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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19
UNCLE SANS NAVY.
Seventy Warships Now Under
Construction.

COnSCrUCtlOu-
WASHINGTON, July S.-Seventy
warships are under construction, or
have their designs in preparation, for
the United States navy. This formid-
able fleet is described in a statement
just issued by Rear Admiral Hichborn,
chief constructor. The statement gives
the names of twelve battleships, six
armored cruisers, nine protected cruis-
ers, four monitors, one gunboat, six
teen torpedo boat destroyers, fifteen
torpedo boats and seven submarine tor
pedo boats under construction or for
which designs are being prepared.
Four of the battleships-the Ken
lucky, Illinois, Alabama and Wiscon-
sin-are of seventeen knots speed and
will be completed within a year, three
the Maine, Missouri and Ohio, are of
eighteen knots, and five of nineteen
knots have their designs in preparation.
Six armored cruisers are all of twenty
/ two knots. Six of the protected cruis-
ers are of seventeen knots and three of
twenty-five knots. Four monitors are
| of twelve knots speed.
| The construction of a gunboat for the
great lakes, authorized in 1898, is sus-
pended pending an arrangement with
Great Britain as to the armament each
nation shall maintain in those waters
The torpedo boat destroyers are OF
twenty nine and thirty knots, and the
torpedo boats of twenty-six, twenty
eight and thirty knots. The submarine
boat Plunger is under construction al
Richmond. Va, and arrangements are
being made for contracting for six adj
ditional submarine boats of the Hol.
land type. Including the Texas, the
battleship fleet of the United States
will consist of eighteen vessels, and ar
armored cruiser squadron. counting the
New York and Brooklyn, of eight yes
sells.
I'VE are getting a respectable navy
now" is the comment of Rear Admira
Hichborn.
The Machias. which has been watch
ing United States interests on the 18th
mus Of Panama and at Colombian port
for the last seven months, sailed toda,
from San Juan for Hampton Roads.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19

The British steamer Moana which
arrived from San Francisco yesterday
morning, bringing one days later mail
and news from the mainland than was
brought by the Nippon Maru, sailed for
the Colonies in the afternoon at 3
o'clock, carrying the following passen-
gers from Honolulu: Mr.. and Mrs.
Branson, Mr.. ELLINGTON, Rev. C. ID.
Buck and wife, A. a. Brown. Mrs Nc
Kensie and Miss Keyes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19
ADAMS TO CRUISE AGAIN.

SAN FRANCISCO, July THE
training ship Adams, which has been
lying off Goat Island since her return
from Astoria few days ago. will go to
Mare Island Monday to take on pro-
visions and prepare for another cruise
with apprentices. The trip recently
completed proved to be very satisfac-
tory to all concerned, the apprentices
showing aptitude for their work, with
few exceptions, and 120 out of 147
passed the second-class examination
The boys to go on the next cruise have
been stationed on Goat Island.
NEW SCHOONER AEOLUS.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-The new
schooner Aeolus. which was launched
ten days ago at Captain Matthew Tur-
ners yard at Benicia, was brought to
this city yesterday afternoon and is al
the bulkhead between Mission wharves
l and .. The vessel was built for the
Jaluit Company, in the Marshall ISL
ands, and will sail for the islands in
about a week with a cargo of genera
merchandise and four passengers. The
Aeolus has accommodations for eight
passengers. She is commanded by
| Captain Weilbacher and has a length
of 100 feet, with beam of 2415 feet ant
depth of 10 feet. The Aeolus will re
main in the Marshall Islands trade.
PHILADELPHIA TO CRUISE.
SAN FRANCISCO, July S.-The AID
/ jutant- General of the State has re
ceived word from Washington that tn,
cruiser Philadelphia will be availabl,
for the naval militia of California tn,
first week in August for cruise alons
the coast. While most of the Reserve
would delight in being aboard the Phil
adelphia for several days, regret is ex
pressed among the officers that tn
cruise cannot be made during or imme
diately following the Admission da,
celebration here in September, and Il
J the Marion instead of some other shiI
An effort is to be made, however, t
, secure the presence of all the nava
militia divisions in the State for tn
cruise.
VESSELS LIBELED.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.-The j. L
! Spreckels q RrOthers CopDany fIad
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19

