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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
SOME OF NATURES QUEER WAYS.
Why the Tortoise II nm InfaIIibIe
Barometer.


The tortoise Is not an animal one would
naturally fix upon as likely to be afraid o.
rain but It is singularly So Twenty-four
hours or more before rain falls the Gala
pages tortoise makes Tor some convenient
shelter On a bright clear morning VIXEN
not a cloud is to be seen, the denlzens Of .
tortoise farm on the African coast may
sometimes be seen heading for The near
est oyerhansing locks. When that hap
pens the proprietor knows that rain will
come down during the day. and as Il rule
II comes down in torrents The sign never
fails. This grc-scu alton, or whatever YOU
may call Il, which exists IN many birds
and teasts. may be explained partly from
the increasing weight Of The atmosphere
when ran Is forming. party by habits OF
living and partly from the need Of mois-
turc which Is shared by all
IL We want TO ind q country where ma
turc has turned things topsy-turvy-l
is according 10 our rotion-we must 20 10
Australia. Many things are revers a in
that codntry. It Is summer there while IL
Is winter in America. Trees shed their
bark instead Of their 5eaves: fruit has the
stone or kefnel outside; swans are black;
there h. a species of liy tat kills and eats
the spider and a fish, called the ciigbing
perch that walks deliberately out Of the
wa ,er, and, with the aid Of its fms climbs
the adjacent trees after the Insects that
lnfest them. When 20 this we add that
most Of the birds have no song and the
flowers no odors, g. is easily seen that It Is
On he other side Of the word in more
senses thau enc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06

ter OF ali The air bubble always floa s.
near the UPPER surface OF the cavity
whichever way the mineral is held, so
that the piece of topaz is natural spirit
Level Which has been la existence since
before man first came ON Garth.
Or. Julien has also many specimens of
what might be called phantom organic
minerals. Thai Is, minerals containing IN
ternal markings which seem 10 show
traces of organic forms. They resemble
plants in most cases, but they are purely
crYslalnnc IN structme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
DROLLERlES OF DONEGAL.
Juck and the King Who Was a Gem
tIeluRn.

<Copyr.ght, 1899 by the s. 8. Mcclure Coz
Il is much 10 be regretted that The Bum
nader was not millionaire; for in that
Ease. al The Booht money would run like
.be rain at Lammas. OF course, with a
steady and assured income of two pounds
fave shlll'ngs and siNpance per quarter, he
was rich enough 10 be generous-but alas
no. rich enough TO be lavish.
There was no other employer of labor
al the Bocht TO whom the youngsters
would give their services with the alacrity
they ever showed when the Bummadier
Lad a cart Of FIR 10 take in, or rushes to
near hone from the bottoms. to thatch his
cabin. And, awaiting their promised pen
MES. they, in course of time, got 10 know
payday, and to long for il with all the
greedy cagerness Of the thirstlest Old pen
si5ner in the land.
But, in consideration of payday beng
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
THE HORNET OF THE SEA.
A STORY FROM \ CHICKEN RANCH
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Two boys who Mastered the Hen
Problem ana Made Them Famous
MOrtGage-Lifters- Them
selves Obliged 10 Deal with Greas-
crs, Who Are the sIYest Thieves on
Earth-An Exciting Chase for IA
Pair of stolen Leghorn CocISerels
Led to Some strange Adventures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06

Gen. James II. Wilson is one OF tte
best horsemen IN the army. In cross
country ride near Lynchburg, Va, a short
lime ago he made a leap over a hedge and
ditch which has for years been regarded
by the local horsemen as an mpossibillty.
Hawkins Is very fond of his horse.
isn't her" "Why, no; he hates him.,
That's queer 4 saw him riding In the
park the other day, and he had his arna
about the animals neck."-Tit-Blta
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26
MILITIA INSTRUCTION

Major-General Roe, of New York, has
decided upon an important change in
the methods OF camp instruction for
the guard of the State on the most
practical basis. This embodies prac-
fishing camp, etc, and is bound TO re-
suit in great benefit to the State force.
Only fatigue dress IS TO be taken on
the tour of duty. The practice marches
Will be made from Peekskill camp,
and the camp season, it is expected.
will commence in June next Part of
the time will be spent on practice
marches, and part in the permanent
camp.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26
NAVY PAYMASTERS.
Twenty Five Assistants to be Chosen
From Civil Life.

