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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
l PRECIOUS CARGO,
THE EXCELSIOR ARRIVES AT FRISCO FROM SIT.
 MICHAELS.
She Has Only a TrlfIing Matter Of Two Broken Propeller Blades and S2, ,50O,-
 900 in Gold.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16-The long overdue steamer Excelsior, which left St. Michaels, Alaska, for this port six weeks ago, but was compelled to put bae6 to Unalaska for repairs, after having broken two blades of her propeller, arrived here yesterday with sixty-three passengers and about$2 300 1000 in gold
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16

Little Rock has quarantined against all infected yellow fever points.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
Marriage Bells.

oh October 9th the bells of a Tex. 'rkana church will peal out mar rage chime, in honor of the mar 'ase of MT. George Thomas, former \ ot this city, to Miss Jeanette 2lgaorl of Texarksaesn.asas aesn.asas Mf,. Thomas Pas many friends here who will be seased 10 learn of the happy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16

Mir. Edgar Brown has resumed his position as reporter with the Com mercial, vice Mr. Frank Gray, who has accepted the position as jeb printer in that office.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
MOZART CONSERVATORY
Music, Eloeution and Art.

Will open it's fall term on Monday, September 13, at Merrill Institute with several important additions to it's corps of teachers.
 Miss Lucy Hearn, so well and fay- orably known in Pine Bluff, will have entire charge of the elocution department. Miss Henrietta Seheetz will be the assistant piano teacher.
 All prospective students are re- quested to report at the Institute Monday, September B.
 96dtf E. $. LUCE, Director.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16
 BORN,

PErERsoS-In Pine Bluff, Thurs day, September l6, 1897, at 7:45 a. m., to Mr. and Mrs. A. k. Peterson, | daughter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-16

MT. George (. Morris, who for the past seven years has been foreman and job printer in the Commercial office, has resigned, and his place has been filled by Mir. Frank Gray, Of Fordyce.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22
have expired, L awoke.

have expired, awoKe.
On the whole, it seems probable that
no very intense action of the senses
can be represented in sleep without ac-
tual physical provocation-though the
effect may be absurdly exaggerated.
The chill resulting from the slipping
off of a blanket, for example, may be
interpreted by the hayward fancy of
the slumberer as a sudden plunge into
ice-cold water.
The action of the eye offers the only
important exception to the above rule.
Bright flashes of light are not unusual
in dreams. An impression of utter
darkness is also common. a pail of
black night suddenly falls upon the
scene. and we struggle in vain to use
our eyes; or we grope hopelessly
through an endless series of dark pas
sages. This, 1 suspect, is when sleep
overpowers the optic nerve while the
brain is still active.
1t is a remarkable fact that most
people are far more cowardly indreams
than in the waking state. AFFECT,
craven fear. a terror like that of little
children left in the dark, assails the
stoutest hearts. 1t has often been
noted, too, that good men dream of
committing the most atrocious crimes
without the smallest compunction. 1t
would seem that there is sort of alta
vism in sleep; that the higher facul-
ties slumber first and most soundly,
while the brute instincts of remote and
sa~uEs ancestors, latent in our waking
hours, run riot unchecked.
DAVIS TURNER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22
A TALK ABOUT DREAMS.
Every Human Being Is a Coward
When in Sleep.
Dreaming Fancy Is Unable to Create
for Itself Loud SoUnds-Ncither
Is Acute Pain Felt Unless
Really Present.

