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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-21

We are making this reduction be-
cause we have too large a stock of
these goods and want more room for
two carloads of JEWEL STOVES and
one car of GURNEY CLEANARLE
REFRIGERATORS, which are on the
way.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-21
LAXATIVE

THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS
bought has borne the signature Of the
Western Chemical Co. of Chicago, H.,
with counteTfeits. limitations and Just
as goods" are but experiments. and en-
danger the health of children.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
INDIAN CURED L0CKJAW.

Doctors everywhere have horror OF
lockjaw They realize that once a
patient is attacked by that disease his
life is sure to fade rapidly away. Had
they known of the remedy an old Indian
squaw possessed when the epidemic Of
the disease struck the community as
the result of last Fourth of July cele-
brations they would have had little fear
says a correspondent of the Chicago
chronicle. An old resident of Long
Island told OF the cure TO a friend in
this city: The newspapers amt telling
no lie." he said. when they say there's
more danger of lockjaw on Long Island
than there is i'm most other places. L
don't understand none of this new
tangled talk about microbes and such.
but / know for a fact that there's a lot
more danger i'm cuts and bruises in the
eastern part OF the island. where my
father used to live when he was a boy.
than there is-well, even round about
.Jamaica, where my folks live now.
~ never heard of but one case where
,be natient was cured after his face
vos set. and that wasn't by a doctor,
but by an old Indian squaw. The pa
tient was my father and IL was away
hack i'm the twenties. when there was
rtf of Indians atAA wi LUX lNidlu
was nearly grown mp at the time, but
s,ul gong barefooted I'm summer and
cut his foot very badly by stepping on
. hrolxen bottle. He did not pay much
attention to it being pretty tough and
hardy. IN wasn't long, though. before
symptoms of lockjaw set In. The near.
est doctor lived a dozen miles away ana
,c p,v fathers face wasn't exactly set
- was next door 60 It, when his mother
thought OF an old squaw who lived only
a little way down the road and who
had ouite a name aS herb doctor.
"she came az soon as she WAS sent
for, and the first thing she done was TO
,,,sko "A bean pOultice. sprinkle u with
s,Sao and clap &c on the cut. u Kept
the wound open. and suppose Il killed
tbc microbes 7 know father SAID "
nearly killed him. and " the old sauaw
hadn't stood by and prevented N ne
,,,,,id have ha1 d.. of i'm no time. Hut
II cured him all right and atterwa.n
,rhen he heard ~ doctors losing 3sk-
t,vc cases he used 10 say TINT Z was De-
caiisc thov a. know beans.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
ANOTHER PRESIDENT MKINLEY.


President Mckinley is not the first
American OF the name that bears that
title. The earlier one, who preceded
him by considerably more than a CEN
tury, was President John McKinly, Of
the state OF Delaware, who spelled that
name without an ''e'' in the final sylla-
bic. This President McKinly was the
took office Fe 81, 1777. Before that
time the Governor Of Pennsylvania, or
his deputy, was the chief executive of
Delaware. but after the Declaration of
Independence Delaware made haste
to sever the tie that bound her to Penn
sylvania. and in sign of the separation
set up president OF her own.
President Mckinly was Scotch
Irishman by birth, and Presby-
terian. He settled in Wilmington
about 1742, when ne had just come
of age, and some time after set up
as practitioner of physic." He was
subsequently one of the founders of the
Delaware Medical Society. W nile Del
aware was still in part subject to Penn
sylvania. the Governor OF the latter
state appointed DR.. McKinly TO be
Sheriff of Newcastle county. He was
Wilmington. His dwelling at the cor
ner of Third and French streets was
one of the handsomest in the little bor-
oHgh.
President McKinly's term OF office
was cut short by such a mishap as had
not befallen any other American Pres
ident. says the New York Sun. About
midnight on Sept. IL. 1777, the day or
the battle of Brandywine he was seized
tn, 10 haH NV a LOT "A a .of
troops and hurried aboard ship along
with his official papers and much valu-
able private property. He remained
thus a prisoner until October. 177S, S,when
he was exchanged. You may ssee in
the Lenox Library his original affidavit.
made in December. 11s2. 10 the effect
that he had lost at the hands of his
captors the sum OF f1055.
Immediately upon the seizure of Pres
ident McKinly. Thomas McKeen, Speak
er OF the Assembly became acting
President. George Reed, president Of
the council. and vice-president of Del
aware ought to have succeeded 10 the
Presidency, but at the time OF President
McKinly's capture Vice-President Reed
was sitting in Congress at Philadelphia.
and there were SO many British soldiers
between him and the chair Of the Pres :
ident, that for month he did not at
tempt 10 reach the seat OF honor AT
the end OF the month he did become
President Of Delaware.
There were nine successive Presidents
of Delaware. but near the close OF the
eighteenth century the title was drop
ped. and the chief executive began to
he called Governor. The first to bear
that title was Cunning Bedford. He
and President McKinly both lie bur-
iedsin the graveyard of the First Pres
byterian Church at Wilmington. Pres
ident McKinly died In 1895 the year In
which Cunning Bedford became Gov
ernor. and a century before the election
of william Mckinley as President OF
the United States.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
GALAPAGOS TURTLES IN AMERICA.

