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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05
10 Commissions Yet.

Judge a. =. Humphreys did not re-
ceive his commission from washington
yesterday as expected. Neither did
Judge Frear's commission arrive. Just
what has caused the delay In forward
ing the commissions from the capital
city IL not known 10 those who have
been appointed 20 the bench. and hopes
are expressed that the next steamer
viii bring the official envelopes bearing
the documents. SO that the machinery
% the courts can be put into motion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05

Myrtle Club Dane.

: w.ss e ~ The Myrtle Boat House
prs ~. by about nifty couples
H. .s,, oarly, stayed late. ana thor.
y. , sled themselves The even.
ass.,, ~, Y, but that ava not deter
lso.s,s.' , y whiting and tripping
's.s l, 70 The music Of a splendid
'',aas ,s s.'o. Refreshments were
y Zane Upstairs h0u. II was the
\ " public nature In the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05

The Rapid Transit Company is not
considering selling out TO the Hawaii
an Tramways Company. Such rumor
was on the street yesterday but was
absolutely without foundation. The
Rapid Transit Company Is laying plans
and rails for n betterment OF the street
car system OF Honolulu and has no
thought Of selling out. say those who
are nj its head.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05

The friends OF Habgen OF the Homo
lulu steam Laundry who IL alleged TO
have skipped the country with money
belonging 10 that establishment, say
he was carried away by the Rio de ia
Metro by accident while In a state OF
intoxication.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05
PER $. $. AUSTRALIA.

Apples. Peaches. Cherries, Plums.
Pears ApricOts, Rhubarb. AS
paragus. Celery, Ca bage. Salmon.
Founders. Crabs. Frozen Oysters In
shell and tins. etc. etc.
55SS CAMARTNOS REFRIGERAIOR
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05

aus,si. I commercial. published
.simv, ,s,elslum. under date OF
~ ,ppsln,,,sa at ~ n. r. LANCE has
a'selula y. vice. consul Tor Belgium
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05

PORTLAND
CEMENT


STRONGEST
of
work.
in by
face. N1- ~-9 -o
Cenn Cable
barrels W.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-07
A R0YhI DUKE LOVES
tIISTRl0NIC ARTY
An on Account Of HIS Dramatic In
clin.LlonS Gran Duke Constantine
i i ing Punished.

III re lis a great stir in st. Peters
buie OYER the clash between The car
ana his uncle, the Grand Duke Con
stautlue Constantinavitch
The Grand Duke. who is already an
amateur actor, a translator of plays, "A
poet. a student OF science and "A soldier
In the Russian Army, was lutely ON the
point of accepting an offer to appear
professionally on the Vienneac stage.
Furious that a Romanon could he
willing so to demean himself the car
has not only. IT is said, placed an ali
solute veto on the ulan. but has prnc-
ticaIly exiled the Grand Duke to his
great estates In Siberia
1t Is court gossip hat the car, being
a somewhat passive young man with
no marked talent In any direction. on
this account fails to sympathize with
the artistic amblt.nns Of the far more
gifted Grand Duke. who more nearly
resembles the Kaiser In his multifari-
Gus activities.
But even thoueh d, barred by his des-
potic nephew from winning glory on
the public stage. there rs no reason
why Constantine should not continue
the triumphs which have already won
him a very pretty reputation in the in
tlmacy of the Imperial court
IT was only last year that a positive
sensation was crr.,ted by the Grand
Dukes appearance. "a Hamlet f" n play
which hc had al4lady translated into
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-07
JOHN CHINAMAN
Avn FROM HOME.
He Has Settled in Mary Countries
and Has Got en- Rich in II
Rcmarkab Y short Time.

