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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
ARBOR DAY.
Planting of COcoanut Trees on Ala
MOana

The planting Of the cocoanut trees
began yesterday. Commissioner Allan
Herbert, Secretary tWray Taylor and
David laughs superintendent the work.
The honor of planting the first tree
goes to Wray Taylor who placed it, a
fine specimen of the young Samoan
cocoanut, in the hole which had been
dug for it near the Ward premises. The
trees are planted seventeen feet apart
and are about four feet high The
Samoan cocoanuts alternate with the
plumosa The planting is being done
now on only one side of the road. but
as soon as the surveyors have COM
pIeted their work the other side also
will be planted.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
REFINED SUGAR.
War Wages Over the White Arti-
Gle and Raw Advances.

:Willett & Gray's Statistical, April,
says: AS raws are certain to con-
tinue advancing throughout the pres
ent campaign, there can be no risk in
carrying a full supply of refined. But
there are other contingencies in the re-
fined trade growing out of the COM
petition for business at losing prices
which are coming to the front, such as
the possible relations of the retail sugar
trade to the refiners. The American
Sugar Refining Company have made an
advance move in the war which strikes
at the very base and foundation of the
original initiation of the war, which
was the Arbuckles 2-lb. paper package
sugar.
THE American Sugar Refining Com
pany are now showing a 2-lb. cotton
bag package of granulated sugar, which
will naturally take precedence over the
paper packages of the Arbuckles at the
same price, and thus strike a severe
blow at the latter in their heretofore
|impregnable point. Every day develops
that the sugar war is a battle of giants
and can only end in the acknowledged
supremacy of one side or the other
An reports Of arrangements, settle
ments, combinations, purchases Of re-
finer1es. are idle rumors for stock job
bing purposes, and it would seem now
| that the sugar stock has been manipu
lated to a higher point than it will be
able to maintain for long. On the Pa
cific coast quite as fierce a war exists
as on this side, but directed there
against the importations of refined
sugars from China. These Importation:
have been constantly increasingly and t.
meet them a large reduction was male
by the refiners.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
Police Court.

Thirteen Chinese. gambling, con-
tinued to May 8.
fTwelve Chinese. opium in posses
sion, continued TO May 2.
James Ferdan, the Quaker, practising
medicine without a license, was nolle
pross'd. (
Flight drunks were fined 50 and costs.
Kiaihalo, gambling, sentence sus-
pended for one year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
VIEWS ARE WANTED.
The Select Public School Now a
Live Tonic

Minister Mott-Smith, Prof. Alexander
and J. Q. Wood, composing the commit
tee on select schools, met yesterday
and perfected organization. In addi-
ton to the committee Inspector Town
send and DR.. Rodgers were present.
/ Mr.. Townsend was requested to draw
up report on the system of grading
and the courses Of study now in vogue
in the schools.
DR.. Rodgers will present at the next
meeting a history of free and select
schools and the conditions under which
they were established.
The committee completed organiza-
ton and discussed plans for the fur
thering of their Investigations. eve
are in a receptive condition now" said
Minister Mott-Smith. 1--WE wish to
have all the light possible on the sub
ject before we draw any conclusions.
On this account it is indefinite when
we will be able to take positive action.
The committee will hold another
meeting Wednesday at $50 p. m. at
the office of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs All who are interested in the
question are invited to be present and
give their views.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02

Is SON ething that has been sold
) in HCLolulu some time but the
prices we are offering these
goods at is new departure
altogether.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
PAY FOR PHILIPPINE TROOPS.

WASHINGTON-The payment Of the
20 per cent extra pay to the American
troops in the Philippines has been ex-
tended to include all our soldiers now
in service and will continue until hos
tiliuies in the Philippines cease. The
troops in the Philippines, both officers
and men, viii be. given the two
months extra pay when mustered out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
Scotch Granite Ware

and found it will not chip and
then rust through, after it has
been in use a few days. These
goods when they once get into
your house are there to stay.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02

Housekeepers will appreciate
our effort after they have seen
and tried our new
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02
For Sale.
A Fine Residence
ON RERETANIA STREET

Is offered for sale. Grounds nicely
cultivated.
Dwelling House has Double ?arlors,
Three Bedrooms, Dining Room, Pantry,
Kitchen, Bath, Store Room.
Outside: Stables, Carriage Room,
Servants Rooms, etc.
Size'of lot IS # 800 #.
Should the purchaser not care to oc-
cupy the place for residence a good
tenant will take the place for one or
two years at fair rental.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-02

