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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
Lichee Nuts.

Note was made in yesterdays ADJ
vertiser of the lichee nut on the Along
been learned since that the laborers
on the Along premises have bought
the nuts for the sum of $50, and that
they expect to pick in about a week.
The men have made estimates and
think that the crop will be worth about
5000 to them. Lichee nuts sell for %
cents a pound in Honolulu. 1t might
be interesting TO know that there are
four kinds of lichee nuts, the best be-
ing those with very small stones and
an abundance of meat. The tree on
the Along premises ranks next to the
best.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
These People STAYED at Home.

YOKOHAMA, April 17.-With refer
ence TO the disposal of the 326 labor
ers. whose departure for Hawaii by
the Hakusan Maru was stopped by the
authorities. owing TO the trouble now
pending between both countries, To-
kyo paper says that 1OS men, from Mi
yagi prefecture, have been engaged by
the Tokyo arsenal as coolies and 21S,
from Kumamoto prefecture. have also
been taken over by the Yokohama
Dock Company. With regard to 30 fe-
males, arrangements are now being
made TO employ them in a certain cot
ton spring mill.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04

of Count Okuma. II is said that the
Emigration Company of Kobe claims
32O.6O yen for every man turned back
We are somewhat surprised that the
calculation does not extend 10 rim.
When a japanese takes soroban into
his hand. tenths of a ven become tangi-
BILE realities-tO him. The sum or 32c-bD
ven is 10 cover all the expense OF traY-
cling. outfit and so forth II sounds a
good deal The Kobe Company had
313 emigrants returned. so that IT'S total
demand amounts 10 81. S93.1S yen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
VIII can at Honolulu.

The Japan Gazette quotes from the
Osahi that owing to the negotiations
with the Hawaiian Government and
consequent increase of communica-
tions all the steamers on the American
line of the Togo Kisen Kaisha will be
ordered to call at Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
WITH COLT REVOLVERS.
Police Officers Make Some Good
Scores lat KakaakO.

Captain Robert Parker is determined
to make good pistol shots out Of his
with one captain, five officers and three
privates. kept diligently practicing OF
the pistol butts at Kakaako. The po-
lice officers used 3S-caliber Colts, with
the distance of 80 yards. Following are
the highest scores made By the men:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
Has Changed Owners.

YOKOHAMA, April 23.-The steam
er Shinshu Maru, owned by Mr.. Kishi-
motto, which recently returned from
Hawaii, has been chartered at Kobe by
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
Engineer Came TO Grief.

YOKOHAMA, April 23.-Nagasaka,
the third engineer of the cruiser Mani
wa, which left for Honolulu few days
ago. has been arrested by gendarmes
on a charge of having overstayed leave.
When arrested he was found wander
ing about Shinjiku, his ship having
left while he was on a spree He will
be cOurt-martialed i'm few days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
Present convention Insufficient.

The Japan Gazette of April goth,
says, in regard to the Japanese-Hawai-
ian affair that when the present nego-
tiations connected with the emigrants'
affairs are concluded, Count Okuma
intends to make a special convention
on the emigration question, in. order TO
avoid misunderstanding in the flu
fUrp
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04

The police officers will go right on
practicing and hope to make even a
better showing during the present
month
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04

The human hair is absolutely the
most profitable crop that grows. Five
tons of IL are annually imported by
the merchants of London. The Pari-
slams harvest upwards of 200,000lb.
equal in value TO 100000 per annum.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17
understood that it is a physical n
In the interest of humanity, the ques-
ton is, Is there not some remedy?


