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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15
Fine
Residence
Property
Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale at
private application.
EIGHT OF THE FINEST RESI-
DENCE SITES IN THE BEST
RESIDENCE DISTRICT OF Ho-
NOLULU.
These lots extend from the Govern
ment Reservation at the Makikl Pump
ing Station. along Hastings street and
the Manoa road. and for the most part
face the grounds OF Punahou College.
being 4 division OF the Judd Tract.
These lots contain from ! TO acres
each. and are elegantly situated IN re-
ersnce TO scenery and he3lthfuinesA.
Lot has n frontage OF Maxskl
street, contains III acres
Lot . fronts on MaksEi aa1
Hastings streets. and adioins ths prop
erty OF Mr. C. =. Wilder. on which Is
being erected au elegant residence.
contains ! acre.
Lot {. on Hastings street. al.
Joins the G. =. wilder property. con-
tains 1.3l acres.
Lots and : are on the Maaoa
road: and face the grounds os Puaahou
College. contain l.ei acre a1i 20
acre.
Lots \ and y are az the sai
OF the tract. on the high ground over
looking the Punahou grounds. aud
command an extended view % Naaol
Valley. Diamond Head. The ha-s1- al
ef'y. over . acres each.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15

4 MAP or THE PROPERTY eaa
rs seen 40 nv salss-oom. - Queen
street. where al further uselsi !-.1--
nation can De Obtained.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15

Progress hall will he the scene o. a
grand ball 10 be given by the L. :.
Hospital Corps on the eve OF Wash
ington'S birthday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15
FOR SALE.

RESIDENCE OF Mr.. w. C.. single
hurst, on kinau street. between Pen
saCoia and Pike. streets.
Dwelling house contains-Sl;tlnE
room. 22XiS: Lanai. iSxi5: : bed
rooms. 12Xii each: / bedroom. aka:
dining room. iixii. bath rooa. pantry.
kitchen.
There ar. also stables. .cA-E.1=e
house. and servants quarters
The sun., 1899-10-22
An Alleged superstition of Actor..

From n. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Here. boy" called the clelk at one OF the city
hotels the other afternoon, SHOW this gentleman
upro 'stcen hundred and six" The guest who
had Just registered was sedate and middle agcd.
but his smooth shaven Jaw and an indescribabls
something about his dress and bearing immcdi-
ately proclaimed him an actor.
III you'll wait here for about ten minutes r..
marked the clerk to friend al the counter You'll
see that man come down and ask for another room
rs the one you gave him as bad as all thai
asked the other, smiling
"Oh. no, It's one Of the very best in the house
but Just wait and see" The clock had tcked ot'
barely eight minutes when, true 10 the prediction
the actor reappcarcd.
tone. but er- would il be possible for You I'D
move me 10 some other apartment don't quite
fancy the one I'm in, dOncheIknow.
Certainly, sir, replied the clerk politely Hoy!
Move the gentleman 10 steen 'lcven!
Now what the dickens does all that mean"
asked the onlOOkeI when the player lad diSai-
peared Ia his new quarters
Why, simply this" replied the clerk. 'Ih'.
atTical people, as class, like To shift rooms ~
soon as possible after they arrive Al house, Jhr'
have q superstition that they leave their bad In,E
in The first apartment had no intention ut CIV
ing that gentlemen the room he wen, :" first, i'
begin with, it's loo expensive fnr tho rate h"
paying, and, moreover, II is already engaged h'
regular patron, who will he in To- night from
Memphis. ~ good policy 10 send an HCt"r Who
* going 10 shin Ia fine room hrs and then II h'
kicks about his, quarters later un can ask hlrI
why he didn stay where put him Al first ~
course thc big stars and tip-tOppers consider then
selves above superstition. and generally So"
where they are placed hut it's pretty safe rule o
follow with the rank and file
The sun., 1899-10-22
OLD-TIME GUM SHOES.
Not so Pretty rs the "Rubbers' of To-Day.
but There Was India Rubber In Them.