STOP At THE OWL LUNCH
WAGON and take home Hot Chicken
Tamale.
The times., 1899-06-18

THE Rough Riders" which has been
running as magazine serial for the past
few months, has appeared in book form,
and it is safe to say that nine readers out
of ten will refer to it as "Roosevelts
book" instead of using its proper title.
The fighting Governor Of New York is
prominent from the frontispeice, which is
his portrait, TO the last page, which is
occupied by most complimentary letter
to him from friend of two or three men,
bers of the First Volunteer Cavalry.
Everyone is familiar with the literary
style of Colonel Roosevelt, and it is there
fore unnecessary TO state that the mar
rative is graphic, vivid, spirited, and
plentifully besprnkled with the first per-
sonal pronoun. singular.
Unquestionably there is no man better
fitted to tell the story of the Rough Rid
ers, from beginning 10 end than Theodore
Roosevelt. and il is also beyond question
that this was the most picturesque organi-
zation concerned in the late war, and that
some of its members performed remarkable
deeds OF valor. while most were unusual
men in some line of business or other
These things combine to make the story
OF the regiment an interesting one, de-
spite the perfectly innocent and uncon-
scious egotism OF the teller. The public
is at present little tired of -he Rough
Riders. because they have been so per-
sistentiy exploited by newspapers who
found in them valuable material for
copy" but some day or other this book
of RoOsevelt's will be instructive reading
for posterity Il is full OF eXcusabe pride
in the personnel and achievements of the
regiment, and of statistics, anecdote, and
comment OF spicy and valuable kind.
The Illustrations are numerous and good,
and the book will surely have wide sale.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington; Ballantyne. 81
The times., 1899-06-18
Minor Fiction.

THE Pedagogues" is a piece of realism
dealing with new field, the Harvard
summer school. The author, Arthur Stan
wood Pier, knows his ground, and appears
to be animated by the praiseworthy ambi-
tion to aim low and hit the mark. He has
certainly succeeded.
There is not very much in this story,
but it is extremely well written; so mar
velously well that one is tempted TO
think that the author could have done
something much more ambitious had he
chosen. The dramatis personae are a
number of more or less raw and unculu-
waited school teachers. male and female
and the Harvard professor, very young,
quite -complacent, and little rash,
who conducts the class in English compo-
sition. Among the students are a highly
egotistical high school principal from Pc
ru, Ohio and his iiancee, who is female
cad If there is any such thing. The lat
ter succumbs TO a somewhat deliberate in
fatuation for the Harvard man, out o.
which the latter gets a little amusement
and a great deal Of embarrassment. The
Peru pedagOgue meanwhile glowers and
lowers in the background, finally breaking
forth in n thundershower Of indignation
and making himself very funny and some
NHdl ulSas4 cSs'p'S' .'ISh "h'ic' tiiS iiol ai u
professor has been falling in love with a
pretty and cultured sister Of one of his
classmates who happens to be taking the
summers school course, and appears to be
the only lady In sight suitable for
the purposes OF love affair. The
story contains q great deal of very
skiIlful character drawing. and it would
be one of the most benevolent en-
terprises in the world for some rich man
to buy several hundred copies of it and
scatter them around in country academies
and high schools, where the Jessie Deagles
and the George c. Gorches of this exten-
The times., 1899-06-18

in fact, a baby fox that 'Poleon had given her
pair OF pointed appeared once
above the basket-fim and again they bobbed
up, with bright. re,tless eyes beneath them That
their mutinous efforts resulted in further
success was due 10 a small brown hand laid
firmly upon the palpitating body OF the unwil-
ing little daughter" But the Grooming voice
hypocritically tender. Yvonnc was trying
cradle-song. The delicious tune Of it
rocked TO and fro with those haunting cadences
aud strange harmonic dips and changes that
characterize the habitan songs.
The impatient Renard finally leaped out
of his cradle, and, dressed in pink calico
slip, scampered away into the bushes, while
the mischievous Yvonne turned her atten-
tion to the ''Danse Dramatique' HUI
ron war dance. This chapter suggests that
if the author were to turn her attention
TO a book of child stories dealing with
this shy, quaint, fascinating woodland ex-
istence, the tales could not fail TO be pop
ular. (Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
S1.50)
The times., 1899-06-18

