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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
LONGER LIVES.

We are told that the limit of human
life in these days is three scores years
and ten,'' but if perchance, this period
is extended there must be some good
and potent explanation. 1t surely can
not be caused by neglect, as humanity
after all it's years of turbulent expert
ence, has condemned neglect and care
lessness. The law calls for careful
lives; the merchant demands careful ac-
countants and employees; the church
recommends a careful department; the
doctor knows that health is a result of
care; the nation expects us all to be
careful. Hence care is the great ele-
ment that protects and prolongs life
and property. Care means health. If
you live in a location where contami-
mated air visits your lungs you cannot
enjoy health. If your house is insani-
tary your health is endangered. Good
plumbing promotes and protects health.
Bath, the plumber, can save you ex-
pense and annoyance. Install a
DOUGLAS PATENT CLOSET! Tele-
phone Main 81. Shop 165 King street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
ROYAL FURNITURE
SOLD AT AUCTION

A quantity of relics of royalty was
sold yesterday at auction at the Capt.
toll building and there was spirited
bidding for the more interesting of the
articles.
The handsome clock which has stood
in the hallway for years, and which
apparently anyone might have stolen,
with no one the wiser brought $3.50 and
was purchased by S. NJ. Damon. It
was said to have been presented to Ka-
mehameha w by Napoleon III as a
peace offering after there had been
some trouble between France and Ha-
wall. There was a number of bidders
for the piece, but the contest finally
narrowed down to Mrs. Henry Highton
and Mr.. :. N. Damon. =
A Sevres vase also said to have been
a present 70 Kamehameha " was pur-
chased by Mr.. Damon for $40. It was
cracked.
The large koa sideboard was sold TO
the Kapiolani Estate for SIS and the
same purchaser bought the koa ward
robe for 800.
w. H. Cornwell bought a small book
case for $3.50, and two chairs. Mr.. Da-
mon also bought one of the royal arm
chairs.
Henry E. Cooper bought sideboard
for $50 and two pictures for $3.50
which closed the sale.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
INTERMEDIATES AT
BASKET BALL

There will be two games of Basket
ball in the Z. NJ. c. A. intermediate
League tonight, when the High School
will play the Whites, and the Blues will
play the Reds. The Senior game be-
tween the Diamond Heads and the Five
O'clocks has been postponed one week,
and next Saturday there will be two
Senior games. instead of a Senior and
an intermediate. The teams tonight
are:
High School--P. Schmidt, C. Brown,
c. Peterson. forwards; D. Sherwood,
center; E. Desha, r. Clarke, guards.
Whites-M. Gurida, L. Soares, for
wards; J. r. Sousa, center; B. Lubbock
H. Clark, guards.
This game will be called at 1870
o'clock.
The second game at Sis o'clock will
be between the Blues and the Reds:
Blues-Tom Evans, a. NJ. Keoho, for
wards; P. Perreira, center; L. Evans,
c. Gilliland, c. Mashke, guards.
Reds-F. Beckert, E. L. Young for
wards; E. Chung, center; o. Oss, G.
Siemsen, guards.
The officials will be r. King and A
Blackman umpires, Fred Young, ref
cree.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
Important Reasons
Why Herring HalI-Marvin Safe CO. Safes
and Locks are the Best.
Limited

these
the and
jewelers. hotels
of safes
Hardwa kA
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14

Tomorrow afternoons concert will be
at Makee Island, Kapiolani Park.
Monday evening the band will play at
Emma Square; Tuesday evening at the
Hawaiian Hotel; Wednesday at the
opening of the Legislature at 10 O'Clock
at noon at the steamer Alameda, and
in the evening at Thomas Square.
Thursday evening at the Moana Hotel.
The band is rather crippled, by hav-
ing six members down with the fever.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
New
Spring
Goods
&%&

| Now being opened. Styles 80 3
Very latest in Wash Fabrics.
Mercerized materials in solid colors,
fancy striped, plain white and white
figured.
NEW DIMITIES. Extra fine quail
ty, white ground and solid color ground,
with small figures and dots, the neat
little patterns you are looking for, at 8
yds. for 81.
Another line of Dimities, white ground
with small figures, not as fine as the
first lot, but extra good value; II yds.
for 81.
FLANNELETTES. A new line, fine
assortment of patterns, your choice at
WHITE PIQUEs. A. new line just
opened at yds. for 81 and upward.
Mercerized Zephyrs, look like silk,
fast colors, lot blue, pink, green, navy
and cardinal at 25c yd.
Extra fine pin dotted Swisses, white
ground with black dots and black ground
with white dots.
Mercerized striped Muslin, with polka
dots, entirely new.
NEW FANCY MUSLINS. A new
line of ladies' lawn dressing sacques. in
all white and white with colored borders.
New goods will be opened daily.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
A Modern Store.

