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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-18
w. J. QUINN.
ReQ| ES|0|e AQe||.
40 Montgomery St.
BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND SAC
RAMENTO STREETS,
San Francisco, California.

The attention or those having money
TO invest is called to the fact that thsrs
are great opportunities TO make splen-
did investments in San Francisco ReA
Estate at the present time. The con
dition of realty at present favors the
buyer. This is the time to invest when
properties can be purchased at Low
prices.
San Francisco has a great future;
all unite on this point. It is to be the
great city Of the Pacific Coast, it II the
gateway to the Orient, with the finest
port and bay in the world. Within tbs
last few months new city charter has
been adopted by vote Of the people
which goes into effect on the first day
OF January next, vast improvements
are in contemplation under the new
charter that will enhance realty in Ger
tain portions Of the city. The Santa
Fe Railroad Co. has purchased lanA
on the water front for terminal pur-
poses and will enter into competition
for share of the passenger and fre1gh,
traffic, the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
has given orders to have consturctsd
several first class steamers, the largest
and most powerful ever built to run On
the Panama route, so as to meet the
and wealthy Steamship Co. OF Chill,
South America, which has decided TO
extend their line of steamers to San
Francisco. All this means increase OF
population and revival of business.
In purchasing real estate, to do well,
one must know where to buy and how
to buy. I offer my experience and
knowledge of values Of property to
those who desire to purchase business
properties for income or lots for resi-
dence purposes. Information cheer
fully given on all matters pertaining
to real estate in San Francisco. Par
ties coming from the Islands who de-
sire to invest are requested to call and
absolute and positive bargains will be
submitted to them. will be happy to
correspond with any who may wish to
inquire about real estate in San Fran
cisco. Full charge taken OF property
and taxes paid for absent owners.
References: Any Bank in San Fran
cisco.
w. j. QUINN,
41s Montgomery ST., near California
ST., San Francisco, California.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-18

the sheep can be raised and clipped
The new wool is not affected by fire or
water The rock from which il is
appears like common
limestone and is obtained from quar-
ries in and around Alexandria, Ind.
It is the same stone that is used so
much in Chicago for buildings. The
suppIv seams 10 be almost unlimited
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-18
CHILDREN'S LIES
Investigation Being Made
of the Tendency.
Girls Ahead of Boys Both Sexes Ingenious
Imagination Brought Into Play
Reasons for Falsehoods.

systematic investigation of Chill
dren's lies is now going on in the pub
lie schools of Greater New York, says
the New York World.
\ number of Brooklyn women have
also organized a club for the purpose.
They will observe this common ten
dency of childhood and consider how to
mend it,
| So far they have discovered that girls
| lie more than boys, and that both
sexes can lie with the ingenuity of
Satan.
The investigation has but just be-
quired to keep records of such things,
the collection of instances for analysis
is slow, but some parents, becoming
interested have contributed anecdotes
a study of them.
The faculty of imagination is brought
into play when a lie is required. This
faculty, the psychologists say, is
stronger in childhood than in any other
time of life 1t sets children to play
ing bear and making believe" in all
sorts Of ways before they can walk.
In the beginning this is done only
for the child's own amusement, but it
! is not long before he turns his talents
| to account for his own advantage.
| 1t is found that children lie for some
one or more of the following reasons
1. To defend themselves from pun
ishment
2. To conceal something they are
ashamed of.
| g. To amaze or amuse their play
mates.
| 4. For pure love of the unreal.
! 5. To protect friend very rare).
vious wrongdoing, and represents the
imaginative faculty perverted to its
most vulgar form. Yet it is one of the
most common among children Of all
classes.
| Such lies usually take the shape of
substituting a fair-sounding excuse
taken from former experience in place
of actual truth
The second cause for Juvenile lies is
akin to the first, but is more common
among girls than boys Indeed, Stats
tics of reform schools, as we'll as rec
ords kept by teachers, show that girls
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caught in a lie,- she usually sticks to
it unreasoningly. A boy, however,
having a more logical mind and large
amount OF the "old Adam" in his
makeup blames some one elsa girl,
Iif possible-and thus shifts the re-
sponsibility
Girls are born with a greater regard
than boys for appearances and for the
impression they make on other people
Among the presentations intended
to amuse or amaze are boastings over
remarkable possessions or occurrences
With a little encouragement, these de-
velop into good stories. What is to be
done with this kind of lie? 1t is a sin
simply because the romancer is young
and doesn't put her story on paper?
On the contrary, teachers are begin
ming to encourage such imaginings on
the part of child, directing him to dis
| tlnguish between true and false. To
this end he is allowed to draw pictures
which illustrate the scenes of his story,
and many children develop considera-
| bic inventive and artistic skill. In the
Italian quarter especially the pupils
| show great aptitude for drawing. In
ventive imagination, on the other
hand, seems to be most marked among
the Germans and Polish Jews.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-18

Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness
of the skin of any sort, instantly and
permanently cured. Doane's Ointment,
at any chemists, SO cents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

the Porto Ricans would not use them
because they said by doing 80 they lost
all the muscle of the OK in front OF Its
shoulders.
The Porto Rican method Of yoking Is
extremely cruel. When the animals are
thus fastened they must move together
There is no swinging Of the heads to
knock off flies. If one OK lies down the
yoke pulls the head of the other SIDE
ways, and in case of a scare the horns
are sometimes torn off.
The Porto Rican peon is as cruel as the
Chinese. He has absolutely no regard
for the feeling of his animals. The oxen
are driven by goads from eight to twelve
feet in length. In the end of each goad
is a spike about an inch long, with a
point like a needle. AS the driver moves
his cart along he pokes this spike into
the tanks or sides of his oxen l have
seen some, the thighs of which had been
punctured like pincushions, SO that the
blood ran down their legs.
This custom was universal when we
first got possession of Porto Rico. Gen.
Henry prohibited 1t and laid fine on
each peon who was caught with a spike
in his goad. This has remedied matters
in the town, but out in the country the
men still use the sharp spikes. Some of
them have the spikes SO fixed that they
can pull them out when they see an
American coming, and some have extra
goads without spikes which they use
Wnen In the town.
There are few If any good dairy cattle
in Porto Rico. The people are not ac-
customed to the use of butter. and such
milk as is sold is taken in the cow from
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and six inches thick on each side. This
makes a seat of such nature that tine
man can sit upon the back of the animal
with his legs on each side of the pony's
neck. He sits, in fact, as though he were
in a cushioned chair, and the little beast
rapidly and easily carries him over the
road.
1t is singular thing that Porto Rican
horses will not eat American corn. They
refuse our baled hay ard prefer the
rought hard grass of the island ! is the
same with our horses in that thew do
not like Porto Rican grass, and for this
reason 1t is hard to sell an American
horse for a good price in Porto Rico
The best of the ponies are fine looking.
They have good heads and are apparently
well bred. They are of the Ara blan stock
introduced by the Spaniards, but by con-
tfnuous tnbreeding have become stunted.
Since the advent of the Americans a
movement has sprung up to improve the
stock and Gen. Casteman, of Kentucky.
has shipped here the famous three-year-
old Goodwin, one of the best saddle
stations in the United States. Some of
the best ponies here sell for as much
as 200, but the ordinary animal can be
bought for $24 American.
CRUELTY TO HORSES.
The most Of the ponies here are terribly
overworked and mistreated. Beasts
weighing not more than COG pounds are
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unknown distance by the passing of wa
tiers which undoubtedly covered the val
ley In prehistoric ages
BEGINNING OF THE RUSH.
Discoveries of vast bodies of silver at
Creole and Silverton and of gold at Tel
luride attracted miners and prospectors
from Sierra Blanca. and for nearly a
score of years nothing was done in the vi
cinity until new processes OF extracting
free gold from the black sand of placer
deposits attracted renewed attention to
the beds of the Sangre de Cristo
A company of st. Louis and Louisville
capitalists became Interested In Sierra
Blanca about two years ago and sent a
prospector to the mountain. He made
his way after surmounting many diff
culties, to the very top Of the peak, far
above the line Of eternal SHOWS. There
he found a fine outcropping of porphyrit-
&c quartz. A series Of claims was at once
staked out and work on a tunnel shaft
was soon afterWard begun. This mine is
i, 400 feet above sea level, and is the
highest In the United States. Another
mining company, which has been working
at lower level. also above the timber
line also struck pay rock.
News Of the strikes was bruited about
last winter, despite the efforts to keep
them from the general public, and even
before the snow was off the lower levels
and out Of the gulchea ~ the spring
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

