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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-29
CHESTER RETURNS.
Closes Like a Clam on the Suh-
iect of Maui Missions.

Chester A Doyle, official Japanese
interpreter. and attache of the Mar
shaPs office. returned from Maui by the
Claudine yesterday, having gone there
for the purpose of acting as interpre-
ter in the preliminary trial of the Jap
anese charged with the murder of the
Japanese interpreter at Spreckelsville.
Mr. Doyle was seen last night by an
Advertiser reporter and questioned re-
garding the hearing, at which three of
the prisoners were held for trial. He
refused to divulge anything connected
with his mission, and his actions lead
the reporter to believe that there is
mystery surrounding the case, as well
as the circumstances which lead to the
loss of his moustache.
az have made my report to Marshal
Brown said Mr.. Doyle, ''and until he
authorizes it, I have no right to say
anything for publication. Beyond the
fact that three of the prisoners were
held in heavy bail for trial in June, I
know nothing that I can tell you. The
matter belongs to the Attorney Gen
erals Department, and you must get
your information from that source"
Mr.. Doyle shows the result of the
hard work he evidently had during
the few days he was on Maui.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-29
4 Noted lecturer.

Among the passengers expected on
the Australia tomorrow is Mrs. ]. K.
Barney, of Providence. r. L, a lead
ing speaker and worker in the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union.
Mrs. Barney's special field is work in
prisons and station houses, in which
behalf she has three times visited
England. by invitation of the British
Woman's Temperance Association, and
was enthusiastically received. She has
Iabored successfully in nearly all the
prisons in the United States and Can
ada. She will spend few days in
Honolulu as the first foreign station
in a 'round-the- world tour in the in
terest of her department.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-29
KAMEHAMEHAS WIN AGAIN.
Cuna Struck for Three Bases
Catch hv Ed. Chang.

In an interesting game of baseball
between the Kamehameha and Puma
hou Baseball Teams on the Makiki
grounds Saturday afternoon, the form
er came off victorious with a score of
IS to 10 runs. An unfortunate acci-
dent in the third inning undoubtedly
caused a great deal of the bad luck
of the Punahous. Horner, the pitcher
hurt his arm while sliding to second
base, and was badly used up for the re-
mainder of the game.
The feature of the game was a
catch by Ed Chang, the right-fielder
for Punahou. The ball was hit to
first, and Chang ran for it. The first
baseman fumbled and dropped the
ball, but before it reached the ground
Chang caught it. Cunha hit the ball
for three bases.
Mr.. Moore, the new pitcher for the
barracks nine, officiated as umpire and
gave great satisfaction.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-29

landing. and it was necessary to en-
ploy extra guards at quarantine. po-
licemen were given the jobs at an extra
pay of SO per diem. Then when the
lot from the SakuTa Maru was rejected
the policemen were again assigned TO
duty there. and kept until somebody
kicked. Then they were relieved by
members of the Citizens Guard. First
Regiment men, who were out of work,
were given the marble heart, as usual.
To me it looks as though there is an
under current working against the vol
unteers. and if this surmise is correct,
there will be little show for an arm
Ory in Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-29
St. Louis vs.. Lisbon.

The St. Louis College and Lisbon
Baseball Teams played a game on the
old baseball grounds, in Makiki, Sat
urday afternoon, which resulted in a
victory for the former, with score of
19 to 13, or margin of runs. The
game was a good one. but the grounds
were miserable and hard for the boys
to get along on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-29
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.
IF YOU BUY A SINGER,

You will receive careful instruction
from a competent teacher at your
home.
You can obtain necessary accessories
direct from the company's offices.
You will get prompt attention in any
part of the world, as our Offices are ev-
erywhere and we give careful attention
TO all customers, no matter where the
machine may have been purchased.
You will be dealing with the leading
company in the sewing machine busi-
ness, having an unequalled experience
and an unrivalled reputation-the
strongest guarantee of excellence.
Sold on easy payments. Repairing
done. B. BERGERSEN, Agent.
161h Bethel Street, Honolulu.
City Carriage Company has removed
to the corner of Fort and Merchant
SITS. Telephone No. 113. First-class
Carriages at all hours.
JOHN S. ANDRADE.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

