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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-28
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by. requested to furnish this House with
the following: Originals or copies of all
letters, records, books documents pa
pers and vouchers of every nature kind
and description whatsoever, relative to
transactions of the Executive Department
of the Government from the annexation
of these Islands to the United States to
date.
That the Governor submit to this
House the correspondence between the
President OF the late Republic OF Ha-
wall and A 8. Hartwell. the alleged I'M
official delegate to Washington during
the so-called transition period.
Mr.. Gilfllan got through resolution
calling on Superintendent of Public
Works McCandless for copies of the
relating to ownership
Of the Naval wharf at the foot Of
Richards street, and Mr.. Monsarrat
finally got his resolution in shape ask
ing Attorney General Dole for CORE
spendence relating to the removal Of
Judge Moanauli of Hamakua, the resig-
nation of H. s. Overend as deputy sher-
iff at Hamakua and the appointment Of
Mr.. Lyman in his place. This is the
information which the Attorney Gener-
al had previously declined to give.
Three resolutions for appropriations
were introduced and two of them
adopted: one by Kaauwai for S., 400 for
a school house and cottage at Kappa
Kauai. and one by Keiki for $1,000 for
Improving Saratoga road, Waikiki.
which runs close to his house and con-
meets Waikiki road with the Beach
road.
Hihio was not so fortunate and his
60 Al
and bridges for Lahaina district was
laid upon the table. to come up with
the appropriation bill.
Mr.. Puuki brought in the only petit
tons. two for appropriations aggregat
ing 24S, 900 for roads and bridges on
Kauai. This. too, will come up with
the appropriation bill. The same course
was taken with resolution reported
back from the public expenditures com
mittee asking for $4,000 for roads In
Puma.
| One bill came back from the com
mittee. the school library bill. by Ka-
waihoa The finance committee recon
mended that the bill be tabled until the
House could find out where the money
was to come from to buy the libraries,
which report was adopted.
| The Spectre of the House." Prender
CASTS Hawaiian Tramways franchise
bill. turned up again, but Mr.. Makekau
thought it better "stay out" and back
to the table IL went after the trouble
had been gone through with of sus-
pending the rules to take 1t up. The
plan was to send il to Makainai's com
mittee on public lands and internal I'M
provements. to which had been referred
the big petitions that came in last
Monday in relation to 1t, but there was
no trouble in shelving the bill again
Vice Speaker Beckley made another
good record for himself in the despatch
OF business and the House adjourned
about noon on motion of Mr.. Robertson
with another clean slate-all business
disposed Of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-28
adopted these lowlands were useless, but
now they are, beyond comparison, the
richest and most productive

adopted these lowlands were useless, but
now they are, beyond comparison, the
richest and most productive
THE HAWAIIAN STATION.
In presenting variation of his expert
ments at the Hawaiian station, Mr.. Max
well says:
THE Hawaiian experiment station is
located in the suburbs of Honolulu and
comprises five acres of land. In laying
out the area into divisions and plats,
special provisions were made for the
use of irrigation water. The water sup
ply Is that of the city municipality, and
it is laid on by iron pipes with very nu-
merous faucet discharges. The distribu-
ton is made by means of rubber hose,
thus controlling the delivery at any
place or time.
"The topography of the field Is favor
able for irrigation, it's surface being rel
atively level.
1.-THE soil is exclusively derived from
the decomposition of basaltic lavas.
There is a depth of fifteen inches Of till
able earth resting upon porous sub
soil, an understratum which Is compos-
ed of chips of lava stone, scoria and
black sand. The total mass of soil Is
thus relatively small. one acre to the
depth of fifteen inches Weighing 4,36s,S25
pounds. Irrigation increased the yield
of cane per acre from 27,13S pounds in
1S97-9S, to 1922 40 pounds in 1S9s-99.
'In the Hawaiian Islands sugar cane
is irrigated exclusively by means OF
bitches and burrows. In laying out a
field to be planted in sugar cane the first
step Is to make a survey of the area and
to determine It's contour. The notes Of
the survey will show the direction in
which the cane burrows shall be con-
structed and also show where the later
ais which feed the burrows should be
located.
upon level or slightly undulatins
lands this preliminary survey is especial
ly important 1t requires great skill In
locating laterals to so arrange them that
the water may be distributed to the
hest advantage. On uneven ground the
burrows are curved in order that the
grade may be kept uniform. The later
ais are subordinate to the course OF the
burrows and are drawn accordingly. A
field or area furrowed by such method
Is made to represent, either az a whole
or in its parts, a relatively level field.
90 that in considering the matter of get
ting the water onto the field in detail a
naturally level area may be taken as a
basis"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-28

