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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22
ONCE MORE THE PLUMBING TRUST.

We are sorry to see signs of the re-
vival of the plumbing trust Locally
there is an account of the refusal of the
Honolulu Iron Works to sell plumbing
goods to private buyer, the dealer
saying that such sales should be made
through the master plumbers only
This is a clear violation of Federal
law, which exposes any culpable house
to damages in three times the sum in
volved, and might also take the form of
a more serious process. It is due the
Iron Works to say that the gentleman
handling it's plumbing goods denies that
he has had a demand from private
parties which he has refused to fill.
The baffled buyer, it seems, merely
proffered a request The distinction is
a frail one at best and is one, we are
told, which has kept great many peo-
pie, including small plumbers, from
getting supplies when and where they
wanted them.
1t should be widely and generaiiy
known TO every person in HaWan that
the purchase of plumbing supplies at
the regular market price is rlght ne
enjoys under United States law and
which he can have enforced, without
expense to himself in the United States
courts All he has to do is to lodge
complaint in the office of the United
States District Attorney at Honolulu.
That official will see that the law is en-
forced He did not press matters to
finish in the courts when the Adver-
tiser began it's fight on the trust, be-
cause the inculpated dealers promised
to break the combine and thereafter
treat all customers alike. II 1T should
appear to the Federal attorney that any
of them have not kept faith and are
again violating the law. his duty in the
premises would be clear.
This paper hears that the local sup
ply houses have been told that, if they
do not stick to the combine. they will be
refused shipments of plumbing goods by
the wholesalers of San Francisco. This,
however, gives them no excuse to vio-
late the law here. But it does enable
them to get redress, in triple damages.
from the wholesale firms. Let them
sue. We venture to think that they will
bring the central combine to terms as
surely as the Chronicle and the San
Francisco law firm of Black and Lean
ing did the octopus coal trust in the
fight of three years age
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

Nothing
Tastes Good
And eating is simply perfunctoty-
done because It must b.
This Is the common complaint Of
the dyspeptic.
If eating sparingly would cure dys-
pepsia, few Would suffer from 1t long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia.
which Is difficult digestion. is to give
vigor and tone to the stomach and the
whole digestive system.
Hoods Ssrsaparilla cured the niece Of
Frank Fay. 10e N. ST.. South Boston. Mass.
Who writes that she had been . great sufferer
from dyspepsia for six years: had been with
sut appetite and had been troubled with sour
stomach and headache. She had tried many
Dther medicines In vain. Two bottles Of
hoods Sarsaparilla made her we'll.
Hoods SaE.SapaSfMa
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Don't wait till you are
worse. but buy a bottle today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

Two pages have been dropped from
the dying Sunday Republican, bringing
the size from twelve pages to eight.
Remunerative advertising has pretty
nearly vanished, the space going for
anything the charitable will bid. The
decay of the paper shows two things
conclusively; one is the popular weak
ness of the cause which the Republic
an advocates; the other is the low esti-
nation in which the public holds the
Journals controlling owner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

County annexation papers are now
quoting comments of the Mainland press
against the scheme. They can't lind
any other kind, even the inspired ar
ticles of the Brother-in-Law Literary
Bureau. Ltd, having vanished from
mortal ken
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

The fact that the names of wharves
are not put where they will assist an
ENDURING stranger recalls the time,
not very far back, when the hackmen
We're decisive power in small Hawaii
an politics. 1t is only within two years
that municipalities. were put upon Homo
lulu streets, while houses are not all
numbered yet. Up to 1899 it was diff
cult for a stranger. travelling by him
self, to find any street other than the
principal avenues, to say nothing of
private houses. He was compelled to
hire a hack and that is precisely what
the haekmen wanted. They always
managed to keep municipalities and num-
bers from going up until the American
ization of the town got too much for
them. Whether their influence still ex-
tends to the wharves we do not know.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

to escape bankruptcy, to make such
campaigns short, sharp and decisive.
So while we may sympathize with the
unhappy Beers we cannot blame Great
Britain for the manner in which she is
waging war upon them. She is doing
it in the regulation way.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22
REVENUE PRODUCING WORKS.

