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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-19
EFFEcTUALLY REBUKED.

Representative Clayton of Alabama
recently told this story: II was Gov
eminent revenue official down in my
state, and when I started in l wanted
to make record. ! hauled an old fel-
low into court for making moonshine
whisky When I got him on the stano
l asked him plump out:
+" Did you ever make any moonshine
whisky
1.-The old man looked at me with tears
L in his eyes. Henry he said, 1 know
ed your father. and he never woulc
have asked me no such question as
that
Z Il let him CO."
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HAD PROVED IT.

A good story was told at an election
meeting the other night. An Irishman
obtained permission from his employer
to attend a wedding. He turned up the
next day with his arm in sling and
black eye.
Hello. what is the matter?9 said his
employer.
We'll, you see" said the wedding
guest, I'VE were very merry yesterday,
and saw fellow strutting about with
swallow-tailed coat and a white
waistcoat- And who might you be?'
said /. I'm the best man. seq he. and
begorra he was, too"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-19
WAIALUA AGRICULTURAL co..
LIMITED.

THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL
meeting of the Waialua Agricultural
CO., Ltd, viii be held at the Office OF
Castle & Cooke, Ltd. IN Honolulu. on
THURSDAY, February %. 1901, at 10
o'clock a. m.
Action will be taken upon the pro-
posed amendments to the Bylaws.
and the adyisabiiity of issuing bonds
upon the property, or increasing the
capital stock of the Company will be
considered.
e. D. TENNEY,
Secretary Waialua Agricultural Co.,
Ltd. 676s
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-19
COOL NIGHTS

Blankets and comforters in all
grades will be offered this week at
special prices If you are in need
Of any call in and be convinced
that we carry full stock and our
prices for this week are all spe-
cial.
so pr 1914 Blankets--special at 9oc pair
20 pr ia Blankets special at $500 pair
15 pr la Blankets special at s1.S5 pair
a5 pr California Wool Blankets-this is
the best value ever effered-at 50. 4
pair
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-19
Great
Attractions
FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR THIS WEEK.

READY-E DE SHEETS
AND PILLOW CASING
This week, 7zxss Sheets. sec: ssxss
Sheets at Ssc.
xxx
THIS WEEK oNLY-
One case Is pieces 1914 Bleached
Heavy Sheeting at Csc yard.
$50
GREAT CUT IN PRICES
This week on All Notions 10 per
cent or
JOUR 1891
IsPRING STYLES
Ladies' White Shirt Waists are
opened-Come and see them.
1 CASE ss-INcH PERCALE
In novelty spring patterns. Per-
called Paris. this week at 1s1zc
yard.
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xxx
JUST OPENED

A complete stock Of Outing Fian-
nels and Flanelettes-this week 40
pieces of Flannelettes at 10c yard;
20 pieces of Flannelettes at khc
yard
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SPECIAL SALE IN LININds
10 per cent OF on eli purohAss
this week emily.
xxx
TINS WEEK ONLY
Special attractions In Muslin Un-
derwear. We are Offering th1D
week an excellent White Skirt,
with ruffies. at CSC.
xxx
|oUR s15e WHITE SKIRTS Is
This week only at s1.ss.
$3.50
Ias Doz. LADIES DRAWERS
with nne embroidered edginga.
this week ct soe.
xxx.
SPECIAL
70 pieces Of wkits. soft finished
Cotton at 8 1-3c yard.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-01-11

