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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
Russians in Manchuria.

Captain Morita, military attache In
the japanese Legation, who has been
travelling in Manchuria since Septem-
Der last, sreturned to Picking recently.
after completing an inspection of Kirin.
the Amur river and Liaoyang. He re-
ports that work on the railway In Man
churia by the Russians was suspended
in the winter time. The line was al
ready finished in parts, but the work
was done very carelessly, and travelling
on the line In some 'parts was dan
gerous in the extreme. He had travel
led by the East China railway, which
was already completed from Yingking
| (Newchwang) to Port Arthur. The
rails were laid and materials were be-
ing daily transported, but the line has
not been opened for passenger or goods
traffic. Captain Morita was told by
Russians that the line would be open
/ ed to the public from Port Arthur 10
Fengtien tMoukden) by way OF New
chwang and Haiching, in eighteen
months. A section Of the line has been
laid temporarily. but travelling on II
was extremely dangerous. owing to the
steepness OF the gradients, which In
some cases were followed by sharp
curves. One section was finished. and
Il was somewhat stronger and better
but Captain Morita comes TO the con-
cIusion that the line on the whole Is
badly constructed and will not compare
with the lines in Japan.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
Travelling Dignitaries.

Il. c." in the Courier d'Haiphong.
writing of M. Doumer. the Governor OF
French Indo-China and his raid" into
Yunnan. calls the visit mistake. I'VE
know" he says, how the great digni-
taries OF China travel. The ceremony
displayed by them In the smallest jour
ney seems to Europeans nothing short
of supplying. Chinese custom renders
1t necessary. The sight. therefore. of
NJ. Doumer riding on horse back with
no particular pomp or In the 'devourer
of miles (the train) caused a smile
and prompted the witty remark that
the Governor travelled as his own SER
want. These little details are nothing
In our eyes; with the Chinese they
have a tremendous Importance" M.
Doumer's error unfortunately is only
too common among European officials
dealing with the Chinese.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
Peking-Hankow Line.

Work Is being pushed vigorously on
the Belgian picking. Hankow) Rail-
way. About seven miles from Han
kow. several thousand men are at work.
Rails are laid. and two Belgian locomo-
tives are running to and fro, pulling
the fat cars used by the workmen. A
third locomotive Is being set UP. Near
er the city, work has not progressed SO
Tar. Heaps OF stone on-the fat plain be-
hind the city indicate the general course
OF the tracks. but there Is nothing to
make one hope that the traffic can be-
gin soon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-19
Seoul-Fusan Railway.

Baron Nakajima and Messrs. Takeno-
uchi. Dye and 0miwa, promoters of the
Seoul-Fusan railway, accompanied by
twenty-four engineers and experts, left
Kobe for Corea on the 9th inst. by the
Higo-Maru. The party, says The japan
Gazette, will first proceed to Seoul and,
after having obtained the permission Of
the government, will commence a sur
vey of the proposed railway route. The
most difficult part for the construction
OF railway Is between Osaw and Reisan.
distance of 200 miles The districts
are mountainous, and moreover there
| is river called the Nak-dong, the
bridging Of which will be gigantic and
difficult piece Of engineering. Usually
the river is dry but in case of heavy
rains il overhows it's banks, inundating
the neighboring country. The efforts
of the surveyors will mostly be di-
rected to making a project for the
bridging of this river, and the survey
must be finished before July, when the
rainy weather sets in. The promoters
of the railway propose to achieve their
object by obtaining government sup
port in the next session of the Diet, by
means of accurate estimates as to the
cost of the undertaking, etc, in the COL
lection of which they are now about to
engage. 1t may be added that the pro-
moters have decided upon the adoption
of broad gauge line.
The copper era., 1900-04-26
The Southern Pacific

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 Lordsburg, N. M
The copper era., 1900-04-26
He Fooled the Surgeons.

$ All doctors told Renick Hamilton, ol West Jefferson, O. after suffering eighteen months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless costly operation was performed but he cured himself with five bottles of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on earth, and the best SaIve in the World. 25c box. Sold by all dealers in medicines.
The copper era., 1900-04-26
A Testimonial from Ola England.

