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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
HAWAII AS A TERRITORY.

The Philadelphia Press. expresses, ,in
the following editorial. the belief of in
telligent observers here that, after a
brief trial of the amended Cullom bill,
supplemental acts will be passed to
remedy the defects which the amend
ments have engrafted.
The Hawaiian Commission which
framed the bill had a different task be-
lore them than confronted the authors
of most of the acts creating Territories
Of the United States. The Commission
.ound existing in Hawaii a substantial
government, republican in form. well
administered, with courts. decisions,
and presidents. The republic itself is
a continuation, with some modifica-
tions. of the preceding monarchy. he
Commission wisely decided TO disturb
things as little as possible. The bill
accordingly recognizes the existence of
their system of courts, recognizes their
Legislature, and provides for many local
officers to administer the laws OF the
Territory. 1t makes all who were citi-
zens in Hawaii on August IL. 1898, as
citizens of the United States, and con-
tinues In force all the laws of Hawaii
not inconsistent with the Constitution
of the United States.
a popularity of the Hawaiian law re-
tanned in the original form of the Sen
ate bill is the qualifications for suffrage
Voters for the lower house of the legis-
lature must be able to read and write
the Hawaiian or English language. TC
vote for a senator the voter must have,
IN addition to the intelligence qualifi-
Ion fr -
or own real estate to the value of 81 500
or personal property equal to $4,000.
This is held to be necessary to keep the
native and Portuguese vote from
swapping the American, English. and
German votes. The appearance of this
provision in the bill prompted Senator
Tillman to extol the South Carolina
election law. The Senate was not con-
WINGED, however, and struck out the
property qualification. so that all male
adult, native or naturaliZed. residents
of Hawaii who can read and write the
English or Hawaiian language may
vote. except the Chinese.
The contract-labor laws OF our own
country and the Chinese exclusion act
are extended to Hawaii with other laws
Of the United States, and are about the
only features which change conditions
there. The Senate amended the Com
missions bill in several particulars.
but in the main it was adopted as re-
ported. The union OF the two lands
will be cemented by the passage of this
bill Experience will disclose its de-
fects. and doubtless several supple
mentary acts will be necessary before
the political amalgamation of the Ha-
waiian Islands with the United States
will be perfected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

II the city drinking water becomes
poor in quality "a it grows scant in
quantity there will be an opening for
some one TO distill sea water and sell
I for table use. The thing is done
probably elsewhere. Thousands of
gallons are distributed daily in San
Francisco at the rate Of fifty cents for
a five-gallon demijohn. The popular
Ity of this water as beverage Is none
the less for the fact that distilled water
is not only free from the earth salts
that clog the arteries and produce the
characteristic symptoms of old age, but
that It actually absorbs and carries off
calcareous deposits in the system and
thus retards senility.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

The sooner householders make their
sewer connections the quicker the time
will come when Honolulu may get rid
of its cesspools. II every one waits I'M
til the sewers are finished before
catching on there will be a tremen-
dous congestion of work at one time
and long postponement of the day of
relief. AS fast as the mains are laid
on a given block the householders
there should order the connections
made with their houses. In tina: way
only can the requirements OF the Board
of Health. touching the time-lim.t up
on cesspools, be observed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
tt Q Two winston ChurcbiII-

1t has been inquired if the Winston
Churchill who wrote Richard Carvel''
and the Winston Churchill, son OF La
dy Randolph Churchill, are one and the
same. They are not. AS has been
stated before, the author of the novel
in question is not related to the
Churchills of the great Marlborough
family. The talented son OF Lord Ran
dolph Churchill has distinguished
himself by writing one or two books
and as a war correspondent, but this
faint imitation of Thackeray's Harry
Esmond" is by namesake of Canadian
birth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

game or the raiding of an illegal hula
were the principal duties that fell to
them. but they are unable to cope with
the skilful craftsmen and sandbag-
gers who have lately descended upon
us from the Coast. Some of them may
still be useful for work among the ma
lives, but seven out of ten of the city
police need to be white men of the
kind who keep the peace in the Main
lard cen:ers. One or two white detect
ives familiar with Coast and Eastern
crooks could find plenty to do right
now when the indications that a gang
of professional burglars are operating
here are so strong.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
Rich Fruit Fl ON a Barren Tree.