Twenty Five Assistants to be Chosen
From Civil Life.
twenty-five plurns in the shape of
Assistant Paymasterships in the Navy
are now at the disposal Of the President
as result OF the adoption of the an
nual Naval Appropriation bill. These
places all go to civilians and the rush
for appointments has begun already,
and Will no doubt continue until the ex-
aminatioDs are ordered. Political and
social influences and personal prefer
ences are not to be considered in the
selection of young men for the vacan-
cies and only those will be appointed
who meet the requirements of examin-
ing boards both professionally and ply
sically. The whole trouble about all
appointments from civil life both to
the Army and Navy has been the potent
factor Of political backing, and the re-
suit has led frequently TO the selection
OF men whose quantcat1ons for military
and naval service were startlingly de-
ficient in many essentials. 1t is the
purpose of Paymaster-General Stewart
to insist ON special care being observed
in the appointments of men to the new
places, and if his wishes are carried
out. none will be commissioned who do
not show proper qualifications. He has
asked Secretary Long that all candi-
dates be subject to competitive exam
ina-ions and that those passing within
the first twenty-five be accepted regard
less of their political influences or po-
litical affiliations.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26
HENRY MAY & co.
Corporation to Take Over
a Pioneer Business.
The NAV Fort Street Grocery Es-
adjustment New Buiiding-A
Concern Dating from 1855.

The old established firm of Henry
May & Co. is to be Incorporated. The
articles of Incorporation Will be filed
with the Minister of Interior in the
near future. 1t will be capitalized at
$12O, 900, the stock having already been
taken up. Among the stockholders are
Castle & Cooke, Brewer & Co., Estate
of S. G. Wilder and H. E. Mcintyre
e Co. Of course Mr.. t May will have
a large block.
BY the 1st of July H. May & Co. will
move into the quarters occupied by Nc
Intyre & Co. The erection of the
Brewer Block will then begin. The
building now occupied by May & Co.
will be torn down.
The firm of May & Co. is the oldest
distinctly grocery store in the city 1t
was estab lished in 1855. 1t was first
opened under the name of Savidge &
May, Samuel Savidge and Henry May
being the partners Later Mr.. May
took trip to England, returning to
buy out the interest of Mr.. Savidge
The business was then run under the
name of Henry May.
The present proprietor, Mr.. Tom
May, a nephew of Mr.. Henry May, was
admitted to partnership in 1876. Upon
the death of Henry May in 1884, Tom
May succeeded to the business. The
store is situated in an old stone build
associations. The firm has always held
a high position in the business COM
Of the Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26
NOTICE.
The Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu

The Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu
H. l.
Dear Sirs:-You will please discon-
tinue our advertisement of the Sterling
bicycle until you receive further in
structions. 1t is simply impossible to
supply the demand for them at the rate
the factory has been shipping them to
us. You may, however, fill up our
three-inch space with a notice to the
effect that we have twenty-five High
Grade Remingtons and Crescent BIZ
cycles on hand that we will sell at
cost. We are compelled to do this to
make room for carload of SO Ster-
lings now in transit. We find it neces-
sary to order them in carload lots IN
order that we nay sell them ut SEQ.
We have capcei!nd al contracts for
other makes Of wheels AMI II the
future will handle the Sterling eXclut
sively. Yours truly,
PACIFIC CYCLE & MFG. co.
Ehler's Building, Fort street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26
ANYBODY'S DOOR-MAT.
washington Starr

Have you heard about the trouble
Samoa has been having?" asked Ii
Hung Chang.
Samoan" repeated the Empress
Dowager. There hasn't been any ma
threatening to chastise us. / don't be-
lieve there is any such government. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26

MESSENGER SERVICE.
Honolulu Messenger Service deliver
messages and packages. Tel. 1878.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-26
Band Concert.