Muncie (Ind.) correspondent of The
Indianapolis News: What was intend
ed for a joke came near ending seri-
ously yesterday afternoon for DR.. Or
vile L. Boor, a veterinary surgeon, who
is treasurer of the Indiana Veterinary
Graduates Association. During a Sc
we're cold spell, several days ago, he
went to the home of Robert A.Johnson,
in the country, on a professional call.
While there Mr.. Johnson found in the
snow a black snake frozen stiff and ap-
parently ~lifeless. He took the reptile
to DR.. Boor and said: Here is a nice
walnut cane, carved in the shape of a
snake" DR.. Boor took it gratefully
and put in his buggy without exam
lining it closely, as he was in a hurry.
He put up his horse and buggy in Nc
Lain's livery stable, and thought no
more of his "cane" until yesterday
when he went to his buggy and found
a blacksnake coiled on the seat, very
angry at being disturbed. His snake
ship had thawed out in the warm liv-
cry stable, and was apparently as much
alive as he ever was. DIR. Boor was
frightened and fled precipitately. The
snake saw his opportunity and escaped.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

Men Arroated as TrnmpS Kept Their
Captor from Bleeding to Death.
Deputy Constable Fred Black OF
Truityale nearly lost his life recently
while trying to arrest four tramps. He
accidentally stabbed himself while en-
gagged In a battle with two OF the men
and had II not been for the assistance
of the other tramps, who refused to u
away, he would have bled to deatn'
says the San Francisco Examiner
Black had been informed that many
petty crimes were being committed JUST
outside the city limits and he went
to round up all the Weary Willies
in the nelghborhood. In a big neio
Black came upon four men who were
taking 1t easy and cooking their ILL
ner. The tramps were ordered INTO
line for the march to the county jail.
All went we'll until a fence was reached
when two of the fellows showed nght.
Black gave them battle and as tney
jumped yer the fence the officer Drew
a big bowie knife and started In pur-
suit. He missed his footing n fell
from the fence on the huge knife, the
blade of which penetrated his right
thigh, severing n Of the main ar
teries. The two fighting tramps made
their escape. The officer called on the
two remaining tramps not to desert
him in his trouble and leave him to
die.
"Pardner, we never desert a man In
the hour of need" remarked M OIL
them.
The prisoners carefully bandaged
the wounds of the helple } officer and
stopped the flow OF blood. Then they
carried him half a mile to the railroad
track in the hope of getting help. On
three different occasions one OF the
prisoners tagged Southern Pacific
trains, but the engineers would no
stop.
Finally one OF the tramps ran five
miles to Haywards to tell the news
and induced the Haywards local rail-
road men to stop the train and pick up
the officer. Black was unconscious
when removed to his home, but his
tramp prisoners remained with him
until they saw that he was all right.
They were rewarded for their trou-
BILE by being given their freedom.
IT owe my life to those two tramp
prisoners" said Constable Black. II
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

Now, for the first time since that fatal
day whose awful happenings Bulwer
depicts so graphically-and doubtless
so truly-in his famous romance, the
forum, which was the central feature
OF the place. and the Strada del Sepol-
cri, the principal suburb. can be real
lied In their principal relations. The
early work Of clearing the historic city,
pursued with vigor under Murat when
he found himself temporarily installed
as king of Naples, was set back from
time to time by new eruptions of We
suvius. AS late as 1923 Msls Berry re-
cords in Ter Journal:
We set out, a large party, for Pom
peii. The drive of fourteen miles is
very disagreeable, Notwithstanding the
view of the bay and the mountains
around. The cinders and lava
Of the eruptions last October 1922
have scarcely yet been swept to each
side OF the streets, but are left on the
road. Outside of Pompeii 1t is half
way up the horses legs"
No such impediments now await the
traveller, and a very prosaic and dis
tinctly dilatory train deposits him in
an unpretentious and not very Clearly
railway station. Except to the highly
classical and ultra enthusiastic EYE. the
FIRST Impressions Of Pompeii are disap-
pointing. The first place of interest
which is passed is the so-called BASIL
ica, supposed to have been used as a
law court. but distinct from the tribu-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17
The 1ntemperance of Cooks

It is a well known fact that a very
large number of professional cooks, or
cooks who work in hotels and large
boarding houses, are addicted to the
excessive use Of stimulants. Some
ascribe this to the high temperature Of
the kitchen, and consequent exhaus-
ton: others to the loss Of appetite pro-
duced by the constant sight and odor
Of food. 1t is also said to be due to
tasting sauces that are favored with
spirits. Exhaustion and lack of appe-
tite are probably the most frequent
causes. On the other hand, men who
are employed about the furnaces Of
iron works, the firemen On railroads,
and stokers on steamboats,. are not ad-
dicted to the use of in%toxicants; they
could not retain their places II they
we're. Whatever the reason for the
intemperance Of cooks. 1t is generally
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

