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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-12
J. 7. WAREHOUSE.

NEW constantly arriv-
ing for us is what
GOODS brings trade to our
store. People like fresh goods
won't come a second time
if they don't get them. We
buy of the best known deal
ers and for cash. Customers
get the benft of good buying
both in price and quality of
goods. Our stock comprises
every thing that is good to
put on the table and only the
best quality has a place on
our shelves.
Late importatiOnS of salmon
bellies and salt mackerel
have proven very SatiSfac-
tory to our customers and to
uS--beCauSe they are going
rapidly. Salt pork, put up
expressly for family use is
another of our specialties
that has given satisfaction.
We have a fine assortment
of hams and bacon and
beef. These goods
are of the best quality and |
suited to family trade.
Every variety Of crackers
direct from the Coast, always
in stock and always fresh.
Table and pie fruits from the
best CannerieS in the States.
Flower and vegetable seeds
per last steamer from Aus
tralia.
The best flour in the world
is Port CoSta"--We sell it.
We sell Schillings best tea
--beSt extracts and best bak
ing powder and give you
your money back If you
don't like them.
Who could offer to do
more for his customers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-12
Cleaning
Up Stock.

FOR THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS, PRIOR TO THE
ARRIVAL OF THE AUS
TRALIA, WE WILL MAKE
- A SPECIAL EFFORT TO
CLEAN UP OUR STOCK
TO MAKE ROOM FOR
NEW GOODS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-12
Police Court Notes.

In the police court yesterday morn
ing Kaulana plead guilty TO the charge
The indicator., 1897-01-23
CARELESS MILLING.
Great Loss Sustained by Miners Through
bad Methods and had Work.

No one can look about through the mills
of California without being struck with
the excellence and merit of some and the
shocking deficiencies of methods and
practice in others. The ma jority of the
lnillincil have grown old in the service.
From variety of reasons it happens
thnf many mine managers have neither
theoretical nor practical knowledge of
milling. and trust implicitly in the rev
cred wisdom of their mllmen Henry
Louis, in the preface to his work. says:
1t is not too much TO say that not one
manager in ten knows how much gold he
Is losing in the mill. What he is getting
Is really secondary question, and this.
tile fault in the first instance of an i'm
perfectly trained millman, renders it i'm
possible to detect the shortcomings of the
latter, whose very incapacity thus serves
as It's own shield" And so II comes
about that the state which taught the
world how to mill gold ore, and which
contains today perhaps the most instruc-
tive examples TO be found of its prnc-
tce, still moves so largely in the ruts of
Dysone time and allows much of the
gold drawn from its veins to run TO waste
IN It's glches and rivers Experience has
taught how easy it always is to lose gold,
now difilcult sometimes to save ii. one
often meets some self-complacent director
who tells how ridicuously little gold
there is in the tailings from their mill,
ana how they do not need any assayer,
Tor their foreman, or superintendent, or
mlllman. or some other venerable prodigy
always tests everything in the pan at
which the experience of forty years has
taught him superhunan cunning.
The cause of the failure of many min
ing enterprises in all parts of the world
have been from losses of this kind A
careful examination of n property and
estimate of cost may be made that will
show that il will pay n certain profit.
The costs may bear out the correctness of
the estimates and the assays of the ore
taken ont may show that the report on
the ore bodies was correct, vet leaks will
creep in that make the difference be
tween profit and loss.-NIining and
Scientific Press
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Ihn Liz Of IL CInn

The CLAIMS body is completely en-
shroudrd in The mantle except for two
openings thruu@h one of which the
foot can he pushed out. The other Is
for the Siphon, or wha. is commonly
known as the neck of the clam. In
some respects the clam may be little
better of than we are, for he has
little brain in his foot, and also "A
gland for Sccrcting strong tibers.
With this lie spins a byssus, by which
he can attach himself to whatever he
likes. He does nor even have to search
for his food, but waits for II to come
to him. He makes a furrow in the
mud or sand, attaching himself to the
bottom by the hySsus Then lie pokcs
his siphon up through the mud and
water until it reaches the surface.
Tie siphou is made up of two tubes.
the water flowing in through one and
out the other
When the infowing current, laden
with minute plants and animals, reach
eS the gill chamber. some of these are
sifted out and retained for food, md
the water and waste matter flow out
through the other tube.
The CLAIMS eggs are carried by he
mother on her CillS. When there are
fish in the water with them, the moth
er discharges the eggs, which soon
hatch. but if there are no fish, they
carry the eggs until they decay. The
reason of this strange behavior is tins:
When the eggs are set free in the wa
ter they soon hatch and the little ones
swim about until they find some fish to
which to attach themselves. They live
for time upon the mucous of the iish
and then drop off, sink to the bottom
and form burrows for themselves.
This curious semi-pariSitic life is no
doubt n reversion to the habit of some
ancient ancestor.-Appleton's Monthly.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Loss of Fine Gold.

