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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-12
THE MACHINE AGAIN.

The machine politician of the Sewall
Gear-Humphreys stripe Is good deal
more OF menace to good government
In Hawaii than are Wilcox. Kaulia and
Kalauokalani.
Thanks to some good vigorous work
by Republicans who do not wear the
machine collar. they have not so far
succeeded in controlling the party
hence the present daily bowls and
gnashing of teeth. The machine has
already begun its campaign for next
election by the usual machine method.
OF indiscriminate abuse of every one
who does not bow the knee to them. II
Is far cry to next election however
and the citizen who Is not in politics
Tor what there is in IT, can well af-
ford to keep cool, while watching the
machine antics.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-12

TO compare the Republican vote cast
In the Fourth and Fifth Districts of
Oahu. and from that draw the con-
clusion that the Republican oorganiza-
ton did not do its duty in the Fifth
because the party vote was larger in
the Fourth is about as fair and logical
as II would be to make a similar COM
parison between Mob Hill and the
South Of Market street district in San
Francisco. or between the Bowery and
Fifth avenue in New York. But fair
ness and logic do-not count with some
people. provided they can hear them
selves talk.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-12
sILYERwARE FIRM FAILS

GREENFIELD. Mass. Nov. IA. F.
Towle. Son e. Co.. silverware manufac-
turers. are unable to meet their obli-
cations. The liabilities of the COM
pany are s11s.000, of which $4,000 is
due to banks. and $1,000 for merchan-
disc. The capital stock Is $3.50, 900, and
that Is practically wiped out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-12

After few weeks vacation, editor
Harrington has resumed his customary
avocation Of yelping at Governor Dole's
heels.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
Bits of Information.

According to chemical analysis, IS
parts of the flesh of fish have about
the same nutritive value as ~ parts of
bOneless beef.
The oldest German coal mines were
first worked in 1885 They are near
Worms. England did not begin to
mine its coal until the fourteenth
century
The Eiffel tower is being painted
with five shades of enamel paint. The
summit and the dome are to be n
chrome yellow. The shades will grad
uate to the pedestal, which will be of
dark oraHge. Two coats will be re-
quired, and nearly fifty tons of enamel
paint will be consumed.
The famous clock in the Palais de
Justice In Paris dates from 1870. The
carved figures of "Piety" and Justice"
and the angels supporting the royal
coat of arms were executed by Ger.
maine Pilon.
A correspondent Of the London Acad.
emy writes that a bookseller in large
provincial city discovered an assistant
arranging four new copies of Walt
Whitman's Leaves of Grass" on the
shelves devoted to books on gardening.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
THE LAST FARRAeur VETERAN.
Fought With the Old Admiral at Mo.
bile Bay.

Timothy Murray, chief master-at
arms on the United States ship Pcnsa.
cola, now stationed off the Pacific
coast, is the only enlisted man now in
the naval service who was with Farra.
CUTS fleet during the civil war.
He is not quite fifty years of age
Born in Ireland on November 4, 1850,
he ran away to sea AT the age of
twelve. Only year later he enlisted in
the United States Navy at Boston as n
second-cass boy, serving at first on the
United States frigate Niagara, and
after December, 1868, on the flagship
Hartford.
lie has keen remembrance of Far.
ragut at the battle of Mobile Bay on
August ), 1864
when the squadron started up the
bay" he says, "the old Admiral was
in the port main rigging with n rope
around his waist, so that he could lean
over ana see what the fleet were doing.
At the moment the Brooklyn ran
aground Captain Allen sang out Tor
pedoes ahendp 1t was then the Ad-
miral used the famous words:
Torpedoes he d----d! Give her four
bellsr
During the entire action in the bay
the Admiral was sometimes on the
poop and sometimes in the mizzen rig.
ging. He was, | assure you, n busy
man.
"That he was in constant danger is
evident when you remember that the
Hartford lost twenty-scven killed and
twenty-five wounded. Only three Of
day remain in the service-General
Haywood, now commanding the Ma
rine Corps; Admiral Watson. then
lieutenant, and Captain Whiting, then
an ensign"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
A Carlisler's Invention.