I. Livingston, formerly Of the
Kash, will open his new store in the
Young building today. Mr. Levings-
ton has just returned from the coast
where he has purchased a complete
line of mems furnishing goods and
hats Everything is of the latest
spring and summer styles and will be
sold at San Francisco prices. Keep
a lookout for the advertisements as
they will interest all good dressers.
And be sure and give him a call
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Blown glass tumblers for so cents a
dozen at the Bethel street store for a
few days only.
Levers & Cooke, Ltd, are ready to
supply everything needed in your house
from start to finish.
The Oriental Bazaar, on King street,
have some very choice bronzes display
ed in the IT windows this week
Two nicely furnished rooms within
walking distance are wanted by couple.
See classified advertisements on page
ten.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-14
ANOTHER NEW
ENGLAND DINNER

y All those who partook of the New
England dinner served by the ladies Of
the Methodist Church last November
will be glad to know that they will serve
another dinner on Tuesday, February
"a, on the parsonage grounds from to
s p. m; tickets 80 cents each or three
for S1.00. The funds realized from this
dinner will be devoted towards the re-
pair of the church interior.
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Stocks in San FRANCISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1S.-Paau-
hau, s161s; Hawaiian Commercial, s44;
Honokaa, $1S7s; Makaweli, $3.50; Ono
mea, $40.
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POPULAR AIRS
II AT FISHMARKET

The band will give a concert of
popular music this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock at the Fishmarket. The pro-
gram is as follows:
1.-THE Stars and Stripes Forever.
Sousa
"Rooseyelt's Rough Riders
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-11

before the discovery Of America these
ruins were In existence. It IL not be-
lieved that Cortez or those with him
knew Of the Palenke ruins. though
that conQueror must have been close
to them ut one time. Europeans first
heard of them in 17JO. but 1t was not
until 1887 that they were explored.
The key unlocking the mysteries hid
den In the hieroglyphics which are
carved on hundreds of tablets may
some time be discovered. and the his
tory of a great rae Of people and their
origin be known. but their successors
who now Inhabit the region have no
traditions that can aid the inquirer.
The ruins Of Palenke should be pre-
served. and the Mexican Government
owe that much to the world. II 1t were
possible to clear the timber away n
destroy the growth Of vines which Ia
rapidly overwhelming them. these in
teresting relics might be saved for the
future. They have so far resisted the
effects Of time and physical CONFUSION.
but must eventually succumb to the
~ceaseless. persistent and silent assaults
Of m overwhelming tropical growth
Scientific American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-11
Greatest National Evil.

The saloon is our greatest national evil.
Most political leaders would eclipse that
fact with ether issues. but we will not long
be duped. The dcbasins Of the currency Is
not rs serious a matter as the debasing OF
manhood, though political parties seem
not to have discovered it. Our foreign po!.
icy is not unimDortant. but the safety OF
ou- homes is ~all-important. The protection
o. our infant industries il insignificant in
comparison with the protection Of our sons
and daughters from the clutches OF the
rum fiend. Free coinage is q slight matter
in comparison with the free use Of whisky.
In our efforts to solve the financial prob
lem we have heard much about free silver.
and yet we spend more money for hquoE
every year than we dig out OF the grouHA
in silver in twenty years. The n Skem
OF beer alone is appalling. We cons6med
last year thirteen gallons per capits:
Fifty per cent. Of the taxes We 6ay goes
to support the saloons victimS in somo
form. Two.thirds Of the crimag Committed
have their genesis in .hguor. We have. it
is estimated, an army ofl260.00O inebriates
in this country. with assmany others COM
ing up to reinforce them. What q waste
is here in manhood. happiness. usefulness
the national. Sk1fe. county and municiDal
revenues from the saloon are Sal ,0o0,4 S7 o
year. the annual cost Of the business in
courts, jails. reformitories,. police supcrvi.
sion, poor houses, loss Of labor-to say
nothing Of shortened lives, poor work. Ill
health and other wreckage-is $2.87S,5O!.-
sOl. the cost Of the traffic being nearly,
twenty times what 1t brings to Us.
The saloon is going! Twenty-Five years
hence there . i'll be no such an institution
as the present day grog shop. God 10
against it. The corporations are its nat
ural foes. since they are unitedly refusing
EN- ,!oyment to drinking men. and It Is hut
one step from making a rule against the
drinker to the hurting Of corporate and
commercial influence against the saloon It.
self. Common intelligence has decreed tho
death of the saloon business. We are nc.
curing too much sense to keep this evil
under governmental protection. and with
national Endorsement. Cumberland Pres.
byterian.
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Thu Crusnde In Nrlef.