"I consider Chamberl ,in's Cough Rem edy the best in the world for bronchitis, D says MT. Wm. Savory, of Warrington, Eng. "It has saved my wife's life, she having been a martyr to bronchitis for over six years, being most of the time confined to her bed. She is now quite we'll" Sold by Dunn, druggist.
The copper era., 1900-04-26

H. Clark, Chauncey, Ga., says De- Wits Witch Hazel Salye cured him of piles that had afflicted him for twenty years. It is also speedy cure for skin diseases. Beware of dangerous counter feits.-C. P. Dunn.
The copper era., 1900-04-26

Cleanse the liver, purify the blood, in vigorate the body by using DeWitt's Lit tie Early Risers. These famous little pills always act promptly.-C. P. Dunn.
The copper era., 1900-04-26

Finest line of old Scotch Whiskey ever brought to the country at Clifton Con- mercial Go. Try it. It makes the old feel young and drives away the cares of the young.
The copper era., 1900-04-26

Finest line of brushes and combs in town at Dunn's.
The copper era., 1900-04-26

III operation.
 .nh 53 reclining ..n are in a separate -.stment. Both first and tickets are accepted for pas dese cars.
The copper era., 1900-04-26

md Paci-
 ern Paci- Francisco
 ped with from the ice of al,-
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09

every afternoon he could be found
snoring away on the cot in his tent.
His friends thought it was about
time to stop this after awhile, and they
got one of the cub bears, that was
really as tame as a big kitten and al
most as playful, and one afternoon
while the sleeper was tucked up as
usual under his canvas cover, they put
the cub inside his tent
Bruin was nearly always hungry, and
at first he went shifting around to find
something to eat. But pretty soon he
heard the snoring, and at first he was
going to clear out, but his curiosity got
the better of him, and he went over to
the corner in which the cot stood and
began hauling at the covers to see
what kind of an animal it was that
was making such a funny noise.
When the sleeper awoke to find big
bear bending over him, he gave YELL
and leap that sent young bruin sprawl
ing, and ran away as fast as he could
When he found out the joke that had
been played upon him he was mad as
a hornet" but after awhile he could
see the fun and laughed with the rest
of them. But he wouldn't go out camp.
ing any more.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09

of that rope, which was duly accepted,
and it was afterward generously di-
vided with Tom and me.
Tom called to see me the next day,
smiling and happy.
''I've got the million all right, Mr..
Burrows" said he, ><anI have been
walking on air ever since. Have to
pinch myself to. make sure I'm not
dreaming. The papers laid it on so
thick that had to sneak through the
back streets to get here, people stare
so at me.''
In the quiet of my private Office he
explained to me some of the details of
the escape from the burning building,
which show that brains count in an
emergency.
ut was this way said he. "When
our position seemed hopeless and it
looked as if we were doomed to horri-
BILE death, Oglethorpe lost his head and
acted half crazy, and you, Mr.. Burrows,
were in trance, dazed like.
"Twice before in my life had looked
death square in the eye, and learned by
experience that one stands the best
chance for his life by keeping cool,
with his wits on the qui vive to take
advantage of any favorable method or
means of escape.
':Unless the fire was gotten under
control within short time, rope was
our only hope. Then I remembered a
story. You may think it queer time
to think of such thing as a story,
nevertheless it did it's part toward our
salvation. It was the tale of pris-
oner confined in a high tower. A
friend outside shot an arrow through
the window; attached to the arrow was
a silk thread, to the thread a cord,
and to the cord a rope. All these the
prisoner pulled up successfully, and
when he secured the rope his escape
was easy.
''About the instant that story was
running through my brain Oglethorpe
offered the million dollars and caught
sight of the sign Fish Lines That
solved the problem. You know the
rest.
''But right here would like to justi-
y AAJ oCAA NC1SCA l111S5 IudC uAllIlOH. l.
don't want you to think took advan-
tage of Oglethorpe bee Iuse his life was
in danger; I merely profted by his
generous offer. 1t was a matter of
business, pure and simple, and the fact
that he paid up like man is proof that
ne considered it square DEAL"
GLOW about that string of knots in
the rope:" asked. "I'm very curious
to know how you did it, and SO are
some of the fremen."
''Oh, that's simple trick learned
at sea- he replied. "You make coil
of half bitches, pass the end of the
rope through the center of the coil,
and it comes out with knots about
fathom or so apart
by the way, Mr.. Burrows, that was
the turning of the tide, after ALL
And [ answered.: "Well, I should
say sc!"-Boston Globe.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
DEVOTED PAPA FROG.
He Holds His Little Sons and DauEh-
ters On His Back and Carries Them
Wherever He May Go.

