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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-13
Fever is Raging.

ICVSI 10 Raging,
PEOPLE GOING MAD in their haste
to get in their orders for iron fences
to replace the old wooden ones that
have done service for so many years.
Call and see samples of something en-
tirely new, and place your orders
early if you want to be Gin the swim. -
ALL KINDS OF BUILDING IRON,
Fountains, Chairs, Settees, Vases,
Hitching Posts, Stairs, Ratings, Fire
Escapes, etc, etc.
MAGNIFICENT DESIGNS IN MON
UMENTS, TOMBSTONES, Statuary,
etc. Italian, Georgia and Vermont
Marble and Topaz Granite, Hawaiian
Blue Stone and Marble.
Estimates given on all kinds Of
Grading, Stone Work and Terracing.
CURLING and Cement Sidewalks. Gem
etery work of all kinds. Letter cut
ting in Brass, Iron or Stone. Stencil
making a speciality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-13
A NEW PAINT SHOP.

HAVING ASSOCIATED WITH US
Mr. John II. West, a practical House
painter. Decorator and Wood Polisher.
we are now prepared to give estimates
on all kinds of work in that line.
Mr.. West having had practical ex-
,erience of over twenty years IN San
francisco and other large cities on the
coast we feel confident that any work
entrusted to us will give entire salts
faction to our patrons.
pEERLESS PRESERVING PAINT CO
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-13
]. w. CHAPMAN,
EXPERIENCED CATERER.

EXPERIENCED CATERER,
Announces to the public that he is
now open for engagements to take
charge Of Banquets, Balls, Dinners and
Garden Parties, Socials, etc.
Address care Union Express Com
pany, King street. 1924
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-13
THE HAWAIIAN IRON FENCE
AND MONUMENTAL co.

II. E. Hendrick, Manager.
Telephone SOP. 315 Fort St.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Frrecrackers In China.

In China firecrackers can be purchas.
ed at cost Of SO cents for 0,000, al
though the best quality commands twice
this price. This is but little more than
the actual cost Of manufacture. The
straw paper used is of the cheapest
grade. The powder is also of cheap and
inferior quality, which probably ac-
counts for so many 'sizzers" in every
pack.
Most Of the frecrackers are made by
women and children at their homes, and
rapid workers are able to earn from 8
to cents per day. An expert can earn
10 cents, while novice receives only
his board for the first four years. The
wages paid in this trade are about the
same as those paid the common laborer.
Besides being unhealthy, the work OF
making firecrackers Is more or less dan
gerous, yet the hours Of labor are from
a. m. to II p. m. seven days in the
week.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Slow Barce1on.-slower Madrid.


Barcelona is a great trading port,
about on level with Marseilles. It has
grown very much within recent years.
The Barceloness consider themselves a
model to all Spain in the matter of in
dustry and in common sense, yet in this
town, which is really handsome place
and rich, the head telegraph Office is in
the suburbs; there is only one branch
office in town, and messages have to be
sent from that by hand. The postoffice
is well away from the port in by
street. 1t you are there OH business, you
will find as likely as not that one clerk
is In attendance out of an immense
staff. He will probably be very polite,
but he will put his hand to pen or a
bundle of letters as if he feared they
would burn, and Barcelona is model
OF smartness compared with Madrid.
One wonders what would happen to
the dawdling officials one sees at these
places if they were transported by some
malignant fairy to st. Martin le-
Grand. Madness would probably be
their fate if they made an effort to meet
the call. But then they would not The
hurry and drive would simply revolt
their sense of what was due to gentle
man.-Pall Mall Magazine.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Sport as a Developer of Character.

Sport as q Developer of Character.
Every now and then there crops out
In this republic the notion that if our
more cultured citizens were our rulers
that we should be much better off. We
very much doubt it. If our more man.
~ citizens could rule us, then no doubt
we should be better off. But there is a
freakiness and finicalness, an inability
to give and take, general rubbing and
creaking Of machinery among men de-
yeloped only ON the one side Of the
mind, which always everywhere makes
them Objectionable as rulers. Boxing
is just as likely to make man meek
as books, but if you have bully to deal
with neither the boxing nor the books
will avail anything, and he becomes al
most more Objectionable as an editor
than as prizefghter. OF course sport
will fail. just as every other agency
will fail, with ,certain men. On the
other hand, for the great majority of
men, well conducted sport will teach
them fortitude. gentleness, meekness
and fair play as no other agency yet in
vented by man can do.-Outing.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
when Molten Lead Won't Burn.

