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The commonwealth., 1902-03-13
ABOUT PEARLS.
How to Find and How to Value
Them.

COPYRIGHT 1900, by HERMAN MYER,
Pearl Expert of al and 43 Maiden Lane, New
York City.
The commonwealth., 1902-03-13
CO. MARC
THE EDIToRs's LEISURE HOURS,

THE ED1ToRs's LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
PRESENT, Past and Future.
More than once we bava suggested
that one of the good results of the free
rural mail delivery system, will be the
tendency to make the country people
more content with their surroundings.
This we havs tried to point cut, will
have the tendency to stop the moving
Of so many people from the country
10 the towns and cities.
Congressman John D. Bellamy was
in Raleigh a few days ago, and heing
interviewed by a News and Observer
reporter he expressed the following
opinion of the rural delivery servi ce !:
II have become an ardent advocate e
OF this service. For the last thirty
years there has arisen disposition In
our country people to leave the farms
and flock to the towns. Many allege
their reason is to get the benefit OF
daily mails and better school prlvil-
eyes. Now since the educational
awakening has come over our State,
we have the schools in the country,
and now with rural free delivery we
have the daily mails, thus making the
country as desirable to live in as the
towns.
Il be)ieye we can look for much i'm
orovement in the country when the
farmer boys and girls become satisfied
With their homes, which have all the
advantages of town liie.''
It has been given out that the fire
insurance companies have arbitrarily
raised the rate on fire insurance in
North Carolina 25 per cent. In view
of the fact that the insurance
companies haye made large
profits from th5ir business in North
Carolina during the past few years,
and ought to reduce their rates rath er
than increase them, there is strong
disposition in the State to foster home
companies and thus save the money to
our own people.
This would be wise and economical.
The News and Observer gives the
following interesting figures and com
rnents:
"Let us look at the receipts and losses
In North Carolina during the past
threa years:
RECEIPTS FROM PREMIUMS. -
,ooo q 1ooc771s.
1900 115seeoeo
1000 oo
Toto1 roco;n+s asO771O10
PAID FOR LOSSES
1898 s 47OO96. So
1899 492, ,522.l9
l9oo '9'z92.oo
Total losses y l,94l'91 l'52
This leaves clear profit Except
The commonwealth., 1902-03-13
?lEAsAl? FIELDS .! HOLY Writ,

Save for my daily range
Among the pleasant fields Of Holy Writ,
might despair. -Tennyson.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
SAYS OIL LAW
IS EXPLICIT.
Sheriff Brown Tells Underwriters
What the Penal Code
Means.

The Board of Underwriters is work.
ing up the matter of the storage Of
combustibles in the business district and
has received from Sheriff Brown let
ter which indicates that he will insist
upon the enforcement of the law in
this respect. The insurance men are
looking into the matter and will work
with the authorities, where they find
the law is being violated. The letter of
the sheriff is as follows:
High sheriff's Office,
Honolulu, H. T., October IA, 1902.
Alfred R. Gurrey, Esq,
Secretary Board of Fire Underwriters
Territory of Hawaii
Dear Sir: 1 beg to acknowledge re-
ceipt of your communication of the
18th in re keeping and storage of gaso-
line, benzine or any oil the component
part of which is petroleum, naphtha OF
! spirits of turpentine, and in reply bes
to. state that section 1907, Penal Laws
of 1897, provides that not more thar
| ten cases, which I understand to NEAR
100 gallons, shall be stored at any one
time on any premises except the gov
eminent store house.
The law, it seems to me, is plain tha
ten cases is the limit of any one or OF
all of the above mentioned oils which
can be stored at any one time uDor
any premises outside of the government
warehouse.
Section 1909 provides that the above
mentioned oils shall be kept in air tight
metallic vessels, and marked in plair
Roman letters with the name of the
oil contained, and shall be kept at al
| times conspicuously in view near tn
entrance of the premises where kept
and convenient for removal therefrom
Yours truly,
A. NJ. BROWN,
High Sheriff, Territory of Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
RECRUITS FOR
SAN QUENTIN