Mr.. d. L. McDermott, a veter-
an of the Civil War, residing in
Carlisle, is the inventor of new
style of projectile which may
compel governments to again re-
model their armies and navies.
He is a man of a mechanical turn
of mind and devoted his leisure
moments to devising a projectile
which would excel all others in
use. In this he was eminently
successful. His invention con-
sists of deep spiral rihing on
the rear of the proiectile and over
this is placed a jacket of steel
which fits very snugly.
The powder charge which
drives the projectile straight for
ward also gives it rapid revolu-
ton by eXpending its force in the
direction of the spiral rihing. At
recent tests it penetrated 26
inches of Harveyized steel and al
most caused the rejection of
large government order. There
is another form of projectile by
the same inventor which carries
an additional charge of powder
that is exploded by impact.
During the Spanish-American
war the shells of the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius were made
from Mr.. McDermott's plans at
the Waterville, N. Y, arsenal and
were used with telling effect,
compressed air being used for
powder. Mr.. McDermott has
allowed the United States Gov
ernment the use of his invention
pending its patent, and will give
the United States the preference
for it's purchase. Already sew
eral European nations are very
anxious to possess it. The same
principle of the new projectile
can be applied to rifle or revolv-
er bullets. Hon. II. E. Beltz-
hoover is Mr.. McDermott's attor-
ney and is looking up his clients
interests in foreign countries
while ON his European trip.-Car-
isle Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
PROTECTION OF SONG BIRDS.
Consul General Dubois Describes the
Swiss Methods.

ON'oN "SAlApaos
Consul-General Dubois at st. Gall,
has made report to the State Depart,
ment in regard to the methods pursued
In Switzerland for the protection OF
song birds, in which he says
switzerland has not many feathcrcd
songsters. but those that do exist are
carefully protected, not only by law,
but by the fostering care of the people,
particularly the German-speaking peo-
pie of Switzerland. In 1875 a law was
enacted prohibiting the trapping or
killing of song birds or the robbing or
molesting of their nests in any part of
the Alpine Republic.
GAS the seasons come and go the
Swiss birds make their pilgrimage
south, and in going and returning
across the land of Northern Italy and
the Swiss canton of Tessin they are
mercilessly pursued by hunters Of all
ages and classes.
"One of the schemes Is to cover the
limbs of trees and the rocks, aud even
the telegraph wires, along the line of
the bird migrations with certain
paste of such adhesive qualities that
whenever the birds stop in their flight
for rest or food they are held helpless
captives
''Dring the past year the border po-
lice of Tessln captured and destroyed
10000 bird traps set to imprison these
weary little flyers. Authorities are
being urged to take the most rigorous
measures to suppress the evil. The
criminal courts are having many more
bird law violation cases than formerly,
and bird catching and killing crilues.
which in former years We're either
overlooked or punished very slightly,
are now dealt with seriously.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
THE HISTORY BOOK.
How Milk and Water Can Be Made
to CHANGE Glasses.

A pretty bit of scientific recreation
which comes in handlly after dinner
Is sometimes called by the hlgh-sound-
ing title of "The Revenge of the Dani-
adcs," In allusion to the daughters OF
Danaus, who, as a punishment for
their crimes, were condemned to for
ever draw water with leaky vessels.
Fill completely two glasses of ex-
actly the same size and shape, one
with water, the other with milk.
Stretch over the mouth of the glass
containing the water circular cover
ing of tulle or other thin goods, some
what larger than the glasses and pre-
viously moistened
Now smooth the tapping of the tulle
as closely to the glass ms possible,
and, holding the palm of the right
hand squarely to the mouth of the
glass, seize the stem with the left and
turn it quickly upside down, avoiding
the entrance of air
Next slide the right hand softly
away from underneath, and, much to
your astonishmcnt, the tulle will re-
main sticking to the glass, while not
drop Of water will fall out through
that exceedingly leaky tissue. You
will very soon succeed in this expert
ment.
Hereon follows the second part:
Place your full, but not dripping, glass
of water thus turned upside down,
but not inside out, over the full glass
of milk, and you will soon see little
jets of white liquid penetrating the
tulle in every direction. 1t is the
milk, progressively mounting the SUI
perior glass, which in the same pro-
portion yields water to the lower glass
in the opposite direction.
At the end of about quarter of an
hour the exchange will be complete,
and you will see the lower glass filed
with pure transparent water, while
the upper one will be full of white
milk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
Valuable Pebbles.

