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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-01

The local Chinese merchants have
raised a fund with which to send a
commissioner to Washington. James
w. Girvin was asked to go and had
about made up his mind TO do so when
he was offered better thing in the
census Office The object of the Orient
al merchants is to seek legislation &c
permit freer passage between China
and Hawaii Of Chinese who belong
here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-01
DEWEY AND THE PRESIDENCY
Senator Proctor Says There Is no Pos
sibility of His Nomination.

Senator Proctor Says There Is no Pos
sibility of His Nomination.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 90
Senator Proctor of Vermont tonight
in an interview with Post reporter,
said:
''It is not true that I am trying to
start a Dewey boom for the Presiden-
cy. 1t was generally understood before
Dewey left Manila that he was averse
to being drawn into politics, and l am
in position to know that since his
arrival in this country his antagonism
has been confirmed"
Then you think there is no posi-
bility of the nomination of Admiral
Dewey next year,"
''There is absolutely none" was the
reply. HE is out Of it and / am not
trying to run him as a candidate"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-01

The organ music at Central Union
Church for Sunday. December Sd, will
be as follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-01
GOLD
BONDS!
An unusual opportunity for
Investors.

We offer to the public a rare chance
to subscribe for EVA and KAHUKU
Notwithstanding per cent interest,"
payable in United States gold colin
three-ten years; secured by first
mortgage on each plantation.
Kahuku's total bond issue Is $500, 900.
Ewa's total bond issue Is 100000.
We offer a limited number OF each
to subscribers at 2z per cent prem
ium.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

boat will take along as much as $780,
coo to pay the natives for the cocoons.
Along the river flourish light finger
ed gentry known as ''creek pirates.
They hide in creeks with their armed
boats and pounce down upon native
boats, but are said never to have been
known to attack, of recent years,
steam launch or a boat flying Eu-
ropean flag. Nevertheless all the CO.
coon gathering boats go armed when
on their annual trips. The valley Of
the Yang-tse-Kiang is immensely fer
tile and teens with population. Into
this region American enterprise will
now penetrate. And all this Is owing,
more than anything else, to Dewey's
guns at Manila. Their echoes awoke
the sleeping eyes of Americans to the
immense possibilities Of trade in the
far East.
The building of the American road
will not present such formidable OBJ
stacles as the building Of the road
from Pekin to Hankow. The Belgian
road will have to pass over a country
where 1t will have its pathway beset
by erratic rivers and shifting gullies.
The rivers are apt to change their
beds without warning, and the ravines
seem to be In constant state of mu-
tation. No such obstacles confront the
Americans. The American line can
be built it is thought. for $4,000, 900.
With the American railroad COM
pleted it would not be long before a
regular line Of river steamers would
be plying up and down the waters of
the Yangtse-k -kiang, carrying steam
navigation Into the heart of China
and to the borders of Thibct. 1t was
only last June that China opened her
rivers to foreign craft, so the field Is
virgin. In spite Of the fact that for
many years little public interest has
been taken in the United States in the
Chinese traffic. our volume of trade
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
GREAT AMERICAN RAILROAD TO OPEN CHINA
Will Give 12O000000 People Communication with the Seaboard
Two Points-0her Roads Are Planned for War;
This for Business.

with that country is second only to
that OF Great Britain, and is IS per
cent of that of the whole world with
the "Flowery Kingdom"
According to the peculiar statistics
which the Chinese custom authorities
keep. American goods coming into the
empire by way of Japan are credited
to Japan. If they come in by way Of
Hongkong they are credited to that
place. The same rule Is followed re-
garding exports from China to the
United States-if they come by way Of
some other country they are credited
to that country. Therefore it is diff
ficult to get at the exact value of our
entire trade with China, only the d!-
rect trade being credited to us. The
Germans, French and Russians talk
much about their commercial interests
in China. AS a matter Of fact the eX-
ports from the United States to China
are more in value and in volume than
those sent to that empire by all the
continental nations of Europe to-
gether, plus Russia's Asiatic posses
sions. In 1897 40 per cent of all the
cotton cloth exported from the United
States found market in China.
All this great trade has grown up
unEoticed and without the possession
by America Of a single port in the
Orient to act as q base of operations
for commercial campaigns. How
enormous the commercial interests Of
this country in China will become
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
WORKING ABOVE THE CLOUDS,
Observers at the New Meteorological
Station in Peru.