From the Philadelphia Record
India rubber shoes were first manufactured IN
RoSbury Mass, in 1898. and verify they were
"fenrfully and wonderfully made" They really
bore no resemblance whatever TO a shoe They
had the appearance OF having been run into molds
or blown, the same glass bottles are made.
They were made of pure rubber gum. No attempt
was made TO initiate the shape Of the shoe or foot
they were intended to cover. In shape they were
hollow tubes, tapering toward the toe. At the
place where the opening to pull them over the
shoe should be was an irregular hole. without
shape just as they came from the mold The
hole was enlarged with sharp pair Of shears TO
fit the instep, or cut high low to suit the taste
by the salesman after the buyer had selected
according, to his requirements, heavy or light,
soles being frequently from one-fouith to half
inch in thickness. They wero tied in pairs and
oq mh stray dSHy % od keep ns in % s
huge ill-sbared mass Of India rubber gum. weigh
ing at least a pound, presented clumsy appear
ance, indeed, particularly when compared with
the light and truly artistic appearance of the pres
ent styles.
The first attempt at making ovcrshoes Of India
rubber did not prove success, a large amount
ol capital being sunk in the experiment, as well
pose in cold weather, but would not stand the
heat melting uto disgusting mass.
Experiments 10 remedy ,his difficulty, resulted
freezing them hard TO make them brittle
~ they could not be drawn over the shoe until
they were thoroughly warmed, and this obstacle
10 success was not overcome until Charles Good
year discovered his process Of vulcanizing rubber
which has rendered his name immortal
Rapidly following this era Of improvements
the India rubber shoe began 10 assume beauty
Of proportion and practical utility. They shoes
were lasted, and the merchant threw aside his
shears One particularly popular style that had
great run for = couple of years was trimmed
with fur around the tops and came well up on the
ankles. Dickens has immoraized this pariic-
ular style by placing them the feet Of the pretty
Arabella thu, Mr.. Wrinkle met and fell in love
Wardles
All rubber shoes were made from the solid gum
al that time and VIC are safe in saying that a
single pair would outweigh six pairs Of those
now in the market Besides being heavy and
ugly, they were often painful from being so tightly
stretched over he feet. They made The wearer
look club footed and any attempt at embellish-
ment was failure and made them appear cium-
sier still. But this condition Of things was not
to last. In 1874, Goodyear perfected his vulcan
izng process and his method of spreading the
pure gum upon elastic textile fabrics, and the
manufacture of rubber shoes has since improv ed
from year to year, until they have become thing
Of beauty
The sun., 1899-10-22
IN THE WRONG B.4Y.
Sailing by n Chesapeake Chart, He Had a
slow Voyage Up the Delaware.
From IL, PhladeiDAiu Time,.

From III, PhiiadeiDhiu Times.
The man who has been thirty years along the
wharves" tells some queer old stories sometimes
In the haunts where Philadelphias mariners
most do frequent he is TO he found with some yarn
anent the tortuous Delaware and its tributaries
Some Of the anecdotes have in them good sense
and logic, for the narrator is well known as the
bes-nformed marine statistician in this par, of
the world
This SEA prophet. however. has become famous
by his deneaton Of the mistakes Of captains
who have sailed into these waters. He Is evi-
IDENTIFY sincere in his telling, and the positive man
ner which characterizes the latter often stamp a $
genuine yarn which might well put Baron
Munchausen or Sir John Vaudeville To the blush
You have all heard began the thirty year
wharf stroller, yesterday, 10 an admiring group
"i the shipping fraternity, how a certain Down
East Skipper negotiated for charter here To load
coal for Omaha. and how the steamboat Major
Rcybold broke loose from her moorngs one night
and made her regular trip To Milford and return.
including nineteen stops without any miShAp
although there was nobody on board She had
necn There y, often she knew the way, | suppose
ms Is nSthlnR. however. To all experience had
once on this river
Years ago was reporter for tho Maritime
Exchange, ! used To get in a TuwbOat and go
down the river loOking for business one day |
, got as far as Chester and found the Delaware de
serted wired the Office and asked what to do
They answered. Go down further
tb"ut fvr miles below Chester saw a schooner
and recognized the old Yankee type Coming
closer saw the craft was aground and in that is
what call good story
81 hailed the skipper and he hailed me | came
alongside and boarded her She was loaded with
ice from Cherrystone. Nc
oung man said the Captain, what is the
matter with this CuSsed river of yours | have
been aground twenty nInc times in the last six
hours, and am not drawing such AN awful lot of
water. either
Where are you bound for asked
For Baltimore he replied and il ! don't have
no better luck this will Ike my last voyage
"Oi course was surprised Ia hear that he Was
bound for Baltimore and in these wa terS
captain said !, let me Eec your chart
HE took me down and showed il 10 ME Ii
was all marked up with pencil showing the course
he had followed.
"'ro my surprise i Was chart uf the Chrsa
pcakr Bay Would You believe it, but the old
fool had sailed clear up tho Delaware BAY To thr
river hv n chart 0f The Chesapeake, and had gUt
oyer seventy mules on his way. without mishap?
That's what he did, aud think il was the most
singular Of all the incidents which / remember
since have been around the wharves"
The sun., 1899-10-22