Steamship California, 5S79 gross tons,
launched at San Francisco. which will
be the pioneer vessel in opening up reg
ular steam communication between
Hawaii and the ports of the United
States. The steel ship Edward Sewall,
1906 gross tons, and the steel bark IA
iulani. 1870 gross tons. are two square
rugged vessels built. Hawaiian vessels
registered at San Francisco since June
14th aggregate S631 tons. The vessels
constructed on the Pacific seapoaro
during the year comprise 1885 gross
tons.
FAST SAILING.
SAN FRANCISCO, July THE Brit
ish bark Galgate, Captain Grif1ths,
big four-master, made record-Dreak-
ing run on her voyage from Shanghai
to the mouth of the Columbia, covering
! the distance from buoy to buoy In
/ twenty-seven days. The nearest APP
proach to this record is said to have
been made by one of Renton, Holmes q
Co.'S four-masted schooners. which
made the run from Shanghai to the
Sound in twenty-eight days. Vessels
] from SndnSndl are lSSS lltduCht NtSiN
ors here than those from Yokohama
and other Japanese ports, and the Won
derful run of the Galgate can be better
understood when it is stated that the
voyage from Shanghai to the Columbia
river is generally conceded by ship
masters to be fully a week or ten days
+. longer than the run from Yokohama.
The record passage from the latter port
to the Columbia river is a fraction less
than twenty-five days, the Selkirk
making the record run about three
years ago.
The Galgate's biggest days perform
ance was 295 miles, but in ten-day
run she reeled off over $500 miles, an
average of over eleven miles an hour
and a speed which would bother most
of the tramp steamers to maintain
Portland Oregonian.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19
SHIPPING NOTES.

The ship Balclutha sailed yesterday
for the north to load lumber for sgd
ney.
The schooner Robert Levers cleared
Yesterday for Honolulu with a cargo
of merchandise.
Beadle Brothers have bought the
steamer Point Arena from II. Temple
man and Captain Hansen.
The Pacific Mail steamer Rio de
Janeiro will be due today from Hong
kong, Yokohama and Honolulu.
| The transport Hancock will be the
next Government vessel to arrive from
Manila, and will be due in about ten
days.
The German ship Louise, out 221 days
| from Tampa for Yokohama, has been
listed as overdue and 80 per cent rein
surance is quoted upon her.
Andrew Jackson has been appointed
captain Of the schooner North Bend,
and Captain Mikkleson has been given
command of the schooner Claudina.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.-The
schooner Mary Dodge arrived yester-
day from Honolulu with $50 bags OF
sugar.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-There is
only a limited amount of disengaged
tonnage In port, and crop reports favor
wheat holders. No spot charters have
been reported lately.
SAN FRANCISCO, July THE brig
John D. Spreckels cleared yesterday
for Guam with cargo of general mer-
chandise for the Western Commercial
Company, and will probably sail today
SAN FRANCISCO, July S.-The bari
Santiago sailed yesterday for Hilo will
cargo of general merchandise. Th'
steamer Curacao sailed yesterday fol
Ensenada, La Paz, Guaymas and Ma
zatlan.
The British steamer Victoria. former
ly in the transport service, has beer
chartered by Dunsmuir to bring Goa
from Nanaimo. The collier Universe
now in port is making her last tril
here, having been chartered for othe
business.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-The nev
schooner William Olsen, commanded
by Captain Huffman, sailed yesterda.
on her maiden voyage, with Willap;
Harbor as her destination. She will
take cargo of lumber thence to Homo
lulu, when she will enter the Mexican
coast trade.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19
NAGASAKI DIRECT.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1.-THE
Sumner will sail next Mon
day for Nagasaki with detachment of
the Fifteenth Infantry and will go di
rect to the Japanese port The fact
that the Sumner is under orders to pass
Honolulu and all possible haste in
reaching Nagasaki with the troops is
regarded as proof that the Americans
are to take an active part in the quell-
ing of disturbances in China.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19
READY BY AUGUST.