Not the least hopeful sign for the
future of gold mining is the fact that
so much attention is being paid to the
invention or Improvement of machines
for the saving of fine gold in placers
and the losses in The tailings of mills.
The difficulties in the way are numer-
Gus. and mp to the present time have
been considered almost insurmounta-
BILE. but the persistent energy with
which Investigations in this direction
are being pushed Is productice OF the
hope that some method may be dis
covered whereby the enormous loss
of gold too fine to escape from the
slulces may yet be prevented. 1t ia
difficult to estimate the amount of
gold that is lost annually in this man
ner. but If II was practicable TO secure
the assay values of all the gold mined
in Colorado and deduct thcrefrom the
amount actually saved. it. would he
shown that the losses are something
very handsome. II is doubtful II more
than II per cent. Of the values of the
ore treated is saved. and estimating
the production of this year to he 800
100000, this represents an annual loss
The indicator., 1897-01-23

cality was known as whisky squeeze.
The gentleman behind the bar having
poured out as much OF the liquid hard
ware as he thought 1t prudent to hide
away, the gentleman behind that wood
en- structure would. with his dexter
hand. force few drops Of lemon juice
In the glass and your whisky squeeze
WAS ready for the sacrifice.
One night Harry Butts changed the
order of things and requested that a
few drops of the extract of ginger be
deposited in his glass instead OF the
customary lemon juice. This modest
request of Harry's tickled the lads;
and ever afterward he was known as
Ginger" Butts. No man ever drank
alone in that town. Southern hospital
ity demanded that everyone should
walt until his neighbor was accommo-
dated, and the man who treated would
shout Show your glass" when every
glass would be drained. l have seen
a score of typos outside of the old
fashioned bar of the CASTOR house,
which, believe, was situated on Pol
lock street, wait with true politeness
Tor the cry of show your glass; at
which command each tumbler would
be emptied with precision.
Now. Ginger Butts was a good-na-
tured, handsome fellow. and half the
white girls in Newborn were in love
with him. not to mention a few of the
off-colored ones. But Ginger fought
shy of the fair sex until he met
young lady in the name of-well, just
here I'll call her Kate Devere. Kate
wa1 a typical southern beauty She
had the dark hair, flashing eyes, ruddy
cheeks. coral lips and the tall symmet-
rical form so often met with in the
daughters OF Dixie. That she was
high spirited and imperious, will be
seen later on
Now, there wasn't a lad on the Times
but would have given his whole weeks
string for a smile or tender word
from Kate, and for time a certain
individual who shall be nameless felt
that he was making rapid progress in
her good graces until Ginger fastened
his blue eye' upon her, and then that
nameless persons stock began rapidly
to decline.
One night at little social gathering
Ginger confid 'ntly informed us that
week previously he had said to Kate
viii you?" and that the young lady
had bushingly replied. 81 will" So it
was hands down and eyes off with all
the rest of us after that. Some of us.
the nameless person above alluded to
included, felt rather sore upon the re-
ceipt of this information, but it was
an all-round favorite that 1t was almost
impossible to bear him malice, and In
the course OF half hour We were all
showing our bottom" at Gingers ex-
pense.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
STATISTICS.

The largest state of Mexico is Chi
huahua, with an area of nearly 10000
square miles
The Vermont Legislature has adopt
ed a law requiring heavy wagons to
have wide tires.
Bowling, billiards and card playing
are unlawful in Michigan, according to
some dead-letter statutes.
Joe Jefferson's son possesses an al
bum of thumb prints. some of which be-
long to very famous people.
Among the Egyptians engagement
rings were always of iron, indicating
the mutual sacrifice of liberty.
The first theater in this country to be
lighted with gas was theater at Phil
adelphia, which put in gas pipes in
1915.
There are 5000 distilleries in the
United States. North Carolina leads
with 1924. and Virginia is next with
1852.
According to the recent census the
population of Greece is 2,418, 900 souls,
or an increase Of 100000 over the fig
yres Of 1889.
I A life insurance agent may be de-
sscribed as a man who procures poll.
eies for people who don't want their
lives insured.-Puck.
Judge Murphy. OF st. Louis, refused
TO allow 4 policeman to testify In his
court, saying: "Th re hasn't been a
policeman in st. LOUIS for ten years
who has seen anything"
The indicator., 1897-01-23
MINING NOTES.