With reduced revenues and extensive
demands upon the money which may
be set apart for his department, the
task of the Superintendent of Public
Works will be no light one. Mr. Boyd
has decided that he will give most of
his time and attention to those improve
ments which will result in revenue-pro-
ducing properties, while keeping all the
public works now in existence in re-
pair.
The strict following out of this plan
should give to the Territory in the next
two years some good roads, better
wharves and needed school and other
buildings. There cannot be all that
are needed. That is impossible when
it is considered that there must be
more than a million dollars of deficit,
if the revenues are not increased ma
terially over past years. The appro-
priations are not mandatory; the money
may or may not be spent, and in con-
sequence the responsibility again is
passed to the Executive, who must as
sumo it..
improvements to the harbors and the
keeping up of the quality of the roads
will do much to keep hidden the ugly
fact that the Territory was mistreated
in the house of it's friends. There will
be no scheme of expansion in public
works, as was hoped to follow. Instead
there will be as few men employed as
consistent with the revenues, and these
will have to do principally with the
maintenance of the conditions It IS
only with the strictest economy that
the Territory can get through without
running into debt, but it can be done,
and the Public Works Department. will
be largely responsible for its doing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

DR.. Russell is Disguised with both
Legislature and Governor. He has been
previously Disguised with Russia, the
Car, the third department of st. Pc
tersburg police, the Bishop of the Greek
Church in San Francisco, the press and
with Hawaii and California generally.
In the wide realm of disgust the Doctor
can't pick his way more than three
feet without coming upon things that
he would like TO knock sky-highski. We
hope the eminent exile will one day
reach the seventh heaven for he is GER
tain TO be disguised with the other six.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

New York is one of the hottest, one
of the coolest and one of the most eli
matically charming and comfortable
cities on earth according to the season
In dog days it is a place to be dreaded.
All day the sun beats down merciless-
ly; humidity-the real agent of sun
stroke-reaches fatal point, and at
night the heat is radiated from con-
crete pavements and brick or brown
stone walls. Then comes a thunder
storm to cool the air and lightning bonn
bards the town with it's tremendous
bolts. If there is any period which
will make traveller long for the trade
wind tropics, where sunstroke is UNI
known, lightning a rare phenomenon
and where humidity reaps no victims,
1t is day in New York when the mer-
curry ranges above the nineties
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

The only excuse made for the Legis-
lature is that there are some almost
half as bad on the Mainland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

If Madame Pele had an interest in the
tourist trade Kilauea would burn red
fire for six months to come.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

Both. cupid and cupidity Seem to have
played part in the recent Chinese we'd
ding
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22
TO HORSEOWNERS.

HORSES BROKEN TO HARNESS
and gated to trot or pace. Apply C.
Il. Judd, Waikiki Stables. SOL
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
The LIeutenant,s Brother.

1t may not be generally known that
Il is considered a serious offense for
German soldier, no matter what may
be his rank, to appear in public except
In uniform, even though he be on fur
Tough. The army regulations strictly
enjoin that he must always wear his
uniform.
A certain Lieutenant Schmidt, who
was engaged In some lively adventure
or other, dressed up as q civilian and
was having altogether an enjoyable
time until, on turning a corner, he un-
expectedly met his colonel.
The lieutenant did not, however lose
his presence of mind. He pretended
that he had never seen his colonel be-
fore and In a changed voice asked:
"Can you tell me, sir, where Lieuten-
ant Schmidt lives? / am his brother
from the country and am paying him a
little visit, but l happen just now to
have lost my way"
The colonel quietly gave the desired
Information, and Lieutenant Schmidt,
congratulating himself on his lucky es-
cape, hurried home and put on his uni
form with all possible speed.
He thought, Of course, that he had
taken In his superior officer. but such
an idea was rudely dispelled when on
the next day he met his colonel, and
the latter said:
Lieutenant Schmidt, II your brother
from the country pays you another WIS.,
1t I'll have him placed in close confine-
ment for 80 days"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
How Horses Rest,