Did you ever dream of a really loud
noise-a cry or a crash OF explosion loud
enough to be startling? Presumably
not-except in cases where an actual
sound disturbed your sleep, and entered
into your dream just as you were walk
ing. l, at least, can recall no such eX-
perience, nor could any person whom
j have ever questioned upon this point;
and am convinced that the dreaming
fancy is unable, under ordinary copdi-
tions, to create for itself any very for
midable burst of sound without a cor
responding reality as stimulus. Even
your own cry of terror in a nightmare
is a real cry.
Not that dreamland is a land of alb
scIute silence! Voices are heard there
frequently enough; it is a region full of
whisperings. But its pale ghosts speak
in gentle, modulated tones; the terrible
creatures that infest its jungIes never
roar; no matter how vivid the light
ming flashes, no thunder ever peals in
its skies.
Let me illustrate by a case in which
the dreamer's curious inability to re-
alize a sound which the situation ur-
gently demanded was brought out in
surprising manner. l once dreamed
that a desperate held 4 pistol to my
head with murderous intent. Hepulled
the trigger. Down came the hammer
with snap upon the cartridge; but
the pistol did not go off. Again he
pulled the trigger. was in an agony
of apprehension, and thought that my
last moment had come; but no eXplo-
sion followed. y third time was the
trigger pulled, with the same result.
Then the stress of my terror and eX-
element became too great for endur
ance, and awoke. Evidently the dream
was powerless to represent the noise of
the discharge, and this was interpreted
as a failure of the cartridge to explode.
1t was extremely interesting, but
should not care to undergo the expert
ment again even for the sake of scien-
titic demonstration.
AS it is with loud sounds, so it is with
intense physical pain. There seems to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22
Unstamped Mail of India.

The letters which pass between the
Sikh police and their friends in India
are, as rule, without stamps. The
reason of this almost invariable omis-
sion is that the native postmen have Gu
rious ideas about their duties. Within
the town they may be trusted to duly
deliver a native letter, but should the
epistle be for some one in the coun-
try a few miles from the office, the
postman, after going part of the way,
throws the missive into the nearest
patch of jungle to save himself further
trouble. By sending the letter I'M
stamped the sender insures due de-
livery, for the postman must then de-
liver it at it's destination, as he is bound
to produce on his return q receipt for
the fine imposed for omitted stamps.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22

Horsehesh appears to be a popular
food in the larger towns of Germany.
According to an official statement 1920
horses were slaughtered in Berlin and
2,2S4 in Breslau, while more than 1000
were sold at Munich, Dresden, Magde-
burg and Cologne, respectively. The
total number of horses slaughtered and
consumed in Germany during 1896
reached the astonishing figure of 1864.
The Sexes I'm Massachusetts.
1t is not only in recenttim thatwom-
en- have outnumbered the men in Massa-
chusetts. This condition of affairs has
obtained for 40 years. Ten years ago
the excess was so great that there were
5000 more unmarried women than men.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22
A Conyict,s Charity.

Isaac Keenan,, a colored man under
a life sentence in the Baltimore peni-
tertiary, sent five dollars to the city
marshal to be used in aiding the dis
tressed poor of the city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22

STILL THERE WAS NO EXPLOSION.
be no limit to the mental agony that
may be experienced in dreams, but you
cannot dream of acute bodily pain I'M
less there is actual pain--as when one
wakes with raging toothache after
dreaming of the fortunes of the 1nquisi-
ton.
Again will illustrate. remember
wildly Notwithstanding that l
was run over and crushed by a railway
train. 1t is rare that a dream goes so
far; ordinarily one awakes before such
a crisis is reached, but in this case the
nightmare was singularly persistent.
felt the wheels grinding through my
body and dividing my members, but
there was no sense of pain; that it
seemed, could not be developed by mere
fancy in the slumbering nerves. Nor
was able to realize the experience of
dying in any degree. That, too, is be-
You'd the power of dreams; and wssen
the point was reached where I should
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-22
Makers of Guininc.