The report comes from Durango of
probability that the Silvcrton smclter
will he removed to Durango and occu-
py the plant of the Standard smelter.
now lying idle. Ii is said that it has
been found Improbable to haul the
fuel to the ore, and that the change to
the valley is necessary.
Present shipments from Amethyst
over the Denver n Rio Grande branch
foot up close to 2O5 tons per day. The
Commodore furnishes 100 tons of this
supply, the Amethyst dump fifty, the
New York dump forty and lcasers on
the Chance fifteen tons. Leasers on
the Amethyst. in the last quarter of
1896. paid the company $4,000 in roy
alties. but as their shipments are de-
sultory they are not included in the
above estimate.
Twin Lakes mine owners say they
will have railroad running out of
that district within the year whether
or not the Rio Grande company makes
the initiative move in the mooted en-
terprse. 1t is stated that 1t will cost
an independent company less than
S2O,OO0 to run n branch from the Twin
Lakes spur into the Twin Lakes dis
trict. and the outlay would pay well.
1t is iirst-class district, but are han
dicnpped by having to haul ore in
wagons. or pack II on jacks. a dis
tance of seven miles to the railroad
station.
The principal owners of lead and
zinc ore and mine operators in south
east Kansas and southwest Missouri
have been for Il long time dissatisfied
with the prices they have received for
ore from smelters in that district. Be
cause of this dissatisfaction n move
ment was commenced which resulted
three years ago in the organization of
what was known as the Lead and
Zinc Mining association. The officers,
after lengthy negotiations with the
smclter. now have made arrange
mcnts for the erection of plant
which will treat the ore So per ton
lower than heretofore.
A party of experts. some of them
from Colorado Springs. have been
making an examination of the Silver
Pick group of properties. at the head
of Bear creek. Mount Wilson district.
the past few days on behalf of Eng
lishmen who contemplate purchasing
the mines. There are five claims in
the group. From early in spring un-
til late into fall the ten-stamp mill
concentrates forty tons of ore per day
yielding from ten to eleven tons of
concentrates. which net the company
$1,000 carload at the smelters. Thus
the annual gross production of the
property. operating only eight and
nine months out of the year, Ia be.
tween SlU0,0OO and $4,000,
The indicator., 1897-01-23

Poor Ginger! We tried to comfort
him. but he was inconsolable. A few
days afterward he endeavored to ex-
plain and Affect a reconciliation. But
twas of no avail. The imperious
maiden. who should have been born In
the middle ases-"in the days of old
when knights were bold''-refused,
most emphatically. to harken to his
frantic appeal, and preemptorily or
dered him from her presence. Within
fortnight he left the Sunny South
for the rugged hills of his native New
Hampshire.
A dozen years ago. while touring the
eastern states | met Ginger In coun-
try town In Massachusetts,. He was
greatly changed; presumably old, and
suffering from melancholia. He made
confldante of me; told me he had
never forgotten his early love; she was
still his ideal, and that's why he never
married
The indicator., 1897-01-23
EeIs stop n Cotton MIL.

Quite remarkable occurrence hap
pened at the Trfon (Ga) cotton mills.
Just before quitting time in the after
noon that portion Of the mills which is
propelled mainly by water power was
shut down because of some deficiency
in the power. The water in the fore
bay was shut off and workmen We're
sent down to examine the large turbine
wheels to ascertain the cause of the
trouble. When the men got down to
their work their astonishment may
well be imagined when 1t was found
that the powerful wheels, which run
under fourteen-foot head. were liter
ally choked down with an immense
swarm of cells Many too large to get
through the wheel gates were taken
out, and how many smaller ones there
were that got away no one knows. The
cells weighed 27s pounds.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Is GIBRALTAR UsELEssY
The RnnRc of Modern ArtiIIcr, Has
CbnnEed Old Conditions

