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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07
AFLOAT ON OLD
OCEANS BREAST
Bottle Containing Visiting Cards
Found by a Native OF
Mana. Kauai.

The Advertiser received word yester-
day from n. MejdeI of Mana, Kauai.
that during the latter part OF last
month an old native found a bottle
drifting in the sea off Mana, which
contained the following orthodox visit
ing cards:
Mr. Samuel Howard Fisher,
United States Army.
wylie T. Conway.
United States Army.
There was also found in the bottle the
following business card:
Harry E. Corbett,
GA Ellis Street,
San Francisco.
Harry Corbett is a brother of ]. ].
Corbett. ex-champion heavyweight pu-
eilist of the world. His place on Ellis
street is one of the best known sport
ing resorts on the Pacific Coast.
Just where the bottle was committed
to the deep is problematical, but it was
doubtless somewhere between here and
San Francisco. For years a well-defin-
ed current has been casting articles of
northern origin on the coasts of Kauai.
Sticks of Oregon pine. the appearance
of which greatly puzzled the natives,
are mentioned in the traditions of the
Hawaiian people. The bell buoy which
is now stationed off Honolulu broke
loose somewhere off the mouth OF the
Columbia river. and after a prolonged
drift, finally stranded on the Island
OF Kauai several years ago. Several
years ago the derelict schooner No
mad. which came the same route as the
bell buoy, and which also found a rest
ing place on the shore of the Garden
Isle, furnishes another striking instance
Of the operation of the current which
probably brought the bottle containing
the cards to Kauai.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07
PekIng Comes and Goes.

The City of Picking arrived from
San Francisco on Saturday morning.
Her passenger list was a very small
one. and included: For Honolulu-Mr.
and Mrs. F. Carly and child, Ensign
a. y. Mitchell. L. S. N; ]. II. Wilson,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Johnson and child,
Miss j. Leilehua, II. Tierney, j. Tier
ney. w. s. Wordsworth.
The steamer sailed for the Orient at
4 %. m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07

These goods a combination of durability
beauty we'll known this market that fur
Their unnecessary We selling these stoves
and ranges Do not wait until old stove
has completely given out before purchasing as we
willing to allow you fair amount for the regard
make decide of Jewels
Don't forget that get ticket for every collars
worth you purchase in store which entite you to be
the recipient of of the valuable presents that will be dis
tributed on July 1st, next.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07
Hilo Shipping.

HILO, April 3.-The S. s Enterprise,
urday or Sunday
If the weather remains goods the
Annie Johnson may leave here with a
sugar cargo about Saturday and the
Marion ChilcOtt about Wednesday of
next week
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
WOMEN As HORSE JOCKEYS.
Not Few Of Our English Cousins Hav

Not u Few Of Our English Cousins Have
Won Trophies OH the Turf.
In England more than on this side
of the Atlantic women are taking a
lively interest in horse-racing, But
four or five generations ago it was far
more common than it is to-day to see
members of the fair sex taking con-
spicuous part in the races. One huH-
dred and seventy-five years ago wo-
men were among the riders at race
meetings. In+an English paper of Aug
%, 1925, appears the following xadver-
tisement: ITO be run for. The usual
four-mile course. on Rippon common,
in the county of York. On Tuesday,
Sept. Is, the Lady's plate of ELS value
by any horse. Women to be the rfdersr
each to pay guinea entrance, three
heats, and thrice about the common
for heat" But even this is still some
distance behind the newness of the
early Georgian ladies, who did not con-
fine their physical exercises to horse
racing. In 1888 four women ran a race
in Pail Mall at 3 o'clock in the after
noon before large and fashionable
audience. Public opinion, however,
was not really in favor Of women'sr
sports, and owing to the protest made
at the time such races were forbidden
in future. Probably the recent admfs-
sion of women into the acting profes-
sion had suggested this later venture
into other manly fields of action. For
until Charles lis time all the women's
parts had been played by boys, which
was also the case on the Japanese stage
until the tradition was broken SO
charmingly by Nine. Sada Yacco.-Chi~
cago Chronicle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
He BAFFLED THE RAIDERS.


