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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24
Latest Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, July H.-The Census
Bureau, in a bulletin on the population
by sex, general nativity and color in 1900
in Hawaii gives the following summary:
Hawaii-Males, 106,369; females, 1882;
native born, 1921; foreign born, 9o,7so;
total white, 6s,S90: native white. d,1f;
foreign parents, 1928; foreign white, H.
749: total colored, Sill.
The foreign-born element constitutes
very nearly three-ffths of the population
of Hawaii, and comprised mainly Chi
nese and japanese. The next largest pro-
portion of foreign born IS in Illinois, one
fifth, and Idaho little over one-seyenth-
The population of Idaho is 50 per cent
white. The colored element in Hawaii Is
56.6 per cent of the whole population. In
Idaho the foreign white persons and the
native white persons of foreign parentage
represent 40 per cent of the entire popuia-
ton, and in Hawaii IS to 20 per cent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24
The Pacific Cable.

LONDON, July 15.-In the House of
Commona today the Financial Secretary
to the Treasury, detailing the progress of
The Pacific cable, said that several sec
tiona1 cable houses already had been con-
structed and sent out and were being
,reeted at the various places. The survey
rad been sufficiently completed over 100
niles of the proposed route, and the
manufacture of the cable would begin
his week. Mr.. Chamberlain said landing
ites had been selected on Queensland,
lew Zealand. Norfolk island and at
rancouver, and that the cable. board was
atisfied as to the ability of the con
ractors to complete the work by the end
If 1902
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24
TRAINMEN BURN
MEXICAN'S BODY

CHICAGO, July IA special to the
Tribune from Ell Paso, Texas, says:
An American train crew on the Mexi-
can Central railroad has just reached
this city, having fled the republic to the
north. in consequence of accidentally
running over and killing Mexican and
throwing his body in the f1rebox of the
locomotive, in hopes of concealfng his
death.
The accident happened below Torren.
Mexico. A freight in an isolated spot
ran over a peon, killing the man instant
". In Mexico the death of a subject
by a train is as much a crime as mur
Ter knowing this the crew, to coneea
he accident, threw the body in tn
frebox.
few days later the relatives of tn
lead man began inquiry as to his where
1botits Someone had seen him at Ger
ain point and one Mexican from a dis
ance saw the train stop The membe'
f the crew were questioned and fea
ag the truth would come out they
igned their positions and fed to 4
7nited States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24

E~ Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of
<e Mayor Strong of New York, and
frances Hope, also known as May
are at the Moana Hotel, under
name Of y. c. Smith and wife"
are passing through Honolulu on
way to Kobe. Japan, under the
assumed names.
ea seen last evening they refused
anything save that they have
grossly mlsrepresented by the
o. the Mainland.
@y Frances Hope was at one time
aleVlle star with an International
aqon' Under The name of May
sue !ald siege to the affections of
" certain class on both sides of
AaaAtlc Upon her engagement to
nope IN 1892 his family offered her
v u refuse to marry him, but the
was declined. and May eventually
.e MS wife. In 1898 her husband.
1se oi MS riotous living, was forced
SoeauAfuptcy, oea having spent nearly
y" III little more than nine
Aoout year ago the Lord and
aus passed through Honolulu on
@ 70 San Francisco, having
several aI months in Australia From
aey proceeded to London.
,H futnam Bradlee Strong, who
I H. ole Time supposed to be engaged
- ~ ''1ah princess. is one of the
SNh r society men of New York
"a n'ough political influence he OBJ
ro. 'ne commission of a captain in
sseFs' e,,eeFs' went to Manila, did
though his conduct was
H. III u the kind not sanctioned by
h. s.nools. and when mustered out
! pnp p'o.unteeT .eT army last February
! reg,,,. enough to be ra-appointed in
E(rterr,a..ssir tern, service as a captain in the
h. .t-.,asler's t,.1s department. attached
\ for W.Is' WSp3I' ingalls,. now under or
f. ~ Ina. Manila, from New York,
/ tA,o~ssn sen Ior Captain strong's pass
sr tba honolulu at this time, and
hd HE peculiar conditions that sur
ens5ti,,.ass1e ,ase' is the result of a series
d br.,o9aI bs ,l, Incidents, many Of them
h STATED, After his or,r,,,io.;o,,
h Tss s,'s service had come to an
tae las, vas ASSIGNED as quartermaster
'urrs5 -. lne Inflated transport
pier +, ~, W, lie rs she lay moored to
Bsl ga q. 'ae harbor of New yor,, 1rto -
Rla yis tnaer orders to proceed to
nediatalr .s Suez canal at the time.
or5sras after this accident strong
Fraaeis,,oo 20 report to the Logan in n
a or tSa. +' 20 assume the same no
was 5i..s vessel. The Logan, how
Hatuted. ''ss in Navy slip No. !, was wa 5,
csptaai, N the spring thu sttar+,o,, :,
dal was sG5 rts ..p to wag. and sq public ,ne
o,ham. Tho IN mn the upper crustdom
as not rres West Thirty-four,trb1 ,r1 s9,,se strapt
'sd The con., Trtli they left New yort
aeir condp.t to San Francisco
~aaents devaIo-ealfn ,seafne notorious and
'oped, which have ar
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24
Mlsa Roberts Recovers.