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 16.-Nineteen
prisoners from the Federal penitentiary
at Mcneil island leave today on the
steamer City of Puebla for San Quentin
prison in California. Five United States
Deputy Marshals and Warden F. c..
Miller of the Mcneil island penitentiary
are in charge of the prisoners.
Among the prisoners are the ring
leaders of the revolt at the Federal pen
itentiary when a successful Jail break
was engineered. These men are still
dressed in the red and black striped
uniform that characterizes desperate
criminals. They are wearing leg irons
and chains, making it impossible for
any of them to escape.
In the number of men who are being
sent south are several with bloody rec
ords and many who are regarded by
the officials as especially desperate con-
victs- Four men are under sentence for
murder and six more are counterfeiters.
-Four of the convicts are under sentence
OF more than twenty years, and all of
them are known as long termers''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
CONFIDENCE

said Lord Chatham, SIS plant
of slow growth" People believe
in things that they see, and in a
broad sense they are right. What
is sometimes called blind faith is
not faith at all. There must be
reason and fact to form foun-
dation for trust. In regard to a
medicine or remedy, for example,
people ask, elias it cured 9TH
ers? Have cases like mine been
relieved by it? Is it in harmony
with the truths of modern science,
and has it record above suspic-
ion? If so, it is worthy of conf
dence; and if | am ever attacked
by any of the maladies for which
it is commended | shall resort
to it in full belief in it's pow
er to help me-" On these lines
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
has won its high reputation a.
mong medical men, and the
people of all civilized countries.
They trust it for the same reason
that they trust in the familiar
laws Of nature or in the action
of common things. This effective
remedy is palatable as honey and
contains the nutritive and cnra-
tive properties of Pure God Liver
Oil, extracted by us from fresh
cod livers, combined with the
Compound Syrup of Hypophos-
phites and the Extracts of Malt
and Wild Cherry. 1t quickly e.
radicates the poisonous, disease
breeding acids and other toxic
matters from the system; regu-
lates and promotes the normal
action of the organs, gives vigor-
Gus appetite and digestion, and is
infallible in Prostration-follow.
ing FeVers, etc.-Scrofula, Infu-
enza, Asthma, Wasting Diseases,
Throat and Lung Troubles, etc.
DR.. W. A. Young, of Canada, saws:
Your tasteless preparation of
cod liver oil has given me uni
formly satisfactory results, nv
patients having been of all ages.''
1t is a product of the skill and
science Of to-day and is success
full after the old style modes of
treatment have been appealed to
IN vain. Sold by all chemists.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
PROGRESS or
THE METHODISTS

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Bishop Nc
Cabe of the Methodist church has just
returned to this country after being
absent from the United States for elev-
en- months, during which time he has
visited the missions of his church in
South America, Germany, Switzerland
and Denmark. His trip to Europe was
largely to enable Bishop Vincent, who
has charge of the missions on that con-
tinent, to return to the United States
on business connected with the church.
While in South America, Bishop Nc
Cabe says he made some interesting
discoveries. At Conception, Chile, a
city of $1,000 inhabitants, he found two
large boarding and day schools, one for
boys and the other for girls, with sew
eral hundred students and large corps
of teachers. The schools are so pros
porous financially that all expenses are
paid from buttons and there is a profit
to be used for the support of native
preachers. In Ecuador the government
has called upon the Methedists to fur
niSh teachers for a whole system of
new national normal schools to revolu-
tionize and generalize education. Teach
ers for this purpose have been trans
ferred from Chile and others imported
from the United States to fill the va
cancies in the latter country. The gov
eminent has paid all the transportation
expenses of all the teachers. The Bish-
op found that the desire for education
in the South American countries, which
is steadily increasing, gives the mis-
sionaries unprecedented opportunities
for reasoning and influencing the mass
eS of the people
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
FILLING BOARDS.
Continued from Page y,