When the Prince of Wales was study.
ing under Sir Lyon Playfair in Edin-
burgh, that gentleman, after taking the
precaution to make him wash his hands
with ammonia to get rid of any grease
that might be OH them, said:
"Now, sir, if you have faith in sci.
ence you will plunge your right hand in
to that ldron of boiling lead and Ia.
die it out into the cold water which il
standing by"
''Are you serious?'' asked the pupil
Perfectly, was the reply.
eff you tell me to do it. will. said
the prince
II do tell you," rejoined Playfair.
and the prince Immediately ladled out
the burning liquid with perfect impu.
nifty. london Standard
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
sPEcuLATING ON SHIPS.
How Underwriters Gamble on Overdue
Vessels Posted at Lloyds.

How Underwriters Gamble ON Overdue
Vessels Posted at Lloyds.
When a ship is overdue, an opportu-
nifty is sometimes afforded for gamble
at Lloyds 1t can be readily understood
that underwriters who are interested in
the "overdues" are only too willing to
get rid of the risk by paying premium
ON the insured rate to those who are
willing, on their terms to relieve them
of their responsibilities. The premium
varies with the chances of the vessel
turning up; the smaller the chances the
higher the premium and vice versa.
The rates paying ON ''overdues" serve
as accurate barometers of the probabili-
ties or otherwise of the ship ever being
heard of again. These underwriters who
speculate ON "overdues" are generally
known by the significant name of "doc-
tors" The insurance on an "overdue"
may pass through many channels before
the ship is. on the one hand, posted
at Lloyds as missing, or, on the
other hand, she arrives in safety.
A ship is never posted" until the
committee is thoroughly satisfied that
her case is hopeless, and until the own
er is of the same opinion. Before ''post-
ing" notice is put up for week in
viting any information concerning the
vessel. If this elicits no news, the COM
mittee at its next meeting votes the ship
as missing. and notice is posted ac-
cordingly. The loss is then settled and
paid for. 1t may be incidentally re-
marked that posting" at Lloyds con-
stitutes legal death certificate for any
one on board the missing ships. Good
Words
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in ad.
vanced years are realized by compara-
lively few women.
Their hard lives, their liability to se-
rious troubles on account of their pecu.
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves, all com.
bine to shorten the period of usefulness
and fill their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given advice
to many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor-
GUS health in old age. From every cor.
ner OF the earth there is constantly com.
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
is a letter from Mrs. j. G. Orms, of 22O
Horner St., Johnstown, Pa, which is
earnest and straight to the point:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I feel 1t my
duty to tell all suffering women that I
think your remedies are wonderful. I
had trouble with my head, dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold, was very nervous, could not sleep
well, had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion Of the womb.
Since taking your remedies am better
every way My head trouble is all
gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. can eat and
sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I
consider your medicine the best to be
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert.
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
lelled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia e. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
Of the correspondence department. of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as hundred thousand ailing
women during single year.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
WHAT THE MATTER WAS.
Little Game of Two Choir Members which
the Minister Spoiled.

the minister Spoiled.
A minister's widow tells this:
"My husband" she said, chad brown
eyes that turned deeply, darkly black
when he was angry, and which danced
with most miraculous merriment when
he was amused. Naturally, in the
course of long life with him, I came
to know the varying expression of those
eyes pretty we'll, used to watch his
eyes when he was preaching to know
how things were going with him and,
incidentally, with the congregation. ]
remember once in the midst of a most
earnest discourse to have seen him stop
suddenly for the space Of minute, not
more. his eyes growing strangely black,
then Frightening again with that irre-
s;stible twinkle, though the rest Of his
features remained quite grave through
out. AS I said, it was only for mo-
ment; then he resumed his sermon as
before.
What was the matter?' I asked
when church was out and we were on
our way home.
Why,I came SO near laughing out
in church that there was no fun in It,
he said. OF course the choir is hidden
from the congregation behind its pro-
tecting screen in the rear Of the church,
but it chances to be exactly in my line
of vision as / stand on the rostrum.
When I stopped in my sermon today, it
was because happened to glance choir
ward and saw our new soprano and new
tenor having quiet game Of cards be-
hind the screen. They must have felt
my gaze upon them, for when they
looked up and caught my eye those
cards disappeared SO suddenly and mys-
teriously I thought that in spite Of ev-
erything should burst out laughing. "
philadelphia Times.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Consideration.

Clerk have been in your employ
now going on five years, and I am get.
ting the same salary I started with.
Proprietor-I know it, but every time
that I've made up my mind to cut you
down or discharge you something has
reminded me of your wife and little
ones at home, and so just couldn't do
it. There, my man, you see have a
heart as we'll as head. Chicago News.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
BANKS PART IN FARMING.
How the Traders In Money Enable Soil
| Tillers to Work.