Senator Depew tells of how he once
earned a princely fee. The heirs to
an estate" he said. came TO me for
aid. Their inherited property showed
more debt than assets. and there were
many legal complications. The whole
burden was placed in my hands. |
fought off the ruin, the foreclosures.
the sacrifices, settling claims and
suits. | rescued and nursed securities
and then took charge of the free prop
erty. j doubled it, and | received from
the heirs 100000. though I never pre-
sented a bill. The heirs received s4.-
100000 instead of nothing"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
Needed Reform.

"a grateful public" says the Drug
gists' Circular, will put it's hand deep
into its pocket for a contribution to a
fund for erecting a monument to the
man or woman who will devise some
way or means OF remedying the clothes
mangling evil. We have laws prohib-
iting the use of citric acid in lemonade
or soda water, and that acid is made
from lemon juice. and in the small
proportions used in beverages is quite
harmless. Why not have a law agains;
the use of chemicals on clothes. If a
man steals a shirt he is sent to the pen.
itentiary for year or so. II he de-
stroys its usefulness and returns the re-
mains he lies out of responsibility anC
chuckles in his sleeve at the helpless
ness of his victim"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
Refna rkHble showing.

The latest report of the New YORK
savings banks shows a tremendous ad.
vance in the welfare of the poorer and
moderately well-to-do classes OF tha.
State. During the year just closed the
gain in the resources of these banks
was over S76,00O,00O. This is greater
than any ever made before during a
like period In the history of the State
The resources of the savings banks in
the State have passed the billion dollar
mark. They aggregate 81 ,000. 209. 099 81
OF which 1887 ,4S0 5000 is due deposit
ors. whose deposits average s447.91.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

The fact that serious crimes are oc-
curing night after night in the heart
of the city and within pistol or rife
shot OF the police station and that few
arrests are made. supply a strong ar
gument for Marshal Browns proposed
changes in the police force. More
white men and those of the right
stamp are needed. Our amiable native
police were all well enough in the day
when the breaking up of a fan tan
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
No BOSSES NEED APPLY.

MIR. Lewis. who aspires TO be a Re
publican boss in Hawaii. learned
politics under one Curry. now Secretary
of State in California. who has been de-
scribed In the newspapers as the most
INSCRIPTIONS Republican manipulation
there. We do not know of course that
Mr.. Lewis (of Lewis & Turk. pur-
d; veyors of seamen TO shorthanded ships)
has absorbed any of Mr.. Curry's per-
sonal peculiarities and do not say so ;
but he evidently thinks that the field
for the application OF boss politics
Tin which pursuit the character of his
friend Curry Shines and smells and
smells and shines like rotten mackerel
in the moonlight') is really white and
virgin in Hawaii In this idea Mr..
Lewis and others like him are woefully
mistaken-at least so far as Repub-
ican opportunities are concerned
Captain Murray could have told Lewis
that; but II he did not, the Adver-
tiser will.
Mr.. Lewis doubtless knows that the
party boss only succeeds where good
citizens neglect their political duties
When good citizens are aroused, as they
lately were in San Francisco, the boss
retires in haste to his favorite saloon;
but on the Mainland he always figures
on the storm blowing over and the
chance coming to resume business
Here in Hawaii the situation is differ
ent. Because of frequent alarms and
crises in Island politics and because
what few distractions our insular life
affords are always welcome, the best
citizens are always on the alert and are
quick and unanimous in their response
to political call. The tocsin never
sounds in vain for them. At the slight
est sign of danger to good government
they rally as one man and it needs
no ghost come from the grave of Walter
Murray Gibson or Volney v. Ashford
nor any wall from the macaroni shops
where Celso Caesar Moreno earns his
living by writing patent medicine test
imonials, to prove that they smash peo-
PIE who get in the way. That charac-
terlstic they are not going TO lose when
Territorial and municipal government
come. Good citizens may be counted on
to attend primaries, to look after
nominating conventions, to vote en-
masse and to see that every slate pre-
pared by would-be bosses is broken.
we can assure Mr.. Lewis and his friend
Mr.. Turk that boss in the Republican
politics in Hawaii will be worse off
than a clawless cat under the feet of
an elephant.
Perhaps Mr.. Lewis does not believe
this. He has not been here long
enough to see the difference, the vital
difference In politics, between Hawaii
and California. But his chance VIII
come when the Republican party is in
augurated by delegations from all the
Islands In mass-meeting or convention
assembled. When he sees that gath
ering and realizes how small a figure
the piece club or the sailors boarding
house will ever be permitted to cut in
the management of the party 1t repre-
sents he will be a much wiser and per-
haps a sadder man.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