made to carry loads Of 800 pounds, and
1t Is not uncommon for the owner to
add his weight to the load. In the rough
mountainous district everything is carried
on ponies and carriages are everywhere
drawn by them. The animals are made
to go on the gallop up hill and down
most Of the time They are f1ogged until
they drop and are then hogged until they
rise TO their feet.ssI came in the mail
coach from Camuv to AgueG1lla The
coach was heavy, and we had altogether
about 1000 pounds of mail in addition to
the driver and two passengers. The
coach was pulled by two of these little
ponies. The driver fogged them from
one end of the Journey to the other. Not
withstanding his whipping, the ponies
stalled at every ssteep hill. One time one
fell down, and I thought, for a time,
that it was dead. It's eyes were dull
and 1t seemed about to expire. The
driver thereuron began to beat 1t upon
the head with a. club, and he finally got
him to his feet He had at this same
time two fresh ponies with him which
were to be haErlessed up at the next
station. I expected to see him take out
the pony that had fallen and put in one
of these. But ha-did not. He fiogged him
more and more and after @ time the
reeking, sweating, blood-staired little ami
NAL did equal work with the rest.
Frank G. Carpenter.
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considered the most beautiful of all prec-
ious stones, are exceedingly rare A rev
varieties are on record One weighing
ten karats was bought by Emperor Paul
of Russia for S1G0,000. A cinnamon or
brown stone is undesirable, as it is sell
dom pure.
"a black diamond Is nearly as scarce
as a red one Blue diamonds rank next
to red ones in variety and beauty. Those
Of dark blue color, resembling sapph1res,
are handsome gems, differing only from
the sapphires in quality and the beautiful
play of colors peculiar to the diamond.
The only real blue stones are found in
the mines of India. Besides the Bismarck
and Hope diamonds there are only two
others in the world that are properly
called blue diamonds.
'The green varieties are not as rare as
the blue, black, red and rose-colored
species, yet glass green or fine emerald
color is scarce. When it does occur 1t is
more brilliant than the finest emerald.
There are several varieties of green-tinted
diamonds at the Museum of Natural His
tory in Paris, but the best known spec1-
men is at Dresden, and is considered one
of the five paragons of the world in
gems
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

perado in hiding in the mountain he waa
not again followed. s4c
DR.. Calkins, a physician living nearest
to the canyon, missed Black some months
later, and, thinking he was i'll, traced
him up the canyon by his trail. The doc
tor found the man lying in a log cabin
In the widest part of the canyon, suffer
ing from fever and gave him some medi-
cine. Ill as he was Black erawled to the
cabin door, rife in hand, as Dr. Calkins
left and ordered him to go straight down
the canyon and make no investigation.
Black disappeared two years ago, but
no attempt was made until last month to
visit his lonely home. Then two men
went up the canyon and found the cabin
deserted. Some distance away, at the
side of the creek, they found extensive
placer diggings which. 1t is believed, will
prove very rich Whether Black had been
lost In the mountain, or, having washed
out enough gold to satisfy him, had gone
to some city to spend it, no one knows.
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exhibited queer stone to regular GUS
toner, +that is a diamond. It's bit off
color, but what of that. White stones are
seldom what they pretend to be, and
they may be almosGany old color.
. "a large number of diamonds are white,
though clear, colorless, transparent
stone is rarer than might be supposed.
Besides white; diamonds, there are red,
blue, green, yellow, brown and pink ones.
Heat often changes the color, and after a
while the acquired hue becomes perma-
nent; Yellow diamonds Z perhaps afford
the greatest variety of shades. Some of
them ,surpass any other gem of that color
Specimens eef sscanary-colored diamonds
are quite common. If the gem has q
rose colored tint, it is very valuable,
while red tints. surprising the ruby and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
Pure and Sweet

