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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
WIERD PUNISHMENT.
Rochefort's Ideas Condemn Him as
CraZed.

Rochefort's Ideas Condemn Him as
Crazed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-A World S
Paris dispatch days: Henri Rochefort
is believed to have gone crazy over the
Dreyfus agitation. The reported deci-
sion of the Court of Cessation that
Nine. Dreyfus' lawyer shall see Dosser
has caused ROchefort to demand in his
paper, lIntransigeant, that the mem
bers of the Court of Cessation. having
been previously drawn up in single file
an executioner, duly trained to the
work, should cut off their eyelids, so
as to leave the eyeballs denuded, and
then spiders of the most venomous
kind should be inclosed in nutshells
and applied to the eyeballs, properly
fastened behind the culprits' heads
These spiders, in famished condi-
ton, would slowly and gradually feed
upon the culprits' eyeballs until no
thing but CHASTITY cavities remain. This
done, these hideous blind men should
be chained to pillory erected before
the Palace of Justice and on their
chests placard should be affixed bear
ing the words:
nus does Franace punish traitors
who attempt to sell her TO the enemy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
KLONDIKE'S PRODUCTIVENESS
What the Report of the United States
Assay Offices Will Show.

What the Report of the United States
Assay Offices Will Show.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 1S-F. A.
Wing, head of the United States Assay
Office here, made public statement
this evening relative to receipts of the
office, the totals of which will be sur
prise to those who contend that state
ments about the output of the Klondike
have been greatly exaggerated.
Wing says his Office has received
S4,300,000 and that he has received a
letter from the San Francisco office in
which the statement is made that
So, 6O0,0 900 have been received there
The total is S7900,000.
When the gold that has been SNUG
gled out Of the country, that which has
been landed at Victoria and Vancouver
B. c., and the two, some claim three
million, taken in from the royalty tax,
are taken into consideration, the out
put is we'll up to the estimates of con-
sentative men.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
RID GROSS HOSPITAL ~ sIBONEY.

married the reigning Prince of Weld
in 1871. Prince Williams father was
conspicuous at all the brilliant and
joyous ceremonies attending Queen
Wilhelmina's coronation. The young
Queen and her mother Will go to Stuff
CART next week to be present at the
marriage of Princess Pauline of Wur-
temberg and Prince Frederic of Weld,
Prince Williams elder brother. The
wedding takes place on October Goth,
and it is probable the announcement
of the Queens own engagement will be
made then.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
CRUELTY IN ARMY.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-Lieutenant
O'Brien Moore of the Second West Vir-
ginia Infantry, will undoubtedly be or
condu> IN ordering three privates of
that regiment 'spread-eagled' at Mid
dletown today. For slight infraction
of discipline these men were thrown
tied to heavy stakes with stout ropes.
Sentries were placed over the pros
trate men and their faces were exposd
to the burning glare Of the sun for two
hours.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
MARK TWAIN.

VIENNA, October 1S.-Mark Twain
has returned to Vienna for the winter
season, and with his wife and two
daughters occupies six rooms on the
fourth floor of the hotel Krantz in the
center of Vienna. He is working hard
on a new book, which he hopes to
have ready for the publishers in the
next five or six months. No particu-
lars as to the subject Of his new work
are vet given.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
4 QUEENS CONSORT.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-The Worlds
Paris cable says: The engagement Of
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland to
Prince William Of Weld is a settled
fact. Prince William is % years of
age, four years older than his royal
fiance. He is Queen Wilhelmina's
second cousin. His mother was Prin-
cess Maris of the Netherlands, who
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
MERRITT AND BRIDE.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-Miss Laura Will
liams, daughter of Norman Williams,
and granddaughter of the late Judge
John lean Cation, is journeying over
the Atlantic on the Cunard steamship
Campania. to be welded in London
some time within the next two weeks
to Major-General Wesley Merritt, mill
tary Governor of the Philippine ISL
ands, 10 whom her engagement was
announced SIX months ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28
| Ian
For Sale.

