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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16
NELSON'S FLAGSHIP.
She Greeted tho Cruiser Powerful
at Portsmouth.

Few ships have had more exciting
career than Nelson's old flagship, the
Victory, which is now enjoying a peace
full old age in Portsmouth harbor In
this noted English spot the famous old
battle ship was recently decorated gay
ly with flags and bunting to greet the
victorious returning Powerful. the
modern cruiser, whose tarS arrived at
South Africa in time to assist in the re-
lief of Ladysmith.
Launched in 1851, it was fifty years
afterward that Nelson hoisted his flag
on her to take command of the Mediter-
ranean station. She was a ship Of 100
guns. 1t was from her masts that the
flags fiuttered that inspiring signal,
England expects every man to do his
duty
The Victory was subjected to a heavy
fire in the last fight for which the great
Admiral commanded her. In the thick
of it all, while the English ship was en-
gagged in a yardarm to yardarm fight
with the French Redoubtable, the great
little fighter fell on the deck of his be-
loved ship, mortally wounded, expiring
in few hours.
After being repaired and refitted at
Gibraltar, the old Victory arrived at
Spithead, England, December 4, 1905,
carrying the body of the dead chief
Many of the sailors of the Victory fol-
lowed their commander to his last rest
ing place In st. PaulS Cathedral.
The Victory has been repaired and re-
modelled so many times that now there
is scarcely a piece Of wood in her that
was put there by her original builders.
In 1880 the historic old ship had a
narrow escape from being sold to the
Wreckers-a fate that actually befell
the Foudroyant, another of Nelson's
ships. The latter was sold to a Ger
man firm for f1rewood, but pubic re-
monstrance was so great that the Gov
eminent bought it back again for $4,000,
five times the amount paid for it by the
wreckers.
The following poem of Conan Doyle's
had good deal to do with rOusing pop
ular sentiment against the coidly prac-
teal men who We're willing to sell the
country's famous old battleships:
You hucksters, have you still to learn
The things that money will not n ~?
can you not read that cold aud stern
As we may be, there still does lie
Deep in our hearts hungry love
For what concerns our island story?
we sell our work-perchance our lives
but not our glory.
Go. barter to the knockers yard
The steed that has outlived it's time,
Send hungry to the pauper's ward
The man who served you in his prime.
But when you touch the nations store.
Be broad your mind and tight your
grip;
Take heed, and bring us back once
more
Our Nelson's ship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16
DES INVITING QUESTS.
rqaette Of Visiting Cards and
stationery.

b. Jf an that IL constantly writ
IH subject, women seem To- ind
H.tt UI invitations. visitlng cards
uprv more porploNiuE than any
rHu 0f social intercourse.
J. blowing article are answers TO
- uuDatOua, ana information
fI cover tho entire ground. Ey-
u relating TO their sending and
J. has been entered into. and. ~
} made clear.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

Mother-"Didn't / tell you not to
touch the preserves without my permits
sion?" Son-"Yes, mother" Mother.
Then why didn't you come to me and
ask meY Son-"Because I wanted
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

Injury In French duel: while / was
abroad / witnessed duel in France
Anybody hurt?" Yes; one of the prin
cipals had a rib broken embracing tn
other after the combat was over."-Ph
adelphia North American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

Diplomacy: taker-"What /
your age. madam" Mrs Neighbors-
did the woman next door give her age !?
Census-taker-"Certai Mrs. Neigh
bors-"Well. I'm two years younger thar
she is."-Chicago News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

bsgIunIng however. II must be-
HIt d hostess can have no better
loso matters. 80 Tar az correct
ua concerned, than "a first-clasH
one may always rely with per-
|1IrnDe in hts Judgment. "a IN "a
% pride with n leading establish
tli nothing shall go forth under
J. thlCh shall not be acknowledge
|1shere To- be OF the most approy-
They viii no more produce "A
\ t0rilng that IN out OF date than
u consent % engraved invitations
j. Of cheap grade.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

u Mutations today are engraved
tr paper with long envelopes.
\ uper with square envelopes IL
! out The paper should DE heavy.
color. and never glazed
fleflng, Roman type, In spite Of
h run Of popularity II has already
4 stu very much In favor. Pale
Nflpt IN entirely out The new
|rt IL very small and black II
= impossible 20 say whether this
Roman type IN now most used
\. considered perfectly correct
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16
Our Nelson's ship.
49,

Il want to get one O. them things"
said the old lady, pointing at an assert
replied the. dealer: how high do you
care to go?" why, not too high and
not too low: ! want one that'n keep my
house just right this summer.''-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

