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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-10
LAHAINA NOTES.

Lahaina, like Waikiki, is waking up
from her Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. num-
Der of new buildings, both residence and
business ARE completed or nearly so.
Politics is beginning to bubble. and Mayor
Matt Mccain is agitating the idea of
uniting all the parties with the view Of
selecting the best men for office. Some
say that Matt thinks that the best men
are all Republicans. 1t is reported that
the Maunalei plantation will start up
again this week, and that work VIII be
pushed right along. The Lahaina rail-
way from the old cocoanut grove mauka
is making rapid progress. Messrs. Howell
& Wilson are rushing things lively Mr..
Dowsett came up on the Claudine on his
way to Lanai. probably to take charge Of
the ranch interests there. Mr.. +. II. Hay
seden viii make his home in Lahaina,
and after n trip abroad which he con-
templates taking with his family, will
make many improvements on his delight
| fui beach-side home In Lahaina. Pioneer
Plantation continues TO grow in the di-
rection of Olowalu and will eventually
extend TO and include that plantation.
Then we can hope for the long talked OF
railroad from Wailuku to Lahaina.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-10
Removal
Notice!

The OFFICES and SALESROOM Of
the OCEANIC GAS AND ELECTRIC
CO.. LTD. have been removed to the
Eva store. In the new MAGOON
BUILDING. corner Of MERCHANT
and ALAKEA STREETS. and In our
new quarters we are able to show our
new goods OF to much better advan-
tage.
Cali and be convinced that we mean
what we say.
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.,,s. glumpKe.s aeod Fortune.

Current newspaper statements con corning the will of Rosa B0nheur res call the fact that the principal legatee was. until the last year of the great artists fife, an entire stranger to Ter. Miss Anna Klumpke, a young portrait painter of promise, greatly desired to paint Rosa Bonheur, and wrote, ask Ing that privilege. Receiving a favor able reply, she at once started f-om Ra=+on to Fontaiaebleau, France, and Ter work. The two sF, nsalYes in such closs sympatz Mademoiselle Bonheur asked hef isitor tc make her home with her, 4al at her death last year devised almost her entire estate chateau, park, library, paintings and priceless manuscripts-to this young American. The story is a romance il real life. It dnderscores the poets query: Who can answer where any foaa leads2"
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ALONG THE AMAZON.
1spuians sunk in Almost Hopeless nar-
 barism Inhabit Great Areas.


 The trip of the United States gum Boat Wilmington up the Amazon river promises to be looked upon as one of gzs achievements of the closing cen 2sary. The commercial object of the Wilmington's cruise was to see how rubber was found in the natural state, 48a what manner of man it was who sfEelt in the remote fastnesses of the great forests whence it came. During sas Hanboat's stay the officers visited many Indian villages The Indians were found to be apparently docile, but ahere was no mistaking their unciYil- Ezed state. Clothing, save strip or gwo, worn by the women, are unknown. The men are strong and muscular, and shaw great chest development. They ars copper-colored, of middle height, gIth well shaped limbs and small hands aznd feet. Their hair is black. straight and rather coarse, the features broad, gheekbones not generally prominent. sYes black, and, strange to say, some szn1es ob1ique like those of the Tartar races of Eastern Asia. The sole wea- pons in their possession are the spear aud bow and arrow The bows are of great length, and in the hands of 8 skilled native can be made formidable. In some of the native huts the Ameri- san visitors fomd curious objects which, on closer investigation, proved % he mummlf1ed human heads. This MS significant, inasmueh as it proved ahat the tribe belonged to the class Known as head hunters" term de- Eiyed from their habit of preserving eae heads of their enemies killed in Battle. The process consists in remove nag the skull and treating it with eer- sain herbs until the head has been re- zueed to about one-sixth of it's original ki9s. The hair and features are pre- served intaee, thus giving the head a FeEy life-ltke appearance. The lips are sewn together with hide thongs apan which are recorded the details Of zhe battle.
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SEA HON
Capsized Boat and Gave Tus FlsheE-
 men an Exciting Experience.

