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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26
A HOPEFUL SON.

A certain American writer of inter-
national reputation who died recently.
was. like so many other geniuses,
strangely incapable OF managing his
own domestic affairs. The small bow
of the family was his fathers pet, but
the terror of the rest Of the household
Now. it happened that under this same
roof with this small boy lived two
maiden aunts, sisters Of his mother.
That they were thorns in his flesh he
made no pretense Of concealing. On
one occasion when he had overstepped
a Bit farther than usual the bounds of
propriety in addressing his relatives
his aunt Julia appeared before his
father To state the case. Her nephew
had called her a fool. while his aunt
Martha he had characterized as a
d--n fool. The young offender was
summoned TO the paternal presence
Fixing him with his eye. the father de-
mandsd: Did you call your Aunt
Julia a fool?" Yes" Did You call
your Aunt Martha a d-n fool?"
Yes" MY SON. was the prompt re-
ply. that Is exactly the distinction I
should make myself"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26
FISH AND LEpRosY.

discussion of leprosy was held at
recent meeting Of the Medico-C hirur-
gicaI Society of London. the special
point discussed being the etiology of the
disease. According to report cabled
to the New York Times. DR.. Hansen of
Bergen contended that leprosy was en-
tirely contagious, and that to prove
Hutchinson's theory it would be neces-
sary to discover the bacillus of leprosy
in the cured fish. He declared that the
people of Norway were now eating more
fish than ever before. yet leprosy was
disa appearing because of it's strict seq
regaticn. He said that several Nor
wegian Iepers had emigrated to the
United States and that their descend
ants were unleprous, which went to
prove that leprosy was not hereditary.
but simply contagious. DR.. Thin also
supported the contagion theory. Mr..
Jonathan Hutchinson, however, stout
~ reiterated his belief. which he said
had been strengthened by his recent
in South Africa, that Ieprosy
resulted from eating badly-cured fish.
He declared his faith that the Ieprous
bacillus would soon be found in the
fish and he reasserted his reasons from
his experience for not believing the dis
ease to be contagious-Medicai Record
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

irope ded traffic once more. On this medal
it was decided to stamp his picture.
Whether the photographer was sent 20
the field to meet the general or whether
the general sat before the camera during
a flying visit to Washington, L do not
clearly remember. But the picture was
secured and the medal now bears it. This
medal is in the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. It was given to the muse
UNI, along with General Grants swords
and other valuable things, by the late Mr.
William II. Vanderbilt. into whose pos
session they came after the generals
financial reverses."
The visitor having remarked that these
treasured relics of the general would be
held by the nation in safe and reverent
keeping. Mrs. Grants eyes took on a far
away and pathetic look. Yes she an
swered, they will be kept safely" but
there was a usefulness in her tone that
seemed to convey the wish that she her
self had those precious articles in her
charge. For a moment afterward she
was silent, and then she said. as II speak
ing to herself: 1.-The dear fellow. He was
great general, but he did not know
hcS. 70 accumulate money" The visitor
ST. ted = General Grants mind had
bC 81 engaged with larger matters than
mere money making. Mrs. Grant replied:
We'll, he didn't know how TO make
money, but he was a liberal giver."
Mrs. Grant then directed her COM
panion to bring out a copy of the picture
of the general taken forty years ago and
presented ii to me. This. also, is a strik-
ing portrait but in strong contrast with
the one first described. 1t represents the
grim, indomitable, and successful soldier
as he naturally appeared at the close of
one of the hardest and most wonderful
of all the worlds military campaigns
These pictures show General Grant al
most at two extremes.
The profile picture of the general with
a beardless chin was also submitted 10
the inspection of General
Thomas L. James, now president of the
Lincoln National Bank. General James,
who was intimately acquainted with Gen
eral Grant, recognized the likeness at
once and said: ''This picture differs
from any other that / know of, but that
is certainly General Grant as I saw him
In Washington. The picture is unusual
but it is good likeness of the great
commander. as well as a most interest
ing to me-"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