Between the northern point of Long
Island and Watch Hill lies row of
little islands, two of which-Plum
Island and Goose Island-possess pc
culiar form of mineral wealth. 1t
consists of heaps Of richly colored
quartz pebbles, showing red, yellow,
purple and other hues, which are To-
eally called agates. They are used in
making stained glass windows, and
there is sufficient demand for them in
New York to keep the owners of one
or two sloops employed in gathering
them from the beaches, where the
waves continually roll and polish
Them bringing out the beauty of their
colors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
Great Difference,

"Now, johnny saiGth'i
er, "take the challlmd drl'
a trout"
"What kind, ma'am;" irq'
Johnny.
c ooh, the kind old Mr.
says he catches. "
Johnny made great N
with the chalk.
"Hold on, Johnny. THAT
more like u whale thaua %
"It is the kind Mr. IIOo'
he catches. "
"Well, it is too large II
out and start all over agaln
Johnny did so and drew
fish.
"Why, what in the VoI
that? 1t looks like a mIu'
THAT is the kind ola lroD
Tibbs catches.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
ALL MAKE DOLLS.
Mothers Cut Them Out, Children
Stuff and Fathers Paint Them.

MoIneTS Out mem Out, Children
Stuff and Fathers Paint Them.
In Germany there are whole COM
munities of people who make dolls,
while families work all day at doll
making, each one having his own part
to do Not only do these families
make dolls, but the fathers and moth
ers of these fathers and mothers made
dolls, and so did the grandfathers and
grandmothers. A man making n doll
out of IA piece of wood, using knife
to do it, will draw himself up proudly
and tell you that his grandfather
made the same kind of doll.
The mothers in the families cut out
the bodies, the children make and
stuff them, the fathers paint and treat
the faces. In some families, where
there is a great deal of talent, the
whole family makes heads.
Some of these doll makers have
come to New York, and they live near
together. making little German vii
lage of doll makers. These people
make only the rag dolls which we see
in the stores, dressed in gingham and
wearing sunbonnets on their heads.
Some of the women and girls make
the clothing and bonnets, the boys stuff
the bodies, and, as in Germany, the
men make the faces.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
MAGIC OF FIGURES.
Trick in Simple Subtraction That viii
Puzzle Every One.

Puzzle Every One.
You never can tell what figures will
do. OF course they are truthful If
properly handled, but some of them
are capable of the most bewildering
antics. Here is method by which
figures may be made to tell secrets in
n way that will astonish those who
are not informed about how to do the
" figuring"
Ask some person to put down un-
known to you number composed of
three figures (say 762). Tell him TO
transpose the figures (making 267),
and to subtract the lesser from the
greater. Then ask him to tell you the
first figure of the result. and you can
tell him the entire number. For in
stance, your first number in the pres
ent example is 762, which transposed
makes 2G7. Subtract 267 from 762
and you have 495. The only figure
that you are told is 4, the first of the
result. All you have to do is to sub
tract 4 from o, which will give you 8,
the last figure, and the central figure
is always .. So your number will be
400. This Is true in all cases where
only three figures are to be used in
making up a number. The central
figure will always be 8 when the
transposed number is subtracted from
the original number, and the two end
figures when added together will
make 0, So, knowing either the first
or last figure of the result you can
give the entire number.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
NET CASH
DAY AFTER EXAMINATION
NO DISCOUNT.

