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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
AN OLD CLOCK.
Hit by a Bullet it Refused to
Tick.

Hit by a Bullet it Refused TO
Tick.
Edward F'inehout of Bristol, Ind, is
the devisee under the will of his uncle,
the late Thomas Long, of clock with
a history, according to the New York
Sun. The clock was built in Geneva,
Switzerland, in I'LL, and is 1856 years
old. 1t was brought over to this coun-
try in 1740 by one of Mr.. Longs direct
ancestors, who settled on part of the
grant of the Ohio Company, in what is
now Southwestern Pennsylvania. In
the French and Indian wars, two years
later, he fought under General Brad
dock. During his absence from home
his house was pillaged and burned by
a party of French and the old clock
was carried off to Fort Duquesne. At
ter the war the clock was recovered,
none the worse for its experience. The
clock continued to tick off colonial
history in it's accustomed place until
the death of it's owner, who bequeathed
it to his son, Richard Long
The latter removed to Princeton, N.
J., some time prior to the Revolution.
His home was on Mercer avenue. One
day, while the British and Hessians
were in possession of the town, and
were using old Nassau Hall as their
barracks, a party of soldiers passed
along the avenue and fired a few shots
into the house Of Mr.. Long to avenge
an alleged insult. One of the bullets
hit the lower part of the clock, and the
old timepiece has never licked since
that day, though an inscription on it's
back says that "the most learned tink-
er in the borough labored with it. -
The clock was on exhibition at the
Worlds Fair. 1t is built of wood re-
sembling walnut, is feet 8 inches high
and is in a fine state of preservation.
The dial, made of beaten silver, is elab-
orately decorated and the hands are
of carved wood Throughout it is made
of fine material and shows skilled
workmanship. The weights fall feet.
The clock required winding every sc
hours. It's history is scrawled in ink
on it's back.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
Railroad Accidents.

The o. r. & l.. Co. holds an enviable
record when it is a question of acct
dents to the travelling public. During
the eight years its engines and cars
have been doing service, there has not
been a single accident to any of the
passengers travelling over the road.
The following statistics, showing the
accidents on the railroads of the Unit
ed States for the month of January,
1897, might prove interesting:
Number of accidents, 1876; collisions,
81; derailments, IS; killed, 80; injured,
100. Accidents causing neither death
nor injuries omitted.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
L. VI. G.. A. CLA SSES.
Some 80 Have Already Entered
Them

Some 80 Have Already Entered
Them
Work in organizing the y. NJ. c. A.
classes is booming along, and the pros
Most of the people who have entered
the classes are Woodworking men who
do not care TO allow any good oppor-
tunities of obtaining useful knowledge
to slip away from them. Up to yester-
day afternoon 80 had entered, and in
each class the following number have
enrolled: Geography and writing, Z;
reading and spelling, Z; shorthand, y;
typewriting. 9; arithmetic and gram
mar, IA; civil government and com
mercial law, 8; mechanical drawing
5; bookkeeping, 10; Hawaiian Ian
guage, 8.
Bookkeeping leads, with shorthand
next. In civil government and com
mercial law, more have signifed their
intention to join the classes. The to-
tai enrolment is 80 at present.
In the elementary branches, arith-
metic and grammar will come on Mon
days, reading and spelling on Wednes-
days and geography and writing OF
Fridays.
In the business branches bookkeep-
ing will come on Tuesdays, typewrit-
ing on Wednesdays and shorthand on
Thursdays.
In the miscellaneous classes, Hawai-
ian language will come on Mondays
mechanical drawing on Thursdays
civil government and commercial law
on Fridays.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
Camp Fire.