gT@HE recent discovery of an unpublish-
& ed picture of the late General U. 8.
q Grant, markedly unlike any of those
familiar to the public, was an event
worthy of more than passing notice The
famous warrior and statesman's portraits
usually show him full-face, or nearly so.
with a complete beard. Here was profile.
with the beard on the chin wanting and
with totally different expression of
countenance from that stern visage COM
monty portrayed. The unusual picture was
shown to Mrs. Grant. widow OF the great
general, when she was in New York, re-
Gently. 1t recalled to her mind reminis-
cences of her husband which are most
interesting, for the rare photograph was
made at her own request and after con-
tinued protests from her distinguished
husband.
Mrs. Grant was found at her pleasant
apartments in the Fifth Avenue Hotel
While not in chronic i'll health. she had
strength at the time did not permit a
long conversation. The venerable lady
was seated In easy chair and she ex-
tended a courteous greeting to the visi-
tor. To all appearance she carried her
years well. Feebleness of body there
may nave Deeny Dut the race QlC not De-
tray the full age, and the brown eyes
still had trace of their early bright
ness. Mrs. Grant conversed with some
thing of effort, but her voice was
clear and her faculties were keen
When first shown the photograph. Mrs.
Grant who used no eyeglasses, held 1t
close to her face. examined ii, and al
most Immediately exclaimed: 'Oh, it's a
horrible picture" Her words seemed to
intimate that the portrait was not a
bona-fide one. but she quickly admitted
its authenticity and thus described the
under which ii came into
being:
'It was taken for me during General
Grants second term as President 1t was
not intended. some might suppose. for
a government medal or for any other
public use. My friend, Mrs. John A.
Logan. had had a fine cameo picture of
her husband made in Italy stone. She
was about to go there and told me that
IL / would furnish her a profile picture
OF General Grant she would have it re-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

THE RIVER.

CBy Ella Wheeler Wilcox
am a river. flowing from Gods sea
Through devious ways. He maps my
course for ne;
I cannot change it; mine alone the toll
To keep the water free from CRIME and
soil
The winding river ends where it be-
gan,
And when my life has compassed its
brief spas
I must return to that mysterious
Source.
So let me gather daily ON my course
The perfume from the blossoms as L
pass,
Balm from the pines and healing from
the grass.
And carry down my current as go
Not common stones. but precious gems
to show.
And tears (tne Lely water from sad
eyes,
Back to Gods sea, from which all riv-
ers rise;
Let me convey-Hot blood from wound
ed hearts.
Nor poison which the upas tree i'm
parts.
When over nowery wales l leap with
joy,
Let me not devastate them nor destroy
But rather leave them fairer 10 the
sight.
Mine be the lot to comfort and de-
light.
And if down awful efasms must leap
Let me not naurrnur at my lot but
sweep
On braveIy to the end without one
fear.
Knowing that He who planned my way
stands near.
Love sent me forth, TO Love l go again,
For Love is all and over all-Amen-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26
KITCHENER OF KnARToUM.

Strong. swift, and silent, in your iron
might
Steaifast you wrought. forging day
from chaos and night,
Pursing the land OF strife and blunder
and wrong
You--direct and keen as an arrows
flight
You-remote as the hills from the bab-
bling tzrong;
How should you care for laurei-gar-
land or song?
You, the Lord of the Sword. silent and
swift and strong.
Pail Mall Gazette
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Remarkable item: Got a big story
today" said the marine reporter.
What is it? Wreck?" asked the city
editor. No. The brig Alba tross came
into port from the South Atlantic, and
she's the first one to come in in a
month that doesn't report having had
her decks covered with volcanic ashes
while five hundred miles from Marti-
Observation-Disclosures American
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

