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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30
Board Offers Reward.

On the sixth the Board decided 10 Of
fer a reward OF 800 to any person. not
Its paid agent. who should report a
genuine case of plague occurring in Ho-
nolulu. Meanwhile the rat crusade went
merrily on. The lard pomade did not
develope much usefulness. but the offer
OF the Citizens Sanitary Committee 20
buy all rats brought 10 Il caused the
destruction OF more than a thousand,
and the Advertiser appeals 20 the pub
Tic was the cause Of much private ac-
ton on the part OF householders. The
volunteer inspectors grew rather tired
OF their work. which seemed 20 be pro-
ductive Of no good; and the inspection
was largely farce during tho month OF
Fobruary-at least In certain districts.
u was decided TO engage n force OF paid
inspectors 20 carry on this work. devot-
ing their entire time 10 II. Seven clean
days ended with March 10, but the fatal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30
Ra.s and the Plague.

On the 1st of February a Chinaman
from the Pantheon saloon died sudden
ly, but the cause of death was not i'm
mediately determined. The next day
Weir Robertson, a white man, was
stricken down, and two bottles OF the
plague serum, received the same day.
were injected into the patients back.
Two cases, two delths, was the story
for the 4th. the plague serum falling in
Robertson's case; and 10 was determin-
ed that the Chinaman from the Pam
theon saloon had died OF the plague.
The tramcars were allowed to run
again on the 9Th. having been of for
several weeks. Three more new cases
were added this day. two Of which
came from the Pantheon stables. The
Council OF State voted to extend the
sewer so as TO include all the district
between Liliha street and Punahou
street and extending towards the
mountains on the line OF Wyl'ie street
The third victim or the Pantheon pest
hole died on the 9Th, and the Board re-
solved to burn both the stables and the
saloon. About this time the connec-
ton between rats and the plague be-
gan to attract great attention, and tho
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30
A Gloon y Situation.

The gloom and sameness of life in
qua antined city We're somewhat
lightened by the visit OF Mrs. Loeben-
stein, the agent of the Board of
Health of Hawaii" who bobbed up
serenely with "If not. why not?" for
his motto, and changed IL, after receiv-
ing communication from the Board. TO
"Veni, vldi, and they fired me-"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30
Money for the Fight.

The Council of State appropriated
$4,000 to fight the plague. Chinatown
divided into fifteen districts, was put
under strict military quarantine. Ii
was realized that we were in for an
epidemic, and the officials took no d OF
the matter with energy. ordering the
city cleaned and calling for volunteer
physicians to remain on cal certain
hours Of the day to attend at once to
any suspicious cases which might be re.
ported by the inspectors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-05

A few years ago well dressed man
presented himself at certain national
bank and laid down a check for $1,000.
1t was signed by well known whole
sale whisky house, and upon the back
were the words, Identification waiv-
ed" At the same time well dressed
man entered the Office of live stock
firm at the stockyards and asked If he
could wait In the Office, as he expected
a telephone message. He was told that
he could, and he took seat near the
telephone.
Down in the bank the paying teller
was asking who the holder of the
check knew. He said not many firms,
as he was stock dealer, but If the tell
er would call up Mr.. Smith of Jones &
Smith, the well known brokers at the
stockyards, he would find out that he
was all right The teller called for the
number, and when the ring answered
he asked for Smith. The man on the
end said he was Smith, and he at once
gave Brown, the holder, the amount of
the check.
When it was discovered that the
check was forgery, there was an aw-
full kick, as Smith said Brown was as
good as gold. Smith declared that he
had talked to no one, and the result
was an argument between Smith and
the bank teller. No one knew about
the accomplice answering the phone,
and the result was that Smith took his
account from the bank, and no one
ever knew who it was who answered
the lephone.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-05
Disease ON stair Rails.

81 make it a rule never to touch a
stair rail, especially In an office block
or a public building" said a prominent
physician of this city. '"There Is no
doubt in my mind that many con-
tagious diseases are communicated
through them, and the theory certainly
has common sense to back 1t. People
who are in good health very seldom use
the handrail in mounting a fight OF
stairs, but those who are sick or weak
are quite apt to need It's assistance. Ii
they happen to have some contagious
disease, especially some form OF ecze-
ma, the next person who comes In con-
tact with the rail stands an excellent
chance of catching it. | have treated
several people for skin disease In my
private practice who first showed signs
of the malady on the palms Of their
hands, and / am convinced that stair
rails were the source of infection
"There is a historic example, by the
way. of the readiness with which GER
tain forms of eczema may be trans
ferred through some such an agency
as l suggest. During the siege OF
Toulon, Napoleon, who was then
sublieutenant of artillery, is said to
have snatched the swabbing rod from
a clumsy gunner and helped serve the
piece himself for several rounds. The
gunner happened to have an unpleas-
ant skin disease, and the sublieutenant
was an emperor before he got rid OF
| it.n-New Orleans Times Democrat.
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An Enrlishmnn,s Mnnners.

