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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-11

Special low price In CRUSHED
ROCK OF all grades from Ne. to No.
5, or rock sand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-11

BLACK AND WHITE SAND sold
from $50 to s1.75 per cubic yard. de-
livered.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-11

COMMON DRAY. s5.ee per day.
LARGE DRAY, 36.e0 per day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-11

CONCRETE WORK guaranteed. and
done at a very low price.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-11

MARY D. HENDRICKS.
President, Aloha Branch, I. ;.
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Telephone Main SOC. p. .. hex
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hawaiian
Japanese BallaStiHg Co.

Filling in material either earth or
coral, furnished at a very lew price,
as we have large stock on hand.
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To effectively appreciate the protec-
tive element of the holly it must be
seen in its wild state, where its foliage
grows thick and bushy down to the
ground, its dense masses of strong and
prickly leaves protecting its stem and
bark. And it should be observed that
almost invariably it grows alone; in
fact, for some distance round about it
very little vegetation Of consequence is
seen, unless it is large trees. Why is
this? The closely packed, opaque and
COURAGEOUS leaves of the holly prevent
the sunlight reaching the ground and
SO the seeds have little or no opportuni-
ty of terminating or of growing after
ward If they should. And even climb
ing plants seldom select the holly as
their host, and those that do are usu-
ally plants that have made a mistake
in life, because the tender green leaves
and stems with strong winds and rain
get jostled and lacerated on the innu-
merable prickles among which they
have become hopelessly involved as
the holly and their own branches have
developed. And being an evergreen, al
ways on the alert, it gives no other en-
terprising plant an opportunity of in
gress; producing. too. its tender green
leaves at time when there Is album
dant food for browsing animals, and
at the same time these are exceedingly
bitter in fiavor.-John ]. Ward in Har-
ber's Magazine
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In New England cobweb pills are
supposed to cure the ague. and in the
south certain knuckle bone in pigs
foot is sure cure for rheumatism If it
be carried in the pocket or worn sus-
pended from a string around the neck.
Tracing the spider web pill, it origi-
mated in China, where all species of in
sects have certain positive or negative
values in medicine. In Picking it is
customary to give two or three scor-
pions or spiders to patient i'll of fever
In Ireland the peasantry swallow small
spiders alive to effect cures. From
these the cobweb pill of the New Eng
land native was easy. In Flanders the
live spider is fastened into the empty
shell of walnut and worn around the
neck of the patient. AS the creature
dies the fever decreases until it is gone
entirely. Post Express.
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rhe Changed Grizzly.

There IRE numerous reliable state
ments of grizzly bears having attacked
men, but nowadays the grizzly does not
seek out his human victims, as there
are credible statements that his fore
fathers used to do. Neither does he
lie in wait and, bouncing upon hunt
er, tear him into bloody shreds in de-
lighted iendishness, as the old time
stories used to tell. The change in the
grizzly's disposition is likened by vet
eran hunters to the change in the char
,acter of the white cousin of the grizzly,
the polar bear of the arctics. When
the stations for the Hudson Bay COM
pany were established. the diaries Of
the men there often referred to the
fright of attacks by polar bears. Many
a navigator in the arctic seas has been
clawed and chewed to death by polar
bears. But for nearly century the
polar bear has not been regarded as so
very fierce, and nowadays it is looked
upon as a cowardly beast. Association
with armed men has modified the polar
bears disposition.-Outing.
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The Professional Jokemaker.