Observers 1T the New Meteorological
Station in Peru.
To Harvard University belongs the
credit Of having established the high
est meteorological station in the world
namely, on the summit of El MIST.
a Quiescent volcano near Arequipa, in
Peru. The main station is at Arequipa
Itself, at an altitude of about 5000 feet,
and there are seven other stations, in
Guiding the one at the base of Ell Misti.
1900 feet above the sea level, while
the one on the summit is at 19,20O.
or about $500 feet higher than the
| noted station on Mont Blanc. The
shape Of the Misti is declared to be
admirable, it being an almost perfect.
| although more or less truncated, cone.
and the conditions of exposure Of the
instruments are as nearly perfect as
| it Is possible to obtain on a mountain.
The instruments now in use on the
summit are dry and wet bulb and
maximum and minimum thermometers,
rain gauge. Rickard Paragraph. ther-
mograph and hydrograph. There is
| also a meteorograph, constructed BY
Ferguson, especially for the observa-
tory, and designed to record tempera.
ture. pressure and wind direction and
velocity.-New York Sun.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Ordered Out

Pittsburg News Oracle and Manic
had been particularly bad the other
day. and their mother wa' desperate.
Finally she called the little girls to
her and said sternly:
Children, l want you to just pick
up your clothes and go away from
this house. You are SO bad l can not
stand 1t any longer. Your papa and
have picked two other little girls out
that we want to live here; they are
good and do not quarrel. Just take
all your dolls and dresses and 60 clear
away"
Grace burst into tears and Mamie
looked distressed. Finally. between
her sobs, Mamie exclaimed:
well, don't care If the little girls
are good-they won't be good long at.
ter they come here to live, any way!"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
THE LUXURY OF DOING GOOD.

Queen nt Naples IL tho Angel OF the
Poor.
Upon no member of the late empress
Of Austria's family have the grief and
horror Of her assassination fallen with
more crushing weight than upon her
sister, the queen of Naples, says the
Philadelphia Press. Living in the most
complete retirement in Paris for the
greater par. Of the year, the name OK
the queen Of Naples is never seen IN
connection with any court or social res
tivities. The luxury Of court has
been denied to the queen, it is true,
but not what Is for her 1.-The luxury
of doing good" Day after day large
packet of letters is laid before her. and
each contains a pitiful appeal for aid
from some poor Neapolitan. Every
letter Is read by the queen herself and
every applicant is aided in some way
from her own private means. unless
It can be clearly proved that the de-
mand for help is fictitious one. The
quarters where the Neapolitan poor
reside are regarded as among the most
and would not be entered, even by
men, without some justifiable misgiv-
ings. Nevertheless the queen con-
stantly penetrates fearlessly and un-
guarded into the most dangerous Of
these quarters, where even French
policeman would hesitate to enter
alone. One day it will be to visit some
poor Neapolitan child dying Of con-
sumption-a terrible scourge among
these half-starved southerners in the
rigorous Paris winters-whom she
compels the padrone to let her send
home to Italy; or dying workman,
whose wife and children she consoles
not less with kind and gracious words
Of sympathy than with the maternal
help she renders. Poor boy, we CAN
not save his life." said her majesty
to the writer last winter, speaking OF
one OF her numerous proteges, whom
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
CORMORANT FISHING BOAT.

terror Of China, as the American road
will. Then there is an important con-
cession to Belgians for railway from
Pekin to Hankow. This Belgian road,
II 1t is ever built, will not connect the
interior of China with the sea unless
1t branches off to Tien-Tsin. but will
be sort of blind alley" commercial
ly. The American road, on the con-
trary, will have two ocean terminals,
and will, by tapping the Yang-tse val
ley at the principal commercial city
on the great river, afford means of
bringing all the products Of Central
China to tho seacoast. and Of taking
back in return to the immense popu-
lation Of that undeveloped region the
manufactured goods OF Europe and the
United States.
Besides the trade OF the Yang-tse
valley, the railroad will gather that
of the provinces through which it will
run. Two Of these provinces have an
estimated population Of S0,00o,uVu.
Branch roads will be sent out and 1t
Is expected that the railway VIII af-
ford means Of communication for $780,
600, 900 people with the sea. Not only
will this railway pierce to the heart
OF China, but it's terminals on the sea
will be the ports on the mainland
nearest to Manila, destined to become
the great American trade mart of the
far East Manila Is coo miles away
from Honekong, or less than three
days steaming, even for slow tramp
ships. The railroad will not run
straight from Hankow to Canton, its
first port, but will follow a route
which will make its length about 900
miles. Conton, the first port at which
st will touch, Is the great commercial
city Of Southern China. Hongkong Is
an island off the coast. but near II,
and Is, Of course, the great British
commercial center Of trade on the west
coast OF the Pacific. The terminal OF
the American road will be on the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Nop-Burnablo Wood.