Here is the picture of a male frog
with the little tadpoles living on it's
back, discovered lately by DR.. August
Brauer, of Marburg, Germany. For.
little fellow it has pretty long name,
but perhaps it's paternal devotion has
earned it the Latin name, arthroleptis
seychellensis boettger. It has been no.
ticed before that in some species of
frogs living in Venezuela and the island
of Trinidad the male bears the young
on it's back, to which they hold by their
mouths. But this new species is the
first one on which so many as nine little
ones were discovered. and, besides, they
do not hold on by their mouths, but
seem to be stuck to the papa frogs back
and sides by some gummy substance,
which holds them in place until they
are large enough to care for them
selves. Like all tadpoles, these still
have the tails, which will soon drop off,
and if you look carefully you can see
the beginnings of their legs just in
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
STOLEN TRADE SECRETS.
How the Mysteries of Some NOta BILE
Crafts Were Obtained by Enter
prisinE Competitors.

Few inventions are at present workec
secretly, as the patent laws now pro.
vide the protection which in olden
times was wanting. One hundred years
ago whatever a man discovered in the
arts or mechanics he concealed. Work.
men were put upon their oath never
to reveal the processes used by their
employers. Doors were kept closed
artisans going out were searched, Wis
itors were vigorously excluded from
admission and false operations blinded
the workmen themselves. The mys.
teries of every craft were hedged il,
by precautions which now appear to
be fanciful and silly.
But neither locks nor oaths availed
against the ingenuity of envious or in
quisitive rivals. One after another
trade secrets were revealed, until the
wise patent laws did away with all ne
cessity for secrecy. The secret of the
manufacture of citrc acid was stolen
from an old chemist who had shop
near Temple Bar, in London, by a
chimney sweep, who dropped down the
fue and took good note Of the process.
The secret of the manufacture OF tin
ware, which was discovered in Holland
and kept secret for so years, was
stolen by James Sherman, a Cornish
miner.
The history of cast steel presents a
curious instance of a manufacturing
secret stealthily obtained under the
cloak of an appeal to philanthropy.
In 1850 a Sheffield matchmaker be-
came dissatisfied with the watch
springs in use, and after many exper-
iments succeeded in making cast steel.
In 1770 he had large factory making
this steel. The process was wrapped
in secrecy by every means within reach
true and faithful men hired, the
work. divided and subdivided, large
wages paid and stringent oaths admin
istered.
It did not answer. One midwinte1
night a traveller knocked at the gate
1t was bitterly cold, the snow fell fast
and the kind foreman gave the wan.
derer shelter from the storm. He
sank upon the floor and soon appeared
to be asleep. But in reality he kept
his eyes open, saw the whole process
and when he departed in the morning
he carried with him the secret of max
ing cast steel.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
PAPA FROG AND HIS FAMILY

front of their tails. It is a wonderful
device of nature that the female some
times deposits her eggs on the back of
the male, where they hatch out, and the
little tadpoles grow until they attain
a certain size. Such is, of course, not
the case with our common frogs, but
in these rare species, only lately found
by naturalists, is a strange reversal of
what seems to be the usual law that the
mother takes care of the young. In
this species the eggs are not laid on the
back of the male, but on the ground,
and only after they are Matched do they
take up their position on papa's back.
And there they may ride, not for trot
upstairs or through the hall, as little
children do, but until they are big
enough to walk around and look for
their own food. It would hardly be an
exaggeration TO call this kind of frog
the most paternal of rimals.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
"A Sharp BeESar.

