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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-14

Interest allowed on term deposits at
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Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank Of India, Australia and
China.
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BISHOP & CO.,
D V BANKERS
ESTABLISHED IN 1855.
Banking Department.

Transact business in all departments
of banking.
Collections carefully attended ts.
y Exchange bought and sold.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Charles NJ. Cooke ............-P resl@nk
P c. Jones Vice Presiding
Z. III. COOKE ............ $500 20 e, -,
F. c. Atherton. Assistant CasolsT
Henry Waterhouse, Tom May, F.M
Macfarlane. E. d. Tenney, j. A. w.
Candless. Iii!
Solicits the Accounts of Firms. pEl
porations, Trusts, Individuals. and -
promptly and carefully attend to II
business connected with banking en-
trusted to 1t. Sell and Purchase Fof-
eign Exchange, Issue Letters OF CredH.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
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and Interest allowed in accordance
with rules and conditions printed IN
passbooks, copies of which may pe
had on application.
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Savings Department.

Deposits received and interest allow
ed at Az per cent per annum, in &C
cordance with rules and regulations,
copies of which may be obtained on
application
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Insurance Department.

Agents for FIRE. MARINE. LIFE,
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance office, 924 Bethel street
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Accountant Department

Auditors for corporations and pri-
vate firms.
Books examined and reported on
Statements Of affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or insslvent ss-
tates.
Office, 924 Bethel street.
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Trust Department

Act as trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal.
Collect rents and dividends.
valuable papers, wills. boads, etc
received for safe keepins
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Bank of Hawai-
LIMITED.

Incorporated under the Laws OF
Territory Of Hawaii.
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T[QnS7CI 0 GHnGTGI BOTkInQ& EKGh0n
G. BREWER 81
LIMITED.
Queen Street, Honolulu,

AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Compans
mea Sugar Company, Honor1u
Company. wailu ku Sugar Coz
Makee Sugar Company, Ookaia:&
Plantation Company, HAY
Ranch Company, Kapapala Eali
Planters Line and Shipping Cjf%p
San Francisco Packets, Chas. Brs
& Cos Line Of Boston Packets.
Agents Boston Board of Under wri
Agents for Philadelphia Board OF
derwriters
Standard OIL Company.
LIST OF OFFICERS
c. NJ Cooke, President; Gorge
Robertson, Manager; E. F. Bis
Treasurer and Secretary; Col w
Allen, Auditor; p. G. Jones. E.R
house, @. Z. Carter, DirectorsM
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Honolulu Iron Works Co
STEAM ENGINES

- EAH I4ANN'I ~ F@tS
BOILERS. SUGAR MILLS, COOL
ERS. BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS
and machinery OF every description
made TO order. Particular attention
paid 10 ships blacksmithing. job work
executed en- shortest notice.
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OFFICERS:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Jonah Kumalae, S. M. Kanakanui
J. III. Kea.

The above company will buy, ie4s,
or sell lands in all parts Of the I
waiian Islands, and also has houses u
the city of Honolulu for rent.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Indian Headsmen.

Nowhere is to be found a more pom
pous or a more awe inspiring person
than the headsman, who plays in India
the role which the official hangman
plays in European city.
His deadly work he performs with
great skill. and in his bearing there is
a certain dignity which is never seen
in a European hangman. Moreover,
while in Europe the pOpulace regards
q hangman with feeling which is
partly contempt and partly horror, the
people of India respect and fear the
public executioner and never seem to
think that he has lowered himself in
the social scale by accepting the office
of headsman.
On festive occasions and when ar
rayed in his robes of Office the execu-
toner is decidedly picturesque figure
and altogether different from the SOM
ber and grim hangman of Europe.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
II. Got n nirngreement.

81 had business in the far west last
winter" said Boston lawyer the 9TH
er day, "and while l was stopping in
small town for a day or two man was
tried for stealing a horse. l went over
TO court to see how they put things
through and closely followed the evil
dence on both sides. There wasn't the
shadow Of a doubt in my mind that
the prisoner was guilty, and that even
ing l said to his lawyer;
"'You'l lose your case tomorrow
The jury must certainly convict
"'Oh, don't know he replied.
"'You don't hope to get him OIL, DC
your
"'Well. maybe not, but theren sure
iy be disagreement
81 shouldn't count on that II had
the case
"But I do, you know he replied
I'VE got two brothers-in-law on tho
Jury, and you don't suppose they arr
going back on the family do your
''They didn't" laughed the narrator
ssNext day the case was closed, and tn
jury disagreed"
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
II Was Revised.

