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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11

has a span of 102 feet. Up to 1898 the
Dom LUZ bridge over the Douro, with
it's arched span of 800 feet, was the
largest bridge of the kind in the world
The Bonn mild steel bridge, with it's
one arch of GIG feet span, and the Dus-
seldorf bridge, with two arches of 594
feet inches span, now rank first in
Europe But the Niagara and Clifton
bridge of 1898 surpasses them all with
its span of $40 feet. The Rhine, accord
ing to Engineering" has but few
bridges, considering it's great length.
At Bonn the river is $50 yards wide.
and although the town has $4,000 in
habftants, and Poppelsdorf, adjoining,
%, 900 Inhabitants there is no bridge.
Railway lines run along both banks,
but up till recently there was no bridge
on the reach between Coblentz and Co
logne, a distance of SO miles, and the
cross traffic depended upon ferries and
| further upon railway traject two
miles above Bonn. consisting of three
| ferryboats, each carrying 200 tons, and
worked by engines and cables. Caesar S
much disputed wooden bridge is. now
| supposed to have been not at Bonn but
considerably higher up the river,-near
Weissenthurm, where important Ro-
man Notifications have recently been
| discovered. The ferryboats and the
pontoon bridges of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, when Bonn was
| St1H the reSluenCe Oh the SONtItlSil
Archbishops of Cologne. suffered much
during the recent wars. The French
revolutionary army of 1875 requisitioned
all the ships of the district and placed a
bridge over them, over which the army
| crossed the Rhine-to return few days
later and to destroy their work.
SHIPPING NOTES.
An unusually large number of pas
sengers were carried away to Hilo yes
| terday on the Kinau. Several of them
were taking the volcano excursion.
Steamer w. CT. Hall leaves today al
p. m. for Kauai. She was unable &c
get away yesterday.
Steamer Iwalani sails for Hamakua
at 10 a. m. today.
The Helene arrived from Hawaii ports
yesterday morning, reporting the death
of a native sailor at sea, July g. Hoo.
kiekie was the mans name. He was
buried at Laupahoehoe the same day.
The following is the report of the
| Mauna Loa, which came into port yes
terday morning from Kau, Kona ant
Maui ports: Cleaned out Honuapo. A
Punaluu 500 bags of sugar left. NJ
rain. Good weather until Sunday af
ternoon. At p. S. NJ. Hamakua, $50
bags of sugar left, and none at H. S. C
Fine weather and little rain. The Sur
prise and Upolu were at Kailua yester
day. They left at about the same tim.
as the Mauna Loa. The Surprise wen
to Kawaihae for a load of cattle. Sh
will be in Honolulu Wednesday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11

We buy and sell realty, act as agents
appraisers. trustees. receivers and un
derwriters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11
IN TOW.

Dickie Davis, with Chester Doyle in
tow, anchored in Waikiki for few
hours on Tuesday. After entering the
Claudine for the free-f or-an pacing
race, to be,trotted the next day, Dickie.
raised sail and steered for Kahului,
signaling back as he ran to the wind
ward of the barber shop that the re-
sponsibility of looking after Chester
was turning his hair gray.-Maui News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11
OPIUM QUOTATIONS..

HONGKONG, June IL. - Quotations
are tAllowance net to | catty): Malwa.
new, $3.50 per picul: Malwa, old. 1910 to
$500 per picul; Malwa, older, 1910 to $3.50
per pfcul; p. 'per-wrapped, $3.50 per
picul; Persian, fine quality 1910 per
picul; Persian, extra fine, 1925 per picul;
Patna, new, $1,025 per chest; Patna. old
sl,011.5O per chest; Benares, new. 81 .O27
per chest; BendreS, old s.. 04O Der chest
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11
LARGEST ARCHED BRIDGES.

The largest arched bridges on the
Continent, which span the Rhine, rep
resent type of bridge which, although
very popular on the Continent for large
spans, has not found much application
in England, although it originated III
the cast-iron arch of the Coalbrookedale
bridge of 1779, over the Severn, which
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
Advice to British Officers.

