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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

The news from South Africa is that
of a stout British defence of Lady
smith and Kimberley with diminish
ing chances of success. The Beers are
foemen worthy of the best British steel
and as they much oltnumber General
Whites forces their victory would not
be in any sense surprise. It appears
that General Whites only chance of
safety lies in the arrival of the Army
corps commanded by General Butler,
but that event. owing to the activity
Of the Beers in destroying railroad Gull
verts and bridges must depend upon
the speed with which the corps can
make long and difficult march.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16
THE WAIiAN BOOM

People who have come here from ths
Coast expecting 10 find Honolulu and
| Hawaii in the throes Of sucn a boon,
as the one that afflicted Southern Cali
fCrnia in 1861 are agreeably d;sap-
| pointed. The Southern California y
element was a speculation in dreams
and futures while that Of Honolulu Is
/ largely an investment IN values that
either exist Or are sure to come Of cur
rent and stable activities and plans in
business. When Los Angeles and San
Diego took their upward turn they hal
but precarious income and their Lana
was described as the kind upon
which nothing could be raised but the
price. The fling as to the unproduc,ive-
ness of the soil was unjust but it de-
scribed current opinion which the
prevailing methods Of farming and
fruit-groWing did not tend to remove.
Undoubtedly the boom had no good ex
cuse and in the opinion Of many well
informed men the urban development
OF Southern California is now out G
ell proportion to the resources of the
section in agriculture and commerce.
But no one can truthfully say the
same Of the boom in Honolulu. The
upward movement in business and in
the values Of real estate here, though
sudden and startling, is a thing which
would have come to pass gradually
as a healthful growth, If politics had
given it a chance. In a phrase natura.
was impeded by doubts
Now that the doubts have passed away
we are getting the results Of natura
all at once. What boom
we have-and it is certainly a remark
able one-rests on products we sell to
the consuming world and upon the as
surance that good government will pro-
zect the rights of real and personal
property. Such boom should last
until Hawaii reaches the full measure
d it's commercial opportunity and
,hough the OVERRIDING of stock specu- |
alton may now and then cause panics, |
my such subsistence il real values as
Southern California experienced is out |
If the question at least while sugar
an find remuneratiye sale And con-
;idering that the United States mus |
import sugar for many years to cOm4 |
N the basis of its present consumption |
saving nothing of the steady increase |
If the consuming population-Wo feel !
Justified in thinking that the present
,ood times will abide indefinitely.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

The report, not yet fully authentica-
ted, that the German interests in Samoa
have been exchanged for certain British
interests in Micronesia follows the
rumor of an attempt to dissolve the
three-headed partnership in Samoa by
mutual consent. If true the story may
be said to prepare the way for an
other, touching a British offer to the
United States for the remaining third.
Luckily Great Britain has something
to offer which might attract the Amer
lean eye. Bermuda would be a fair
trade though it is likely that the Brit
ish Government would prefer to cede
Jamaica, an island which has ceased
to be source of strength and profit
to Her Majesty's empire and become
an uncertain and troublesome asset
There is no installing the fact that
Jamaica, in American hands, would, by
virtue of reciprocity or the free trade
which inheres with the Territorial re-
lation, becomes as rich and prosperous
as it was a hundred and more years
ago. Then, in per capita wealth, ia
maica was what Hawaii is now, ia
maican fortune being the favorite
English synonym for individual opu
lence. AS is we'll known the fertile
West Indian island wants to come into
the American system so as to revive It's
sugar industry; and there are many
American statesmen who had rather
give Pagopago to Great Britain than to
let that power keep a post Of the first
strategic Importance near Cuba, Porto
Rico and Key West. The retention of
Samoa in part or whole has not aroused
much interest on the mainland since
the annexation of Hawaii. The place
counts for little there. save perhaps in
the Pacific Coast States, while the pri-
macy of the West Indies signifies
great deal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16
THE FUTURE OF SAMOA.