returned yesterday with rosy reports
of what he discovered, the enthusiasm
of the Home Rulers and the prospects
that Wilcox and the entire ticket would
carry the island as two years past.
c. B. Hofgaard, of Waimea, was a
passenger in the same vessel. He said
yesterday that at Waipea, which has
been regarded as a stronghold of the
Home Rule party, there had been a
complete changing of mind on the part
of the natives. He said that at a recent
meeting, John A. Akina, the speaker of
the House, was the principal speaker.
When he began to address The audience
he found that the people were not in
sympathy with him as in the past cam
paign. He was beset with questions as
to the doings of Wilcox and Kalauoka-
lani. The people wanted to know what
had been done which was for the good
of the Territory.
He went on speaking however and
| finally began to eulogize Wilcox and
refer to his work for the people. There
were more Interruptions and finally one
Hawaiian stood up and declared that
he was tired of Wilcox, who he said
was full of promises but after two
years trying had done nothing for the
tpeople at all.
Reports from Hanalei are that where
Parker received only seventeen votes
two years ago, there are now 300 native
voters who say they will support Prince
ported from all over the island
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
Chas. F. Herriek Carriage Company, Ltd.
SUGAR
San francisco, Oct. 16, 1

San Francisco, Oct Is. 1902.
Messrs. F. A. schaefer & Co.. Honolulu,
H. T.:
Dear sirs-we last addressed you on
the 18th inst.
Sugar-We have received the follow
ing telegram from New York, dated DC
tober 18th:
mo sales. Granulated unchanged
Beets. 7-2A."
Basis for 90 degrees Centrifugals il
New York therefore remains at 3.5Oe
San Francisco, 3.125c.
Yours faithfully,
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
For Almost
Forty
Years>-.u...asl
For almost two score of years
ma nso h,,;,% ,o,h;rr hux
we have built nothing but
Stoves.

With the largest stove plant
in the world, equipped with all
modern appliances that money
can buy and brains can devise,
employing more skilled hands
than any concern in our line,
steadily employed and contented
mechanics, we ought to build
the best stoves and ranges in
the world, and do.
The great skill and artistic
temperament of our designers,
men who stand highest in their
particular lines, are evident in
every JEWEL STOVE AND
RANGE.
A Jewel Stove or range is an
ornament to any home.
Further than that, it is intelli-
gently designed to meet all re-
quirements, and does meet them
successfully.
Quality-the very highest as to
materials, workmanship and de-
sign-is guaranteed by the
Crown trade mark, which is cast
on every stove and range we
make.
1t took us almost forty years
to build up the reputation which
stands back of our trade mark,
reputation which grows wider
each recurring season. We pro-
pose to maintain it at any cost.
1t stands to reason that we,
with our immense plant, facili-
ties, and unlimited resources,
can build stoves in large num-
bers cheaper than smaller con-
Germs can in smaller quantities,
and with more limited facilities.
We buy raw materials from first
hands, at the right time, at low
est prices, thereby enabling us
to build highest grade ranges
and sell them at lowest prices.
We are always aggressive,
ready to meet every require
ment, never allow our patterns
to become out of date, and oper-
ate our own pattern shop, assur-
ing exclusive and attractive de-
signs. All of our ranges are
made and sold under the name
JEWEL" and the well known
trade mark, which guarantees
quality.
DETROIT STOVE WORKS.
WV, DimODd & In.
LIMITED.
Sole Agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23

Premier Balfour of England an
.nounces that he will push the education
bill to the end.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23

Sloo. oo
will buy buggy your horse isn't ashamed to pull
And don't get one that's hundred years behind
the times There are stylish ones on the market
and you might as we'll have that kind as a has
BEEN" Let the buggy you ride in be an evidence
of the sef-respect you maintain and have it
up-to-date Drop out of the line long enough
TO look at some new designs in repository
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
HISTORY OF IRISH PoPLIN.
The Late Lady Carcw Rcsponsibie
for Its Popularity.

Lady Carew, who died the cther day,
Vas benefactress Of ireland in this way:
Ehe was the first person to wear in Paris
IN Irish poplin dress. 1t was in prin-
rose yellow, with a design in gold thread,
md so much admired that the foremost
ladies' at the court OF the Tuilleries asked
her where she bought the poplln, and on
learning the address, wrote for patterns.
Marie Amelie ordered one in lavender,
enriched with Il gold pattern; the Princess
Marie one in blue and silver and Princess
Clementine one in pink and silver. Irish
poplin was first manufactured in Dublin
By Pcpeline, a Huguenot refugee. 1t be-
came the rage. and was greatly worn On
occasions of high ceremony, as rain did
not spoil It. Poplin became a favorite
dress for the public promenaders at fash
,onable hours.
All its French limitations, the wool be-
ng less carefully treated, cookie and lose
Sustre when exposed to the least shower.
Balzac dresses some of his grand ladies in
yoplin. The Princess Ciementine wore 4
,laid poplin gown the Day the late Queen
Victoria first landed at Treport to visit
Louis Philippe and Marie Amelie at Eu.
Irish poplin is still much worn here by
the children of the wealthy and is thought
TO go well with Irish guipure.-London
News.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A Socrates of the Pine Scrub.