There are II quinine factories in the
world. and six of these are in Germany.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09

The Government expects to save $685.
900 yearly by running it's own heating
and lighting plant in the New York
post Office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09

day. The Londoners have always
done inferior work, in this respect
to that done by the people of the
continent. At the same time, Lon
don is now the centre of art decora-
ton for the world. Students from
the continent attend the schools
whereit is taught and the graduates
of these schools are generally pre-
ferred, as teachers, owing to their
thorough education. But this
knowledge has not yet penetrated
into the social life of the people.
In the Jubilee affair, each one
realized his own ideas, and the plan
of making complete artistic exhi-
bition was impossible, though the
money spent by all, for that pur-
pose would have done it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The new Governor of Alaska was
once homeless wait picked up on the
streets of New York, who never knew
his parents or the name they gave him.
The Indianapolis Journal describes
an interesting literary discovery recent
ly made by State Librarian Henry, viz,
a copy of Life of Bonaparte," pub
lished at Salem, Ind, in 1918. The book
was doubtless the first literary work
published in Indiana, and in all proba-
bility it was the first life of Napoleon
published in the United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
MATHEMATICS.

A young person desires to know,
whether or not the study of ma
thematics is not carried too far in
Oahu College.
We cannot answer the question,
because we do not know how the
Faculty rate the Importance OF this
study IN its relation to other studies.
We have our own opinion about
mathematics, which must have no
weight with this young person, be-
cause we 'spise that awful science,
just as the darkey 'spised his mule,
when it kicked him over the fence.
We never understood it, because
we were never properly instructed
in it, even at Punahou in the
''forties." As the great Southern
oratorJ ohm Randolph saidhe would
go a mile to kick sheep, in his
hatred of New England industries,
we like to kick this cold blooded
Science, though we always get the
worst of it.
The members of the Mathemati-
cal Convention, held in July last
in Zurich, considered Mathematics
to be the greatest of all sciences,
ga spiritual world of pure science
on which the sun never SETS" as
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
TIMELY TOPICS
October 8, 1897.

October 8, 1897.
1T IS SAID that the new Cycle
Track will be formally opened on Sat-
urday, 23rd October with grand race
meeting, such as has never before been
seen in Honolulu.
Efforts have been made to induce a
number of Coast flyers to compete, and
1T is EXPECTED of our own wheel
men that they put on their war-paint
and take some of the starch out of the
visitors. In order to put them on the
right road to do this, we give the bene-
fit of our experience.
1T IS FACT-"That man can do
anything-if he has the tools and
knows how to use them" To be sue
cessful Cyclist, he must not only train
properly, but also ride the best of
wheels.
1T IS KNOWN to almost everybody
that the justly-famed TRIBUNE
holds it's own against all competitors.
1t is strong favorite with wheelmen
throughout the States, and it's merits
are not unknown here. We have de-
termined to meet riders in every pos
sible way, and to that end have re-
solved to REDUCE THE PRICE. Be
sides the ''TRIBUNE,' in Ladies and
Gents wheels, we have the Renowned
JIMMY" Baker & Hamilton "SPE-
GALS and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
though strictly high-grade; and a
grand line of "Fixings," such as
Pumps, Lamps, Bells, Brushes, Tires,
Etc. A PUNCTURELESS TIRE in
stock is, without doubt, the nearest
approach to perfection yet accomplish
ed. The weight is only trifle over
that of an ordinary tire, and the adj
vantages of such a tire are appreciated
by everyone.
RACING SUITS-We have a small
stock of Elegant Suits, specially i'm
ported for the occasion, and have also
CYCLISTS SHOES, which we are dis
posing of very cheaply.
| Now is the time to select your out
| fits, and we can satisfy you in every
line-Wheels, Suits and Shoes com
plete Everything of THE BEST ant
| yet at reduced prices.
Call and look them over.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
REMARKABLE NEGROES.