lists Lots at Kalihi, opposite II. c.
Meyers premises.
Enid Lots at Kalihi, adjoining Hon.
d. H. Kahaulelio's new Castle.
3rd.--4 Lots at Kalihi, next to Mrs.
Cockett's premises.
4th.-12 Lots at Kalihi, facing Kane
hameha " Road, and in front of q.
Markham's Residence.
5th.-One Lot 96x2OO feet, mauka OF
the Catholic Church premises at Ka-
lihi.
6th.-1O Lots at Kapalama, lying
mauka OF King street, about 300
feet from the kapalama Tramways
Depot.
7th.-Five Lots and Houses at Kappa
lama, situated mauka OF King street
and on the Waikiki side OF Norris
Estate premises.
Sth.-A Lot of about half an acre
mauka side of King Street, about 400
feet from the corner of Liliha and
King Streets. The premises pro-
duce an income of S62S per annum;
will sell for $500
9th.-25 Lots 5Ox1OO feet in Puunui
Tract.
% Lots 75X150 in Puunui Tract.
% Lots 100x200 in Puunui Tract.
1Oth-6 Lots 1OOx2OO on Nuuanu street,
right opposite the old Ice Works.
About 300 Lots 50x100 at Nuuanu at
rear and mauka of the above Lots.
11th.-About 20 Lots in the Kekio
Tract, situated opposite the Makee
Island Band Stand. 1t is admitted
that 1t is one OF the best tracts near
the Waikiki Sea Beach.
12th.-About 800 Lots in the Kapahulu
T'rarr
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-28

SENATOR PROCTOR REELECTED.
MONTPELIER, Vt, Oct. 1S.-The
House and Senate today took separate
ballots for United States Senator. Both
houses, by an overwhelming vote. re
elected Senator Proctor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24
Or Challenge To
Any Competitor.

We hereby challenge any conf
peti.or of shoes to produce Mems
Congress or Lace Shoes for SI.5o
equal to ours in style, fit, finish and
wearing qualities, as the Klondike
Shoe Store. =.
Do not buy a $1.5o Shoe until
you see our line.
Bows and Youths Box Calf and
hundreds OF other styles at a re-
markedly low price.
Misses and Chifdren's-Great
assortment in all colors will be sold
this week only at the Klondike
Shoe Store at Coo on the dollar
from its original value.
A big line OF Mems and Boys
Boots will also be sold at the
Klondike Shoe Store below mar
ket value.
Before you buy shoes always
come to the Klondike, 1885 Mar
ket street.
Store open every evening until
O'Clock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24
HAD THE SNAKES. "

DelIrium tremens was complaint
suffered by W. C. CaskIns and endured
by all within his reach. Yesterday Cas-
kinS was gathered in by ofhcer Traut-
wine, at the instance Of a member OF the
Humane Society. CaGkins, who recent
ly left Canada, was taken before Squire
Rogers and committed to jail for his
hearing, which will take place as soon
as Caskins is compoS mentis.
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are often made by a plucky adher-
ence to principle. The merchant
wins who gives his customers a
better shoe for. SIPS than does his
competitors.
we have shoe, a Cincinnati
make, of fine Chrome Tanned
Dongola,; which has the style aud
quality required for this purpose.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24
Dragging
Don't Hort.

providing you have the stuff to
back it up. ,Just compare our
S1.7s, $500, $22s, S2.so and $500
Mems Shoes. Made in all colors
of Titan Cali, Zula Calf. Saxon
Calf and Storm Cali. At this price
this line has no equal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

At the Opera House. on FIJI
day evening, win occur Whal
promises 20 be q brilliant az
fair, and warrants, from received press
notices, large audience. The organl-
zation Is the Cameron Concert Company
and embraces Miss Cameron, the pos
SCISSOR OF beautiful soprano voice. call-
ed Americas greatest soprano; DAISY
Kerr King. prlma donna contraitoi
Charles Higgins. violin Virtuoso; =.
Herbert Kerr, composer and eminent
pianist, and Inez de Costa. accompany.
with these affairs music interest," IN
wheeling will be Fe-aWakened.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

IT'S folly to suffer from that horrible
plague Of the might, itching piles:
Doan's Ointment cures. quickly and
At any drug store, 90
cents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. W. Bates Woods WIN be
at home for some time at Monument
Place. Major Alonzo Loring'S residence.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