Il is interesting to read what Lord
Wolseley has said in his Soldiers
Pocket Book under the head of "Ad-
vice to Officers on Service as Regards
Their Bearing Toward Their Men. "
He says: I'm action, to be cool and to
seem ignorant that any danger exists
is of the first consequence. You must,
at the same time, however, evince a
lively interest in all that is going on;
come what may, have Il smiling face.
II your men are under a fire to which
they are not replying, walk about in
front Of them as they are lying down.
do not mean that you are never to
avail yourself of cover, for when
skirmishing it is your duty to do so,
but under the above mentioned cir
cumstances the best troops are prone
to become unsteady, and it is then the
especial duty of the officers to show
an example of coolpess and steadiness.
When wounded, officers should take a
pride in refusing the assistance of the
men to take them to the rear" etc.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
The Solitary Nan.

1t was at Vassar College, aadhe had
been invited to dinner. He entered
the dining-room, and as he seemed to
feel nearly two hundred pairs of femi-
nine eyes upon himself his heart
quated. 1t is customary for all to
stand while the blessing is invoked.
AS all marched in there was the swish
of myriad skirts and the chatter OF
voices. Suddenly, almost automati-
cally, there was silence as oil came to
sharp attention for the blessing. 1t
was, unhappily, at this moment that
the solitary man voiced his natural
feelings as he turned toward his fair
hostess and in voice made penetrat-
ing and distinct all ovee the room in
an effort to be heard above the din,
that had suddenly ceased, said: ooh,
Lord, how scared am. New YORK
Commercial Advertiser.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

convicts in the building and repairing
of the State highways. Kentucky
will have a similar law before its Leg
islature.
Incidentally the automobile will
prove a potent ally i'll the good roads
movement.
passing upon the constitutionaity
of North Carolina's road law, the
Supreme Court of that State held that
working the public roads is not tax
within the meaning of the constitu-
tional provision requiring the pre-
scribcd equation between property
and poll.
The usual time for cutting brush
along roads. August, seems right, but
some reform is needed in the way of
doing it. The brush should be cut
close down to the ground, and not, as
often is the case, cut foot or more
above it, leaving long unsightly stubs
to sprout the ensuing spring. 1t should
be piled at once, and burned when
sufficiently dry.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
A MUSICAL DiScORD.
What Happened When the Players Lett
Their Instruments.

What Happened When the Players Left
Their Instruments.
Three musicians had been practising.
They left their instruments in the mu-
sic room, while they went out to i'm
bibe some refreshment. During their
absence the instruments began to con-
verse, and the talk became animated.
"Ugh," said the piano, I'm sore
from one end of my worries to the
other. That fellow gave me a fearful
drubbing."
"I should say he did," squeaked
the violin, "and we had to suffer for
it. Why. could hardly make my top
notes heard, and my harmonies were
quite lost"
"That's not surprising" said the
piano in silvery voice. THE idea OF
a little one. tone thing like you putting
yourself on an equality with me"
81 know I'm not your equal in some
ways, said the violin humbly. You're
strong and wiry. There's mettle in
you. But have soul. You're only
machine after all.
"Machine, indeedw said the piano,
Indignantly. "Irespond to the gentlest
caress. Now the flute over there
never will do anything unless some
one is blowing him up. And as for
you, you long-necked, empty thing,
you're never any use unless some one
. rou 10t of chin "
Then the flute spoke up:
81 protest against your saying l
have to be blown up" he said. 81 am
the most affect:onate OF all instru-
ments. I fairly hang upon the lips OF
the one who plays me-"
The piano did not reply.
THAT put a damper Oh him"
hispered the violin to the flute.
"You think you're whole orchestra
because you can play two melodies at
once" the violin went on, rGsPingly,
addressing the piano. "But you can't
swell on the same note
Chow much you know" said the
piano sullenly.
II think L am pretty well sound
posted, replied the violin.
You're worse than q clock" said
the piano. you're always running
down"
"He's only stringing you," whis-
pered the flute to the violin. Don't
mind him. Above all, don't be
snappy."
But the violin did mind, SO much,
in fact. that he snapped string from
pure spite. And no one knows what
the disagreement might have led to, if
the musicians had not come in at this
moment and restored harmony.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
Deafness Cannot BE cursd

