The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-08


stumping the cot Itry In order to per-
suade the people to send their sons and
brothers to the institution. Politics
and commerce are said to be the prin-
cipal subjects OF study.
ENGLISH MICH COWS.
The AYRSHIRE milch cows. forty in
number, which were purchased in
England by viscount Fujinami. super
intendent of the Imperial News, are
expected to arrive at Kobe on the 2Sth
instant.
COPPER IN JAPAN.
IL Is reported that Messrs. Boyes .&
Co., OF Yokohama, have begun to
work the Miyata copper mine in Hita-
chi-mura, Taga-gori, Ibaraki-ken The
lease OF the mine covers an area OF
oSO.OOO tsubo, and 1t is said that the
ore contains a large quantity OF sui
phate of iron.
CURIOUS ACCIDENT.
sad accident occurred on the night
of the 18th instant to a farmers fam
lily at Hadano-mura, Naga-gori, Saga
mi. At about 9 o'clock on that day the
wife 1860 OF the farmer above men
toned was frightened out of the house
by the storm that shook the building
violently, but again entered the house
In the hope OF bringing away her hus-
band. But at the very moment that
they were emerging from the house,
II collapsed. and the husband and wife
were both killed.
NEW JAPAN LINER.
The Tainin Maru, now being con-
structed at the Kawasaki Shipyard to
the order of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha.
has almost been finished and is ex-
pected to be delivered to the latter
company in a couple of weeks. The
steamer Is to be placed on the Tam
i-Hongkong line.
ROSETTA CHARTERED.
The steamer Rosetta, which was
purchased by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
from the p. o. Steamship Company, is
to be chartered by the Nippon Yusen
kaisha for use on its Australian line.
The charter contract Is not, we under
stand. to expire until April, 1902 The
vessel in question will be taken de-
livery of by the Yusen Kaisha on De
cember 10th, and will be despatched
from Yokohama on the 18th of the
steamer purchased by the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha, is now undergoing overhaul
ing. on the conclusion of which. she
will probably be put on the reserve
list, and be used for occasional trips
Ito North China. -,
| HUNTING DOGS
Good hunting dogs are being largely
sought after of late by sportmen in
the capital and In the provinces, some
OF them even taking the trouble OF
ordering them from abroad, thus
spending several hundred yen. Under
these circumstances 1t Is no wonder
that we often hear OF cases of the
theft of such dogs. We understand
that the animals stolen in the city ar,
disposed of in the provinces. and vice
versa. About week ago Professor
Soko Nagaoka. of the College of Ag
lTiculture, had his favorite pointer stol
en-, and now he has offered a reward
for its recovery.
SNOWFALL AT NIKKO.
It is reported that at Chuzenji. Nix
ko. nature is assuming a very beau
ltiful aspect owing to the snowfall o
the 18th and 18th. The snow ha
d.. 1
contrasts magnihcently with the gor
geous autumnal tint still in its glory
RICH MANS SECRET.
, A certain rich man who resides Il
J Igu, RikuZen, is one of the larges
, shareholders of the Japan Railwa
Company, and as such, he enjoys tn
) privilege of travelling free in a first
! class car of the company privileg
which he always uses. This rich mar
, says our informant, often refuses him
: self the extravaganza of buying
; newspaper when he finds it to be of
, small edition. and when he travel
with his wife and the other member
: OF the family. he never allows ther
TO get into the same car with himsel
; but sends them into third-class ca
because he has to pay their fares.
FREAK OF BENEvoLENCE..-
Mrs. Tel. wife OF Mr.. Teijiro Hiroti
. of Takana-mura, Hyogo prefecture,
|, credited with strange yet highl
) commendable eccentricity, IL We ma
so call II. She has often been paine
to see children going home from the
: school in the village, dripping wet,
e rainy weather. she lately had abol
3 a dozen umbrellas made to her ords
: and the name of the school printed O
Z them, and unknown to anybody too
q them to the school. Subsequently 81
D is said to have offered to donate te
J. umbrellas to the school annually
4 the future.
POLYGLOT NEWSPAPER.
The we'll known journalist, NJ
Thomas Cowen, whose valuable assis
, lance II was our good fortune to secu1
!, in starting the japan Times in 1S9
: Is going to issue in Peking from Il
= beginning OF the coming year, a new
. paper of unique character under Il
a name OF the China Times. "The p
per-" says the prospectus, will be
A sued daily, Sundays excepted. and w
|, reach all nationalities represented
|, Peking, as IL will be printed in Ch
= nese. japanese. English, French, &c
N man. Russian and Italian" TT
scheme may appear rather too amt
- tious. but we believe II is well suit
to the unprecedented condition of II
In the Chinese capital. At all even
~ the experiment Is worth trying, al
- we heartily wish the novel venture
!, success. The price of the paper W
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