When beggar asked Philadelphia
stationer the other day for help the
latter offered him two. lead pencils
saying: with half the effort re.
quired in begging you can easily sell
these for five cents apiece" The beg
gar gazed at the pencils scornfully.
who'd give me five cents TO-,
them?'' he demanded.
"Why, anybody" said the stationer
"Go out and try it,
"Would your asked the beggar.
"Why, certainly" was the reply.
A smile of triumph spread over the
grimy features of the mendicant
Here you are,s. then," he said. "Gim,
me the ten cents. You can't go back
on your own words"
It took the stationer several minutes
to recover his breath, but he finally
entered into the deal, and hereafter
he will adopt other tactics.-St. Louis
Republic. @T ~ ~
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
I'M s loa i ] ,leltrS;
4 tE'slI tsslIg s. - .hl N
GREAT SCHEMES.

I'm going to write great poems some day,
Exactly when will not say, J.
Just now some things are in the way:
Ill begin-well, a week from Tuesday.
There are pictures, too, mean to paint,
My plans, as yet, are a little faint,
But my notions are really new and quaint,
AS you'll see, a week from Wednesday,.
great drama I have in mind,
AS soon as I a plot can find,
Striking, original, refined.
Perhaps week from Thursday.
[ hope to form a stock concern,
Enormous dividends I'll earn,
Eli coupon bonds I'll have "to burn"
About a year from Friday.
Or, no-I'N Just invent toy.
Some simple gimcrack to give joy
10 each enraDtured girl or boy
I'll work on that next Saturday.
[ can't decide which scheme to choose,
Each idea seems too good to lose;
Meanwhile I'll take my Sunday snooze-
To-morrow's only Monday.
Tudor jerks, in the Womans Home
Companion.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
BRUIN WAS CURIOUS.
Bear Examines a Lazy Campers Bed
and Is the Cause of an Un-
pleasant Awakening.

It was while in the Yellowstone M,
tional park that this joke was played
upon one of jolly crowd of young peo-
pie. The government keeps great
many wild animals at this place, and
visitors are not allowed to shoot or
even throw stones at them, so they be-
come very tame. The bears in par
ticular, big, clumsy, awkward fellows,
loaf around the hotels to eat up every
thing that is thrown out of the kitchen.
At the hotel where this particular
party was stopping, one of the brown
cinnamon bears would even come up
on the porch to sleep, like big dog,
and would now and then go shambling
into the office on chilly days and lie
down in front of the fire.
Some of the party thought it would
be great fun to camp out for awhile,
and they got some tents, which they
pitched in the woods. One of the party
was lazy kind of fellow who liked
to sleep in the daytime, and almost
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
UNCLE SAM CAN'T LOSE.
With Honolulu and Manila He Com
mands the Gates to the
Pacific.

If it be westward that the star of en-
pire takes its way, Uncle Sam owns the
upper and perhaps the best, and France
the lower and less useful, gateway into
this new world. At Hawaii, says Aims
lees Magazine is the natural midway
between the warm and genial Pacific
coast and the hot and luxuriant dis
tricts of the tropics wherein most of
the Pacific islands lie. At Tahiti is
the radial place below the equator, a
little lesssremoved from the center of
heat and farther from the origin of
travel than Hawaii. Both abound in
beautiful scenery, in temperature al
luringly equable, in life and habits half
indolent, half industrious; in products
both tropical and semi-tropical. Both
form an admirable preparation for the
things beyond. The soldier boys who
stopped in Honolulu on their way to
Manila had their first taste of bananas
and pineapples as they come directly
from the field. They wished that they
might stay in the soft and luscious air
forever; that is to say, those who did
not remain long enough to be. down
with the fever or to be sent home in
the. hearse ship For there are fevers
in Hawaii, as in almost all of the is
lands of the Pacific.
On the other hand, travellers who
have passed the exquisite locks of Ia
hiti harbor have fingered in the rhap-
sody until little of the English Ian
guage was left to them with which
to extol the virtues of Samoa and New
Zealand.
If civilization is to work backward
from the east to the west, as the Chi
nese and the Russians seem inclined
to force it to do, Holland and Britain
divide with the United States in own
ing the gateway. Dutch Sumatra
closes the portals to the passengers
from India; British and Dutch Borneo
and the American Philippines close it
to the passengers from China and Siam.
And in these territories there is even
more apt and conclusive introduction
to what lies beyond than there is in
Hawaii or Tahiti. In Sumatra and in
Java are footsteps of the ancient civ
ilization which entered the Pacific is
lands centuries before European nayi-
gators went in quest of spices and jew
els. In the same islands are the crude
savages who have never yielded to the
advance of the civilizer; and in the ex-
treme northern point of Sumatra are
the Achinese. who are still the pi-
rates they have always been, preying
upon the shipping and wealth of the
more cultured nations across the Ma
lacca straits. In Borneo-although
driven far into the interior now-are
the head-hunting Dyaks, the most
typical of the many head-hunters of
the Pacific. In Sarawak, on the east
ern coast of Borneo, are the compare
lively independent natives that have
been held in control for more than two
thirds OF century by the lone and ex-
traordinary Britisher, the Rajah
Brooke and his nephew. These are
types OF numerous rugged fellows who
have immured themselves in marine
wildernesses, and practiced such cum
ming and strength as might belong to
their nOmadic and c1,r;one ,, {, +,,,,,
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
MIScELLANEOU ITEMS.