The success of raid on an alleged
gambling house in a Massachusetts,
towna was foiled by the presence OF
mind of an attendant of the place, who
swallowed the dice Of course this
clever trick wouldn't work in some
gambling places. Even a Massachu-
setts throat would scarcely be able to
worry down the paraphernalia OF a
fully equipped establishment. But it
was winner on the occasion named.
The bones clicked against the teeth
of the attendant, there was a gulp and
a wriggle. and the laws myrmidons
were baHed! The attendant might
have added as he tossed the cubes OF
chance across his tongue that the die
is cast, but being entirely unfamiliar
with classic lore, he merely remarked
with slillfully disgusted wink that
he didn't know nothin' about no dice
nOhOw.
And as the state constable had no
warrant which authorized him to raid
the attendants midst, he turned away,
leaving the swallower in the throes OF
fit OF laughter that made the dice
rattle at every throe-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

for this purpose. 1t comprises split
tube of rubber or other flexible mate
rial and is adapted to partially sur
found the rope, the REINFORCED ends
aiding in securing a firmer grip en- the
rope. BY tightening the fingers around
the sleeve it increases the internal
friction until the desired rate of speed
is attained. It is an easy matter to
insert the rope through the split in the
sleeve, and when not in use the grip
is not too large to be carried about the
person or in the satchel of the trav-
eler.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
HIS LABOR LOST.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bixtable resided in an
apartment house, but as theirs was
the lower fiat they exercised kind of
supervision over the little lawn in
front. One morning Mrs. B1xtable
discovered her husband in the rear of
the building engaged in strapping the
lawn mower on the handlebar OF his
bicycle.
why, Gerald" she said, "how
ridiculous! Don't you Lnow-''
1T isn't ridiculous at ALL" he re-
torted. 1--WE carried heavier weights
than this
II know what I am doing, Miranda.
Don't bother me-"
She said nothing more. With a vast
amount of work he succeeded at last
in tying and strapping the implement
across the front of his bicycle and
started to trundle the machine out to
the road.
Then he made discovery.
why, Miranda" he exclaimed, Its
too wide to go out through any open
ing we've got!"
II know it, Gerald" quietly re-
sponded his wife. ''That's what was
trying to tell you."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
MOTOR TNSTDE THE SPHERE.

out any visible means of propulsion.
The .gist of the invention is to mount
a motor within the hollow body, as
shown, in such manner that it's
weight will overcome the force of the
spring which, as will readily be un-
'derstood, will cause the ball to re-
volve instead of the motor. The lat
ter is pivoted on spindle extending
from wall to wall inside the ball, the
spindle being rigidly attached to the
sphere. A winding shaft projects in
line with the small slot beside the
spindle, and when the key Is inserted
in the slot :and the ball held tightly
in the hand the spindle and shank of
the key prevent the motor from turn
When the ball is under way the slot
is invisible, and as the mechanism is
almost nOiseless there is nothing to
Indicate that the ball is not bewitched,
causing much amusement to those un-
acquainted with the interior mechan-
ism.
PLANTS MUST HAVE SLEEP.
ALI forms of vegetable life must, at
regular intervals, be allowed to relapse
into a condition of repose or some radi-
cal change will result in the form of
the plant. A geranium cannot be out
all night with the larkspur and look
bright and fresh the next morning.
Neither can the fir tree neglect it's
proper sleep to sit up all night with
the ash without running it's health and
growing to look a demoralized and
time. In the country the trees and the
flowers go to bed with the chickens,
but in the city the most moral and
we'll intentioned shrub, the most cir
cumspect and staid trees, will be KEEP:
awake by variety of causes, while an
immoral hollyhock or a dissipated elm
tree has short life and a merry one
in the great city.
OF the causes which keep the trees
and flowers awake nights the botanist
says that, in the first place, there is
the matter of noise in all its forms and
the vibration which goes with the con-
stant activity of city life. Plants and
flowers of all kinds sleep best away
from the glare, so the lights of a city,
which shine all through the night,
must contribute to this interference
with vegetable sleep. Electricity, in
dependent of it's use for lighting pur-
poses, has bad effect upon plant life,
seeming to make trees and flowers ir-
ritable and nervous and to break up
their constitution. But,> above all, a
plant. must have sleep; so don't wake
the geraniums or disturb the slumbers
of the sunflower.-San Francisco Bull
letin.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
Behr MonoraIl Sanctioned.

