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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22
LONDON SORE THROAT.

Wood Pavements and Water Carts to
Blame, Not the Climate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22

II consists of a broad hoop Of gold
adorned with precious stones round
the interior of which is thin strip of
iron. which. tradition says was made
from one of the nails of the cross
which was brought by the Empress He
lena from Palestine
II is interesting to recall that it was
used as the royal crown of the Lom
bards from the time of Theodolina on
ward, though it's present form is prob
ably Of the twelfth century.
Ii was carried off by the Austrians
In 1883. but after the peace of 1866 was
restored, and since then a charge of
i've francs is made for viewing the
venerable relic.
The visitor to the cathedral should
certainly see the treasury which is a
Veritable repository of objects of his
toric interest. To begin with. there is
a hen with seven eggs in pure gold
the idea being one of Theodosinda's, 70
symbolic Lombardy and its seven
provinces.
There are a couple of silvered loayes
presented by lie Petit Caporal after his
I coronation. and the cross which was
/ placed on the breast of the Lombard
1 kings at the moment of their corona
tion, TO say nothing of the "ampu1lae'
from the Roman catacombs-strangs
vessels with a dark red deposit which i.
! supposed to be the blood Of martyrs
London Mail.
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tongue. read from the much-sofled paper
this item to another newcomer; We again
took off our hats and with lowered heads
listened to the last record OF poor Bar
rey. and when Toal had finished we said:
May God have marcy on ye. Barney
Brianv'
When Johnnie McDyer came home. three
years after, with sfgeant's pension. he
told VS. all about poor Barney. Barney
had been in his company. as wei as Toal-
a-Callaghers son, The Vagabone, and
four other Cruckagar boys Barney Brian,
he said. was the boldest and best fighter
that shouldered a musket in the civil war;
and Barney would sooner be fighting than
eating bread and butter. johnnie said
that Barney never went into skirmish or
battle without a piece of heather stuck
In the front OF his cap-the piece which
he pulled at the Bearna Dearg. when he
took his last sad look at Cruckagar.
III the coward feeIin' (Which God for
bidD should ever come over me-" Bar
ney told his comrades. "the thought OF
what's stuck in me cap i'll narve me again
I-hekase. with sprig Nv heather from
within sight Nv Cruckagar in me cap,
wouldn't yield ground to a battalion Nv
OWLS"
And as he said he felt. Barney never
did retreat Twice on the day on which
~ fell. Sergeant McDyer told, he saved
the situation with that sprig OF heather
For when his comrades would retreat. HI
just waved the cap with it's sprig OF
heather in the faces of the half-dozer
Cruckagar boys. and sang out. "Cruck
AGAR a buaidhi buaidhr' with the result
that the Cruckagar boys held theil
ground. and thus rallied the remainder
OF the detachment When, at length
Barney fell, fighting alone. there wer'
three OF the Cruckagar boys alread!
stretched wounded or dead on the hill
side. close by him-one of them Sergean
Johnnie McDyer. Johnnie, by-and-by
was able TO crawl to where Barney lay
He said that Barney was hacked ant
riCdled IN frightful fashion. 'Barne,
a bhouchal.' says I. are We dead? whe
looked at him. Barney opened wan ey
an looked at me for a minnit
Johnnie saws he. I'm dead II wa
sensible iv IL. How f. IT with yerself|
"@OCh.' says I. 'nothin' to talk Nv. bar
rim n lex or so gone. I suppose
Then. Johnnie says he-for the divil
: ment was dancin' in him. an the life onl
just comm an goin' with his breath
Then. Johnnie. says he. we must b
dead too since ye haven't a kick in We
And. Johnnie. says he. this was tough
. er work nor crackin' skulls at Cornagul
, lio< n God serbs that ye ever take IN
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life with We back to Cruckagar, I'd like
TO be hearin' we tell the story in Toars.
Is Pathrick Nelly DOWN. says he.
g 'Pathrick.' says /. is down an dead
God have marcy on HIND; Micky Ruadh
is wounded. an the rest iv the Cruckagar
boys are safe"
Barney didn't say word for some
minutes. May God have marcy on poor
Pathrick,' says he, an but il is me is
sorry for his poor widda mother, Johnnie
says he, 'Taigie Haghie is my purse-car-
rier- Whichever iv yez comes through
these wars with the life. / want him to
give Father Dan a poun' for masses for
mean God knows, says the poor fella,
like to himself, Il need them scream,
the rest is TO buy a milk-cow for the
Widda Nelly. There's a bit iv heather
says he. Don't laugh at me, Johnnie,
an all On the last day, Johnnie, there'l
be half dozen Cruckagar lads proud to
muster roun' it,
Johnnie says he to me later, I feel
now as light as when the creel would
come off me back afther takin' two hun
dhTed Nv buildin-stones to the top iv
Dhrimkeelan hill to Paddy Waury's new
house
''He lived three-quarthers iv an hour
afther, an just afore he did die he says,
'Johnnier
What is it, Barney a gradh?' says l.
10 We Know what Il m tnlnkln w.
Hal har says the poor fella. sthrugglin'
to get laugh out Nv him. I'm thinkin
about the moniamint to meself that
promised Toal an the lads at home to
erect when 70 go back with rank an
SAYS I. Well. Barney, comfort yerself
bekase on account iv the widdas milk
COW there'n be moniamint afore we in
heaven
But, hai ha, that's the point, Johnnie
thaisge,' says he; the widda's COW her
self ill be the rarest moniamint liver thu
mind iv man invinted-a moniamint walk.
in about on four legs an givin' milk, an
th.evin' in Matthew Miller's kail-garden.
Poor Barney turned his head to the
wan side. an the sowl went OUT iv hin
while the smile was still on his face at th'
cCnsait iv the thing. ] closed his hand OF
the bit iv heather. An on the last day it!
Barney Brian ill be the plaised man whe1
he opens his eyes an finds it there"
And every night and morning that tn
Widow Nelly MIXED the monument Qor
going out OF coming in, il was known b!
no other name than Barney Briani
Moniamint'D she prayed to Coda praye
= that found an echo in every heart IL
Cruckagar - that Barney's awakening
: might be a glorious one.
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DOOLEYS COMPLIMENTS
TO CHINESE MINISTER WI