understood by all. This is something
interesting to study, but 1t has properly
no connection with the sign language
used as a common vehicle Of commune
cation In conversation. The sign Ian
guage proper was executed by the
movements, gestures and positions of
the hands and arms, sometimes of 9TH
er members of the body. To learn the
simple signals Of the plains was easy
to any one who cared to do so, but the
mastery of the sign talk was a matter
far more complex and difficult and for
some white men the task was too much.
Indeed, it seems that there were de-
srees Of proficiency in the sign talk
even among the Indians themselves.
Some of the Indian signs are simple
and readily understood. When the sign
talker straddled his left hand with the
two split fingers of the right you caught
the idea Of "horse" almost at once.
When he held the hands thus and adj
vanced them with a series of short,
choppy, forward movements, you saw
that the horse was going. that it was
galloping. When the talker hooked his
two forehngers and held his hands up
at the sides of his head you saw the
hooked horns of the buffalo, and you
knew what he meant. If he thrust
both arms above his head, spread OFT,
and with the fingers spread out, you
saw the branching antlers of the elk
Enthusiastically. The wolf sign, the first
two fingers of each hand held close to-
gether and upright at each side of the
head, indicated the erect ears of that
animal plainly. Not quite so plain, yet
plain enough if you are hunter, was
the sign for the mountain bighorn
sheep-the two hands, one at each side
of the head, describing the outward
and forward curve of the horns. The
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finger and thumb slightly approached
and held at the side of the head indi-
Gated less obviously the pronghorn Of
the antelope. The sign for snake was
simple, and any one would understand
1.-THE extended fOrefnger thrust out
before the body in a waving line, like
the course of the snake in travelling.
Not quite so obvious is the sign for "lie,
liar. he lies" Here we get back to the
ancient symbol of the serpent, which
seems to be the synonym for duplicity
among all peoples and for all times.
The liar sign is made everywhere by
the forked fingers thrust out in front
Of the mouth, or across the body-"He
speaks with a forked tongue" This is
ancient Indian rhetoric for you, but 1t
is correct The sign for truth, it is
true" would obviously be the single
finger used in a similar manner-"He
speaks with a single tongue"
p Yet others of the simpler signs are
easy of comprehension by the man who
is capable of casting off his customary
habits of thought and trying to be a
child again. Thus, we say a man is In
doubt, he waivers mentally. he is
shaken in his mind, he hesitates. When
the Indian sees something strange to
him, whose name he does not know,
about which he is in doubt, he points
to it, then shakes his loosely extended
fingers in front of him. what is that?'
l don't know what that is" he says,
plainly, when you come to think Of it.
Now, stop to think what you do with
your hand when you say Nor and say
1t emphatically. What does the heroine
do on the stage when she spurns the
Villains suit? Hand palm out, swept
sharply down and to the right. 1t is
mo" as plain as can be. Upon the
other hand, we all know the impliea
ton of the extended hand when 1t /:
held in front of the body, as when one
shakes hands or is pleased, or says il
is all right-the gesture Of assent OF Of
concurrence. When the Indian would
say Good it is all right" he throws
out his right hand in front Of him, palm
down, the edge Of the hand away from
him. When he says Yes" he snaps hi
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her husbands health. she joined him at
New York, believing that her presensce
would impel him to be more cautious
as to his physical condition, and re-
manned with him until the end. Elec-
ton day she went with him to inspect
their farm and in the evening she en-
tertained his friends while receiving
election returns. If his second defeat
discouraged her, she gave no nantes
tation of it,
Mrs, Bryan's maiden name was Mary
Elizabeth Baird She attended a SEM
mary adjacent to Illinois College, at
Jacksonville, when Bryan was a stu
dent there. Their marriage took place
year after he was admitted to the
bar. Without neglecting the duties OF
her home, she fitted herself to follow
her husband into the broader fields Of
human activity. In 1887 she took a
course in law at Illinois College and
when they moved to Nebraska she was
admitted to the bar She kept always