bensh the skim scalp and hair purified and
nfamd
Of emnt
cleansing
ingredients oo No other medicatd
the toilet
combines ONE SOAP at ONE PRICEnael % CENTS
Speedy Treatment for itching Burning Scay Huors
CHEM
Boston Send for Aboutth mailed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice,
had placed in his hands by an East India
table remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat. and
Lung Affections: also a positive and rad
zeal cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints. Having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands
of cases, and desiring to relieve human
all who wish it, this recipe in German.
French or English, with full directions
for preparing and using. Sent by mail.
by addressing, with stamp. naming this
paper w. A Moves, 500 Powers Block,
Rochester N Y
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house to house and MIXED out to order.
I understand that the cattle, if properly
fed, would produce plenty Of good milk,
and should think that a good dairy
farm might be established here at a
profit.
PORTO RICAN PONIES.
If the ponies of Porto Rico could be
shipped to the United States they would
bring good prices as riding animals. They
are all single footers and they will carry
you at that gait a day without firing.
They go as easily as rocking horses and
are usually gentle and easy to manage.
The common people do not use saddles
like ours. They lay thick pads upon the
backs of the ponies and strap a little sad
die basket about eighteen inches square
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vana and there made into Havana cigars
to be exported to the United States.
GOOD CIGAR FOR A CENT.

vana and there made into Havana cigars
to be exported to the United States.
GOOD CIGAR FOR A CENT.
1 doubt, in fact, whether you can get
good cigars anywhere so cheaply as in
Porto Rico. l can buy cigar for a cent
here in Ponce which is as good as the
best straight 5-cent cigar sold in the
United States, and for cents 1 can get
better cigar than you can buy in New
York for 10 cents. Very fine medium
for from $27 to $50 per thousand, the very
cigars would sell for from 500 to 5000 per
thousand in New York.
There are cigar factories everywhere in
the tobacco districts. You find them also
in the cities, and in San Juan there is a
cigarette factory which makes about 100,-
900 cigarettes a day.
The cigars are all made by hand. Ev-
cry workman picks out his own leaves,
selects his filler and binder, and, after roll
ing the cigar, finishes 1t by licking that
part of the leaf which ends the cigar and
goes into the mouth of the smoker. This
is so in all Porto Rican cigars. The GUS
tom is liable to carry disease, and it
should be prevented by law.
THE PORTO RICAN CHEW.
Porto Rican chewing tobacco is sold by
the yard or the foot. The tobacco is cured
with rum and mola sses and then twisted
up in ropes about 100 feet long and about
an inch thick This tobacco rope Is COLL
ed up just as you coil rope, and the to-
bacco dealer unwinds it to order.
Nearly every one among the lower
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
QUICK TIME TO MARQUETTE,
Calumet and Copper Country.

Calumet and Copper Country.
BY taking the Twilight Limited" on
the Omaha Road leaving Minneapolis
Ais D. M, and st. Paul 4:45 p. m, con-
nection is made at Bibon with South
Shore Road, and in the early morning you
are at Marquette 4:45, Houghton $50 and
Calumet $40. Don't forget It. 90
Secure tickets 1896 Robert street. St.
Paul, and Alb Nicollet avenue. Minneap-
oils. '5 10, '-'7
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

Apple Blossom Flour has earned its
position in your home-you know through
experience that it's the finest flour nilled
in the land--it is a tried friend, trusty
and true.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
DIAMOND TRADE.