He died at night Next day they came
To weep'an praise him; sudden fame
These suddenly comrades gave,
They called him pure, they called him brave,
One praised his heat and one his brain,
All said you'd seek his life in vain
Gentle and strong and good; none saw
In all his character flaw
At noon he wakenCd from his trance,
Mended, was well. They looked askance;
Took his hand coldly; loved him not,
Though they had wept him; quite forgot
His virtues; lent easy ear
To slanderous tongues; professed fear
He was not what he seemed to be;
Thanked God they were not such as he;
Gave To his hunger stones for bread;
And made him, living, wish him dead
Edward Rowland Sill.
The times., 1899-06-18
InsuTciency.

What shal we say, thens That our brothers
crimes
Augnr our diseases; that his hurts
Imply our shame,: that the same bond engirts
Alike the man who lapses and who climbs;
That formulas and Crcdos, when divorced
From the great spirit Of aIl-pervading ruth.
Leave still the lean and thirsty world athrst
For the deep heart and biesscdness Of truth;
That in the nobest there Is something base,
Aud in the meancst noble; that behind
The sensual darkness Of the human face,
Not To- be quenchsd by any adverse wind,
Enough of Gods light fickers for a sign
That Cur best possible is his divine2
Richard Realf.
The times., 1899-06-18
CURRENT VERSE.
The Pool of sleep.

dragged my body to the pool Of sleep.
Longing to drink: but ere my throbhing lip
Prom the cool flood one Dives-dTop might sip,
Inc Inc wave sank fiuctlant 10 some unknown deep.
With aching ewes that could not even wcep
saw the dark deluding water slip.
Slow eddying, down; the weeds and moses drip
WIN uladdening waste. watched the sweet tide
sreep
little higher, but to fall more fast.
tevered and wounded in the strife Of men
nnrned with anguish. till, endurance past
Inc font crept upward. sank, and rose again,
Sweiled slowly, slowly slowly tin at last
My scared lips met the soothing wave. and
-AFlo Bates.
The times., 1899-06-18
putlI.

am the spirit that denies,
Yes and with full-regarding eyes.
Comprehending the facts OF earth's sorrow and
shame,
And DENYING the truth OF it. Just the same;
That takes mans face in two palms soft,
And looks deep into its brow and oft
And finds the good it has longed to find
And denies there is anything hidden behind.
am the spirit that denies
This earth To be no more Paradise
deny that God walks not with men.
/ have met him at even and talked with him
then.
deny that of love there is ever a lack.
For I've felt his sn-am across my back
As | wandered at spring time into the land
And talked with the dog-wood hand in hand
am the spirit that denies
Straight into your face, straight into your eyes,
Wise Age, that for all your wisdom and gain,
You are nobler for noticing every stain
deny that one cannot race on through earth
heat
deny that Coos path is 50 overgrown
That child could not toddle straight to him
alone.
I am the spirit that denies
Any fear of the earth or the seas or the skies;
That frcnts the Unknown with forehead calm,
And gathers lifc's rens with my soft, wet
palm.
l learn A verse from the Bible by heart,
And we'll PROVIDED with love, start,
And deny thqt Heavei, is 81 far away
That | cannot reach it at close of day.
Alice Archer Sewall.
The times., 1899-06-18
q j j zl5j&zzt'j.Q||2i1|-l z5t j t'j.||2

tIibution and disposition OF the lands Wherever
there is found an oyerpopulated district in Euro
pcan Russia Influences are at once used to cause
immigration OF portion Of such cohgested
district. Government agents are sent 10 Siberia
to LOOK about and secure Tor such emigrants the
most suitable Localities. dine regard being had
for racial peculiarites and proclvities, and even
for the geographical locality Of the intending en-
igrant As an inducemeui, nearly eighty acres OF
land is allotted TO each settler. and as further
stimulus the Government in many cases loans 100
rlIhles for term Of years. without interest, TO
bona ide settlers upon the lands.
As to the standing feud between Russia
and England-a feud undeclared but per-
fectly evident-Mr. Bookwalter is inclined
to take the Russian side. at least to the
extent of regarding England's opposition
to railway building in Central Asia as un-
justifable and somewhat hysterical. He
seems to think that England occupies a
position in the whole Asiatic question
which is, TO say the least. inconsistent
with fairness and honesty.
Whatever may be the value OF the au-
thor's personal views on questions of inter-
national law and the worlds commerce
there is a great deal OF interesting and
valuable information about the people,
climate, conditions, customs, and possible
future of Central Asia in this collection
of letters. and it is worth the study of any
one who is interested in the subject.
(Springfeld, Ohio; privately printed.)
The times., 1899-06-18
Social Duty.