The terrible fate Of some OF the
Spanish ships struck by American
shells has emphasized the need Of max
ing wood proof against fire, if it is
henceforth to be employed in naval
vessels. Wood that VIII not burn is'
of course, equally important in build
!ngs. Recently an American inven-
ton for rendering wood Ion-ini1am-
mable has been tested on consider
able scale in England. The sap is
first withdrawn from the wood by
evaporation in heated vacuum cham
bers. Then a fire-proofing solution I!
forced into the pores of the timber
under hydraulic pressure. 1t is claim
ed that wood thus treated resists de-
cay as we'll as fire.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
UNIFORMS OF ALL TIMES.

During the revolutionary war each
colony had its militia, and the uni
forms OF each body were different. La
ter the higher officers came to be
known by the colored ribbons worn
across their breasts, and the lower Of
ficers by the cockade worn in their
hats.
In 1921 dark blue was declared to bs
the national uniform colOr Of both olii-
GERS and enlisted men, the only excep-
ton being scarlet coats for musicians
and gray coats for cadets. Various
changes took place in the shape Of the
clothing Of the soldiers until 1863
when our uniforms became practically
fixed, the cloth for the trousers being
light blue and the facings being light
blue for infantry, yellow for cavalry
and red for artillery.
The varied costumes Of the return
ing soldier boys have aroused an inter-
est in uniforms in general. Valerius
MaXimus, the Roman emperor, ordered
the Roman soldiers to wear red 50
they would not be frightened at the
sight Of their own blood, and even now
red forms a conspicuous part o,
French and English uniforms. In our
oxn army red has been abolished ex-
cept for facings, On the ground that IL
attracts attention in the field, though
experiments in Germany prove that a
blue target is hit three times where
a red one Is hit once.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

Surveying parties left the United
States the other day to begin the work
Of laying out the roadbed for the
American railway which is to run from
Hankow. on the Yang-tse-kiang river,
to Canton and Hongkong This will
be the most important railway in China
from commercial point OF view.
The proposed Russian railway con-
Meeting the trans-Siberian road with
Neuchang and Port Arthur will be OF
great strategic value to the Russians,
as 1t will give Russia a port on the
Asian coast which is open in winter,
but It will not open up the vast In
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

mainland opposite Hongkong. where
arc an excellent harbor and every ia
cility for building great port domi-
mated by American influence. 1t will
be Just across small bay from Vic
toria, the port Of the island Of Hong
kong. and with it will form a great
Anglo-Saxon center OF trade.
The Yan-tsc Kiang, the valley OF
which will be developed by the open
ing OF tho American road, has it's
source in the unexplored recesses Of
Thibet, and flows to the sea over n
course $500 miles long through the
heart OF the Chinese empire.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

any Of your beaus should see US rid
ing together my life would scarcely
be safe from their Jealous rage" well.
l s'pose eff Jim wuZ here" she hesitat-
ed. "it mightn'a be sich picnic as it
locks, for Jim's mighty bad about me.
That's why he amt here now." "Why!'
l asked, with considerably more in
terest and not nearly so much bow and
palaver. "He shot hole through the
last feller I rid with, and had to take
to the woods till he gits well.' Does
your mother approve Of your marrying
him?" asked. NO" she responded,
easily. Nav amt talkin' one way
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

1t is perfectly con-
&C i V q b | @ that by
m G a n s of this riv-
er and the new rail-
roa d { h @ an d
Lama may soon be
toying with a Wa
terbury watch AMI
the Mahatmas quar-
rellng with one an
other as to who for
got to wind up the
eight-day clock. It
is along the Yang
tse-Kiang that the
S il k worm industry
most prevails. On
the lower part of the
river every little vii
lage is a station for
the sale of cocoons,
which are collected
by boats sent up the
river from Shanghai.
The boats GO up once
,oor ,pI, 81 c,nplp
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Breaking About Even,