ani.pressed In bulk until they are put
In boxes for shipment. The bulking-
room Is kept cool to prevent sweating
before the leaves are packed In cases.
Three hundred and twenty-five to three
hundred and Atty pounds Is the weight
of one of these cases Of tobacco. They
are often kept by the farmer until the
tobacco has undergone the sweating
process and then sold to the manufac.
turer.
The tobacco crop Of Illinois grows
principally at the extreme ends Of the
State, the leaf used In making plug to-
bacco in the south, and the finer "Ha-
vana seed for cigars, in the north.
In Florida the tobacco plant was first
cultivated by the Indians, so that Its
history there goes back for centuries.
In 1870 Gadsden County, Florida, pro.
duced 77O,177 pounds Of tobacco, and In
1863 the crop In that county amounted
to 1.2OO,OO pounds. The old "Florida
leaf" Is much priced and Of late years
fine grades Of Cuban tobacco have been
grown.
In vermont the proper conditions for
growing tobacco are found only In a
limited urea along the Connecticut riv.
er. At present only about 80 acres are
under cultivation. In New Hampshire
tobacco Is grown almost Identical W. n
that raised In Vermont.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

nous quantities grown In the heart Of
the Dark Continent, where everybody
smokes who can get anything to smoke.
30 II the estimated acreage was dOu-
bled. and regarded as 4,OO0.O instead
Of 100000. and the estimated crop
were placed ut 100000 instead Of l..
100000 tons. the probability Is that the
figures would more nearly approximate
the truth.
That portion of the earth's surface,
equaling One-tenth the area Of Mis-
souri,, should be wholly given up to tho
cultivation Of plant that 800 years
ago was practically unknown to the
civilized world Ia marvellous enough to
satisfy the most extravagant fancy, but
that the use OF plant which does not
aliay hunger, which, Of itself, Is rank
poison to all the animals, should have
spread all over the globe In cOmpara.
lively brief time, seems absolutely In.
credible, and suggests that there must
he something In the qualities or medical
properties Of the herb which makes It
hot only universally acceptable, but ev-
erywhere craved as one would crave
a necessity Of life. For people may
talk rs they choose about the taste for
tobacco being an unnatural ana acqulr.
ed taste; this may be true. ana yet the
TASTE IL none the less strong for nll that
The taste for alcoholic stimulants Il
also acquired, and every one knows its
power. But whether used In the form
OF an incense to the goddess Of ease
or chewed to pulp while engaged at the
various vOcati0ns OF life. or whether
enticed into the nOstrils In the form oil
an impalpable powder, tobacco IL alike
enthralling to Its devOtees. and In eacl
and every case binds them to Its ser
vice as with shackles Of iron.
In every nation whore tobacco Is uset
Mt all, that IL to say, all over the world
smoking IL the favorlte method of en-
jOylng the seductive influences of til,
weed, and a pipe the principal medium
1t Is true that among millions OF tn
human race cigars are In fashion, bu
however elegant may be the cigar as
means Of realizing the benefits Of tin
inceuse drawn from the leaf, every one
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25
CULTIvATlNG THE WEED.

Central Africa would become rs fond
Of II as the fur-clnd savagcs OF North
America, he would have been deemed n
craxy dreamer. Yet all these things
have come to pass; the weed That to
most animals IN a deadly poison II con.
sumed every year by thousands OF
tons.
As long ago as 1884, IN estimate was
made TINT 100000 acres Of the worlds
cultivated land were known to bc plant.
Cd In tobacco. with a yield OF nearly
l.OOO,OOO tons. while the annual con.
sumption to each person. made and 70.
male, old and young, In the countries
where statistics IRE collected, varied
from - ounces In Great Britain to -
in Holland. 1t Is probable that the stu.
tistics OF the acreage and the amount
Of product grown are fur too small.
since no account In taken Of the mill.
ions Of little tobacco patches In every
country In the world, planted by farm.
ers who raise only enough for home
consumption. nor OF the quantities pro.
duced In such countries as Turkey, Per-
sin and China. where the collection OF
statistics IL unknown. nor Of the enor'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25
my OLD KENTUCKY HOME"
The House stiii Standing Where th,
Famous Song Was Written.

