The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-15

owe oner morning tp d subsequently a sharp watch
0NSr w. the doors which then stood closed
wren all the eyes were off inst for ~
tWlnkle of an eye, the doors slid omen
T"i tTteInseives without making any noise
The an we Know they are still repeating
lis same uncanny manifestations
A MoJi paper which the last mail from
.iiat port Drought. us says that a dumb
person named Matakichi Takao, living
IN that town, more or less educated anS
5S years of age, presented himself the
other evening at the Moji police station
ana submitted to the chief a sort of ne
si,non' snr winch said: IT is my desire to
serve IN the army. Please have me en-
llsted therefor after a physical examina
uon he supplemented the note by a
series of talks in the deaf and d,mh
method, the purport OF which, as well as
that of his energetic gesticulation. seem
ed to show that he was determined to
nave his petition granted. 1t took the
ponce considerable time to finally per-
sCade him to go home, the conversation
pelnS tediously carried on in writing. of
course.
1t is reported that during her last trim
10 the north, the steamer Suyehiro Marl
slghted what appeared to be the wreck
of a steamer off the coast of Tokatsu.
Hckkaido. On approaching the floating
object 1t was found to be the carcass of
dead whale of a considerable size. The
steamer toWed the leviathan to her port
for 400 yen
The Tokyo Asahi (Which omits the date
of the occurrence, but which we take to
be a very recent one) reports that two
brothers, Matsubei nd Yasutaro, Inagi,
OF Iomloka-mura, Suntogori, Suruga,
penetrated into the unfrequented parts
of Suyama mountain of the village on a
hunting expedition. For time they We're
separated from each other, and on va
sutaro returning to join his elder broth
er, he found that the latter had been
killed and torn to pieces, presumably by
a monster baboon which he afterward
traced into a cave near by. Yasutaro
immediately took aim at the animal as
soon as he caught sight of it and brought
it down at the first shot The baboon is
said to have weighed nearly $50 pounds.
The Mitsui dry goods store in Nihon-
bashi has recently engaged several wom-
en-, of whom one-half are employed in
the sewing department as inspectors and
the other half are in charge of the tele-
phone service. The new departure is
said to have been great success in ev-
cry respect.
The vicinity of Tsubodani in the dis
trict of Kita-uwa, Iyo province, has long
suffered from the ravages caused by a
serpent. among the poultry tribe of the
locality. The serpent is said to be one of
a tremendous-we do not know how large,
only tremendous-size and has so far
eVaded the eyes of the search parties, of
which many have lately been formed by
the villagers of the surrounding locality
who are determined to make quick work
of the reptile on sight. The very vague
ness of the statement is apt to cast a
doubt on the reality of the whole affair.
fact that the village directly concerned
has just adopted, in a council specially
convened, resolution Offering a reward
OF 80 yen or so to those who capture the
monster snake, dead or alive.
His Majesty the Emperor left the pal
ace as already announced, on the morn
ing of the 26th at 7:30, accompanied by
Her Majesty the Empress, who rode in
another carriage, and who went as far
as Shimbashi to see off the Emperor Ar
irving at the Shimbashi station, the
Emperor. who wore the uniform of gen
eIalissimo, was received with profound
respect by the Princes of the Blood and
many other dignitaries, a military band
striking up the national anthem at the
same time. His Majesty, without taking
a rest, left the station for his destina-
ton at o'clock in a special new train
which was lately finished and which is
intended solely for the conveyance OF
the Emperor. His Majesty'S suite com
prised Marquis Tokudaiji, Grand Cham
berlain; Vice Admiral Yamamoto, Minis
ter of the Navy; Lieut.. Gen. Katsura
Minister of War; Marshal Oyama, Chief
of the General Staff Office; and others
over sixty in ALL Among those who as
81 mbled at the station to see His Males
ty off were, beside the Empress, the Min
isters of State, the Privy Councillors
Count Okuma, Count Itagaki, naval and
military officers and many others, to the
number of several hundreds in all
No silk worms in other parts of the
country can surpass those raised in Hok-
kado in point of growth, or in complete
freedom from disease. In view of this
fact, the demand for cards made in
Hckkaido are on the increase year after
year. with the result that the silk pro-
ducers of the island have found it nee
essary to greatly multiply the quantity
of the egg-cards which are being for
,warded to various parts of the Empire
Notwithstanding the fact that an eXcep-
nall la rQra MI har of nar rH haf
been provided this year by the silk rails
ers the entire stock is said to have been
nearly exhausted toward the end OF
March last in consequence of brisk de-
mands from the interior. Under these
circumstances, the Administrative Of
flee of the island is at present encourag-
ing in every possible way the silk in
dustry of the Island.