The ability to see things from a joke
smiths peculiar viewpoint is not gen
ius, but merely kind of mental stra-
bismus. We do not get our material by
inspiration, but by theft, assault and
battery and otherwise. A solemn, hon
est, peace loving commonalty Is
grabbed, thrown down, turned inside
out and reconstructed into an absurd
ity. A feeble, hoary headed idea is
ruthlessly set upon, crippled, torn to
pieces, put together backward, with
new tail or head on It, The kings
English Is deliberately murdered, all
for a joke. Then, too, everything is
funny, If you only think SO. If we are
city people. how hilarious the knob
kneed ruralist, and if we live In the
country how mirth provoking we find
the summer boarder says a writer in
the Bookman. All fads are ridiculous
to everybody who is not devoted to
them. Every man Is crank but me.
Politics, society, all ayocations but
mine, debt, death, the law, prison, pain.
poverty. facial and racial peculiarities.
other peoples hopes and fears, prunes,
the inhabitants of all other communi-
ties, the recently rich, the suffering
poor, the bald, the baby, the obituary,
the ministry, the hangman, the firt,
the fight, the fit, the mule, the debu-
tante. the flying machine, the under
taker, the poet, the boil, the volcano,
love, charity. whiskers, war. pestilence,
famine, the unloaded shotgun-all are
very, very funny.
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scotland,s Round Towera.

Scotland boasts Of two round towers,
said to be stragglers from the great
typical group found in Ireland. The
one is attached to the handsome cathe-
ldral of Brechin and the other stands In
the center of Abernethy, near the en-
trance gate to the churchyard. The
Brechin tower, built in six irregular
courses and rising over 100 feet, is the
more perfect of the two. 1t dates from
Kenneth's reign. 971-95. and has a most
graceful appearance. Pennant in his
history speaks Of having, in 1772, found
handsome bells within its walls. These
were afterward removed and now hang
in neighboring steeple. The origin OF
these towers is now somewhat doubt
full, but psychologists are generally
agreed that they were built in connec-
ton with churches for defense and
Ifaithfulness of watch" during the
|Norseman raids. They were afterward
used as belfries, the Brechin tower hav-
ing done duty as such for generations.
The tower is now one of the sights Of
the ancient town and is regarded as
memorial of it's early Connection with
misunderstanding
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blaming you because you did your
duty. If my men did theirs half as well,
I'd have the finest ship In the service.
Your pardon, monsieur" Offering his
hand with winning smile and raising
his peaked cap. II admire you so
much now as l blamed you before. 1
Will find my cat again, monsieur, and
then you must join me in a toast to
Americas gendarmes." And placing
the lid again on the basket, which had
fallen over to the ground, he picked IT
up and walked quickly back to the
ship.
In half an hour he returned with a
smile on his face.
'I've got her." he said to the police.
man, tapping the basket gently, land q
pretty hunt l had tool I'll warrant
she won't get out again if | know it"
I'm very sorry, sir, put you to all
that trouble" said the officer, eying
the basket. "Well, I'll take your word
this time"
That's right. that's right" replied
Pierre. IT'S never too late to right
wrong. Now for the toast. l do not
forget-eh?' he added, leading the way
to nearby saloon.
For some time the two men stood at
the bar with the basket at their feet.
The Frenchman's ready sallies and
stirring anecdotes of the sea kept the
crowd around them roaring. Then,
when he thought he had remained long
enough to avert any suspicion that
might linger in the officers mind, he
took the basket on his arm and, &C
companied to the corner by the blue
coated officer of the law, hailed pass
ing car and was soon out of sight. In
the meanwhile the black cat frisked
In the ships hold, for in the basket a
fortune in diamonds was buried be-
meath some superfine tobacco
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The late Joseph Medill, editor of the
Chicago Tribune. besides being an in
defatigable editor, had a decided vein
of humor in his composition.
During the last years of his life. as
his strength permitted. he watched
over his paper as zealously as in his
younger days. and it was his custom to
scan the columns of certain favorite
exchanges and clip from them ex-
tensively. marking them on the mar
gins. -. M.-Must." meaning that the
extracts must go in. 1t was one of his
great griefs that there was not always
room for all of them. even when col
umns of live editorial matter had been
crowded out. as they were sometimes.
to make room for them
One night he went up to the room of
the night editor with a bundle of clip
pings in his hand
"Mr. Ransom" he said 10 that Off
cial, with twinkle in his eye. Il wish
you would use your influence to have
these printed in the paper tomorrow
morning. Youths Companion.
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Rabelais compiled a curious list of
inks of a sympathetic nature, which
were largely in vogue in his days In
his book entitled "Pantagruer' he
makes his readers acquainted with
Panurgue's exploits in trying to de-
cipher the Invisible characters of let
ter which Partisan female had
written to Pantagruel HE held II up
before a fire. says Rabelais. ito see
If it was written with spirits of ann
monia mixed with water. Then he
placed it in water to discover if the
writing had not been done with sirup
of tithymal. When this would not
work, he held it over a candle, which
would have brought out the characters
had they been written with the juice
of white onions. By rubbing a part of
it with nut oil he tried to find whether
1t had not been written with the sap
of fig tree. And if frogs blood had
been used in the place of ink the milk
from the breast of woman sucking
her tirstborn daughter would have be.
trayed the secrets of that letter"
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BOWERS OF
L THE BANNER
Copyright, 1901, by L. R. Hall
By L. ROWLAND HALL