The Behr . sMonorail, between Liver
pool and Manchester, has been finally
sanctioned by the British House Of
Commons. AS it has passed the House
Of Lords, it is intended to commence
work on the project early next year. It
will take about three years to build it
according to the contract. Electricity
will be the motive power employed
Philadelphia Times: :. IA q j. ~s~ ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
THE TIME TO LAUGH,
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED,
The Weight Came Back, or tho Joke
That Was Loaded at Both Ends
His Labor Lost-He Bafaed the
Raiders,
THE BLUFF ENDED HIM.


In our far country, you are doubt
less aware" said the far Western man,
the man who steals a horse can
count on being lynched if caught. One
morning last year I was told by the
foreman of our ranch that one of our
best broncos had been run off In the
night, and taking three of the boys
with me, 7 soon picked up the trail.
The thief rode straight away for twen
ty miles and then sat down to rest
and as we came up We found him seat
ed under tree and contentedly smok-
ing his pipe. He made no effort to
escape, but on the contrary put on
something of smile and welcomed
us with:
Sorry to have troubled YOU, gen.
tlemen. l did not intend to ride over
flve miles, but the blamed broncho
run away with me- OF course you've
brought rope along? It's a clear
case, and you needn't lose any time.
You stole the bronoo?' asked.
"'Of COURSE
And you know what follows?'
Certainly. Let me get my collar
on and kick off these old shoes. That
limb up there looks strong enough.
Let me throw the rope over, please
There 1t is, and I'll slip the moose over
my head. Now, gentlemen, I think
we are quite ready. I shall probably
do some kicking around, but no more
than I can help.'
The fellows GOODNESS knocked us
out and we didn't know which way to
shape. While we were puzzling over
him he smiled and bowed and said:
Have you any reason for keeping
me waiting?'
You seem to want to hurry 7
replied.
~ do. gentlemen, I do. Yes. YOU
will oblige me very much by pulling
on the rope
Why do you wish to change eli
mates?'
Simply because I've lost my nerve
and am n. g. In a poker game over
at Tulare yesterday I held a royal
flush asd let man with pair bluff
me down and rake in an $50 pot Gen.
tlemen, proceed
But We didn't. We caught up the
bronco and rode away, leaving the
rope behind; but after we had gone
| half mile We looked back and the
fellow was dangling at the end of
the rope. He had hung himself
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
SUSTAINING P0PULATlok-.
When Our Country Will BE Able t..
support Billion Inhabitants.