which means that he always pays
cash for everything he buys the
day that the goods are delivered
and neither gives nor asks dis
counts. Another popularity of
Mr.. Rouss is to pay his employees
every night. At the close of
business, at 8 o'clock, winter and
summer-and everybody is ex-
pected TO work eleven hours a
day-the clerks, porters and 9th
ers on the pay roll go to the cash
ier and receive their days wages
in an envelope, so that when Mr..
Rouss closes his store at nighthe
owes no man a dollar. He is al
ways the first to arrive in the
morning, and is found daily at
his desk before z. He is always
the last, except the watchman, to
leave the building at night, and
although he is blind and has
many millions of dollars, he puts
in twelve hours of solid work six
days in the week.
Another sign that is seen in
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
A ROARING PHONOGRAPH.

According to the London Mail
a photograph that shouts so loud
~ that every word can be heard
at a distance Of ten miles has
been tested at Brighton.
You can whisper a sentence
into the machines small funnel
shaped mouthpiece and it will
repeat it in tones that are more
deafening than the shrieks of a
liners steam siren. Yet every
word is perfectly articulated, and
a short hand writer ten miles
away can take down the message
as easily as if you were debating
to him in a small room.
The machine is the invention of
Mr.. Horace l.. Short, of Brighton.
In appearance it is merely an or
dinary phonograph, with aJlarge
trumpet measuring / feet in
length. Inside this trumpet
there is a small and delicate piece
of mechanism that looks some
thing like a whistle This is the
tongue of the machine.
Instead Of the records" being
taken on wax IN the usual man
ncr, Il sapphire needle is made to
cut the dots representing the
sound vibrations silver cylinder,
and when the needle travels over
the metal a second time the vibra-
tons cause the whistle to pro
duce a se'jH9 Of air waves, and
the machine thus becomes Il talk
ING siren which transforms the
human voice into deafening
roar.
The experiments were made
near the Devils Dyke, Brighton,
where the inventor had his work
shops The instruments was
placed on the roof Of the labora-
tory, and was made to repeat a
number Of sentences. At a dis
tancc of ten miles the sounds
were plainly heard by a large
number Of people, every word be-
iug perfectly distinct, and at IL
second trial with a favorable wind
il was found that an unknown
message cUuId be taken down in
shorthand at a distance of twelve
miles Over the water the sounds
will carry still further; and un-
der favorable circums stances they
might easily be heard by persons
ON a vessel fifteen miles out at
sea. Placed ON a lighthouse or
| lightship the phonograph would
give verbal warming that would
be infinitely more effective than
the log-horns and detonators at
present in use
The possibilities Of the machine
are practically endless. 1t will
render loud selection in the open
anr that can be listened to by
thousands of people, or it will
shout news messages that could
be heard high above the roar OF
the traffic and the thousandnoises
/ of a bio CITY.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
Was Ii A Miracle?

"The marvellous cure Of Mrs.
Rena j Stout of Consumption has
created intense excitement in
Cammack, Ind" writes Marion
Stuart, leading druggist Of
Muncie, Ind She only weighed
90 pounds when her doctor in
Yorkton said She must soon die
Then she began to use DR.. King $
New Discovery and gained 81
pounds in weight and was com
pletely cured" 1t has cured
thousands OF hopeless cases, and
is positively guaranteed to cure
all Throat, Chest and Lung dis
eases. SOC and S1.00. Trial bot
ties free at w. S. Dickson S drug
store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
y Queer Story.

With an accordion and a
of seven marching turtles oI
colored manis wandering find
the streets Of PHILADELPHIA
vesting the coppers Of those
care to look at his unioue j
tainment. He has q table !
a yard square, and he dunn
ON it the turtles from hispod
They get into formation at
One, the captain or leader. st
a little in advance, alone]
others, in three couples, art
themselves in order behind
The old man strikes up A /
and the turtles march aroun
table in a circle. He strike
another and they march
square. A third tune nj
them go backward, and a d
stands them erect on their
With the fifth tune, or clima
the turtles roll over on
backs. That concludes the|
formance. The old man pj
his hat about, then gather,
turtles into his deep po,
again, folds the table undeI
arm and departs counting
collection.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
every direction for the informa-
tion of his customers is;
NO CREDIT.
ONE BILL AT A TIME
SIX DAYS OUR BEST TERMS,
NEVER THIRTY.