The fifteenth annual campfire of the
Geo. W. De Long Post, No. 45, G. A.
r., will be held at the home of J. n.
Wright, Little Britain" Wednesday
evening, September 22d. All members
of the post, together with their famil-
les and all the members of the order,
as we'll as the Sons of Veterans. So
journing here, are cordially invited to
attend. Following is the program:
Fireworks at p. m, fall in for rations
at 1880, light the pipes at 8.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22

Berlin has a saiaried professional
bird catcher, whose duty it is to sup
ply scientific and educational institu-
lions with birds, nests and eggs, and
he is the only man in the Empire who
is permitted to furnish them to those
institutions.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
Az RS
SarsapariIIa

BEWARE of limitations. The name Ayers
Sarsapariiia is prominent on the wrapper
and blown in the glass of each bottle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
Weak, Weary Women

who have been bed ridden,
vexed with a scrofulous faint,
emaciated, afflicted with dis
cases common to their sex,
write gratefully of a perfect
cure. IF you wish to profit by
their experience, and become
healthy and strong, take the
great strength giver and blood
purifier
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

Of ~ eosed-up harbo1 and tsnant!ess houses
American enterprise may yet make It blossom
~ the rose. Some time after Columbus dis
coyery Of this coast the place was brought
into further notice by Captain Diego Ma
chuca. who entered Nicaragua from tie
Pacific and in 1929 sailed from Lake Nicara-
qua down the San Juan River, The date of
the hrst Spanish settlement at San Juan del
Norte Is not known, but there were fortihca-
lions here early in the seventeenth century.
IN 1796 1t was made port of entry by roya.
cnarter and new defenses were erected Dur
ing tne N1caraguan revolution the patriots
seized the port, but were expelled by the
British In 1848, who Gained the district in
:he name Of the Mosquito Indians, and re-
NAMED in possession until the treaty of 1860.
1t was during their occupation that the oriel-
nal name, San Juan del Norte, was dropped
and Graytown substituted, but since Nicara-
qua has regained possession It is recognized
ofllc!ally only by the former name.
San Juan Is ostensibly free port. tbs
custom-house being eighty miles up the river.
at Castillo pronounced Cas-teel-yo) where
the rapids are so shallow that steamers must
stop Just before reaching them. Goods for
the interior, having passed inspection by the
customs ohlcers. are transferred by tramwav
to other steamers lying In walt beyond thu
dangerous section. In lieu Of tariff. ,mer-
chants here pay 10 per cent on the total valve
OF their 1mportations. Consequently prices
OF imported manufactured articles from Ger
many, France. and England (the chief eourcss
on which Central American merchants draw
are generally much lower than they could he
bought m the United States. At Gravtown
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

opened wide and wider. until today it is prac-
tically the mouth Of the great river.
~. Boom and Decline.
No wonder Graytown is away down in the
dumps. being well-nigh undone between the
goings Of Its tickle river and the lamentable
lack Of "doings" on the part Of the canal
company! After the latter had obtained
liberal concessions, and set gangs Of engin-
GERS and laborers at work, the steamers rae
ing up and down the river and across Lake
Nicaragua. San Juan del Norte suddenly
woke up from Ito Rip Van Wrinkle slumber
and indulged in mighty boom. For months
the little burg was crowded with an ever-in-
creasing multitude. and houses could hardly
be ret up fast enough to shelter them. Mer-
chants, mechanics. laborers. and spectators.
Of al co:ors and conditions, locked in; tho
street-car track was laid At 4 cost Of So. 900
for the short line extending from the landing
to the edge Of the canal; bank was opened:
rents rose sky high. and real estate went
up beyond all. account. It IL an actual fact
that before the resident population Of tho;
town had reached 1000 the swamp lands be-
tween the village and The canal entrance
good for nothing but to breed snakes. mos
Quitoes, and mslaria-went up to $4,000 the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
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Allen, John Watson Clan Muclaren') Herbert
Spencer, Beerbohm-Tree and John Burroughs.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

The Democrats are quite jnbilant be-
cause of their recent success in esverai
localities. Well, We can't blame them
for feeling good, and thinking that public
sentiment is changiIg in their favor; it
looks 80. But they ought to remember
how the thing went last fail. and think
how unreliable the public is, and think
that by the time real important cleo
ton comes along all will be resdv to
change back to their first love. 1t lie q
littl, tough on Chicago, Detroit and Gin
cinnati but the politicians themselves
are to blame for it, and they will have to
take their medicine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