When. Our Country Will BE Able To-
Support = Billion Inhabitants.
Belgium had in 1897 population OF
579 per square mile, with 2,S67 miles
of railway, 5,743 miles of public roads,,
and 1870 miles of navigable waters
and canals. The area is less than that
of Maryland, but the population sus-
tained is six times as great. Neither
lands in 1898 had a population of 40I
per square mile with about 1,000
miles of railway, 5000 miles of navi-
gable water, exclusive of canals, and
1,9O7 miles of canals, in an area
equal to that of Massachusetts, and
Connecticut combined, but a popu1a
tlon SO per cent greater than that of
those densely populated states Eng
land and Wales had in 1891 a popuIa-
tlon of 498 per square mile, with 49,
600 miles Of railway, 2,2O8 miles of
canals, and an admirable highway
systematic area being about equal to-
tnat of the state of Georgia, and the
present population twelve times as
great. Porto Rico, which is looked
upon as having an extremely dense
population, has only about 225 inhati-
tants/ per square mile, with very little
development in railways and roads,,
and General Roy Stone, who has spent
much time in that island since Ameri-
can occupation, stated, in recent ad-
dress before the American Academy
OF Political and Social Science, that in
his opinion the island, which now s,1s-
tains less than 100000 inhabitants.
can we'll support fully 5,O00,00 people,
since not more than .one-fourth of the
soil is now under cultivation. By
properly developing its producing DOW
ers and exchanging these products for
foodstuffs from other parts of the
world, it would probably be able to-
sustain more than five times it's pres
ent population or more than 1000 per
square mile. Barbados, one of the
British West Indies, has a population
of more than 1,10O per square mile,
yet it is locked on as a prosperous
conn unity. The two most prosperous.
countries in the world, aside from the
OAAA wv oSuICos nAC CAA61dAu 1uu
many: yet they ROW sustain, Oh a. corr
hined area less Han that of Texas, a
population greater than that of the
entire United States, and twenty-five
times as great as that which Texas
now supports. With a great railway
system stretching from Patagonia to
Alaska, and connecting across Behring
strait: with an Asiatic railway system,
with wireless telegraphy, enabling in
staneous communication from city to
city, and telephone so developed that
man may speak from continent to
cortinert> with the art of ocean navi-
cation much more highly developed
and perhaps the navigation of the air
as completely mastered as that of the
ocean is today. the United States with
it's power to interchange it's products,
will le in touch with those of other
lands. and its power to sustain popu-
lation Of 100000, ,000-yes, even a bill
lion--Nill be greater than that by
which the prosperous nations of Eu-
rope sustain: their present population.
20. p. Austin in the Forum
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

seeing what was inside, SO he 1lnal}y
@ paid the money and pried the lid d
The box. Inside was a mass Of excel.
slor and waste paper. Far down Al
me bottom he found large chunk Of
scrap lead. The piece must have
weighed five or six pounds and to II
was fastened, by dainty pink rib.
bon, q small card. On the card was
written the following message:
Dear Reynolds: This is the weigh,
which your thoughtful telegram Mft~
ca from my heart. Yours truly, G. j.
Kelly
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
4 Wretched King

Norodom, King of Cambodia,; a
short, fat person, with one eye, is said
to be the J most :. 9s9t wretched man on earth:
He has gorgeous palace, furnished
in the mosts expensive manner, but he
adheres to the customs Of his anees-
tors and sleeps on an old carpet In q
kind of shed that mas not been cleaned
for years. He is a victim Of hype-
>chrondia, and all day long heaves deep
sighs Of utter wretchedness.- Chicago
Tribune. 80 ss.s.5. E5.2 Z, =.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

ure of appreciation for the pocket
fire. escape which the picture Illus
trates, it having been recently patented
by Arthur Oakley of Massachusetts.
While nearly every hotel is now pro-
tected with ropes, they are practically
of little value as hre-c5capes without
some sort Of braking device which will
aid the person descending in regulat-
ing his speed SO as to land gently at
the bottom, and this grip is intended
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
POCKET FIRE-ESCAPE.

If you ever have attempted to slide
down a rope with your bare hands
you can realize that it is a difficult
feat unless one is well versed in the
manner in which it should be per-
formed. The novice who has tried
this form of descent will have a meas
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

MAGIC BALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
If the toy ball shown by the illustra-''
tion does not succeed in mystify1ng:
the children and even older people it
will be strange, for the device is in
tended to roll uphill and down with
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
GUARDING A TUNNEL.