Nothing suits the burglar and street
highwayman better than unlighted
thOroughfares. Such hold-ups as have
been reported of late could not have
taken place IL the electric lights had
been burning; likewise some of the
burglaries. Seeing that a long drouth
is apparently anead would 1t not be
wise for the Government to provide
other means than water-power for
running the arc lights and thus assure
the safeguard OF a nightly illumina-
tion2
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
A Rug of Mary Pieces

\ Washington man has on his din.
ing room floor a remarkable rug. II
is composed of 225 pieces so artisical-
ly sewn together that no seam is visi.
bic. 1t seems that there is a certain
Wild sheep in Brazil whose general
color is solid brown, with the excep-
ton OF small spot. snow white. about
four inches square. on its breast. The
rug N question is made of these white
spots. and 225 sheep were killed to pro
vide them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

Now | am anxious to know definite
Iy whether there Is any highbinding
party in our community. II 50, call 1t
by the name. If there is not, | wish
that term "highbinding" be abandoned
from now on. RESIDENT.
The above is found in the Star. For
an answer TO Residents" inquiry We
refer him to the retaliation clause in
the prospectus of the Bow Wong Wui,
published in a local Chinese newspa-
per-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
Not "Ab-ent-Ninded'' Begrar..

When Mrs. Lawton reached San
Francisco with the body of her hus-
band. she found 500 letters awaiting
her. each one asking for portion oil
the. fund raised for her benefit by the
American people. Apparently, these
beggars were not OF the "absent-mind-
ed" variety.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
wheels Instead or Horses.

In India the military authorities
have just issued an interesting order
In future mounted officers travelling by
rail on temporary duty may, IL they
prefer it. take bicycle with them at
government expense, in lieu of a charg-
er, when the duty for which they are
detailed will admit OF such a course
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

The Porto Rico tariff does not please
all the men who voted for Mckinley,
but there are no signs that 1t will keep
any of them from voting for him on
the prosperity platform when he runs
again
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
EueInnd'- Increased Income Tax.

Hitherto every Englishman has paid
an income tax of pence In the pound
which is 3.3 per cent. This has been
levied on all incomes over $500. and
yielded nearly a fifth of the total Brit
ish revenue. This is now to be in
creased by 4 pence in the pound. which
makes It per cent tax.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
Telephone Contracts Bind.

\ contract made over the telephone
IS legal and binding, according to a
decision recently rendered in a Penn
syivania lawsuit. which arose over a
deal in coke involving about $4,000. II
was held that the telephone message
was as binding as though # had been
followed by a formal letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

Pure politics will be the platform OF
the local Republican party, and 1t Will
give very little standing room for
bosses.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05

long under the Hawaiian political mi
croscope.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
1.-THE Best is
the Cheapest. l"

Experience teaches that
good clothes evear longest,
good food giVes best nutrition,
and a good medicine that
cures disease Is naturally the
best and cheapest. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the best medi-
cine money can bay, because
it cures 4vhen all Others fail.
Poor Health Had poor health for
years, pans t7 shoulders. back and hips.
aDifh constant headache, nervousness and
no appetite. Used HooTs Sarsaparla.
gained strength and can ql,ork hard all
day. eat heartily and sleep euen. Ifook
Il because II helped my husband 10 Surior,
q 9a0e strength" Ms. E. J. Gffels,
Moose Lake. MINI.
HodS Salda6oMM
CZazl7:lE5l5:nD
Hoods pm, liver iIls the nonirritating ana
only cathArtic to take with Hood = sar.an.riii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
Electric RAILWAY.