The House stiii Standing Whore the
Famous Song Was Written.
The house Ii still standing near
Bardstown, Ky, where Stephen Col.
Inns Foster wrote the world.famous
song. my Old Kentucky Home" 1t Is
known rs Federal Hill, the residence
place Of the Rowan family for almost
century.
In the late SOS, only five or six years
before his death, Foster, then living In
Pennsylvania. was invited by the Row.
ans to pay IN extended visit to Federal
Hill. On this visit his sister Eliza &C.
companled him, and the stay In old
Kentucky, as Foster often said, was
one Of the most pleasant periods Of his
life. Surrounded by oil that was beau.
tiful, 1t was easy for the man who had
given expression to so many soul.stir.
ring Southern melodics-"Old Folks ut
Home" "Massa's In the Cold Ground"
etc.--to compose the tribute to the man.
sion Of the Blue Grass that will endure
as long MS Kentucky can produce sin.
gle voice capable Of hummlng Its sweet
notes. 1t Is doubtless probable that
Foster composed the three verses Of
my Old Kentucky Home" In quite as
many days, and gave fitting musical
expression to the words employed as
rapidly as his pencil dropped the lines.
He was inspired alike by the beautiful
sunshine Of the mornings and the vel.
low moonlight Of the nights that fell
upon Federal Hill, by the waving gold
en- grain, the hush Of the corn, the ne.
groes performing their duties, the laxy
little darkles In the cabins, and finally
by the warblings Of the hooking bird,
the thrush's mellow song and the ffe'
like notes Of the Kentucky cardinal,
made world renowned by James Lane
Allen; and the writing Of the undying
verses must have been labor Of love,
my Old Kentucky Home" Is charac'
terlxed by melancholy. Foster seems
to have had a presentiment that the
days Of slavery were numbered. and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

cut leafeis In great demand for wrap.
pers because 1t Is dry ana tough, with
just enough moisture In II to keep the
cignr In favor. The flavor Of the Con-
uecticut leaf Is fine. Many who are
competent to Judge consider II superior
to any foreign leaf. Connecticut was
the first State to engage In the growing
OF tobacco for cigar leaf purposes. The
lands along the river valleys IRE par
ticularly adapted to the production Of
fine tobacco. For many years the on
tire market supply for domestic cigars
was confined to few hundred acres
scattered through the valley Of the
Connecticut river. The Connecticut seed
leaf" or "broau leaf" Is now used for
wrappers almost exclusively, the por-
lions unit for this being used ms filters
In connection with imported tobacco.
The "brOad lear variety Is n stocky
plant standing about three and one. half
feet high. The leaves IRE from 10 to -
inches broad and - to 30 inches In
length. After topping there are about III
serviccable leaves to the plant. Expert.
ments have been made with Havana
seed" and this grows well In some 10.
calltles, SO that now Connecticut pro.
duces two distinct kinds of cigar leaves.
Fifty thousand OF the lO,OOO,OOO acres
under cultivation In Ohio are devoted to
the culture Of tobacco. In fact, tobacco
Is grown In 53 Of the 81 counties of
Ohio. The greatest tobacco growing
counties OF the State are Brown, Darke,
Montgomery and Noble In the southern
part Of the State. and Wayne and Medi.
M In the north. The best Ohio tobacco
Ia grown In sandy soil.
The expense Of growing and harvest.
Ing Il about $40 an acre, and other OK.
penses coming In up to the time of mar.
keting make total cost Of $S5 an acre.
Even ut these figures the crop Is said
to be profitable.
About the first Of April the seeds are
s0wn In beds and covered with glass or
canvas. The slips are transplanted the
first Of June into ground which has pre-.
viously been fertilixed. In dry weather
the plants will require watering, but II
set out after good rain will take care
Of themselves. The growing tobacco
plant Is topped when the buds are de.
veloped and IL or II leaves are left. 1t
takes three or four weeks longer for the
plant to mature. A warm and moist
season Ia best for tobacco.
After the plants are fully matured
they are cut of ut the roots with to.
bacco shears. Then they are sheathed
and taken to the drying shed. There
the leaves are strung on lath four
feet long. seven or eight plants to q
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