How the Traders In Money Enable Soil
Tillers to Work.
How does bank help the farmer?
With the approach of the time for
blowing and planting, seeds and fer
tilizer will be necessary. How can the
farmer buy them if the last season was
poor one? He has spent all Of his
earnings in running the household dur
ing the long winter. He goes to the
dealer in fertilizer in the nearest vii
lage and asks, "What is the price OF
fertilizer ton?"
Fifty dollars" the dealer replies.
Well, will need two tons, and
that will amount to $780,"
Yes. Take it along now?"
II haven't the ready cash just now,
hut
"Oh, that's all right I know you're
good for it. Take it along and give me
your note payable in four months. By
that time your crops will be yielding a
profit"
The farmer gives his note; the dealer
indorses it and gives 1t in payment to
the wholesaler from whom he gets the
fertilizer; the wholesaler sends 1t to the
manufacturer of the fertilizer, who In
turn takes it to his bank and borrows
the money on it less the interest.
The farmer gets his seed in the same
way and at the time Of the expiration
of the notes is able to meet his obliga-
tions.
Thus, instead Of the, farmer being
compelled to wait until he can get the
cash to pay before he can buy the fer
tilizer and seed, he obtains them when
he needs them. The dealer, instead Of
having to wait until the farmer gets the
money before he can sell his goods, sells
them in the proper season and receives
what is to him practically cash The
wholesaler receives from the retailer
what is as good as cash to him, and the
manufacturer receives virtually cash
from the wholesaler.
How would all this be possible were
it not that the bankers had collected the
idle money Of other people and were
able to lend it out to good advantagei
The farm would go implanted; the
ground would go untitled; there would
be no crops to yield profit.
That's where the bank helps the
farmer. New York Press
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
science has proven catarrh TO De a constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure manu-
factured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the market. 1t
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,
F.J. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Russian Liars.

Russian diplomats hold that it is no
disgrace or dishonor to lie in the most
unblushing manner in order to promote
the interests of their country and of
their sovereign. When the late czar
asked once of Count Ignateiff how he
came to be nicknamed "The Father of
Lies while ambassador at Constantine.
pie, he with low bow responded, In
the service of your majesty"
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Lost Time.

"Time is precious, remarked the
minister.
''It is indeed, /" replied the man OF
business, land I've wasted lots of it. y
by indulging in foolish pleasures,
suppose?" said the good man.
NO." replied the other. 81 lost it
by being punctual in keeping my ap-
pointments with others. - Chicago
News.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

The mushroom IS life is measured by
hours, but it fourishes long enough for
an insect to hang it's egg on the edge Of
the umbrella and for the egg to be-
come an insect ready to colonize the
next "silver button" that pushes up.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Send for Free Circular showing how to get
BIG DISCOUNTS on Prices OF any San Fran
cisco or Pacific Coast Cash Store or Supply
Company. We are reliable, been in business in
San Francisco thirty years, and can save you
money on everything you buy. Address GIL
BERT CLEMENTS SONS, 218 California Street,
San Francisco Gal
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYING MA
CHIMES.

Inventors are plenty VINO can make ma
chine that will rase and float in air, but the
one improvement which none has succeeded in
making is an apparatus that will guide the ma
chine through the many treacherous currents
of air. In this respect humanity is fortunate in
having H0stetters Stomach Bitters, which acts
as a safe guide by curing treacherous stomach,
liver and blood diseases, giving good appetite,
strong constitution and nerves like steel
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Many Of the vegetables in daily use
on our dinner tables were known 60
very remote times. 1t is known, for in
stance, that asparagus was grown 200
years B. c., while lettuce was culti-
waited SO far back as $50 B o
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

The United States mint in Philadel-
phia has completed the largest two
months record in the history of the In
stitution for the summer season. The
coinage during the months of July
and August represented valuation Of
81, ,OOO, ,00O-$5, ,000,0 of which was In
gold and the remainder was in the sub
sidiary and minor coin. In August
alone nearly 100000 pieces were
coined.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

The Apaches have three different
kinds Of violins, each having but one
string and played with small bow.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Russian peasants eat sunflower seeds
in large quantities. You can hardly find
a man who has not some sunfower seeds
in his pocket.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

1 shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and wide.-Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1895.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

No household is complete without bottle of
the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. 1t is pure
and wholesome stimulant recommend by all
physicians. Don't neglect this necessity.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

The old log cabin in Front Royal,
Va, in which George Washington lived
while surveying between 1748 and 1859
is still standing in fair condition and 10
used as a springhouse.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Etc Permanently Cured. No fits or nervous
hIAS ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer Send for FREE 81 90
trial bottle and treatise. DIR. &. II. KLINE, Ltd.
$50 Arch st., Philadelphia. Pa.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Dave Evans of Nanaimo was suffo-
Gated by gases originating from fire
which he had used to thaw the nuggets
loose in a shaft in one of the new
creeks of the Klondyke district
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Though many guests be absent it is
the cheerful man we miss African
proverb
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

A woman always credits another
woman with having excellent Judgment
when they both dislike the same person.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK, N. Y.