b. local applications, as they cannot reach the
d sased portion Of the ear. There Is only ons
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu:
ito, n remedies. Deafness is caused by al n
fan'ed condition Of the mucous lining of the
Eusrachisn Tube. When this tube gets in
II ,med you have rumbling sound or infper.
feet hearing, and when 1t Is entirely closed
Deafness il the result and unless the in6am-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
destroy. d forever. Nine cases cut Of ten are
caused by catarrh. which is nothing but an in.
tanned condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Humid, ed Dollars for any
cssc Of Deufnes, (causcd by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo O.
Sold by Druggists, sc.
Haus Family Pills are the beat
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
Wide and Narrow Tires.

On dry roads that are marked by
ruts made by narrow tired wagons,
the wide tire is road improyer OF de-
cided mer;t. When first run over
such a road, it is not as economical IN
draft as the narrow tire running in
the rut, but after passing over these
ruts once, twice or three time&-ac-
cording to the depth of the rut-it
makes very good road, ore that re-
ouires less draft, either with wide or
narrow tires, aud is very much more
pleasant road for light vehicles to run
on. 1t appears, therefore. that vide
tires on the road are more economical
than narrow tires, except when the
road is sloppy, muddy or sticky on
the surface and firm or hard under
meath: or when the mud is 50 sticky
that it adheres to both kind Of wheels.
These three conclusions were reached,
after q number of experiments, by the
Missouri Experiment Station in 1897.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
beauty II Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all I'm, m
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, 5Qe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
T4E SUNSET CENTRAL SPECIAL
A New Fast Train from New orlean5
to Denison, Texas.

foot service was recently inauSu-
ro,ed nv the Southern Pacific Company
from New Orleans TO central and
H"trhern Texas points. No change
OF cars between New orleans ana
Sas+ination Palatial reclining chair
80. New Orleans 20 Den.Son
va Houston. Hearne. Corsicana and
shsrman. This is the only line withou;
on omnibus transfer and only one change
q rSe palace Tourist Sleeping Cars oper-
oteJ through North Carolina. South Car
Gina and Georgia every Tuesday. Thurs
Az and Saturday afford the travelling
nublic the best service and no change Of
cars TO California points.
viii consult their interests by writing Mr.
W. r. Pagan, travelling passenger agent.
southern Pacific Company. No. 10 KIM
bail House Atirn rnta. Ga. before closing
arrangements for western trip.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
DIR. Kings Family Medicines

Have been sold for many years all over the
country. Their reputation is not merely
local. they are welcome friends in thousands
and thousands Of homes. They are sold on
their merits. Every bottle absolutely guar
auteed; money back IL not satisfactory--and
have with very little advertising. on their
own merits attained tremendous sale.
BURwELL Dunn Co.. Charlotte. y. C.. All
dealers sell them. and always no care, no
pay.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

The habituai Use OF tea as mean:
OF relieving headache is, says doctor
without doubt an efficient cause OF rhcti
matism in numerous ways.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

-Ispan is corruption OF the Chinese
word Shipen-kuc. which means root
NJ day." or sunrise kingdom" because
Tapan is directly east OF China.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

Jinrikshas, pulled by Zulus, are the
common public conveyarceS IN Dur
ban. Natal, while cars drawn by horses
and mules are employed in Kimberley,
East London and Johannesburg.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

Russia has $4,000 princes and other
mobiles.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

BIZ Dr. kiine'S Inv gOrat.ng OBic FREE 81
trial rottlc for = weeks trentment DR.. :, line.
d., G3l Arch St, Phi phia. Founded lS'!.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

Not a single infectious disease Is
known in Greenland.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

Educate Your Bowels With Caecarees.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation lorever'
loc. 25c. IfC.C c. fail, druggists refund money
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

Mrs. Winslo~' Soothin ng syrupf for children
60 aIi"ys main. cl raa wi nd colo 2ir botSis
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
Anti-Rnt Paragraphs.

