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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
FLOWER SOCIETY.
Meeting Held Wednesday Afternoon
The Annual Report.

Meeting Held Wednesday Afternoon
The Annual Report.
The annual meeting of the Hospital
Flower Society was held in the Y. M.
G. A. parlors yesterday afternoon. The
president, Mrs. Swanzy, occupied the
chair. The secretary, Mrs. George r.
Carter, being absent, the treasurer read
her report. The committee reported
that arrangements had been made for
a garden on the slopes of Punchbowl,
but nothing further could be done, as
two acres of the land was within the
United States Government reservation.
Washington must first be heard from.
Flowers were distributed on every
Wednesday morning at the Queen
Hospital. At Easter, Thanksgiving
and Christmas to the sick in the city
as well as on other occasions. On
Christmas, also, sixty bouquets were
sent to the soldiers at Buena Vista
| Hospital.
A vote Of thanks was rendered t.
the ladies who have distributed flow
ers during the year. Regret was ex
pressed at the continued absence O
Miss Levers, the vice president.
The election of officers resulted IL
the re-eleeting of Mrs. Swanzy, presi
dent; Mrs. A. F. Judd, Jr., vice presi
dent; Miss H. E. L. Castle, secretary
and Miss Won Holt, treasurer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
A MAUI SCARE
Reported Smallpox in
Hama District.
Also Diagnosed as VarioIoid and Sus-
peCted to be Chick
en- Pox.

President Wood of the Board of
Health received by the Claudine yes
terday morning several letters from
Maui relative to the health situation
there. DR.. McGettigan, the Govern
ment physician at Hama, reports case
of varioloid at that place. DR.. Wood
was first informed of this case when
he was at Kahului on his return from
Hilo.. DR.. McGettigan telephoned him,
telling him of the appearance of the
case at Hama
1t was requested that the physician
send written report to the Board of
Health. This report arrived on the
Claudine yesterday. The main facts
contained in the communication are
as follows:
A Japanese in camp of forty-one OF
the same nationality, in charge of a
Japanese luna and doing work on the
plantation, was taken i'll with what ap-
peared to be varioloid, and the place
was Immediately put in quarantine
Later deyeiC pments incline DR.. McGet
tigan to the belief that it is case O
varioloid.
Included in this camp are Japanes'
who have been in the Islands for SOM
length of time and others who have ar
rived but recently.
1t is DR.. Woods opinion that accord
ing to the symptoms recorded by Dl
McGettigan in his report, the case
not one Of varioloid, but chicken-po1
While engaged in inspecting the Pan
theon block yesterday morning, d.
Wood said that there were no sufticien
reasons to believe that the recent al
rivals of Japanese had taken infectio
with them to the other Islands, as tn
disinfecting apparatus at the quaraI
tine station was of such a nature as
do away with all such possibilities.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
GEN. WHEELER TALKS.
The Plague Not Epidemic at Manila
When He Left.

Regarding the plague in the Philip
pines General Wheeler says that when
he left there had been several cases
which were undoubtedly plague. 1t had
not, however, become epidemic. He
had nothing to say of the administra-
ton of affairs on Luzon, nor of the
plans he had\made for future action
on his part when he arrived home.
On account OF the local health reg
ulations he and his daughter are de-
MED the pleasure of visit ashore, but
will be pleased to see any of their
friends at the wharf.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
COURT NOTES.
Eliza Jane Boardman Will Filed
Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Eliza Jane Boardman Will Filed.
Writ of Habeas Corpus.
The will of the late Eliza Jane
Boardman was yesterday fled in the
Circuit Court with a petition for pro-
bate of the same. The husband, Geo.
E. Boardman, is the prepayment, and
he has S. F. Chillingworth as his at
torney. The will was executed in 1892
before Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Rose as at
testing witnesses. The husband is
named as sole devisee and is to be the
executor of the will. Property left is
the land and houses corner Kapiolani
and Green streets and houselot on Luz
nalilo street, in Honolulu, value of
which is inventoried at $4,000. Person
al assets consist Of sixty shares Oahu
Sugar Company stock, It's shares in
McBryde Sugar Company, and sixty
six shares in Olaa Sugar Company
stock, inventoried at over $4,000. The
testatrix was is years of age at her
death.
A writ of habeas corpus has beer
sued out of the Supreme Court by
Michael Swanton and eleven other:
composing the crew of the British
ship Inverness-shire, who are being
| tried by a marine court for nut nou
conduct. The Marshal, in response t.
| the mandate of the court, produced tn
petitioners yesterday morning befor'
Justice Frear, but the hearing on tn
merits was postponed by mutual con
sent until next Tuesday morning. MI
G. A. Davis for petitioners, Mr.. Hum
phreys for the respondent. The me-
are in custody of the Marshal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23