An article of exceptional interest
evidently written by Spanish mill
thry officer appears in the current
number of the Memorial de Artillia,'
showing that the extended range of
modern artillery has completely reyo-
lutionized the conditions which have
hitherto enabled Gibraltar TO protect
Its own arsenal and dockyard and to
afford safety for vessels at anchor un-
der the guns of lis fortress
When Gibraltar was taken by the
English in ltV the greatest range Tor
artillery fire was only about 5000
yards, 50 that "A fleet under the batter
les Of Gibraltar was secure against at
tack from the Spanish coast.
1t is now pointed out that, with
comparatively small expenditure Of
money by the Spanish government,
batteries constructed In the bay of Al
Geciras, upon the ridge of mountains
known as the Queen of Spaiu's Chair,
would actually command Gibraltar at
distance of 5000 yards, and would
be capable of dcmolishng the whole
length of the fortiiicatious from the
Galleries TO Europa Point These
Spanish batteries would also threaten
the entry of ships of war 10 Moles.
This plan would merely involve the
mounting of some forty heavy guns Of
from 1.T-nrh to 12-inch caliber and a
similar number of hpwitZcrs
At the pr, sent moment the strategic
nj points on this part of the Spanish
coast are entirely lnfort'hed. and with
SpaiLs present eluharrHSsucnts in
Cuba ana the Philippines. 1t is not
likely. as the Broad Arrow points out,
that the Madrid "oyornmo nj will take
Immediate action in the matter but
that these batteries may he construct
ed some day or other is far from i'm
probable, and in view of the great i'm
portance to England of Gibraltar as a
naval base. aud the renewed cNpendi-
ture upon its combined arsenal and
dockyard, the subject is beginning to
attract the serious Giteutiun Of naval
and military authOrities.-New York
Herald
The indicator., 1897-01-23
4. A. q; ClarksyiIIc. Iowa.

According to data you are mixture
Of the signs Scorpio which Mars rules
and Sagittarius which Jupiter rules.
therefore Mars and Jupiter are your
ruling planets or significators. Saturn
is co-significator because on the as
cendant. Yol are medium height or
above: medium to dark complexion hair
and eyes; full face; the hair grows
very luGuriant. You are very ener-
getic and ambitious; you naturally take
the lead in anything you become in
tsrested in. You dislike n subordinate
position of any kind and should al
ways be at he head of your depart
ment. You VIII be subject to chronic
headaches in the early part of life. You
have fine intellect and can readily
learn almost anything. You also have
very good command of language. You
are quite secretive in your nature and
do not tell everything you know. You
should secure finished education and
make salaried position your main OBJ
ject by which to secure your money.
You will not be very fortunate in any
thing connected with love and mar
riage
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Confusion of Names.

1t is not generally known here where
artists works are more familiar than
their faces-that George Du Mauriet
and Laurence Alma Tadema resembles
one another to an amazing degree SO
much that even their intimate friends
mistook them. A young lady who
prided herself that she had no difficulty
in determining which was which. find
ing herself once seated next to Du Mau.
rier, remarked: Il cannot imagine
how any one can mistake you for Mr..
Tadema To me the likeness Is very
slight. BY the way, I have a photo
graph OF you. Do be SO good as to put
your autograph to it." Du Maurier, as
senting graciously, the photograph was
produced. He looked at it, sighed and
very gently laid it on the table.
That" he remarked. lis Essyrait of
Mr.. Alma Tadema."
The indicator., 1897-01-23
INDIAN DIVORCES.
The Courts Playing Havoc with Customs
of Marriage.

With most of the plain Indians mar
riage consists simply of picking out
the maiden, leading her to cabin or
wigwam and installing her as mistress
of the house and corn-tield. sometimes
with the necessary preliminary of pay
ing the father a pony or two or an
installment OF blankets and occasional
ly with some slight ceremony per
formed by a chief or medicine man,
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
And when the brave grows tired of his
partner he can get rid of her as easily
as he won her. The people who are
now Hooking to the Dakotas or Okla
homa to get divorces would be su-
premely happy If they could throw off
the calling bonds of wedlock as easily
as does the reservation Indian. The
fact having been formally announced
by the head man of the clan the di-
vorce takes place when the tribe is
gathered at dance. When all are as
sembled and the circle formed. the dis
contented warrior strikes drum used
by the revelers. gives away few pres
ents (ofttimes making a present to the
SuudW ne ltHuS 10 take neStl ana
then in a short. bombastic speech he
stigmatizes his wife by giving her over
to tender mercies of the other braves.
while they look upon him enviously and
consider that he has performed an act
of bravery in his desertion. Often as
many as half dozen divorces are thus
obtained at single dance. No tedious
waiting. no courts, no lawyers and no
trouble about alimony or the custody of
children. And the squaws thus cast on,
as a general thing. seem to take IL as
matter of course, and before the close
of the dance are using the wiles known
and used by women the world over
in an effort to repair as speedily as pos
sble the break in their hearts and
matrimonial experiences. With the tax
ing of land in severalty and putting on
of citizenship, however, the Indian finds
that he has cemented the ties that were
so loose before, for the courts every
where are deciding that the tribal .car-
riagcs are legal and binding upon the
Indian who becomes a citizen. And il
the weight of one legal marriage wears
somewhat heavily upon white man.
how must it be with the red man who
has contracted two. three four or even
declares legal and at the same time
takes away his former avenue of re.
lief?
The indicator., 1897-01-23
">kip Tide"