We'll. sir. me little Chinee frind Woo
must be havln' tn time w his life in
wash'n'ton these days" said Mr.. Doc
ley
Who's hep" asked Mr.. Hennessey.
He's tn Chinee ministher." said Mr..
Dooley. AN his business is FIR to sup
ply fresh hand-laundhried misinforma-
ton to tn sicrety iy state. Tn Sicrety
~ State is settin' in his Office feelin'
blue because he's just heerd be a spec
yal correspondent iv tn London Daily
Pail at Sydney. Austhreelya, who had it
firm a slate-writer in Duluth, that an
ARMY ~ four hundred an eight
thousan' millyon an sivinty-five blood
thirsty Chinese, ARMED with fiat-irnes
an cryin'. 'Bung LOo,'-which means,
Hinnissy. 'Bil tn foreign divvis,
dhrive out tn missionries. an set up in
Chiny "A COVER mint fr tn Chinese'-is
marchin' on Vladivostook in Siberyia
not far firm Tinsin. a knock comes at
tn dure. an Woo enthers. Well says
he. with a happy smile. tbs all right
What's all right?' says tn Sicrety iv
State. Ivrything.' says Woo. L have
Just found letter sewed In a shirt fr m
me frind Lie Much, tn viceroy Nv Bum
bang. 1t is dated tn fourth hour iv tn
third day ~ tn eighth or green-cheese
moon. he says. What day is that?
says tn Sicrety Of State. It's Choos-
dab. tn fourth is July. winsdah, tn
eighth Nv October, an Thursdah. tn
seventeenth iv March,. he says. Path
rick's day says tn Sicrety of State
"Thrue fr ye.' says Woo. What year?
says Jawn Hay. TIL year iv tn bis
wind says Woo. Good says Jaw
Hay; proceed with ye'er story Here
the letter says Woo. L know ills gen
ooyine. because IL is an OF dhress pat
thern used be tn Impress. 1t says
, Oscar Woo. care Nv himsilf. amy
where: Dear Woo, brother iv tn moon
uncle ~ tn sun. an rOomate Nv tn
stars dear sir: Yours iv tn eighth da,
, Nv tn property moon raceived out i
, tn air yesterdah Afternoon or tOmor
, row. an was glad to note We arr
! feelin' well. Ivrything over here is III
same OF pair ~ boots. Nawthin' doin
2 Peking Is as quite as tn grave. He
? Majesty the Impress is sufferin' slight
I firm death be poison, but is still abb
q TO do tn cOokin' fr tn Rooshan am
= bassadure. Tn Impror was beheade
= laH Wtths an AtttS 50 fUuCn D@llneE I
= tn OPERATION that he exploits to be quar-
& thered mex Sundah. He's always want
7. ed TO rajOoce his weight. Some Nv Il
= Boxers called on tn foreigners at Tir
y sin las week an met a warrum ray
r .ciption. Tn foreigners aftherwar
Z paid visit 10 thin through a hole !
Y tn wall. an jolly day concluded wit
= a fOot-race. at which our people are bs
o comm expert. Some iv tn boys expict
n 90 come up to Picking mex week. al
J. tn people along tn line ~ tn railroa
!. are gettin' ready fr thin. This is reall
u all tn news I have. EXCEPT that cherris
ARE ripe. Me pin Is poor. me ink
4 dhry, me love fr you can niver di
!. Give me regards TO Sicrety Hay viii
I, he wakes up. remain. illusthrus cou
y in Nv tn risin' dawn. thruly ye'ers.
- y. SIT ye need amy more inform,
ton, take longer dhraw.'
: That says Woo. is wan way
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THE CATHEDRAL AT MONA