Secure your tickets for Orpheum to-
night.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
IN lONDAY, MARCH |.


Two Valuable Residence Sites on cor
ner Of Alapai and Prospect streets.
These lots are at an elevation COM
handing a grand view of the city, Pu-
nabou. Waikiki. also Eva and Waia-
nae mountains, and ocean from Bar
ber's Point to Diamond Head, and are
situated In the healthiest residence
portion Of the city.
These lots are walled and terraced
smooth as floor, with just enough
slope for drainage.
The lots will be sold at an upset price
Of $500 each, on the following easy
terms:
$1,000 cash; balance In 1 and
years at z per cent interest.
For further particulars apply TO
JAS. r. MORGAN, Auctr.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23
VALUABLE
Residence Sites
AT AUCTION.

By order of Mr.. H. M. Dow, 1 will
sell at Public Auction, at my sales
rooms, 33 Queen street,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
ToBoGGANING IN CANADA.
A Winter Sport That Is Greatly En-
 joyed by All Glasses.

Tobegganing is one of the staple amusements in Canada Sportsmen are not content with the naturally formed "ehutes" down the side of 2 hill but construct artificial slides These are generally wooden creations with the planes fixed at an angle of 45 de- grees. and with sheer drop of about 100 feet. Water is poured over the wooded deelivity, which fR the frosty air is soon transformed into ice, with a surface as slippery as glass. When the bottom of the chute is reached tho track extends over fields in as straight direction as possible, though in some cases net particularly level but the momentum gained by the toboggan in flying down the chute is sufficient to carry it over any slight uprisings in the ground. The Canadian toboggan is a light, strong article, about five or six feet in length, and about 20 inches in width, composed of number of nar- row wooden strips secured longitudi- nally together, curling upward at the front. A handrail sometimes extends along each side of the toboggan to en- able the passengers to hold on, but the general rule is for one passenger to clasp the person seated next in front. the whole row of travellers being thus linked together for their rapid flight. In some cases there are five or six ocA cupants in one toboggan, and with such a combined weight the sledge flies down the chute as if impelled from a cannon. Both men and women enter into the sport with great gusto, for the fun is fast and furious. When there is only one traveller to the toboggan he lies prone upon it, and in this manner, on account of the small amount of re- sistance that Is offered by the atmos- phere the maximum of speed. Is gained. The chutes are properly controlled in order to avoid accidents. One tobog- gan is not permitted to leave the sum- init of the chute until the preceding one has cleared the bottom of the slide Occasionally, by some mischance tn- cured through faulty manipulation of the toboggan, a spill occurs on the chute, and if following toboggan were to dash into the overturned vessel the result would be relatively quite as dis, Hstrous and terrible as collision be- tween express trains.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
 when Patti Stpp3.