'IIave you ever noticed asked
Germantown veterinarian the other
day, that every horse left standing by
a curbstone for any length of time in
Variably turns around 50 as to place
his fore feet OF the sidewalk? He al
ways does it if the road on which he is
standing slopes the least bit in either
direction. This shows that the horse
has a great deal Of plain, common
sense. He will not allow himself to
be worn out where it is not necessary.
If people only had his wisdom, there
would be a great deal less sickness in
the world than there Is at present.
When a thOughtleSs driver leaves his
horse standing on slope or at an angle
of the street, all the animals weight is
thrown upon one side, causing strain,
and If left long enough painful eX-
haustiOn. Twenty minutes of such an
ordeal will fatigue a horse more than
a whole days travel. But when he is
able to plant his fore feet on the curb
stone 1t gives him a better plant and
adjusts his weight more equally. Many
of the muscular ailments from which
horses suffer are brought upon them by
being continually obliged to stand by
the gutter side on streets which slope
decidedly. \ good driver will always
seek TO rest his horse on a level when
possible e"-Philadelphia Record.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
Generous Great Britain.

Britain's earth hunger" is a common
sneer ON the continent, but look at
what we have given away without the
least reasOni
We took the Ionian islands In 1909
end handed them over to Greece for
nothing about so years afterward.
Corsica shows George III as its king,
but we abandoned 1t three years later,
and the French naturally grabbed 1t.
Tangier came to us by the marriage
OF Charles II. We abandoned 1t at the
end of % years.
We took Cuba In 1862 and handed it
back to the Spaniards, after holding
1t for 10 months. We took the Philip
pines and returned them to the same
country for $780, OO0-which was never
paid.
Here is short list OF other places
which we once held and gave up with
out compulsion; Minorca, Sicily, Sar-
dinia, Buenos Ayres, MontevideO, Java,
Pondicherry, Celebes. MOluccas. Elba
and about so other places.
We took Cape Colony in 1895. but
gave it up again to the Dutch. In 1905
we took 1t again-and kept it.-London
Standard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
Ffshed For It's binneR. -

Looking over my neighbor's feAcg
one day." says a lover of animals, ,'T
was surprised to see on his doorstep
these queer companions: A beautiful
white sea gull and my neighbours pet
cat sitting quietly together.
Becoming interested, / jumped the
fence aud asked Jones about his feath-
cred pet He told me that some boys
had shot the gull few days before
and broken its wing, and as they were
passing his house he noticed the poor,
suffering thing and bought 1t. He ban
daged the broken wing, and the gull,
seeming to understand his kind inten-
tions, became quite tame and nestled
its pretty head against his hand.
Zones entertained me by showing
how the gull usually took his meals.
Bringing plate of oysters and a fork,
he called 'Goosey, goosey, goosey! and
the bird came running to him. Then
he held out an oyster on the fork and
the gull seized it quickly with its yell
low bill and ate IT as demurely as If
oysters had been served to it in this
way all of its days.
1.-The oldest thing occurred one day
when my neighbor gave the gull some
small pieces of meat for dinner. He
placed the meat on the ground near
the gull, but the gull, espying pan Of
water near by, took the meat piece by
piece and, walking over, dropped it
into the water. Then, true to its ma
ture, it began fishing for its dinner
Christian Advocate.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
Piazza Stockings.