Contracts have been let for material, and the WORK
of construction equppng and installation placed in the
hands of competent electrical engineer to be fully
pleted by June LIST. Having an independent power
plant are prepared to furnish electric power tOr
lighting heating and other purposes, to home build
ers at most reasonable rates.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
A special invitation is extended TO eyerybodv
visit Honolulu's most delightful residence site.
PACIFIC HEIGHTS.
Via Mdximd.
KAIULANI DRIyE--Ar

and in itself artistic piece of engineering easy
to all points, also scenic and marine views q
exquisite grandeur at every turn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-05
As Promised.

ply each lot. Permits for making water connection
will be granted on application. 49,
An inspection Of the ATTRACTIVE homes now building
or the of purchasers of lots will convince anyon
that PACIFIC HEIGHTS is the choicest and most sele
of all the residence sites of Honolulu. ,gts
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
HARD TACK is LOVES ENVOY.
Message on an Army Biscuit During
the Late War Leads to "a Sol
dier'm Marriage.

An interesting man which was
brought about by the Spanish-Amer-
lean war has just come to light in
Franklin, Pa. When war was declared
William Barber. who lived with his
parents on a farm a few miles from
this city, came to Franklin and joined
company Z, Sixteenth regiment, and
went with his company to Camp
Meade, where he was accepted for
service against Spain. The army ra-
ton of hard tack soon became tire
some to Barber and others in the
company, says a local exchange, and
while on his way to the national
camp at ~Chickamauga he conceived a
plan to secure better food. He wrote
his name and company address on a
piece of hard tack, together with an
appeal to some good southerner to
send at least one square meal to camp.
Hanging out of the car window he
threw the hard tack at the first house
the train passed. 1t fell into the
hands of the daughter of Col. Ray
who, with her father, appeared at the
Chickamauga camp the following
Sunday with a big basket of food.
Barber was invited to visit them and
he did so whenever there was oppor-
tunity. The colonel owns a rich plan
tation. A few days ago Barber mar
ried the daughter and has gone to
Tennessee to live.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
INVENTIONS OF 5 MA
"a Design of an English
Brought Him "a handsome "a
Fortune.

Until quite lately there lived a iu-
matte in Wellesley asylum who turned
out a round dozen of inventions dur
ing his ten years stay in the place.
and some of them were really good
and useful. One was a new style of
ships anchor, which holds twice as
fast as the old kind, and can be trust
ed never to foul its chain or otherwise
GO wrong. The inventor had been a
tailor before losing his balance and
knew nothing of ships and anchors
But he drew the diagrams and made
the models for this fruit of his dis
ordered brain and one day a man
who visited him and saw the plans
was greatly taken with them, says
London Answers.
He obtained permission, patented
and put the anchor on the market. 1t
was favorably received and at the end
of two years the invention had
brought him $4,000. Half of this the
capitalist who had marketed the an
Choir gave to the two daughters Of the
mailman, who were alive and sane
During the rest of the inventors
life the anchor brought in enough to
pay for his maintenance and keep his
two daughters in easy circumstances
He invented other useful things, in
GLIDING a new kind of corkscrew and
q folding chair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
FORGET ORTHOGRAPHY.
Employment of Am@nuenxe~ said t.
Cause Mem 40 Forge How
To SPELL