II is not only in the last few years.
since china WAS opened TIP by Euro
pcans. that Chinese emigration has be-
gun. Chinese sailors have understood
the principle of the mariners compass
for over eight hundred years, and their
early voyages undoubtedly took them
AZ far as the west coast OF America on
one side and Arabia un the other In
the early days commerce WAS the
Chlnaman's aim: to-day John emil
CRATES because he finds that the utter
~ neompreheusihlr foreign devil
will pay him wages from three to five
times AZ large as lie can get in his own
crowded country, aud Will, moreover,
suffer small robberies with the most
surprising calm.
GETS RlCH QUICKLY.
Very naturally. the white laboreI
has kicked. and kicked with consider
able emphasis. whenever hc has found
yellow men ready 10 compete with him.
John Chinamln Is rich on wages below
those of a common European farm la
hurer How much more then must hG
undcrcut the daily pay commonly paid
In this country for unsl<illed labor
Yet America does not suffer much
loss by the presence Of cinnamon. al
III lhe Wil"'e =" 'l'' nv" 'e,,a''', 'u'
"l p"pol',ei"h o, over ,','''.'V'' '',s'a
are Tess 'u1li '~',o'' a''les'. ~
nus hulol''E - III, ''2''E "', $40" ~
IN Nana"a ''isl' !'S s'l,'' 9,,oV' "n''o
III bfl'ish "lul''el' "a an'oeNei
'heN are i7'h'i h'"'r P'Sa'n VI
una ald ioi'9 TIC" a'elt vi ,hs
West ihdieH hail'"f any lE' tl''lfihFf
81 ninef'. a'le 'lt 1hA' uo'l'' ~
oo9s III i''it.Sa 'e,d," tu, a'ed
huh'het II s''o' aii" mere 'eeN AZ ae
'iet'slnh. III nm 'l'i'. w o"' .-o'
y'lIoN h1noi'ra' mn '''" mas no II -
'hai ieoou.
\ tANolst = N'lAh
sugar e"ithle mas alNaSa peeh i1N=
"fii' WORK Iol H'llt73 coolies. IN ia
wal lH,ooo : h'll,se anu Japailes' are
so ''nlh"N'a' aep |"eehH'aiu mas 'oVo
ehS'B'u III s'ili''i No'k.
i'ut an iheaS lFeF'H arr 'lH'eh'le'h'
'olnpaIea WIN la"~' VI tn' 9N'I III
when ma" S''''d !" fu'tnef '''uia
S'h,e htt' 'sh tpllt i'' EHNt Hii''A " hie
anu P."lrilN' ~ '''''''' Tvs ~.
| my "un"0n. III oils A,3' "Nel 'o0,ooo
e"'se - eH'sauoi ny 9ut 'uiilnsi
ga n"''Fr t'P"''s'''i'a an ''''"'bn ''e
e''at ~ 'te'it
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things electric must come from Amer
lea.
ON the other hnnd. there has been
some surprise but no resentment at
the announcement made that Mr.
Charles r. Yerkes. the greatest OF
American masters of rapid transit
problems, had bought the charter
of another prospective electric I'M
derEround line. which VIII pierce Lon
don north and south in II more com
prehensiVe manner than the present
Tuppenny Tube does east aud west
The news indeed has caused great
public satisfaction. for Lundoners see
In 1t proof that the rapid transit prob
lem of the metropolis Is soluble upon
sound commercial lines. Nobody be-
lfeves that "A shreWd expert judge of
the situation would invest so. Gao. 900 or
SIS, 600 900 In Il new undertaking of this
nature. unless he had good reason to
believe the Investment would prove Il
sound one
UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL,
In buying this franchise for an un-
derground electric road Mr., Yerkes is
developing what he regards as only the
second best plan for the development of
London by means Of rapid transit The
true solution OF the problem, he be
lievea lies in the Introduction of sur
| face electric lines throughout the me-
/ uUpolis, according 10 the general plan
which he made such an enormous sue
cess Of in Chicago Hut MIR Yerltes
| knows that any attempt To secure pub
| He consent to the Introduction of such
| "A radical Innovation In London Is hope
| less at the present day. and he bows To
the Inevitable.
The charter which Mr.. Ycrkes has
purchased requires the completion Of
tn line within the next two years.
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Hr Wright has spent his life In seek
ing t. harmonic science and the BIB
Hcal story If the creation. lie Is a
professor IN OheIliu Theological Sem
mary and professor Of The Relations
Of Religion and Science" at AndoVrr.
For several years IL MAS an assistant
IN the United states Geological Survey
The pr sent expedition is tho greatest
Undertaking Of his lie All the ~
penses &ill be borne by Or Wright
himself When last heard from, the
Doctor was setting out for Lake Haik
al which is 200 miles from the Siberian
railroad line. The journey 10 the Lake,
3, 200 feet above the sea level, viii be
made in Monaghan camel carts Dr
Wnghts only European companion
viii be his son. 'rhey carry tools to
dig into the deposits Of 'loess."
Scientists say that an event 50 stu
pendous as the deluge could not have
happened without leaving permanent
evidences behind. II IS believed. how
ever, that the effects have been mod
flied. and even ohscured. by subsequent
changes II IS not only difficult to dis
cover evidences Of the deluge, but diff
icult to separate records Of the deluge
from the fecnIlS 81 inc tdIlltf ptIluuS
such as the glacial. on later records
left by subsequent foundations.
The Scripture states that the water
covered "all the high hills" and there
are evidences Of this In four continents.
The water is said to have risen Il Gu
bits. or % feet. above the highest
mountain Scientists are asking where
are the materials driftcd up by the
deluge. the remains of the millions Of
men and animals that persisted by It,
During the $50 days that followed the
rise OF the waters the matter lifted by
the food settled, the heavier materials
first. then finer gravel, sand, and fin
ally mud fell like q mantle But as the
waters receded into the ocean beds
much of this mud in the courses Of the
currents was carried back into the
ocean. Biologists are perplexed over
the depths of the deposits.
1t Is quite ilkeiy that Dr. Wright
win find buried in the "loess" the wea-
pons and tools used by men who lived
before the food, ard for whose Gins
the Scripture says. the world was
drowned.
An intimate friend Of DR.. Wright is
the Rev Daniel S. Gregory. editor of
The Eomiletic Review. Before start
ing On his expedition DR.. Wright con
6ced TO DR.. Gfetory his plaLs.
49, 49,. l.
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A NEW INDUSTRY
FOR UNCLE SAM.
American business Men Are fNpri-
mcntiug With the Raising o Bel
slm iaItS With Great Success.