From the Galapagos islands the
schooner Julia Whalen has brought 10
of the immense turtles for which the
islands are noted The biggest she'll
back of them all weighs 500 pounds
and is said 10 be the largest ever
brought from The 1s1dHdy. tnrortu-
nately. the monster reptile was aecl-
dentally killed two weeks out from the
islands \ sharp peice of timber fell
on the deck and pierced the animals
lungs. The turtle coughed blood for a
while. and an attempt was made to
plaster up the hole. but the injured
tortise died i'm fortnight. As scient-
lists estimate the average life of these
turtles at 200 years death within two
weeks of AN injury is practically in
Simultaneous a turtle, says the san
Francisco Chronicle. Ii is said in the
islands that no turtle mas died nat
ural death in memory OF the Oldest IN
habitant During the two centuries
that scientists have allotted IL To live,
some accident generally befalls the
turtle Many have met Ther deaths
by falling over preCipices and num-
Der have been oVertaken by the lava
flows of these volcanic islands. I'm fact,
the turtle brought back dead by the
Whaleu shows marks on his shell 'of
having been caught i'm some fiery flow.
There are scars on his shell. showing
that the lava moved more quickly than
he A ton OF cactus leaves was brought
IN the schooner as food FOR the tln'tles.
The cactus is exhausted now. and the
turtles are eating greedily of watermel-
on and muskmelon rinds
r. T.. SnOdgrass an instructor in ZOO
logY at Stamford university. and II.
Heller, a geological student there went
on the Whalen for the purpose of MAX
ing scientific collections. One of the
giant tortoises belonged to Them. and
they have in addition $50 varieties of
fish. SiXtN-tWo varieties OF fish were
already known on these islands. which
are remarkably rich zoologically. OF
the fish brought back 10 stanford. 80
specimens are new 20 science. The coll
legians bring also a pJst complete coli
lection Of insects MANY Of them un-
classified. and fine collection Of birds
and reptiles They have a specimen of
a marine lguan3, or sea lizard, six feet
long
The college men report that the tur-
ties. though still numerous on Alber-
marie. have disaDpcareg from the other
islands. except on Duncan island.
where one speces " the testudo family
stll exists. There are three species on
Albermarle. but ON the other islands.
each of which had once Hs separlte
species. the turtles are extinct. The
trhabitants ~ the islands Kill the tur-
ties for their oil. and the supply Is
steadily growing less. The turtles
brought back on tho Whalen are worth
5000 tu $500 apiece. There are ten. some
of thfm bound for museums. some fpr
geological gardens and more for the
soup kettle. The rest OF the cargo con-
sists ~ hair and fur seals, the hair
seals bringing s. "a hide and The fur
seals $40
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THOUGH more important events are
moving just now time may still be taken
TO congratulate Mr.. Kid Mccoy, mid
dlewesght champion OF the prize ring
and aspirant for heavyweight honors'
In thoroughly redeeming himself from
the discontinue INTO which he fell when
one Jack Mccormick. unknown, unset
entifc. but husky knocked him out
with a single blow I'm the first round OF
their recent engagement in Chicago.
Last evening the trim young boxer
from the Hoosier state demonstrated
that not only was he quite able 10 take
care OF himself against his more
brawny opponent but that IL the latter
had had the real stuff i'm him 10 take
fighting mans punishment, he would
have put him out in addltionto to the sub
stantial thrashing that he gave him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
THE ALASKAN EARTHQUAKES.