Note, as has long been noted, that
the only manners the Englishman cares
about are what our country cousins
call table manners" He can lay enor-
nous stress upon these without SEEM
ing to thaw out, for they really ex-
press nothing, and meticulous nicely
in the forms of eating and drinking
pleases his innate sense of refinement
and chimes In with his dislike for max
ing a mess. Yet certain Frenchman
may not have been far wrong, after all,
In saying that "the English would sure
-ly not frown so upon mans hopping
up sauce with a piece of bread If they
themselves had ever had any sauce
worth hopping up" 1t may be that
the Englishman's perfection of deport-
ment at meals comes in part from a
lack of temptation to do otherwise.
But the truth is none the less apparent
that the complicated conventions re-
garding what to do and what to avoid
at table that obtain in England do
not in any way involve that outward
expressiveness which the Englishman
abhors. He can obey them without
prejudice to his impassivity. And this
cult of impassiveness, of self repres-
sion, is essentially Spartan-that of the
savage Scribners.
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A Gift Not Appreciated.

Two well known clubmen were stroll
ing along Chestnut street the other aft
ernoon when a young fellow of rather
sporty attire stopped them and at
tempted to borrow So. i've got to
have it tonight, and I'll give it back to
you tomorrow" he said.
The man addressed looked dubious,
and his friend, who was not acquaint-
ed with the would be borrower, moved
away, apparently to be out of earshot
of the conversation.
81 don't think / can lend you the
money today" said the clubman-
"Come on, there's a good fellow"
coaxed the other. You'll get it back
tomorrow, sure"
mo; won't lend it to you,'' was the
reply, "but I'll tell you what will do.
If you're so devilish hard up, I'll give
you S."
"All right; give it to me-" was the
unblushing rejoinder.
you've got it already" said the
clubman do you remember the five
you borrowed from me three months
ago2 Well, don't bother about paying
that back. Nice day, isn't 1T? So
Iongp Then he rejoined his friend
"In the last two years that fellow has
borrowed $50 from me at various
times" he said.-Philadelphia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-05
Going ON the stage.

It is my honest conviction, based
upon no little observation, that nine
tenths of the desire to go upon the
stage proceeds from vanity-vanity
pure ana simple. What does the aver
age young person know of the require
ments of the stage, of the difficulties
that beset it? Nothing. He visits the
theaters and sees the handiwork Of
some clever dramatist presented by
skilled actors with an ease which it
seems absurd for the audience to ap-
plaud. OF the natural aptitude, the
long training, the nerve destroying re-
hearsals, the struggles and the heart
burnings he knows nothing, of course.
He sees only that it must be glorious
thing to be in the glare of the foot
lights, with fine feathers and heroic
or humorous speeches, the observed of
all observers, with the plaudits of the
multitude ringing in his ears. 1t looks
an easy, delightful way of earning
living, fortune, and-like the child
and the moon-he wants 1t!
There Is no royal road to success on
the stage 1t is an exacting profess
sion. No man, no woman, reaches
success without great deal of hard
work and many hard knocks at the
unrelenting hands of experience-no
dainty taskmastef.
In a century there are perhaps but
two exceptions to this rule-David
Garrick and Mary Anderson-to both
of whom success came with compare
tive ease.-Francis Wilson in Golfers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-05
1T CLEANS THE SHIPS.
Sailing Through a Volcano Crater
L.. AI,o aHnnun Sen