furnish this House with the following"
etc; and
That the clerk OF this House certify to
the Governor of this Territory the reso-
luton as hereby amended.
The resolution referred to the second
request of which the Governor advised
the House that he would accede to as
soon as the transcript could be made up,
passed the House March IL, 1901 and
read as follows:
Resolved, that the Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii be, and he is here
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-28
Whitney g. NJ arsh, I'd
Whitney g. Marsh, Id
Princess Gown

w hen the PRINCESS GOWN made its bow
| here few weeks ago it took our breath awav.
| Inc lines were trying-too trying for any but
| tall women.
| Since then it has been worked with and re-
made and so beautfled that you, who saw it first,
will scarcely rec ognize in the soft graceful flow
| ing beauty Of this, the stern lines of that
1t IS case of the ugly duckng over again.
| All last week women crowded our Dress
| Making Department where it, and other beau
| tlful dresses, are being made.
| There are some wonderful new embroidered
| Swiss dress patterns in evening shades which
| came to us on the last steamer. When YOU see
their delicate workmanship, you will not be able
to help falling in love with their sweet, artistic
| quantness
| Then there's that new Straight Front"
Corset--but we told, you all about that lat
week Perhaps you've noticed though, that it
has forced the price of the old fashioned, out-of
date corset down to 50 cts Pretty good sign as
to what's going to become of the old corset, isn't
| it2
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE HOUSE

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RESULT OF EXPERIMENTS

The bulletin contains an account of a
series of evaporation experiments. Under
the heading Transportation of Moisture
by Vegetation" the bulletin recites:
"The volume of water evaporated from
the soil and the volume transpired by
the plant during its growth are the con-
trolling factors in determining the total
water required in the production of
crop, and therefore the quantity of wa
ter to be supplied by irrigation
Water enters very largely into the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
SPORTING eREVlTlES.

Plans have been drawn for a Chi
cago riding academy, to cost 100000.
Yale athletes have begun their out
door work for this season in earnest.
-Four days of the Pan-American Ex-
position in August will be given to
contests between Irish athletes.
Mr.. Alexander Winton will attempt
the journey from San Francisco to
New York City in an automobile
Thomas W. Lawson has offered $500
in prizes, 500 each in five classes, for
the Dog Show in Boston in April
Harvard and Yale have challenged
Oxford and Cambridge to athletic
competitions at New York City in
July.
Members of the cycle trade have de-
cided to encourage. contests on the
track by the employment of racing
teams.
The United States National Lawn
Tennis Association has accepted the
English challenge for an international
match in August.
"Scrappy' Joyce and Pat Tebeau
declare emphatically that they will
never play baseball again or even be-
come interested in a club
Plans are progressing for automo-
bile tours and races to the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition from Chicago, Cleve-
land and other Western cities.
Amos Rusie, the baseball pitcher,
who for two years has been out of
the game, has signed a contract to
play with the Cincinnati team this
season.
Sir Thomas Upton has decided to
bring across the ocean next summer
both the Shamrocks. and he will try
to race them tor month before the
Cup contests.
Marksmen OF Illinois are willing to
pay license on guns if the State
will give the money to the game
warden and authorize him to use it
in enforcing the game laws. Indiana
and Iowa will receive the same propo-
SitiOn,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
A Substitute for CeIiuIoid.