The severe earthquakes that shook
the coasts OF Alaska on Sept. ana io
were uneaualled within the historic Pc
rlod i'm that region for the extent OF
coast line affected. Reports OF the
shocks have been received from Nari-
Gus points between Juneau ana the
Aleutian chain. distance of over ooo
miles. 1t is well known that the ef-
fects Of earthquakes originating on .he
coasts are often fell I'm the FAR ihterior
of continents. and IL is not at all uh-
likely that these shocks extended nun
dreds OF miles inland. In region IKE
Alaska where large areas are uh'iHniao-
lted severe earthquakes may SVlIc
times occur without the facts ever oc-
coming known.
IL ls said that a number Oh isiaaius
along the coast near Yakutat pay, III
the neighborhood OF Mount ST Elias.
nave become submerged or nave seu'ieu
In the water. and that the adJolhlns
coaSp me has perCepubly sum- N"iio
nltie distance out at sea InS oMSo"'' M
ped appears TO have risen Nhlie thSse
reports need confirmation, AZ may pe
sara that 1t is not uncommon ior CON, coii-
siderable areas OF the crust OF the earth
to sink as the result of an earthquake.
one example that may be cltea lIoii,
our own history Is the New Maurlu
edrthquake OF 1911. when the supter
rdnedn disturbances resulted III nhe
subsistence OF about 5000 square lhlles
OF aluvial lands along the Mlsslssippi
river IN what is now southeastern Mis-
souri, and northeastern Arkansas says
the New York Sun. The subsistence was
ABOUT ten feet and the river poured IN
10 some OF the depressions, FORMING
series OF lakes.
n Few hundred miles north OF the re-
slon where this sudden subsistence ana
ievation is said 10 have occurred In
Alaska the earth's crust has been Ils-
ing Tor considerable period Benrlhg
sea Us slowly becoming shalloWer. II
TINS tendency is continued. the tlme
VIII come when Behring sea or large
parts of ii will be dry land. ana mus
ASA and North America may Yet De
united above the sea level.
The known earthquake i'm Alaska, as
IN the present instance, have occurred
along the line Of volcanic cones, ana
particularly i'm the Aleutian chain.
over thirty OF these shocks have been
recorded by the Russians and our own
people. When we bought Alaska, we
acquired an addition 10 our earthquake
territory. Canada throughout its great
domain has comparative immunity
from this sort OF visitation, while we
record from thirty to forty earth
quakes In a year. most Of which. how
ever, do very little damage, If any.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
It'd BITS.

Diamonds are formed I'm nature by
enormous temperature, and under i'm
mensc pressure.
\ Duquesnc, Ia man has dog
which was sent him by expr ss all the
way from Manila. T. /.
ON an average. every man. woman
and child consumes about three bush
els of apples per year, and only few
are exported.
Verbatim reports are seldom seen in
French papers and the shorthand wri-
ter plays a very Insignificant part in
Partisan journalism.
Natural gas found at Helthfield Sus-
sex. is being used To light the railroad
station there. This is saiu TO be the FIRST
practical use TO which natural gas ha +,
been put In Europe.
one of the queerem villages known Is
I'm New Guinea. and Is called Tupuse-
lei. The houses are all supported on
piles. and stand out in the ocean a con-
siderable distance from shore.
\ sullivan Gn1D man has refused to
nay note FOR $3.50, which he gave To
church some years ago. on the grounds
hat the paper was drawn on Sunday.
and was. therefore OF no value.
Auihendc history and biography I'm
china embrace period from the year
i22 Of our era back 10 the remote period
of 2691 years before Christ The histori-
ans of china embrace a succession of
uninterrupted series of more than 2400
years.
White diamonds the most popular
among buyers. are seldom what they
pretend 20 be- for stone clear and
transparent is more rare than one
low. green and pink diamonds heat Of
ten changes the color Of stoue
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

IT isn't surprising that the Insurance
companies are suspicious OF the CIR
cumstances surrounding the death ol
Manufactures Copp. who was run over
by train al Uxbridge, considering
that he had only a few days before
taken out accident insurance in differ
ent companies to a total amount ot
more than twenty thousand dollars the
limits on some Of the policies expiring
within p dav or so after the fatal ac-
cident. Men have before now killed
themselves for a good deal less OF an
object than sizable insurance, ana
while the insurance companies are
usually pretty agreeable TO facing the
music the case OF the unfortunate Copp
must be conceded 10 be queer, provid-
ing the circumstances are as reported
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
SMILES.