Sailing Through a Volcano Crater
In the Egean Sea.
In the AIgean sea a vessel may sail
into the top of crater, and though 1t
is hard to find anchorage there, yet a
mere sail through is appreciated great
ly by captains, because 1t cleanses the
bottom of the ships from marine
growth.
More than 1000 years ago the isle Of
Santorin was split in half by an earth
quake, with the result that what was
once the crater of a volcano is now a
crescent shaped harbor. Two glisten-
ing white towns of Thera and st.
Nicholas are perched on the summit OF
the steep cliffs, whose dark and dismal
hue is similar to that of the top of We
suvius Standing out against the sky
are large numbers of windmills, with
many sails, arranged in perfect cir
Gle These are evidently employed for
crushing the olives, which, along with
the terraced vines. are the staple prod
uct of the island. The Santorin wine is
of excellent quality and is highly APP
preciated in the Levant.
Between the main island on the east
and the smaller, Theresa, on the west,
are the three small Kaumene islands,
all of which have come into existence
since the original earthquake, while the
largest of the three was "born from the
sea- less than 200 years ago, showing
that the center of the old volcano has
still a certain amount of activity.
The water in the harbor into which
the sulphurous streams from this vol
canic island drain has peculiar prop
erty which completely cleans off
growths Of every kind from the bottom
of any ship.
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marks bout coons.'
How is it, ZebY she said as she
turned on me- When the Lawd dun
put long tail on coon, was 1t fur
the likes of pore human critters to kick
about itT
Reckon not-not skassly.'
g. AN how bout bars? Mebbe yo'
find fault bekase the Lawd made 'em
bobtailedY
8" Il haven't word to say ag'in it,
Jest goin to let the long tails an
the bobtails ramble around as the
Lawd made 'em to ramble?
"'That's it,
"'An goin to hear preachin when
thar is preachin at the skulehouseY
eur suah.'
Then I'll warm up some eoon's fat
an grease yo'r hurts, an yo' jest let
this be powerful warnin to yo' not to
find any mo- fault with the Lawd's
way of dom things. 1t was fur him to
put long tails on coons an foxes an
bobtails on bars an wildcats, an yo'
jest keep yo'r CAB still bout it an reck-
on to consider that it was all fur the
BEST" M QUAD.
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Vet He WASN'T stinRx.

"Stinginess Is one thing and an OBJ
servance of excessive nicely in finan-
cial details is another" said western
man who is worth a good deal of mon
ey. "As an example will cite a rich
old uncle | once had. He was a mil
lionaire and not stingy, but he watched
the pennies like hawk, and he was so
exacting that everybody said he was
the meanest man in the county, but he
wasn't, for he gave away $4,000 a
year In various charities that he would
not let the recipients mention.
'But to the case in point. One day l
asked him for a nickel for car fare,
telling him l would return 1t when l
got some change, but | forgot all about
1t. Three months after that 1t occur
red to the old gentleman to be very
nice to his five nephews and nieces,
and at Christmas four of them received
checks for $4,000 each, while mine was
for $4,999.95. 1t was just his way,
don't you see? owed him that nickel,
and he wanted t"-Washington Star.
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THE CALAMITY CAME.
zEB'S WIFE KNEW THAT SOMETHING
WOULD HAPPEN.
The Possum Hunter Tells How He
Came to Have Lively Bear For n
BedfeIIow and the Result 1t Had
ON Certain Opinions of His.

The Possum Hunter Tells How He
Came to Have Lively Bear For a
BedfeIIow and the Result 1t Had
ON Certain Opinions of His.
copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.l
zone mawnin at the breakfast ia
ble," said the old possum hunter as
asked him for a yarn, ''me an the old
woman got into jaw bout coons.
held to it that all coons orter hev bin
bobtailed, an she commended that the
Lawd made EN- as he wanted 'em an
did a good job. We wasn't mad at
fust, but the mo- we talked the meaner
we felt, an bimeby we got downright
ugly. 1t was Sunday mawnin, an we
was goin off to preachin that day, but
when l got my mad up l said:
GAS long as I'm fur bobtailed coons
an the Lawd didn't make 'em that way
1t amt no use fur me to hear preachin.
I'll stay home, an yo' kin go alone
81 reckoned that would cool her off
bit, but it didn't. She chawed away
at her bacon fur awhile an then said:
"'Zeb White, thar's bound to be a
calamity around this cabin. Can't no
body find fault the way yo' do without
sunthin happenin. I'm goin right along
to preachin, an if yo' want to fly in the
face of Providence yo' must take the
consequences.
"I'm contendin fur bobtailed coons,
said L. If all coons was bobtailed,
they'd look heap purifier an git along
a heap better
"'But how kin they be when it's all
fixedT
"'Dunno, but I'm contendin.'
"'Then yo' keep on contendin an see
how yo'll come out Thar's bobtailed
varmints in the mountings, an mebbe
yo'll git huff of them befo' yo' git
through abusin Providence
eff she'd coaxed me bit, I'd hev
gone with her," explained zeb, "but
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hope she WON'T be up to-it again. he