Kansas City World. ......s.. .
Sure" said a leading jeweler as he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
HIGHEST GOLD MINE
A GREAT FIND ON TILE TOP OF
THE SIERRA BLANCA
RANGE
TRADITION AND TREASURE

ing of the LOng-LOst Aztec Trail,
Which May Lead to the Rich
Mines Whence the "Egyptians of
the New World" Drew Their Vast
Riches.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

TobaccO Fields Which Produce CT
Gars as Good as Hnvana's-POrtO
Rico as II Grazing COuntry-lts
Cattle Farms and How One Amer
Them-POrto Rican Ponies.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-28

Plate and window glass at Butte Art
Stained Glass works.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-28

created the new role of Marie Anton-
cite, came to America % years ago
as the great Polish actress. Her first
appearance was in San Francisco
where she was first heard by the man
ager Of John McCulloch. From that
moment, when her great talent was
manifested, Modjeska rose to fame and
fortune. She Is naturally esteemed ny
the theatrical world of the whole
country for among the foreign play
ers Of any note who have come here,
she alone has remained and has really
become one of them.
Count Bozenta and Madame Nodes
ka have a home in Orange county, in
Southern California. The count has
taken out naturalization papers and
takes quite an interest in politics in
his locality. They have a son who is
a civil engineer in Chicago and Mad
anne Modjeska has a brother living in
San Francisco.
The Modjeska company is under the
management of John c. Fisher. This
is his second year as the manager of
Modjeska's tours. After leaving San
Francisco, where the company re-
manned for week, the cities visited
were Sacramento, Portland, Seattle,
Tacoma, Spokane and Butte. In two
weeks the company will open in Chi
cago and from there will go East.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-28
TO BUILD COTTON MILLS IN TEXAS

~ 6O'IO COi ION MILLS IN TEXAS
Lone Star State Is Preparing to Initiate
Georgia.
From the st. Louis Republic
The news that an abandoned cotton mill
in Denison is about to start up again is
one of the first fruits of the long agita-
lon IN the Texas press for a better profit
in cotton than that which has been reap
ed by the planter. the ginner. the COM
press man. the mill man and the oil mill
man. Though making nearly one-third
OF the American crop, Texas is almost
wholly destitute Of cotton mills. Arkan-
sans, another great cotton state. is as
badly off as Texas in machinery for the
manufacture of cotton But they will not
always be so. Both states have all the
coal and water power necessary to move
large manufacturing plants. Both are
diversifying their farming operations.
Texas this year enters the list of corn
surplus states. This means cheap food as
well as cheap raw cotton. Another ele-
ment of cheap labor is the mild climate
which reduces the necessary cost of iv-
ing in the items Of clothing. housing and
fuel. When these two states are once
fairly embarked in the manufacture of
cotton the final strokes will have been
made in the revolution of that industry
that has already gone far enough to leave
no doubt of the outcome
the cotton mills of the United States
must move to the cotton fields Already
two-ffths of them are there. They are
the only mills that make money by at
tending strictly to their knitting. The
New England mills have become noto-
rious for their troubles of late. BY work
ing a combination in the nature Of a trust
to hold up the prices of cotton goods,
while taking advantage of the low prices
for raw cotton, they managed to pull
through fairly well during the cotton
year that closed with Aug. 81 just pass
ed. But they cannot expect always to do
so well.
During the same period the Southern
mills increased their consumption by 1877
55S bales raising their total for the year
to l,354,S99 bales, against 2,19O.O00 bales ia
ken by Northern mills. Cotton manufac-
turing is no longer an infant industry in
the South. 49,.
In his review of the cotton year. issued
on Sept. l, Hester, the New orleans stat
istician, reports an increase of 1874 S4S
spindles in Southern mills. There was no.
increase of spindles in Northern mills.
Outside of the cotton belt, he says. there
was no disposition to invest in new mills
1t is a good time for Texas and Arkan-
sas to get outside capital for cotton man
ufacturing. But it is such a good thing
that they will find advantage in keeping
it for themselves. Most of the cotton
mills in the South Atlantic states have
not been started with Northern capital
The Southerners there built up their own
cotton manufacturing industry. For 80
years the cotton growers of North Caro-
lima have been putting money into cotton
mills.