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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
Cupid Made a clean Sweep.


Cupid struck a party of fourteen
campers hard at Binghampton, n. Y,
and the result was all of the campers
have been married. The last of the vic
tins were Miss Bessie l.. Marean and
Alfred B. Lauder, who had very fash
ionable wedding one night last week.
The camping party was known as The
Outlaws" and was composed of rep
resentatives of the best families in the
city. They We're young society," persons
out for a good time, without Thought
of matrimony, but determined to enjoy
themselves. In the shady hooks and
glimmering coves Cupid lay in wait,
and one couple after another fell by his
darts Each of the girls became en-
gagged to man of the party, and their
marriages followed in quick succession
until Mr.. Lauder and Miss Marean were
the only ones left. The decorations OF
the brides table at the banquet follow
ing the wedding consisted of a lake on
which was driving a boat drawn by
swans and filled with lilies of the val
ley, typical of the spot where the en-
gagements took place. The guests OF
honor at the wedding were the six mar
ried couples who had camped beside the
lake, but previously launched their
banks on the matrimonial sea. Each
was given a suitable reminder OF that
eventful sojourn in the woods.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Democratic anti-expansionists are
cock-sure that Lincoln would be with
them IL he were alive. While he was
President, however, the Democracy
said he had a scheme for empire and
was a despot at heart. 1t is inconceiv-
able that Lincoln would agree to part
with any territory that belongs to the
Union or that he would object to the
broad extension of the blessings which
the Republic confers upon humanity.
On that account and because of its past
record on Lincoln the Democracy would
do well to let him rest in peace. If
1t must disinter anybody to find out
his views on the paramount ISSUE"
why not try Jefferson?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Longfellows With the oiibways.

Several descendants of the poet Long
fellow have been enjoying the hospital
ity of the Ojibway Indians away up at
Desbarata, Ont. These Indians are de-
scendants of the Sagamores so pictur-
esquely treated in "Hiawatha." Miss
Longfellow, the poets daughter, has
been formally adopted into the tribe.
A select corps of chiefs, braves, squaws,
and pappooses gave in presence of the
visitors and beneath the primeval trees
of Desbaratas islands a dramatization
of the famous poem. The performers
were CARRIED in buckskin costumes,
with headdresses of feathers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Water Made Him Fat.

There is a six-foot laundryman in
Norristown, Pa, who weighs 800
pounds. 1t is his own fault, too. When
l was eighteen he will sadly explain,
II was like lead pencil. A thinner
fellow you never saw. / heard then
that if wished to get fat need only
to drink, morning and evening, as much
water as 1 could hold. 1 wanted very
badly to get fat, so began this water
treatment A pint or so was at first
my limit, and even that, would sicken
me, but as time passed my capacity be-
came greater. Soon I could drink two
or three quarts, and in time I could
as easily drink a gallon. Well, the re-
suit was excellent. / took on flesh at
great rate. / got, too, SO that l en-
joyed my long night and morning
drinks / would look forward to my
gallon draught all through the day.
When, after seven years I had reached
the nice weight of 10 pounds decided
to stop the treatment. But, alas, i
couldn't. The long habit had grown too
strong. 1t had made me it's slave. And
ever since, have been drinking, night
and morning, a gallon of water-I dc
enjoy it so-and every year 1 take on
from fifteen to twenty pounds. Finally
guess I'll bust"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Money In Corn.

Statistics published by the American
Agriculturist go to show that the grow
ing of corn is a paying business, even
at small prices. Investigations carried
on by the publication named cover over
1000 acres, with an average yield a lit
tie less than forty bushels to the acre.
The Agriculturist finds that the total
cost per bushel is 1913 cents, including
value of labor and it's maintenance, a
depreciation of the team and machinery
and every other charge except depre-
Ieiation of farm buildings and fences
insurance and superintendent. If the
farmer can get 21.5 cents a bushel the
Agriculturist figures out that he re-
ceives per cent on the capital in
vested.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Wagers on Death.

Some gruesome bets have been made
in Wall street recently. The latest one
reported from that quarter appears to
have been suggested by the deaths of
Coils p. Huntington and John D. Flow
er, and the participants are reported
to have each staked $1,000 on their abil-
lty to name the next prominent man in
financial circles to die. 1t is kindly and
considerably allowed that the name of
the person selected cannot be given to
the public. The terms are that the
stakes shall be forfeited unless the per-
son named shall die within the next
thirty days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

An objection has been raised to Dia-
mond Head crater for cemetery be-
cause IL Is hot. The Advertiser. which
first proposed the use of the crater as
n grave yard had considered that fact
and reached the belief that tunnel
would cause a draught that would ma
terially lower the temperature. Given
a breeze and enough irrigation water,
the floor OF the great shell could be
turned into a mortuary garden, pro-
tected from the winds. shaded and Sc
cluded. an ideal spot for the last rest
ing place of the dead.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Big Prices For Pictures.

