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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
THE VISITING SHAH.

The papers point out the fact that the
Shah's visit was a disappointment in
one sense-he did not display the de-
lightful but often embarrassing uncon-
ventionality with which his late father
on his two visits took London by storm.
The present Shah is a man of consid-
cradle education, even from the West
ern standpoint. Therefore he did not
offer, as his father on more than one
occasion did, to purchase even one of
his charming hostesses from their hus-
bands, although he admired and much
praised the London policemen, and ex-
pressed desire TO buy a few of them.
When his fathers visited London he
was present at the golden wedding of
Gladstone. In congratulating the ven
cradle couple he remarked solemnly
that while it was very fine to live fifty
years with one wife, it was much finer
to live one year with fifty wives
When taken to a sale of pictures. he
also asked why one hundred pounds
was asked for a picture of donkey
While the animal itself could be had for
as many shillings. THE picture needs
neither nay nor barley, and costs roth
ing" was the reply. Neither will il
carry any load" replied the late Shah
and the joke is recorded in the Court
Circular.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
FINDS in THE HOLY LAND.

Professor Sellin has addressed to the
Academy of Science a very interesting
report of the excavations he has been
making in Palestine. His first discov-
cry, the walls of Taanak, the old Ca
naanitish city, has been followed by
that of the walls and gate of one of
Solomon's castles. DR.. Sellin has had
a very careful plan of this latter eX-
cavation drawn up, for it is the first
time that one of the castles so often
referred to in the Bible as having been
built by the Israelitish kings, has been
unearthed. In excavating a burial place
for Israelitish children, an altar hewn
out OF the hard rock was brought to
light. Finally, the professor has struck
such a rich mine OF pre-Israelitish re-
mains that it will now be possible to
form an accurate Judgment of the de-
gree of civilization of the nri,nitive
jewellers in the land.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

has been able to make a blade iV hair
grow on Rockyfellar. They was a doc
tor over. in France that discovered a
kind iv a thing that if twas pumped
into We wud make ye live till people
got so tired iv seem We around they
cud scream. He died tn mex year iv
premachure OF age They was another
wan cud insure whether tn mex wan
wud be a boy or a girl. All We had to
do was to decide wud it be Arthur or
Ethel an lave him know. He left a
family iv unmarredgeable daughters.
Il sometimes wondher whether pro-
gress is amy more thin kind iv a
shift It's like a merry go-round. We
get up on a speckled wooden horse an
tn mechanical pianny plays a chune
an away we go. hollerin.' We think
we're thravellin' like tn divvle, but tn
man that doesn't care about merry-go-
round knows that we will come back
where we were. We get out dizzy an
sick an lay on tn grass an gasp:
Where am 1 Is this tn meelin'-
yum?' An he says: No, tbs Ar-rchey
Road Father Kelly says tn Agyp-
tians done things we cudden't do, an
tn Romans put up sky-scrapers. an
even tn Chinks had telephones an
phony CRAFTS.
i've been up to III top iv tn very
highest buildin in town, Hinnissy, an
l want amy nearer Hivin thin if /
was in tn sthreet. TIL stars was as
far away as liver An down beneath is
a lot iv us runnin' an iapin' an jump
in about, pushin' each other over, haul
in little sthrips iv irn TO pile up in
little buildins that ARE called sky
scr2 pers, but not be tn sky; wuddukin'
mis- an Y to make masheen thatll
carry US FIRM wan jack-rabbit colony
to another an yelhn, Pro CREST Pro-
scrapers, but not be tn sky; wurrukin'
at each other an sayin: Amt they
; funny! Don't they think they're play
in henS
mo, sir, masheens amt done much
FIR man. l can't get up amy kind iv
family Interest FIR a steam dredge or
a hydraulic hist. 1 want to see sky
scrapin' men. But 1 won't. We're
about tn same hight as we always was
tn same higth an build, composed iv
tn same inflammable and perishyabIe
mateeryal, an exthra hazardous risk,
unimproved an li'ble to collapse We
do make progress, but it's tn same
kind Julyus Caesar made, an ivry wan
has made befure or since an in this
age iv masheenery we're still burrid be
hand
What dye think iv tn man down in
Pennsylvania who says tn Lord an him
is partners in coal mine?" asked Mr..
Hennessey, who wanted to change the
subject.
Has he divided tn profts?" asked
Mr.. Dooley.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
THE sTENo6RApHER's REVENGE.