The president Of the Merchants and
Citizens bank sat in his office with his
face buried in his hands. Have we
reached the end?" he said. HIS face
was worn and palette face of man
who had in two days suffered the anx-
iety of lifetime.
NO" replied the cashier; mot yet.
We are still SAFE but If something is
not done we shall go to the wall before
II tomorrow. There was a long line
up at the windows when we closed.
All this" grinding his teeth and pound
ing the air savagely, ION account Of
that accused rumor that we lost heav-
lily In Lyon & Co.'S failure Men are
like sheep-when one gets scared and
runs they all follow"
well. l suppose we must meet the
inevitable" said the president gloom
lily. I'VE have exhausted every posi-
BILE resource. In three days time we
could get all the aid we need, but in
three days the credit of the bank will
be gone forever" He gazed through
the window at the growing darkness.
"If | were the only one to suffer-" he
continued bitterly, sit would not mat
ter much. have not had the heart to
tell her about it, but she shall know
tonight. 1t would not be right to keep
1t from her longer"
The cashier spoke again: Our lar
gest depositors are not to blame. But
the second class men are crazy and
are forcing our best friends to draw
out In self protection. If we could do
something to restore confidence for
awhile among these small men, we
could pull through He stopped and
looked fixedly in the presidents face
Has nothing occurred to you that
might help us along this line-some in
fuence that could be brought to bear"
President Rollins buttoned up his
OvercOat and threw back his shoulders.
His voice had something in 1t both of
pride and anger. 81 know what you
mean," he said, but | would not ap-
peal to that source if l knew it were
the last and one word would save us.
l have asked him for nothing and
never shall. Let the Banner come out
tomorrow proclaiming our collapse If
1t pleases Powers. An investigation
will show that we conducted our bust
ness squarely." He closed abruptly
and passed out Of the door into the
night.
For twelve years enmity had existed
between Arthur Rollins and Percy w.
Powers, proprietor and editor in chief
of the Banner. When Rollins was
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Judge story Cornered.

Judge Story's lectures at the school
carried away his listeners with the
pure enthusiasm of the speaker. His
extraordinary memory, copious learn.
Ing and long, practical experience, COM
bined with his ready invention of II.
lustration and wonderful fiuency of ex.
preston, often caused him to wander
widely from the starting topic and
sweep with amazing facility over far
distant regions of theory or practice or
even personal Renaissance. Alas, that
veracious chronicler must set down
that in those bygone times the young
idea in process of being taught was no
more scrupulous in evading that proc
ess than are the earnest disciples of
the present! 1T was easy" says a
student Of that day, Ito draw the old
judge from the point under considera.
ton to lengthy account of Chief JUS
tice Marshall and his fellows, and this
was apt to be done every day." Pro
fessor Ashmun apparently tried to re-
strain and even counterfeit this tenden-
cy of the judge, and there is tale to
the effect that Story once remarked
somewhat testify: Now, Ashmul
don't you contradict what 1 say. l be-
lieve you would try to correct me If l
told you that two and two make four
"Of course should" retorted Ashmun
instantly; "they make twenty-two"-.
Samuel F. Batchelder in Atlantic
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He wanted Quotations.

