In golden harvests; where the grace Of comfort fingers yet around Then strike the cymbols, ring the bells,
 Let all the people shout and sing, '"rhe Lord is good, we praise his name;s Wherever hope or freedom dwells
 Our grateful hearts, our praises brfngj .'The Lord is good, we praise his name."
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
What Makes the Man.

The success of many young southern CTS i'm New York Journalistic business and political circles, has caused much comment and surprise has been ex- pressed that strangers from the provfn- cial region of the republic should so easily make their way to the front in the metropolis where competition is fierce.
 There is nothing strange in it. In ev- cry generation bright young men from the country go to London and Paris and outstrip those who were born and edu- cated there. It is the same in New York. Now, for the explanation. The dwellers in crowded citfss and the states Immediately under their influence are ed- ucated in certain rut and trained in it, and the chances are that they VIII live and die in 1t. They are machines, they look, talk, think and act alike or when they are exceptions they are likely to be freaks.
 In the south, as in some localities in Europe, the people live far away from the big cities. They grow up with ideas and ways of their own. They have time to think, read and study human nature They have independence and individu- ality. Here in the south these adyan- tages are intensified by the fact that the young Southerner, dealing with an in fsrlor race becomes accustomed to lead and command He is in the habit of dscid ng and acting for himself, and he has been taught not to fear risking his job and even his life when his self-re- spect is at stake.
 Such bright and manly young fellows, especially when they have been fairly we'll educated, soon make themselves felt in the metropolis, and their employers have sense enough to aee that they are khe men they need fer responsible posi- tions. Individuality and independence count when brains and integrity are linked with them. As a rule the young southerner never tries to copy or initiate anybody. Such men are a godsend in New York where crowd of wooden ma chimes flock every year from the eastern schocls and colleges, all thinking, writ ing and talking just alike. It is re- lief to get rid of such dummies, and take in their place young men of some originality and pluck.
 But conditions are changing rapidly. Northern ideas and methods have in one generation placed the south on a lower plane. and in another fifty years it Is to be feared that the average young south erner will be very much like his northern competitor. We make a great mistake in adopting standards and methods sim ply because they have been indorsed elsewhere. The descendants of the men who made this republic are capable of being law unto themselves in the mat ter of their literature. laws, politics, mor- Rls and customs. They will step down to an inferior plane as soon as they ac- cept the views of outsiders instead of their own Individuality can command culture. but mere culture can never com mand individuality. and individuality is the greatest factor of success in any sphere of life.
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
Too Many Monuments.


 A Washington correspondent of the Nashville American says that a party of southern gentlemen recently visited the national capital for week of sight seeing. AS they turned into Pennsylva- mia avenue they found themselves next to a saloon.
 Lets take a drink," sald one of the party.
 "We have just had one" said another
 'It would be a good idea to settle on how often wa shah take drink during our weeks stay" said the third
 "Wel1," said the first. who just then caught sight of the ever-visible Wash- ington monument '1ets take a drink every time we see the monument"
 "It suits me-" said No. 8, "provfding we do take one every time we see it."
 "I'm agreed" said No. 9, ''providing we don't take one any oftener.'
 They were faithful to their plight. But they didn't stay a week. Instead, they took the o'clock train that after noon for New York, one of them re- marking to the conductor as they board ed it:
 rMosh shingier town. Everybody gone daft on Geor Washton Put up monu- ment to him every shtrset corner. Georgie mush -hic-bully hoy."
The age-herald., 1897-11-25

The result of the special election in Chicago on Tuesday sends another Bou- telle to congress. The one from Maine has been more Ehan the country really needed, but with two of them is more than is required.
The age-herald., 1897-11-25
Moving a Gas Company.

A man who had read advertisements of a gas attachment guaranteed to save 50 per cent and make no dirt wedlt to the office of the gas company and bought the thing. Ths man who took the money said the article would gio up the next day. The purchaser waited four days. Then he wrote someith'ng on postal card and mailed it. Then he waited two days. After this he wrote a letter. No answer Then he wrote another, and this is the way the envelope was addressed: For the President.
 President
 Secretary.
 Treasurer,
 Bookkeeper.
 Cashier or
 Clerk of the Gas Company. The next day the article was delivered. An hour later am inspector called to see if the article had been properly placed. The same day another employe called to ask if the inspector had been there. The next day the company sent letter ask ing if the work was satisfactory.
The age-herald., 1897-11-25

Judge Coleman's fool friends are given ito complaining too much about the crit ieisms applied to that eminent gentleman the back" What Judge Coleman appears to fear more than all else, ds ito come out of 'i,he woods and face the music"
The age-herald., 1897-11-25

Lord Justice Ludlow, whose retire ment from the English bench fs an- nounced, was noted for his gentle man. ners in court, and on more than one oc- caLsion his amiabihty In taking pity on results. One was being badgered about @ denial of drunkenness, when the judge addressed him kindly from the benchi Did you say I was not drunk sir?" he asked. 1T never said anything about you at all" was the reply