Five pictures brought over $25, 600
apiece in the last London season. Rom
ney's portrait of Charlotte Perse was
sold for 1867 Hobbema's "Water
Mill" for $32, $50, Millais 1.-THE Boyhood
of Raleigh" bought for the Tate gall
lery, for 1900, and the two Van Dyck
portraits from the Peel collection,
which sold for s121,250. Four portraits
OF the Arundel family, by Sir Joshua
$50.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Honolulu may subscribe to the Gal
weston relief fund either through the
Chamber of Commerce or the Salvation
Army. The city ought to send a sub
stantial gift If for nothing else than to
show it's community Of feeling with
other American cities. It is unfor-
tunate that the call comes when money
is rather tight, but the city is rich
enough to make a large contribution.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

The Overland Monthly, which has
been a sort of Warmedoverland since
Bret Harte left it, was lately sold to
Frederick Marriott, proprietor of the
San Francisco Newsletter. He will
employ a Journalist of national reputa-
tion and try to make the Overland a
rival of the Eastern magazines. There
is plenty of room in the West for such
a periodical and the Overland has a
sound basis to build on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

The Memphis Commercial Appeal is
a strong Democratic paper but it gives
Bryan cold comfort in the following
paragraph:
With Hawaii. Guam and the Philippines
In our control and well fortified, we con-
troll the Pacific and can enforce the OPEN
door policy in China and the Straits Set
Elements. This is why the haul-down-
the-fiaggers are stupid blatherskites.
This may not be latter day Democ-
racy but 1t is gospel according to st.
Thomas Jefferson.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

II is useless for the Boer agents
abroad to call President Krueger's
journey a leave of absence, implying
thereby, his return at stated period
The truth Is that Kruger has run
away and will stay away until the
Queen grants him amnesty. His de-
parture was flight. Furthermore 1t
is doubtful that any body of Beers
qualified to give Kruger a leave of alb
sence is left on Transvaal soil.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

The late election in Vermont was very
significant of the trend of public opin-
ion. 1t has become an axiom among
politicians that when Vermont goes Re-
publican by over $4,000 majority, in a
Presidential year, the general party
ticket Is safe. When the majority falls
below 10000 it is in danger. In 1892 it
fell very low and Harrison was beaten.
This year the Republican State ticket
had a margin of about $4,000 and the
political forecasters for Mckinley are
jubilant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Webster Davis, the renegade Repdb-
lican, demands that the American
troops shall be removed from China
and the Philippines because those
places are too far away" Yet Davis
left the Republican party because the
President and Congress would not send
an Army to aid the Beers in South At
RIGA. Consistency is a jewel and that is
probably the reason why Davis can't
pfford IT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

As a Republican in principle after
Democratic votes, Mr.. Damon Is an in
teresting political study. There was
once an Irishman back East who al
ways came to the front as a Republican
nominee for constable, for which he
was chided by his Democratic friends.
It's all right, byes," he said, oneself
is the only Republican 1 ever voted
for" Perhaps Mr.. Damon is the only
Democrat who ever got his ballot
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Ice as an Insulator.

Ice has proved successful as an insu-
iator on Mount Blanc. A double line
of ordinary galvanized iron wire was
laid on the ground between the Grands
Muiets at the top of the mountain and
the Petits Mulets at the base. Each
line was $500 feet long. Messages were
sent without trouble, and the loss of
electricity, as measured by the instru-
ments, was very slight
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Bryan's omission to talk imperial
ism" In his letter of acceptance and
his recurrence to the silver issue, has
been a cold shower bath for the Olney-
Schurz "reformers'' who have been per-
suading themselves that the para
mount issue would stick.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

George Fred Williams has given Mas
sachusetts to Bryan but the latter in
duiges in doubts about the title which
seems to be clouded by prospects of a
Republican victory.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

The promises of automobile cabs,
buses and trucks for San Francisco,
made two years ago. have not been re-
allied. 1t would be interesting to know
how much it cost the street railroad
and dray companies to keep the COM
petition out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Wilcox in Congress would be the tool
of Moreno. the most discredited lobby
list there. AS an opponent of both the
Republican and Democratic parties he
could make no Roadway with either,
and his association with Moreno would
bar him from the departments. So far
as usefulness to Hawaii-is concerned it
would be as well TO send wooden In
dian to Congress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
what We SPEND For rlowers.