in touch with him. While his chief in
terest lay in the practice of the law she
studied law and aided him in his Office
When he turned 10 politics and state
craft she, too, took up the questions of
the day and investigated them intelli-
gently and extensively. Mr.. Bryan
frankly cOnfesses the aid she has gives
him in preparing his addresses. Dur
ing his term in the House of Represen-
tatives she never failed to be in the gal
lery when he was to speak, and her
/ presence stimulated as her aid before
had prepared him.
The most pleasing phase of the Bry-
ans life is their domestic circle. While
participating in her husbands public
life, Mrs Bryan has not neglected the
home. She keeps one servant, but does
much of her own work and her three
children-one boy and two girls-show
the results of her careful training. At
home Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan are like IN
married lovers.
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tioning with It in toward the Iegs-a
Sign as obvious as the reckoning hand,
and visible at a greater distance. A
blanket fastened to a long pole and
thrust up into the air meant to a NOV
Ing and scattered party: go into
camp here" Yet other signals, as for
Attention" or "Be careful" were
made by the rolled or folded blanket.
Smoke Signals.
The traveller upon the plains in the
early days soon learned the significance
of the spires of smoke which he some
times saw rising from a distant ridge
or hill, and which in turn he might see
answered from a different direction. 1t
was the signal talk of the Indians,
across miles Of intervening ground, a
signal used in rallying the warriors for
an attack or warning them for a re-
treat when that seemed advisable. The
Indian had a way of sending up the
smoke in rings or puffs, knowing that
such smoke column would at once be
noticed and understood as a signal and
not taken for the smoke of some camp
fire. He hade the rings by covering his
little fire with his blanket for a mo-
ment, then suddenly removing the blan-
ket and allowing the smoke to ascend
when he instantly covered up the fire
again. The columns of ascending
smoke rings said to every Indian with.
in circle of perhaps twenty or thirty
miles, Look out. There is an enemy
near" Three smokes built close to
gether meant Danger" One smoke
merely said Attention" Two smokes
meant Camp at this place" Trave
the plains and the usefulness of thi:
long distance telephone will quickly
become apparent.
Sometimes at night the settler o.
traveller saw fiery lines crossing thu
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sky. shooting up and falling, perhaps
taking a direction diagonal to the line
of vision. He might guess that these
were the signals of the Indians, but
unless he were an Old-timer he might
not be able to interpret the signals. Inc
old-timer and the squaw man knew
that one fire arrow ian arrow prepared
by treating the head Of the SMART with
gunpowder and fine bark meant the
same as one column of smoke pu1s-
viz. "An enemy is near" Two fire
arrows meant Danger" Three arrows
said imperatively, This danger Is
great" Several arrows said. 1.-The enc
NV are too many for us" Two arrows
shot up into the air at once meant, we
shall attack" Three at once said, we
attack soon" Four arrows at once said
eve attack now" An arrow shot off in
n diagonal direction said as plainly as
pointing finger, THAT way" Thus 1t
seems that the untutored savage could
telephone fairly well at night as well
as in the daytime.
In the forests as well as upon the
Mains it was sometimes necessary Tor
one man to communicate with another
while the two were separated by days
of time or miles of distance. What boy
has not left a slanting stick to tell ais
companion which path he has taken in
the woods? The boy does without In
struction precisely what the savage
does. When one party of Indians wish
es to tell another party where It mas
gone the leader places q stick, stuck
slantwise in the ground, pointing in the
direction taken by the departing party
This is an index finger, saying plainly
"That way" But If the newly arriving
marty saw a cross stick stuck into the
earth at right angles to the index i
was known, in the language of th'
signs. that the first party intended t
travel one day. Two cross sticks mean
two DAYS. and so on. THESE people
could not write letter to pin upon thu
stick. but their message was none thu
less plain to those who read it.
Sign Talk Proper.
Such were some of the long distance
signals of the tribes, simple and easil'
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when Eugene Led the Fashion.