In the Black Forest new substance
has been produced by the boiling of
untanned leather in oil, which has,
first, all the property of being good
electrical insulator, but, besides this,
it can be used for manifold purposes.
This new material can be polished.
and in its structure resembles horn,
and can be pressed or worked into any
form whatsoever, either directly after
the boiling process or later, after the
hardened hide has been made soft and
elastic by being dipped into a salt
or alum bath. By means of polishing
this material can be made almost
transparent, and it can also be given
different degrees of hardness, so that
a substance is obtained which can be
kneaded, embossed, stamped, pressed,
drawn and twisted into any desired
shape or design.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
To Cure Insomnia.

An English physician of distinction
gives these suggestions for cure of in
somnia: In cases where the patient
sleeps for an hour or two, then awakes
with a start and cannot go to sleep
again, the physician recommends that
a hot water compress be laid on the
abdomen. Where one cannot go to
sleep on retiring, and is unable to
dismiss thoughts that have occupied
the day. it is advised that the patient
keep his feet in water as hot as he can
bear comfortably for 10 minutes be-
fore going to bed. He should then put
on a pair of thin cotton hose wrung
out of cold water, and over those a
pair of wooden ones. A more power
full remedy is mustard sitz bath, with
the proportion of a teacupful of mus
tard to a gallon of hot water. He
should remain seated in the bath from
10 to 20 minutes, In many cases, a
reclining bath in tepid water is useful
as a sedative. D.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

A great change seems imminent in
the manufacture of sulphuric acid. The
we'll known Baden aniline and soda
factory has patented a most impor-
tant improvement in the prodncti"r If
this substance. By this new process
there is an immense saving in fuel,
and the expensive platina apparatus
is no longer necessary. More impor-
tant still is the fact that DO saltn~+Nr
is required by the new process. Salt
peter is Of such enormous value for
agricultural and technical purposes
that any economy in its use must be
welcomed, the more so as the saltpe-
ter fields will, in the course of time,
be exhausted.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

In a thorough Beetles" spirit Rud-
yard Kipling tackles the evils of Brit
ish railroad traffic in the Fortnightly
Review. His irritation at many old
crusted abuses, the unpunctual trains,
the overcrowded carriages, the confu-
sion at stations and the maddening
time tables is expressed in the form
of an Arabian Nights tale. He sug-
gests first that every one who has a
grievance against the railroad man
agement should write to each director
personally and keep on writing till the
directors become distracted. Next he
proposes that billboards be erected by
the side of the tracks and covered with
sarcastic placards in large letters and,
finally, that when by accident a train
arrives on time the public should over
whelm the company with mock ap-
plause. 1t is an amusing bit of fool
ing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

D o'clock every morning, cooks her
own breakfast and spends a nickel for
car fare; she attends to all receipts
and shipments, she keeps the books
and balances the cash; she is not al.
lowed one second for luncheon, aud
never eats in the middle of the day.
She does not go home till after 7 and
on Saturday nights till after - o'clock.
Her salary is 81 a week. She is bright
and interesting, and of good family.
For her 81 week she labors never
less than ninety and often one hundred
hours, and this is about s cents an
hour. There is no hope for this girl
except in matrimony, and the right
man will not find her.
And yet these northern philanthro-
pists will skip over them all and,
like Ogden & Co., make tour down
south to see how the negro is getting
on-the best contented race upon the
earth.
From Jacksonville dropped down
to High Springs, where the good
ladies of the New Century Club were
calling me. J. had delightful time
an ovation of young maids and
matrons and old veterans whose gray
hairs and care-worn faces reminded
me of the passing years and the pass
ing of the old soldiers of the confed-
eracy. These veterans will soon all
be gone, for
"Time cuts down all,
Both great and small,
Except a pensioned soldier;
They do not die,
But multiply
As fast as they grow older"
We have but 10000 left now, all
told; but they have nearly million up
north on the pension rolls.
High Springs is on q boom of i'm
provement. The Plant system has its
largest hospital there, and its most ex-
tensive shops, except those in Savan-
nah. Everybody is busy and every
body seems contented and happy. l
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Gracy,
whose beautiful home and lovely little
children made me feel at home.
Wherever I find little children I have
no fear, and do as L please, and eat
with my knife and drink coffee out of
my saucer if I want to. The good
looking mayor was selected to intro
duce me to the audience, but not be-
ing used to such performances, forget
his little speech and began with, "Now
L lay me down to sleep" and so they
had to get the preacher to take his
place. L shall not soon forget the
kindness of those good people of High
Springs, and especially the cordial
greeting received from the twenty
one ladies of the New Century club.
The Scriptures tell us that the time
will come when seven women shall lay
hold of one man, but I was captured
by three times seven and maintained
myself we'll considering my antiquity.
BILL ARP. in Atlanta Constitution.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