The following lines were written Gin Frenchl by Adelina Patti in response to request that she would describe briefly her feelings while singing: T have never been able to take proper account Of my feelings during those few moments. I know that on the day of the performance l am nervous and agitated, and as the time draws nearer and nearer l suffer more and more from stage fright. When the mo- ment arrives for me to leave my room and go before the footlights, my whole being is dominated by a sensation of abject terror. My feelings while I am actually singing defy analysis; they differ according to the role, the num- Der of artists around me, etc.-they are so varied that l simply can not de- scribe them. I should be obliged to enter into all the many details which, petty as they may be, at times impress gs very strongly. When all goes we'll I experience a something which car- ries me away and ! forget where am" |" New York TeieyGAm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
romray Atkins Reefmental 1.ets.

Tommy Atkins would be lost with out his regimental pet. and Pietermar itzburg and Cape Town shelter a strange assortment of animals left be- hind for safe keeping while the more serious work of the campaign is on. The Gordon I1ighlanders took their parrot to South Africa, and the Welsh regiment was hearted because ii was feared that it's pet goat was to be left behind. The story is told nf how. in an Indian campaign, the corr manding officer had commanded that only a certain number of dogs should accompany the regiment. When the men marched out it was naticed that the haversacks of some were strangely bulky and strangely lively. At the end of the days march every pet dog of the regiment reappeared. Rather than lose their four-footed friends, the men had carried them long, hot, twenty-mile march in their haYe~sacks.- Indian, apolis Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
Did Not Like samnies.

young man who had spent his early life in the country, and had never tasted the pleasures of town life, recently came to Memphis to seek his fortune. On the day of his ar rival he went into restaurant where business mems lunches are daily served, and ordered dinner. The wait CT brought the dinner, in all those lit- tie side dishes sacred to hotel exist. ence, and arranged them in tempting array around the young mans plate. For half an hour he sat and looked at his untouched dinner, and then, over come by hunger, he called to the wait CT and said Look here, fellow, if you don't hurry and bring my dinner I'll eat up your samples! Memphis ScSmitar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
Rnssian

The etiquette of a Russian dinner is decidedly formal. When the guests are seated. the host and hostess of the feast remain standing, it being their pleasure to attend upon the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Nothing can escape their ob. ser7ation; the plate of no guest re- mains empty for moment, nor is a wine glass ever without contents. French wines are mostly drunk at Russian dinners. Madeira is also a favorite, and bottle of port is always served to an English guest. At her own time the hostess gives the signal, and all rise from the table.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
A DANCER 0US GAME.
\ Roman Pastime That Not rnrrs-
 quentiy Ends in Tragedy


 Italians in Rome have delightful little game, which is called the Pas satella." It is played mostly nowadays in low drink shops, and as it leads fre- quently to murder. the police are anx. Ious to stop it. Round a table some men are smoking. At the head sits a man with a flask Of wine and a glass before him. He is the president of the party. All the company, inelud- ing the president, have paid for that flask of one, but not one of them can drink drop of it unless the president gives permission. He, however, may drink as often as he likes. When he passes the glass to another that other may drink until the president cries 'Stop!" and the glass is passed to the next. Sometimes the "Stop!" comes before single drop is drunk This is the fun for the others who are allow ed to drink. A good-natured president rarely repeats this joke but it some times happens that he has grudge against one of the men, and then the unfortunate victim sits the whole ev- ening, smoking and frowning, while he sees all the others drink but himselE. This is making an "Olmos of him! And woe to president who would make an "Olmo" of the same mar twice, for he would soon have knife run across his throat. It is the ire. queney of such L tragic end that causes the police to trY to prevent the game when possible
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
o1TEes osocoANfNo.
Canadian Otter ...d Slides Down 1
 HiIIsJ for Fun