Judge: II understand that Mr.. Ros-
enbaum's twenty-five hundred-dollar
mare ran away. broke her leg and had
to be shot," said the new reporter to
MIR. Rosenbaum's business partner.
YES" answered the partner, dryly.
And that his mother-in-law, who
was in the carriage at the time. was
thrown out and seriously injured"
"Yes. She died an hour afterward." ="
What! Dead! Dear me! ! suppose
Mr.. Rosenbaum is all broke up about
it,"
"Vell, no. Mr.. Rosenbaum seems to
be almost reconciled. OF course he
wishes it vas cheaper horse, but, den,
he thinks dot, everything considered. he
broke about even"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
SAD PLIGHT OF A MOTHER.

Daughter Tells Why She Gave No Ad-
vicc on Marriage.
l had taken very to0thsome but
not highly finished dinner at the noun
tain farmhouse, and when I started on
my way the daughter, who had looked
after my wants at the table, informed
me that il had no objections she
would ride piece" with me. I gave
On Immediate consent, and We were
presently jogging along toward the
Cumberland river. Il presume" I said,
bowing with as muck gallantry as the
circumstances would permit, that II
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
JOUR- BUDGET OF FUN.
A Collection of Choice Witticisms, Original
and Selected.

As'd Been Struck.
tie struck mol
Strong was the blow,
Amazed. I stood sore dazed,
Quailing before. the foe.
Who'd struck m&-
Yes. even AS I pass'd.
High heaven and the world
With dizzy speed about me twirled.
Fer I'd been struck:
So cowed, stood aghast.
He struck me!
Yea, cen at my breast
felt that cursed touch.
And. sore opprest
Did shiver at his clutch.
reel'd; the planets thro' the air
Swan dazzling-then 4 calm,
The triumph OF despair:
For from my outstretched palm
The craven boon felt him pluck.
And with my leg drawn out, no longer
mates the pair,
limped away
For 81 I'd been struck. Yea-struck!
New York World.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Not q shooting Soldier.

Anglo-American Socialist to Soldier
II say, you are one of the people.
You wouldn't fire ON your own coun-
men, would your"
Soldier-"No. Catch me shooting
anybody"
That's the way like to hear sol
dier talk. Sit down and have some
beer"
Now have smoke" said the so"
cial Democrat. after the repast was
over. Once more the soldier CONF
piled.
Are there many soldiers In your
regiment who would refuse to fire on
the people?" asked the Socialist.
"Oh. yes, several. You see. we mem"
bers of the band have nothing to shoot
with. I am member Of the band"
And then the band played.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
A Pertinent Quory.

"To me- said Willie Washington fe-
verishly, "you represent all that II
most sublime. believe that destiny
intended us for each other
"Are you alluding." inquired Miss
Cayenne icily, Ito the affinity popu-
larly supposed to exist between tho
sublime and the ridiculous7"-Wash.
ington Star.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
A Wiso Doctor.

Fuller--"Dr. Nomad told Tibby that
drugs would not help her complaint,
and recommended outdoor exercise on
a wheel as being the best thing for
him."
Butier-"The doc is simple to throw
business away like that"
Fullerton. don't know; he
charges double rates for surgical vis-
It's"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Printers Fault.

indianapolis Journal: Watts-How
do you understand that expression OF
Shakespeare's go to-"
Putts-It is nay idea that 1t arose
from the printers not knowing the use
Of the dash when his works were hrst
puhlished.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
True Appreclation.

Teacher draws red horse on the
blackboard, and proceeds to write a
story under 1t for the primary children
thus:
see horse.
see a - horse, etc, expecting the
child to supply size and color ad1ec-
tives.
First bright boy reads:
IT see a horse. sec a minus
horse"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Ills Former OCCUPATION.

"Tve just found out" said the flag
lieutenant, what that gunner's mate
ycnder did before he enlisted"
"What?' asked the quartermaster,
II happened to be standing near
him when he pulled the lanyard DUR
ing the bornbardment this morning and
every time he did 1t he Yelled
'C-a-a-a-s-h! Change in mtnutsp"
Chicago News.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
His Anxiety

Washington Star: IN never forget
the trouble an investigation once gave
me-" remarked Senator Sorghum. rem
iniscently.
Didn't you want to hold it?"
Hold it," he echoed. That's ex-
actly what was trying to do. And l
was afraid every minute that 1t was
going to break loose and get away
from me-"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Not Common Clay.

