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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11
PARRY GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN

Annexation and the war have al
lowed a most important political event
in japan to escape notice.
Those who are familiar with the at
tempt of the Emperor and his friends
TO establish constitutional government
during the last ten years, know that
the chief obstacle to its success, as it
has succeeded in England and our own
country, is the absence Of political par
ties. and the activity and influence OF
personal parties in this administration
of the Government. The same absence
of political parties, divided on certain
distinct principles Of government, in
France and Italy, especially in France,
is thoroughly discussed by Bodley in
his treatise on government by party,
and Japan is cited as an instance Of
government of persons, and not Of
principles.
The racial habit and thought of the
JaDanese naturally expressed itself in
the Government, whatever political
name it assumed. AS the elan gov
erned before, in a large measure, so
the clans. after the creation of the
present constitutional government, at
once made the administration, not that
of a party, but of a clan,
The result has been in many ways
unfortunate, although, fortunately for
that country, it has not been disas-
trous. as many predicted it would be.
While one clan was in power, the
other clans combined, in the Diet, to
drive it ont of power, by obstructing
legislation. Three times has the En-
peror dissolved the Diet, and gone to
the people" as the British say, with no
better result than the continuance OF
personal as against party government
Only the religious venaration of all
classes for the Emperor has saved the
Empire from civil war.
Count Ito, one of the most enlight-
ened statesmen of the Empire, has
firmly believed that the establishment
of party government was a political
necessity. As the Premier recently, he
found that the clans and the men with
some personal following were in a ma
jority in the Diet. He boldly adopted
for the first time, the British method
of changing the government, by advis-
ing the Emperor to call in the oppo-
sition and give the administration in
to it's hands. This was done. Count
Ito then resigned. For the first time
under the new constitution, there is
something of a party administration
in the Empire. Although it may soon
be driven out of office, it marks the
beginning of substantial democratic
rule in what was an Oriental desDot-
ism only few years ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11

The automobile has passed the ex-
detrimental stage in Paris, and the
fashionable women are taking it up as
a fad. Carriages and horses are
abandoned, while the automobiles
bowl along the Champs EIysees and
the Bots de Bologne. 1t is safe, there
fore, to predict that we shall have
borseless carriages here within a short
time. The objection to them will be
their lack of power to climb some OF
our roads, such as the Pail or the Tan
taIus roads. Otherwise they will be
most useful.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11
NEVER

Try a few bottles Of a true and tried
remedy which has no equal as sys-
tenn toner and health producer. Your
physician endorses it. It will build
YOU up and make you feel well again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11

be rated as colleges, are indiscrimin-
ately granting degrees to colored law
yers and preachers. At the rate they
are granting them, the South viii soon
have its fun quota of negro Doctors Of
Divinity. and Doctors Of Laws.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11
The PASSING HOUR.

1t is a happy thing that a man can
relieve himself of the memory OF a
tooth pain.
If any man yells 'rubberneck' at the
Executive Building grounds on Friday,
put him out.
The coming occasion presents to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11

Tomorrow at noon the American flag
will go up at both the prison and the
ASYLUM. Proceedings at the former
will be formal in character.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11

Many of the colored or Afro~Ameri-
can schools, which claim the right to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11
TOPICS

July p, 1893.
There is lots to be said
about harness, and especially
poor harness. Good harness
sells itself wherever found.
There is little to be said
about the line of harness we
carry, except that our guar
antee goes with every set.
CHEAP SINGLE HARNESS
with breast strap
GOOD HARNESS WITH COLLAR
AND NAMES.
SURRY HARNESS.
EXPRESS WAGON HARNESS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11
NAL

Close attention to ones duties, no
matter the nature, sooner or later the
Iabors will soon become a task in this
climate. You feel tired, can't eat and
relish your meal; imagine you are IN
fortunate and long for a change.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-11
MURINE

Just think moment and consider
whether the cause of your i'll feelings
are not due to lack of tone to your
stomach, thereby oyertaXing your
nerve force, which eventually wrecks
the whole organism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