You may ask for piazza stockings and
receive n gay species that you will at
once understand can be worn under a
handsome summer gown upon a sum
mer piazza In this category can be
mentioned the ribbon trimmed stock
ings. These are of the French origin
and, while they are not generally on
sale, can be easily made. The founda-
ton for the ribbon trimmed stocking is
a plain black stocking, silk or Isle.
Bands of ribbon half an inch wide and
three inches long, each end finished
with a little loop, are fastened upon the
stockings in such n way that they form
n gradually widening figure. At the
ankle the ribbon bands are side by side
and almost touch, but at the calf, where
they terminate with n small buckle,
they are two or three inches apart.
This gives a pretty shape to the ankle
and makes fiat leg appear round. II
most refined of these ribbon trimmed
stockings are of fine black Isle trim
med with black satin ribbon. The
bands are fastened to the stockings
with very small safety pins or with
tiny jeweled pins.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11

IMPROVED PRUSSIAN BLUE FIELD PEAS.
both were entirely free from insects.
The fact that the Black Marrowfat
was sOwn on much lower ground may
account for the difference in yield.
AS the question of cheap pork pro-
duction assumes greater proportions,
forage peculiarly suited for pigs must
certainly come to the front. 1t is well
known that the pig thrives on grass
or green feed alone, but the Importance
and necessity of feeding him on such
are very often overlooked. The condt-
tions governing feeding operations,
however, enter into this matter. and fire.
quently such crops as can be most con
yeniently produced or utilized must
take precedence over others better
adapted to the end in view.
OF the various crops more or less eX-
tensively cultivated for pig feed during
the past few years one which has given
extremely satisfactory results is rape.
The variety best suited for forage is
Dwarf Essex.
As an element In the production OF
their famous bacon Canadians are Civ
ing 1t considerable attention. In GER
tain districts it is now largely used us
a forage crop for sheep, swine and
steers, and undoubtedly still larger
areas in the future will be sown for
this purpose. One of these farmers
says:
From a study Of the habits of the
NJ. ~ Fi1Afr ne / oh "
that the best results would be secured
by sowing the rape in rows "a to 80
inches apart at the rate OF about three
pounds of seed Dwarf Essex to the
acre. When thus SOwn, this can be
cultivated by horsepower when young
and has a tendency to branch out and
develop large leaf crop.
"It is most interesting to watch the
niceness of discrimination exercised by
your practiced rape eating pig as he
strolls leisurely down the row and Sc
lects the juicy leaves that best please
his fancy. / have observed, too, that
your trained pig is equal to the best Of
chemists in picking out those parts of
the plant most valuable for food. He
soon learns to shun the large or old
leaves and feasts upon the young, the
tender, the juicy"
The cost of growing an acre of rape,
including rent of land, has been esti-
mated at $14l7.
The cut shows plot of Dwarf Essex
rape at the upper Michigan station
sOwn on June 16 last year. Aside
from slight damage to leaves by cab
bage worms, the plants grew to per
fection, reaching a height Of SO inches
at the close of the season.
The greatest portion of the plot was
cut with a moving machine at various
times between Sept. 90 and Nov. ., the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
MUSTACHES AND GAMBLERS.
Hair on the Face Was Once a Badge
of the mississippi Card sharp.