Chicago Tribune: Thirsty Traveller
(whose carriage Is at the gate)-"Aw-
can I have drink at your well?"
Farmers wife-"Why, OF course.
ma'am. Wait moment and I'll bring
a glass"
Thirsty Traveler-"Thanks, no. l
always carry a cup. One doesn't want
to drink out OF something that every
body else does, you know"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

she was thus sending back to Naples
poor child, he is going home to die
but" she added, as a light seemed
to beam over her face, che will a,
leaa. see the sun and feel the warm
air Of Naples once again!"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Tho Lecture and tho Lecturer.

Mrs. Learned-"Had you no engage
ment for tonight, dear?'
Prof. Learned Dumping to his fcet)
by Jove! I was booked to lecture
at 1880 on "The Cultivation of the
Memory" and here it is 10 o'clock
Why in blazes couldn't you have asked
that question three hours ago?"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Simply prepusterouk

Managing Editor--Here, this won't
do. -
Dramatic Editor-What's wrong7
Managing Editor--Yon say in youl
account Of that new play that jones
made hit as the Spanish CAVALIER
Chicago News.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Tact.

Puck: Nearpass-'I hope the minis
ter didn't refer to the creditors the
deceased left"
Bennet-"He merely said that his
loss would be felt wherever he was
known"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
A Propiiecy.

Chicago News: She--It was the poet
Gray who said: "The paths of glory
lead but to the grave" wasn't 1t?
He-Yes. guess he must have had
a ~.siou IN wnlch he saw our heroes
coming from victory back to fever
cahps.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Sure.

Papa-"When you grow up you'll be
able to read books and find out ever
so many things"
Johnny-"Oh. yes! and III tell you
and mamma about all those questions
she can't answer"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Economical.

She---I understand that matter
weighing one pound on the moons
surface, If transferred to the earth,
would weigh six pounds.
He--Can't you manage to buy your
butter up there, ?-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
A DoubIy Clever Follow.

Judge: Ethel--Only think! They
say Lord Littledough actually ber-
rowed the money of his flnancee 10
buy the engagement ring with.
Penelope-Yes. and then went out
and got trusted for 1t.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

ner t'other. She's been married four
times and has made such drafted
muss Nv 1t every time that she says
she amt a fittin' person to give advice
on the marryin' question, nohow, even
eff I wuzn't Old enough to do my own
pickin' an choosin';" which seemed
to be such an unanswerable argumen.
that I retired from the field.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

Noble Venetian Family Now Extinct.
BY the death OF the widow Of the
last prince, the name Of the Venetian
family Giovanelli that had existed since
1880, has become extinct
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

when the American railway is built
and Manila is our receiving and dis
tributing depot for all the Asian coast
and the islands thereof, can easily be
caen
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20

He-"War was declared April 81,
1893, wasn't it7'
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Friendly Comment. {

He--Yes. he called me blooming
idiot
Him-As If one could not see tina,
you had gone to seed.--Indianapoiis
Journal.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-20
Gave Her Pleasure,
Journal.

Gave Her Pleasure.
what do you think Miss Podus said
about my photograph"
Goodness knows"
"She said she liked to look at 1t. be-
cause it reminded her OF another
raan."--Chicagf Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-05
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

'Tic a far, far cry from the Minute Men
And times of the buff and blue
TO the days of the withering JorSensen,
The hands that hold it true.
It's a far, far cry from Lexington
TO the isles Of the China Sea,
But ever the same the man and gun
Ever the same are We,
For the blood Of the sires at Bunker Hill,
Through countless fierce campaigns,
Is as red and eager in peril still
In the depths of the children's veins,
And the heart and the eye support the
hand
No matter what odds there be
Ever the same thy sons, . land,
Ever the same are We.
Not a Valley Forge, nor n Wilderness,
Nor "A hail OF a Cuban steep,
Can take ore iot from our fearlessness,
Who daily thy honor keep
We carry the flag through varying
scenes.
From the sign of the old pine tree
To the Stars and Stripes Of the Philip
pines
Ever the same are we.
And the lad with the fresh, unshaded
mouth
Fights as his fathers fought,
And the man from the North and the
man from the South
Do as their fathers wrought
And whether from city or town We come
We answer the call with glee-
We heroes upsprlng at the beat of the
drum
Ever the same are we.
Edwin t. Sabin, In Munsey's.