Over 100000 pounds of tea is con-
sumed in England daily. -,
/ More than 100000 acres of peat are
said to be still available in the Cana
dian province Of Ontario. >.
A Vermont fox, close pressed by
two hounds, dashed across a railroad
track in front of an advancing train,
which killed the dogs.
There are 45 'states and six terri
tories in the union, not including our
new possessions. Utah was the last
state to be admitted into the union,
the date of admission being January
4, 1896. go"
The hottest mines in the world are
at Comstock. On the lower levels the
heat is so great that the men cannot
work over ten or Is minutes at a
time. Every known means of miti-
eating the heat has been tried in vain.
Ice melts before it reaches the bottom
of the shafts.
The practice of eating arsenic is
very prevalent among the peasantry
of the mountainous districts of Aus
tria, Hungary, and France. They de-
clare that this poison enables them
to ascend with ease heights which
they could not otherwise climb with
out great distress to the chest.
In the Emerald isle the Murphys
head the poll, with $4,000, being most
plentiful in Wexford and Carlow; the
next most frequent names are Kelly,
$1,000 (Kildare); Sullivan, 43,6oo Cork
and Kerry; Walsh, 41,70o; Smith, 81
900; O'Brien, 33,4oo; Byrne, $4,000
principally in Dublin and Wicklow;
Ryan, $4,000; Connor, $1,000; O'Ncil,
29,100; and Reilly, $4,000.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
THAT GOOD LITTLE BOY.

They say he's the best little boy in the
town,
He never does anything wrong;
Though he wears an old jacket that's faded
and brown,
They say that that he's never been known
to frown,
And he's good as the day is long.
And If am careless or tired of play,
And leave all my toys on the floor,
They make such fuss, and they always
say
That my things had better be given away
To that good little boy next door.
He must be a dreadfully good little boy
If he's like what I've heard them say.
He loves to bring in the COWS at night,
And thinks it is silly to play with kite,
And would rather study than play.
No matter how hard try to do right,
It's just no use any more;
For its: "Oh, don't, Teddy!' from morn
ing till night,
And: "Teddy, wish you were half as po-
lite
AS that good little boy next door,"
Why is it hate to go after the COWS.
And study at school all day?
Why is it I always break my toys,
And can't get along without making noise?
And why do like to play?
Eut IT L m not anxious to pick up the chips,
Or sleep on the garret floor,
Or rock the baby on rainy days,
They always speak of the willing ways
OF that good little boy next door.
I often watch for that good little boy
That I hear so much about;
But l never see his face at the door,
Or hear him talking, and then, what's
more,
He never seems to come out.
hir3lr r; ;to
see,
And coaxed him to tell me- or
Watched how he does it, it seems to me
That some day or other really might be
Like that good little boy next door.
C. E. Billings, in Youths Companion.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease,
the feet. CuresCorns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens FootrEase makes
new or tight shoes easy Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, CSC. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
.COnceited Fellow.

She-You men don't seem to realize
that a girl can't imagine anything
worse than to have a young man kiss
her against her will. : -.
He--No? I should think it would
be worse to have us refuse to kiss
you when you're willing. Catholic
Standard and Times.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F: J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. 7.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.