Mr.. H. B. Clafin, the founder Of the
New York dry goods house Of that
name, made strong effort to maintain
personal relations with his customers.
He always encouraged buyers to come
to him for a friendly talk. and as far
as possible he advised them concern
ing the matters In hand.
One day customer called, and as
he entered the private Office Mr.. Claf-
lin looked up from his desk and called.
"Hellol How are you feeling today?"
"I'm feeling fine. Mr. Clafin. l new
er was better"
"And how is the business? y
"Oh, that's different. Mr.. Clafiin.
think l must have a failure"
what! A failure? How is thatl
Haven't you made money!"
II used to, Mr.. Clatiin, but not now.
Business is bad, very bad, Mr.. Clafiin,
and l think l must fail"
well, now, I'm sorry. But will it
be bad failure? How much will you
pay"
"Ah. that is what want to see you
about. How much are they paying
now. Mr.. ClafiinY
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tie officer entertained them SO wittily
Frenchman's drollery than to their
search.
No smuggled goods Of any descrip-
ton were discovered on board the
Ocean Queen, and the officers Of the
government left Pierre with regret and
the determination to look up the jolly
little Frenchman the very next time
his ship came in.
few days after the visit Of the in
spectors Pierre with a huge covered
basket on his arm, stepped boldly down
the gangplank. across the shipping
yard into the street.
He held one hand carefully on the lid
of the basket, which was tied down at
each side with heavy Irvine. Certainly
his appearance was not calculated to
quiet suspicion, and before he had
passed the street a policeman touched
him on the shoulder.
Excuse me, SIR" he said, "but l
shall have to look into that basket"
look into my basketw exclaimed
Pierre in ell feigned establishment.
''And for why?" he added, holding the
lid down more firmly.
"Our orders, SIR"
"But my cat is In the basket, and she
will get away"
Il must see for myself" replied the
officer. 81 can't take your word for
anything like that"
cry. His eyes smoldered like redhot
Goals.
81 tell you," he almost screamed, ITS
only cat. and she will run away from
me, and I brought her all the way
from la belle France for my mother
in-law"
Il can't help it if you brought her all
the way from the moon. I've got to see
what's in that basket"
But, tell you, it's cat, and if |
open the basket ever so little she will
run, and monsieur knows mothers-in-
law. Not SOP" he asked, with a wry
ace
Come! Unite those cords. I'm bound
to inspect that basket"
With rueful countenance Pierre
carefully united the strings. The Off
Ger reached out his hand to lift the lid
Careful, carefulr' exclaimed Pierre.
placing restraining hand on the DO
hceman's sleeve. II don't want to
chase after my cat again. lie bon Dieu
knows l had trouble enough in getting
her as II is" And then he suddenly
let the lid fall away.
Instantly black cat sprang out and,
darting between the policeman's legs,
disappeared. Pierre had placed the
basket on the ground in such a way
that when the animal sprang out the
nearest way of escape would be the
shipyard. His calculations were cor
rect and when the officer OF the law
turned all he saw was black tail dis
appearing through the door in the wall
inclosing the yard.
The Frenchman's entire vocabulary
was then turned loose, and before he
had stopped his cursing In French and
English the policeman almost wished
he were as far away as the cat. He
honestly felt sorry that he had been so
insistent- The Frenchman's distress
was SO very great. He went so far In
his remorse as to offer to return with
Pierre and help him find his cat again.
At this, however, the clever little
fellow Gained down.
bon Disu!'' be exclaimed Here am
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SOOTHING SHOPPING.
A Peaceful Experience at the East
Morley General Emporium.