Sergeant Finnegan ION the skirmish
line)-"Stiddy, me byes: sure they be too
far off yit; but when they get furninst
the. bushes there, thry a few blank car
tridges al 'em until yees git the range"
Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-16

|tihg Invitations, Il In well 20 re-
y hat only ono envelope H. adj
10 a husband and wife. as. Mr.
p william Brown. Nor II II ever
nhle 10 exclude either Of u mar
lple from an invitation 20 large
"a wedding. dance or tea--sven
lhy one Of tho two IL known 10
ewing tho entertainment. The In
must be- set 90 both. one invita-
~ also be sent 20 several unmer-
Nles Of "a family. addressed
N,sss Wayne" such n form ss
Ns.sfs Wayne" however. adj
10 tho young women's brothers.
y most Incorrect. A separate In
must be- sent 20 each unmarried
family Wherg double envel-
y. used, tho outside covering In
II With tho name and full adj
hose Tor whom u ~ Intended.
inside envelope only the name II
sometimes an invitation ~
serye Tor the father. mother and
~ % a family.
SEEDING II In frequently sent TO
9t family generally. where all
H1 lu either % these cases the
euvulpp" should be- addressed
U tbr father and mother. The
ray read.
,hl Mrs W. jennings Burke.
The Misses Burke.
ind Mrs W Jennings Burke
And Family.
Y can be- afforded. however. u
'p best % have the separate IN
invitations. those for weddings
ave the most trouble. These
Engraved IN script or Roman
l are always forwarded IN dou-
'opes. When a wedding invita-
accompanied with cards for "a
~ or reception. and the young
az homes" all three are. OF
aNaYrd ln the same form 81 let
,ller What kind Of reception may
N. ceremony, nothing but the In
W The wedding itself II placed
Meet breakfast may BE- given
morning or noon wedding. or "A
pe held after the afternoon or
! CEREMONY In either case n card
wnt Tor this later entertain
al smother DO inciosed announc-
"''Y.nt days % the bride and
aris inviting 90 the break fast
wv " better 20 have the
ll' hriluH parents engraved az
TO same ne on the wedding IN
iof thr Ibvs M home should &C.
| "'rt invitation to the we'd
INr Tho reception or break
are sent only % persons
i.n 1n the visiting list either
'''f uf The bride or of the
20 invitations have been issued
=. lllnF. announcements. cngrsv-
y, PAPER The same - the inVi-
wv governed by the same code
'llo bs tho former. should DO
lN' IIF % the ceremony. n
lhe reception davs Of the bride
,s.s, 'nould accompany each an
.9.m of tho at home card which
.l,' ihp wedding invitations n
ifs ON Inv other occasion. Fof
10Y reception or tea. IA visiting
~ Ol' IHN and time % the affair
ilp lower left-hand corner
f. ~ INVITATION most used.
p. invitation also ~ much IN
sr,,. Ni.l ltncps and progressive
INUn The word dancing.
s, WHIST a. added 20 the hour
a.,r left-buud corner.
.,.'uI'h The people who use the
d,, 1a uu invitation. have the
M. mi hours engraved on
y 10y tl means necessary. Mosl
tW,F write the information NJ
ais.. .tfi or In the lower left.
h.. IN.a ia considered perfect
M. hlls progressive whist
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-23