SAN FRANCISCO, July Rapid
progress is being made in getting the
new steamer John s. Kimball ready for
sea. She is expected to be ready for
her trial trip by August 1st. The ma
chinery is all in place, and the state
rooms and social hall are about finish
ed Captain Thwing's room, on the
upper deck, will be 12x16 feet in size,
finished in mahogany.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-19
THE METEoR's CAPTAIN.

One of the most popular of the mer-
chantmen now in port is the fine four
masted schooner Meteor of which Cap
tain Henry Lass is master. Captain
Lass has sailed in the coast lumber
trade for many years, and, though still
a very young man, has vessel that
makes him the envy of many of the
other masters OF the lumber fleet. The
real commander of the Meteor, how
ever, is tiny Master Lass, just four
months old, whose accomplishments in
navigation, about the cabin, are truly
wonderful. Captain Lass and family
are most comfortably fixed on board
the vesse, and his friendly relations
with other shippers of the port are at
tested by numerous visitors.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
The Artists Hoodoo.

ARTISTS are n queer lot" remarked
one Of them yesterday as he smoked
pensively in his Chestnut street studio
and gazed dcjectedly at half finished
sketch IL can't do any work today
Just because | dreamed of redheaded
girl last night. That lets me out.
can dream of any other kind Of girl
and it doesn't affect my work. but If
the vision of my dreams has red hair
I'm no good the next day.
mo, it's not superstition. l don't
know what it is. All artists have their
off days from some cause or other, and
some of them have antidotes. | have
none. | just give up when the red
headed girl comes across the path of
my dreams.
"a friend Of mine counteracts the eff
feet of his hoodoo by clothing himself
in an outlandish way. have seen him
working in an opera hat, the coat of
his dress suit and a pair of pink pyja-
mas, and doing good work at that. An
other friend of mine always eats lot
Of raw onions when he has n partcu-
larry sentimental subject to handle.
But when it comes to me just have to
give p."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
No Fear when Death Draw. Nigh.


81 have seen thousands OF persons
die under all sorts of circumstances,
and never yet have seen one display
the slightest fear OF death" This re-
markable statement was made the 9th
er day by a physician who has prac-
ticed many years In Philadelphia and
who has seen a great deal of hospital
service.
1T is a popular fallacy," he went on,
ito imagine that deathbed scene Is
ever terrible other than as parting
between loved ones. The fear of the
unknown is never present at the last
Even amid ignorance and vice | have
never experienced such scenes as a
novelist who strives after realism will
sometimes picture.
"When patient is told that he can
not recover and the end is near, he in
variably seems resigned TO his fate,
and his only thought seems to be Of
those who are 10 be left behind. This
is true alike of men and women.
"Those who become hysterical and
declare they are not fit to die are the
ones who are not as i'll rs they think
they are. They always get well.
"A psychological reason? oh, don't
know that there is any. It's just HUI
man trait."-Philadelph Record.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
IN. -a,,te Policeman.

IL was crowded on the avenue, and
there was constant stream OF vehi-
lies coming and going. At the crossing
Of two Of the most congested streets
stood a police officer, tall and COM
handing. irreproachably dressed and
with an eye that compelled obedience.
When the tide of travel surged thick
est, little old lady came to the curb
and looked out into the impossible
stream Of carriages and wagons. Evil
IDENTITY she wanted to get across. The
gallantry Of the big policeman took
possession OF him. He approached her
and held up his hand.
Don't be afraid. I'll see that you
get across safely" he said.
The old lady shook her head nerv.
ously and seemed more undecided than
ever The policeman came nearer
Taking her arm. he started to lead her
across. stopping the steady stream OF
passersby I'm wagons and carts. The
old lady hung back, protesting. When
the slow way to the other side Of the
street had been made, the officer re
leased her arm. She looked at him In
dazed way and said with some sharp
ness: What on earth did you want tC
drag me across that road for? | haC
an errand TO do on the other side."-
Detroit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
The Peculiar Jains.