Miss Florence Roberts, who had been
threatened with appendicitis, so far re-
covered Yesterday evening that Dr.. Nc
Mutt consented to allow her to appear as
Lady Teazle in THE School ior ScandaI
at the Alcazar. For several hours the
doctor and attendants felt that her case
was one of some gravity. The actress
received cordial applause on her reap
pearance.-Chronicle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24
Mlli.ary Balloon Explodes.

ST. PETERSBURG. July F.-Durins
operations with a military balloon neal
Schluesselburg, on an island IN tn'
Neva. q miles east of this city, the pai
loon exploded and blazed up. One perso'
were killed and twenty were injured.
several fatally.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24

John A. Hinsey. who resigned from I!
endowment Rank X. of p. Board
control under fire. has been asked to
ire from the knights OF khorassan, Z
we'll
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
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THE CAMERA IN WAR.
Its Most Important Use Is the Pho
Biography of ProjectiIes and
1heir Effects on ArmOr.

Guns, gold buttons and embalmed
beef no longer constitute the entire
essential equipment of an army.
The camera has taken an important
place in the panOply of war, and the
official commissioned photographer is
of more consequence than nine-tenths
of the uniform bearers. Of course,
the war photographer is on the field
with a definite purpose, which is not
the snap-shotting in full uniform of
the admirals of the nations forces.
Instead, the newest and most impor-
tant use of the war camera is the pho
Biography of projectiles.
At first the principal use of the
camera was in taking photographs of
battletields and Notifications from
balloons. Valuable work of this kind
was done in the Crimean and in the
Mexican wars. Photometry, or land
surveying by photographs, was first
practiced in the Franco-Prussian war.
The most important service of the
camera recently has been in photo
graphing projectiles during flight and
the movements of projectiles and
their effects on armor plates and 9TH
or TARGETS II is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Four of the city of Dublin steam
packet boats travel at 23Ha knots an
hour-the same pace as the Deutsch-
land.
Now a French scientist announces
that he has discovered a method of
producing Y rays without the use of
electricity.
The Bengal government has formal
fy agreed to grant an additional sub
sidy of $4,000 rupees for three years
for further chemical and scientific re-
searches with regard to indigo culti-
walton.
A full-length marble statue of DR..
William Gilbert, the father of cleo
trical science and author of DE
Magnetic" is to be erected at the IN
stance of the members of the medical
profession at Colchester, his old
home.
DR.. Ludwig Mond has discovered a
method for producing Illuminating
gas at an expense of four cents per
thousand feet. 1t is thought that
this will effect revolution by
cheapening electric power, and it will
also have an important bearing on
the production of open-hearth steel.
Capt. Bernier, whose scheme to or
ganize an expedition for the discov-
cry of the north pole is now before
the Canadian government, has re-
ceived letter from Lord Mimic, the
governor general, stating that he has
much pleasure in publicly becoming
a patron of the arctic exploration
scheme.
The dielectric strength of ice in
creases with a falling temperature,
and is more particularly effective
against intermittent currents or
those alternating at high rates. Tesla
suggests inserting a transformer in a
freezing jar, and has patented sys-
TEN of underground conductors
where the two mains are the flow
and return pipes which carry a cool
ing material, the pipes themselves be-
ing buried in wet cement or water, in
a trough.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
THE SICILIAN OMERTA.
Cnwritten Code of Honor That Pre-
walls in ItnIy's Southern
Island,