makes the State Comptroller the principal
officer to enforce and .upcrvis ~ the collec-
ton Of the tax. He receives the reports OF
the appraisers; he charges the County
TrcaSireru with the amounts respectively
payable by them on account o. the tax. ana
Is the chief official representative OF the
State in the numerous and important htiga-
ions arising under the law.
by n bill which was passed in the dying
days Of the late Legislature II Is proposed
10 deprive the Surrogates of the counties
of New York, Kings and Erie OF the power
which they now possess TO appoin, ap-
prtlscrs in transfer tax cases and TO CONFER
that power upon the state Comptroller,
The effect Of this enactment, II II receives
the approval of the Governor, will be ~
permit the state Comptroller 10 select
judicial officers who are to net In cases IN
which he is an interested party.
When we first suggested this objection
the answer was made that the State Comp
troller was only nominally a party to lih-
cations growing out OF the transfer tax
and that his inter est was merely titular.
The worthles.ness Of this answer becomes
obvious when we consider the patronage
exercised by the state Comptroller in the
matter Of giving employment to lawyers
who are paid ont of the proceeds OF the
inheritance tax. In cases where an appraisal
is 10 be made the State Comptroller Is
expressly authorized to designate and
retain counsel to represent any County
Treasurer or City Comptroller who Is
required TO be cited rs a party to the pro-
ceciing. The expenses Of the lawyers thus
employed are paid ont of the funds realAed
from the Inheritance tax. We are informed
that the sum of sll0,2lG was disbursed
under the direction OF the state Comptroller
in the fiscal year ending in 1899 on account
OF such legal services and expenses.
II is idle to pretend that an officer who
spends nearly $4,000 a year among law
yers to make sure that estates are ap-
praised high enough. and that every avail
able dollar il collected under the trans
fer tax, occupies a position OF indifference
or impartiality which renders 1t proper for
him TO appoint the appraisers under this
statute. Indeed. he is denominated an in
tcrested party by the very language OF the
law, which commands the Surrogate TO I'm
mediately give notice, upon the determine
ton by him, as to the value OF any estate
taxable rnder the statute, and of the tax
to which il is liable, ito all parties known
10 be interested therein, including the State
Comptroller"
The objection to permitting a utigant to
appoint a Judge to act in his " cause Is
so fundamental that it should he deemed
conclusive. There are other grounds on
which the measure to which we refer ought
10 be condemned, but this alone should
insure its rejection by Governor RoosE-
WELT.
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an abiding faith In the manly, COURAGEOUS,
truthful, InercifuI, and all other snnobling and
inspiring priHciple' typified by III" fag ~ our
common country!
starry banner and conceive of It's being rcuro-
sentative OF anything mercenary Or S"rdd
Wherever II fonts. there We know will hr found
an iiprlacable foe TO tyranny and an un~avrr-
Tut / am glad The senator has spoken. or!
that have carefully read and absorh"1
his hi ,c ysy from H HIN ai.m ! .h HIm mot bc nI G.i
dismissed himself lie is ont OF tune with our
times Yet ih. times Of to-day ARE singing as
sweet and tnneful n refrain AZ CRESTED my ear,
them 20 the inspiring voices OF the world. speHl-
lng in the glorious drama OF our co,sltrys
HISTORY.
Those voices had all tho fire % a fcryont ra-
,rio,ism, they breathcd a dcop-seated and ahli-
ing love u liberty. there was n note Of TIE
umphant JOY IN every word, The inspiration
Of freedom md the love Of country ,ha, mag.
drSpotic grasp of England, filled the hearts "
the Americans Of that day to overlooking.
Their songs were xnl,ant psaIs of victory "
American Of that dav trod his native soil n, A
proud and happy monarch his JOY was uncou-
lined.
T.. he Patriotism Of this generation loss than
that OF the fr-, lHl' Of the crnturv' Whatever
others may thii!k or say. ! say NO. Despite
the increase Of poverty du" TO European
exploration corgested in cities, and still IN.
seated ~ the soil. the people Of TODAY are ~
loyal and a. feryeniy devoted to the princi,l rs
OF America liberty Hud progress as in any pre-
vious period ~ our history.
And the future which viii be unbo~omcd in
the venrs OF the comina century will bring az
hot . glow OF PATRIOTISM 10 th" hearts or 'hs
generation that II to succeed ~ a. burned IN
the hearts Of those who row peacefully ,lumbrr
beneath the sOil ii ia still our privilege 10
trend GEORGE ". D,THRlpUE.
New York. April 30.
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The Progressive POpulists."

The Missouri Middle-of-the- Road Popu-
Asts held a convention IN Kansas City last
week. and were much cheered by the pres
ence OF their national ticket. the Hon
WnARroN BARKER Of Philadelphia, Penn,
and the Hon. lGNATIrs DoNNELLY OF Mn
niger, MINI. Unfortunately the delegates
were ashamed or weary OF the expressive
and straight-spined name which their party
has hitherto borne After much anxious
elaboration they decided to call their or
ganization the Progressive Populist party,
Now. il is not any more progressive ulan the
Dead Sea. The delegates "solemnly re-
affirmed their allegiance TO the immortal
principles set forth In the Omaha platform"
Those immortal principles may be correctly
summarized as the proposition that every
thing is going to the. worst in the worst OF
all possible worlds-a theory that may
have had It's attractions for some persons
when the country's liver was a little out OF
ordor, but is essentially comic in hap
pier days Yet this noble continuous con-
tempt Of facts Is a characteristic Of the
Middle-of-the- r oaders and will not be lost
by them in their Progressive period.
The Hon. ". G. ALIpnIDGE Of California,
Mo, was tho unanimous choice of the con-
vention for Governor. but he waved the
honor away. He said his health Was
bad. His language was vigorous enough.
" SHINING Democrats Is my forte" he
cried; Il can skin a Democrat quicker
than Sheol can scorch a fea." Tho delegates
implored him to begin to fay. They said
that they would do his farm work for him.
but he was resolute In refusal. SO the
Hon. J. II. HILLS. who promised that he
would help the good cause to the extent
Of $500, $500, or even $500, was nominated.
The platform is long and hot, II whacks
the Republicans and Democrats with I'M
sparinc rod. 1t seems tina. everybody
il corrupt, except tho Progressive Popu-
lists, but with tho aid Of initiative, referen-
dun. imperative mandate and proper
tional representation the great moral, social
and economic questions Of the age" can be
settled. All official salaries ought TO be re-
dlced /" so as to conform to the reduction
that has taken place in the price OF prod
ucts." 4 f~avOrite scheme o. PopnliSts
Of all shades until they get into office, when
they forgetit t.
Here /. the particular jewel Of the plat
form:
THE issuance OF license, to Trusts, thereby making
Trusts ~lseiiimato, and prrman, ni,y fastening them
upon N. nation. under the plan now brIng advocated
by Mr WILLIAM T. BRYAN and by NJ joins D
= tp - IN. St,r5srh 0l rFuSt 10 d.
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~ SOrTH AFRICA.