Michigan will endeavor to have a
law passed that will allow the use Of
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
How Are Your Kfdneyss

DIR. Hobbs Sparagns Pills cure ali kidney Ills Sam.
pie free. Add Sterling remedy Co. Chicago or y. Y
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

Piso's Cure Is the medicine 10 break up
childreu's Coughs and Colds Mrs NJ. u.
b. Mt, Sprague. Wash. March q, lo94.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04

-Passaic, N. J.. has succeeded in
locating another big industry, the Gera
mill, OF Gcra, Germany, ior the manu-
iacture OF cashmeres
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
Don't Tobacco spit and Smoke Your Life Away

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-wor:er. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC orsl. Cure guasar'
teed Booklet and sa:2ple free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago CT New York
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
To Cure Constipation Forever.

Take CascaretS Candy Cathartic. l0c or 25c
u c. {. c. fail 10 cure. druggists refund money
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-04
"An Empty Sack
Cannot Stand UPRIGHT. ,,

&ef,er can poor, eveak. thin Blood
nourish and sustain the physical system.
For strength of nerVes and muscles there
must be pure, rich. Vigorous Blood.
Hoods Sarsapaala is established as the
standard preparation for the blood by its
many remarkable cures.
hoods Sas1qbadM
IllzaaslEIl23Zz1zT1
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
LAKEVIEW OPERA
Last Rendition of "Erminie"-Other
 Operas This Week

The final performance of "Erminie' by the Elite Opera Company was very pleas ing, and drew a good house. In spite of unpropitious weather and many obstacles encountered, a creditable series of perform ances were given by the company, and those in ffe latter part of the week were fully up to the high standard set by the company in it's first weeks engagement.
 With the principals all in splendid form, the chorus increased and in excellent or ganization, and MT. Harry Lightwood firm ly established in the favor of the audiences, every circumstance points to series of successes this week "Olivette' will be first on the list. This sparkling operatic composition abounds in catchy music and brilliant solos, and it's complicated plot, with Olivette's perpexing duality of hus- bands, and the unrequited love of the TO- mantle Countess, brings about a multitude of amusing situations. MT. Lightwood will be in the role of Coquelcot, a favorite part with him.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
THE RECIPROCITY
 AGREEMENT MADE
Germany and America at Last
 Proclaim the Treaty.
SOME SKILLFUL DIPLOMACY
The Agreement Results from Several Years Maneuvering Over the Meaning of Favored Nation"
 Clause-At Last Settled

Washington, July 14.-The German American reciprocity agreement, which was proclaimed today here and in Berlin, appears to be the result of sharp diplomat ic maneuvering over a period of several years on the meaning of the favored na- tion' clause.
 Germany formerly had only one tariff schedule for all nations, but in the years preceding 1892 seven reciprocity treaties were made with Austria Hungary Russia, Italy, Belgium, Roumania and some other countries These gave a preferential tariff to the countries mentioned in return for concessions allowed to Germany. Ger many made no reciprocity treaty with the United States, but under the most favored nation" clause of the general treaty be- tween this country and Germany it was held that the United States was entitled to the same preferential tariff rates al lowed by Germany to Russia, Italy and the other countries mentioned.
 When, therefore, the United States gave reciprocity reductions to France the Ger man authorities asked for similar reduc- tions under the favored nation" clause, and as evidence of the justice of their re- quest they pointed out the fact that the United States was getting the preferential duies from Germany through the operation of the favored nation clause.
 Moreover, it Is probable that if the United States had not given Germany the same reduction allowed to France, the German preferential tariff including the United States with Russia, Italy, Austria, etc., would have been withdrawn. It was therefore settled that the German prefer ential rates would be confined to the United States, and that the United States would give Germany the same tariff reduc- tions already accorded France, Italy and Portugal
 The German tariff covers several hundred items and on a considerable percentage of these the preferential rate is much lower than the regular rate On wheat the regu- lar rate is five marks per 100 kilagrms the preferential rate $50 marks per hundred kilograms. On corn the regular rate is two marks, for preferential rate = marks. On meat, ham, bacon, etc, the regular rate is 20 marks; preferential rate 15 marks. On machinery the preferential rate is in some cases only one-half of the regular rate. Red wine in casks, used for mixing in con siderable quantities from California to German, and this regular rates of 24 marks per 100 kilograms, while the prefer ential rate is 10 marks.
 There are many other like reductions in the preferential rate, all of which the United States will now enjoy under the reciprocity agreement, not by reason of any favored nation" clause as heretofore, but by virtue of the agreement now pro- claimed giving the preferential rates as distinct right to which American export CTS are entitled.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
FOUND A WOMAN
 1S6 YEARS OLD She Remembers We'll the Revo-
 IutiOnary War AND EVENTS OF THAT TIME B. F. Johnston, Census Enumerator for Birmingham District, Tells an 1n- teresting Story of His Re
 markab,e Find
AND EVENTS OF THAT TIME