1t is this unwritten code of honor
which constitutes the Sicilian Omer-
TIA. We have seen how from his
earliest infancy the Sicilian youth is
trained to believe that his hand must
be against every man, and that every
mans hand must be against him;
and, indeed, it is impossible to study
Sicilian history from the earliest
times until the collapse of the in
iquitous rule of the Bourbons with
out being obliged to admit that the
Sicilian of the middle and lower or
ders had ample cause to entertain
this demoralizing conviction, writes
Richard Bagot, in National Review.
! have said that the principles of the
Omerta are contained in an unwrit-
ten code, but at the same time there
exists various popular maXims in
the Sicilian dialect which throw a
lurid light upon its moral factors.
Some of them it may be worth while
to reproduce here:
'Whosoever deprives you of the
means of existence, deprive of his
life"
"a gun and wife are not lent
ut may be observed that the gun is
mentioned before the wife,
'lf l die they will bury me; if I live
I will kill YOU"
"An influential friend is worth more
than a hundred ONE Q,25O francs) in
the pocket"
"Prison, illness and want prove the
heart of friends
"The gallows are for the poor. the
law for the weak man ii. e.. for him
who cannot take the law into his
own hands,"
The above examples, taken from a
mass of popular dicta. afford some in
sight into the principles which guide
the Sicilian of the working and mid
die classes through life. To those
who know the character of this peo-
pie they are maXims terrible in their
cynical contempt for justice as melted
out by the law. and full of savage sig
nificance. There is not wanting in
some of them note of pathos and a
ring of chivalrous devotion to a COM
panion in distress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
Last English King in Battle.

The last English king who fought on
battlefield was George II. The bat
tie of Dettingen, in Bavaria, on June 16
(27 o s., 1743, between the British,
Hanoverian and Hessian troops (52.-
600 men), under the command of
George H., and the French troops &C.,
900 mem, under Marshal Noailles, re-
suited in the victory of the allied
troops. On the morning of the battle
the king appeared in the same red
coat he had worn at Oudenarde. 35
years before, taking his place at the
head of the seven battalons of guards.
About noon he ordered a general adj
vance, and, during the movements it
entailed, he was very nearly taken by
the enemy, but was rescued by the
Twenty-second regiment who, in re-
membrance, wore a sprig of oak in
their caps upon the anniversary of
the battle for many years afterward.
Stray Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13

At first these things look like the
sails of Chinese iunks hung up on
frames to dry. But it was afterward
discovered that the frames had a ro-
tary motion, and it then became ap-
parent that the mechanism was that
of a Chinese windmill. The device
was employed to pump up sea water
into basins, where the fluid evapo-
rated under the influence of the sun
and wind. The salt was then made
into cakes and loaves for shipment
inland. Owing to the presence of a
considerable quantity of sulphate of
magnesia in it, the salt had a bitter
taste, and also possessed certain
medicinal qualities that interfered
with its usefulness as a condiment.
The mills themselves were rather
unique. They rotated around verti-
cal shafts. The sails, which resem-
bled window shutters with horizon
tai Stats, were inclined to the wind
at peculiar angle. In this and some
other details the design was novel to
both Americans and Europeans.
Whenever a high wind was expected
the sails could be furled up or
trimmed so as to come to a standstill.
The mill was stopped, also, with the
aid of sort of curb or cord applied
to the axle. Whether the Chinese
windmill is more efficient than the
American does not clearly appear.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
WOMAN RACES AGAINST TIME.
Charters a Special Train to Catch q,
Steamer Mt san Francisco.

Miss Margaret Windeyer, of Sidney,
Australia had an expensive race to
catch the steamer Sierra, which sail
ed the other morning for the anti
podes. Miss Windeyer was coming
across the continent to take the
steamer, and late in the afternoon of
the day before the steamer sailed she
learned that the train would not
reach San Francisco until three hours
after the boat had sailed.
She was determined to get the
boat. She had to reach Sidney by
certain date or lose much money, be-
cause of some legal contract. Get,
me a special train" she told the con-
ductor. A locomotive and one car
brought her to San Francisco from
Wadsworth, just three minutes be-
fore the Sierra was to move from the.
wharf.
One of Traffic Manager McCor--
mick's young men was waiting with
a carriage, into which he hurried the
young woman, and the hack was furi-.
ously driven to to the wharf. The
hackman obtained five dollars for his;
skill,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
TIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
Dw to Make Them Last Longer .
Problem Which Railroad Men
Are Trying to Solve.