A Peaceful Experience at the East
Morley General Emporium.
The exhausted shopper sank upon
the sofa, while from the open mouth
of her reversed Boston bag poured
cascade of little parcels, freshly strug.
gled for at the Monday bargain coun-
GERS
"Oh," she cried, why does one have
to shop in the city? Everything is SO
hurried, confused, complex, distracting
and nerve destroyingl If l were only
back at East Morley!
Last summer while l was there
had to buy yard of dark blue ribbon,
and drove over to the one store at
the crossroads to get it. 1t took some
five minutes to convince the amiable
proprietor that | really wanted dark
blue and could not be persuaded to ac-
cept light instead, which he considered
more suitable and becoming to a fair
compleXioned person of my years; he
added reassuringly that anybody under
forty was not too young for baby blue.
Another five minutes were given up
to his incredulous reluctance to believe
that two inches wide would not do as
well as three, especially as the three
inch width had been mislaid on a top
shelf and he would have to get STEP
ladder to get it down. Several more
minutes passed in the search for the
ladder, its laborious portage from the
cellar, its erection and repair with a
piece of Irvine, the braces being broken,
and his final ascent to the dim and
dusty upper region. whence the box of
wide ribbons was at length produced.
II found a shade that would do. and
he leisurely measured off a yard, fin
gered it, then paused to rub per-
picked ear and smile ingratiatingly.
Fact is he confded sweetly, 4
sold the last pair of scissors in the
store just before you came in, and I've
forgotten my jackknife. It's kind of
awkward cutting it off, but I'll man
age somehow. l guess there's an ak
In the she'd
HE carried the silken roll away
with him as he started with comforta-
BILE elaboration to find the ak, which,
though the hunt for it was long and
persevering, evidently could not be
found, for we caught a glimpse of him
at last through the half open door to
the back shop severing the required
yard of ribbon with an old chisel.
at was all so serene, so soothing and
SO satisfactory! l believe l shouldn't
be wreck before New Years every
winter if l could only do my Christ
mas shopping at the East Morley gen.
eral emporium. youths Companion.
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PIERRE'S
BLACK CAT
By Florence GoOdfeIlOw
Copyright, 1901, by Florence Goodfellow
AG - G$sa @GG Ge

Pierre Latroux's mouselike eyes
snapped and sparkled like two JET
beads as he listened to the plan Levi
Arnold unfolded
Mon Dieuw he exclaimed. "'Tis too
good a chance to let slip. You are
sure" he added cautiously, that the
scheme is all right so farY'
Come to my place this evening, and
sound. If they reach my clients hands
| in New York within a months time,
you will get your reward in gold-50O
francs"
Good! I'll manage it somehow.
Just trust me"
without doubt you've done SNUG
Cling before"
Pierre looked up sharply.
There is no trickery in this, mon
sieur? If thought there was, rest as
sured you would not live to see your
plans either succeed OF fail" And he
drew his hands across his throat with
an expression so peculiar that his lis
| Iener SnlVereQ.
mo; you have nothing to fear. Jer
envy Stotts told me to come to you.
You could not do better than to 60 to
him about me-"
Jeremy Stotts is a man to be trust
ed. If he sent you, then tonight I'll
come for the diamonds. How many
did you say there were?"
Enough for a kings ransom. Re
member, Pierre, If you faiP'-
Pierre shrugged his shoulders care
lessly.
'Ive smuggled before! There's nice
bit of superfine tobacco intend to get
across this trip. Oh, never fear, mon
sieur; If any one can do it, it is Pierre
second officer of the Ocean Queen.
Adieu!' And, placing between his lips
the cigarette he had been rolling, the
little Frenchman waved his hand and
strolled away.
1t was simple matter while on board
for the smuggler to keep his diamonds
and tobacco concealed, but as the Ocean
Queen drew nearer the American shores
his heart beat wildly between hope and
fear, and woven with all his daily du-
ties was the question, How, how.
howT For to Pierre's ears had come
the rumor of fresh vigilance on the
part of the American authorities. Snug
Cling had become altogether too daring
and too frequent. Especially had some
tremendous deals In diamonds reused
the custom officials to action.
Before the ship had scraped her sides
against the pier, however, plan had
been evolved by the Frenchman's
ready brain. Inspectors came and
went about the ship. but the quick lit