The shorthand reporters of Sydney,
N. S. W., having been found fault with
for their method of reporting the
speeches in the legislative council, re-
taliated by giving the speech of one of
the councillors exactly as it was spoken,
as follows: The reporters-ought not
to-the reporters ought not to be the
ones to judge of what is important
not to say what should be left out-but
the member can only judge of what
is important. AS a-as my speeches
as the reports-as what I say is report
ed sometimes, no one-nobody can I'M
derstand from the reports-what it is
what I mean. So-it strikes met has
struck me certain matters-things that
appear of importance-are sometimes
left oUt-omitted. The reporters-the
papers--points are reported-I mean
to make a brief statement-what the
paper thinks of interests reported"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
TO SUPPRESS FISH FLIES.

Attorney Woodward, of La Crosse, in
tends to appear before the next Wis
consin legislature to urge a bill for the
prosecution of fish lies. u cmfwyppp
suppression of fish lies. The fisherman,
by this bill, is compelled to register the
weight OF his catch with the town or
county clerk. Attorney Woodward is
all right as far as he goes, but one pa
per thinks there should be provision
that any mention of ''the large one that
got away" should be felony, carrying
heavy fine. The county clerk, it in
sists, should also be warned to look out
lest the fisherman fill the cavity of the
fish with lead and make it weigh more.
A man who will lie about so simple a
thing as the weight of fish would not
be above putting one foot on the scales
when the clerk wasn't looking.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

seemingly without exertion by rubbing
two sticks together, but they are keen
after matches, although the Swedish
safety matches made n Japan which
pass current in the Pacific ocean are
probably the most incombustible match
Sc made, certain not to light off the box,
and extremely uncertain to light on it.
All this petty trade spreads itself lazily
along throughout the morning. Some
times the payment was in small silver
coins, each piece snuggled away in it's
own knot in a strip of cloth. Some
times again it was necessary to weigh
the basket of copra proffered in pay
ment, and to dispute that it had been
fairly dried for three days in the sun,
and to be careful not to count in the
weighing the big stone which will get
in the middle of so many of the baskets
of copra in which these innocent chill
dren Of nature deal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
NEEDED ANIMAL FOOD.

1t is related of an Irish coachman
that his medical adviser prescribed an
imal food as the best means of restor-
ing health and activity. Patrick, "
says he, you're run down a bit, that's
all. What you need is animal food.
Remembering his case a few days aft
erward, he called upon Pat at the sta
BILE. well, Pat" said he, how are you
getting on with the treatment" "Oh,
shure, sir Pat replied, "Oi manage all
right with the grain and oats, but it's
mighty hard with the chopped hay"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
WEST INDIAN TROPICS.
HOW Snakes and Ants Keep Life From
Getting Stagnant.
won {
chop
wood.

In view of the probable cession of
States the following from a corre-
spondent of the Brooklyn Eagle has in
terest. The tropics, as we have already
discovered, have their drawbacks as
we'll as their advantages. You have
peace of mind here in American Den
mark that you cannot have in the Brit
ish and French possessions, for here
you will find no snakes. The fer de
lance, that crawling poison, that sneak
ing crime, does not exist for little Den
mark. The mongoose has been intro
every island of serpents, when the peo-
pie have left him alone. He prefers
snakes to any other diet, but the trou-
bic is that when the mongoose has
finished the snakes he keeps his appe-
tite, and nothing then will do but hens
Hence, as it were, you find notices post
ed about the lower settlements Offering
rewards of five or ten cents, or some
small matter, for each mongoose
brought into headquarters. He has done
his work well, and now he is to be killed
for it.
Yet, if you miss the snakes you can
have excitement with ants. They have
nearly all varieties. There are the white
ones that make nests of remarkable
size, and get themselves into the pa
pers because they are so large and ac-
tive; there are the whitish ones that
riddle the posts and beams of houses.
so that some morning, while you are
at breakfast, the whole concern comes
tumbling about your ears, and is moth
ing but dust ft.A at that; there is the
wild Irishman,' q black ant that is
insultingly said to be almost harm
less" there are the microscopic critters
that get into your bread and beans
and float about in your cocktails and
coffee and are altogether peryasive, and
that when in multitudes are objected
to on account of their acid flavor; and
there are the biting ants that you
put on with your pajamas and shirts,
and that let you know where they are,
so that you arise and say in company
what you ought not, and fill the COM
pany with wonder-as to why you will
not drink tea instead of other things.
Of these ants the timber eaters are
counted the worst, for it is so UNI
pleasant to have. the church fall down
in the middle of a sermon and to have
the grocery cave in just as the boy is
wrapping up the prunes and the canned
butter for your dinner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

ton from which this drink derives its
name was first invented in the South
and can only be INDUCED in by those
who have become acclimated, as it is
made of rum and brandy undiluted, eX-
cepting for a little fine ice. The recipe
given here can be partaken of with
out any serious results Place one table
spoonful each of red raspberry, lemon,
orange juices and dry sherry in glasses
filed with shaved ice; arrange sprigs
of mint in each one and serve with
straws. The amount given is for small
glasses and should be increased accord
ing to the size of glasses used. The ice
may not dilute this mixture quite suffi-
GENTLY; water can be added.
ROYAL SHRUB-For one glass use
three tablespoonful of strained red
currant juice, two tablespoonfuls of
pineapple juice, produced by cooking
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
Miscellany
Page.
UNAVAlLlNG.

