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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-05
BA|LEY'S HONOLULU CYC[ERY
231 King Street

-CT NIIIS OCIOCO
Has the Hawaiian Agency for the cele-
brated STORMER Bicycles, which will
be sold at San Francisco prices for
guaranteed. Finish and style equal to
any Bike sold here. NJ. & ". Tires.
Contracts taken to keep your Bike
in running order at s1.O0 per month.
Bake enameling in black and colors.
Parts and sundries.
Special selling agents for Morgan &
Wright Tires and Tubes.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
ARRIVE.

Steamers due and to sail today and
FOR the next six days are as follows:
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WANTED.

AN EXPERIENCED HAND IN THE
Millinery Department.
5O31 b. F. EHLERS & co.
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NOTICE..

MIR. G.. \. HOWARD, JR., OF
Howard, Train & Page, Architects,
wishes TO announce to his friends and
the public that he has returned from
the States, and resumed his position
as head of the firm. Any business en-
trusted TO the firm will receive his
personal attention. 5041
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I3TH.-S0LD.

14th.-About 1000 Acres in Kealako-
mo, Puma, Hawaii; the land extends
from the beach to about miles
from the Volcano.
15th.-CITY PROPERTIES, Etc, Etc.
Prices are the cheapest in the Market.
For further particulars apply to
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LOST.

book containing ten dollar gold piece
and a check for $1,775, payable to Ida
w. Sturgeon. Suitable reward for its
return to Advertiser office. 5041
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THE OWNERS, MASTER AND
agents of the ship STAR OF ITALY
will not be responsible for debts con-
tracted by any member Of the crew Of
said vessel while in this port. 5037
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

upon which the fire of the warships
had been centered. A four-inch she'll
from the Window tore this structure
to pieces, killing many and burying
others in the ruins. The Spanish loss
Is known to have been very heavy, the
warships firing hundreds of shells
right into their midst.
The United States cruiser Marble
head, the gunboat Nashville and the
auxiliary cruiser Window steamed up
to the harbor of Cienfuegos early We'd
nesday morning with orders to cut the
cable connecting Havana with Santa
go de Cuba. This task vas accom-
plished, but only after a terrific fight
between the warships and several
thousand Spanish troops, which lined
the shore and lay concealed behind i'm
provised breastworks.
Soon after the arrival of the war
ships eff Cienfuegos four boats we're
launched and proceeded in shore for
the purpose of graphing for the cable
in order to cut it. The warships lay
to about 1000 yards or more off the
harbor.
1t was observed that tie Spanish
troops had assembled ashore, but it
was not known that heavy guns had
been placed in a masked battery and
that the old lighthouse, far out on a
neck of land, had been transformed
into a formidable fort.
The small boats proceeded cautiously
and for more than al hour worked I'M
molested on the cable. Suddenly, just
as the work was about completed, the
shore battery fired q she'll at the boats.
1t was followed by others, and the
Spanish infantry opened fire then with
their ri&ss. Then, like a flash, the
Marbleh-ad sent a shell inland, and
followed it with a perfect shower Of
shot. The Nashville vas quick to fol-
low suit, and the little Window cut
loose with her fo~ur-pourGers.
In the meanwhile Spanish bullets
fell n every direction around the
small boats. Though the attack had
ecne suddenly and fercsly the blue
Jackets were not dismayad, and, pro-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Pressure of the Sea.

There are spots in the pecan where
the water is five miles deep. If it ia
true that the pressure Of the water on
any body in the water is one hound
to the square inch for every W feet
OF the depth anything at the bottom of
one Of the "ive-mile holes" would.
have a pressure about it Of IS. 200 feet
70 every square inch. There is nothing
I human manufacture that would re-
slst such a pressure. That it exists
there Is no doubt. 1t is known that
the pressure on a well-corked glass
bottle at the depth of 800 feet is so
great thai the water will force its vav
through the pores of the glass. II 10
also sale that pieces Of wood have bean
weighted and sunk in the sea to such
a depth that the tissues have bacomo
so condensed that the wood has 1oet
It's buoyancy and would never roat
again. 1t could not be even made 70
burn when dry.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