WALTER G.. SMITH.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

Hawaiian imports for October make
United States we took products valued
at 81 ,121 1882 and from all other coun-
tries $265, 705-79. The total for ten
months OF the current year is SIS .G54, :
41T.3i as against sS,959, 92S.50 for thu
same period of 1898. The increase is
S6,O94, 4SS.S1, the vastly larger part of
which, being TO the advantage of the
United States, ought TO reconcile the
yeriest mugwump to the philosophy of
expansion and new markets.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

Interest in prize fighting seems to
be the common weakness of all COM
munities In Honolulu as elsewhere
news OF the fistic battle between JEFF
fries and Sharkey was waited for with
q curiosity by no means confined to
the class OF men who go to prize fights
when they can. 1t was noted in San
Francisco during the Spanish war that
the bulletin boards with the report of
great American victories did not bring
half so many people into the streets as
did the bulletin boards with the news
OF championship contests. Things are
not so bad as that in Honolulu but
it Is surprising to find how many peo-
pie, on the arrival of yesterday
steamers, asked about the prize fight
first.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

The absence of Mr.. W y. Arm
strong's work from these columns will
not be regretted more by the Hawai-
ian public than by his successor in the
editorial chair. BY his cultivated style,
his wide and thorough acquaintance
with these Islands and their people, his
sympathy with progress, his genial wit
and his happy way Of illustration Mr..
Armstrong has gained a personal cir
Gle OF pleased and attentive readers
which includes the Advertiser staff
along with the great majority Of Ad-
vertiser readers. 1t is a common hope
that Mr.. Armstrong will not, while in
Hawaii or out of it, neglect his stand
ing invitation TO enter the columns OF
this journal whenever the spirit moves
him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

The result of the elections in Ohio
and Nebraska will have most impor-
tant bearing on the policy of the
Democratic party in the Presidential
contest. The Democracy in both
States made an open and candid fight
in favor OF 10 to 1 and against expan-
sion If the Republican majority in
Ohio was reduced at the polls on Tues
day week and the Democratic majority
in Nebraska increased or held intact
then Organism will be the Demo
cratic watchword next year. If the con-
trary was the case we may expect the
Democracy to drop the candidates and
the issues OF 1896 and join in general
duplication TO Dewey.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

The South African cable has been
carrying an unusual weight of woe but
the chances are that it's break" oc-
Cured in the London War Office. The
strong hand of the censor is at work
there in the way made familiar at
Washington in Spanish war times. 1t
can break" a cable on occasion as
easily as it can turn down a CORES
pendent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

1t Is pleasure to note that the pub
lie debt of the United States was cut
down in October in the neat sum of
So, 766, 199. Seeing that the country is
running a costly war this showing of
retrenchment is quite beyond ordinary
anticipations. AS a card for prosperity
the Republican leaders may be trusted
to make the most of it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

When the Thirty-ninth regiment
gees out to Waikiki to swim this morn
ing let it be hoped that the Colonel
will not forget that our seaside suburb
is a civilized home quarter and that
soldiers who have no bathing suits had
better be contented with dry
shampoo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

Residence Lots on Pacific Heights.
Are Now Offered For Sale

.ia- sAs- No residence property having
similar advantages and attractions for heathfuness
location having elevation of from 10 to 500 feet and
affordng the grandest marine and scenic views also it's
proximity to the business part of the city, being less than
mile from the Progress Block has before been presented
to the people of Honolulu.
ne of the main features of this property and procured al
great expense the % supply OF pure spring water
hiking water obtanable in the island which is being
conducted into storage upon the property indie
pendent pipe line, and will be Supplied 10 residents Al.
Government
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

This is the birthday of the late King
Kalakaua. Gentlemen who want TO
join our lost cause contemporary in
celebrating it may do so IN full assur-
ance that the profits made from an
nexation are big enough to stand the
expense.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

General Funston is made conspicu-
Gus by the failure to mention him as
a possible running mate for Mckinley.
He has been mentioned for nearly
station OF plaintiff in libel suit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

Aguinaldo. with his main army, is
said 10 be resting on his arms His
legs are probably tired.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Small Items of Dress Which Are In
Favor the Present
Season.