1.-THE practice of using an amanuen-
sis has become almost universal among
busy men of affairs" said a Magazine
street wholesaler, according to the
Pittsburgh News, and it's death on
photography. Idefy any man who has
dictated to a stenographer for as long
a period of time as two years to SIT
down and write an ordinary business
letter without making at least four
or five ridiculous blunders in spelling.
Skill in English photography is purely
an arbitrary accomplishment. It's o
feat in mnemonics and doesn't neces-
sarily presuppose the possession of any
special intellectual gifts. The only way
that the average nan retains his abil-
ity to spell with reasonable correct
ness is by keeping constantly in prac-
tice and seeing the written words be-
fore his eyes. Let him suspend that
mental exercise for a short time and
the first thing you know he'll be spell
ing elephant with two Is
THE stenographer habit is bad an
cocaine-when once you begin it you've
got to keep it up or you're lost. I'LL at
tempted to write a letter of any length
at present my correspondent would be
certain to set me down as a scandalous
ignoramus, and / believe nine-tenths
of the business men in the city are in
the same boat. The memory of most
people, by the way, is chiefly graphic,
as far as spelling is concerned. Imeas
by that that they have TO write a word
down on paper and see how itlooks be-
fore they are certain about its orthog-
raphy. That is why they become rusty
so quick as loon IS they give up the
personal handling Of the pen. In me-
dieval times the upper classes didn't
pretend to know how TO write. They
left that to professional scriveners, and
we appear to be drifting back to that
happy condition of affairs"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

sfE YER LEAF REBEKAH NO. "a.
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. %. 1. O. o. F.
of Challis. holds its regular meetings in the
Cd Fellows Hail, on the md and 4th Tuesday
evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock. All
Rebekah Members in good standing are in
vited to attend.
MRS. C. HOWELL, N. G.
Mrs. Agnes Lane, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

When President Kruger was last in
England he received a visit from the
duke of Abercorn. in the COURSE of
which his grace informed Dom Paul
that he himself had been for years a
member of the British lower house, and
that his father had been lord lieuten-
ant of Ireland. The president evidently
considered that his guests present
rank was a great rise in life. forhe ex-
claimed. hastily: ~Oh. that is moth
ing; my father was only a shepherd"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
The Duke of the Abruxxs.

When the duke of the Abruzzi, who
has spent the last year in Franz Josef
land, gets his mail this summer he
Will probably swear at civilization
More than 72.o00 letters and post cards
for him, from all parts of the world.
have accumulated in the hands of the
Italian consul at Christiania, who will
send a whaler to try to communicate
with the expedition as soon as the ice
breaks up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28
c. G. g. G. Stage Line.

HOWELL BROS, Props.
The cheapest, shortest, and
most direct route to Bayhorse,
Clayton, Bonanza, Custer, Stan
ley Basin, Seafoam and Sheep
Mountain. Carrying U. S. mall,
passengers and express.
J. p. Spalding, Agt. /: Challis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
STOCK EXCHANGE RUMORS.


LONDON, Jan. 2l-The usual crop OF
rumors was ahoat yesterday. On the Berlin
Bourse 1t was reported General Butler had
suffered defeat. 1t was reported on the
Stock Exchange here that two battalions of
British troops had been captured by the
Beers. The officials at the War Depart
ment discredited the Stock Exchange sto-
ries; also the reports of Lord Dundonalds
entry into Ladysmith. They think the
Exchange purposes. The officials said to
representative of the Associated Press that
three days relating either to the relief of
Ladysmith or conclusive victory or de-
feat, as the operations at present being
conducted by General Butler were neces-
sarily of a lengthy character.
Shortly before midnight the War Of
fee announced that 1t did not expect TO
issue anything during the night. There had
been considerable activity at the War Of
fee all Tuesday. but at o'clock p. m. and
again at . II was announced no fresh news
had been received. AT IL o'clock the news
paper men attended by appointment, and
were asked 10 return at 80. They did So
and then found Arthur j. Balfour and
other prominent men in attendance. Hopes
ran high and there was great disappoint-
ment when it was finally given out that
nothing would be issued until Wednesday
forenoon. Later. however. came the dis