Various Conditions That Affect the Range
mt Different Points.
From Mt Nahonal Gtoarophlo Moaa.int.

From he National Gtoarophic MGgasinr.
A successful attempt To fix permanent tidal
plane for the Chesapeake Bay has been recently
mads by the United States Coast and Gcodctic
Survey. During the last fiscal year nearly forty
stations were occupied, at thirteen Of which We are
in possession Of simultaneous tidal observations
extending over one com plete lunatiOn
The average tide for the entire bay is about one
foot; possibly less For Old Point Comfort we
have two and one half feet: for the mouth Of the
Potomac. one foot; for Washington, three feet
for Richmond three feet; Elk River at the head OF
the bay two feet and Annapolis, less than one
foot The wind effect however. Is sometimes
more than the total tide. For example al Balti-
while the tide proper, unin1uenccd by local dis
turbanres is only one third as much This
diminutiOn in the height Of the tides as We come
nOrthward from the entrance and the subse
quent increase as We continue on in the same diTcc
ton is one Of the peculiar features Of the tidal
phenomena Of the bay.
The small range al annapolis is due partly Ia
the change in the width Of the bay. but principally
to the fact that there is an interference at this
point between the incoming and outgoing tidal
waves. " hen the crest uf the Souihbuund move
ment reaches the mouth Of the Severn River il
meets the northbound wave from the capes and n
partial neutral ZatiOn Of the vertical motion Of the
water takes place. Another interesting point in
connection with the subject IL that the rate Of
progress Of the tidal wave from tho mouth Of the
Potomac TO Washington il somewhat less than
that ot hn ordinary steamer, ~ that vessel re
quiring tho greatest depth possible would be able
tn enjoy the condition nf high water during its
brough, out by Mr. {. 4. Schutt, many years ago,
when the Great Eastern Of transatlantic cable
fame nyailed itself of thS'CrCumstsnce and came
20 anchor within few miles Of the Capitol
The sun., 1899-10-22
Prosperity III Hawaii.

FROM The Boston Ecenin0 Transcript
NASIiINGTON, Oct. IS. Senator CLARK ~
Wyoming who arrived here last night has b'cr
in the Hawaiian Islands this summer Speaking
Uf conditions ther" he says:
"rhc sugar planters Hrc on the flood udc ~
fortune for the profits cane are heavy Hr.
everyday in the business is getting r,ch. C"f"'
planting has not hccn profitable, but thr
that eventually il will hc made 10 pay. 7 4.
material development ni Hawaii has been great
accelerated by annexation Coming under Nf.
Ilag has been Of enormous benefit II has gi,rt
confidence Ia the people and the guarantee .'
stable government bfighlcns their whole iutuD
Even The most ardent rnyhlists are forged 10 adm
that Americah supremacy in the islands IN 'I"
hest Thing that could haV" happened
What form Of government do the leading mo.
OF the country desire" They wish ConEr~
10 beSiOw upon Hawaii regular territorial Sysr'n.
u government such that ~ arizona ur \"r
Mexico In my opinion that IS the most dcsraU.
Policy 10 pursue, Ai present lhr gOvrInmrgl .
very awkward and cumbersome There Is
munlcipal or county government and pruiH"
res ding AT distance from honolulu ar pI a.
great incopvrncnCc ior public records arc kcp. n
no other place honolulu itself is making THp,
strides IN the march 0f progress lis harhuf .
crowded with shipping and it's business nicl -
port unprecedented activity IN trade
The sun., 1899-10-22
TEA C4RArINs FROM CHINA.
The Enormous Business Done on the Cara
van Route Through siberia.