Curious Relics in the Town Where
Humbert Was Killed.
The cathedral dedicated to st. Clio
vanni is undoubtedly the chief object
Of interest. 1t was built in the four
teenth century, the architecture being
in the Lombard Gothic style. Marco
da Campione. who deservedly won
much fame for the artistic nature of his
work. was the designer of this hand
some edifce. which he built on the site
Of a church founded in $50 by the ia
nous Lombard queen. Theodolinda.
The cathedral has double aisles and
a transept. and is flanked on both sides
with chapels. Should your eye chance
To rest above the portal you will no.
tice a very curious relief, which repre-
sents Queen Theodolinda amid her
treasures. while below is "a design por-
traying the baptism OF Christ.
In the east transept is a relief repre-
senting the coronation Of the Empero:
Charles ~.
The celebrated iron crown with which
the German emperors were crowned as
Kings of Lombardy Is preserved in the
chapel TO the right of the choir. iThi:
Is the identical relic which was used al
the coronation OF abe Emperor Charlie:
V In 1850. OF Napoleon in 1906. and o
the Emperor Ferdinand i in 1888.
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We now have the London summer.
throat. The sufferers all blame the eli
mate for it.
las if the English climate was the
cause of London sore throat" said DIR.
Jakins. the house surgeon at the Cen
trail Throat Hospital, to an Express
representative
Then there is such a thing as Lon
don sore throat?"
Undoubtedly; and what is more, it
is not merely mild complaint. The
principal cause is the wood pavement
There is continual cloud of fine dust
arising from these pavements, and that
is, IN itself, bound to set up an irri-
tated condition of the throat
What form does this condition
take?'
Usually what is termed septic sore
throat. Sometimes it is quinsy, and it
may, if not carefully watched, develop
into diptheria.
Another great cause is the drains.
All the manholes should have pipes at
tached, reaching above the tops of the
houses, and carried at the side of tie
lamp posts. In Southend this is done,
and why not in London? The bacteria
come from the manholes and settle in
the dust. Then, what happens? A wa
ter cart comes along; the only thing
necessary IoT the ulullipllcdtiOn Oh Hill
lions of bacteria. So, by the time the
water has dried up the streets are more
unhealthy than before.
Then take the milk carts-I mean
those large cans that are wheeled about
on barrows. How many times do they
not stand directly over drains while the
milkman delivers his pints and quarts2
1t is wonder that diphtheria is not
worse than it really is?'.
| And what remedies would YOU rec
ommend?'
First, no street sprinkling in the
daytime, unless a brush follows imme-
diately. Then reconstruction of the
drains, as / have mentioned. London
| people should drink less and Baltimore.
The malady rarely becomes skIious
with those who are in healthy condi-
ton. Finally, when people have, sore
throat symptoms, let them put them
selves at once under a doctor. and not
NEEDLE with things they don't under
stand"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22
A DRUGGISTS STORY
SUFFERED AGONIES WHILE COM
POUNDING FOR OTHERS.
After Five Years Treatment by Ply
sicials, He Tried DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People
ard Was Cured.