Involves Early Rising Sunsets and
sunsets'' exclaimed tho connoisscue.
Why never SUNRISE An. there is
inc dihculty of obtaining q model. YOU
know protested tha artist who was
IN every sense Eohemian.-D Detroit
Journal
Mudsc-A mans nre is his own. Now
pr TOOK fancy to commit suir.d.
me- ~ P'NN'h'
Nahsley-l wouldn't even try In.
dianapols Journal
'tcner-dchnny. what is "a thi,fe
Johnny Hardup- Dunn,
lea, on. yes. you dO. Now vb,
would be u tool. money out of vnar 1
/ pocket '"' w F"ui
Johnny llaidup WHY. yous. ua H.. ..
I p .ach. .-ohio State Journal
Wow mat you arc about to rrar,,. 81.
remarked Che fond m8mtp to bnr ...i.
6auEhteI. 40 hthuoNte ua al .,'
plainly you nave hsd yuur own U.,
an your life. but tLa mus end F.
why. mamma exclaimed Ia. rt.,
sDectiNr bride. 'G orge Wu Do ne 4
Just as I please.
Bother George retorted tbe f,rl
mamma. I'm thinking that YOU vii
Record.
have 60 have n took rhilade.ph.,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

NINE men were publicly whipped at
the post i'm Delaware the other day for
various crimes from burglary To petty
larceny. The spectacle was enjoyed by
some five hundred people and is be-
lieved TO have done the prisoners good
as we'll as the spectators. There Is
nothing fanciful about the whipping
post as a disciplinary measure but the
Delaware folks. who have had a good
deal of experience with IT, cling to the
idea that ii is good deal more effec-
tive than whole lot of the schemes
proposed at prison reform congresses
and the like. And il wouldn't be surpris-
ing IL they were right.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
{ IE o..

ANDERSO this city. 26th inst.
Augusta G. Anderson, aged "a years
and II months.
FAI,yEY-In Pawtucket, 27th inst,
Daniel Falvey, aged rs years.
HARVEY-In North Kingstown. 26th
inst. jeremiah w. Harvey. aged Si
years.
KELLY-In Pawtucket, 26th inst, Mrs.
Mary Kelly, mother OF Rev. FIR. NJ.
!. Kelly Of Portland, Oregon.
OCcLESTON-In Abot county Ind.
2lst inst. Hannah. wife Of the late
Henry Occleston and daughter OF the
late John and Susan A. Hancock, for
merly of this city.
PowETli-In this city, 9th inst, Brid-
get wife of David Powers, aged "a
years.
RII,LEY-In this city. 2Tth inst Fan
ME daughter OF James and Mary
Riley. aged / year, s months and y
days.
sHELDON-In Seekonk. 27th inst.
Laura T., wife of Nelson III. Shell
don, aged a. years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

demand Of our Journal that the coat OF
white paint be removed from the cup
defenders topsides i'm order that the
trophy may not be imperilled, by an
nouncing that the topsides viii now be
painted with two coats instead of one,
expressly for the races. such astounding
disregard OF les authority is something
our Journal isn't accustomed TO- ana
we shouldn't be a bit surprised II II
went TO court and got an injunction TO
at least prevent Iselin from putting on
that extra coat of paint even IL he per-
sists, in his refusal % remove the
original coat. High treason is in the
air. FOR fair.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THAT the ordinances against the
splitting nuisance i'm San Francisco are
made u be enforced is demonstrate
by the experience OF a millionaire citi-
zen Of that town who was arrested
charged with splitting i'm n street car
and who has Just served his sentence
of twenty-four hours i'm Jail after con-
testing the case for nearly two years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

The flag symbolizes our purposes
and cur aspirations; 1t represents what
we halieve and what we mean 10 main
tain, and wherever It floats it Is the
flag OF the free, the hope Of the oppress.
70; and herever it is assailed at any
sacrifice II will be carried a triumph
ant peace. - President Mckinley. Aug.
10, 1899.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
The Bsst Man wins

Prize aghtng may not be pleasant
sulitO,. but it teaches a lessen. nCvct-
Ihgiup ,nship FOR any length of finc.
How unlike thai great champion ~
health HOstctters Stomach Btters.
which has never been beaten. ana for
fifty years has met and conquered the
worst cases of constipation dyspepsia
hiUousnsss and liver trouble See that n
privute itrvruue stamp cuvrrs thc neck
uf the bottle
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

TIE decision OF Mayor Baker 10 bo
again candidate is regarded with
mingied feelings by such OF the Demo-
cratic leaders as are nj sea between a
desire 10 have the kind of candidate
they would like bat who couldn't pos
ably win and an ambition 10 win with
any old candidate. II looks as though a
whole lct Of them could continue to il,-
geire where they come in anyhow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