It's kind O. hard to understand the case
of Ezry Jones.
We thought that he'd grow up to be
reglar lazy bones.
Rut his father felt quite hopeful when
he saw him out one day
A-toilin, with a golf stick an deelarin
it was play.
He'd stop an hit that little ball most
tremendous lick
An then he'd run up hill an down, all
ON the double quick.
To see him so industrious done ms
folks a heap o. good.
IT'S plain he isn't lazy; but he
won't
chop
wood.
He started in for ping pong, an MS
enterprise was such
The doctor said as how he'd have 10
quit or use a crutch.
An, as fur pool an Billiards, I have seen
him, I declare,
A-toiIin' hard fur hours an holdin' one
foot in the air.
The neighbors when they used to go a
vistin' would brag
About the scientific way he hit the
punchtn bag.
But there's jes' one thing about him
that we never understood;
He's got a heap o muscle but he
won't
chop
wood.
You'd think that any one with such
wonderful right arm
Would look on it as fun to help bit
around the farm.
He never sits down idle from the dawn
till set o sun;
There's allus somethin' dom, but he
don't git nothin' done.
An Ezry amt the only one whose
talents goes astray.
You see a lot O. folks a-keepin busy
day by day;
You look for them to do things; you
are certain that they could;
But at last they disapp'int you cause
they
won't
chop
wood.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

One always associates tinkling ice
and crystal with warm weather. and
there is nothing more appreciated by a
'weather-worn'' and thirsty guest than
home brew of some cooling. non-in-
toxieating beverage.
Summer drinks should be served from
crystal pitchers and in thin glasses.
One can buy such pretty articles in
pressed glass nowadays that heavy
earthenware receptacles and thick, in
artistic glasses are out of place and in
excusable.
The simplest lemonade tastes better
when slipped through straws. A box of
one hundred straws may be purchased
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
SAMOAN WAYS,

Sixpence is the lowest unit of value
If any article is too cheap to stand the
price of sixpence (and there are var,,
few such at these trading stations) the
Samoan must buy a quantity or else
take matches for change. The island
ers have the knack of making fire
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

the fruit in sugar and water; fill with
settler water. Add one tablespoonful
of sugar; place tablespoonful of whip
ped cream on top. The fruit juices
and settler must be ice cold. otherwise
a tablespoonful of shaved ice must be
placed in each glass.
SUMMER ZEPHYR.-Cut one and
one-half pounds of rhubarb into thin
slices, cover with water and add one
bay leaf, one stick of paper bark Gin
namon: simmer until rhubarb is ten
der, then strain; add TO the juice one
cupful of sugar and simmer ten min
utes; then add one pint of orange juice,
the juice of three lemons. half cupful
of preserved ginger juice; place shaved
ice in tall pitcher and add the cooled
connection. In each glass place a
halved strawberry or cherries, or any
seasonable fruit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
HENRY IS A MUSICIAN.

Prince Henry of Prussia, among his
other accomplishments is an earnest
student of music. He has arranged
with a Leipsic firm TO publish gavotte
which he has composed during the
leisure hours spent upon his flagship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20
ALEXANDRA AS A DREssMAKER.

Queen Alexandra Of England was
brought up in a very sensible manner
and learned dressmaking so thorough
iy that today she could. if need were
make even some Of the most elaborate
of her gowns.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

The race for publicity: Il shall never
trust him again" said the statesman,
bitterly. But he has never failed to
lend his influence in your behalf.
Nevertheless, he is a false friend.
What has he done?" "Snatched fame
from my grasp. 1 told him a funny
story, and he went and printed it as
original before 1 had a chance to see an
interviewer. Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

for small sum, and they are well
worth the investment.
Iced tea is favored beverage for
summer tables, but the recipe given
here is as unlike that usually mas
querading under this title as black is
from white.
ICED TEA.-Fill thin glasses full of
shaved ice, placing thin slice of lemon
on top of each and also one teaspoon
full of powdered sugar. Brew a strong
pot of tea and pour into the glasses
over the ice. There will be not be any
danger of breaking them, as the ice
cools the tea Immediately, and herein
lies the secret of the delicious flavor
obtained.
MINT JULEP.-The original concoc-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