NEW EN III kIN.
Mr.. Rouss considers one week
a sufficient time for all his Gus
toners in the country to receive
their purchases, and he expects
the goods to be paid for as soon
as they reach their destination.
City customers are required to
pay cash. He told me that he
burned his ledger eighteen years
ago and now carries ON his enor-
nous business, amounting to
millions year, with only two
bookkeepers, who simply record
the purchases of out-of- town GUS
toners and credit them with the
pay when it is received.
ga fellow was fool enough to
trust me when | first came to
New York and [ trusted others, "
said Mr. Rouss one day when |
called upon him. 81 smashed all
to pieces; owed S51, 900, paid it up
dollar for dollar, never trusted
anybody again and never permit
anybody to trust me"
Mr.. Rouss' peculiar name is
his trademark. He was born in
Frederick, Md, clerlied in
country store at Winchester, Va,
came to New York with an ambi-
tion to emulate A. II. Stewart, got
a stock of goods and opened
small shop on Broadway, but
customers were slow in coming
and he painted big sign, "Char-
les Broadway Rouss," to attract
curiosity, which he believes was
the foundation of his success in
life. Overwork cost him his eye
sight, but he continues to manage
his business and knows every
thing that is going on in his great
store.
l asked Mr.. Rouss what he
considered the greatest of vir-
tues.
Honesty" he replied; "that
covers everything"
"And what is the greatest of
vices?" [ asked.
"Idleness-that is the source
of all vice; busy man has no
time to be bad"
Mr.. Rouss is practical phil
anthropist and has given away
large sums of money. He always
gives a dollar to everybody who
asks for aid or sends him beg
ging letter.
"You would not want me to
print that fact" | suggested.
"Why notY"
Because 1t would bring upon
you multitudes of applicants for
money"
'Let them come. If dishon-
est man robs me he will suffer
for it, not L; if l refuse worthy
man the aid he needs, | will suf-
fer for it as well as he. | would
rather give $4,000 to people who
do not need it than refuse 81 to
man who does.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26

AT the Presbyterian reunion to be
held at Penmar on July 81 one of the
speakers will be Rev, j. Hood Laugh
lin whose subject will be "The Present
Outlook in China" Rev. Laughlin
has been missionary in China for
many years, and, il there now, he
would be in the center of the present
disturbances. He is an interesting
speaker and will tell about the pres
ent disturbances in that ancient en-
pire
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
The Price.

"Yes," grunted the great chief,
'they have come to set up their laws
over our land and to take possession
of the hills and the valleys aud the
fertile plains that have been ours.
But they have paid price that will
stageer humanity" Then taking the
Jug, for the contents bf which he had
trhded of the lands of his tribe, he
Tilted the bottom toward the planet
Mars and was satisfied.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26
shatterlng the Commandments.

During an interval of several min
utes the editor and the poet contem.
plated each other with implacable
fury.
This is poem on Spring, 1 pre-,
sume,' sneered the editor, at last.
mot only ON Spring, but on both
sides of the paper as WELL" shrieked
the poet, defiantly.
Here the editor rose and clutched
the fellow by the throat, frothing at
the mouth the whlle-Detroit Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-26

A Mexican county eN''
prints Il bicycle yarn tno' '''
copying;
"a wheelman OF tllS
hung his wheel from d S"'
the cellar. A mouse l''
from the wall upon tI'
wheel which began to 'O''
Of course the mouse ''aI"'
the top, but the wheel ReP'
ing and the creature coD'' ,
get enough foothold to leap
shelf. In the morning ulVT
was still running and tllcp' y
eter showed he had run W.
eight miles.