"Have you Il revised copy Of the New
Testament in the library, Miss ReidF'
asked the young man who was MAX
ing an evening call.
mo, Mr.. Slow" she replied. Il re-
gret to say we haven't"
whats a revised copy?" asked Bob
by, who had been permitted to sit up
later than usual.
you are rather young yet, Bobby
to understand such matters" said his
sister kindly. "A revised copy means
that certain changes have been made in
the Bible which were considered neces-
sary to a better understanding of the
text. Now you had better run off tC
bed-there's a good boy"
The young man could scarcely con
ceal his admiration.
well, if that's what it is" said Bob
by, "Our family Bible is revised, cause
pa changed it the other day. HC
scratched out the date of your brit
and made it three years later He told
ma something about you and Mr.. SLOW
and said that it wouldn't do any harm
nohow, and if Mr.. Slow wanted to lOOl
at it it might do a deal Of good"
Presently the young man went away
and family consultation was held. l
resulted in Bobby passing a sleeples
night
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
The Disease Did Not Fit.

The doctor had paid a visit to Mr..
Cassidy, and after his departure Mrs.
Cassidy's friends in the tenement
stepped in to hear the verdict.
"Well." said Mrs. Cassidy, smooth
Ing down her apron with an air of
modest triumph, "the docther says
Moike seems to be having an attackt
of plural pneumonia. but Oi says to him,
OF says. 'Docther, you know well that
Moize is a shmall little man. Oi says,
'and amt you exaggerating a bit, for
to my thinking, single is all there'd be
room in him for OF says But whin
he went off his wurrd was unchanged,
so it's plural pneumonia Moike has by
his telling, and sure it's grand, large
disease for so shmall man as him"
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Files Tint XIII sniders.

Flies are the natural prey of spiders,
yet, strange to say. there are in Brazil
some flies which prey on spiders. These
daring little insects do not differ much
from ordinary flies.
They are hymenOptera, and Pepsis
ornata is a typical insect of this kind.
They usually come upon the spiders
when the latter are unprepared and
sting them to death.
A spider after being stung once has
generally sufficient strength to hide in
a tuft of grass. but his shelter proves
only of temporary service, for the pitt
less fly soon returns and completes its
work by stinging the helpless victim
twice in the lower part of the thorax.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
His Consolation.

A lawyer who has won some distinc-
ton through his success in cOmpromis-
ing suits for damages by accident says
his most interesting client was a Swed-
ish farmer from Delaware county
whose wife had been killed in Phila-
delphia by a train crossing the streets
at grade.
The widOwer was simply incOnsOla-
BILE and, having been told that he
could get $4,000 if he insisted on
pushing the case, refused for months
to talk compromise. The lawyer, of
course, did all possible to keep the
hearing back in the hope of discOur-
aging the Swede and at last he was
rewarded by an offer to settle at rea-
sOnable figure.
The Swede called, the lawyer said
$500, and the bereaved one quickly ac-
cepted. AS he folded the check and
pocketed it he observed:
"Vell, deed not do so padlee! Pfe
got fif' hoondred tOllar and gOOt teal
better wife than had before. She and
me was married yesterday" ."--Philadel
phia Times.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Regenerntion Of the Parrot.