The Enormous Business Done on the Cara.
van Route Through siberia.
The newspaper published in Tonlsk, called
the Siberian Latest NerS, gives some very curious
details about the Russian tea caravans that trans
port thousands Of tons Of tea from China and dis
tribute it in various parts OF Siberia and Russia.
During the first twenty days Of January last
10000 sleighs laden with tea passed throug h
the city of Tomsk, The ordinary size Of these
tea caravans is from fifty 10 seventy sleighs
though s0meimes from POO Ia 800 are included
in one caravan. The average load is Ave bales,
each weighing from seventy To l20 pounds
FIVE sledgeS are fastened together drawn by
one horse, and one man attends 10 the detach-
ment To the rear Sledge Of each group are
tied a bundle ut hay and measure Of oats 80 that
the horses may feed during the march This
facilitates progress, for the caravan docs not need
Ia halt for the purRsr Uf batting the horses. As
the horse in front. however, does not have any
thing I" eat before hin, his place in the caravan
must be changed occasionally tO give him an OPP
poTlunity 10 cat his lunch.
The caravans travel night and day. The only
haltS during tho twenty four hours are in the vii
lagos where the weary horses are exchanged for
fresh animals The drivers sleep on the sledges
while travelling, in spite Of the severe cold
The sun., 1899-10-22

sign reading Boiled Chestnuts," displayed
on chestnut vendcT's stand was 81 unusual as
lo'atiract attention, and even this VendeT sold
as were eaten cooked were murh more commonly
boiled than they are now and IL was not unusual
then 10 Sec them thus offered in the street; hut
nowadays people almost without exception prefer
them roasted So boiled chestnuta once familiar
have come nov To he novelty.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
OF Recognized Merit.

For several weeks Mr.. j. III. Wat
tiers and wife have been in our city.
They have filled many orders for pic
lures. So far as we have heard their
work has been very satisfactory. In
fact Mr.. Waters will not send from
his studio picture that is not ssatis-
factory to the purchaser. His envi-
able reputation as an artist must and
will be sustained. His admirable
work has been on exhibition at differ
ent times and places while here. 1t
has been his advertisement. His
plans to go to Richmond had Ito be
carried out, where he will thissweek
begin work. When he returns to
this city his services will, swe think,
be sought after.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
Beginning the Year.

With, pure, rich, healthy blood, which
may be had by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, you will not need to fear at
tacks of pneumonia, bronchitis, colds,
or the grip, A few bottles of this
great tonic aud blood purifier, taken
now, will be your best protection
against. spring.. humors, boils, erup-
tons, that tired feeling and serious
illness, to which weak and debilta-
ted system is especially liable in early
spring. Hoods Sarsaparila eradicat-
es from the blood all scrofula taints,
tones aud strengthens the stomach.
cures dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh
and every ailment caused or promoted
by impure or depleted blood.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
HUNTING RELATIVES
whom She Has Not Seen For
Twenty Years.

"Mrs. Kate Flake, locally famous 80
years ago as an author of some abili-
ty, and an ex-spy for the Federal
army, left at the Convent of the Sis
ters ofthe Good Shepherd, in the lat
Ger part of sixties, child of 8. named
Nancy Myrtle Griffith. This child
was the daughter of Mrs. Flake by
her first husband, John Griffith, who
was killed in the Confederate service.
Mrs. Plake died 10 Anchorage, Jeffer-
sou county,, Ky. in 1884. In 1876 or
1877 shree relatives OF the child,
James, Nancy and Ben Cooke, of
Montgomery county, Ky- called at
the convent and requested the child to
some aud live with them. For some
Whim or other she refused, and now,
after lapse of more than twenty
yex9e, wishes to seek out these very
sarae relatives, from whom she mas
not since heard. Mrs, Kate Flakes
maiden name was Goar, and she was
from the vicinity of Mt. Startling,
Montgomery county, Ky. Any in
formation as to the whereabouts of
any of the relatives mentioned will
be gratefully received through Mrs.
Anna Lindeman or Mr.. Louis Nesler,
Liberty and Jones streets, Cincinnati,
Ohio"
We clip the above from Sundays
Enquirer and publish it with the hope
of finding the relatives.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
UNDESIRABLE
DISPLAY.
Of Jewels Of Rare Beauty Mil
lions Of Glitterina Gems
and Miles Of Pearl.
For the Admiration Of all Without
Money and Without Price.