Hills Just for Fun
 It seems strange to think that any full groWR. four-footed animal should indulge in play like q child, and yet this is what the otter does. His amusement is tobagganing, and his playground is a slope, covered with ice or snow, that goes down grade into pool of water. No little boy, with q new sled, ever enjoyed a coast down an iee=bound hill more than this beau- tiful creature from the frozen Il 'sh. The otter is quite large, sometimes weighing as much as 25 pounds. He resembles the seal and the mink, be- Ing, however, of heavier build, and Is both supple and strong Living for the most part in water, lie preys on fish, which his swimming and diving ability enables him to catch easily. The entrance to his home, which is a burroW in the bank of a stream, is under the water. Ill the early spring when the ice begins to thaw, these animals start on their travels from one stream to another, sometimes sp9n6- ing months on the journey If they happen to see an inviting hill by the wayside they immediately stop their pilgrimage and prepare for some sport. One of the number leaves the water and slowly climbs the slope, making smooth hollow in the ice with his wet body When the slide is pre- pared, he lies flat on his belly. thrusts hIs nose forward, and turning his fore paws under his soft sides, goes sai1- ing swiftly down. His speed steadily increases until he reaches the water. Silently he parts the surface and is lost from sight for a few seconds; then his head appears above the surface and you can hear him give a call which sounds like a whistle. This is a sig nal. The next otter assumes the posi- {Ton and shoots down to the bottom to join his companion, who has mean while craWled out on the ice. Then another whistle and the next in order slides and plunges, and the perform ance is kept up until each one has several trips to lis credit-Exchang
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
DECLINE OF cHURcH=oolNo.
Two Reasons Why People Do Not Gs
 to Service.

The pulpit used to be the ebIef means of instruction and of intellectual and moral mutation for the people, The pulpit orator was the peoples or ator The pulpit has in great measure lost it's attractive power tn th5s re- gard, says Popular Science. The daily and weekly press have a greater intiu- ence in public instruction. The multi plication of cheap books also takes from the pulpit a large share ot It's 1n- auenee in this regard. Oratory in legfs- lative bodies has to a great extent iest it's influence. It's place has been taken by simple. compact, time-sav1ng state ments, often printed but not delivered. Committees do the work which used to be done after discussion before the public. So the people will not listen now to the pulpit orator of former gen. erations. They demand short. crisp ser mons that bristIe with points and are practical and helpful. In other words, the oratorical and highly intellectual character of the pulpit, which used to attract worshipers, no longer attracts them They feel that they can get more benefit in this regard by reading In the comfort of the home. Multi tudes of people can no longer be in duced to attend church to be instructed by the minister or to get his Judgment on topics of the time, or to be stirred by his eloquenee; they can get all these things cheaper and easier by reading at home. When, now, this is re-enforced by the fact that multitudes dislike the doctrines of the church and resent them when they are preached, we can easily understand that church attendance should decline very greatly from this reason.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
saved from the rsnemy

From Rensburg, m Cape Colony. comes the news tAat train loaded with supplies and without any engine somehow got started on down grade within the British lines and was head ell for the Boer lines. It was seen to be impossible to stop the train, so, vather than have the supplies reach the Boers. the British gunners directed the guns on the cars and destroyed them and their contents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-08
At the Dinner Table.

"Georgie, don't stare at MT Crum~ ley that way. It isn't polite" T was just waitin' to see him pick up his glass of water. ma. I heard pa tell you that he drinks like fish. ."--Cieye- land Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-05
WORE LOOTTNG IN CHINA