even amone the devotees Of the ha.
vana, must conccde That, so far rs gem
uine luxury Is concerned. the cigar. In
whatever form, Is infinitely Inferior to
the pipe.
Until recent ycnrs the United states
has had but little reputation rs a to-
bacco growing country. or late, how
ever, there has been growing ten
dency to Judge the domestic product
fairly on its merits. and the sale has
wonderfully increased. The Cuban war
has also increased the demand for M.
tive tobacco.
The annual production Of tobacco In
the United states now amounts to
5OO,OOO.OOO pounds; during the past ~
years $1,OO0,OOO, 900 has been collected
In revenues on this by the government.
The leading tobacco growing state Is
Pennsylvania. and there are dozen
others In which the weed Ii raised. The
seed leaf' is grown principally In
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Wis
consln and Massachusetts; the "white
hurley" In Wisconsin, Illinois and Ken.
lucky; the bright leaf" In Virginia and
the Carolinns, and the shipping leaf"
in Kentucky, Tennessee ana Florida.
Last year In Pennsylvania alone o..
COG, 900 pounds Of tobacco were raised.
The "secd leaf yielded from LOO
pounds to $500 pounds TO the acre. and
"Havnna seed" from 1000 TO 1900
pounds.
The popularity Of Pennsylvania to.
baccO Is that II has n gummy leaf Of
close texture. which units 1t for wrap.
pers. As a fillcr II cannot be detected
by experts from the best Cuban filters.
A few years ngo the acreage In the Key
stone state amounted to 10000 acres,
but owing to a series Of unfavorable
seasons the acreage and the production
bo,h have fallen OF. The tobacco plant
grows four and one.half feet tall. and
bears leaf resembling that Of tho
house rubber plant. Tobacco seeds are
almost II not the smallest seeds In the
world. and II said that enough to plant
ten acres Of ground can be held In the
palm Of the hand.
In Connecticut practically all the
farmers raise tobacco. The Connects
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

la,h. The laths are hung across poles.
Sometimes after harvest It takes ten
months to get crop OF tobacco ready
for market. After curing the punches
of tobacco must be stripped. The doors
of the sheds are left open during a
damp spell and the molstened leaves
are taken down and stored In cellar
or some place where they will not dry
out. Afterward they are sorted In the
stripping room according to length and
quality. They are then tied into "hands"
Of proper size, Is or 20 leaves to q hand,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

although q N0rtherner by birth regret
ted In his song the coming Of the day
when the darkies would "sing no more
by the glimmer Of the moon. on the
bench by the old cabin door," The song
complete Is as follows:
The sun shines bright on my old Ken.
lucky home;
IT'S summer, the darkics are all gay;
The corn tops ripe and the meadows In
the bloom,
While the birds are making music all
the day;
The young folks roll on the little cabin
floor,
All merry, all happy, all bright;
By'm by hard times comes a.knocking at
the door
Then. my old Kentucky home. good
night.
Weep no more. my lady; oh, weep no more
to-day;
Wen sing you one song for the old Ken
lucky home;
For cur old Kentucky home, far away.
ucy uuut uO SuOtC boS wv poS'oas "ss>s
the coon,
On the meadow, the hill and the shore;
They sing no more by the glimmer Of the
moon,
On the bench by the old cabin door;
The day goes by like shadow DER the
heart,
With sorrow where all was delight;
The time has come when the darkies have
to part,
Then, my old Kentucky home, good
night.
The head must bow. and the back will
have to bend,
Wherever the darkies may go;
A few more days and the trouble all vii
end,
In the field where the sugar canes grow
A few days more to tote the weary load
No matter. II will never be light;
A few more days till We totter on I'M
road;
Then. my old Kentucky home, soot
night.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25
Under Obligation.

The late Ferederick Locker-Lampson
relates In his photographed Conf
dences" that his uncle used to say that
"yOu could not widen the mouth OF a
Locker without injury to his ears"
One day mt Malta this frank old gen.
tleman asked a stranger who had JUS;
landed to take wine with him, ana ex'
pressed his obligation Cor the favor
by saying: yesterday, sir, ! was the
ugliest man In all MaltaT'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25
OUR TOBACCO CROP.
THIS COUNTRY RAISES ANNUAL.
" 600, 900. 900 POUNDS.
In ~ Years This Has Yielded In Revc.
nue $1,000, 600, 0O0--Leadina Tobac.
CO. Producing states-spread Of the
Cultivation Of the Plant Marvellous.


n, when Raleigh returned 10 Eng.
land In 1906 with a package Of tobacco
and pipe, any one should have fore
told that In about three centuries the
plant whose leaves he brought would
have spread round the world, would be
cultivated In every zone from the frox.
en- regions Of the North to the burning
sands Of the tropics, would form one Of
the most important sources Of wealth
to the farmer and manufacturer, one
Of tho leading solnccs Of the worlds
misery and loneliness, that societies
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-25

Never go to a lawyer when you want
assistance In settling u fuss
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
PASSING Of THE
TERESA TERRY
She Had an Exciting Time
of 1t Here in the
Early Days.
Only Once in This Port but
Captain ]. M. Shotwell Re.
members the Visit.
The Bark Had to Be RevictuIed and
Renamed in "a Hours, but
the J,b Was Done.