1t is impossible to estimate, except
aguely, the number of railroad ties
4 use in the United States, but a sin
gle road, the New York Central, re-
placed 100000 old ties with new ones
last year, the Erie 400, 900 in New York
state and 100000 on it's whole line, the
Delaware-Lac 10000, and
other New York roads in like proper
ton.
On all the roads of the country fully
75.000,000 new ties are required for re-
newals, extensions and additions each
year and this entails a vast use of rail-
road materials, is a steady drain upon
the available humber supplies and
costs, moreover. a large sum for labor
and hauling. Much ingenuity has been
expended on projects for retaining
sible at present.
The standard American railroad tie
is nine feet long by eight inches deep
and eight inches wide, and a fairly
hard wood is required to prevent the
rails from sinking and from becoming
displaced. Oak, chestnut, locust and
cedar are the usual cross ties.
Many attempts have been made to
treat the ties so as to prevent decay
of the wood. Some years ago the cross
ties used on the Reading railroad were
notched where the rails crossed them
and their ends dipped in coal tar. 1t
was supposed that the tar would pre-
serve the ends from decay. Since
then another process by which the ties
were saturated with solution of zine
has been tried, but it was found too
costly.
A railroad tie costs about so cents
and it is customary to add 25 cents for
the labor of putting ties in position, or
Is cents for each new tie. Any plan
whereby the durability of ties may be
increased without undue expense will
be welcomed by railroad men, but so
far the problem remains an unsolved
one.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13

A UGUST IL am eighteen to-day.
fact but myself. l feel that |
have lived all of life worth liv-
ing. 1 have made two lasting re-
solves to-day. One is that l will
keep diary of all my doings worth re-
cording each day; the other is l shall
never marry. Never. For long time
now / have felt that I must do some
thing noteworthy in life; make some
great sacrifice. Suddenly this morn
ing it was borne upon me what it
should be. | will be an old maid and
devote my life to mamma. Poor NAM
ma. Of course | must look after the
comfort and well being of others also,
maids are such blessing to their fam
lily. We have never had one in ours.
My aunts and sisters married young.
This morning papa set his cup down
very hard in the saucer-he must not
have been quite well, for usually he is
very kind-and said GROSSLY to NAM
ma: "Why in the nation did you
change cooks again? That last one
made coffee just like my Aunt Mary
used to, and she was the boss coffee
maker of the family. You are always
changing cooks"
Mamma said the last cook was waste
full and not overly clean. And papa
said she never did know when she had a
good girl. Then he went out without
finishing his breakfast, and mamma
cried herself into a headache. and |
had to sit up with her and bathe her
head and soothe her. She said that
she did not know what she would do
without me. Well, she shall not do
without me. will stay with her for
ever.
August 2-And when papa came
home last night he brought me the
loveliest turquoise necklace-iust the
color of my eyes, he said-and he was
sorry that he forgot until almost even
ing it was his little girls birthday.
Mamma did not act as though a thing
had happened, met him with The same
smile she always had. But | shall not
change my mind. Let me see-the first
step toward being an old maid is to
look sour at manageable men. Ican-
not do that. 1t isn't my nature to look
sour at anyone, but / can avoid them.
August 3.-I'm more than ever now
determined to be an old maid. This
afternoon / went to see nv sister,
Kate. She has not been housekeeping
very long. And, actually, we thought
Hates husband was all that was de-
sirable, but now l am not so certain.
She was busting out his desk when l
went in. Presently she united packet
of business letters to arrange them
better and in their midst was n small
envelope, directed in a fine handwrit-
ing. She opened it and read it, of
course. Just then her husband came
hCme.
Charley" she said, care you keep
ing this letter of Nellie Gwynn's be-
cause you had not the heart to DESTROY
st? l thought you told me you cared
nothing for her"
well, didn't. And that must have
slipped in there by mistake he coolly
answered.
Il cannot think Nellie Iiwynn would
have written such letter as this to
any man unless he had given her rea-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
Unique Operation Performed.