A crusade is about to he wagcd = ."st
Sunday opening in ali its forms IN D:3a;s'
Pa
san Francisco is said to have ono 81.
loon for every twenty-five adult male In
habitants.
Alcoholic drink as an article OF food has
been abolished from all the institutions UNI
der the control of the London County
Council during the year Just past.
hat il crcr there was a perversion in
thi, world II is the transformation OF mill
ion. of br>,.cia of honest corn into tho
VIII ,ky that ruins so many ren and COM
mi., so many murders.
VIVA, becomes Of the bushel OF corn
ra,.rd on 4 Western plain? Ii it. docs the
wor,; that il ought to do, it feeds the farm
or or the ,!wc..cr IN cities or the cattle that
in turn iced IL. Thu perverted busiel OF
corn is chi..Gcd into four gallons OF whisky.
"A few ycI.' ago nearly every whisky
salesman on the road INDUCED in whisky
70 cxccss. now two-thirds OF the whisky
statesmen in the United States are total abb
stainers." said John Simon. a Louisville,
Ny, whisky salesman at the Hotel Balti.
more. Kansas City. not long ago.
Editor Box. Of the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal. gays. No Young man viii ever lind
that the principle of total abstinence from
liquor is a barrier to any sGccess-,social.
commercial or otherwise. II - the ono
principle in his life which will IN the lona
:un hap him Ic.s THAI any o..:::.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-11
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
4. the VICE Of INTeMPsRANcE. o

Poem; Baby's Bit Of Blus-It 10 Estimated
That Fifty Per Cent. OF h . 90
TO Support the saiooa victims-Crime's
-,, Genesis In Liquor.
One night within our Temperance Hail.
men both Of mark and mind,
We're teaching gospel temperance truths,
in words both wise and kind.
The people sat in breathless crowds, BY
love OF gospel brought;
They listened with attentive cars to truths
by Christians taught.
A drunkard's wife amid that throng had
~, donned a bit Of blue;
All! she from drink had suffered, SO all its
horrors knew.
She thought that her example might DER
John ZONE ho.d obtain,
That when he saw her wear the blue he
would from drink abstain.
Alas, alas! her hopcs were vain, and
doomed to fy distressed,
For when the husband raw the blue he
tore it from her breast.
70 him it was 4 stern reproach. and solemn
words it said; :.
He could not look upon that blue and hold
an upright head!
The badge of blue fell to the ground,
where. in thin rags arrayed,
The drunkard's sick and only child with
broken piaythings played.
The baby clutched the bit OF blue, II mid
her playthings hid,
And listened trembling to the oaths with
which her father child.
Her thoughts were deeper than her years,
she knew the meaning then.
She thought. ar father wore this blue he'd
never drink again."
To her the drink meant oaths and blows,
and hunger. want and dread;
While keeping from the public. house
meant peace and clothes and bread.
And baby kept the treasure blue after that
stormy night;
And none beheld the badge until she'd
faded from their sight.
For hunger dire wrought fatal work, il
made her fade and sink,
She was a martyr to the cup. and muir
dcred by the drink.
! Shed starved and pinned, while day by day
the landlord had hur share;
To her the crumbs hia table lost had been
as princes fare"
Her fathers heart was not all stone, some
bitter tears he shed.
While gazing on the thin dead form laio
on the wretchcd bed.
He took the icy hand in his; he kissed the
brow 40 calm.
And 10. he found the bit Of blue in baby's
palm.
1t was q voice heard from = grave, it cried
30 sad and clear: .
ooh, father, if you'd worn this blue, I'd
not be lying here"
The drunkard dropped the ~lifeless hand,
the cord was touched ut last!
Conscience and memory smote him sore,
and showed his sin stained past,
And sorrows rain fell from his eyes, his
sobs came unrepressed,
He took the baby's bit OF blue and pinned
it on his breast. 49,,
And crying nightly for strength, for Code
! restraining power,
! He signed that day the Temperance pledge,
and keeps it to this hour.
Harriet A. Beavan, in National Ado
cate.
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Oldest Megaphone.