We are a patient and long suffering
people, and suffer and wait in silence;
mean while we do lot of thinkir g; and,
just about now, we are thinking that it is
about time that few political plums,
from the plum tree at Washington,
should fall our way. We don't ask for
very much, and while we would not get
enough If we got all we asked for, we
can hardly hope 10 do 80; but, we would
like to have the wind blow our way q
little. We have faith in Mckinley and
believe he will recognize the most faith.
full class Of the Republican party but We
are just a little anxious to have him
begin, that's all.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

The atlantic ED Of the HlCaFaQuan Canal

San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, Oct 3d.
Special neutrality-suspicious. visitors
to these parts are naturally most interested
IN things pertaining to the great canal enter
prise. Running from the lagoon which fronts
'Iraytown straight back into the swamp
there Is bit Of canal, 1000 feet long and Of
full width, dredged to about half its ultimate
depth, and scow plies across 1t on occasions
between San Juan Village and the company's
property on the other side. A row of NAM
moth dredges lines the lagoon, all freshly
painted to preserve them from rust, but nova
days used only by few lazy darlcies as con-
ventent places from which to drop
their fishing hines. 1t Is hard
to realize that these brand-new-
looking machines (thanks to the paint are
the same which we saw years ago in the mud
At Panama. after the collapse Of De Lesseps'
scheme! think it was in 1890 that the Mica
ragua Company purchased the valuable and
extensive plant which had done duty on tho
Asthmus from 1881 to 1888, including seven
Of the most powerful dredges ever built,
twenty lighters, two fine tugboats, several
lunches, an entire machine shop, engines.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

aero. When the bob-tailed cars, drawn by
risky mules, hrst began to run their receipts
averaged 500 per day, two-thirds of which
was profit. Scores Of tugs and launches,
brought down from the United States, gave
employment to many men and yielded hand
some revenues to their owners. But suddenly
the boom burst. There came an end to the
money soon after the great (now useless)
Pier was built; the bottom of the barrel was
reached, end nobody stepped forth to refill 1t.
The Workmen were paid of and discharged
cond1tlonally, and after waiting some time
for the resumption. ,of work most of them
wandered of to other fields. The business Of
the town died a natural DEATH Thanks to the
canal, which. bads'so hang monopolized all
the steamers and other craft for its own
business purposes, the river trade was hope
lessly ruined. r 81 -
gua's most hourishing port, but during the
canal company's regime coffee from the in
terror. bound for foreign ports via San Juan,
was piled high atevery pace of transfer along
the river, awaiting transportation, while
goods from foreign countries, en- route to
merchants in the interior. were piled higher
for the same reason-stranded for months and
months because all the river boats were III
the pay Of the canal company and crowded
with its business. y Nicaraguans, like other
Central Americans, are most accommodating
people. and excellent hands at waiting for
uA"Aoua \euo tOuOETOW I0AL never COMeS)-
but to have both exports and imports lettering
Sa year or more along the short route between
the Atlantic and Lake Nicareg>s was more
& nan even their patience cou" ]. So trade
fRntted over*to Corinto or ;. sc coast,
sandSKhen canal work was lspe~ the At
Sihutic port, which at or tin .ndled as
sinany :as 9, 900 packages a. ,ntn, I'D nothing
Etos fall back upon, and be-, lead as a
Swofked-out mining camp. Ye. s. .wamps and
sandhars were he'd at the same valuation
$4,000 the acre. OF course. nobody wanted the
land at any price, but che holders were abe to
ho.d IT, and are still waiting for the day-sure
TO come, they say-when work on the canal
Will be resumed, and with IT second boom,
mightier than the first Mr.. Walter ingalls,.
9. nephew Of the Kansas. Senator, who owns
tie tramway, says: The road has been run
ming behind for several years past at the rate
OF 50 or 81 q day, but I would not sell the
franchise for 100000 The same gentleman
owns several acres Of the swamp aforesaid,
which he declares that he would not sell at
any price. Truly. "hope springs eternal in
the human breast
Graytown has had other ups and downs
IN times long past, and, perhaps. in spite
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