CLEVELAND, O., and return Sunday,
September rs, $3.50. Leave Wheeling
$50 a. M, city time. via wheeling &
Lake Erie.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

North Main street. Mrs. Famine cald-
well Hempstone. OF Washington, p. Co.
soprano. will be one Of the attractions.
Others on the programme viii be from
the best In Musical wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

enlisted in the war and contracted ty-
phoid fever at Jacksonville.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

We are showing a fine line Of
Ladies' Cincinnati-made Shoes, at
SIPS, which cannot be beat in the
city.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

Monday evening Mrs. ]. F. Merrman'
Mrs. Margaret Dalzell. Mrs. Martina T..
Whitaker and Miss Kate Hunter play
duplicate whist at the home OF the
Misses Hunter, on Fourtesnth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

This afternoon the Charity Whist club
meets at the residence OF Mrs, W. w.
Arnett, ready for It's winter campaign
for the sake OF charity. There Will no
doubt be a large attendance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

Monday evening, fromI to II. at the
country home OF Mr.. W. P. Hubbard.
will be given the usual weekly musicale.
the evening being this time changed
from Tpesday because Of the Storer-
Moffat wedding
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24
Thn RnrI. Concert.

The programme for the Sunday af-
ternoon concert by the Opera House
unried At wheeling PARK 10 as follows:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

The summer Thursday Morning Whist
Club has changed It's hours to the even
ing after dinner. The ladies comprising
this Climb are Mrs. Julius Pollock. Mrs.
James B. fancy, Mrs. W. w. Arnett
and Miss Julia Wilson. Meetings at the
homes Of members either Wednesdays
or Saturdays. rs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

'.These amt the Melancholy Days no
matter what they say;
There's more good fun In all the Tays
th1n's been there many a day"
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JAMES A. HENRY.

desirable Market street 1iSDeFty.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

Though September Is nearly gone,
Musical Wheeling Numerically undimln-
ished) has not yet defined It's strength
and position for the coming season Of
1SsS-99. This lack of aggressiveness Is
unwnrrdntable, for the many encourag-
ers OF art and the higher Ideals Of life,i
the city, who stood by the muslcally In
cllned in many endeaVora for three
years will not be missing when the
clubs are again In 80 and need support
ing recornltlon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

Among attractions for the cominE
week, on Monday night n musicale al
thu country home Of AFR. W. p. Hub.
bard. This takes the place OF the usua
Tuesday evening Hours from TO II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24
MUSICAL WHEELING.

''WelI here's 4 greetin' to you; I'm SIN
inside the ring,
An a-l0yln' an a-llSt'nin' to the songs the
others sing;
But my harp, Jest fer the present, Is re-
posln' on the shelf,
An my heart makes all the music but II
keeps II to Itself.
can't tell you why I'm qulet-Why don't
chiTp as before;
an needs fixin' at the store"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

The Waldo Mandolin and Guitar Club.
rs well ms other similar organizations,
promise to be especially In demand dur
Ing the season at smnll and exclusive
functions. The appropriateness OF such
music is being recognized as delight
full accompaniment 20 society small
talk. as well as thoroughly enjoyable to
RIl classes OF listeners, from the learned
musical scholar to the unsophistieated
dllletunte.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-24

Another musicale n booked Cbut the
evening not decided at the residence OF
Mr aud Mrs. George X. Wheat, on
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soo.
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Couldn't Disooncert the Doctor.

II had been confined to my bed for a
long time and it was case in which my
doctor forbade my drinking any water, %
remarked the e1-patient 81 stood it for
awhile, but finally grew frantic for drink.
1t was refused One day when my male
nurse was in the room giving me some
medicine l determined to make bold
stand. | said to him. Now, this is my
case of sickness: this is my thirst; this is
my house and propose to have something
to drink Now, / want you to go down
and get a bucket fill it with water and
keep it freshly supplied. Put it in the
closet and keep the key in your pocket
I'VE argued for awhile and he finally
yielded. That night relief came in the
form desired. l drank like a famished
camel. In the course of events / grew bet.
ter, and one morning two weeks later,
when the doctor told me l could go down
to the office in few days and his services
were no longer needed, I thought to
achieve great victory in the field of med.
ical science and told him how had been
off the reservation, SO TO speak, on the wa.
ter issue.
"Instead of whiting he said: 'Ah, that
Is it. Your case has been wonderfully
slow and stubborn for the past two weeks
and wondered what the trouble was II
you hadn't had the water, you would have
been out week ago, sir. Washington
Post
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How to Hunt.