The sequel: Have you The Trans
gression of an Angel? inquired a de-
mure young woman of a clerk in a GER
tain bookstore. NO. miss" responded
the soIeInn-faced clerk but we have
the sequel to it." What is the book ?"
inquired the woman The Heavenly
Twins" said the clerk.-New York
Evening Sun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Initiating thrifty Cuban patriot
Yes. sir. my wife Gomez'd me this
morning" Eth? How did she do it?"
Said she'd start up a wild domestic
rumpus If 1 didn't give her four dol
lars. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Mrs Justblessed-"we are going to
name him Albert Edward. but we feel
sure baby will make a name for him
self before he is thirty" Uncle Crusty
Yes; he'll be lucky if he doesn't
nave half a dozen aliases by that
time.'-Judge
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Far from it: Girl with the Gibson
girl neck-"Fan Billiwink has begun
to chow her age, hasn't she?" Girl
with the Julia Marlowe dimple-''I
should say rot. She's begun to try to
hide it'-Chicago Tribune
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Sociable--"Well, we'll" remarked
Farmer Korntop at the Zoo, this here
lion pears to be real good-natured. -
Mehbe, suggested his good wife. '.it's
one o them social lions we read about
IN the papers. '-Philadelph Press
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26
THEN AND NOW.

Ira
days
long
ago lin
the six
ties you
l<nOw) when
gr a II d an a
went walking
n e n q
her skirts so.
w h at
would she
say If she
saw girls
today with
Skin
cIutched
so tight
~ they
a 4
look
this
way. Inland Printer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

No trouble at all: Mrs. Smith-''TIl
have glass of orange phosphate,
please" Courteous salesman-"Yes
lady: viii you have it sent?" Mrs.
Smith-'No. I won't trouble you. I'll
take It with me.'-Boston Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

That author keeps his identity close
" concealed" Yes" answered Miss
Cayenne; until 1 read his books
though II was due to rnodesty." Isn't
it7" mo. Discretion. Washington
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Nothing TO be ashamed of: Lady
Amt you ashamed to be tying fire
works 70 that dogs taiI?" Bow
Ashamed? Hully Gee! Amt he an
English bulldog. and amt dis de-
Fourth Of July PUCK.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

America will have TO hustle around
and develop a case Of perityphlitis. II
VIII not do to be behind Great Britain
In this respect.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
OcFat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

The optimist-Grandpa: We'll. Hor-
acc, we haven't caught any fish: it's
nara lines" Horace: but we had
good luck digging worms" Chicago
News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Nathan Hale is reported to have
said; II am sorry that am not a cat
so could give nine lives TO my coun-
tTy."-Harvard Lampoon
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Sunday-school teacher-"And so Lots
wife was turned to salt Can any one
tell why?" Wicked Willy (from the
rear)-"She was too fresh. "-Harvard
Lam NOM
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Yes, count, in all the park there is
no place like so weli as under this
old, old tree" (Sighing sentimentaliy.O
There are tender associations, YOU
see. Aha. comprehend. mam-selIe.
Y GU nave yourself planted the treei"-
Punch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Father-''WeIl. my son, what did you
learn at school today" Little Proc
tor-'Not TO sass Tommy McNutt!'-
Chicago Daily News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

What Is a promoter" asked the
teacher at the examination. II hone
you'll prove to be one" said the anx-
ious scholar.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Truths echo-"Good men. YOU know
are scarce" Yes. I know, and even
bad men have to make themselves so
at times. Boston Courier.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Quite right. too-'T hear you have
fired your bookkeeper. Why did you
do SOP He came to the store loadedE
that's why I fired him. Elk.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

AS they reckon time: How long has
she been on the stage?" Only about
three divorces. ''-Chicago Record Her
aid.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26
SCIENTIFIC