A little close-t:ed bow of mirror vel
vet, with fiaring ends, is one of the
pretty touches on the new gowns. 1t is
| fastened with jeweled buckle on the
lower edge of the collar band, directly
in front, without any regard to the ma
terial of which the band is made, and is
always in some contrasting color.
Black is often used, even, when ii is the
only bit of black in the gown, and as
most of the neck bands are white now
adays the bow is very effective. Mirror
velvet ribbon and satin ribbon, tied
in short bow, with long ends, form,
another fancy In bows for the neck
The ends are sometimes finished with
jet or silk fringe. Bias velvet is also
used for bows, and bias liberty satin
III black makes another pretty finish
for the neck on bright blue or pink
silk waist. The satin is narrowly
trimmed III the edges and draped nat-
rowly around the neck on the lower
edge of the white lace-covered collar.
1t ties directly in front in very short
bow, carried down the front, and tied
in knot midway between the neck
and belt, underneath which the ends
fasten.
Tulle and mousseline de sole rosettes
are the prettiesl trimming imaginable
for velvet toque, as they give the de-
sired contrast in light effect which
velvet hat needs.
TIE long lace barbs which have been
stored away in the treasure box for
years may be brought out once more
and used for recktie. They are long
enough to lie in the fashionable man
ner, and it hardly matters what kind
of lace is worn.
Fashionable dress fabrics are varied
indeed this season, but it is the soft
textures that have first place.
A new cloth called drap dc chine, soft
faced cloths and drap d'ete are all worn,
and the silks must be soft and plia bic,
or they have no style. Fleur de velours
make beautiful gowns, and the old I
fashioned armure and ottoman silks !
are coming into favor again. The pret-
tiest of all the fabrics for aGressy gown |
IS the new crepe de chine, as glossy as
satin. To be sure, it costs three, four
Or five dollars yard but then this is
an extrayagant age.-N. y. Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
DANGER OF AGREEABLENESS.
An Incident Which Goes to show
That 1t May he Carried
TO Excess.

(Which way shall we drive?" h,
asked after he had made a dash to the
front of the house, taken her into tht
buggy and made band-wagon turn in
leaving.
81 have no choice. Anywh, ( you
like. 1t is enough for me to ride
But you surely have some prefer
ence."
None whatever The island, Crosse
Ponte, boulevard. Log Cabin park,
down the Canadian shore, anywhere.
You can't go amiss'
II don't care 10 decide and it will add
to my pleasure to drive you where you
would find the most enjoyment. Please
don't hesitate to make selection"
Really. now, l have none. | mean 1t.
Please yourself"
"Pshaw! like to see young wom-
an with some mind of her own. If you
have any choice, say so."
II have said and have mind enough
of my own not to charge. I'll be best
satisfied to go where you like. Fix the
route and go ahead"
Il prefer TO go where you like. and ii
seems to me, we are wasting good deal
of time"
20. no. The horse is jogging right
along. We're riding, and I'm always
happy when I'm riding"
"Will you tell me where we shall ea?"
Il couldn't think of deciding it."
Then the whole discussion was gone
into again, with the result that they
drove around the same block for two
hours and then awakened to the fact
that i was time to go home Detroit
Free Press.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
The clerk stood at the door waiting

The clerk stood at the door waiting
for me.
"A messenger from the railroad sta
ton brought this, sir, after you left p"
well, in the name of all that is
queer! The colonel is honest il ec-
centric"
The envelope contained check for
the hotel bill, with neither word nor
comment.
What messenger brought this?"
Zone of the regular porters, though
he must have been we'll fed. / could
get nothing out of him. Mum was the
word
l went to the railroad station. The
booking agent knew the colonel by
sight, and remembered selling him
ticket TO Paris. l notified the war
office, and though the government de-
tectives were ordered to make an ex-
haustive search, cur friend. the colonel,
has never appeared upon the scene,
even to claim the money.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31