San Rafael (Cal.) Spec. San Frap . cisco Bulletin: John Bartini and Joe Lafranky, two Italian fishermen, came very near meeting their deaths the other morning off McNear's Point, iD San Pablo Bay. Bartini and Lafranky had their nets set for the purpose of catching founders, and when the tida started to turn they proceeded to pull in, when they noticed that the nets were harder to handle than usual. They thought they had an unusual large catch of founders, but when they had fully 40 fathoms of net pulled into the boat a large sea liop was noticed splashing the water at a furious rate. Bartini called to Lafranky to get an oar and hit him, but just as he had said the words the sea lion stuck his head out of the water and, seeing the boat and it's occupants, made lunge. eapsizing the eTa9t. Bartini, who is a good swimmer, immediately jumped for his partner and, seizing him by the arm3 dragged him 10 the boat and fin ally managed to get him on the bottom. When the boat capsized the anchor fell overheard and the craft was made fast The sea lion continued spIashing the water at a terrific rate. and the Ital' iaus were badly frightened. They called for help, but their cries were of no avail, as their voices could not b. beard q hundred yards the wind blow ing a terrific gale. Finally, after they had been in the water for fully three hours, I schooner was sighted coming from the Patent brick yard, and the crew lowered a small boat and went to the rescue of the Italians. who were almost exhausted from fright and cold. After about an hour the boat was righted. the lion being killed with a shotgun from the schooner. It proved .o be large one, weighing fully 1,000 pounds. The lion was probably follow ing a shoal of herring up the bay and ran foul of the Italians net and sue ceeded in getting tangled up in it. The net is a complete wreck. This IS the second time that a sea lion has been SO caught in San PaaIo Bay and almost at the eosE Of life.
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. sat..1les. -,t... t.t.hon.


 Methodist preachers and laymeu Mao attended the recent conference in Washington have gore home. but have EEt behind them stories which wifi not 8ppear in the regular report of the proceedings. Perhaps no man at the conference yielded more power and at tkee sarleGme enlfYened the proceed aess more by his bright sayings than Bishop ". A. Caqdler One day in ad-- gocating more liberal loesening of .sae purse-strings he said that several years ago he sent an article to a paper n which he said tha. I've pray too .tfad and work too little." The inteI- lisant compositor got in his fine Ital-
 aa hand. and when the article ap- scared it read, @Ws bray too loud and Ho.k too little" 'sI let il go at that said the bishop, "The fact is, I be- aeye the printer was right, and never attempted to correct il. Washington 'zarresIondenee of New York Sun.
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curio.ss AIonunen f.

A curious monument~has been dis covered in the dense undergrowth of the so-ealled Brandhai. in the Upper Harx. H is granite block about seven feet high, resting on a stone pedestal, and on an iron tablet attached to 1t is the following inscriptions: Here. !n the year 1747, the first trials were made with the cultivation of the pota@ to. The German peasant of the tima did not take kindly to the potato plant on it's introduction to the country. It had. however, a great friend in the king, Frederick IT., wbo was convinced of its value, but who was obliged to use forcible measures to get the people of PomeranIa and silesia to plant the bulb. The action of the Harzers In voluntarily adopting the plant was evidently thought worthy of a memo rtal.
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TO THE Residents of Pine BIaff AND VICINITY

The City Market will reopen Monday, October [, to retail ex clasiVeIy high grade of= Nelson Morris & Company $ western dressed fresh meats, fine sausages, canned meats, packing house deli eaeies, Lard, Breakfast Bacon, Dried Beer and Sugar Cured Hams, A. (. l.. IEaase & Sons Smoked, Salted and Picked Fish. also Fine Fancy Fresh Fish from Lake, River and Ocean, Kalama- zoo Celery, New York Counts and Baltimore extra Select Cyst CTS, Dressed Poultry. Wild Ducks Quai and Rabbits in season. Pickles, Potatoes, Cabbage and CauliAower. And expect by courteous treatment, intelligent service, prompt delivery and charging reasonable prices, to merit continuance of your valu. ed patronage.
 R. P. HOLMES, Prop,
 2Io West 2d Ave
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A TLiefs clepsfness.

Ms do not remember to have seen Ear q bang time 3 more curious case of g thtaf's eleVerress than that which
 xas accorded at ClerkenweiI. Solomon Butler. who. with companion. was convicted of burglary Iii a jewellers shop, managed to conceal two diamond e1ngs in spite of the most thorough aeareh by the police, and contrived to aass one of them away to ais wife Ehea he was in the cells, putting it mto her mouth by means of his tongue han kissing her" The other he kept aader his tongue all the time he was under arrest, and It would probably never have been found at all if his companion had not exposed him in court, and so induced the judge to srder careful inspection of his mouth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-30
THE WORM TURNED.
ytory of Man Who Cultivated Moe
 Dispositi9n.