Devastating among the Dogrib Indians
is managed by skillful counterfeit of the
animal. Two hunters walk together-the
Ian behind with bent body, the one in
front carrying a stag's head. The legs of
the men serve very well for the fore and
hind legs of tho animal.
In this way the hunters get almost in
the midst of herd Of deer before the crea-
lures are aware of danger.
The ostrich is hunted in similar way
by the bushmen of South Africa, and the
Eskimos sometimes come to close quarters
with seals by dressing themselves in seal
skins and dexterously mimicking the style
of swimming and Hopping" SO charao-
teristic of the animal.
The Indians of the central plains of
North America get among a herd of bison
by covering their bodies with the skin of
the prairie wolf, while by the Hottentots
the buffalo has himself been trained to
hunt, being guided by string attached to
his horn, the hunter meanwhile crouching
behind him.
In Australia the natives bring the wal
laby or young kangaroo within the range
of the spear by suspending a small bird S
skin and feathers from the end of a long
rod and initiating the birds cry.-Strand
Magazine.
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HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS EAT.
The Numerous Idiosyncrasies of yariou
People While at the Table.


The Numerous Idiosyncrasies of Various
People While at the Table.
The English are admitted by all un.
prejudiced foreigners to be the most re-
fined eaters in the world. To see a well
bred Englishman go through the various
stages of his dinner is to have lesson in
the art of graceful eating
Very different is the behavior of the
Russian, who does not disdain to use ma
lures weapons when he considers the lat
ter more convenient than knife and fork
The Frenchman will use piece of bread
in nearly all cases where he should use a
knife. The German, on the other hand,
plunges his knife into his mouth in q way
that is terrifying.
The Swede cuts up all his food into tiny
pieces first of all, and then, having laid
aside his knife, proceeds to take up piece
by piece with his fork.
The italian uses a spoon quito as often
as fork. He will employ the former for
vegetables and sometimes even for fish.
The latter use of the spoon is somewhat
curious.
Tho japanese diner uses chopstfoks, a
form of implement somewhat difficult to
manipulate without considerable practice,
while the Chinaman tears his food with
his long nails "a q manner thoroughly re-
pulsiye
The Greek swallows his meat In huge
mouthfuls and would probably devour a
steak weighing half pound in half a
minute. Taking very sharp knife, he di-
yides the meat into four or five great SEQ
tions, each Of which he filings into his
mouth in rapid succession. It is not to be
wondered at that the Greeks suffer much
from Indigestion.
When all is said and DONE the English
beat the other nations in the art of refined
eating. -London Tit-Bits.
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1t has been held that consump.
tion is hereditary, and the fact that
one person of family had died
with consumption was considered a
sure sign that Others of that family
could not escape it. This is partly
true and partly untrue. A man
with weak lungs is likely to trans
nit that weakness to his children.
But there is no reason in the world
why the weakness should be allow
ed to develop. Keep the lungs full
Of rich, red, wholesome blood, and
the weakness will disappear. De-
caying tissues will be thrown off,
and new materials will be added un-
til the lungs are well and perfectly
strong again. This is the thing
that DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery does. This it what makes
it cure 50 per cent. of all cases of
consumption where it is taken &C.
cording to directions. 1t searches
out disease germs wherever they
may be in the body and forces them
out of the system. 1t supplies the
blood with rich, life-giving proper
ties. 1t makes the appetite good,
digestion perfect. Send 81 cents in
one-cent stamps to Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo
N. 7. :, and receive DIR. Pierce's zoos
page Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser" profusely illustrated.
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Colonel Cooper, tho McCalmont town
ship giant, who travels with a circus in
the summer time and stays at the home OF
his mother in the winter, seldom goes
out, " says the Punxsutawney (Pa.) Spir-
1t, 'but when he does he causes consider
Rble CONSERVATION among the children
and also among grown folks who have
never seen him. He is feet inches in
height and large in proportion and resem-
bles one of the victims of Jack the Giant
Killer SO much that the little folks are
sore afraid. He is, however, a man of
genial tenlper -
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WonderfuIGain