What Is the "-kip tIdcg" owing Ia the
moons influence on the great bodies ~
water on the curths surface We have high
water nt oppuslt" sides uf the globe. Owing
to the revolution NJ the earth uu her uNIs
md the movement ~ the moon In It's orbit
the tidal wave naturally flows from east TO
west, where uninterrupted during M. COM
plete circle" Loo some twenty four hours and
forty minutes nightly the rctariution, l. O..
the forty minutes. being accounted for by
the movement ~ the moon
Thus We have two tides cnch twenty four
hours, viz. that under the moon. aud the
corresponding elevation ON the opposite me
ridiau, excepting on those days when high
water falls few minutes before noon or
midnight, in either ease the following twelve
hours whether y, m. or "a. M. VIII be with.
snt n tide. US IL viii next occur nfter twelve
O'Clock midnight or noon. Thus when ono
tide only falls within twenty four hours An
nal.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
4 D,yarfs Ituss

While Alboin and his dwarf were
thus talking there came a message
from the angry queen, who was deter
mined to he revcnccd on Bertholdc for
his mocEing and too prcsumptuous
pranks. The unfortunate little peas
ant had to coutrivc many artifces to
escape the effect of her ill-will for she,
too. could invent schemes, and had
courtiers and soldiers ready to obey
her commands. The message was to
summon the dwarf To her presence,
and she had four large. ferOclous dogs
placed in the court through which he
had to pass. They We're fierce beasts,
ready to attack any one but Berthol-
de, finding out what was in store for
him, managed to procure pair of live
harcs These he threw to the dogs,
and while they pursued the prey the
dwarf escaped. and, TO the queens sur
prise. appeared before her, with his
usual sarcastic smile. - Historic
Dwarfs: Bertholde." BY Mary Shears
Roberts, in st. Nicholas.
The indicator., 1897-01-23
rnmi,, of Kittrns and Squirrels.

on the farm of Amos NJ. Collins,
near Baiubridge Ohio, dwclls a most
curiously y-assurted family, presided
over by n dcmurc house cat Several
weeks ago rnbby gave birth TO pair
of healthy kittens. When old enough
to get about they went on foraging
expedition in Il wood near by, accom-
panied by their mother. In their jour
ney they discovered n gray squirrels
nest in which two young squirrels lay
sleeping The curiosity of the ktteB
was aroused, and they soon made
friends with the squirrels, and. while
the mother sat contentcdly on log
kittens and squirrels enjoyed a frolic.
When it finally became dusk the cat
quickly took one of the squirrels in her
mouth and carried it to the farm. re
turning for the otler one in few min.
utes. The squirrels are now safely
housed with the kittens, and the cat
watches over the children of her adop-
ton rs carefully ms over her own off,
SprinC
The indicator., 1897-01-23
Acommo, : lv.r Coin.

There does not seem 10 be much confidence
in the minds Df blmvtullIst~ concerning tho
success uf Senator Wolcutt's mission TO-
Europe. He viii probably hnd Great Brit
ain as stubborn as shr always has been on
that question. although the chief lord NJ the
treasury is himself silver mnu A more
feasible scheme fer satisfying tIo demands
Of tile silver advocates and for charging fhH
use of silver as metal would he to carry
out Secretary Iiluinp'- proposition for q com
mon silver coin iu bc legal tender In rruu--
actions hcIwcrn Clfizrns ~ the American
republics, This would not only afford n
large market for silver and he a recognition
western hemisphere, hui would 60 very fGr
toward promoting commerce between the
United STATES mud the other repuhics.-Ch.-
cago Record.