The Grand Council of the Catholic
Ladies' Aid Society will meet next year
at Delmar
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Nervous People

Are great sufferers and they deserve SYM
pathy rather than censure. Their blood
sequently weak. Such people find relief
and cure in Hoods Sarsaparilla because it
purifies and enriches the blood and gives
it power to feed, strengthen and sustain
the nerves. If you are nervous and can
not sleep, take Hoods Sarsaparilla and
realize its nerve Strengthening power.
HOODS SARSAPARILLA,
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. 81 six for S.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Try schillins's Best tea and baking powder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
COULDN'T SNUB DEWEY
Prince Henry of Germany ApOl-
OgiZes in Person For
Slight.

Chicago, June I-Charles N. Post,
vice president of the Lyon & Healy
company, who has just returned from
an extended tour of the Orient, met Ad-
miral Dewey in Hong Kong March 20.
Mr.. Post tells of a social passage at
arms between Dewey and Prince Henry,
a brother of Emperor William, COM
manding the German squadron at Hong
Kong.
Prince Henry Immediately after his
arrival at Hong Kong gave a banquet
to the higher officers of the other fleets,
among whom was Rear Admiral Dewey.
At the feast the prince proposed a toast
to his own country, then to Great Brit
ain and then to all the other great pow
ers, except the United States. Finally
just before the dinner was over the
royal host proposed a toast to this
country.
When Rear Admiral Dewey saw that
apparently his country was to be
slighted, he left the banquet without
ceremony.
The next day a representative of
Prince Henry sent aroundabout apology
to the American commander. Dewey
sent word back to the enperor's brother
that he would accept nothing but a
written or personal apology from the
prince.
The latter then called upon Dewey
and apologized, saying that in the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
TAR GAS ExPLODES
Injuring a Number Of People
and Doing Great Damage.

New York, June IA terrific explo-
sion occurred early today in the tar
paper factory of Tobias New & Co., on
East Nineteenth street, in which a
number of persons were seriously in
jured, the entire plant was wrecked
and thousands of dollars of damage
was done. No one was killed, but it is
feared that some of the injured may
die. The injured are:
Tobias New, the proprietor.
Phillip Greenfield, engineer.
Victor RoSche, chief engineer.
John O'Neill, engineer.
Joseph Lamende, rag picker.
Unknown italian woman.
Leo J. jain.
Solomon jain.
Thomas Ryan.
John Judge.
New, Rosche and O'Neill were in the
engine room when the explosion took
place. The firemen think the explosion
was caused by accumulation of tar
gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
CERVERA'S ATTACK.
Two Torpedo Boats Attempt to
Sink the Texas and
Brooklyn.

New York, June IA dispatch to the
World from Port Antonio, Jamaica,
says:
The first engagement between Com
modore SchIeys squadron and the
Spanish ships of Cervera took place
Sunday night about midnight.
Two torpedo boats made a desperate
effort to destroy the American ships.
They were stopped in the nick of time
owing to the vigilance of the men un-
der Captain Philips of the Texas
The torpedo boats had cleared the
harbor and were creeping along in the
shadow of the Morro Castle and the
mountain at the entrance OF the mar
bor. They had Travelled two miles to
the westward when the officer OF the
deck on the Texas sighted them
through his night glasses.
Two of the searchlights of the TexaS
were turned on them and the next IN
stant the men who had been sleeping at
the loaded guns were aroused and at
work.
Standards that they were discovered
and they made a quick rush with all
speed on toward the Brooklyn ana the
Texas
the crews of the port batteries Of the
Texas were pumping steel at them Inc
rapid fire guns were used No.
The din of the guns OF the AeAaS
alarmed the whole fleet
The machine guns of the Brooklyn
were at work a second after the Texas
had started in.
The other ships were lying further or
shore The call to general quarters
was sounded on each of them in the De-
lief that all of Cervera's fleet was corr
ing out in a desperate effort to es ape
Searchlights were played on the Wa
ters by all of the ships.
The Texas and the Brooklyn, poured
such a furious shower of small she
at the torpedo boats that the latter
were forced to turn about and seek
50 fetv in the harbor. What damage
they sustained is unknown.
The torpedo boats took shelter under the
forts and no attempt to pursue them was
made. -, -
ii is thought that neither of them was
struck as they retreated quickly and they
made small targets in the uncertain twi-
The spaniards did not discharge telpe-
does. though they got within 800 yards OF
the Texas. ,.z -.
The greatest vigilance is maintained az
night on the American fleet to prevent
lust such attacks this one
Scblcv'S shiDs have made examinations
of the batteries and the channel reyeal.us
much stronger guns and mines than were
supposed to exist.