Band Concert.
The band will play the following this
evening at Thomas Square:
PART /.
Decentralization 1890. Beethoven
Fantasia--Metropoli Children :.
Z II ell do
Grand Selection-The Huguenots -.
$3.50. ........ 5000. .Meyerbeer
(a) Lei Poni Moi. Sweet Lei Mamo
Miss J. Keliiaa.
(b) Kuu Wehiwehi. Kokohi 49,
Mrs. n. AIepai.
PART II.
Cornet Solo-Culvert Polka $500
...... OUeluuduSer
SelectiOn-The Serenaders :. Herbert
Dance-PopcOrn ..... Lath
Wditz-Ma Nile ROSette ...... Caryll
The Star Spangled Banner
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-09
"All Down But g."

Stringer's bowling alley is
beginning to take on it's usual
winter popularity, and many
of the young people of town
as we'll rs visitors spend some
very pleasant evenings there,
Mr. Stringer holds the record
so far this season. his highest
score being 800, while his rep
utatjon at York Beach, Me.
rests on a score Of 255 out Of
a possible 800. .
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-09

Roberts OF Utah did not get
Il chance to take the oath as
Congressman; his credentials
We're perfect, his right to be
sworn perfectly plain, though
afterwards he could and
should have been rejected.
But the man who takes more
than one wife at a time neCes-
sarily travels over rough
ground, and Roberts might as
we'll "step aside" as to think
he stands any chance in the
face of a Republican majority
at Washington and d wife
majority in Utah.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-09

Mr. William Patterson Of New
Hampshire has taken W + Gil"s'
photograph gallery, and is now
prepared to accommodate those
wishing scenes, views, or photos.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-09

Quite d )evy II. young "a
dies, the Misses Fannie and
Jessie Hall, and Miss Melissa
Brown from Knowlesville,
New York. arrived this week
and are here for the winter.
DR.. E ID Hall, father Of the
Misses Hail, will also be here
this week to spend another
winter in the south.
The printing capacity ofthe
FREE Press will be rein forced
in about ten days by the adj
dition of some new and small
er type. which will enable us
to print articles of greater
length than heretofore. We
have on file a paper read by
G. NJ. Williams before the
Fire Department, which we
shall then take pleasure in
publishing, by request of sew
eral members of the Depart
ment.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-09

Get the benefit Of the cheap
Christmas rates and two wee IS
tickets by the Seaboard Air Line.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-09

Good pine wood for stove or
fireplace furnished on short notice
bv Cameron and Mcqueen
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Xenia (Ohio) Gazette: The first
street cars ever seen in operation In
this city passed along Detroit street
recently, and after little delay caus-
ed by the track having filled up, the
little car started bravely off and was
soon sailing merrily along out in the
direction of the fair grounds. The test
proved very successful, and after few
trips to get things in running order the
cars will be making schedule trips and
carrying passengers to and from the
fair grounds. The start Of the car was
witnessed by quite a crowd Of people
scattered along Detroit street.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Locomotive Runs.

During the past few months, the
Baltimore and ONO railroad has ma
terlally extended the runs of the pas
senger locomotives ON through trains.
Formerly engines were changed on an
average every 100 or $50 miles. 1t wa.
thought that the mountain grades OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would
preyent an extension of the runs. How
ever, the experiment was made. IL mas
proved successful and reduced the
number of locomotives formerly re-
uuired by twenty-four, which can DO
used in other branches of the service
and save the purchase OF more motive
power. Under the new plan, locomo-
tiyes are double crewed and make from
1000 to 5000 miles month, as against
$500 to 1900 under the former metnoo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