two could have prevented it but for his
dog Bull This dog had been badly whipped
by the bear, and, with the others that were
left, had kept out of the fight since their
first disastrous attack. But when Bun saw
his master at the mercy of the bear he
jumped upon her and grabbed her by the
throat, which proved a very unwise thing
for the dog to do, so far as he was himself
concerned. He should have grabbed her In
the rear. His attack saved his master, but
it was the last of Bull. The bear tore him
in two with one sweep of her paw.
This had all occurred in less than a min
ute, and before the bear could turn on
Isaac again after dealing with the dog
Jesse and Pancake dashed their horses
against her and tumbled her over Ike was
up and safe before the bear recovered her
self. This Interference seemed to discour-
age the bear, and she climbed the stub of a
blackberry tree which stood near The only
weapons the hunters had were an old
flint-lock musket that had done duty in the
war of 1872 and a small tomahawk that
Jesse Funk carried. When the bear climbed
the stub Jesse tried to shoot her, but the
flint in the gun wouldn't strike fire. PAN
cake rode up alongside of Jesse, and Jesse
rested the musket on Pancakes shoulder
got bead on the bear and touched off
the printing powder In the pan with a
match. There was a tremendous report
The gun kicked Jesse off his horse and
luInDleu the Dear out OF tne tree at tne
same time.
L was stone deaf three days Pan
cake used to say here, from the shock
and shatter that gun gave my hearing APP
paratus.
Jesse Funk wasn't hurt much by his
fall from the horse, but his shoulder
was dislocated by the kick of the gun.
Isaac Funk and Pancake put It back in
place again, and Jesse remounted his
horse. The bear lay on the ground kick
ing and bowling dreadfully. Ike Funk.
impetuous as ever, grabbed Jesse's toma-
hawk and pitched into her again. She
got TO her feet and rushed Ike down once
moree and had him foul when Jesse and
Pancake ran their horses against her a
second time. Jesse had kept hold of the
gun. The bear rose up against him and
his horse, set both OF her paws on the
horses neck and made a grab at Jesse S
leg with her jaws. AS she did so Jesse
rammed the gun barrel down her throat
and Pancake jabbed her in the neck with
his knife. The dogs by this time pluck
ed up courage enough to take part IN the
fight again, and between the dogs. Ike
with the tomahawk, Jesse with the gun.
and Pancake with the knife they sue
ceeded in killing the bear. They captured
the cubs alive. on their way home they
were chased by a pack of wolves. which
followed them to the very dooryard of the
Funk farm"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

ord proved simply that there were sounds
in the atmosphere which the
human ear could not hear. Lord
Rayleigh, after some experimental
ton, determined that we are capable of
hearing sounds of an intensity less than
one-millionth of an atmosphere. Some
idea of the capabilities of this new instru~
ment may be gained from the fact that
the little mirror mentioned above will
move backward and forward over even so
slight distance at 100000 of an inch.
Prof. Wcbster's new machine may prove
of great scientific value. 1t has record
cd a sound of one six-milliOnth of an at
mosphere at a distance of twenty feet. At
forty-five feet that same sound, then re
duced to one twelve-millionth of an at
mosphere, was recorded. On the other
hand, the sound of a whistlng buoy seven
and one-quarter miles away was easily re-
corded. The pitch of this sound and the
distance away was determined by the in
strument. And this brings up the ques-
ton of its utility on vessels. If the
sounds made on a vessel could be record
ed on other vessels carrying such an APP
paratus the probability of a collision would
be very much lessened if the collision itself
were not rendered absolutely impossible.
Theodore Waters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

the-way villages, yet there are many
methods of storing away money and val
uables equally as quaint, which are still
adopted by ladies.
An elderly spinster who resides in one
of the many ancient houses to be found
In Boston, had a set OF stationary draw
ers topped by cupboards specially built
into a huge closet in one of the rooms.
The lower drawer, instead of resting di-
recty on the floor ran on grooves about
two inches above it. This lower drawer
she would pull out and place large sums
of money and all her Jewel cases in the
space left below. and then replace the
drawer, which she kept filled with linen.
The old lady would always declare that II
the house was broken into and the draw
ers ransacked, no one would think OF pull
Ing them right out, and that her hiding
place was far safer than any bank.
Equally shrewd was a woman In Cleve-
land, who, whenever she had occasion to
leave her home at all, would put her mon
ey and tewelry In the coal scutue, COW
ering them up carefully with several lay
ers Of coal. This might have proved
somewhat risky experiment in the winter
months, whe nthe fire had to be fed but
their owner felt that no burglar would
ever dream of looking in a coal scuttle for
valuables.
Another lady once conaded to the writer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