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efh people lhithd rNptflmehtenG with
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WIN Wv oi ma Ne'iiE inc lut ahd
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the English rabhitry at Los Au.nl,s
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early breeders md IN Mind ~, ca,,.
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beran To nom. In r,on, all n,rts ar ~
! country. Rut tIme han rrovan th,t my
| thing of value thnf fbp n.nnI. want
needs only to he hold IN for ntteutInn
There arr breeders In H. NIddto
West who mako mars thnn 4, oo0 ner
Vcar s,iI,r,, ba,cg ra, ~ ,t,,ciy ,,,a ~,
market but tho rnod ,rs,lts ,ycr. not
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'"'t vi tile ''eibl3h mare mas taken lh'
Ei'a'ts' mona on lhe american puhil''
AHtet'ea' 81 course cannot 10 anything
"h u aulal soaI', anu as consequence
cue p'ee'lilB ei tfeleiah mares VIII soon
Come "' eA'eeHlNe lnous'lS III 'h'
f'st as wen as IN me west.
In California one breeder who has
been established In the business since
the harea were hrst introduced into
THIS country has an annual output of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-07

a man who gives the first reading
to all the manuscripts sent to a large
periodical says that there is more po-
etry submitted to him than anything
else that II Is harder to get good poet
~ than any other kind Of material,
and that there IL much less Of IT used.
lie admits that II the writer Is 80 un-
fortunate or careless as to make one
grammatical error In the first para
graph. his fate is settled 80 far as that
periodical is concerned. The reader
goes no further, and the manuscript
Is returned.
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Cane Gods Canal.

The proposed Cape Cod canal has
recently come into notice and figures
have been presented before the har-
Dor and land commissioners by the en-
gnccrs of the company. The canal
would be without locks. The maximum
velocity Of tho current through the
canal would DO four miles an hour.
and possibly five in storms. The en-.
trance width at BarnestabIe was fixed
ut 900 fect-Chlcago News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-07
ALL DOM. QUICKLY.
Snnp.ho,,ing Church SIecpcr..