So magnificent a palace is the Paris
Opera that the Parisians long ago
ceased to consider whether other ma
lions have good music or good artists.
1t Is temple for music SO SURPRISING all
others, with such troops of government
tai priests, all decorated with the rib
bon of the Legion Of Honor, with such
throngs of worshipers in diamonds,
silks and black dress coats, that good
old favorites like Faust" and Lies
Huguenots" suffice 1t. 1t is true that
lately they have taken up Wagner, so
that the tourists of the summer may
hear such novelties as "Tannhauser"
and 1.-THE Valkyrie;;" but this must be
taken as an extraordinary Innovation.
The Paris Opera is for French COM
posers. And as French composers just
now are not making great successes the
repertoire is made up from the good
old ordinary. Owned and patronized
by the government, the Paris Opera Is
administered on well-considered civil
service principles. No disloyal rivalry
may mar its decent regularity. No
unripe enterprise disturbs its mild Sc
renity. 1t is content to bring out two
new failures every year, and say that
all is we'll.
The public Of the Opera would not
have it otherwise. The orchestra and
parquet chairs, reserved to men in
evening dress, make calm digesting
stools for clubmen, where the we'll
known arias comfort them and aid
their calculations for tomorrow's races
and tonight's baccarat. BetweA;l the
acts you stand up, put on your hat, ad-
just your opera glasses, and stare upon
the ladies in the boxes with prolonged
and comprehensive familiarity. ITEMS,
Nine. x" Her diamonds are imita-
tons" "The belle Nine. G. Quelle
decolletage! Why does she keep her
gaze lowered?"
They talk aloud now, having whis-
pered through the act. To dc otherwise
is to show that you have no acquaint-
ances around you, and to be alone in
the orchestra indicates that you are an
outsider.
A la bonnie heure! as they say in
French, great change comes over the
scene on the afternoon of free rep
resentation." Really, these free per-
formances at government playhouses,
the Opera, Opera Comique, the Theater
Francois and the Odeon, present one OF
the most remarkable spectacles of up
to-date Paris. They take place regu-
larly on the various grand fete days OF
the year, and cost heavily in breakages
and cleaning up. They are no newer
than the idea of socialism itself. An
cient Rome offered free spectacles at
the Colosseum to it's citizens, just as it
made gratuitous distributions of wheat.
Panem ct circenses! was the word
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

ner court He is even ready to indorse
the views of the janitor-to carry the
white mans burden for the off-scour-
ing Of our social system. Then, you
say, into what unhappy contempt does
he bring a name conveying such ten
derness as does Santa Maria? My con-
tention is that is all wrong with the
decency of the man and all right with
the name of the apartment-building
The Abbotsford,' you say. Great
Scott! can man live up to that? Can
he dwell always upon the pinnacles of
romance while stuffing cheese and beer
in little back room? Can he live up
to the idea Of dwelling in the compan-
ionship of fatted knights, who rescue
distressed maidens when at his daily
business he has to haggle over the sale
price of pair of pants and to figure
with the girl who brings him his lunch
upon the relative merits of corned beef
hash and chicken wing PURGE with
rice?' While you are right in part, you
are wrong in most. All of us admit
that the sentimental atmosphere sur
rounding a man makes for much in
his daily conduct. ] say that it makes
for everything. If live in the Wash
ington' don't you perceive / am going
to be higher, decenter, cleaner, more
devoted citizen than | would be If l
lived in the Aaron Burr?' There is a
standard set for me; If l am half hon
est to my environment l must try to
attain it. Don't you suppose that
resident of the John B. Cough flats
will pay more taxes in the end than
the dweller in 'Bacchante' apartments?
Wouldn't your chest expansion be
greater on the twelfth floor of the
'Mastodon' than in the parlor suite of
the Little Jennie? Some names, of
course, are i'll chosen and comparative
ly meaningless. l do not myself like
to see a twenty-foot front, story-and-
a-half bit of brick and mortar called
the Pantheon nor a nest amid
world of downtown stories called the
Plaza del Mesa del Virginia. but, gen.
orally. speaking, there is good deal
in a name, in fiat name, Shakes
peare Notwithstanding"
Nov would You prefer to live in the
Otis or the 'Aguinaldo?' asked one
of the carpers. Lest incriminate
myself" said the original speaker, II
decline to answer Come up with me
to the House of David and l will see
what can be done to remove this dust"
Chicago Chronicle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Colonel Bingham, sis the fact that
more than one-half Of the men arrested
for chipping off relics are clergymen
When the police arrest these despoil-
-ers and start with them to the station
house the man will begin to ask what
is the penalty and try to beg off. He
lis told that the fine is a heavy one, but
that SIS security can be put up for ap-
pearance in the police court. Then the
prisoner explains that he is a minister
of the gospel and meant no harm, and
that he could not stand the disgrace Of
appearing In police court. He ends
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
I'm FRANCES FAMOUS OPERA HOUSE

them. 1t Is the custom, and nobody
protests. But when such customers
ere rare The spectators, threatened
Nth the performance" Cadly slip away
to pick up pennies elsewhere. The
crowd is good-natured, singing, eating,
drinking, chatting, four deep all around
the opera house, hedged in ty ropes.
Now and then woman faints or a
child gets an arm broken, but the
general cheerfulness is irrepressible.
When the doors open the great
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Apprehensions seem to be felt In
some quarters lest the United States
may act with undue haste in the mat
ter of giving the Cubans independence
before they are competent to govern
themselves. The United States Is
pledged not merely to give independ-
ence to Cuba, but to establish a
stable government" there. To give the
former without providing the latter
would be equivalent to the creation OF
another revolution-plagued republic.
This is so generally understood that
few Americans are in favor Of making
haste about cutting loose from Cuba,
especially as long as the Cubans do
not become disconnected with the de-
lay.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