The retail value of flowers sold annu-
ally in this country is s12, 500, 900. of
which s6,000,000 goes for roses. s.. Loco. 900
Tor carnations, $4,000 for vioiets, $780,
ooo Tor chrysanthemums, and the rest
Tor flowers of various names.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
Many Old Preachers.

In 1899 there We're 103 ineumbents of
churcn iivings in England who had oc-
cupied the same living for fifty years or
more, and OF these twelve had held
their places for sixty years Their av-
erage income amounted to 81, $50 a year.
ana In sixteen cases the income after
ntty years continuous service was be-
tween the limits Of $3.50 and $40 a year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
a Blind Penman.

Richard Henry Stoddard, the blind
banker and poet, has given UP debating
much of his copy and writes most Of it.
IN spite or his blindness he writes a
remarkably clear hand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Just sick enough to feel heavy-head-
ed. lazy and shiftless. to have no ap-
petite, to sleep badly. to have what you
eat feel like lead in your stomach.
Not sick enough to take to bed, but
Just sick enough to not know what to
do.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

II the Empress Dowager has a rab-
bits foot for luck now is the time for
her to hang 1t on her watch chain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29
TAKE
Malt
Murine

That's what you ought to do-a good
sensible tonic that will sharpen your
appetite and put new go into your
nerves and muscles. Come to-day and
begin taking 1t right away. You'll find
Just what your system needs right here.
1t is Just what it's name implies.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

Evidently Mr.. Damon is ready to bolt
everything Democratic except the
votes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
4 Terrible Struggle With q Wolf.

An inhabitant of La Chabroulie, a small village in Dordogne, France, had a terrible struggle with a le,--~ wolf one or two nights ago. The man was awakened by bowling round his house and understood that wolf had come, as they frequently do when driven by hunger, to devour the watchdog. He took his gun and went out, when the wolf immediately came bounding to- wards him. M Marcher fired both bar rels of his gun into his assailant, which, nevertheless, still sprang at him. Finally he got the barrel of his gun into the brute's mouth, and, press ing it to the ground, finished it by kicks The struggle lasted over ten minutes, and had another wolf been present, matters would have gone hard with M. Mareher.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
Kitchener in schooI.

Dr. Butler, the present master of Trinity college, Cambridge, may be re- garded as the man who exercised the most influence on Lord Kitehener's career. It was found, upon the death of his father, that the family resources were so straitened that it would be difficult to keep the future hero of Om- durman at Harrow school. Dr. But Ter, who was then the head master of the school, wanted to know why such a clever lad was leaving. He was frankly told, and replied: "The boy will reflect honor on the school; he must stay here. There will be no charge. will only request that he may not be told of this arrangement at present, as it might break his high spirit New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
SILLY VOWS WELL KEPT.
Artist Whose Masterpiece Was Due ts
 an Oath He Took

The French artist, Gericauld, was determined to allow no distraction to interfere with the painting of his great picture, The Wreck of the Medusa. 7 He had his head shaved and vowed that he would never allow his hair to grow until his work was done. This VOW he religiouslg kept, in spite Of strong temptation to break it. and the reward of his heroism was the most perfect painting of his life. 4 story is told of a young man in E gland. a great chess enthusiast, who was su annoyed at his failure to solve an ap- parently simple problem that he vowed he would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found. He shut him. .self up in a disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciated and out Of his mind. He spent 8 year in the lunatie asylum as the result Of his rash VOW; and the problem remains unsolved. It was for a very curious reason that an old lady. who died few years ago, condemned herself to more than thirty years confinement to her house. She had married widower, as miserly as he was unromantic, and he insisted that his second wife should wear the clothes left behind her by his first wife. The wife was as mutinous as the husband was reso1ute, and she de- termined that until she, could have her own clothes she would never leave the house-a VOW she kept until her death. Woman appears to be at the root of many eccentric vows, for it was a ha- tired of the sex that once impelled q well-known lawyer to swear that he would never speak to woman again as long as he lived. Nothing would induce him to see lady client, and he would never conduct 8 case i'll which woman appeared ~s witness. He never employed a female servant. and 7 deliberately "cut" all his lady acquain- tanees. The inevitable result was that the men deserted him. his practice dwindled and he died. less than a year ago, alone in squalid room.-Pitts- burg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
AMERICAN LOOKING CLASSES.
This Country Now Imports but Few
 Mirrors and Trade Is Increasing.