The shah of Persia owns the most
valuable armchair in the world. 1t is
CT solid gold, inlaid with precious
stones. AT one time some of the stones
were stolen from one of the legs of the
chair, and the indignant shah ordered
the arrest of number of his servants
and held the keeper of the furniture re-
sponsible for the loss, with the intima-
ticn that if the thief were not discov-
cred the keeper would be beheaded.
The culprit being eventually found,
was forthwith beheaded and his head
carried on pole by the imperial body
guard through the streets of Teheran.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. 26 cents
MULE DENTISTRY.
An Expert Dentist Who Operates ON
Twenty-FOur of the AMI
mails Every Day.

A Mexican mining company which
owns 900 mules keeps dentist on it's
staff simply to look after the mules
teeth.
One of Mr.. Mules amiable weakness
es is the habit of boiling his food,
which frequently causes dyspepsia or
other diseases. This boiling of his food
is not caused by desire to hasten his
meal, but because his mclars, or back
teeth, having more work to perform
than his front teeth wear away in the
course of few years and become
much shorter than the front ones, thus
allowing the food to pass into the stom-
ach without being properly n,asticated.
In cases of this kind the incisors, or
front teeth. have to be filed down an
eighth or a quarter of an inch.
The molars of mule are 21s inches
in length, while the incisors measure
21a inches, and judging from his signs
cf pain. the nerves are as sensitive as
those of human beings. An expert
dentist operates on "a mules day.
The extracting instruments are from.
two to three feet in length, and the
entire case of instruments weighs
fully so pounds. The teeth of every
mine mule are examined and treated.
if necessary once or twice year.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31

Mr.. De Cash-Very sorry, my dear
but I cannot accompany you to-day.
must attend meeting of the board Of
directors of the Happy-Go-L Lucky ma.
tional bank.
Mrs De Cash w. At nave YOU to do
with that institution
Il am one of the board of directors. y
You never attended a meeting CT the
board before. and | don't see why YOU
should break up my programme for that
to-day
But, my dear, this meeting is impor-
tant. 1t is to find out how our cashier
managed to steal S5OoO00 without our
knowing it."-N. Y. Weekly.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
AT Low TIDE.

IL purpose dead2 Desire fallen asleepf
And is there naught will make
This sluggish pulse Of mine.
Which scarce doth creep,
A faster pace to keep?
For life seems only half awake
That which was once a song divine.
And set my heart a-throbbing to its note.
ls now discord in minor key,
And lost its melody.
Ambition is an art which lies supine.
For like a boat
Battered and beaten by the storms gone
by
Tossed high upon the beach,
Beyond the grasping reach
OF tortuous wave and cruel tide.
My shattered hopes and aspirations lie.
Indifferent to whatever fate betide am l.
Perchance on some auspicious day
A careless rover on life's restless sea
VIII anchor slip
Anear my grounded ship,
Hecalk the seams. and ser the sail a-taut
Tc catch the breeze. then anchor weigh,
And turn her PROV towards some friendly
port
Arthur D. r. Randolph. in Lippincott's.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Lave
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkhan.

Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
| Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit Of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25s Merrimac
St., Lowell, Mass, writes:
" 1t affords me great pleasure to tell
all suffering women of the beneftIhave
received from taking Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. lean hard
ly find words toexpressm gratitude for
what she has done for me. My trouble
was liberation of the womb. Twas un-
der the doctors care. Upon examina-
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers,
but he failed to do me good. took sew
eral bottles Of Lydia Z. pinkhams i Vege.
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine saved my life, and / would
recommend it to all suffering women"
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburrh
Ctr, N. ". writes:
II took cold ut the time nv baby
was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks. Doctors did me no good.
surely thought would die. l was al
SO troubled with falling OF the womb.
/ could not eat, had faint spells az
often as ten times day. One day q
lady came to see me and told me OF tho
benefit she had derived from taking
Lydia e. Pinkhams medicine, and ad-
vised me to try 1t. did SO, and had
taken only half q bottle before wns
able to sit in q chair. After taking
three bottles could do my own work.
! am now in perfect health.n
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31