DR.. Miles Neryine not only cures
all nervous disease, headache, blues,
nervous piostration, sleeplessness,
neuralgia, st. Vitus dance, fits aud
Mysteries, but also builds up the
body. I am pleased to say that after
years of intense, suffering with nerv-
GUS disease, headache and prostration
I tried DIR. Miles Restorative Ner-
vine, and in two weeks gained eight
pounds in weight. I could not lie
down to sleep, but now sleep perfect
~ easy, and am still improving won
derfully. Cannot say enough for the
Nervine.- Mrs. i. B. Willard, Dun
kirk. n T." "One customer used
Nervine and gained fifteen pounds in
flesh. Brown and Mayberry, Cort-
land, N. Y.n Trial bottle and ele-
giant book free at A. M. GiIbert's.
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Japanese Women.

The women of Japan have often been
misunderstood, says K, Mitsukuri in
the Atlantic. By those who have known
them they have been pronounced the best
part OF Japan. They have been described
as gentle, graceful, beautiful and self sac.
rificing. Not only in those gentler virtues,
but also in some sterner aspects of life, the
japanese woman has shown time and
again what she is made of. Any one who
speaks against the purity of the Japanese
woman knows not whereof he talks or is a
vile slanderer who would deprive the
woman of what is most precious to her.
HAs the mistress of the family she has as
much real authority in the family as her
western sister. AS mother she is paid
great Difference by her children In society
Q lady is always treated with respect
There are some respects in which changes
are desirable, but, ON tho whole, I have
no hesitation in saying that the position Of
woman in Japan is a very high one.
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Eoru In 4 saniotery and las Attended
More s1ffsss. a lassl IElss,nrsls

More wian 1000 Funerals.
Fritz IS not d fTarossessissg dog ily a "
means He is not thoroughbred, and he
is not yell groonietl hut in his own line
thercg not dog IN thowhoie country like
him. Thtt line is graycyarda, and Fritz is
graveyard dog. He has been to over
1000 funerals, and will probably see as
many again before DO himself joins the
great majority of dead CANNES.
Six years ago Fritz was born in the
American Mechanics cemetery, at Tween
ty second and Diamond streets. The exact
place Of his birth was under the little
chapel where the last prayers are said over
the dead, and in this melancholy atmos-
phere Fritz grew up His brothers and sis
tiers, three In number, were not SO FORUM
ate. One died; tho other two were either
stolen or, unable to stand the depressing
influence, ran away. Fritz's mother also
disappeared, and he was left alone. Since
then his disposition has been melancholy.
Perhaps from disappointment, perhaps
from morbid taste imbued by his solitary
life, Fritz at 2 years old began to attend
funerals. No one objected. His behavior
was above reproach and gradually the
picture Of the little black and white dog,
walking mournfully along in his fayorite
position just behind the coffin, grew IA
miliar. Now it has come to pass that no
funeral is complete without Fritz. Just as
soon as the chapel bell rings, no matter
where Fritz is, he PUSHES to the spot from
where he knows the coffin will be taken.
However excited he is, he never barks,
and, except when he is outside the ceme-
terry, he never barks at all.
Usually, also, he lies down by the grave
digger when grave is being opened, and
a story is told of him by one of Superin-
tendent Reels men that during one rainy
night Fritz's loud yelping, not barking,
but wailing, was heard continually. No
ono paid any attention to it, but next
morning Fritz was found beside grave
which had been made the afternoon before
and which had cayed in during the night
on account Of the rain
The best thing about Fritz is that no
matter whether it is s25 funeral, with
just hearse and no carriages, or $3.50
funeral, with 20 carriages, he shows just
as much respect for the dead in either
case. He is not a snob by any means
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