This Country Now Imports but Few
 Mirrors and Trade Is Increasing.
 Most of the french mirrors bought in the United States today are made here. Very little looking glass is inn ported now compared to a decade ago. The tables are gradually turning. The European nations do not see them selves in American mirrors, but the Central and South Americans are very partial to the America looking glasses, and this country is doing a large exz port business to that quarter. Penn sylvania and Indiana furnish most of the glass which is turned into Ameri- can mirrors at present, but plate glass factories that can turn out a quality of glass suitable for the use of mirror manufacturers are springing Up very rapidly in several of the eastern states. The American glassmakers have finally succeeded in turning out a superior quality of clear white glass which makes as fine mirrors as can be bought in any part of the world The leading looking glass makers have found this out and they import very little glass for their use Not more than one-tenth of the mirrors made in this country last year were made of imported glass, whereas a few years ago nearly all the American mirror makers were compelled to go abroad for their glass. In the matter of frames, the American mirrors are now put up quite as richly as any of the foreign creations. The multiple mirror, in which one can see ones image from all sides and angles, is strictly an American creation, and has proved a big success with mer- chants, especially elothiers and ladies' furnishers. As for size, larger mirrors are made in this country today than were ever attempted in Europe.--New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
Anti-Atcoholic Serum.

Anti-alcoholic serum, says Paris correspondent, is now an accomplished fact. Dr. Sappelier and Dr. Thebault announced recently to the Academy of Medicine that their experiments, chief ly upon horses, had been etficacious, and asked for committee to examine the practical results of their researches in producing invincible disgust, not only for spirituous liquors, but for wine and other beverages containing lesser proportions of alcohol.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
Forgot His Native Tongue.

Andrew Lawson, Norwegian cooper was struck on the head by falling block while at work on one of the piers of the Atlantic Transport company New York city, on Sept 5, 1898. He lay like one dead in St. Vincent's hos pital for two months. His life was despaired of, but finally he rallied and regained part of his lost strength. Lawson is in normal condition in every sense, with the exception that he has forgotten all about his former life and companions, and has no remem- brance of his native tongue. Try as he will he cannot converse in the lan- guage that he learned in Norway. His wife is instrueing him as she does their four-year-old boy. Lawson speaks the English language only imperfectly. The case has attracted the attention or scientists and specialists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
Shoe po1fshinc pevIre

Shoes can be readily polished by a new device. having a foot rest attached to the upper side of a box, with paral- Tel rods set on either side of the rest and adapted to guide long strip of cloth, the latter running under the rails and over the shoe, to be operated by the hands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
Amazing Expansions of Great Britain.

In 17S0 the area of the British for eign possessions outside and exclusive of the British Isles, but including Can ada, the West Indies, and India, may be set down as about 31a millions Of square miles, with population of less than two millions of white people and perhaps forty-fve millions of colored races. These figures, though little as compared with those of 1899, are yet quite respectable. They were vastly greater than other nations of that time could show. Indeed they are greater than any nation can even now show for foreign possessions. In 1899 the British empire contains over F mill lions of square miles and 40 millions of population, of whom 55 millions are white people, that is 40 millions in the mother country, and 15 millions in the colonies, while the remainder are Of eolored races. This represents about nearly one-third of the habitable globe and shows an amazing expansion with in the hundred years
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
A. woman,s Persevsranos.

An interesting story of a woman's perseverance comes from the wilds of Glamorganshire, England. She had inherited a small farm. and as soon as she arrived at marriageable age be- gan looking for husband to share her lot She was quickly married, but the couple had hardly settled down to welded bliss when the husband died without having had a chance to begin to cultivate the farm. Not intimidated by this, the widow married a second husband, who sowed the fields with grain. He likewise died. She tried a third, who reaped the grain, but death soon snatched him away. ~ She then married fourth, who thrashed the grain. He also followed the fate of his predecessors. She then married fifth husband, with whom she enjoyed the produce of the farm. The little woman had boldly married five men in the short space of eighteen months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-10
A Strange Case of rastins.

strange case of fasting is puzzling the doctors of Ghent. At Nazareth, 8 suburb of that city, a young girl of IT fell III in the beginning of November last, and has not since taken nourish- ment in any form. The illness devel- oped after a severe attack of dyspepsia and, although exceedingly weak, the patient has all her faculties, and ap- pears likely to continue her fast for q considerable period.