A writer in a recent number of the
Scotsman has been gathering up the
traditions, literary and social connect
ed with the buildings displaced by the
alterations consequent on the recent
reconstruction of the North Bridge,
Edinburgh Among other buildings
now being swept away is the shop in
which Adam Black, the founder of the
well-known firm of publishers. a. & G.
Black. for many years carried on busi-
ness as a bookseller and stationer. and
where the reputation of the firm was
made; and in this connection the anus
ing story giving Mr.. Blacks reason for
refusing the offer of knighthood made
to him in recognition OF his great civic
services is recalled. INA. ma" said he,
"it would never do to have the laddies
comm into the shop and sayn': Sir
Adam, III TAX pennywor,h of
pensl'"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
Saved His Time.

"I've come TO see your husband in the
interest of the Knights of Labor, Mrs.
Reagan" said bland, elderly man. as
the mistress of the Reagan household
answered his ring.
HE amt to home,' said Mrs. Rea-
gan, with arms akimbo; "but | can
promise you one thing, sorr, and thai Is.
you'll get niver a night O. labor
out av Tim Reagan, and it's no use try
in! Sure and he'd knock off work in
the daytime, if it wasn't for me keepln'
at him till I'm that wore cut there's no
stren'th lift in me!"-Youth's Com
Danion,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
CANDY EATING.
About the Ail-Important
Subject.

To the average child there are two de-
lights so great that the sophisticated
man or woman of the world can hard
ly comprehend the bliss they cause
One is to eat ice cream; the other. to
eat candy. One woman confesses that
when she was small girl, and was told
that Heaven was a place of absolute
bliss, she instantly decided in her own
mind that in that place there would be
gallon freezers of ice cream always
standing open, and that the trees would
bear on their branches, and drop upon
the ground below, thousands of can
dies.
1t is pity that an article whose wise
use gives so much pleasure and works
so little harm as does good candy
should have been abused until it has
become an evil. Some parents feel that
to keep their children in health they
must forbid them to eat candy at any
time, while other parents permit it to
be devoured in such quantities that
their ignorance can be their only ex-
cuse for the sin of allowing such in
dulgence. Dentists and physicians
unite in the opinion that pure candy,
eaten in proper quantities and proper
times, can do we'll child no harm.
Good candy may be now procured from
many dealers, the purity of whose bon
bons has justly won for them reputa-
tion. Let the mother buy these candies
and portion them out to her little ones,
a few at time, and always right after
a substantial meal. One mother calls
her boys and girls to her room every
day after their simple but hearty noon
day dinner and gives to each a few sim
pie candies. such as cream peppermints,
chocolate creams and maple creams
Nut bonbons are never allowed. The
children are satisfied with this method
of taking their goodies. and teeth and
digestion are not impaired by the prac-
tice. OF course if a child is not well the
candy is not allowed, for this mother be-
lieSes more in diet than in drugs.
One morning. in the heat of summer,
was riding in a street car. when a ia
ther entered, carrying in his arms a
pale, wasted girl of three years of age.
The mother followed. Had the child's
eyes been closed she would have looked
as if she were already dead instead of
dying OF marasmus. In one brdlike
claw CT hand she clutched a bright
pink cocoanut cake. When the father
sat down she dropped her heavy head
to his shoulder and lifted the pink
atrocity to her bloodless lips, where it
slowly but steadily disappeared. The
tired mother sighed anxiously.
"She amt ate bit for breakfast this !
day." she complained TO her husband. !
"Oh, WELL was the hopeful reply. |
shell be all right when it gets colder
BY which time she will be in another
world" said l. to my indignant self,
and she is hurried there by those who
would sacrifice all to save her life
darper's Bazaar.