Perhaps in no case where stomach
trouble was the ailment has the eff
cacy of a popular remedy been SO thor
oughly demonstrated as in the case of
w. E. Mathis, a prominent druggist
of Eldorado, H. His condition was
growing alarming worse, making him
unfit for his business pursuits, and the
story of his complete recovery will be
of great interest to thousands who are
afflicted with the same disease. The
story as told by Mr.. Mathis is as fol-
lows:
I'm the spring of 1894 I had very
serious case Of Indigestion. My stom-
ach commenced to give me great trou-
bf. and, while / knew the nature of
the pain, 1 did not at first use the
proper precaution. For some time l
did not pay any attention, but 1t
gradually grew worse, when / consult
ed a physician. who prescribed for me.
| used his medicine according to in
structions. l began to experience
nervous spells, became subject to con-
gestion of the stomach. and considered
myself in a precarious condition The
physicians medicine seemed to do me
no good whatever. and / commenced
taking some patent preparations which
were very highly recommended, but
they failed to benefit me. The trouble
and agonies I suffered are hardly de-
scribable.
One day representative of the
/ Collins Bros, Drug Co. of St Louis.
lcame into my store and noted my con-
dition. He urged me TO try DR.. VIII
Iiams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
considered it a useless experiment, but
as had tried everything else, / agreed
to take them. That was three and q
half years ago. When l had used three
boxes 1 could note very plainly tbs
change for the better. When 1 hac
used the seventh box l was cured.
THE pills have not only cured tn
indigestion, but they have also cure
my nervousness, my blood is in per
feet condition. and they have brough
my weight from 40 pounds at the com
; mencement of the stomach trouble I
: $50 pounds at present.
Il attribute my cure to the use o
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG
pie. My business is that OF a druggis
: and 1 do not consider that any of tn
: so-called cures for indigestion that
j handle are nearly equal to the Pin
: Pills. and 1 handle nothing which
would as eheerfully recommend {
{ those suffering from the same troubl.
IF any who read this desire to knor
more of my experience with this rem
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

a notable hot-weather topic. The argu-
ment for the custom is, in brief: If the
women can appear in shirt-waist rig,
why not the men? Some of them, at
any rate, are appearing in the new ar
ray, and the restauranteurs and the
alter managers are facing the situation
with considerable anxiety and signs of
wavering resolution. While the new
reform is struggling for its life, and the
shirt-waist man is being welcomed in
some localities and, in others, refused
food and drink, it is interesting to note
how the press regard the innovation.
thinks that the subject would seem to
demand serious consideration" but
most papers seem to treat it in light
and whimsical fnaner. Thus the Bos-
ton Globe 1nd.) remarks:
Once Woman took hint from Man,
And at the same time took his shirt;
If now he takes hint from her
And takes her shirt-waist, too, who's
hurt?
Shall he be shamed? Shall Woman
show
More courage and more sense thar
he?
Since her shirt doesn't, why should his
/ Uncovered, shock propriety?
Shall Woman now monopolize
/ The comfort that a shirt confers
One humid hot humanity
When it is worn as she wears hers?
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edy they can write me OK call at the
store and will gladly relate my full
experience.
w. E. MATHIS. Druggist,
E1d6rado. Ill.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 9th day of June. 1900.
Thos. D. Morris. Justice OF the Peace
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. are an unfailing specific for
such disease as locomotor ataxia, par
tial paralysis st. yitus' dance, sciatica
neuralgia, rheumatism. nervous head
ache. the after effects of the grip. pail
pitation of the heart. pale and sallow
compilations. and all forms of weak
ness either in male or female. Sold by
all dealers, or sent direct from Dr.-Wil-
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. T.,
so cents per box. or six boxes for $3.50.
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THE SHIRT
WAIST MAN

The movement that seems to be gain
ing ground among men in the large
cities to discard the coat and vest dur
ing hot days, and to appear on the
street and in the restaurants in shirt
waist" style has given the newspapers
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-20
LATEST TELEGRAPH CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
can read and write and 1888 have q
SuDerior e(lucat ion