Should Italy and Switzerland fall out
what would happen to Simplon tunnel?
The opening on either side will look
like the great doors of some medieval
fortress. And they will be fortresses
in all reality. Suppose these two bel
ligerents should fall out They would
rush like whooping plague through
that tunnel and invade each other? In
deed they would not. In the little for
tress at each end there will be a man
and button. The man will press( the
button and bring down the mountain.
When. the smoke lifts there will not be
any tunnel any more. Some 5000 or
5000 men will have worked night and
day for five years and a half at cost
Of 70,000,000 francs-and destruction!-
Everybodys Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

Simkins--"A scientist says the goa
is the most unreliable Of all domestic
animals" r~ -~..|
" Timkins."No wonder: A diet OF
.tin-can labels and circus posters is
enough to destroy the spirit of truth
In any creature - >rss,,ss .44, i ~ ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
THE WEIGHT CAME BACK.

From the Chicago tribune: He was
"a gay youth with pleasant turn of
wit and he had a friend in New York
on whom he decided to play Joke
He thought for a long time, but the
wittiest idea he could conjure up was
to send him telegram collect" and
get his laugh out Of what he knew
would be his stingy friends agony
when he came to pay the so cents
charges for foolish message. He
wrote several messages on telegraph
blanks. The one he finally sent read
like this:
George ]. Kelly, Broadway, New
York: I am in perfect health. ]. Lin
coin Reynolds
He sent the telegram and enjoyed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
His Last Chance.

''Marse Tom, you mus sho' run for
governor"
why so?"
- ''Kaze you done run fer ever thing
else on de top side er de airth, en- dey's
50 many in de race for governor mebbe
you won't get beat dis time!' !''-Atlan.
ia Constitution.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
HE FOUND A CHUNK OF 1,EAD~

, HE FOUND A CHUNK OF Lead
his laugh. Then he forgot all about
it. =
One day about a month after he had
sent the witty. telegram the express
wagon stopped in front of his house
and the messenger brought in a small
wooden box. .s> 49,
There are two dollars charges" i"
said the messenger as he put the box
down on the table. Reynolds looked
at it and saw that it was marked,
Value 500. This side up with care"
He wasn't expecting any package, but
be could not resist the temptation of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
Mr.. Sheldon's Preference.

Mr.. Sheldon's Preference.
II see that the Rev. Mr.. Sheldon says
he'd rather drink a bottle of red ink
than bottle of beer"
Queer taste, isn't it?''
Never tasted it,
What, beer?'''
mo, ink. But say, just imagine Mr..
Sheldon inviting a friend to join him
in a glass of writing fluid! Wonder
how he'd drink it?"
II suppose he'd drink it with a
chaser of blotting paper "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
HQsV THE SEA RETAINS LIFE.

WosV THE SEA RETAINS LIFE.
One of the reasons formerly urged
against the existence Of living crea-
lures in the abysses of the ocean was
the supposed absence of oxygen there.
1t was deemed impossible that any
considerable quantity Of oxygen could
exist at great depths. But recent dis
coveries have shown that there is no
lack of oxygen even at the greatest
depths. The explanation is that the
cold water of the polar regions,
charged with oxygen from the atmos~
phere, creeps along the bottom toward
the equator. from both poles, and thus
carries supply Of oxygen over the
whole vast floor of the oceans. The
surface water moves toward the poles,
and SO a great system of circulation
exists. Were it not for the world
circulation says Prof. C. C. Nutting,
1T is altogether probable that the
ocean would in time become too foul
to sustain animal life, at least in it's
higher manifestations, and the sea- the
mother of life, would itself be dead"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

Mother Fly-"Yes, Willie, this is
Mount Terrible and here's the spot
where your poor dear papa met his
death h:''-Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12

While healthy body helps to make
healthy soul, the reverse is yet more
true. Mind and moral activity keeps
the body healthy, strong and young,
preserves from decay and renewe l1pe.
james Freeman Clarke,