Disposition.
 Do you see that woman going out?" said the man in tte, dry goods house whose business ie Is to make things "aN right" with dissatisfied customers She's only one of 'em. have a score c,r more every day. She's kicking about dress. We've altered it twje and she still thinks 1t doesn't quite 1it her ln the back. It's hard job to look pleasant and be perenniallg agreeable, and I never knew but one man whf could do it. He was the complaint man in big store-a friend of mine and he held the place for twenty years. He never failed to say the right thing and was the most perfect jolly. that ever was. Be knew how to com- bliment a woman as to form and com p1exion in a way that never was equal cd. His smile was the envy ef all the aalesmeD in the place. It had Wln- ming sweetness about it that was sim- ply irresistible and never failed to van Qaish the most desperate kicker One day an uncle of ny friend died and left him $40,000. A few moments 2ftor the Esws reached my friend an old pa- tron of the store came in a woman who for years had been noted as a kicker, but whom 1t had been my friends duty and pleasure to make sat 05fied with her purchases. She had bonnet in her hand and WAS kicking about the shape, the trimmings and everything in a way that was ealeu- lated to carry terror to the stoutest heart 9so,' said my friend, you don't like this bonnet. You don't like any thing about it. Well, l don't blame you. It don't suit you in any way and It cant be made to suit you. Of course 1t can't. And there's no bonnet on earth that can be made to suit such pig-faeed. disagreeable woman as you are, anyway He had repressed his natural feeling for twenty years, but the worm that had been trodden upon through two decades turned at last. He then put on his hat. and the place that had known him SO long knew him no more forever ,'-T5x.
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RELIC os THE WOODEN NAVY
Old Ffisate Franklin Nry Soon ns
 Abandoned as Useless.

Gid Frisate Franklin Wftk Soon Hs
 Abandoned as Useless.
 From the Washington Star. ssThe ancient frigate Franklin, a relic of the old wooden navy which has been used for many years =as receiving ship at the Norfolk naYas 3ard5 is soon to be a deserted hulk sad a naval officer. who has recently visited the Virginia naval station. She was examined not long ago by a board Of officers and ft is be l1eyed they will snbniEa e9naemaa#oH4 report. The policy os the department. as is generally understood. is to dc away with the -honored but an- tiquated and out-of-date system of re. eeivipg ships substituting for them shore barracks similar in general char aeter te the quarters occupied by en- listed men at army posts. The iacktes of the old school are much opposed to this plan. They cling to their old f8gY ideas of ]. .seafaring life and believe 2 recruit should be placed upon the water from the yer. dfst.. To break him in cn shore and have him live in a bar racks. they say, will make the fellow S landlubber all of his natural life. While the receiving ships Of today are noth~ ing more than great floating houses. there is nevertheless an air of the sea about them and this the old dogs among the men love. Dismantled and roefed over, the ships haven't mach resemblance to c seagoing craft An- other thing in connection with the re- ceiving ships is that the families Of commanding officers are allowed 10 live aboard. The Franklin is historic old boat, and it has been suggested that one might buy her when she is put uP at auction and place the craft on ex- hibition in different ports. This would hardly seem to be q profitable under tatzinp
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-30
Don | Flake Up Your Hind

that you can not have a pretty home because you haven't lots of money. You must not judge this store by the prices others charge. Don't think you must pay high prices to get the best. Iti sn't always necessary. t isn't af all here just at present We have lots of #heme-bfightness for some one.
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rsare Utd a11pIe rauna,

A wonderful old Bible has just been discovered in Venice, the fortunate finder being Leo s. Olschkl, we'll known antiquarian of Florence. It is In five large volumes. and was printed in Rome in the printing house of Don Pietro Massimo in 147l and l472. Sooa after it came from the press it was purchased by a patriciaD family Of Venice, and it was in the archives of this family that olsehki diseo7 cred it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-30
WON DE6f 0Iz AXE
asnsd With Boiling Acids That Eas
 Boats to P'eee8.