In her day Empress Eugene was the
leader Of fashion and her pin money for
dress was fabulous Her feet and
hands were so small that her maids
who had her shoes and gloves as per-
quisites could find no market for them.
so they were presented by the empress
every year to the orphans of the Eu-
genie Napoleon asylum, where fifty
fatherless and motherless girls were
educated at her cost. All the white
shoes and white gloves which those
girls wore at their first communion
were those which had been worn by
the empress.
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Lids of Fruit Jars.

The lids of fruit jars taken from the
top shelf of the kitchen closet, where
they may have lain long in retirement
should be sterilized before using. Put
them into cold water and bring the
water to the boiling point; take them
out one by one with a clean skinner
and slip each upon its jar. They should
not be handled with the fingers except
to screw quickly into place, nor should
they be left on the table nor wiped
with towels that have been hanging in
the kitchen. Any of these acts make
the sterilizing process useless. as germs
may be picked up in this way after it
has been accomplished.
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the sign language, though some pick II
up readily, just as certain persons learn
foreign languages more readily than
others. The sign talk was in all cases
best used by whites who had been
among the tribes from early youth. In
some cases it was so habitual chat 1t
was employed, as it often is by the
Indians, as a regular means of daily
conversation instead of spoken speech.
TO the "tenderfoot" who first went
upon the plains in the old days there
were some signs or marks which were
early accepted as obvious or generally
understood. Thus, he saw slim pile
of rocks upon the edge of some coulee
or ravine. He did not know what that
meant at first, and the older plainsmen
told him it was the sign for water. Not
even the plainsmen could tell who first
invented that sign or who was the first
to employ it. 1t was always there"
The beginner on the plains learned
other things, among these the fact that
the plains were capable of vast dis
tances, which could be trayersed better
by the eye than by the horse or by the
weary human foot. A mile away he
saw a horseman riding in a circle-a
circle which would appear the same
when seen from any direction. He did
not know what this meant, but when
he was told 1t said Come ahead" he
did not bother about riding over to the
man he wanted to have come ahead.
He simply rode his circle, just as had
the Indians from whom the white men
got this plains sign. If the man were
on foot and wanted his friends to come
ahead he signifed it by squatting down
and rising up a number Of times in sue
eessiOn-a sign which looks pretty
much the same from any direction. You
can see such a sign a mile or more, and
1t is easier to talk that way than to
try to shout over vacant miles OF
prairie.
The Indians used yet another sign tc
say come ahead' when secrecy was
necessary. This was made by taking
hold of the lower part of the blanket
or robe which one was wearing ano
holding it out from the body, then mo
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forefnger down upon the hand as he
brings the hand quickly down in front
Of him. 1t is hard to explain, bat when
you see him do it you know he means
I've got you"
Best Sign Takers.
Among the various Western Indian
tribes the Southern peoples seem tG
have been the most proficient in the
sign language, just as the Southern
races Of Europe are those who talk best
with their hands. The Kiowas and Co.
manches were admittedly the best sign
takers, though this was no doubt mere.
ly by reason of the fact that they had,
in the days when sign talk ruled upon
the plains, more occasion 20 use the
sign language Maj. j. w. Powell
points out, in his interesting compila-
tons from the records of the govern
ment chronological office, the fact the
Kiowas were supposed to get some Of
their sign talk from early Spaniards
or, at least, after the advent Of the
Spaniard- they appear to have obtained
great proficiency. 1t may be possible
that these Southern tribes, meeting
white men often in the earlier days,
came to perfect themselves in the most
feasible form of communication which
then seemed possible.
One will not see so much of the old
sign talk among the tribes to-day If he
travels among the reservations of the
West. for the Indian is nothing if not
practical, and he does anything in the
easiest possible way. The changes in
his life have rendered il unnecessary
for him to rely much upon the sign Ian
guage. There are halfbreeds and Car.
Isle graduates to interpret for him, and
he likes to stand up before the Great
Father and make a speech in that way
being always an orator, an actor, and
an individual well aware of the full
value of stage effect and dramatic ac
ton. He does not use the sign Ian
guage because he does not have to use
it. Hence it is now passing away
Scientists are beginning to study it, anC
are making minute records regarding
the old speech of the plains. The Uni
ted States government and the Smith
sonian Institution are doing all they
can to learn the old forms. The few
trappers and hunters of the past whC
were once familiar with the sign talk
and who still live to tell us about it ar,
sought out and interviewed carefully
Once a common fact, because it arosl
from a common necessity, it is nov
disappearing to join the ancient anC
soon to be forgotten story of one of tn,
most interesting and most dramatic re
gions ever known in all the history o
the world.
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Highland Venison.