We do not propose to discuss,
at this time, the relative merits OF
the Hawaiian and the negro. 1t Is
a serious subject, and must be con-
sidered with unusual care.
In order to show, however, how
little is understood, even in the
United States, about the negro's
character and possibilities, we men
ton several instances which set
white men to thinking. DIR. Bly,
den, the Liberian Minister at the
Court Of st. James, is a pure black
with thick lips, and, we believe,
was born in Philadelphia. His
learning and wit were so marked,
that during his residence in Lon
don, he was admitted to the houses
Of the aristocracy, the swell society,
on his merits, and had admission,
where rich Americans were unable
to enter. At funeral service, in
1898, Prof. Bloomingdale, pure
black, with woody hair, thick lips
anda mouth which opened from ear
to ear. made an address which for
originality of thought, purity and
strength of diction, and simple elo-
uuence astonished his hearers,
among whom were DIR. McVicar of
Philadelphia, DIR. Mckenzie of
Harvard University and Mr.. Rob
ert Ogden, the partner OF Mr..
John Wanamaker. DIR. Mckenzie,
a man of noted power, remarked
that "Prof. Bloomingdale must be
ranked among the finished orators
of the country" Some years ago
General Pickett, who led the cele-
brated charge of Longstreet's corps
at the battle of Gettysburg, took
us to a meeting, addressed by
negro shoemaker, in Richmond
Virginia. There could be little OF
no criticism in his choice of words
or in the use of figures Of speech
"You see," said General Pickett
ssthe most eloquent man in the
State, and he's a dn Niger
at that" The Tax Assessor Of
a city in n. c., said, severa
years ago, that the best cotton
planter in the country was a pure
black. He was making money on
a thousand acre farm, while the
white men were starving"
We are now simply stating q
few facts out of many at hand
We are not trying to prove any
proposition. The average mora
and mental condition of the negro
is very low. Yet out of this, there
occasionally flash brilliant meteor
of intelligence, that surprise tn
white race. We cite the cases O
pure Blacks only. The late negr
orator, Fred. Douglass had whit
blood in his veins. Booker I
Washington, ''the foremost living
negro,' has also white blood in hi
veins.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
Brushes
hat
Are
Brushes

We have just received the largest
importation Of fine HAIR, TOOTH,
LATHER and CLOTHES BRUSHES
ever brought to this country.
For the past century the finest bris-
tie brushes have been made in France,
and today France turns out more first
class brushes than all other countries
together.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
and Examine

When a customer learns that the
dealer is anxious to give value for val
ne, and that his interests are at all
times considered in purchasing an art
icle, he has thought wisely; and why
not go one step farther and allow your
dealer to advise you as to quality and
choice? By doing so with us, your
confidence will not be betrayed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09

one of them said. Now on the
other hand Oliver Goldsmith said,
1T was a science adapted to the
meanest capacity" We recall the
case of colored boy, who exhibit
ed in n. c., some years ago, the
most marvellous gifts in mathema-
teal demonstration but who was
quite uncertain which way to turn
when it rained. We sent ticket
of admission to hE exhibition, to
one of the Yale Professors in ma
thematics, who had worried us,
III past year with the request
that he instantly consult this
phenomenon, and then resign
his office in favor of the darky,
but this ironical reply was that
"savages from the Sandwich
Islands should not NEEDLE in such
matters" Emerson, the renown
ed philosopher said, land it is a
sweet morsel for us), that he had
for forty-five years owed Harvard
College grudge. He said: ''for
the cruel waste of two years OF
college time on mathematics, with
ont any attempt to adapt the tasks
to the capacity of the learners.
Ear or no ear, you shall all learn
music, to the waste of time and
health of a large part of the class. I"
Possibly and probably, this serl-
Gus charge has less force in these
later days. We notice that the
advanced men, like President Jor-
dan, give this science much less
prominence than it had few years
ago. because there are more yalu-
able ways of providing young peo-
pie for the battle of life, than that
of equipping them with an arsenal
of S'binomial theorems," and
equations" Our observation is
that when one gets into the many
"holes" which are wisely dug fol
our discipline and sorrow in the
dark highway of personal existence
an entire outfit of these mathema
teal articles or processes, are hardly
equal to the simple instruments IL
the kit of a bicycle, for securing ;
victory over the ''holes."
A learned Professor Of this city
tells us that the yellow children arr
, much more proficient in the study
. of this science than the white
children. There may be a profound
political significance in it. Doe
this proficiency lead to "cheap lab
or" which is the standing sorrow
of the white race? If it does, Thu
, science is odious and should be ex
cluded from the schools.
We can therefore reply to Thu
young person that the temperate
use of mathematics, like the tenn
perate use of alcohol may aid thu
system. Both of them are danger
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
Come Today