On Thursday night sleet began
which continued to form during Fri
day aud Friday night. This lasted
during Saturday and most of Sunday.
The scenes presented surpassed the
most lavish and exquisite display OF
human skill. There were diamonds,
ruhies emeralds, saphires, pearls and
other beautiful jems every where.
The Telephone and telegraph wires
were miles of pearl. The Trees were
clusters of gems of rarest beauty.
Grape arbors, shrubbery, grasses and
weeds all, were ablaze with beauty
and brilliancy. The sight will long
be remembered. Like many earthly
pleasures, they havesvanished leaving
only cherished memories and sdg-
gestions of that heavenly city whose
streets are paved with gold, whose
twelve gates are each pearl and
whose foundations are of gems most
precious, Are you living for an in
heritance in such city. If not, why
not2
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
when l Have Time"


When nave nme, so many Things IN
90
10 make lie happier ana more iair
for those whose lVes are crowded
I,n helm 70 lift them from their low
desnair--
When have timei
nen naVe'e' 'n0 ~ e
% won
onaii Ano" no 'noio 'n0'' "0"''' W."
II ieau nei iee' :" pi0"'"n' p"'n'
always
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
Bourbon County Items.
(NEws.)

NNEWosJ $40
w. e. Hibler and family, of Lex.
ington, will move to their farm near
Kiserton, March 1st.
January court days are always the
dullest Of the year in Paris, and Mon.
day was no exception TO the rule, the
zero weather probably causing the at
tendance to be even smaller than ue-
ual. Very little business was atrans-
acted in stock circles. There were
about two hundred cattle offered bu;
sales were slow.
Col. Robt. Ford purchased last
week OF e. F. Clay's estate, 1856 acres
of land at $S4.l5 per acre. This gives
Col. Ford over 100 acres in one tract
of Bourbon county land, near Clinton-
vile.
During the past year there were
one h Indred and thirty-seven mar
riages in Bourbon, SO of the number
being white couples, and seventy-four
colored. There were-eighty-one bur-
ials in the Paris cemetery and twenty
two In the Catholic cemetery.
The Paris Banks have declared
semi-annusl dividends as follows !:
Agricultural, five per cent; Bourbon,
four per cent; Deposit, -four per
cent; Citizens. three per cent. The
G. B. Alexander s. Co.'S bank being
private bank, does not announce .
dividend.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
DOG RUNS ON A WOODEN LEG.
He Lives in California and Jumps Para
chutes for His Living.

NJ ldVCS Ii Na41lOiAlo aho
chutes for His Living.
There is just one dog in the world
that has a wooden leg, and he lives in
Los Angeles, Cal. He is owned BY
William Hawkins, an aeronaut, and
besides being the wearer Of an artit-
cial limb, is quite parachute jumper.
Mr.. Hawkins has on several occasions
taken Jack up with him in his baAoon,
and when at a considerable distance
from the earth, cut the dog loose, still
attached to the parachute, of course,
and he has gently descended to moth
or earth.
All of Jacks aerial adventures have
proved successful, as he had landed
in every instance without accident,
and seemed to have enjoyed himself
immensely. He is q little brown,
curly dog, resembling water spaniel
more than anything else. The man
who made Jacks wooden leg is George
R. e. Milligan,, of Los Angeles, and
be tells this story about it:
"Jack was run over by street car,
which cut off one Of his front legs.
His master was passing my place OF
business, saw wooden legs displayed
in the window, and Immediately
thought Of Jack. He asked il 1t was
possible for me to fit Jack up with
new limb. / told him that making
artificial limbs for the lower animals
had never occupied my attention be-
fore, but that If he would give Jack
over to my care, I would do the best
I could for him. Jacks measure wa,
taken, and in the course of time the
limb was finished and Jack requested
to come and try on the new member
"To cay the dog was pleased is put
ting it mildly, for he seemed to know
what we were trying to do for him.
lie jumped around and barked in a
manner that seemed to say, 4 am sat.
isfed., At first Jack did not know
how to use his new limb, but by de-
grees he learned to use it quite well,
and attracted the wonder and admira-
ton OF all who came in contact with
Hmm. Y. Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-10
TO Our Friends.

We deeply appreciate the spendid
patronage accorded US during the
year just closed, and solicit contin-
uance of same, promising the same
courteous treatment, the best goods
and more of them for the same money
than any grocery in Mt. Sterling.
Wishing all pleasant and pros
porous New Year, we are,
Respectfully,
ADAM BAUM 81 Son.