The door-beIl rings,
The portal swings,
My lady comes a-cslling;
In velvet dressed.
Her veil close pressed;
The formal talks appalling.
The style. the day.
The church. the play
Whatever line she fancies-
Ten minutes pass;
She says: ''Alas,
Time hiesr' and of she dances.
No real word said
From heart or head.
No thought, 10 live in beauty;
Her list she checks
What names the next?
She's doing social duty.
Lydia \. Coonley-Ward.
The times., 1899-06-18

Among the numerous books on Hawaii
which have been given to the public dur
ing the past year, none is more interest
ing than The Real Hawaii" by Lieut..
Lucien Young, of the United States Navy.
Lieutenant Young was on the Boston at
the time of the revolution which ended
the Hawaiian monarchy, and was thus
able TO learn something of the inner his
tory of that movement. He makes some
very strong statements on the subject.
saying frankly that during the few days
when matters were at crisis, Honolulu was
a sumbering volcano, liable to break out
at any minute. He does not believe very
much in the native innocence and beauty
of the Hawaiian character and makes
some rather startling statements about the
heather customs which were formerly in
vogue in the islands. AS for the native
religion, he has many bad things TO say
about that.
Lieutenant Young states that upon his
return to the United States in the fall of
1893, he compiled from notes taken while
in Hawaii, story of the Hawaiian reVo-
luton as he saw it, and asked permission
OF the Secretary of the Navy to publish
this manuscript The permission was re-
fused, presumably because the story con-
tradicted in many essential particulars
that of Commissioner Blount. Since that
time Lieutenant Young has revisited Ha-
wall brought his story up to date in many
particulars, and obtainedsthe permission OF
Secretary Long to publish it in this form.
tNew York: Doubleday & Mcclure Com
pany S1501
The times., 1899-06-18
The Ballad of Lieutenant Miles.

When you speak Of dauntless deeds,
When YOU tell Of stirring scenes,
Tell this story Of the isles
Where the endless summer smiles,
Tell Of Young Lieutenant Miles
In the iar-off Philippines
Twas the Santa Ana fight
All along the rebel line
From the thickets dense and dire
Gushed the fountain of their fire;
You could mark their rifles ire,
You could hark their bullets whine.
Little wonder there was pause
Some were wounded. some were dead;
Call Lieutenant Aliles.' He came,
In his eyes a fearless fame.
''YOnder blockhouse-that's our aim.'
The battalion leader said.
''You must take it-how YOU will;
You must break this damned spell,
Volunteers!" he cried. Twas vain,
For that narrow tropic lane
'Twixt the bamboo and the cane
Was a very lane OF hell.
There were five stood forth at last;
God above But they were men.
"Come"-oh. hlithely thus he saith
Did they falter? Not breath!
Down the path OF hurtling death
The lieutenant led them, then.
Two have falen-now third!
Forward dash the other three;
In the onrush Of that race
Ne'er a swerye BOr stay OF pace,
And the rebels dare they face
Such i desperate company
The times., 1899-06-18
NOTES AND QUERIES.

How much .ilyer was coined in the years lssd.
ised. and IsO7g J. ". ".
In 1876. s245os. .so750; 1896. 2s.eS3. $50.
and in 1857. slS.4S7,2e7.
The times., 1899-06-18
LITERARY NOTES.

Longmans, Green & Co. will publish in
the fall Winston Spencer Churchrrs book,
The River War; An Account of the Re-
covery of the Soudan." The author will de-
scribe in exact military detail Lord Kitch-
ener's campaigns from 1886 to 1898. Sixty
drawings will be contributed by Lieuten-
ant Mcneil, of the Seaforth Highlanders.
The work will be edited by Col. f. Rhodes.
The last two chapters will deal with the
military lessons of the campaign and with
the imperial aspect of the recovery Of the
Soudan.
The times., 1899-06-18

What is the displacement. length and width
OF the haftleships Indiana and oregons c. /, J.
Both are battleships of the first class
Each displaees 10 ,2SS tons. Is 34s feet long
on the load water-line, and is CO feet aud
inches wide.
The times., 1899-06-18