Ernest NJ. Bowden in The Nineteenth
Century reports chat with Raja
Sivaprasad on Jainism The jams
pay more regard to the feelings of the
lower animals than any other sect in
the world; will not kill them or injure
them: are careful to avoid destroying
even insects, sometimes wearing q.
handkerchief over the mouth to pre-
vent any living creature being breath
ed in. 1t may be argued that this
tenderness will prove in the long run
fatal to it's possessors. handicapping
them seriously in the struggle for life
with less scrupulous rivals. AS evil
dence TO the contrary Mr.. Bowden
points to the jams:
Notwithstanding the opposition, If
not active prosecutions. of bygone
times, the one small sect which, more
than any other in the world. has
taught and practiced the doctrine of
'ahimsa.' or 'noninjury' TO living crea-
lures. stands today. after some four
and twenty centuries, by far the most
prosperous community in n population
verging on 100000, 600"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
Weapons of the skunk.

A skunk once challenged n lion to
single combat The lion promptly de-
clined the honor. why" said the
skunk, 'are you afraidY' .'Very much
So" said the lion, 'for you would only
gain fame for having the honor to fight
with lion, while every one who met
me for n month would know had
been in company with skunk"
This reminds us of the story about
Henry Ward Beecher's father. the ia
nous DR.. Lyman Beecher. who, when
asked why he did not reply to some
body who had severely attacked him
in a newspaper. replied that when n
young man. crossing Il field one night
with an armful of books. he saw n
small animal and after hurting several
volumes at the animal found he got the
worst Of it. and ever since had thought
ii better to let such animals alone
Our Dumb Animals.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
How the Oak VIII Grow.

There are trees which would seem to
substantiate the theory of some sci
entists that there is no reason why n
tree should ever die unless destroyed
by unfavorable conditions or accident.
The oak. for example. will live as a
sapling for ages until given opportu-
nifty for growth. There is an old say
ing to the effect that If pine forest is
cut down an oak forest will grow,
and this is said to be literally true.
Many of the acorns carried into the
pine woods by birds and squirrels are
left to sprout in the ground. AS the
tiny saplings grow browsing natives
Of the forest shades nibble off their
tender leaves. Again and again new
leaves are put forth, only to serve as
food for hungry deer or moose or 9TH
er marauding creatures. And so, hid
den from sunlight, deprived, as it
would appear, of every essential of
life, the little plants live on, and when
at last the pines are felled and the sun
light reaches them they begin their era
of growth.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
The Gentle Art of winking.

when you have mastered the gentle
art of winking." said Lord Beacons-
field, you hold the key to success in
your hands"
Every ones personality is made up
Of trivial failings and trivial talents.
Foster the good qualities in your
friends and subordinates and wink al
those failings so dear to their possess
ors. Not to see everything is n rule
which will strengthen friendships and
help you to get the best results from
your fellow workers.
"He is no good" said the great Ma
poleon of one of his officers. 'He is
continually looking into the privates'
stew pot!'
Il want man who can keep his eye
on the ultimate result and ignore little
failings, never mind how aggravating,'
said Nelson. And General Gordon once
remarked that the man who lost his
temper because a private's boot lace
was tied loosely on the day Of battle
did more to lose the day than all the
enemy's guns.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
Poorness of Blood
The Cause of Exhausted Nerves
and All the Ills of a Weak
ened Body.
Or. a. w. Chase's
Nerve and Blood Pills
MAKE RICH. RED. HEALTHY BLOOD
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Let the blood get thin, weak and
vatery, and every part of the body is
exhausted for want of proper nourish-
ment. The digestive system fails to do
its duty, and there is Indigestion and
dyspepsia the liver and kidneys become
clogged and inactive; there are pains in
the back, sides and limbs headache
and neuralgia; the nerves become ex-
hausted, aud there is nervousness, sleep
lessness and irritability, female COM
plants, lassitude and dependency.
To rid the system of these distressing
ills, caused by weak and impure blood,
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Eminent physicians who have pre-
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
SpurgeOn Minds n Texf.