Most of the red deer venison which
finds its way to London is Scotch
wild venison. shot in the forests. There
is great difference in quality in this
highland venison. To be good, venison
needs to be fat, and unlike most game
the 'artiticially fed deer, or, rather,
the deer that enjoys the feed of a good
English park, is better for the table
than when picking up a hard living on
a Scotch mountain, but there are varie-
ties of Scotch deer. Those on forests
with plenty of low ground attached
grow fat and heavy, and the meat is as
good as that of an English park-fed
stag. At the end of October and be-
ginning of November the flesh deterior-
ates rapidly and is rank and poor, evil
dence, If any were needed, that the
shooting ought to have closed earlier,
but a good deal of Russian venison,
shipped ready and cut up into joints, is
very poor stuff The same rules as to
season govern the supply of red deer
venisOn from English parks, but the
weight and quality of the latter are SUI
perior to the Scotch. Most large pro-
prietors find sale for their spare veni-
son near home, and consequently it is
less common in the market. Red deer
binds are again in season in winter, but
the fallow venison is in every way bet
ter. Some is even stall fed, and the car
casses show almost as much fat as does
small mutton
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-01-11
MRS. BRYAN
Her Husbands Partner in Law and
Politics, as Well as at Home.

Her Husbands Partner in Law and
Politics, as Well as at Home.
No one who has watched the career
Of William Jennings Bryan since his
first nomination for the Presidency can
have failed to observe the devotion Of
this remarkable man to his clever little
wife, nor her enthusiastic cooperation
in his political work She has been an
inspiration and aid to him ever since
his entrance into public life and has
been his constant companion on many
of his severest campaigning tours. She
was with him at Chicago in 1896, when
his meteOric eloquence flashed across
that chaotic assemblage Of Democrats
and so thrilled them that his nOmina-
ton was the only possible result. Fol
lowing that event she rode with him
over thousands of miles Of railroad
lines and sat on hundreds Of platforms
with him, her heart swelling with pride
as she saw him stand before millions
Of his fellow-countrymen and receive
their applause. She was disappointed
by his defeat, but with an abiding faith
in his future, was not disheartened.
During the campaign just closed she
remained at home until about two
weeks before election, when, fearing
that the terrible strain was breaking
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Cause for Alarm.

Gee whizzF exclaimed the gran
in the menagerie tent, sis this horseless
business going to strike us next?"
whats the matter?' inquired his
mate
THAT matinee girl just passed by on
the arm Of a bum actor, and I'm sure
| heard her say she's be tickled to
death if he'd give her his auto-giraffe.'
philadelphia Press.
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ponnIation of the Rritish Isles.

The census will be taken on the last
day of March, 1901. Ten years ago
when the last census took place, the
population of the United Kingdom was
81. 74O. 2S3. The registrar general esti-
mates the present population at 40
o31 Az.
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AN in the Interest of Science.

Prof. Emil Yung of Geneva, Switzer-
land, has counted the ants in five nests.
Their numbers were 53,01s. 81 40, 12,-
933. 1854 and 47.S2S.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-01-11

Did you ever notice thst a boy
hunter never wears huHting coat,
which has game pockets on the insidef
boy wants to carry his game where
It can be seen.
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When minister fails to stick to his
text it may be because he believes
scattered shot hits the most birds.
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TALKING BY SIGNS.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is ONE
OF MOTIONS.


Might Carry on Conversation
Though Not Speaking Same Tongue,
Indians Can Understand Each Other.
There is an old story of the man who
was too bashful to talk in company and
who received from q friend the rude
advice, IF you can't talk, make signs"
There was more to this remark than
might at first appear. 1t points back
to the infancy of human intelligence.
The language of signs is as old as the
hills, or at least as old as humanity;
1t is old as any form Of animal life
wherein thought or emotion has re-
quired expression.
The American Indians are the great
est sign takers now left in the world;
or, perhaps more properly, it might be
said that they were such until the adj
vance of white civilization changed
many Of the requirements of their lives
and thus altered many of their GUS
toms, this among them. The average
white man never learned the sign Ian
guage of the Indians, perhaps having
contempt for it, perhaps ignorant that
such thing existed. 1t was only the
half savage trapper or hunter, the voy-
ageur or plainsman whose life was
spent among the tribes and who thus
perforce must learn some manner OF
speech, who came to understand fully
and practice habitually the sign Ian
guage. Not all white men can learn
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-01-11

AS the salt savors the broth, so does
labor give relish to pleasure.
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such were some of the long distance
signals of the tribes, simple and easily