He general impression given by the I"o0'
d'suatches is that although efforts gre or'"S
mad" on ihe British side to cope with me ono"-
sbve %nc,iviiy Of the Beers. the CONDITION OF 'ip'
country u such. owing 10 the heavy raihS' uia'
the movement Of the troops md tho necessary
Transport are all but improciicab'e LOT w,
Present. Whatever the details oil oru
l'ob"r's's plan Of campaign may De u
Il quite evident tina, it IL Temporarily
suspended Some twenty-five miles away
10 the east of Rlormfontein the Beers
are said 10 have n strong pos, OF aoout TWO
tho,i.ana men covering the rold to Thaba
N''hu and Ladybrund, and The most advanced
British force in front of Bloemfontein Il just
beyond Marco Siding. which Is about twenty
hy" miles on. The railway COMMUNICATION
with the Orange River IS temporarily inter-
rnpt"d by tho washing away OF tho pniiaS''hs ht
several points bv the foods, and the MY parts
~ the south of the Fro" state aciualiy IN bfl'."h
occupation are those on which the British
troops are cncnmped The publication oil the re-
ports on Gens Butler and Warren has served
to divert the mind Of the British pubic from thc
conduct Of the campaign for the time being
bn' there wiz soon be q call Tor some SUD
stantial progress toward Pretoria Meanwhile
every dar'S delay adds 10 the SICK ron anu MI
pairs the morale and efficiency Of the troops
Va the pivot Of the whole situation Is AZ
Blocmfontcin there can be no movement OF
importance by either the army in Natal nor 'he
lott wing until the main army has us rear
cleared of the comnandos In The south. u
thinG that apparently should be easy
enough, but all the same is prov
Ing more difficult than it looxs TO
be. OF the Boer means OF resisting
Lord Roberts's advance when 1t does begin
little or nothing is known. the Beer censorship
being n rigorous as the British. but 10 far they
seem to have lost nothing Of their ,enacitv OF
purpose nor Iackened IN their dctcrinina'ion
TO iight for their Independence TO the last and
the war Il well into iis seventh month
The death Of Gen DeWet. reported from
Lorenzo MarQue~, l., II true. a serion. dow 70
the Beers He has been the chief leader In all
the recent movements round Bloenfohtcin
since the surrender OF Gen CrOnje,
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Md Senator Hoar Thus Prophecy?

The Commerciai Adrertiser prints the SUD
Joined passage as part OF a speech delivered
by Senator HoAR Of Massachusetts at the
Pilgrims Day celebration at PiyInou'h n'e
wears e next December:
THE ire. our fathers set covered at hTs' a N''ie
,pace nv the seaside It ha. planted Us banSan
branches IN the ground 1t has spread along inc
lakes II has girdled the Gulf II has spannea 'e
Mississippi. II has covered the prairie ana the plain
The sweep Of It's lofty arches rises over the ROCKY
Mountains and the Cascades and the Nevadas iS
hardy growth shelters the frozen regions o''he Not'h'
west. Its bouahs hang over the Paclhc Hhui"
time in good TIME will send It's roots beneath the
waves and receive under Us vas, canopy the '''ann'
OF thu sea-"
Eloquent and patriotic words Discern
ment and provision and rhetorical express
sion worthy of Mr.. HoAR at his best
II Senator HoAR uttered this prophecy at
Plymouth Rock in 1905, a hundred anti
expansion speeches by him in 1900 cannot
efface that noble metaphor OF the tree
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The Inheritance Tax Appraisers.