A sagacious dog lives at a red brick
house on Belleview avenue, near Six
teenth street, in Kansas City. He
is full-grown pointer. At the cor
ner of Seventeenth street, block and
half from the home Of this dog, is
an iron watering trough set into the
sidewalk near the curb. The trough is
always full of water. He leaps into
the trough and squats down till the
water, which is more than a foot in
depth, is almost over his back.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

The improper use Of hypnotic power
may induce mental deterioration or
even insanity. This power, which may
yield a specialist Important results and
do the subject no harm, easily works
serious mischief when ignorant or de-
signing men make it serve their pleas
ure or their profit. Where good judg-
ment does not control and limit the ap-
plication Of hypnotic influence, the law
ought to intervene to restrict its exer'
else and to protect unthinking or ven
turesome persons from the grave Can
gers connected wath y
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

In his letter, as president, to the
American Bar association recently held
az Buffalo, Ambassador Joseph H.
Choate said: "The laws delays, which
seem to be constantly on the increase,
may we'll engage the earnest attention
of the association. No opportunity
should be lost to counteract the in
evitable tendency to elaborate pro-
cedure and unnecessarily multiplied
appeals" These words were we'll sail.
Justice delayed Is more than justice
delayed; it is justice impaired. Time
q of the essence of the matter. Tar
diness is vital defect in Anglo-Saxon
justice, and is not offset by resultant
regularity or precision.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
QUEER NAMES OF SOME FLATS
Do They Affect the Characters of Those
Who Dwell within?

VINO dwell WVhius
"As for me-" ventured the man with
the wooden head, II can't indorse your
views. You lay claim that our apart
ment-house-our flat-nomenclature
as given expression in Chicago. Is too
airy, too exalted. too fanciful. On the
contrary it is not the one nor the
other nor the last of these. You say:
Here; a man lives in the Santa Maria
He comes home with Saturday night
tolerance of feeling for all men. He Is
willing to sleep on the grass in the in.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Latest In Playing Cards.

In order to be strictly in line with
the latest fancy it is necessary to have
your playing cards made to order. In
the east it is quite the thing for the
hostess at card party to surprise her
guests by supplying them with cards
on the back of each of which is a re-
production of her own photograph.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

great monument of
the Third empires
greatest effort--in-
dividuals of every
age and both sexes,
of all conditions,
with their bottles
and their bundles,
eager to enjoy for a
few hours the
splendors and the
luxury belonging to
their betters. Some
Of them sit all
night upon the
steps, and all the
morning Of the day
itself, to be in time
to occupy "the
royal box" or the
logia Of the Jockey
Club. Then they
throw orange peel
upon the floor. The
character of the
crow d depends
much on the wealth
er. II the long
waiting must be
done in the wet,
tr a m ps Will
abound, poor devils
with enough of the
ideal still in them
to save half their
brandy bottle to at
tune their nerves
to the sweet strains
Cf Samson ct Da-
lila" and fire their
imaginations to the
heights of the bac-
chanalian ballet. If
the day is fine the
crowd will be of a
more definite social
situation = clerks,
workingmen and
all the little bour-
geoisie. But the
head of the string
will always be COM
posed of speculat-
ing loafers, with no
music in their
souls. They are
there to sell their
places for three
francs. or even two
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
RELIC PILFERINo MINISTER'S.

They Chip Pieces of the Washingto
Monument and Fay Well for Them.
From the New York Mail and Ex-
press: Colonel Bingham, superintend-
ent of public buildings and grounds,
who has charge of the Washington
monument, says one Of the greatest
troubles the watchmen at the monu-
ment have to contend with is the chip
ping of these memorial stones by relic
hunters. "One Of the strangest things
In regard to these relic hunters said