The table on citizenship, literacy and
education is specially important as
forming the basis of suffrage about to
be conferred. Because so many citi-
zenships are still in suspense, and for
other reasons. the returns are not quite
complete, but the conclusion is drawn
that there will be at least 100000 quail
fled native Cuban voters under the pro-
posed basis of suffrage, and as against
this there will be 55,76I Spaniards,
whose citizenship was in suspense when
the census was taken, less the number
who have since declared to preserve
their Spanish citizenship, and plus il
.iterate Spaniards. not declared, who
are the owners of property.
1t is not believed that Their will be any
great number of the latter class. as the
total number of illiterate Spanish males
over 81 years is only TAPS. The com
parison shows much greater prepon-
derance of Cuban voters than was ex-
pected. There are 1S7,S26 white adult
males who were born in Cuba. KS
against 96,0S3 born in Spain. 6,794 born
in other countries, and $4,000 colored.
Males are in excess in the total popu-
lation, except in Santiago. though the
female whites outnumber the male
whites. except in Pinar del Rio. Among
the negroes and mixed races the fe-
males are in excess. while among the
foreign whites the males are largely In
excess.
The negroes are in tho minority in
Cuba, constituting only 80 per cent. of
the population. being most numerous in
Santiago, where they constitute IS per
cent. The native whites constitute more
than onc-half the population. or 5S per
cent. The proportion of children under
years is unusually small. but the pro-
portion under 81 is normal about one
half the population Only 1871 per cent.
of the adults were married. Nearly
nine-tenths of the Inhabitants were
horn in Cuba. Nine tenths of the chill
dren less than 10 years of age do not
attend school; 43 per cent. above 10
years are illiterate.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-20
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
VIEWS OF SECRETARY OF WAR
ROOT.

(By Telegraph to Virginian-P ilot.)
Washington. d. c., Aoril l9.-Secre-
tary Root had further hearing before
the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs day upon his proposition for
the reorganization of the army.
y subcommittee reported Il measure
intended to meet the more urgent needs
of the service, which, it is expected,
will be pressed during the present ses-
sion. This provides that the present
staff officers shall continue to he pro-
motcd according to seniority. but that
hereafter any vacancy, except that OF
chief of corps. shall be filed by de-
failing from the line, and there shall
be no more permanent appointments in
the staff. The details are TO last four
years, and :he officers are then re-
turned to the line, and, in the case Of
those below the rank of lieutenant
colonel, they must serve in the line for
two years before further staff duty.
Chiefs of staff CORPS are to be selected
from among the officers now in those
staffs. so long as such material shall
be available, and they may be retired
with the usual allowances.
Vacancies in the line caused by trans
fers to staff shall be filled by promotion
in the line. The President is author
lied to retire any officers under sus-
pension from duty by sentence of court
martial, when such sentence would
carry the suspension to within one year
of the time of compulsory retirement.
The rcgimental organization is dis
continued for the artillery, which is to
belong to the line. and is to be divided
into coast and field artillery, under n
chief of artillery selected from the col
onels of artillery, and with Il force of
13 colonies, IL -coloncls. Sc
majors, 100 captains and Il like number
of first and second lieutonants, and not
to exceed l7.iiS privates. There are Ia
be not exceeding is field batteries. The
artillery is to be increased to the figure
named a the rate Of 30 per cent. each
year until the aggregate is reached.
Provision is made for the appointment
of veterinarians and of regimental
chaplains, and the last sections confer
upon the senior Encouragement the rank
OF lieutenant general, ana upon the
adjutant-gcneral the rank of major
general.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-20
AGAINST STAMP TAX.
NEW YORK MERCHANTS WANT IT
REPEALlID.
tBy Telegraph to virginian- Pllot)

toJ AeieBIdpH u tlrSlnlan -PllOt.)
Washington, April 19.-Chairman
Payne, OF the House Committee on
Ways and Means. to-day received d
memorial from the Merchants Associa-
ton or New York, which will be pre-
scented to the committee tomorrow. 1t
Is an appeal for the abolition of the
stamp taxes on express shipments, rail
read and steamboat shipments and telc-
grams. The petitioners state they rep
resent 1.400 business firms in New York
city, giving employment to several
hundred thousand wage-earners, be-
side n nonresident membership of 80,
600 other business firms distributed
throughout the United States.
the memorial complains of the "oD-
pressive charges" exacted by express
companies. which they characterize as
"monopolies Of quasi public functions"
In an average of several thousand cases
collated by this association. the memo :
rial continues, THE express charges
were more than the profit upon the ar
ticle shipped: and were found to aver
age in the classes of goods most fire.
quently shipped by express from six
per cent. to ten per cent of the value
Our Investigations have shown dis
examinations in the charges imposed;
favored classes of shippers who are
permitted lesser rates than Other
classes cumulative charges; differing
charges for identical services; and other
variations the effect of which is de-
StructiVe"