J Garlic Juice. inhaled under certain
conditions. IS the remedy with whiol,
DR.. w. c. Minchin. OF Kells, IreIans
claims 20 have cured advanced tuber-
7 culosis.
The oxy-acetylene blowpipe OF NJ
I Fouche. easily melting most metals
burns a mixture OF 1 part asetyIene 10
is OF oxygen. Explosion in tae blow
pipe is prevented by moderate pressure
! AS Indicating that risk from iight
ming may depend much upon soil, ga
English observer mentions haviar
known four or five trees 20 be shat
tered In a neighbours park on ironstone
subsoil while no tree OF his own hun,
dreds on stif clay was ever struck
The latest development OF sore
propellers is due to Mr.. c. A. Parsons
The blades are given reduced pitch
toward their tips. small Vanes being
also provided on the propeIler-eone, and
the effect is TO admit or high speed
without cavitation and To give a grea l.
er mean thrust than Is possible with
blades Of constant or increasing pitch.
The electric target of Capt Charles
Chevaliier. of the French Army Is
made up of n series of metal segments.
When a projectile strikes n segment a.
electric circuit is completed by one o.
more spring-supporte rods NJ the
back, and the exact spot struck ~ sag
nailed upon an annuncIator. 'rhe tar
get. instead or being in disk form. may
represent the human figure.
A British engineers new device for
steering twin-screw steamships consists
or a special throttle valve attached 10
each set of engines. the valves be@g
connected To n tiller by belI-cranks aHS
hnkwork When the tiller Is moveS
either way from it's central position.
one throttle valve reduces the steam 81
its set OF engines, diminishing the specs
of it's screw to a degree varying with
that Of the turning OF the tiller.
The process of expanding starchy
seeds and most starchy substances, ny
applying heat, as developed by DR.. A.
z. Alexander, is not only most inter
esting but IL likely to have great com
mercial value. The granules or parti
cies are swelIed to many times their
original SHEA grain OF rice befRE
given eight or more times It's original
volume, while retaining its original
form, although Win nucn LACtuFAEs
The available nutrition is much in
creased The products are pleasant 10
the taste, the process may be varied 20
produce a variety OF havors. and the
material so treated is absolutely ster-
LIKED and may be kept indefinitely.
A slice OF fresh pineapple after each
neal is a suggestion OF the London
lancet. The fruit contains much fiber.
,ut it's active principle. "bromeiin," il
10 energetic that IL will digest 1ses
lines it's weight within few hours.
rhe digestive activity varies with the
lind OF proteid supplied. Ffbrin soon
disappears entirely. coagulated egg al
'umen is digested slowly. and meat al
'umin is first converted into a geIs-
nous mass and finally digested. Pre-
ipitated from the juice by salt, the
ctive principle will he found TO have
he powers stated. The activity is aeA<S
troyed by heat. but pineapple preserv-
d without cooking should retain it,
overs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

It has been long known that the
coIors OF butterflies are influenced ~
temperature. Experiments during the
last ten years have given DR.. q.
Fischer some startling results, and
have shown not only that cold seasons
may produce new butterflies from the
old. but that abnormal heat may yield
the same varieties. the changes being
due to retarded development Extreme
cold. moreover. brings out other varia-
tions that may appear aiso in extresle
heat. He suggests that these varieties
of extreme temperatureii may become
permanent at a future stage I'm the
earth's evolution. oltEOugh Standfuss
contends that they never were and
never will be anything but singular
freaks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Surra, an animal disease Of the Phil
ippines, is pointed out by DR.. c. ".
Stiles as matter OF great military ini-
portance. 1t seems 10 have been quite
recently introduced from India, and j.
due TO microscopic parasite, which
lives In the blood and Is probably
transmitted by biting flies. II is
wet-weather disease. reported 10 be In
variably fatal TO horses and mules u
occurs also in camels. elephants, dogs
and cats. and more rarely i'm rumina1ts
but is not yet known In birds. II is
closely allied TO the tsetse-fiy disease
OF Africa and to dreaded maladies o.
Europe and South America The chief
symptoms are intermittent or relapstag
fever. eruption, anemia, cancellation.
ravenous appetite. great thirst. and
more or less paralysis. The introduc-
ton Of the disease into new localities
is TO be guarded against as a serious
calamity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