America in the East by William Ell
liot GrifTis, is book calculated to
strengthen the trembling souls who are
still doubtful as TO our right to take and
hold the Philippines. Mr.. Griffs has no
doubts on that point at all. He believes
that we ought to conquer, civilize and
Christianize the Filipinos as fast as possi-
BILE. and he has many examples of our sue
cess in other attempts of the kind arrang-
ed ready for use in his argument.
Seriously Mr.. Griffis' bounding opti-
mism, while expressed with some slight ex-
travagance, is not in the least unwar-
ranted by truth. Among the statistics
which he marshals to his aid may be
found many interesting facts not too well
known to the American people in general.
1t is the ignorance of these facts and their
relation TO the life and development OF
the country which has caused some hesi-
tation in the support of the expansion
policy of the Administration. In this book,
which is not a very large one, may be
found the history of our dealings with the
japanese and Chinese, and of our COM
merce in the Pacific. There is also list
of the islands which America actually pos
sessed as colonies before the breaking out
of the late war, There are statistics about
the possibility of healthy life in the tropics
for the white races (Mr. Grifiis believes
thoroughly in this possibility, which many
have denied). In short, there are in the
book a great many solid arguments for
expansion. and it would be a good thing
for all who are interested in the Philip
pine question to study its pages with care.
(New York: A. s. Barnes & Co. Sl.50.)
The times., 1899-06-18

Everything About Our New Posses
sions" is the somewhat ambitious title OF
a small book by Thomas J. Vivian and
Ruel p. Smith MIR. Vivian, it will be re-
membcred. is the ingenious writer who
compiled an Interesting story of the battle
Of Manila, which attracted a great ccal of
attention last yeuT end appearei ia an in
credibiy short TN after The event He
also wrote Tt FAN OF Santiago, which
was more picturesque than useful and the
work in which ho now collabora:es with
Mr.. Smith WI - found quite ds interest
ing and rather moro valuable than either of
the others Il contains numerous statistics
in regard 10 Cuba, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines, set forth in a compact form.
In the introduction it is stated that all the
facts and statements are taken from some
good authority, but that the authorities
are many and costly, while the book is
small and costs but trihe. This is I'M
doubtedly true and it must be confessed
that this tiny volume contains more infor-
nation in less space than anything in its
line which has yet appeared. (New York:
r. T. Fenno & Coz
The times., 1899-06-18

''Vassar Studies" by Julia A. Schwartz
has one thing to recommend it, and that is
a tolerably faithful reproduction of the
atmosphere of girls college. Such an
atmosphere is so intangible yet so strong
that il is almost impossible to put it into
a book; Able Carter Goodloe attempted
the task, with some success in her stories
of wellesley, yet Wellesley girls do not
recognize the book as really sympathetic
picture of life at that college; and per-
haps the verdict of Vassar girls on the
local color of this book will be much the
same There is some fairly good char
acter study in the various stories, espe-
cially in the last one; and the little vol
ume is copiously illustrated with views OF
the college. 1t is safe to say that Vassar
graduates and undergraduates everywhere
will take an interest in these sketches.
and that otherwise they would attract but
little attention. (New York: G. P. Put
mans Sons. S1.25.)
The times., 1899-06-18

From whom did the Philippine Islands ,sE.
their name? J. T. ".
They we're named early in the sixteenth
century in honor OF King Philip IL OF
Spain
The times., 1899-06-18

1t is said that in the heroine of THE
Brushwood Boy" Kipling gave to the pub
lie portrait of his wife.
The times., 1899-06-18

What premium is there on an English half
penny of i7499 \ 81 BSCRlBER.
There is none that We know Of though
you may find some collector who will pay
a few cents for 1t.
The times., 1899-06-18

State Trials is a condensed edition OF
the evidence in the state trials OF Mary
Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh. and
Captain Kidd. II should prove interesting
to students of history. (Chicago: Cal
laghan G Col
The times., 1899-06-18

Prof Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard
has written Source Book of American
History" which will be published imme-
diately. The book is made up of 139 ex-
tracts from writers contemporary with the
events which they describe. The extracts
are chosen chiefly from letters, DIARIES
"reminiscences, travels, speeches, and mar
ratives; the purpose being to collect ma
terial interesting in itself, as well as il
Illustrative of national history. Most of
the great man of American history are rep
resented.