dead. They make good mea better;
sometimes they make bad men good.
1t is a grateful and beneflcenI GUS
tom which has been established of de-
voting one day in the year especially to
the commemoration of the virtues of
the dead. Their memory comes to us,
hidden or unbidden. 1t comes with the
morning light; it zones with the even
ing shades; it comes in the stiffness Of
the night. Whenever it comes it is
always welcome and precious. Indeed,
one of our chief companionships, which
we cultivate and enjoy more almost
than any other, is the recollection of
those we have loved and lost.
In the formal appropriation Of Mem
crial day, h,wever. to the decoration C
graves, there is a manifest, outward
sign of respect which is seemly and il
keeping with our ever-present feeling
of affection fer those who have gone
before us. Many improve it by car
rying flowers to the spot where their
loved mes lie; all improve it by re-
calling in more vivid fancy the forms
and qualities of the sleepers we sigh
in vain for the power to awaken.-New
York Ledger.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

another, and another, and finally
n came in an unfamiliar hand
and told the story l so much
feared. They thought he was
killed in the battle of Gettysburg, in
the desperate charge at the Bloody
Angle" where so many brave men on
both sides gave up their lives. but dill
gent search brought nothing more def
mite. l sometimes wonder how I have
lived through all these long thirty
years, but you know we poor mortals
can endure o than we think. ]
have much that is pleasant to look
back upon, and much in the future to
dream of. And now about that lonely
grave. He was a soldier, too, and
there was no one to care for him, so
l love to place my flowers there, and
cannot help feeling that perhaps anoth-
er Is doing the same for ...lph."
A whistle interrupted the story and
Antoinette stopped to kiss the dear old
lady, and in a moment was gone.
Late that afternoon, after Antoiret-
ties class had gone and the cemetery
was iuile ueSel leu, Itdlpu ouu A1IOlu-
cite fingered at a little distance from
that grave, quite unobserved by Aunt
Ruth, and watched her arrange the
flowers.
DO you know" said Ralph, 81 never
saw anything more pathetic. The men
who enlisted and fought with courage
and fearlessness were indeed brave he
roes, but not an atom more heroic than
the women who gave their husbands
and sons and lovers to die for their
country, and have lived On, year after
year, bravely and ch~eerfully hiding
their loneliness and heartache behind
a happy face. ALI honor to them!"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

what she called furniture medicine"
There were tins Of different celors Of
paints and enamel, brushes Of several
sizes, a bottle Of liquid gilt, some good
glue, and remnants CT all the different
kinds Of wall paper. A handsome six
leaved Japanese screen had been bad
ly mutilated by a careless housemaid.
SO that two of its panels were insight
ly. She patched the gashes carefully
with court plaster, and With a box of
water colors and the liquid gilt SO con-
cealed the patches that it was as good
as new. A somewhat t~op-heavy but
sturdy little boy made q seat of the
handsome Chinese porcelain umbrel-
la jar, when down came both boy and
jar, the latter in a dozen pieces. 1t
was not therefor discarded, but piecing
it with the greatest care with cement,
a brush was dipped in liquid gilt and
covered all the cracks, which, from
their zig-zag directions, really added to
its oriental appearance.-Short Skits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
ORIAL DAY.

The mist of battles has rolled away:
Peace, glorious peace is ours to-day
And added stars in our banner glow:
The dear old flag of the long ago. =.
We thirSS Of the founders of this pest
land,
Our %grandsires brave in stern COM
mand,
And listen still as the vet'rans tell
OF vict'ries won. though the foe 1ougnt
well;
Of retrieved disasters. of great defeat.
The onward march and the forced re-
treat.
Then turn where our childhood's heroes
rest.
While gentle fancies soothe the breast.
Then while we place on each soldiers
plot,
On each hallowed grave, the forget-me-
not;
Thankful to God for the courage shown
BY those We were proud to call our
own,
That Right, triumphant. may closer bind
The ties of royalty all mankind;
With the inward prayer: May all wars
cease,
And men be skilled with the skill of
peace.
George Bancroft Griffith in Woman's
Magazine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
CUT IN HAIL OF SHOT.
BRAVE SEAMEN FROM AMERI-
CAN SHIPS DID DARING AT
CIENFUEGOS, CUBA.
Spaniards Shoot from Masked Batteries
and Rife Pits Upon the Handful of
Bluejackets Ordered to Sever the
Wires Leading Into the City.