When the experiment OF taxing inheri-
tanccs was underta ken for the first time in
this state in 1885 no one expected the
extraordinarily successful development Of
this system OF taxation which has taken
place. The original Collateral Inheritance
Tax law, passed in 1855, was derived from
the Pennsylvania statute, whore legislation
on the subject dates as far back NJ 1929.
II was not very we'll drawn, however, and
it, operation was restricted to property
passing BY the will OF the owner. or On his
death without a will. to his collateral
relatives or strangers, Repeated amend
ments have perfected the machinery for the
collection Of the tax, which has also been
extended in its scope 80 that inheritances
BY parents OF the lineal descendants Of the
owner are now taxable. The whole subject
il dealt with in Article X. Of the General
Tax law OF 1890.
Up TO the present time the changes have
been for the most part improvements.
Certainly none can he condemned as
thoroughly and hopelo~sly had. 1t ha.
been reserved for the Ic-islatupa ~ 1900,
however, to enact an amendment 10 tho
Inheritance Tax law which ~ill be a very
! black blot indeed upon The statute book
il the Governor permits it 10 90 there.
The most important duty imposed upon
the officers who arc charged with tho exc
cntion Of the law Is the asCcrtainmcrt of
the value OF the estates which are subject
t. this transfer tax, That duty Ia per
/ formed by appraisers, who are appointed
nv the Surrogate Of the county IN which
the property is To be valued. Tho function
ia judicial, and the appointment Of an an
praiser by tho Surrogate, who ia q Prof ate
Judge, is analogous 10 the appointment Of
a referee by n Judge in a court q, general
jurisdiction. 4 report " tho appraisement
l. filed with the Surrogate and n Duplicate
with the state Comptroller. The appraise-
mont NAV be reviewed 10y means - an ap-
pe,l TO the Surrogate bv tho state Comp
trollcr or any dissatisfied person, and f,r-
ther reviews may be had in tho Appellate
Division Of The Suprcmr Court and IN The
Court Of ,preGIs
Al taxes cotlc','d undr- the Iuhe"; ln,c
TaN Law ara required 10 he pail into the
Treasury ~ tho state FOR tho use O.; the
state. to be applied to the expenses ~ the
State Government and such other purposes
as the lie Il stature shall direct. The statute
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Monke,'s Humanity to Man.

Ole Vincrnp r;lHcc~yall-, recently arrived from
the TransyaaL started a rc'tauIaut IN thr H-
Mirlrlct, where he ''t.lcd down with b ,v'i', iup'
children and a 'iuxu| arly Intelligent ipc which bIi'
TIE IGmc II Fanny In one Of td. cold ngai'
lately prevalent IL Whole family had lain down -
slrr2 in IN. ln'g-i rupm. ard their ,-rft!atIoH ri
sgrnrla, T. nal, th"m warm euouEh. Ni,c-rSuA -
baG,r ,oHta,tirg , c-itain quantity q charC't',
Ia ~ h.Ur ~ two N" atmosphere hfrHue 'DopGtc''
siy- that "flnny Whu sept - tho loot ~ NI.
cenls, led. so' NJ, and, ,u'p'c'irg that q. wasn't
r'FGt. tricl /, rouse her master but In val, ~
sleep. Ike that = his wife ard their four ci ,Grs",
had brrome s,,rtIou' ard cpmltosc Fanny
iArtruHon gave vent 10 ritrIu, C-isN, which b'urs :
In The water fim the a.. I'M, 2 loom. IN" instant
he upen.d To" d ,or .hr d,rsd out ,nd white htur
doing mis- h,st f., the 'suI a'ThN SiFIrd falIlg e.
mFd, ~ tnr h1t'r ~ one MarIuet thirty yards ~
with tie l.a',ir ~ wh.r-s!r wa'a 'gcc,.i farot't
Her cric'dTrg ll. bnaI = thr rtHG7U land these 80
I. law 80 ~ T."',s = 'rufr'Ui that H,
800. Nr'irt-u nm'C.f ra.i something Nl'vfu.r
CuruLU'g hrr 'lr.,-uI ErU-tr,' ~ rmu'fr
a'ia- italsn rtprrr aH''eS "a Ts..y' iLu
- arr mnauy A'rttth- rs,iauFart vntrr h. lost 10
uwc ~ %r'ru!IrcIl 2 the waite, INST AID" With pro
f~rs'ipral hsStsta rt" Nut without difNculty ths
family were rescued from q iau unin,elligtnuy In.
vitei BY a man and most intlIzenliy- nay. phuAar
tnropIcaily- avertcd BY a monkey