The clever forgery Of notes Of the
Bank of England, which recently came
to light quite by accident, has created
a sensation from the fact that the
banks o@@n paper, with the proper
water mark, was reproduced. This
had never before been done. The
forged notes were absolutely perfect,
excepting that the secret cipher marks
were lacking. The discovery that the
notes were not genuine vas made by
a cashier who happened to have rea-
son formally to check the validity of
the notes by reference to the cipher
books. About f10,O 900 of the forged
notes have turned up SO far, and it has
been discovered that they were all put
in circulation in one day by being
changed simultaneously at twenty-five
different exchanges in Paris. The gang
is known to he a large one. but 50 far
the police have been unable to trace its
members.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

prove OF interest. Among the 20o,OO O
Chrirtlans at present In the Island
barely 1000 belong to the Latin rite,
and these chiefly In the larger towns
Canea, Gambia, and Retimo. When
Venice in 1904 took possession OF the
island, which was formerly under the
sway of the Byzantine empire. no less
than eight episcopal sees were erected,
with an archLlshoprlc at Gambia. 1t Is
therefore probable that at that time
nearly the whole island was Catholic.
After 1869, when Crete fell into the
hands of the Turks. the Latin bishops,
with nearly all their clergy, left the
country, which fell into the hands of
the schismatic Greek clergy, who
about this time came to 1t. In 1874
Plus TX. restored the ancient see Of
Gambia, making 1t suffragan to the
archbishopric Of Smyrna. At present
Fra Angelo di San Giovanni Rotondo
administers the diocese, and has under
him six fathers and FIVE lay brothers
scattered among the various towns.
There are three Latin parishes in the
island. at Canea, Gambia, and Retimo,
and a mission station. which is occas-
ionally visited, at Sitia. There are
three Catholic churches, four boys and
two girls schools. with 200 pupils, and
at Canea an orphanage and hospital In
the care OF the Sisters of st. Joseph.
These latter are all French, while the
Capuchins are Italians.-London Tab
let (Roman Catholic).
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

him. Perhaps II | had l should still
have let him go. At any rate, ! was
far too angry to give way then. Go,
by all means, If you wish it, ! said,
and in another moment he was gone. l
had been tearing to pieces. In my pas
sion, a little spray OF hawthorne he
had given me earlier in the day. I had
pulled off the leaves one by one, and
when he left me the bare stem was
left In my hand, with one leaf only re-
naming. See, here 1t is. the last relic
OF my first and last love. God grant
that in your whole life, my Ruth. you
may never weep such tears as ! have
wept over that one faded leaf"
She opened the little red prayer
book In her lap and showed me, hid
den in 2 Issue paper pocket. the yell
low hawthorne leaf.
This little book" she said. twas
Edwards gift to me, and this old dry
leaf is my only relic of the day when
we parted in the wood. never to meet
again In this world. Stay, l have one
more treasure, soe!"
She drew from her bosom a quaint
OLD locket and put it in my hand. 1t
was a miniature painting representing
a young man in an old-fashioned naval
costume. 1t was a handsome face. but
stern and proud-looking. and l could
very well believe that the original
would have behaved as Aunt Hetty
had described.
But did you really part like that,
auntie?" said. did you never see
him again?"
Never. He did not go back to the
picnic party, but Joined an outward
bound ship the next day, leaving a
brief note for my mother. stating that
we had fortunately found out in time
that we were unsuited to each other,
and had, therefore, by mutual consent,
put an end to our engagement"
But that was very cruel, auntie."
II thought so then. Perhaps 1t was
a little; but afterward l blamed my
self far more than him. I had given
the provocation; and I knew in my
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