DIR. Syfried, the famous surgeon at
Berlin, has just received the congrat-
ulations of his professional brethren
on a successful operation believed to
be unique. He removed a portion of
a workman's skull pulverized by the
blow of an iron bolt, and filled the
cavity with bone from the skull of an
OK, carefully pared down and carved
to fit the hole. The skin was laid over
the injury and healed naturally. The
patient experienced no i'll effects.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
Sultan stopped Drinking MIX.

In the opinion of the sultan of Tur-
key fresh milk is a most beneficial
aid to good health, and up to short
time ago he was in the habit OF drink
ing large quantities of it every day.
Each morning the COWS were brought
in front of his windows to be MIXED
in order that there would be no mis-
take about the milk being fresh and
pure. Some evil-minded official. how
ever, quietly limited to his majesty
one day that his method of obtaining
fresh milk gave anyone wishing to
poison him an opportunity of feeding
the cows on some noXious food After
that warm fresh milk was tabooed by
Turkeys monarch.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
STATUE OF JULIUS CAESAR.

Great Caesar! 1t was ne'e-
Thy dismal lot to holler
For being forced to wear
A saw-edged collar;
. mighty man, thou couldst pursue thy
way,
Care free,
Since twas not given men to say
OF thee
That thou didst wear made-up ies
Or that thou didst display
A vest
OF ancient style! oh, why
Should sorrow e'er have found way into
the breast
OF one so drest?
% mighty Caesar! Thou
Didst never bow
pbedient to the hatter's will, as am forced
to now!
: Thou didst take from its peg thy wreath,
and on that high
Imperious brow
Permit il lightly to repose;
And 10 old Roman fop turned up his nose
Because the brim
Or crown was out of style!
All, what a smile
Had spread across thy features hadst thou
How men would bend to fashions every
whim,
And groan
6eneatn the DuTCenS lney must ever DSdi
Who dare
Not don the things it suits them best to
wear.
o happy Caesar! Thou vast ne'er
Compelled to keep a frail
Suspender fastened with a nail,
And thereby hold a pair
OF trousers where
They might serve best the purpose of their
kind!
Never sat upon thy dauntless mind
Nor added to thy miseries
Because that fashion bound
Thee in despite of all thy power to wear
Things that were wont to bag around the
knees.
1mperious Caesar! No man bade thee don
A coat scanned up the back!
Thou didst put on
Thy light and airy toga, caring not
Or If twere frock or sack!
All, what
A joy was thine
That thou couldst go from day to day
Sans polish and sans shine!
And when twas time to put thy summer
suit away
When chilling blasts blew in the fall
The good Calpurnia could spread
1t on the board whereat thou brokest
bread
TO deck the same withal
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
PUZZLES PHOTOGRAPHERS.
The Old Question Whether One Part
of Wagon Wheel Moves
Faster Than Another.

Photographers in the west, both
professional and amateur, are en-
gagged in a wordy controversy as to
whether or not one part of wheel
moves faster than another. 1t is
claimed-and large number of pho
tographs are exhibited to prove it
that when the wheel of a rapidly
moving wagon is photographed the
top of the wheel never appears as
clear as the bottom. The same is
true of wheel rolled along the
ground in front of the camera.
In many cases the developed picture
does not show any spokes above the
center, says the New York Herald,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13

A workman in a German chemical
works has invented a substitute for
coal, which costs about 25 cents per
900 pounds to manufacture. Peat is
the basis of the fuel. 1t gives out great
heat, burns with bright flame and
leaves no Stag and only small guam
tity of white ash. The peat is dried,
ground by machinery, mixed with
chemicals and pressed into brick
shape.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
Infants Require Lots of sleep.

During the first few months of a
baby's life the greater part of the
time should be spent in sleep, but the
sleep should be natural one. Sooth-
ing sirups or sedative drops given by
foolish mothers to an irritable infant
to induce sleep are often the cause of
disease and death. In most cases
change of clothing and warm bath
are all that is needed to produce
healthy sleep, and if this is not eff
fectual the child's diet is probably
not right and should be given atten-
ton
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
Tree Brings Small Fortune

A mammoth black walnut tree on
the farm of E. p. Gaus in Williams
county, O., has just been sold for
$4,000. Several lumber dealers have
examined chips from this tree and all
have declared it to be the finest speci-
men of that kind of wood they ever
saw. The tree was eight feet in diam
eter 40 feet above the stump and ex-
tended 70 feet from the butt to the
6r.t limb.