Back in 1850" remarked New Or
leans professional man, chatting about
old times, "a mustache was regarded
with great suspicion all through the Mis-
sissippi valley. 1t was supposed to be
the mark Of either a military swash-
buckler or a gambler, and gentleman,
particularly if he wanted to go into So
ciety, shaved smooth. Boards were look
ed upon as an unclean foreign affecta-
ton, and recall a curious incident bas-
ed on that prejudice.
"a charming young English gentle
man who w@s a near relative OF dis
tingushed man of science was visiting at
q river town noted for its arispcratic and
punctilous society. He was u fine speci-
men of physical manhood, and, following
a fashion which had just obtained
foothold in London, he wore heavy
blond mustache and a set of luxuriant,
curly whiskers, much after the style OK
our old friend Taffy in "Trilby.' Now
adays he would be envied the possession
of such superb ornament, but the good
ladies of the town were greatly perplex-
ed. and after much consultation they
finally decided that they could not coun-
tenance such a barbarous custom and
less he shaved. The young Englishman
realized that he had to choose between
whiskers and ostracism, and, being
pIucky chap, he packed his trunk and
went back to London on the next boat.
"To revert to the mysterious connection
between gamblers and mustaches, a
thatched upper lip eventually became
such well recognized badge of the trade
that card sharps who wanted to avoid
suspicion were forced to shave clean. One
noted professional who worked the big
river boats looked a great deal like a
sanctimonious deacon when his mus
tache was removed, and he used to make
a point of dressing in long tailed, rusty
black coat, with white cravat. Going
up to Vicksburg one night, was sitting
in earshot when he attracted the atten-
tion OF a group Of gay young gentlemen
playing poker in the main saloon. lie
was seated by himself reading a book
and was evidently unknown to the party.
I'll bet that old rascal plays poker on the
sly said one Of the crowd. Ask him to
join u.s. said another as joke, and the
first speaker acted on the suggestion. The
stranger was very reluctant at first, but
finally said he Calculated he wasn't too
Of hours later he got off at landing with
every dollar in the crowd, remarking cas-
ually that he would now give his mus
tache a chance.
"On another occasion l was going up
TO Louisville on some important business
and had been warned especially to look
out for gamblers. We had the usual
crowd Of sharpers on board, but they
were all shaved clean, and 1t CHANGED
that among our passengers were lot Of
army men fresh from the west, where
mustaches We're countenanced. Conse-
Quently, when we reached old Gait House
at Louisville and l made some inquiries
Of friends, was chagrined to find that ell
the people l had been fraternizing with
were gamblers and all those l had been
snubbing and avoiding were gentlemen"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
TrulN HrnrIicnI.

At Berea college, Kentucky, the sew
ing and cooking classes. under the SUI
pervisiOn of Il graduate of Pratt inSti-
tute, Brooklyn are the most popular
in the school. The lessons are careful
ly adapted to existing conditions. The
care of food without the aid of refrig-
orators and the getting of meals with
out markets, grocery and delicatessen
shops around the corner are considered.
The houSewOrk at Bcrea has always
been largely in the hands of pupils,
and in that way these mountain girls
have been learning, but the cooking
classes are much more interesting, and
during the last four terms the 20 diff
ferent CLASSES in sewing and cooking
have averaged II girls to the class.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
WhItewanhed.

An amusing joke was once played on
post commandant in Cuba who, like all
other post cOmmandants, was not popu-
lar. He had two fads. He believed in
whitewash and plenty of it, asserting it
to be the most effective preventive Of
tropical diseases ever discovered, and he
was equally attached to a pet hamingO
who resented being kept in captivity and
showed his resentment by nipping at ev-
cry soldier who passed his way. On the
part of the soldier there was nothing to
do but swear under his breath and wait
for revenge.
On certain Monday morning an order
was issued from headquarters that all
articles pertaining to camp which were
not sheltered from the weather should
be whitewashed. The post commandments
wrath can be imagined when he next
gazed on his pet fiamingo, who had sud
denly become as white as the driven
snow. To the sorrow Of the soldiers the
bird survived the operation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-11
A TcuchInR Sto-~

A charming story is told OF the child Of
a well known French painter. The little
girl lost her sight in infancy, and her
blindness supposed 70 be iucurable
A famous oculist in Paris, however, per
formed an operation upon her eyes and
restored her sight. Her mother had long
been dead and her father had been her
only friend and companion. When she
was told her blindness could be cured,
her one thought was that she could see
him, and when the cure was complete
and the bandages were removed she ran
to him and, trembling, felt Of his fea-
lures, shutting her eyes every now and
then as If to make sure that it was he.
The father has a noble head and pres
ence, and his every look and motion
was watched by his daughter with the
keenest delight For the first time his
constant tenderness and care seemed real
to her. If he caressed her or even look
ed upon her kindly, it brought tears to
her eyes. "To think" she cried, holding
his hand close In hers, that | have had
this father for this many years and new
er knew him"