A clergyman In England Is adyocat-
ing the use OF Il concealed camera In
the pulpit. says. by showing these pho
tographs to the backslidinE ones they
would become so shamed that they
would NOT be liable to repeat the per-
Torrance The suggestion Is Ingenious,
but II would seem tho surest thing to
keep the congregation awake would bo
mn interesting sermon.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
SEARCHING FOR A
MISSING LINK.
Not For A e.like Man This Time, But
For Facts TO Prove Sayings
Recorded il the Scriptures.


To find conclusive evidence that the
deluse VAS universal. to discover facts
which VIII prove that the waters GOV
cred the face of the earth as re-
corded ia the Scriptures. u the object
of Journey which distinguished
Ann riean geologist the Rev George
Frederick Wright, is making over the
Roof of the World. the Central Asian
plateau.
The journey IS fun of peril and hard
slip, but pr Wright, who has faced tn
dangers OF Arctic exploration aud Mhp
his led hazardous expeditions over the
glaciers of Alaska. Is no stranger II
such things. Though sixty -four years
| old he is strong aud vigorous. ON the
present expedition he is accompanied
| hy his son Frederick T. Wright. re
Gently eraduattd from Yale college
soth father and son were prisoners
! in The British legation during the siege
oil Prl,iEe After tie rescue of the le-
| cattauers they Went 10 NadiNostock
and thence over the Trans Siberian
road Ia lake Baikal, IN the great 81
| bcrian plateau
Tho AraIat range In Southwestern
| Asa, where Biblical story says the
Are Of Noah found IA resting place. Will
| he explored by br Wright In these
! highlands. which "fc covered with
"laess. or unstratiIied dtluVian mud
LEFT by rcceding water. IN Wright
| hopes 10 tind remains of men and AMI
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-07
A Correction.

James" said his mother I've told
You four times to stop making that
racket"
Five. mamma" replied the youth,
who has great future before him In
the exact sciences.--Phil. North Amer
lean.
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RAPID TRANSIT FOR
LONDON TOWN.
Her Historic cid Public Coayeyances,
Are TO he Replaced By tp.to-daIe
Am rem al Roads.


AT last London hEs IA rapid transit
with all of the advantages of the ia
nous New York, Chicago. brooklyn
aud Boston elevated railways. and
" hat Is best of all. n means of quick
transportation which Ia to be under the
control of American hnanciers- llnth
the present year Londuucrs have shown
no desire whatever. To secure the boon
OF rapid transportation which Is en-
loNcd lay thousands Of American towns
ana have looked upon all propositions
for tueh an innovation with as much
suspicion as John Chinaman regards
the doctrines Of Christianity. -Four
miles an hour by bus or seven OF eight
by the miserable underground railroad
have been the height Of the london
business mans speed and 20 this cendi
ton are attributed many other evils
besides that Of slow transportation.
chief oi witch Is the slum lie of the
great city.
But now change has come. In two
short months this '"fuppenny Tube"
has broken down the prcjudices of gen
eratiuus The Central London Rail
Nay, to give It It's proper designation.
has been a popular and financial sue
eess HON the start. II has carried an
aNfiagr Of about 100 900 passengers
daily since IT was opened two months
age 1t Is only six miles long running
cast and west from the Bank of Eng
LAHd To Shepherd Bush just beyond
tho confines of Krus,uEtou. 1t does III :
tie on nothing toward the solution Of
the oNercroWdinE problem. for II opens
40 now residential territory available
an md "a htIg nf email
II has simply absoI bed most of the
travel from one Of the main arteries Of
London which formerly used the slow
aud numbering bus.
SEVERAL Excavations.
The "Tupponuy Tube" has, however,
introduced successfully several impor-
tant Innovations which point directly
Ia the successful solution of the rapid
transit problem IN the near future. 1t
has abolished compartments and
ciasAes introduced a uniform fare Of
TWO pence flour cents) for any distance
and accelerated speed to a point within
reasonable scope Of the term rapid
transit.
II was considered a rash and DOUBT
full experiment to provide only one
class OF accommodate lion for aristocratic
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A Testimonial.