hope she won't be up to-it again. = he
grumbled.
She was clad in flowing red garments,
ornamented with gold filigree, and
finely wrought gold girdle hung down
from the clasp to the hem. Van Rens-
selaer felt the costume to be SO barbar
ic as to be out of good form-too theat
rical--and yet her manner was simple
enough.
1--WE were speaking that night, y she
began as if they had just left off, 'tof
music, Hungarian music, or were we
only thinking of it? was hoping you
would play for me today
81 never play, never touch piano
any more" And he felt thrill of an
noyance, as if some one had pushed
against him roughly.
The princess arose and crossed the
room, taking up violin that lay on
the open piano. "Then you will listen
to me?" she said.
1t was Schubert, and she played with
such mastery of the instrument, such
sympathy and love Of the work, that
Van Rensselaer, was moved out of his
reserve. He laid aside his hat and
gloves and sat down by the piano. Once
more he threaded through exquisite
harmonies and filed the scheme with
the piano accompaniment he knew SO
well. For more than an hour they play
ed with no words save: "Do you re-
member this?'' or "Another composer
has solved that problem thus-you know
it, leading and following by turns
through those paths where only must
clans may walk in happy knowledge.
"And now, said the princess at last,
"do you remember?" She stood straight
and tall in her barbaric reds, the gold
ornaments cleaning in the late slanting
light, and Van Rensselaer, had no need
to wait for the strains that were COM
ing. He was back again in student days,
and through the cigar smoke Of the mu-
sic hall in Prague he could see the gita-
ana, more slim and girlish. but with
the same strange eyes and the blue
black hair, while above the clink of the
beer glasses and the soft shutting of
the walters feet he could hear the
witchery of her gypsy music-that half
remembered strain that had teased him
SO often through the intervening years.
Back and forth flashed the bow while
her figure swayed to the mad motions.
and then came the sad cadence with the
heartbreak in it that often charaoterizes
the Hungarian music. Here she broke
off and laid the violin on the piano.
Then she came and put her hand on
Van Rensselaer, g shoulder.
"You know me now. also was
Bohemian and also sold my birthright
for mess of pottage All, comrade. it
is grand country, that Bohemial But
we were not worthy of it, and there is no
going back But it is still left to us to
be true-true to a compact and one dis
honor is enoughl'
The princess held out her hand in
farewell and dismissal, and Van Rens-
seIaer kissed it reverently. He felt un-
steady on his feet, as if he had been
drinking.
"Goodbyi'' she said brokenly. II
shall not see you again, for ! am going
away tomorrow-back to my Darby in
Russia. | shall think of you sometimes
when l dream of Bohemia, and l shall
pray that you be not too unhappy in your
exile. Be good to your Joan i''-Annie
E. j. Soaring in Short. Stories.
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PENNSYLV ANIA RAILROAD
Tie Standard Railroad Of Ameyica. Pro
kected throughout BY Block Signals
and InteylOcking .SaOitches.
IN EFFECT MAY ~. 1900