Boats to F 'eee8,
 A strange lake exists in tie eenter se Sulphur island, off New Iceland. IL s g acres in extent, about 12 feet in sapth and 15 feet above the level of Ehe sea. The most remarkable char. astsristie of this lake is that the water souzatos Vast quantities Of hydro 2hfarie and sHlpharie acids. hissfng and babbling at temperature of 116 degrees FaHtenheit. The dark green. eoEofed water looks particularly unin s5tfng. Dense clouds Of sHlnh4fic fumeg constantly roll of shIs boiling caldron. and care has to be exercised In ap preaching this lake to avoid the risk ot suffoeation On the opposite sfoe of 9ezhe lake may be seen the tremendous afow-holes, which, when tn full hlast present an inspiring sight. The roar of the steam as 1t rushes forth snt9 the air is deafenfng. and often auee powders and stones are hurled egt to a height of several hundred feet sy the various internal forpes. of na- anFa. 4 boat can be launched on the Bake. an4. if proper care be observed tha very edges Of the blow-holes may aa safely explored. Some idea of che strength of the aefa-saturated water ef this lake may be gathered from the saet that a boat almost dropped tc pieces after all the passengers had beer aR8ed, as the riyets had eorroded un. 3ea the influence o1 Che acids.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-30
BLUFF CITY FURNTUREC0.
Cotton Belt BUlietin.

Meeting Grand Lodge l. G. 3 r Bat5s4ilte Ark Oct 9. One fffe f0f round trip; gates of sale Gel, zi, = aHd s3s return lifait Oct. 25
 AHBauzas sf86e Fair-PiHe HIu4 Oct a3-27. f 4te one lare far round trip RitH maximum fafe Gf sI5a. Da1es oI sale7 Get 2925. tetufH limjt9 2e
 HcmcseeE Eers. excursion f4eIsets ta ali pa3nts ih= 0tIabeDia md l8zi8a Ierei{Ufies E bates Q s2tes 9et. and N0X- F=aHd 39# and bet=8a aEd ls. Aase5 aHe fHreDHHs #s for thg E0uaa fEtu. Eef Fl limit, ew=Hty-ane days from date of sE5e.
 i5eFd9ee 'treet air. FoFdyee I rb-= Oet 9 and 3l Fnl | above occasion, round tHR ratts of 6ue and pue=third Fare. Open rate. Dates of ssfIe. Oct. 35 and g, ke1ara limit N6Y,I
 San Antonio Irternatiaral eaip, San An tonic. T HSas. 0et 23ea Sev 2t la88 For tine above occasion the 4ollzRiHg round trin rates and arrangements arr authnrized-
 Bate--9ae fare plus two dollars feH the ioaud lrip
 tfates af Sefe-aef. IF IN and fl, f90a
 Return Limit--Iiekefs t0 be limited fer re- t4Eu Ie8Ff4e san Antonio ap 10 and iuc=ud= ing Nov 2i. isQo. and for continuous passage in each direction
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mYs rlt> MESSAGE OF SORROW.


 Chicago Man Mysteriousiy Learns Of
 His Bfother,s Death in Manila.
 4 mystic message brought sad intel Hgence to Frank Fay Pratt Of Chicago enc day last week. It told him of the death of his twin brother, Fred Roe Pratt which occurred in Manila. Frank was sitting down to dinner in his home in Chicago when suddenly the impression entered his mind that his brother had died. He could not tell whence the knowledge came, all he knew was that his brother was dead He told his parents of his belief. of his knowledge, of the sad event, and then he hurried into the streets, where he walked up and down for hours, bur dened with his grief. Three days later calue a eablegram from Manila, telling that Fred Roe Pratt who had been voyaging around the world, was dead and that his body was on q steamer bound for Japan. Fred left Chicago in December, 1898 in the company of friend to rneke a tour of the world. It was their intention to visi. nearly all the oriental countries, winding up in Australia. They had already visited China, Japan. Singapore and other places. Fred was born in Chicago and had praetieed law with his beother un- til he started on this trip The simi- larity between the twin brothers was so marked and striking that the first thought on seeing them together was to douht ones eyesight Not only in features and stature were they eoun. terparts, but in actions. expre8sIan ana general bearing also.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-30
WHERE GOLD GROWS.
4'lesD Deposits of tae Precious aEet4l