The complaint about Tooth Brushes
looseing their bristles is a daily &C.
currence, and we have striven to over
come that by purchasing grade Of
brushes that will not wilt and soften.
We feel quite confident that we have
obtained a line of Brushes that will
give entire satisfaction.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09

There have been some very
severe criticisms in the English,
American and European Press, on
the want of uniformity, delicacy
and attractiveness in the decora-
tons of London, on the Jubilee
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
Our Stock

Standard goods in any line always
command a good price. Dupont's
Brushes are Standard, and in price are
as low as many goods much inferior
in quality.
In quality and cheapness, we have no
hesitancy in saying that our goods will
suit you.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09

The remains of Roman military
hospital and a number of surgical in
struments have recently been found
near Zurich, in Switzerland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
H0W0ijQD Sole Deposit I Investment Go

I0NdiQD Sole Deposit 4 Investment Go
400 Fort st.
STOCK AND BOND BROKERS,
Offer for sale the following stocks:
Paia Plantation Co.'s Stock.
Oahu Sugar Co.-All paid up.
Oahu Sugar Co.'s per cent paid up
Hawaiian Sugar Co. "Makaweli')
Mutual Telephone Co.
Hawaiian Electric Co.
Honokaa Sugar Co.
Eva Plantation Co.
Kahuku Plantation Co.
Waikiki Sugar Co.
WANT TO PURCHASE:
Hawaiian Government Bonds.
Honomu Sugar Co.'s Stock.
Pepeekeo Sugar Co.'s Stock.
Wilder Steamship Co.'s Stock.
4733-2t.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-09
Cures
"Cures talk " in favor -
Of Hoods Sarsaparilla,
as for no other medi- = - ~

as for no other medi- - j ~
cine. Its great cures recorded in truthful.
convincing language of grateful men and
women, constitute its most effective adj
vertising. Many of these cures are mar
velous. They have won the confidence of
the people; have given Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla the largest sales in the world, and
have made necessary for its manufacture
the greatest laboratory orsearth. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is known by the cures it has
made-cures of scrofula, salt rheum and
eczema, cures OF rheumatism, neuralgia
and weak nerves, cures of dyspepsia, liver
and kidney trou bles, catarrh and malaria.
Such Cures as This Prove Merit.
My little nephew was plump and
healthy baby until year and half old
then sores broke out behind his ears and
spread rapidly over his head, hands and
body. A physician said the trouble was
scrofula humor in the blood. The child
became one complete sore. We had to
restrain his hands to keep him from
scratching the sores. We were induced
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and in short
time he had more life. He improved rap
idly, his skin became entirely clear of
sores and he is now healthy child" MRS.
FLORENCE ANDREWS, Clearfield. Iowa.
The advocate., 1897-10-13
Facts About the Resignation of Miss
HOChleitner,

Republican papers have made noun
tain Of considerable size out of the reslg-
nation Of the superintendent OF sewing
at the Agricultural College. The facts
in the matter are given by the Industri-
alist, edited by the faculty, as follows:
Miss HOchleitner, who has recently
come to us as superintendent Of sewing,
has decided to lay aside the work and re-
sumo her studies at Chicago University
In her letter of resignation, she states
that she finds the work too heavy to en-
able her to do justice to herself and to
her pupils. The sewing work has been
very heavy for several years; now, with
the unprecedented attendance, the bur-
den is Of necessity greatly increased.
Miss HOChleitner is an expert with the
needle, and, withal, lady Of high char
acter and superior talents. It is an Occa-
sion Of much regret that she has found
it necessary to give up the work; and the
college will be fortunate to secure sue
cessor combining Miss Hochleitner's
qualities In equal degree and at the same
time to care for the many and varied
interests Of the department until the in
stitution is pecuniarily able to provide
additional assistance"