l B. F. Johnson, one of the census enum- 1 orators for Jefferson county, discovered a | woman who he believes to be 136 years old | She remembers distinctly the revolutionary war and the incidents surrounding the l signing of the Declaration of Independence MT. Johnson tells the following interest l ing story:
 While enumerating the colored popula- | tion at Murry, Jefferson county, Ala, l found an instance of remarkable longevity. "A prodigy (by the name of Nellie Odom) appeared in Virginia about the year 176i in the person of one-half negro and one half Ind.an her father being a full-blooded Creek Indian.
 'I asked her how she kept record of her age, when she replied that she remembered distinctly the revolutionary war, and that her old master had told her she was Il years old when the Declaration of Inde- pendence was signed. She was sold to a planter in the southern part of Alabama away before the civil war, but she could not give me the date of her leaving Vir- ginia. When she was a small child the h. dians would steal her away from her home and return her after time. I asked her why her master sold her. and she replied: Why, child, I'll tell you de troof. I got into meanness, and he would keep me no longer She said her new master was hard on her and treated her cruelty. She was
 compelled to lead in the foremost row in
 the cotton field, and if she chanced to fall
 behind she caught the lash I asked her if she fell behind often in her row, and she said: No; I'd rather die than take whip
 ping
 This old woman, who claimed to be 136
 years old, seemed to possess clear mental faculties, especially while talking about her
 childhood and younger days. She still har-
 bors a fiery, revengeful disposition. She
 cannot forget nor forgive the past, in
 which she claims to have been wrongfully
 treated
 This old negro excited about as much
 curiosity in me as Nicholas Petours did in
 the townsmen of Contances of France in
 TIP. At the age of 11S years Nicholas Pe-
 tours entered the town of Contances on
 foot. He was a shoemaker by trade, and
 walked twenty-four leagues in two days He seemed as active as a young man. He
 had had four wives, with the first of whom
 he lived fifty years, the second only twenty
 months and the third twenty y-eight years
 and two months and had been married to
 the fourth two years He had a posterity
 which consisted of 119 persons and extended
 to the seventh generation. His father was
 wounded and died at the age of 123 years.
 His uncle and godfather, Nicholas Petours
 curate of the parish of Balcine and after
 ward canon and treasurer of the Cathedral
 of Contances, died there, aged above 137
 years having celebrated mass five days be-
 fore his death."
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
Mems Welcome Association

The Mems Welcome Service Association of the First Presbyterian church is prov ing one of the most interesting features of that church. The programme for the services tonight is as follows: Organ prelude Miss Handley. Hymn No. 100.
 Anthem, Search Me, God' Apostles Creed.
 Hymn No. 116.
 Scripture reading.
 Hymn No. 209.
 Prayer.
 Offertory "Day Is Past and Gone" Sermon. "A Man Who Lacked Moral Nerve"-Dr. Curry.
 Hymn Mo- 423.
 Prayer and benediction.