The well iced liquid in the glass.
The snowy foam, one glittering mass.
The golden strdws to sip it up;
An whaf glorious summer cap!"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

The terror of the sea: "Save us.
Save us!' shrieked the bathers, rush
ing to shore. Thinking that the sea
serpent had appeared, the hotel pro-
prietor and newspaper men rushed to
the beach armed with cameras and pen
ellis. But the citation turned to alarm
when it was seen that the object Of
terror was Mr.. M. Jeerpoint Porgan,
who had arrived in His cruiser, and or
dered the bathers out of his ocean
Baltimore American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

In a new synthesis, Prof. Zinno pro-
Guces tartaric acid by passing over
potassium glycerate a current of car
bonic acid gas under pressure of
about three atmospheres. The POTASH
um glycerate is easily obtained by OK
idizing glycerine by means of lead d.
oxide or minimum and nitric acid, and
then adding potassium carbonate to the
boiling solution of the lead salt. 1t is
thought that the new process should
prove important on a large scale for
the manufacture of cream of tartar
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

Chemical union through the mere
presence Of an apparently inactive sub
stance is given renewed interest by the
growing Importance OF catalysis in the
arts. In the new process for making
sulphuric acid, the combination of sui
phurous acid and oxygen depends upon
platinized asbestos, and it is a curious
fact that this catalytic agent soon ceas-
es to act unless the gases are carefully
purified. BY Deacon's chlorine process,
the chlorine is liberated in great guam
, titles by passing hydrochloric acid and
air over hot copper chloride, which I'M
dergoes no change. In oxidizing sui
phuretted hydrogen by passing it over
special form of oxide of iron, the lat
ter becomes changed to pyrites without
losing it's catalytic properties, but or
binary pyrites is strangely lacking in
! such properties. Mr.. j. T. Conroy at
tempts to explain the action of cata-
| lytic agents by supposing that they
| take part in intermediate reactions.
| When a current of ammonia, for ex-
ample, is passed over red-hot soda
amide it is broken up into its constitu-
/ ents; but this occurs through the amide
decomposing into nitrogen, hydrogen
and sodium, the latter in the presence
, of the ammonia reforming the amide.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

In view of recent literary success:
What are you going to do with that
boy of yours?" inquired the intimate
friend. II don't exactly know" an
swered the puzzled parent; The evinces
the most obstinate aversion to the usu-
al forms Of industry, and he uses lam
guage and expresses sentiments very
shocking to the sensibilities of our
friends. If he was a girl 1 would be
tempted to put him at literature. -
Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

OF the 100000 acres in the Philip
pine Islands, it is estimated that more
than 100000 are under cultivation and
about 50,000,000 in FORGET. The native
trees thus far enumerated embrace 665
species, and 100 different native woods
entered the market last year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

"A self-ighting cigar is tipped with
a cap of ground glass. satpetre. potas-
SUM chlorate and gum arabic. and a
FRACTIONAL igniter is placed on the sur
face of the cap. On scratching the ig-
inter, the cap burns freely and cannot
be extinguished by an ordinary wind.
The cap is rendered incandescent and
the ground glass fused, so covering, the
end of the cigar that no unpleasant
taste results.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

Sleep is produced by NJ Stephane Le-
due through the action of electric cur
rents on the nerve centers, respiration
and circulation being unaffected a
complete general anaesthesia can be
thus obtained without any unpleasant
after effects
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-20

A mechanical sculptor, a machine au-,
tomatically duplicating statuary. is u
remarkable adaptation of the pautu-
graph. The statue to be reproduced is
placed upon pedestal. where it is gone
over by a small wheel on the end of
long arm, which connects with mechan-
ism driving a cutter. A ball of clay
is thus made into an exact copy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-04
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Give the roots of trees a deep and
broad bed Of soil to start and grow in.
In pruning the grape cut back to the
third bud, as it is usually the first en-
tirely perfect bud produced.
When winds prevail from any direc-
ton. as they usually do, lean the tree a
little in that direction when setting out
The essentials in making a good gar
den are rich soil, plenty Of manure,
good seeds. timely labor and fair sea-
son.
Having the soil in a good tilth and
planting in straight rows will save
much labor in cultivating in the gar
den.
One of the best ways of getting rid Of
moss and lichens adhering to the bark
of trees is an application of lime white
wash.
In taking trees from nursery or for
est, preserve all Of the roots and fine
rootlets possible. Dig out instead Of
pulling up the tree.
When the fruit or leaves of any r!a mt
or tree are eaten by insects of any kind,
spraying in good season and sufficient
ly often is the safest and best remedy.
Gladiolus bulbs should be planted in
full sunshine. four Or five inches deep
and about one foot apart Good soil.
rather sandy, is best. avoiding manure,
especially il fresh.