For PhiladeIphia. $50, 500. s6s. no. I4s
$50, 9.l5. Hill A. M, 1882, 233, GAO Saturday.
onfy), 422, s O4, 61s. s.37, 1880 p M.
ON sundays. s.Ss A. M. 1905. $40, $50 M.
For PemDerton, 7.36. 9.26. A. M, Las. 1882, AT
on sundays, 9.ss A. NJ 6.O0pM
For BordenJown, Trenton and New York, 62S
TAO, 9.l9, 1000, 1.O5, A. NJ, $780, 800. 400, 445
On Sundays, 1888 A. M, 2.o5. s.2OP.
SIC. 1900. il.o5 4. M, 1880, Il Is Saturday only
400, 400. AIS, $40, 5.5s, 628 TBS. s45 1000 P.
On Sundays 725 $50, 9.33 A. M, 1900, EOS, 2.S0
S.l5, a.A, 40. 800. 6.a5. $40, $50. 7-2o, $50
For Lewistown, Columbus, KiDkora, etc.
Ia I'D $780, ~ Z. n. eoop
For LumDerton, Medford, Marlton and Had
donfield. 9-35 A. NJ.
For vincentown, 1885, 8 O6 p. M.
For Toms River, 9.26, A. NJ, AL Pm.
For Sea Side Park q Point Pleasant, 9.26, A. M
For Asbury Park and Long Branch. 1925, A. M
Trains Ieaue for Mount Holly as Jottoaus:
from Philadelphia, $50, z50. $780, 1000. ll.2(
An, 1910, Il 80, Saturdays only, 2.30, 400
4.30, $40, 6.l0, $50. 800, 1890. 1l.45P.M.
On Sundays. $50 A. NJ. LOO. 800, 1902
$780, $50, A. M, LOO. $50. 400 800. 800. P.
On Sundays. Io0oA. M, 90 r. M
From Trenton. 6.45, 40. $50, n2S A. M Zoo
on sundays, s. 40, ll.50, A. M. 4.05. 9.OS, P. NJ.
From East Burlington 100, 500, s.26, S.4s, 92S.
$50. AS. s.is. SIS. $50 100. 1885, $50. 1890 NJ
on sundays, 500. 800, 1890. A. M. 1920. 235.
3.05 345 49, 455. $50, $780, 6.55, 7.25. 500, s55,
l000P.M
From Toms River, 7.57 A. NJ, 4O0P. M.
From Aspury Park. 2.33 p M.
From MedfOrd, 11.55 A. M.
From Long Branch, 2l5 P. M.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.38, 7.2S, S.3l, S.46,
An, 1897, 4.07, s.22P.M.
On Sundays, 500 A. NJ, 800, P. M.
From Pemberton (south), 8.37 A. NJ, 4.A P. M.
From Vincentown, $50 A. NJ, LAP p M.
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 200. 1907
A. M, 2l3, 5.24, Pm.
On Sundays 7.45 A. M, 4.03 Pm.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, lO.2O
A. NJ, 2.35, $3.50, P. M.
On Sundays, 7.59 A. M, Alb p. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marlton at ZOO, 1880, A. M, $40. 5.SO,
Pm.
On Sundays s.l5 A. H., $50 P. NJ.
Leave Marion for Medtord, S.l5, ll3s A. NJ,
402. $40, P. M.
On Sundays, 9.05, A.. M. 6.2l P. M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
j. g. HUTCHINSON. j. r. WOOD,
General Manager Gen. Pass. Agent.
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A SPELLING TEST.

Here Are Some Tongue TwisterI
With Which to GrappIe.
If you can spell every word correctl,
in the following rhymes all Legitimate
expressions-you may consider yourself
qualified to enter spelling bee:
Stand up, ye spoilers, now and spell
Spell phenakistoscope and knell;
Or take some simple word as chilly
Or gauger or the garden lily
To spell such words as syllogism
And lachrymose and synchronism
And Pentateuch and saccharine,
Apocrypha and celadine,
Jepnine and homeopathy,
Paralysis and chloroform,
Rhinoceros and pachyderm,
Metempsychosis, gherkins, basque, }
Is certainly easy task.
Kaleidoscope and Tennessee,
Kamtchatka and erysipelas
And etiquette and sassafras,
lnfallible and ptyalism,
Allopathy and rheumatism
And cataclysm and beleaguer,
Twelfth, eighteenth, rendezvous, intrigueF,
And hosts of other words all found
On English and on classic ground;
Thus Boring strait and Michaelmas,
Thermopyla, jalap, Havana,
Cinquefoil and ipecacuanha
And Rappahannock, Shenandoah
And Schuylkill and thousand more
Are words prime good spoilers miss
In dictionary lands like this.
Nor need one think himself scroyle
II some of these his efforts foil
Nor deem himself undone forever
To miss the name of either river,
The Dnieper, Seine OF Guadalquivir.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
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"Look Before
You Leap. "

IF a dealer attempts to self
you a substitute 4vhen you
ask for Hoods SarSaparilla.
his only object IS to make
more profit on the substitute, quhich Is
afquays inferior and unsatisfactory. There
fore be sure TO get Hoods.
ScrofuIa -"For years Ihad scrofula
sores on my back. Itook many medicines
4uihout apaH and thought l could not be
cured. Then 1 began taking Hoods Sar-
saparala and It entirely cured me. My
health is now perfect. I am a trained
nurse, and recommend Hoods for all blood
disease" j. D. Torey. 46 W. Main
Street, Fredonia, N. Y.
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81 understand you have consented to
your daughters marriage to that young
Swiftpace," said the old friend.
81 have" replied the father.
81 guess you don't know the young
man." suggested the old friend point
eddy.
"On the contrary. know all about
him. answered the father, land also
know all about my daughter and few
things about the sex in general. If l
had refused my consent, ten to one she
would have married him anyway, but.
having given 1t, the odds are easily ten
to five that she will tire of him and
throw him over before they've even set
the day for the wedding. Chicago
Post