Amid a perfect storm of shot from
Spanish rifles and batteries the Amer
lean forces cut the cables at Cienfue-
COS Wednesday morning, May II.
Four determined boat crews, under
command Of Lieutenant Winslow and
Ensign Magruder, from the cruiser
Marblehead and the gunboat Nashville,
put out from the ships, the coast hav-
ing previously been shelled. The work
Of the volunteers was perilous, and n
was killed while bravely doing his du-
ty, six others being seriously wounded.
The man instantly killed was Patrick
Reagan. None of the ships was dam
aged to any extent. The cruiser Mar
blehead, the gunboat Nashville ard the
auxiliary cruiser Window drew up 1000
yards from shore with their guns
manned for desperate duty.
One cable had already been cut and
the work was in progress on the other
when the SpaniarGs in rife pits and a
battery in an old lighthouse, standing
out in the bay, opened fire. The war
ships poured in a ~thunderous volley,
their great guns be!ching forth ass
i've shells into the swarms of the enc
my. The crews of the boats calmly
proceeded with their desperate work,
Notwithstanding the fact that a num-
Der had fallen, and finished it, return
ing to the ships through a binding
smoke and a heavy fire.
More than 1000 infantrymen on shore
kept up a continuous fire and the bull
lets from the machine guns struck the
warships a hundred times, but did no
great damage. Commander Maynard
Of the gunboat Nashville was slightly
wounded by a rife bullet that before
striking him passed through the arm
of an ensign, whose name is unknown.
Lieutenant Winslow was shot in the
hand, making three officers wounded
in all. After the S%paniards had been
driven from the rifle pits many of them
took refuge in the lighthouse fortress,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

Just now in the springtime of life your
SELF. You seem to me very like that
little shrub yonder, the buds just peep
ing out which shall so soon unfold into
the perfect flower. So do l see in you
the possibilities Of a BEAUTIFUL and no
bic womanhood. But haven't we
enough lilacs? The sun is so warm!"
Yes, indeed, we have and 1 don't
care to rob you even for a good cause.
am relying upon the girls for a good
ly supply"
Its your Sunday-school class, isn't
it,"
YES" answered Antoinette. aunt
Ruth, won't you go with us? That
would make our party complete. Do
say yes"
mo, l would rather go alone. l am
glad, though, that you are interesting
your class in this way, for it seems to
me that children in these days have too
little patriotic spirit, and too little ap-
probation of the cost Of liberty. The
decoration of the soldiers graves
means little more to them than a half
holiday from school and a happy time
gathering flowers. After all, l guess
it is better so. Let them have all the
sunshine possible; the shadows come
soon enough to all of u.s."
Aunt Ruth" said Antoinette, ten
derby, I've wanted to ask you some
thing for a long time, but I don't know
that l ought"
Certainly you may. What is it,"
will you tell me whose grave you
visit so much, and on which you al
ways put such lovely flowers Decora-
ton day."
You will be surprised, my dear,
when 1 tell you that 1 don't know. 1t
is an unknown grave, but all 1 needed
to know was that he was a soldier.
When did you say Ralph was com
ing?"
Not till H."
Then come into the sitting-room
where it is cool and let me tell you a
bit of my own life. Somehow l feel
just like it this morning."
They laid down their flowers and en-
joyed the r%estfulness of the coy room
I'm going to lie down." said Aunt
Ruth, and you bring the hassock and
sit right beside me and let me tell you
what is in my heart.
when you came in this morning
so happy and light-hearted my
thoughts flew back thirty years, when
l was about your age, and had just as
much to make me happy as you have
now. 1 was engaged to a noble man,
and, strangely enough, his name was
Ralph, too. He was a lawyer. and his
fine mind gave promise of a brilliant
career. We were to have been married
in the spring of '63, but when the war
broke out his country's call appealed
to his noblest manhood. He didn't say
much at first, but / knew that the only
obstacle in the way of his enlisttng was
the pain it would give me-. He was
perfectly we'll and strong, an added
reason for his going. All, we'll do I
remember the night we settled it! How
earnestly and tenderly he talked about
it! In a few days he was gone. 1t
took more courage than I then thought
to make that sacrifice, but my sense of
duty to country would not allow me to
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