nails, which were at the further side of
the forum, of which the construction
was not completed when the city was
covered up. The most striking feature
Of this open space is the ruins of the
temple of Venus. A main street OF
Pompeii leading from the station is
that known as Strada DELI Abondanza,
at the corner of which is to be seen
the chalcidicum or exchange, n of
the most beautiful buildings as yet re-
vealed, its central hall having been
surrounded by columns Of Parian mar
BILE. In the Street of Tombs, however,
we are upon more solid ground, for not
a few Of the monuments bear the
names and the busts of those to whose
memor they were erected. At the
extreme end of the Strada Is the So
called Villa Diomede, which has attrac-
lions alike for the lovers of fact and
fiction. for here were found the bodies
of seventeen women and children who
had sought refuge under the portico,
but were apparently suffocated. The
amphitheater is even farther away
from the center of the city than the
Sepolcri, and it is on this point that
recent excavations have been chiefly
directed, with very important results.
It must be remembered that Bulwer
Lytton was quite accurate in describ-
ing the games which were in progress
at the time of the fatal eruption OF We
suvius, which swallowed up both Pom
peii and He~rculaneum, and n OF the
results of the works carried out here
is to show that the loss of life on that
occasion was less than formerly sup
posed. The people assembled at the
amphitheater had time to make their
escape to the open country beyond.
Scarcely more than 700 bodies have
been discovered, and the perfect state
In which many of them were found IS
at least negative evidence that time
would not have reduced others to inn
palpable dust. The activity, however,
of the present Italian government will
not be relaxed until Pompeii has been
forced to give UP all its secrets; and
In the meanwhile it is giving up its
treasures of marble, bronze and gold,
and bringing to light, among other
facts, that portrait painting, for mural
decoration, was practiced probably by
Greek artists for their Roman patrons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

fence in those days. Ruth, though /
have learned better since. ! can re-
member, as If it were yesterday, the
nook in the woods where we stood, the
sunshine glinting through the trees
and lighting up Edwards flushed face
and angry eyes. He r~eproached me
bitterly-more bitterly, I think, than
deserved. He called me a heartless
coquette, and l called him little-mind-
ed and told him ne had made himself
ridiculous by his unreasonable jeal-
ousy. We got hotter and hotter. and
finally he declared that If l did not
admit that l had been wrong, and
promise to behave differently for the
future, all must be over between us. l
did not care a straw for Mr.. Sandys,
and would fifty times sooner have had
Edward with me, but l would have
died sooner than have told him SO
then. So l gave him a bitter answer,
and we both grew angrier still. His
last words, uttered with all the inten-
sity of passion, ring still in my ears. l
can tell you them word for word:
'Hetty, If you let me 60 now. under
stand clearly you will never see my
face again I did not quite believe
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

To those who have small satisfac-
ton in this life, whose conditions are
those Of misery or of dull vacuity, to
whom life is a sad mistake and an in
justice if it is not to give them further
opportunity, fuller expression, larger
compensation, the day, If it has n
significance at all, stands as the pledge
of existence under other conditions,
where their cramped and hindered
powers can perhaps have fuller scope,
and they have at least the hope Of that.
George William Curtis.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