There was a discouraged looking grove
Of scrub pines along the road to Hopkin-
ton, and in it stood a discouraged looking
house, and around the house pottered a
discouraged looking man. He seldom went
indoors if lie could help it; he was apt to
be found in the woodward. or the barn,
or the potato patch. Only heavy rain
could drive him to the corner by the
kitchen stove. OF course, there was rea-
son for this. and the reason was his wife.
She was as tall and muscular as he was
stunted and lean, and she was a merciless
worker. Only she could have gotten any
work out of him; the neighbors all tried,
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

valiantly on Napoleon's side through the
Waterloo campaign. At the time of hi.
arrest he was trying to escape from
France.
What is meant Ey in Pickwickian sense?''
? What Is the origin Of the OF the
John Doe? v
In technical sense merely; in the de-
bates of the "Pickwick Club" OF which
Dickens wrote, the most supplementary
language was explained away by the
statement that it was offered only in a
Pickwickian sense. 2. With Richard Roe,
this name came into existence in the
reign of Edward III of England, as con-
sequence of that provision of the Magma
Charta that called for the production of
witnesses at every criminal trial
viii you print the analysis Of COW milk?
NJ. E. u.
The analysis varies much with the breed
of animal, conditions under which the
COW is kept. and so on, but here is Koe-
nis's average of 500 cows of many breeds,
kept in various parts of the world and
under a variety OF conditions: Water.
SLY: fat, 3.69; caseir, 3.02; albumen. SO:
sugar, ASS; ash, II. The range these
analyses disclosed was from sO.69 to So 32
of water, from 647 to 1.6I of fat and from
6.03 to FL OF sugar.
Arc the mummies of Mcneptah, the son Of
Rameses II, and Thomes II among the muInmies
OF the Kings of Egypt that have been found and
are now i'll museums? A. d.
The mummy Of Thomes II was among
those found in 1881 in subterranean
chamber in mountain west of Thebes.
Another of these was the mummy of
Rameses ii, but that Of Meneptah was
missing.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A TALKING CANARY.
bird sings Like n Child and Utters
Some Words.

George. the pet canary belonging to
Mrs. A. II. Mason. 2134 Master Street, is
the latest feathered prodigy to claim
recognition. So far as known, he is the
only canary that ever mastered the
difficulties of the English language.
He talks and sings snatchc2 of songs in
way that would do credit to a young
child. He does it not in harsh tones like
parrot, but in a shrill soprano. pleasing
and easily understood. OF course, the
birds vocabulary is limited, but he is
working hard and storing up knowledge.
George has been in the family seven
years, but II was only a year ago that
his talking talent developed. A little girl
was visiting the family and spent most
Of hertime playing with the bird.
Over and over for several days the child
would stroke Georges head. saying
Pretty Dewey" Then, to their amaze
ment, George tapped his wings and re-
peated, Pretty Dewey" That was the
beginning. By dint of constant effort he
has beea taught TO utter many other
things. These include: Good morning."
Hello. mother" What's for dinner?"
Help, here's the cat" and, when his
seed is low, I'm very hungry"
The bird seems to exercise reasoning
power in talking. For instance, he fire.
quently remarks, at is fine day." but
never when the weather is bad.
Georges mistress is now trying to
teach him the Lords Prayer.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

and gave it up. Her methods were unique
and peculiar, and never twice the same
The neighbors guessed at some Of them.
One day Squire Bartlett, owner of the
village store, happened along in that di-
rection, and stopped to see about some
yarn socks, which the wife was to knit.
Just as he knocked at the door. he heard
the peroration of spirited speech, and
then tremendous splash. The door was
flung open. and there stood the master of
the house, dripping from head to foot. His
wife had turned bucket of water upside
down over his head. which he was still
rubbing, as if to try to rub off the effects
of the blow administered by the bucket.
Gn seeing the squire he tried to smile. but
it was watery in every sense of the
word.
''squar," he said. "ye see me. Here be.
'Tain't no laughin' matter-but 'tain't no
matter ef We laugh
The squire took the hint.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
The Castle of Dreams.