The seizure Of the instruments in the famous
Peking Observatory by European officers must
be regarded as lO0ting of the most wanton and
offensive character. 1t is looting simply for
the sake Of injury and spOliation For the
seizure Of arsenals and arms there might be
some excuse. 1t would deprive the Chinese of
the power Of offence. The seizure of food sup-
plies might be justified on the ground of the
needs of the invading armies The seizure of
gold and silver found in native treasures might
be defended. for such treasure could be reckoned
as part of the indemnity which ii is agreed
China must pay 10 the nations she has injured
But no such plea can be put forward In tbe
case Of this present looting Those ancient
astronomical instruments are not needed nv the
foreigners, they are Of no military use TO China
and they cannot be reckoned as part of the in
demnity. In seizing them the European officers
are robbing China of something which will not
enrich them and which will leave China NOR
indeed
Such vandalism haa ever been regarded with
peculiar detestatiOn BOnaparte's plundering Of
other European cities in order to enrich his own
capital with works Of arts had the quasi excuse
that 1t did greatly enrich Paris and that il
brought the worlds treasures together where
they could be more readily seen and studied
ut IL Hds ulNdys Deen thought an iniQuitOus
act The burning of the Capitol at Washington
in the War Of 1912 might have been defended
as an act of war, and as the destruction oe an
enemy's machinery Of government and belIieer-
ency. But IL has, on the contrary. been de-
plored and denounced as unwarrantable and in
defensible. This plundering of the PekIng Oh
servatory has not even such excuses. and II will
justly expose its perpetrators TO greater blame
Nor will the penalty be merely sentimental II
will be intensely practical and concrete For
this is precisely the sort of thing which will
most certainly embitter the Chinese mind
against all aliens and make immeasurahlv
harder the final task of settlement and conc,l,o.
ton.
IL would be interesting TO know what cynical
jester In MS moment OF most mordant bittar
ness. conceived the one excuse that ia mt for
ward for this looting. That excuse is thar ~
the chinese Court is not likely to return 70
Feking such beautiful instruments must no,
De LEFT exposed to injury in a city which is No
longer the capital-that is to say. the allies de-
sire the Court 10 return. and insist that il shou
DO so. but at the same time act upon the theory
lhat II VIII not do So and do all In their mower
10 deter II from doing so by making the citv
unattractye and unfit for its occupancy. Mora.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-05
PERSONAL.

The Judges of the Yale-Harvard debate 10 oe
held In Cambridge on Friday. viii be wliliam y:
Hornblower, OF this city: Judge Addison Brown q
the United States District Court dnu S9
straus. United States Minister 10 Turkey
In a recent address before the Anthropoiosieai
Institute in London Lord Avebury (Sir 'onn
LubbockO said that the late PROFESSOR HUss u
once explained his attitude to the biolS -s s
in a meeting Of the School Board; ~ nSse
been seriously perplexed to know oS =,
practical measures the religious feeling "nle" =
the essential basis OF conduct. was 20
kept up in the present utterly enaoC" So -
opinion on these matters, without tne u.s. sks the
severest deductions which fair criticism can as
for % gsaeer eSe p%o9S DO # left TO himself
all that it is not desirable tor ennafsn IN ~ tbis old
literature vast residuum Of moral oeauty yscsi an
grandeur And then consider t5Ss tns fbooE has been
woven into the life OF all that Is best ana to,ai
anic ~ Rritsi1 and is as familiar 70 noble ana
simple, from John o. Groats House 20 Lano mai ft
is written in the noblest and purest Enssn: ana
abOunds in exquisite beauties OF m ysr,est hind
who never left his village TO be ignorant OF .n
and OF great past stretching back to the fgrthest
limits Of the oldest nations in the world By tse ae
much humanized and made to feel that each azure ng1re
in that vast historical procession ms ms nfTvsI be-
tween two eternities. and earns the blessings or
6e soo6 ans hate az m sv even as they also are earning
their payment for their work.
William Fl. Tolman. OF this city. general secre-
tary of the League for Social Service read paper
on the topic What More Than WagesF' on No
vember 20 before the Musee Social. Of Paris
The Rev David Edwards Blaine. who died last
week in Seattle. the founder OF Methodism on
Puget Sound and one OF the earliest pioneers OF
Seattle. He a native OF this state ana
graduate of Hamilton College.
more authenticated than such stories generally
are" says The Onlooker." 'Is the tale of a little
passage Of arms which occurred between the En-
peror OF Russia and his Foreign Minister some
time ago. The real ruler OF Russia. as the For
eign Minister is sometimes styled in the Cars
encourage. was suggesting trthtng inter-
ference destined embeter les Anglais, favortte
sport even with the more serious Muscovite diplo-
matists 'Je abandonne les autres, the young
sovereign is said to have observed, and then, IN
English, he added, smiling: But you know that
deaI grandmamma must not be worried ."