One day man who had had consider
able experience with parrots happened
to come in, and when | complained of
the birds lOquacity he said: why
don't you get an owl? You get an owl
and hang him up close to that parrots
cage, and in about two days you'll find
that your birds dead sick of unprOfit-
able conversation"
Well, | got a small owl and put him
in a cage close to the parrots cage.
The parrot began by trying to dazzle
the owl with his conversation, but it
wouldn't work. The owl sat and looked
at the parrot just as solemn as a min
lister whose salary has been cut down,
and after awhile the parrot tried him
with Spanish. 1t wasn't of any use,
Not a word would the owl let on to un-
derstand. Then the parrot tried brag-
ging and laid himself out to make the
owl believe that Of all the parrots in
existence he was the ablest. But he
couldn't turn a feather Of the OWL
The noble bird sat silent as the
grave and looked at the parrot as if tC
say, "Thls is indeed melancholy ex
hibition of imbecility." Well, before
night that parrot was so ashamed oi
himself that he closed for repairs, an6
from that day forth he never spoke al
unnecessary word. Such, gentlemen
is the force of example in the worst o.
birds.-W. L. Alden.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
AN ARABS PRAYER.
The Plea That Was Uttered by "A Pill
grim to Mecca.

grim to Mecca.
A correspondent of the London Post
who witnessed Il pilgrimage to Mecca
records the following prayer which he
heard delivered there by an Arab pill
grim:
20 Almighty God" he cried, now l
am sure you will not send me to hell!
A place in paradise is surely reserved
for me. You know | was not rich, be-
ing only. a poor barber, but through
my economy and perseverance l laid
by some money. My first intention
was to buy wife with my savings;
but, being, as you know, a sensible
man, | thought it more advisable to
make use of them to come to your
house first of all to insure to myself a
hOuri in paradise, and remember, .
my Lord, that want palace as well.
| do not want to be shaver in the
next world. We read in the traditions
that those who hold high positions
here will be miserable hereafter, where
as the wretched In this life will be
rich in heaven. So /. implOre you, in
the name of MOhammed, our prophet,
who was created before this world
was made and who will sit down on
your right hand on the day of judg-
ment and plead on behalf of his peo-
pie, to listen to my requests. When |
return home, have nothing to live on
Therefore want a comfortable living
to begin with, and, since it may be
long before l meet the hOuri you are
reserving for me in paradise, want
to have a nice little wife now. You
know the kind of woman like. Moth
ing is hidden from you. l am moi
| greedy, and so l shall not ask you fol
many, But, o Lord, may ask you
for two? For, as you know full well
it is not in the nature of a man to b.
cOntented with one"
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
WIRE ABBREVlATION
Time Saving Code That Is Used by
Telegraph Operators.

Time Saving Code That Is Used by
Telegraph Operators.
From the beginning of practical te-
legraphy there has been constant eff
fort to increase the capacity of wires,
so as to do the greatest, amount of
business in the least possible time.
After duplicate, triplicate, quadrupli-
cate and yet further increase in capac-
ity a code system of abbreviatiOn was
started which has grown until a single
letter stands for several words, and
two or three letters mean an entire
sentence.
If a telegraph operator wants to say
supreme court of the United States"
he does not send twenty-nine letters,
for six answer his purpose. He simp-
ly clicks off IS u s." There is a
saving of about so per cent in time by
using the first letter of each word. If
''it is understood is to be transmitted,
the initial letters are not exclusively
used, but it goes ii IT," Here 'X'
stands for lis" as it does in lit is be-
lieved," which goes Il b."
If "Out of the is to be sent by wire,
seven of the letters are saved, for the
three words are carried by the one
letter "k." Then "f'' means 'Of the"
You could not guess in a year what
'k W. means to g. telegraph opera
tor, for the letters are used not because
they are initials, but because they are
an unusual combination. They signify
adjourned sine die"
A telegraph operator knows of nc
| good reason for using fourteen letters
when he wants to say Constant
nople," so he makes it &c p."-NeW
| York Herald.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
MIX as n Food.

Milk as a food is a perfect one for
the very young infant only. In adult
life it is often Of service and may save
life, but it does not afford all the mate
rials required for nutrition. Moreover,
it yields what is not required-a large
percentage of lime. The latest re-
searches show that this is not so great
~ on account of the quantity of lime
contained in the milk as because the
salts are in a form peculiarly adapted
for retention in the system.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
One Tunnel Less.