pumps, quantities Of tools, etc. AS everybody
knows, the Nicaragua Company made its
headquarters near San Juan del Norte. The
forty substantial buildings which they erect
eo here-omces, hospitals, depots, officers
houses, and laborers' quarters-look remark
ably neat and comfortable, though now most
~ deserted. They are all of Northern pine,
rooted with corrugated galvanized iron, paint
ed inside and out, and with wide varandas
running around most Of them. For three
years or more no sound Of the hammer has
been heard in the smiths and machine shops.
yet nothing shows the slightest sign of neg
lect or decay, every bit of wood and iron be-
ing kept we'll painted. We interviewed
solitary clerk in the big storage warehouse,
but did not CLEAN any satisfactory informa-
ton about the prospects Of immediate re-
sumption Of work. ' -,
At a .standstlll.
The truth is. things look rather discourage
ing. For example, the splendid pier, which
was Quit into the sea so short a time ago,
Is IN the sea NO longer, for ocean winds and
waves have swept in sand until now dry land
stretches some distance beyond its outer
edge. It Is an expensive bulkhead arrange
ment, built in with cement to withstand the
ravages CT the teredo worm-but of what
use can it be, when land goes on planting it.
self alongside at the rate of $50 feet in one
short season? The quid nuncs assert that
when the land has crept out to certain dis
tant point its seward growth will stop;
but how they can be sure OF that or any
thing else concerning these ever-shiftinx;
sands am at a less to tell you. WithinsthS.
memory of people now living in San Juan thss
main body Of the river rolled past this town
and vessels of the largest tonnage came up3
to its wharves. In 1853 the channe. of en-
trance to its magnificent harbor was half ~
mile wide, with twenty-five feet Of water over
the bar; ten years later the passage was pracss
tically Closed, with barely five feet of water
on the bar at highest tide. In the course Of
fifteen years Arenas Point, which formed one
Of the boundaries Of the old harhor, advanced
northward nautical mile, and now the whole
seaward front Of the bay is nova Bile sand
bar. The former channels have dwindled to
mere lagoons, which discharge little water
into the sea. even during the wet season, or
maybe we should say the wettest season, re-
Numbering the American engineers report:
Nicaragua has only two seasons, the wet
and the wetter." OF course the San Juan
River had always several mouths, but before
this main one silted up the others were in
Significant. As the sandbar closed the mouth
1t Graytown. that OF the Colorado, ten miles
70 the eastward. In Costa Rican territory,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
SATURDAY APRIL II, 1897.
CIVIL RIGHTS AGAIN.

SASAH nAo7 = AGAlN.
The friends of Lawyer F. L McGhee
were very much surpri: ed and chagrin-
ed on last Friday evening at the position
he took in regard to the proposed
amendment OF the existing civil rights
law of Minnesota, aa stated in the Dis
patch We do not profess to be the least
bit posted in the intricacies of law an
would not attempt to discuss the simplest
legal proposition with our highly es-
teemed and talented fellow citizen. But
we understand that the proposed
amendment was framed by pains.tak-
ing and capable member of the legal
profession of our sister city. who knowe
something about law. The opposition of
Mr.. McGhee to the bill is not 90 much
objected to-for we believe in equal
rights in he matter of thinking as we'll
as in the enjoyment of the rights sou. ht
to be vouchsafed by the bill in question
as the manner in which his objections
were presented to the public. Aud.
this seems to be the unanimous opinion
of those for whose benefit the civil RIGHTS
law is needed.
1t ia deplorable fact that We need a
civil rights Law in Minnesota, O, any,
where else, for that matter, but We do.
And that there must be svme sort of
flaw in the existing one no one more
than Mr.. McGhee gives evidence, as he
has brought all of his civil rights suits
under the common law, so We have
been informed.
Several civil rights suits have been
won in Minnesota but in no case, to our
knowledge, did the amount of damages
awarded by jury equal the COST of the
case.
The people who haye brought the
civil rights suits have generally been
very reputable people who hsd no