Good morning, Aunt Ruth. You
see I'm on hand bright and early for
my lilacs. Aren't we going to have a
beautiful day." said Antoinette, cheer
lily, seeming to have caught the on
tagion of the bright May morning.
Il am so glad it is pleasant, fer 1
well remember how rainy it was last
Decoration day. I'm sorry the lilacs
are a little backward this year; still
I think we shall find enough for a air
showing. Did you bring a basket?"
Il did. The self-same one that has
done service for the last three years.
Ralph is coming for me about II o.
clock"
With that they started for the gar
den.
Miss Bosworth, Aunt Ruth" as she
was more Familiarity known-was one
Of the Oldest inhabitants of Pleasant
Vile, a sleepy little town nesting
among the Berkshire hills, its quiet
u~ndisturbed save by the buzz of the
sawmill, and, in summer, the busy
hive of workers at the canning fac
tory.
Everybody knew Aunt Ruth, and
none knew her but to love her. She
was one of those elderly women-shall
we say rare?-who had preserved a
sweet, happy nature, free from disa-
greeable habits both of speech and
manner. Although over 60 years old,
she still possessed that blessed faculty
OF a~daptability which made her a COW
eted companion Of both young and old.
Children were attracted by her cookie
lar and a fund of delightful stories,
while those of maturer years were
charmed with her personality and her
entertaining conversation, which ever
sparkled with subtle humor, despite an
unmistakable u~ndercurrent of sadness,
which at times betrayed itself in her
face.
Antoinette Rathbun was particularly
fond of Aunt Ruth, and many happy
hours they spent together, reading or
discussing the various questions of the
day.
Antoinette was just now in a most
heatifc state of mind. That which
makes the world so round had touched
her life and impaired to it fresh en-
tbusiasm and delight, and this Decora-
ton day morning she seemed unusual
ly happy.
AFTER all, Aunt Ruth" she said.
.+bere is no season of the year quite
an beautiful to noe as the springtime.
chen everything seems fairly bursting
with life and d~elighting in life"
4Ah, my dear, it is because you are
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
oARTERs ARE Y
rv.r BEFORE. and Startling in Their
BriIliancy.

New York Sun: Carriers are sa,
than ever before. No woman 20
Of wearing plain elastic bands TO Keep
mn her stockings nowadays. lnaeet,
earters are now made so many coiorsu
that the rival the fashionable hosieiy
itself when it comes to startiihs
liancy. A garter can come a1ou
near marring or making a woman
happiness as any trifing accessory u
her toilet. Women generally, Ions
ago gave up the elastic band "nicn
held the stocking up below or tne
knee. Health culturists first to!d tneH
that 1t was injurious, preventing peI-
feet circulation. but the sex chung 10
II with ITS beieweled buckles and beau
tiful rows of ribbon. e the cur
turists told them that the round gar
ter would spoil the shape OF the les'
and they dropped it like a not eaAe
and adopted the suspender garter U.
stocking supporter, as 1t Is o1leneu
called. The newest supporters are
made of very broad and fancy SIX eias-
tic In brilliant Scotch plaids or Roman
stripes, or else plain elastic covered
with ribbons that would shame JOS
eph's coat, put on full. The catches
and side buckles are Of white metal,
silver, silver gilded and pure gold, N
some of them are Sudden with pre-
cious and semi-precious gems. one
style fastens around the waist OF the
wearer by means of a satin belt matca-
ing in color the predominating coier
of the elastic; the other fasteDs at n
side of the corset with catch pins. Botn
methods are unsatisfactory. The waist
band is warm in summer, and &C.
stroys the lines about the waist. IL
is. indeed, impossible for a woman In
clined to be stout. The other, II or
such a length as to keep the stocking
up properly, pulls ON the corset and
gives the wearer a most uncomfort-
able, tired feeling toward the n OF
the lay. All Of these drawbacks have
a tendency to make a woman conclude
that after all her great grandmother
was right in declaring that the most
satisfactory garter in the world was
q string torn from a selvedge edge OF
a piece of flannel and wrapped Just
loose enough for comfort and tight
enough for convenience about the
stocking above or below the knee. A
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