In travelling from Luzerne to Chiasso,
on the st. Gothard line, the train
passes through seventy nine tunnels.
Now, how many tunnels does it pass
through from ChiassO to Luzerne?
"Seventy-nine, of course" will be the
natural answer But this is not so, as
on it's return trip it only goes through
seventy-eight tunnels. This is because
at one point of the road. near Faldo,
the tracks are separated. one of them
passing through a small tunnel, but the
other being laid on ground made from
material excavated from the tunnel
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
THE SCOOP
FIEND
BY ]. o. wHITTEMoRE
Copyright, 1901, bu J. o. Whtttemore

The Morning Blazer was about to go
to press. The linotypes were clicking
frantically on the last takes, the fore
man was dancing about the last form,
and from below f1Oated the babel of
the newsboys' room and the rattle of
the delivery wagons in the alley. The
last reporter had struggled out, and
none of the brain of the paper was on
hand except GilrOy.
Gilroy was the night editor, and he
was anything but at peace in his mind.
"a bum rag this morning - bum
rag! Nothing but rot and rot-not a
line of hot stuff! But there's nothing
doing-nothlngw
GilrOy had worked hard and worked
his men harder to get out a creditable
sheet, but the results were disappOint-
ing. He was viciously jabbing the
cockroaches upon his grimy desk with
his shears when some one gently
nudged his elbow. He wheeled around
and faced q strange figure, a face
drawn and haggard with pallor which
brought a muttered Dope eaterw from
the editor-a form attenuated, clad in
seedy and shining black, with a minis
terial coat tightly buttoned at the
throat; shifting eyes beneath an old
slOuch hat. 1t looked like a clear case
of touch" and Gilroy was bracing
himself for it.
The man, with trembling hands, drew
from an inner pocket several sheets OF
manuscript, and as he smoothed then
carefully he spoke in nervous. hurried
tones, with a tense undercurrent Of
anxiety:
ITS a scoop, sir-'pOn honor, a deaC
scoop! Police don't know it. No ont
knows it but myself mean-er. Civ
me a V. and it's yours - exclusive
Only a V, sir; worth double, sir"
Gilroy's eyes were running down th'
lines at lightning speed as with tn
practice of years he absorbed the story
1t was admirably written in an odd
but legible hand, with all the earmark
of an old reporters copy. The stOr,
was of a murder which had been com
mitted but an hour before in an allie.
directly in the rear of police head
quarters. A watehman had been foun
with his throat cut from ear to cal
The dead man GilrOy knew to be a
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
IT do not look as
though I ever was

04S4Ge
When a woman is sick she falls off in
looks. This is particularly the case
when she suffers from diseases peculiar
to her sex. Not only is her strength
undermined, but she loses beauty OF
face and grace OF form.
It is characteristic of the cures of
woman1y diseases effected by the use of
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that
with restored health there is a restora-
ton of good looks.
vFavorite Prescription" establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation and cures
! female weakness.
WI wish to thank you for the good your medi-
| cines have done me 3" writes Mrs. Mae Brown, OF
| Canton Fulton Co., Ills. "I was troubled with
| female weakness and doctored with several dlf-
| ferent doctors. They did not seem to help me;
| indeed I got worse all the time. had ulcera-
| tion and displacement of the uterus. What
suffered no tongue can tell. had heavy bear,
| ing-down pains and thought my back would
| kill me / also had very bad drain but after
| taking FIVE bottles of Favorite Prescription
| and three of Golden Medical Discovery am
| feeling as we'll as ever. It has been almost TWO
| wears and l have had no return of the trouble
NV friends tell me don't look as though evei
was sick"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, paper covers, is sent free or
receipt Of Fl one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
IendInr Qnestion.

Mother" remarked the beautiful
girl q think Harry must be going to
propose to me-"
"Why so. my daughter queried
the old lady, laying down her spec
tacles. while her face beamed like the
moon I'm its fourteenth night.
"Well. he asked me this evening II
| wasn't tired of living with such a
menagerie, as you and dad."-Ex-
change.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Bnrnum Loved to Please Children


What pleased P. T. Barnum most
as he proceeded to the full understand
ing of his Office and vocation was de-
vising methods to interest the children.
Their frank and vocally expressed
pleasure. their frolicsoEe. keen eyed de-
light in visiting his museum, menagerie
and show, were mere to him than to
Caesar was the applause of millions.
A certain writer has said, Better be
driven out from among men than to be
disliked by. children" The one man
who got farthest away from the force
of that possible maledictiOn was p. L.
Barnum. He not only arranged spec
tacles to thrill his child patrons and to
fill them with awesome or hilarious
wonder, but he fixed days and prices
to meet their convenience and their
ability to pay for tickets.-JOel Benton
IN Century.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Her RIrrest Catch.