o the Castle OF Hearts Delight.
The winds of the sunset know it.
And the emusic sweet OF its airy halls !
From sea to sea they blow it
The tread of light feet keeping time
To the wistful Groom of a wordless rhyme,
And elfn bells in crystal chime
Come drifting down the wind of night
That blows from the Castle Of Hearts Delight
the Castle of Hearts Delight.
There weary souls are keeping
Their trys. by the gates, and the mystic fates
Spin while the worlds a-slecpinG.
With the strong desire of mortal breath
For gold or fame, love or death,
Each TO the portals wandereth,
And the wish of the heart or dark or bright,
Is the key to the Castle of Hearts Delight
o the Castle OF Hearts Delight.
Whorrto the world is faring:
Heritage sweet of love and TOLL
Guerdon of faith and daring.
For all must win to tho castle gate.
Though scme early and some arc late,
Drawn by the thread of the spinning fate,
For good or i'll, each mortal wight
Wins to his Castle of Hearts Delight.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
The Prehistoric Days of Mrs. Eddy.

hc Das
WI EARS and years ago, before Science
and Health" was ever published,
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, who was
then Mrs. Patterson, was living in a small
living out of the barren soil 1t did not
respond readily. Christian Science is
about the only thing that anybody ever
raised in New Hampshire which made a
fortune
However, Mrs. Mary Baker Patterson
raised g1cd crop or ambition on her
farm, and she was learning words all the
time, packing them away in cold storage
in that brain o. hers, and occasionally
letting one loose to impress the neigh
fors. But they were not so much i'm
pressed as she thought they were going
to be. The people in that part of the
country are sticklers for plain common,
ordinary talk that can be understood
without a dictionary. When eloquence
gets up above their heads they call it
gas.
But Mrs. Patterson persevered, al
'-ipuSh " Oh EtT nus
band. One day ncighbor, calling around
to borrow some sugar, heard the lady
talking to this husband, whom she had
evidently hauled in at the end of her
voice from some remote recess of the
barn or wood-lot She said:
why did you not come when l vo-
ciferated so loudly"
This was before the days OF Enlighten-
mcnt. Mrs. Patterson did not know that
she could have drawn her recalcitrant
spouse to her side as gently as the sun
draws up the dew, by merely exercising
her powerful faculties of belief. And no
body else knew any more about it than
she did.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Some Exploded FaIschoOds.

1t is not true:
Tha: Boston infants are unable to sleep
until they are furnished with eyeglasses.
That Philadelphia has been asleep ever
since the Liberty Bell stopped ringing.
1t walked up at the time of the centennial.
That they are putting vaudeville thea
tres on the roofs of the churches in New
York.
That the feet of Chicago girls are any
larger as time goes on.
That they favor the dishwater with
whisky in Kentucky, SO as to neutralize
the taste of the soap.
That the people of Washington are
taxed on the real estate they find in their
drinking water.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Reading Between the Lines.

Chicago TribUne.)
Swiftly few the sleigh, with its two oc-
cupaIts, down the wide boulevard.
The moon, which had been behind a
cloud, peepcd out from one corner of it.
Mabel" whispered the young man,
Took in my eyes, dear. What do they
say?"
Harry Billmore.' the maiden saucily an
swered, they say nothing they haven't
said, | am sure. to a dozen other girls"
Then read between the lines" he said
throwing his left arms carelessly around
her.
Whereupon the moon discreetiy went
behind the cloud again.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Those Types.

She was large lady, with lorgnette
and imposing manners. She liked to have
everything in order, and seldom gave di-
rections less than three times. Even then
the results would occasionally get mixed
She sailed majestically into a newspa-
per Office one day and informed the So
ciety editor that she intended to attend
the theatre on Monday night and would