Little Boy tWriting to his school
maater)- Everybody at home is de-
lighted with tho progress 1 have made
at your school. Why, when | came to
You knew nothing. and now, even in
this short time. | know ten times as
muchi
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An Idle Omeatlon.

rs there anything you wish to say
before sentence Is passed upon you2"
asked the Judge
Thereupon the balllf laughed.
He couldn't help II.
He was married man and the de-
PENDANT was n woman.
"Such question:" he chuckled tn
himself. Chicago Post.
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LET THE BOYS
HAVE A GOOD TIME.

Whether they stand on their
heads OF on their feet makes no
difference il their clothes are bought
here.
Here's a chance to do it without
much cost.
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CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS
FOR THE
BOYS.

We have bought a
large a = ortm# E 1T Of
presents, ranging from
Ice. 10 $, consisting ei
drums, sleds, mir guns,
aeeordion,, musical tops,
autoharps, games, magic
lanterns, watches. books,
roller skates, tool chests,
boxing glove~, cite. These
articles n. now ON cN-
hihition= in enc OF onr
windows.
There Is ne limit IL
the number Of presents a
boy may get, for ae
often 1t, he will buy
goods 10 the value OF
ST 80 or more at one
time, he=i given a ticket
which entities him 10 n
800, 5.,,I -.
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Borrows Everything Else

"Shortloigh Is always cheerful
never borrows trouble"
Gle has TO draw the line some
where"
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Judging From Its Brevlty.

Look at Miss Bunk in her rainy day
skirt"
Great Scott! She must be expecting
flood Chicago Record.
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ODD SIGNS THAT
MEAN MILLIONS.
The Wonderful Silent Language by
Which the Brokers OF Wall
Street Transact Cuisines.

Millions change hands daily In New
Iork's famous Wall street without the
scratch of "A pen. The trading ia cur
ried ON by means of signs made with
the hands and fingers, It is not Gener-
ally realized that men must be scrup-
ulously honest In these dealings, more
honest in fact than in almost any other
business. The temptation and the op-
portunlty to be dishonest are So great
that many rules are in operation which
would seem curious indeed anywhere
but ON the floor of the exchange.
The visitor who looSs down upon the
floor OF the exchange during an cNctt-
ing session concludes that the brokers
are all crazy together. The layman
can see nothing but bowling mob
Az n matter of fact the activities be-
low him are carried on accotdinE to
strict rules. hut the action Is 50 rapid
| that his eye cannot follow IT.
A considerable part of the business of
the country. involving millions Of dol
lars daily. is transacted by sign Ian
guage The scene III these great tran
sactiona Is the tluur Of the Stock En-
change. Any ono " h9 has seen the
antics of the brokers will understand
that 1t Ia always difficult and often I'M
possible for them Ia make themselves
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broker used megapizaues the confusion
would be merely Increased. To ohNtate
thta ~, 49,, 1.,,.is.J - si,.u I,n.,n.pa
san,a,,tnr M, INT -ussd hv M dear
anl, dn,'h WIN lilo vocabulary of
nnan,, a n,nn. cnn bov ar soil ,ttofIS no
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MANY SlGKS
NJ, ,.,,4,,,,,la,,. ,n.,,,las, - man tn ma
~, WOW, ~, NJ, +, sick and announce
me number of shares and an exact
froctIannl u,Ic, ,ntbrr nore aulelav
INN he could sneak
A sIupIa nnrer of either hand held
horizontally signifies ten shares of
stock or l 900 bushels of wheat. Two
fingers together mean twenty shares or
.. 900 bushels of wheat aud so on FIFTY
shares Is algnlaed by an %" formed
Win tbe tbumh AMI a,4t nngef ono
hundred shares or lon. o00 bushels IF
whcnt are indicated IN the closed hand
When "A broker wishes 10 purchase
stock or wheat he makes known his
want by rapidly extending his hand.
| partially open, aud drawing 1t slowly
| toward him. To signify that he Is pre-
| pared To sell he pushes his partially
| opened hand from him.
The sign language docs not attempt
to Indicate the name of any stock, The
| brokers dealing In each rally around Il
| slgnboard ON the floor of the exchange
which bears it's name.
II sometimes happens that the crowd
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-07

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