Of sounds that pass unnoticed except by
some delicate perceptions like that of
OF Prof. Webster's apparatus. In other
words silence is comparative and
not positive. There are probably few
sounds that can escape this new inven-
ton, for its maker has proved that with
1t he can detect and photograph the noise
made by draught of air passing through
a ROOM
The mechanism by which Prof. Web
sterS machine records sound ready for
measurement is comparatively simple. 1t
consists of a set of movable mirrors and
prisms which act in conjunction with a
diaphragm. One of the principles involv-
ed IN this part of the process is hundreds
OF years old and was discovered by Sir
Isaac Newton. To illustrate it, suppose
that light is admitted through a pin hole
shutter into very dark room. Intro
uuce INTO the panel of light any Opaque
body as a knife blade for example and
OBSERVE the shadows which it casts on
white screen, we shall see that the edges
OF the shadow are fringed with colored
HSht. The light in passing by the edge
Ut back of razor or a block of marble
or a bubble of air in glass is in each case
aHected the same way This ts because
ilght always is infected, or, more popu-
the edge of bodies. But it is rarely OBJ
served in ordinary circumstances because
When light comes from various directions
the colors composing it overlap and are
reduced to Wilderness. Any transparent
substance of excessive thinness reflects
priiilant colors. Examples are seen in thin
4amlnae of air occupying cracks in glass
ana Ice and the interstices between plates
Oh mica, also in thin films of oil on water
ana alcohol on glass, but most remarkably
bies
Inc same effect is produced IL q lens of
sHght convexity is laid on a plane liens.
ana the two after being placed together by
q screw are viewed by reflected light
Rings of color may be seen ranged around
me point of contact. The smallest rings
are broadest and most brilliant and each
oae contains the color of the spectrum In
.He'r order These are commonly called
NeWton's rings, because Sir Isaac Newton
-Isl investigated this phenomena. This
principle of infection then and a modifca-
non OF the instrument used in producing
NeWton's rings are used in the new appa-
Iotus Tor measuring sound. Within small
9quare box Prof. Webster has placed sew
eldi mirrors and prisms in such a manner
tHat Newton's rings viii be projected
aSalhst a moving sensitive PHOTOGRAPHIC
pidte. On one side of the box is a globe
SNAPPED resonator, inside of which is a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

Prof. A. G. Webster of Clark University
has Just perfected a scientific instrument
which is likely to add considerably to ex-
isting knowledge of the phenomenon of
sound. At the recent meeting of the Amer
lean Association for the Advancement of
Science. Prof. Webster advanced the
question, How Loud Is a Sound?" When
no one was able to answer he brought
into view an apparatus which served as
an absolute standard of comparison. Here
after it win be possible to say just how
loud any sound may be- not by guess
work but by means of waves made by
reflected light. Incidentally Prof. Webster
remarked that with this instrument it may
be possible to chase the echo to its source
and find out all about IL that a modified
form of the instrument might be installed
on shipboard to be used to denote the ap-
proach of other vessels.
Curiously enough, light is the agency
that has been called in to Increase our
knowledge of sound. 1t is by means of
photography that Prof Webster measures
all sorts of noises, from the roar of an
explosion to sounds so low that the HUI
man ear finds it impossible to detect them
and which therefore pass under the name
of silence. The device has proved that
there is no such thing as silence in the
ordinary acceptance of the term. What
men call silence includes all noises below
the limit at which the human ear will
register sound, but silence is really full
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

sensitive diapraghm made of a very thin
glass plate. The slightest sound viii cause
this diaphragm to vibrate On the inner
side of the diapraghm is attached very
small circular mirror Weighing fraction
OIL gramme. When a sound, however
sight, enters the resonator or received of
the instrument The diapraghm and conse-
quently the small mirror vibrate backward
ana forward and a small beam of light is
sent careening about among the other mir
rors and the prisms and is made finally to
resolve itself into a series of colored
fringes. These fringes are projected
through a series of slits in a screen until
by the time the light reaches the photo
graphic plate it takes the form of a way
ing line. This waving line is projected on
a screen by means of q lantern and may
be viewed If necessary by a number Of
persons at once, as during the meeting of
the American Association for the Ad-
Vancemens of Science. So, Q s Prof. Web
ster jocularly remarked deaf man easily
might distinguish the difference between
the sounds, while blind man could not.
Some really startling results were shown
or the screen. Thus the vibrations pro-
duced by a tuning fork were shown in the
form of very regular waves across the
screen. Some vowel sounds projected into
the receiver were depicted in a very ir-
regular waving line, showing that it is
impossible for any person to hold the voice
evenly while pronOuncing a letter or word
This is point for singers and musicians
generally to ponder over. a draught in
the room produced an effect which result
ed in a series of rather irregular curves
having a downward trend Silence mani
tested itself in a series of very regular fine
waving lines. Ability to hear or see silence
might occasion some surprise, but the rec
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18
oHIO'S GREATEST BEAR FIGHT.
story of the Combat as Told by the
Last Survivor.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
1.-THE last survivor of the greatest bear
fight that ever took place in the state of
Ohio died few days ago in Wayne coun-
ty, Indiana" said George Burton of the
Deer creek country, Ohio. THAT man
was Franklin Pancake, and he must have
been 80 years old. There isn't a bear left
in the state of Ohio, but within the recol-
lection of this old hunter there was plen-
ty of them, and the hunters hunted them
on horseback with big packs of dogs. !
have heard Pancake tell the story of what
he called the great hunt many and many
time.
1T was in Fayette county. He and Jesse
Funk and his brother Isaac were boys to-
gether. one day they went out to run
down a bear They started a big one,
and it gave them and their nineteen dogs
a long and exciting chase before they ran
it to cover, which was in a mound of pra-
RE grass six feet high. Isaac Funk was
a daredevil of a young chap and he spur
red his horse al a gallop right through the
bears nest. Out tumbled the bear and
three cubs. The pack of dogs pitched into
the bear family and in less than a minute
the old bear had killed six of them,
knocking four helpless, and scattered the
rest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