FlesD Deposits of tae Precious aEstN
 Every Year.
 @aafe are lasaHsies where g0.a may 6a=saia ta grew every yea orl iu other g-aFds. 4AeHe fresh 8epasits of the 5eeeieas meal afs t8 be found aa4u- alls says =4Fs7se5 Che such dis Eiiss s la tfe Iegn1az on country. ip sas Gaaadi8a efaWes#. where, after hz spHiHs fiHez#5 faaa 6Hs ss8e 53nka md s5He Hes ez 8ae=5szz5sz 5szs5tllewan eiEar. tdazez age ts5sh ezerH year =epn- siderable q4za5itIs# st sod by few diaseaz, #h5 msHz 8Beie living oat os #hs GaziHesa= eutt tae most e5nspie1- 4us and interesting ease CT this sort $ te be seen Beaf Ieasafsss, ii tl3e DO. vince of Eapeh4 ia Ghiaa Fer many centuries past each year gold has been washed rom the banks 8f. coarse gFay- q en both sides of the River HaH. and in the midst of the aurifeaeua sriet thefe Is an ancient town called ti'5a- lien, which means Gold Lisgers' Ina '' Is inhabitants subaifide the gold 8safing gfoa83 among themselves an nsaliy stalking oat 68elr claims with er# .ans. Trey pay no royalty and appear t9 earn mo more tbaa | bare subsistence, but this may ba doubted, as 5csn Ghinaman is an adept t lay. b leN and asyfa, nafan ahe an aaaa r5gsf Heods bring a9#14 millions 0f ions of mud and eaHa. #aiat u charged with gold, both fine and in flakes is deposited ts i depth 5f slx inches or more on the banks oz gravel q is In the winter Chat tbe gold is eashed. and il is said that seven Iuen wc.s abant twenty tons Of tae pay dirfts in 3 daR
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-12

New Year. If this prove to be the
cause how more than careful we should
be over Oriental freight It is also as
serted that the three Claudine sailors
who died suddenly, before the outbreak
of plague had been handling the freight
and might have caught infection. It is
true that post mortems were held and
| it was pronounced that they had no
traces of plague, but this was by a ply
stefan who pronounced no symptoms Of
plague in one or two of the earlier
cases that occurred in Honolulu. On the
other hand men who have handled
similar merchandise on the wharf have
not suffered.
As far as Kahului itself is concerned
it is not a difficult place either to iso-
late or to destroy. 1t is easy to draw
a Gordon round it. 1t is easy to burn
it down without injuring any surround
ing property. The danger to Maui lies
not in Kahului now that the plague is
known to be there, but the danger has
been in the past fortnight when people
have been moving from that den to
various parts of the Island. People
have undoubtedly gone from there to
Waikiki, to Hamakua, to Haiku, to
Spreckelsville, to Kula and even to La
haina and Hama. 1t is in this that the
danger lies. Kahului is a sort of rem
devious for the Asiatic population, and
during the Chinese New Year there
must have been a good deal of passing
to and fro and mingling of people from
various districts. IT will need the
greatest vigilance to watch. And it will
be harder to watch than in city, be-
cause though plantation laborers can
be controlled and inspected twice day,
the outlying cottages occupied by ire
sponsible people will be more than diff
cult to inspect thoroughly. Still with
determined effort it could be done.
1t is to be hoped, however, that the
disease is confined to Kahului, and
there it certainly ought to be stamped
out readily. A residence in a camp
with proper hygienic supervision will
do the population of Kahului a mighty
deal of good, as it has done our resi-
dents in Chinatown.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-12
THE HOMELESS.

Major Wood of the Salvation Army is
number of orientals fear to enter the
relief camps lest they may be subject
ed to further quarantine and in con-
/ sequence the homes of their friends are
/ overcrowded, while others sit round the
stores during the day and at night
sleep under bushes or what shelter they
can find.
The major suggests that the Japanese
and Chinese Christian workers should
unite in making an effort to get these
poor people into proper shelter. To
carry out the plan, some night work
would have to be done. Thomas Square
and other localities would have to be
done a great deal of distress might be
relieved.
The Honolulu of the night, that is Of
the late night, is known to few outside
| of the police and the newspaper report
ers. There are many cases Of home
lessness at present and there have been
in the past. 1t is not only now that
the homeless are with us, though there
are more now than then ever have been
before.
In dealing with the homeless celes-
tials there must be some one who thor
oughly understands their language and
can gain their confidence They must
be made to understand that the relief
camps are really relief camps and that
they will not be interfered with in any
way beyond the necessary discipline or
a camp where a number of people arc
congregated. If the congestion Of many
of the small Chinese houses around
town can be relieved it will be really
a good thing, for many of them are full
to overlooking. But it is impossible to
turn people out as they must have elel-
ter, and the women and chil5 II should
have privacy.