tected by the terrific return fire OF the
warships. work was continued and the
cable cut.
The Spania-ds had by this time sur
fered severe loss. Their shots from
the lighthouse struck the warships sew
eral times, and, although they did not
do much damage. the fire aroused the
determination of the American officers
to exterminate the fort. Thereafter,
for the moment, the fire of tho war
ships was concentrated upon the light
house and the improvised fort was
blown to pieces. AS there were great
numbers of Spaniards in and behind
the fort at the time there is no doubt
that many of them were killed. The
Marblehead and the Nashville used
their heaviest guns, as well as their
small rapid-fire guns, and hundreds OF
shots were thrown into the Spanish
troops.
The Marblehead was struck scores Of
times by bullets from machine guns
and the Nashville suffered to about the
same extent. The Window also had
many marks CT the fray. Her shell
blowing up the lighthouse and scatter
ing the Spaniards in all directions end
ed the battle.
The cable which vas cut at Cienfue-
SOS extended from that city to Santiago
de Cuba. 1t does not sever cable COM
munication with Cuba, as there is an
other line in operation between San
tiago de Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica.
The severed cable is owned by the Gu
ba Submarine company. The one op-
Grating to Kingston i3 owned by the
West India Panama company. The lat
ter is the only line not in control of
the United States government. The
cable from Havana to Key West is
controlled by United States officials. 1t
was a shot from the four-inch gun Of
the Window which knocked over the
lighthouse. In command of that gun
division was Lieutenant Crisp, and
Cooper was the gunner who fired the
shot. The Spanish loss is estimated ct
400.
The lighthouse was demolished, the
arsenal destroyed and the batteries on
shore silenced. The town was set on
fire by shells from the American feet.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Two Natural Foes.

Water will extinguish fire because
the water forms a coating over
the fuel, which keeps it from the air,
and the conversion of water into
steam draws off the heat from the
burning fuel. A little water makes
q fire 1ercer, while a large quantity Of
water puts it cut. The explanation
is that water is composed of oxygen
and hydrogen. When, therefore, the
fire can decompose the water into its
simple elements it serves as fuel to the
flames.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Tho Car Mt Hnnn

Alexander Ill, the late car Of Rms
sla' was said to be an ~autocrat even in
the bosom Of his family. Nicholas IT
however, is the very reverse ua -
CARDS his consort as a good comrade
and when in urgent cases ministers
seek an audience late In the evening
ne is invariably to be found in her com
pany' chatting and laughing without
restraint The cgar is generally ocon
pied at his desk. while the czarina bus
les herself with embroidery YORK. I'm
mediately a minister enters she rises
as II TO retire. but more often thar
otherwise the 2 informs her tbot
she is not one too many. ~
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
American Roses for England.

Rosegrower l.. NJ. Noe of Madison,
N. j., has solved the problem of pack
ing American beauties. Some time age
he had an order for a huge bunch OF
this variety from a lady who wished to
take them to Europe with her. In
packing roses Mr.. Noe inserts each of
tier arrival after the voyage they
were found to be as fresh as If they
were JUS: taken from the greenhouse.
IL a letter the lady said the flowers
kept well for a number Of days after
her arrival, and their beauty was
greatly admired by her English frien5I.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

withhold the word. He joined the
Fiftieth New York Volunteer Engi-
neers, Company G, and at first had an
easy time. The letters were bright and
CHEEKY and full of enthusiasm, SO that
af:.. a time 1 grew less anxious and
more and more glad that he went. But
there came a day when the regular
letter failed, and a week passed; and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
Refreshments In SCOTLAND.

In the course of the arguments be-
fore the house Of lords in a case in
which the necessity for additional re-
treatment accommodation at Oban
station arose Lord Watson, himself q
S~cotchman, ~iuterpOsed and remarked
that refreshments in that part Of Scot
land bad crly ore meaning AID that
rh:s!-y.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

Called It Furniture Medicine.
"The secret of never wanting new
things is to keep the old ones well
mended," said a wise housekeeper, as
she exhibited the shelf where she kept
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27

woman who will invent a really artis-
tic and, at the same tine, comfortable
stocking supporter will strike a Klon-
dixie.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
French Doctors Crt oc

One OF the provisions CT the Frarob
(code forbids a doctor to ipbor,t n-IH
erty LETT him by a deceased patient
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
The Memory Of the Dead.

There are few influences SO hallowed
to the living as the memory Of the