" She was terror old man Pancake
used to say at this point.
after doing up the dogs she got her
cubs behind her and stood ready for the
next move of the hunters. Young Ike Funk
didn't keep her waiting long. He charged
straight upon her with his horse, knocking
her over and scattering the cubs. The old
bear was as quick as a fash, though, and
before Ike's horse got out of the way she
had him by the fotlock joint with her jaws.
throwing his rider to the ground almost
within reach of the angry bear. The horse
scrambled up and tore away over the prai-
RE on three feet The bear sprang upon
Isaac before he could escape her. and
would have killed him before the other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

that il she had occasion 10 leave her house
she Invariably placed her jewelry In her
old shoes, which were placed alongside the
new ones. Quite lot of valuables can be
forced down into The toes without giving
the slightest evidence Of the value therein
OF other hiding places, perhaps the most
popular, especially for paper money, is the
big family Bible. 1t is quite a customary
thing in out-of-the-way country houses to
thus secure any valuable papers in the
possession Of the family Tea caddies and
sugar bowls make excellent temporary
safes, and the pocket OF an old dress, hang
ing in an unconcealed way In a wardrobe
is regarded by many women as one of the
safest places imaginable for spare rings,
brooches and bracelets.
One old lady the other day took her first
railroad ride from a central New York
town to this city, so that she might draw
her savings from the bank here and place
them in the country institution at home.
Her money had been here through the
panics of 20 and '93, but she thought it
safer now, while the war with Spain was
on, to take 1t out and pace 1t nearer her.
She would not trust any one but herself
10 come on and draw the few hundreds.
--o--1-S
No Inducement.-'W Wouldn't you like 10
live your life over again.
"And owe twice as much as do now
Veil, I guess not. Truth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOUND,
Professor Webster's Remarkable Instru-
ment and Its Work

Sound waves
That There Is
and How t Operates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18
HIDING MONEY.
Queer Places That Women Choose as
Being Safe.

From the New York Journal
The stocking bank. the favorite hiding
place Of past generation, has now be-
come almost obsolete, except with a very
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

Black All Wool Poplin
Slack Silk Mix Popiin
Black All silk Crepon
Black Goats Hair Crepons
Black Silk Warp Henrietta
Black Silk Warp Eudorah
Black Silk Warp Melrose
Black SILK Warp Yelling
Back SILK Finish Sicilian
Black Silk Finish Mohairs
Blk SILK Finish Brlliantlne
Black SILK Figure Poplins
Black Silk Mixed Novelties
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25
Drowned IN the Dan.

DANVILLE, VA. oct special
W. j. Blackwell. night operator Of the
Bell telephone Office and a student 0i the
Danvilio Military Institute. was drowned
In Dan river Just above the city 40 u
o'clock yesterday.
After attending Sunday-school. Black
well and a young companion. Garland T..
Marlin. strolled up the river When near
the city water works they got in row
boat TO cross the river. Tn mid-strcam
the boat overturned. Martin swan ashore.
but was totally exhausted and nearly
Drowned.
Blackwell could not swim and was
drowned. Diligent effort has so Tar failed
TO recover his body.
Blackwell was a brother Of Dr. Robert
Blackwell dentist in this city. and was
noble and popular youth ana favorite
among his companions
DANVILLE, VA. October Especial.
Incessar. search and dragging OF the
Dan river have so Ear failed o. find the
body Of young Joseph Blackwell, who
was drowned yesterday morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-25
JUSTICE JOHN.
Jim Robinson Got Fifteen Days DO
He Asked for Them.

Lizzie Alien. colored was charged with
contempt OF court In failing 70 appear
in court when she WAS summoned on
December T. 1896.
why didn't you come here then?"
cause | was sick"
Been sick ever since then?"
"Naw sir, but thought that IL you
didn't come III a month. you didn't have
TO-"
Where you been7'
mo whstes. cept we're: dun bin
rested once sence then an paid mer
fine"
"I'n dismiss you OF that charge. but
give me $40 for being drunk ON the
street"
Lizzie went down.
Mehala Hickman. Is regular visitor
20 the shrine. and her dark ginger colored
features are well-known TO the officials
OF the court
II wasn't drunk. dis time" she said
but was feelin bad an wen l trieG
70 20 acrost the street fell and hurt
my haid. and dey sails was drunk"
well. Mehsla. II you are sick. I'll
send you down where you will get good
attention: twenty days, Mehala."
Woodson Braxton. coiored. II an old
man with both legs cut on lie " from