different from my restless. exciteo sen.
She was SO sad at times that l coulo
not help wondering If some time In
her life she had not experienced some
serious sorrow, for she had means INT
friends enough to make her life worth
living, and should have been happy.
One day l found her weeping quietly
with a little red book in her HAND l
endeavored to calm her. to find out
the reason for her sorrow, and then
she told me this story:
1T happened when l was only eigh-
teen. / was engaged to be married.
Ny lover was four years older han
myself; he was a mate of a ship, and a
fine, dashing young fellow named Ed
ward Blake. We had been engaged six
months and were to be married a
month later. The day RAJ fixed. and
Edward had arranged to give up the sea
and take a situation on land. We were
as happy as two young people could
possibly ~be; but, unluckily, just a
month before the time fixed for u
wedding day, a picnic was gotten up
by some of our friends. and Edward
and l were of the party. There was a
handsome young fellow there named
Percy Sandys, the son of a neighboring
clergyman. He was fresh from col
lege, and full of fun and frolic. I
CHANGED to be placed next to him at
luncheon, and not knowing, as / aft
erward discovered, that l was en-
gagged, he was specially attentive to
me. / did not care for his attentions in
the least, but was in high spirits and
only ben on the enjoyment of the mo-
ment, and I did not check him as, per-
haps, l ought to have done. Presently,
/ caught sight of Edwards face, and
saw that he was looking terribly cross
and angry. Foolishly | thought it
rather good fun to make him jealous.
and, on purpose to tease him. l pre-
tended to take all the more notice OF
Mr.. Sandys. When we finished lunch
con the party scattered and strolled
about the woods in various directions.
l naturally expected Edward to ac-
company me, but he rather rudely, as
/ thought, held aloof, and, to punish
him, paired off with Mr.. Sandys.
When the party got together again
Edward looked SO savage that l
thought it better not to provoke him
any further.
Il shook off Mr.. Sandys. and, walk
ing away with Edward, began to scold
him for his unreasonable Jealousy. OF
course, / did not think / myself was in
fault; nobody ever does. A loving
word would have made me penitent di-
rectly. Unfortunately, he was white
with anger, and began to reproach me
in a way that reused my temper, too,
for ! was quick enough to take Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

heart of hearts that one word OF re-
gret on my part would have made all
right between us. But | was tool proud
to say it. l let him go with my eyes
opened, and l have been justly pun
ished."
But have you never heard from him
since, dear %auntie?"
Once or twice. but only indirectly.
He had no relatives in our part of the
country. / know that he gave up the
sea and obtained a commission in
some Indiana regiment. When last l
heard of him he was a captain; but
that is many years ago. and | do not
know whether he is alive or dead. So
ends my poor little a There is
one thing l should like to ask, Ruth.
and that is partly why l have told you
my story. You have seen my relics.
They have been my greatest treasure
in life, and / should like them put In
my coffin when | die. Will you remem-
Der this, dear?"
I could not answer for tears, but ]
kissed her hand and she was content.
Two months ago, tired of our hum
drum country life, auntie and l re-
solved to visit foreign parts. Accord
ingly, we went to Boulogne and took
up our abode in a quiet boarding
house in the Rue des Vieillards. There
were a good many visitors staying in
the house. but they were mostly in
families or parties, and we did no
mingle with them. Our vis-a-vis at
table was a tall gentleman of soldierly
appearance. who was always spoken of
as the major. When he ventured to
address an order to the waiting maids
in French, the difficulties he got into
were dreadful, and he always ended
by getting angry with himself and
them. l ventured to help him out of a
difficulty once or twice, and in this
manner a slight acquaintance sprung
up between us. 1t had, however, gone
no farther than a friendly nod or a re-
mark across the dinner table. With
other visitors he fraternized even less.
So matters stood until the night OF
Easter Sunday came, when we went to
the little English church in an adjoin-
ing street. We were ushered into one
Of the pews appropriated for strangers
and a minute or two later the major
was shown into the same pew and sat
down beside US. During the service
the major, by an accidental movement
of his arm, threw down auntie's little
red prayer book. He picked it up, and
was about to replace 1t, but as he held
1t in full view under the gas, his eyes
CHANGED to fall upon 1t. and he started
as though he had seen a ghost. He
laid the book down, but he glanced
from 1t to Aunt Hetty, as If trying to
satisfy himself On SOM point. The SER
mon came to an end. and the benedic-
ton followed, but l fear the major had
nc part in 1t. He took advantage of the
moment when all heads were bowed to
do a very unmannerly thing. He sly
ly put up his eyeglasses and read the
name inside auntie's book. It was
quickly done. and might have escaped
notice, but / watched him closely. /
could even read the name myself. 1t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17

A chick who had just learned to creep
Came out of its shell and said: "Peepl
1t is good, | declare,
To breathe the fresh air.
/ must have had a long Sleep"


According to the experiments Of
Professor Hennig, the electrical con-
ductivity Of pure metals is enormously
increased by intense cold, while
c~uriously enough, alleged metals ex-
perience a comparatively slight change
OF conductivity in the same circum-
stances. This fact, he thinks, furnish
es a delicate test Of the purity Of
metals.