According to the computations Of
the Statistical Division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture the farmers of
the United States received $1S5, 296, 172
more for their products in 1900 than
in 1899. They realized for their prin-
cipal crops in 1899 Gncludlng corn,
hay, wheat, outs barley, rye, buck
wheat and potatoes) the sum of ST.
GIG 17O.410, while the amount obtained
for the same crops in 1900 was ST.
SCI, 1868
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Clarence Mackay has ordered in
Paris a $4,000 automobile "to beat
anything in America" American in
ventors and manufacturers may have
something to say about this.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
Mann NIuddled.

Barber-Shave, hair cut, shampoo,
bath or moustach trimmed?
Hotel Patron (absently) cut
make it rare.-Ohio State Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Sunlight is a bundle of rays of light
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, in
digo and violet all mixed together. The
mixture of all colors is white light,
the absence of all colors is utter dark
ness.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

European astronomers are now busy
photographing the sky There will be
about $4,000 plates, giving the loca-
ton of 30,000,00O stars.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Experiments are being carried out
in the Austrian army with a new port
able oven for field and transport pur-
poses. The oven at present in use is
very unwieldly and heavy article,
and has to be transported in sections.
The new oven, however. may be car
ried intact upon a cart, and if neces-
sary, can be utilized for baking pur-
poses while on the march.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

While it is found that the glacial
flow in the region of what is now the
Connecticut valley was directly south
ward Gas we know by the glacial
scratches and striae on the upper sur
faces of lodges recently denuded Of
soil, and by trains of boulders) it was
eastward, or at least east by south
east, over the region bordering on
Massachusetts bay. The biologists
find evidence also that the forward
edge of the glacier extended some so
or more miles beyond the present
coast line. Georges Banks and the
sands of Cape Cod are the abiding
visible record of the glacier deposit
ton that went on not far away.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

According to Professor Adam Sedg-
wick there is reason to believe that
parent plant. He illustrates his
meaning in this way: Suppose the
average life of an individual plant, say
a tree. to be 100 years, then bud re-
moved when the parent plant is so
years old will also be virtually so years
of age, and if transplanted by grating
will be able to live on the graft only so
years more.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

The surface of sponge is covered
with little holes that are larger at the
top than at the bottom, while the
whole mass contains a system of
channels. When the animal is alive
water is kept flowing constantly
through these channels by means of
minute hair-Iike appendages which the
little polyps agitate. The water thus
drawn brings with it the food required
for the sustenance of the sponge.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

A German periodical contains an &C
Count Zeppelin's navigable balloon.
Several notifications have been in
troduced into the construction of the
machine, one of which is an alteration
of the steering apparatus. The speed
of propulsion relatively to the air was
estimated at about eight metres per
second-about IS miles an hour. The
weight of the machines was about
10 tons.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-26