The Mutual Friend Ito athletic wo-
man)-Now, Mrs. Stebbins, what was
the largest fish you ever caught?
Mrs. Stebbins-Itweighed 140 pounds,
but | don't remember its name.
Mr.. Stebbins (feelingly)-l do; it was
John Stebblns.-Colorado Springs Ga
zette
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Surprising. but Not suddea.

Blobbs-Did she seem surprised when
you propOsedI
SlObbs-Yes, indeed. She said she
never thought had the nerve and
had about given up Phtadel-
phia Record.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Gilroy reached for the brandy.

Gilroy reached for the brandy.
Here's to you, Bond! Crazy as you
were, I'm worse"
The Blazer published some facts in
the suicide case which the other papers
didn't have. The editor was pleased
to think that he didn't destroy that
last communication from the scoop
fend.
And he vowed he would write a sto-
ry about the case some day. and he
did Here it is.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Her WILD EXCUSE.

"She has just refused a man worth
a Million"
as 1t possible? Any rational expla-
nation of her act?"
"Oh, yes. She had just accepted an
other man worth million."-Brook-
lyn Life.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
& CheerY Pnir.

do you remember" said Mrs.
Grumps, when you asked me to mar
ry you?"
"Yes," said Mr.. Grumps.
"And said 'YesT"
81 remember it, We both always did
talk too much. h."-Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Barred Opt.

"Ie seems to be no longer in your
set?'
"Hawdly," replied Cholly. Hes such
deuced bad fawm, yknow."
GLOW is that?"
"Why. when the fellah bets on a
hawse wace he sometimes WINS
y'know, instead of losing like a gen
tleman."-Chicago Post
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
Annreclntes Herself.

Evidently Sallie thinks her
self one of the four hundred.
Kittie-One of theml She thinks she's
the four and all the rest are the two
ciphers.-Bosto Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17


inoffensive Swede without an enemy
in the world. The watchman's keys,
money and watch were left upon his
person. which left the motive to be ex-
planned
For once in his life Gilroy was in
doubt. 1t was to overthrow all the
newspaper saints from their inches to
take a story under these conditions.
It might be a fake pure and simple,
or it might be the greatest scoop which
the Blazer ever printed. All this time
the man was keeping up his plaintive
pleading for "a V, sir; only V, and
it's the chance of a lifetime, sir"
"Its just a gamble. but here goes"
muttered Gilroy as he carved the copy
into infnitesimal takes and yelled to
the foreman:
make a hole for this stuf-kill any
-everything-it got to go!' Then
turning to the stranger:
Here's your V. If this is wrong,
I'll hunt you to the ends Of the earth
and shoot you on sightr' and Gilroy
spoke as if he would do it.
With a feverish clutch the man
reached for the banknote and melted
into the gloom Of the outer office.
With the first grumble OF the big
presses came a spiteful ring of the tele-
phone. It was Somerby, the cub re-
porter. who was an independent scout,
as he chose to call himself, a man
looking for a chance to distinguish
himself.
somerby said, "Police have just
found body Of murdered man in the
ashpit alley
@Thank Godp ferventIy calculated
Gilroy.
''Ehl What's that you sayf
"Got it-buy paper and go home
and read it-get some sleep and see II
you can't get some news"
And somerby hung up the receiver IT
a hotel half a mile away and brushed
away something like a tear OF disap
pointmeut. for his chance to distln
rush himself had not yet come.
It was the scoop Of the town.
The Blazer with its vociferous head
lines leered at the sergeant before hi
men had come in. A wandering night
hawk had found the body, and dc
tail had gone for It. He rang up IN
Blazer Office to know about il, but
4 newspaper office after the last form
down is like the echoing tomb Il
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17

Chimney sweeps seem to occupy the
highest position in regard to mortality
from cancer and coal miners the low
ast
Smyrna times., 1902-09-17

The sono-koto, a board, bridges and
strings. is the representative instru-
ment Of Japan.