Near where Surgeons tabernacle
stands half dozen main streets all
meet at one point. There is a drinking
fountain there, which has stood there
for many years. 1t was one very hot
summers evening, and the drinking
fountain was i'm strong demand.
wanted a drink myself, and in a happy
sort Of way while waiting my turn
said to some of the people standing
by: Hurry up. I'm parched." Some
body patted me on the back and said:
THANK you, my man. You have given
me my text for tonight" 1t was Mr..
Surgeons text.
The guard added that he was on his
way to the tabernacle at the time,
and Sturgeon preached one of the fin
est sermons he had ever heard on the
words: Hurry up. I'm parched."-
Home Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
The UgIiest Beast.

Probably the ugliest beast in the
world is a monkey, n grewsome look
ing animal called the bearded saki.
This is so utterly grotesque a beast
that 1t would scarcely be safe to let a
child or nervous person see 1t. The
ugliness is not of an amusing kind. but
Of an evil, sinister nature. The beast
has sort of beard and a countenance
unlike anything else In shape and lines.
The monkey itself is not particularly
savage, but is so hideous that the ma
tives Of its country, South America,
say that no beast Of prey. however
hungry, will tackle 1t. Even hungry
jaguar will starve in a cageful Of sakls.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
And the Minister Smiled.

The York (Me-) Transcript says that
a Portland minister recently called up
on one of the families in his parish
He assembled the steps and Knocked at
the door. Receiving no response. he
was about to depart when he heard a
window i'm the next house open and a
woman's voice say. Mrs. Smith. the
minister's at your door"
What was the pastors surprise and
amusement when he caught Mrs.
Smiths response waited gently around
the corner of the house. ash. don't you
s'pose know it,
The next Sunday after service Mrs
Smith met her pastor and expressed
her sorrow that she was away when he
had called.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
"Not ifIt Were My Boy"

Some years ago the late Horace
Mann, the eminent educator, delivered
an address at the opening of some re.
formatory institution for boys, during
which he remarked that If only one
boy was saved from ruin 1t would pay
for all the cost and care and labor of
establishing such an institution as that
After the exercises had closed In pri-
vate conversation, gentleman rallied
Mr. Mann upon his statement and said
TO him:
did you not color that a little when
you said that all that expense and la
Dor would be repaid if it only saved
one boyT
mot if it were my boy" was the
solemn and convincing reply.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-08
A COTTON PLANT.
The story of One shown on the New
York Exchange.


York Exchange.
There is n story still told 10 visitors
to the New York Cotton Exchange
which always amuses its teilers quite
as much as its hearers. 1t concerns a
very superb specimen of the cotton
plant which was brought into the eX-
change one October morning years ago
and placed in the center of the pit
around which gather every day the
men who buy and sell millions of bales
Of the white staple every month.
There had been bad weather in Tex
as that season, with reports OF irrep-
arabic damage to the crop, but this
superb plant, laden with bolls through
out its six feet of height and coming,
as 1t did, from Waco, in the most inn
portant cotton section of the Lone Star
State, was exhibited as conclusive
proof that the stories of ruined crop
were certainly false. All New York $
big cotton operators came to look at
1t and TO admire il, and most of them
remained to sell n few thousand bales.
"If that is what Waco can produce"
they said, "the Texas crop alone will
be big enough to put cotton down a
cent or two per pound"
Late in the day. however. there
strolled into the exchange n shrewd
old farmer from one Of the cotton
states east Of the Mississippi. He had
heard of six foot cotton plants from
Texas, and he wanted to see one. A
single look at this specimen was subj
cient.
"Humbug," he said. That plant is
made of wax. and it grew in South
Fifth avenue"
And so it proved. The hoax had
demonstrated what its authors assert
ed. that very few people in New York,
even among cotton brokers. would
know a cotton plant if they saw one
New York Mail and Express.