1t is interesting to recall the fact that
Horace Greeley left behind him very
frank criticism of the legibility of his
own chirography. Being up town in
New York one day, and wishing to
send telegram and also to get shaved,
he entered a hotel and sent his dis
patch. Then, passing into the barber
shop, he sat down in a chair and (ac-
cording to custom) was soon sound
asleep.
Meantime the telegram had created
a decided sensation, Mr.. Greeley hav-
ing thrown it down hastily on the desk
and neglected to translate it, Nobody,
from the manager down, being able to
supply a legible equivalent for the
mysterious characters, a messenger
was sent into the barber shop with the
screed.
Waking with a start, and supposing
that the boy had brought an answer to
his dispatch, Mr.. Greeley took the
paper, scanned it for a moment, and
then, with look Of deep disgust, piped
out: what blamed idiot wrote this?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-26
CARDLAND.
The Games That Were Played In the
Eighteenth Century.

The Games That Were Played In the
Eighteenth Century.
After the advent of the house of Han
over the favorite games at court were
"quadrille," an improvement of ''om-
bre," and commerce" The gains and
losses of the kings and queens were, as
a rule, restricted to 100 guineas, but on
Twelfth Night it was customary for
thousands to change hands. On one
occasion Lady Cowper, lady in wait
ing, refused for the sake of her chill
dren to take part in the game, as none
sat down to the table with less than
1900.
About the year TAO a rage for
''whisk," or whist, set in, but at first
it was considered too wise game for
ladies to join in. Hume, the historian
never went to bed without his whist
and even the great Johnson regretted
that he had not learned to play cards
In 1742 "Horry" Walpole finds it abso-
lutely necessary to learn ''whisk,"
having waited in vain for it's being
left off" We find him in another let
ter threatening to build an altar to
pam" to commemorate the escape of
his charming Duchess of Grafton, who,
it appears, had been playing cards in
Rome when she ought to have been at
a cardinals reception, where the floor
fell in and all the monsignores were
precipitated into the cellar!
Cards were so very much in evidence
in his time that even invitations were
frequently issued and notes written up
on the backs of playing cards, which
on that account were usually plain,
without any design. The chevalier's
famous order to retreat at Culloden
was written on the back of the nine Of
hearts.
A fresh attempt was made in 1889 to
remedy the state of gambling in Eng
land by passing an act which provided
that 'any person keeping a house or
other place to game in forfeits 9200,
half to the prosecutor and half to the
poor of the parish" whereupon two
ladies of title, Mordington and Casselis,
who keep open houses for gambling,
claimed their privilege of peerage in
order to intimidate the peace officers
from doing their duty and suppressing
the public gaming houses by them
LOngman'S MagaZine
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-26

or be overtaken by any car such team or vehi-
Gle shall give way to such car: nor shall any
person wilfully obstruct. hinder or interfere
with any of such railway cars by placing,
driving or stopping any teams, vehicles or
other instructions in, upon or near the tracks
of said railway after being notified by ringing
the car bell or otherwise, and whoever shall
wilfully Violate any of the provisions of this
section shall upon conviction thereof be pun
ished by fine not exceeding ten dollars, and
may be imprisoned in the county Jail until the
said fine is paid, not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. 5. This ordinance shall be void and all
rights granted hereunder shall cease and
be of no effect unless said p. L. Spooner, his
heirs or assigns, shall file written acceptance
of the same with the clerk of the City of Ed
gertOn within sixty days from the passage
thereof.
SEC. 6. All ordinances or portions thereof
heretofore adopted which conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. T. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage and
after tia acceptance as provided herein.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-26
A Cement Which Resists Acid.

In some branches of industry ce-
ment which is proof against the infiu-
ence of acids is absolutely essential,
and such a substance can be prepared
by melting together one part of India
rubber with two parts of linseed oil.
This should be gradually incorporated
with three parts of white bole so as to
form a plastic mass. This when heated
Softens but very little. Though it does
not easily dry upon the surface, when
once set it is not affected at all by n.y.
drOchloric acid and but very little by
nitric acid. It's drying and hardening
is materially promoted by mixing with
One-ffth of it's weight of litharge or
minimum.