Microbes live longer in dimiy lighted
than in sunny rooms, and Gaffky sus-
poets that the lessened sunshine Is one
reason why disease germs flourish bet
ter in winter than' in summer. He
notes that influenza epidemics have
never occurred in Germany except
when the weather has been long cloudy
He has found that I'm droplets such as
are expelled in speaking or couGhiRg.
the typhoid bacillus retains its vitality
"A hours In daylight; the dipbtheria
bacillus, "a to as hours in daylight and
s days in a cellar: the tubercle bacillus,
days in daylight and % days in
cellar; the boil microbe, 8 to 10 days in
daylight and 30 days in a cellar; aHd
anthrax spores, 10 weeks in daylight
and at least months in a cellar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

The Photographic chart OF the SKY
will include all stars down to the four
teenth magnitude, the negatives being
taken with exposures of forty minutes;
and the catalogue plates. whose stars
are TO be measured and numbered, will
embrace all magnitudes down TO the
eleventh. The Greenwich Observatory.
to which was assigned the region De
tween declination GA deg. and the North
Pole. has finished it's plates. the meas
urement and counting being now in
progress, Assuming the star density OF
the entire heavens to be the same as
that Of the region already covered by
the counting. the complete chart. a.
made by the eighteen observatories at
work upon IL, will contain about 1902,
600 stars, and the combined catalogue
more than 5000, 600
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

'T%HE recent discovery of an unpubiish-
ed picture of the late General U. s.
Grant, markedly unlike any of those
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
STRIKE IS THE ORDER
Givcn to 10000 Mon of the Anthracite
Mines in the Great Key
Stone State,


Hazleton, Pa, May 1G.-rhe an.
thracite mine workers In convention
late yesterday afternoon decided to
continue the strike of the $4,000 men
against the mine owners, and to fight
it out to the bitter end The matter
of calling out the engineers, Gremen
and pump runners will be decided by
the delegates today. The vote to CON
unue the suspension was as follows.
Total vote cast, 81; for strike, 46l "A !:
against strike, 349A; majority for
strike. 111A. President Mitchell, how
ever, in compliance with the rules of
the United Mine Workers, announced
to the public that the action of the
convention was unanimous
Yesterdays step taken by the miners.
after practically considering the mat
ter for two months has wiped out the
uncertainty of the situation, and 1t is
freely predicted that the most serious
labor struggle In the history of the
country-if not the worlds about to
begin. That is the view taken by
nearly every miner. While the leaders
are cautious and will not forecast
their actions, it is not unlikely that
the miners fight will be carried into
the bituminous coal regions and into
other fields Of industry. Mine workers
for eighteen months have been look
ing forward to the strike that is now
upon them. They have saved their
money and are considered to be in
better shape today for a fight than
they were In the great strike of 1900.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
GAVE NOTICE OF COMMANDMENT
Government Forces Plan to Attack earn
pano-Decisive Battle IL Ex-
pectcd soon.

Trinidad, b. w. l., May 19.-The
seaport of Carurano. i'll the state of
BermudeZ, Venezuela. will be borl-
barded again by the government
forces. The town will be attacked
from both land and sea. The yenezue.
Ian government notified the foreign
consuls at Carupano forty eight hours
in advance of the time intended to at
tack the port.
1t is supposed here that the United
States minister at Caracas. Ii. w.
Bowen, was the only foreign represen-
tative there who received notification
of the bomhardment o. Carupano, and
it Is said that Mr.. Bowen urged that
no unfortitied town of Venezuela be i'm.
necessarily bombarded. The German
cruiser Gnzelle is the only foreign
warship at Cnrupano. She will protect
the French as well as the German resi-
dents there. 1t is reported here that
an engagement will he fought soon be-
tween the revolutionary and govern
ment forces Which will decide the fut-
ure of the president Of the republic,
General Castro