The old-time clipper Teresa Terry is no
more. The steamer Newport brought the
news from Panama that the once-iamous
liner had been broken up in one of the
Central American ports, after having
served for years as 4 hulk. at one time
the handsome bark was the pride of the
American mercantile marine, and that
was in The Gays when the stars and stripes
were seen in every port of the world. She
was built of heart of oak and withstood
the ravages of time for nearly sixty years,
and then her remains were taken to the
boneyard.
After serving for some years as an At
lantic clipper the Teresa Terry was sold
to outsiders and was put under the Peru
Wan flag. Coolie la Dor was much in de-
mand in that country at that time, and
the bark was sent to China on a "black-
birding expedition. She took aboard a
load of nearly $50 Chinese and started for
Lima. On the way her condenser broke
down and she had to put into San Fran
CISCO in distress and came to an anchor
off old Sausalito. The rest of the story is
best told by Captain j. NJ. Shotwell of the
Merchants Exchange.
The only time the Teresa Terry was
here was in the early sos, said he. after
hearing about the breaking up of the old
clipper. II ought 20 remember the cir
cumstances. as it was one of the most ex-
citing incidents in my life. 1t was blow
Ing gale at the time, and as the vessel
was consigned TO US l had 10 go out to
her. 1t was the worst half hour / ever
spent on the bay, and when / got aboard
the bark it was even worse. The sailors
were deserting one by one and the Chi
nese were clsmoring to be put ashore.
The captain couldn't do anything and his
men laughed at him. l took in the situa-
ton at glance and ordered the Chinese
below ana battened the matches down.
Then ] started back for the CITY.
When told the agents how matters
stood they said, The Chinese merchants
are getting out w-its of habeas corpus for
all the coolies aboard, and should they
succeed the owners of the vessel will he
ruined. You must get get that vessel to
sea again before daypreak or else there
will be the devil to paw
II hurried away to Captain Charles
Goodall, who owned the only tug In the
bay at that time, and told him our pre-
dicament. His tug mad her smokestack
down and was being overhauled. As first
he said 1t was impossible 10 do anything,
but when / told him it was a question of
sparing no expense. he got an extra gang
OF n-en ard by nightfall had the tug ready
for sea again.
Then 1 went and saw Bill Nye, the
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
Tardy Condemnation Pro
cess of the Board of
Health.
Commercial Eyesores Which Are
Permitted to Linger and
Decay.
Sham ties on Jackson Street Falling
Away With Age and
Weather.

During the recent spasm of modern i'm
provements which had seized the MEM
bers of the Board of Health to rid the
City of the dangerous and unsighIly old
shantie which are dotted about in the
older sections several dilapidated old rook-
cries were pulled down, principally in the
Chinese quarters. Yet some of the con-
demned rookeries escaped the devastat.
ing raid of the stalwart attaches of the
Health Department.
Among those dangerous shanties con.
demned and ordered to be pulled down is an
entire row of old corrugated iron shanties
on the north side of Jackson street. be-
tween Sansome and Battery, opposite the
Postoffice.
Those old rookeries were erected = or
rather bolted together-in the fall of 40
and there have renamed ever since,
habitation and rendezvous for water front
rats and propagation ground for mos
quitoes and spiders.
The entire front on which these CORFU
gated iron sheds stand is owned by James
de la Montanya and Thomas Ambrose,
both OF whom are wealthy.
Notice had been served upon those two
pr0perty-owners that the sheds were con-
demned by the Health Department of
this City and would be torn down inside
of a specified time unless removed by
their owners. This was over six months
ago, but yet the rookeries are still there,
owing 10 an extension of time granted by
the health officers.
This limit of INDULGENCE will expire on
the 1st or next month, and it then re-
mains TO be seen what further action will
be taken by the authorities in the m after
of tearing down the shanties
-. Il.
Similar dilatory course has been fol-
lowed with regard 10 the cluster of rocks
cries on the gore end of Montgomery ave-
nue. and Kearny street, in front of which
DE. Cogswell placed a bronze statue OF
Benjamin Franklin some years ago. The
property on which those decayed shanties
stand is owned by the heirs OF Matthew
Crooks and d.. H. d. Cogswell.
As a reason for not pulling down those
Objectionable buildings before this the
Health Department claim that the requi-
site notice had not been served on Cogs-
well, but when this is done the shanties
will come down in a tumble without fur
ther ceremony.