" Is reported that even New Yorit's
Four Hundred viii condescend to deco
rate fof Dewey This is a conquest in
deed. These very choice people who
were dreaafully worried during tho
spanish war Tor fear Spanish fleet
would steam into Newport harbor and
bowl over their cottages paid scan.
courtesy To Sampson and his officers
and men when the victorious ships that
swept tAe Spanlards from The s,a came
home for a holiday at Newport
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THERE is lumber famine threat
ened in New York due To the demand
for material for the stands to, view the
parade. Fifty dollars a thousand feet
was last quotation and few had lumber
10 sell even at SO extravagant a price.
But. even at that. once the lumber Is
put into the stands IL sells i'm some
places as high as fifty dollars for only
six or eight feet OF IL 90 sit on.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28
E,,, 1.In,nr,. yrLv1 rrcN,.nca Lire. s,Dl 30

In addition 60 thc regular lr'Niurnt
nua service between ProNlAeu 80
-. y'rt ,D extra ttip. west bound.
v,ui he made bN steamer Rhode lsi-
and" on ssnirdsN. sept. 80. leaving
Fox Point wharf az S.io y. nl. an
extra trip east bound. VIII ala, DC
made via this line on Sunday. October
4 bv steamer leaving Pier lS. Ncrtn
rolnt wharf the following morning AZ
$50 a III.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THEY are still unwinding speeches
in the Venezuela arbitration court over
in Paris and the circumstance suggests
that arbitration as a preventive of war
may be safely counted on if for no 9TH
er reason than because IL takes SO long
TO complete Il that the original question
in dispute is likely to be forgotten.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

Germany maintains schools i'm foreign
countries. a fund Is yearly voted by
the Reichstag for this purpose. There
is now an agitation in favor Of grant
ing the schools the right to award ex-
emption from she long periods OF mill
tary service i'm other words. To grant
the year-servicc diplomas
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THAT is a pretty high "anking fleet
OF warships now anchored off Tomp-
large. The arrival of Rear Admiral
Howison on the Chicago. with Sampson
and Dewey. makes three admirals in a
bunch
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

Rrookville. Pa, has crow hatchery
said 10 be the only one i'm the world
This birds jet black head makes n
handsome trimming for ladies' hats,
and milliners are credited with paying
% cents for each head. The eggs OF
crows hatch in an ordinary chicken D.
cubator in. fifteen days. and in eight
weeks the birds are big enough TO be
pllillotincd.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

NOW that the western farmers. have
the dollars they don't want the fifty-
cent kind. II Was only when the other
fellows had most OF them that they
were anxious 70 cut wealth in two.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

DEWEY says that General Otis Is all
wight only he will persist in biting OF
rlore than ne can conveniently chew.
II is a common failing with men. great
and small Il requires a high order or
genius to make other men help do your
work for you.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

The growth 0f the hair depends upon
the We Of lts roots a brisk rubbing
sufficient 90 irritsie the roots iist1 aDtlV.
rs is important The iongest head of
halr I'm the world is said 10 belong ID
Mercedes Lopez. Mexican woman.
She ia five feet tall. and when stsndh z
her hair trails on tho ground 10 the
length ef fesf feet eight inches.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

NOW Columbia has parted her bob
stay which affords fresh confidence in
the belief that the yacht that wins the
cup will be the one that holds together
the longest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

NOT everybody viii be able to buy a
Dewey parade. ON the contrary, tn,
majority OF the teeming thousands viii
do the grand stand on the curbstone.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THE Transvaal's reply TO the last
note from the British government is be.
ing drafted and so are the burghers
with their straight shooting rifles.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

1T is estimated that two million visit
ors 10 the metropolis this week win
spend n less than ten mlHion do,ia,,
at tho Festivities. We guess there arr
other towns that could DE Jus, as ~,
triotic if our Dewey would only rivo
them the chance. There's money In en-
tcrtaining heroes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

CUBA y rapidly getting civilized.
There Is a general strike VI the work
ingmen in Havana. FOR an eiglit-hour
day and Yankee wages.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

EVERYTHING is ready for the big
celebration in New York. Now II the
weather bureau doesn't do the proper
thing IL viii get itself much dislked.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

THESE are great days in New York
Tor rubber necks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-28

HERE is terrible news indeed. The
srncfs % columbia make answer TO the