A curiosity Of great antiquity Is to
be seen within st. Andrews Church Mt
Willoushton. near Gainsborough, Eng.
land.
This Is a quaint speaking trumpet with
an obscure early history. dating back
to the times Of the Knights Templar.
In shane 1t resembles a French horn
and Is more than five feet long. having
q bell at the end Of the graduated tube.
1t was formerly six feet In length. but
Is now telescoped at the joints. where
the metal has apparently decayed.
Tradition declares 1t was formerly
sounded from the tower to summon
aid in case of need. 1t Is believed that
this curious instrument has often been
used to call together the villagers, thus
dispensing with the usual bell. and to
give additional power and strength to
the choir. being then probably used by
the chief singer. as the trumpet inten.
SITES vocal sound to a marked degree.
1t Is called a vamp horn and there are
only about six Of them In existence.
These medieval meGaphones magnify
the voice two or three times. Churches
at Braybrook and Harrington have
vamp horns. In the early part Of the
last century the sexton Of Braybrook
Church used to 60 around the village
ON Sundays to summon with the vamp
horn people to attendance at the serv.
ices.-Chicaeo News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-11
Tho Farmers, Protect.

A staple argument used by certain advo.
Gates Of license is that the opening OF 50.
looms in towns in country districts attract
farmers to town and thus promote trade:
In Leesburg. Ohio, this argument was used
by the merchants who feared that il the sa-
looms were voted out trade would suffer.
So many OF the neighbor!ng farmers feeling
iasultcd by the statement that they would
boycott the town should the saloons DO
closed held a meeting and thirty-eight OF
the most prominent declared in resolu-
tons that ':thc liquor traffic is a menace to
morals, good citizenship and all that bene:
fits humanity" and that for the sake OF
our BOYS and homes all COOL citizens should
vote dry" The best OF the resolutions 10
the following: I'VE resent any insinuation
that The farmers are a drinking class and
that we will continue our patronage IL it
should 20 dry and Use our influence for the
advancement of tie business interests OF
the town" The result Of the election was
the Punishment CT the saloon by a vote OF
1874 to y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-11
At THE SUMMIT.

He started when the days were fair
And all the slopes were glad and green
When all the world was free from care
And peace spread over every scene,
To reach q goal that hope had set
Far. far ahead upon a height.
And. Drawing all the foes he met
Kept on the way with all his might
He found q thousand cares that he
Was forced to bear along the way.
But love smiled on him joyously
And journcyed with him day BY day;
New hopes succeeded those that died
And little triumphs made him glad,
And men who fell behind him sighed
To have such blessings IS he had.
At last. u day he reached the goal,
So high. 70 distant at the start,
But Joy came not to ill his soui:
Nay. there was SORROW in his heart;
The place was high that he had won
And stiIl a splendid place and fair
But after all his work was done.
He turned to find his rival there: :,
~. Z. Riser, in Chicago Record-Herald
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Park, Cal. He mas reached the age
Of l57 years.

Park. Cal. He mas reached the age
of 157 years.
He has legal proof Of his age. In
many cases Of persons living beyond
the hundred mark who have attracted
public attention there has been grave
doubt as to the year OF their birth.
Belief In their age Is based upon thes
own stories or on hearsay.
Manuel del Valle's proof Is docu.
mentary. He has In his possession the
certificate Of his birth. signed by the
jefe polltico. or chief magistrate OF
Zacatecas, Mexico. The certificate.
which shows that del Vale was born
In Zacatecas on November "a, HAS. Is
supplemented by the records OF the
Mexican customs service. In which he
served for many years.
Were 1t not for these indisputable
proofs 1t would scarce be believablc
that q human being could have reached
the age Of 157.
At the time Del Vale was born
George Washington was only thirteen
years old. This living man was ten
years old when the French and Indian
war began.
He was q grown man Of twenty
when the battle Of Bunker Hill was
fought.
He was already an old man when
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.
being then sixty-ave years old.
Del Vale was 101 years old at the
beginning Of the Mexican war.
He retired from active business nine.
teen years before that. having then
reached the age Of lightweight.
He was twenty years a customs OH.
cial at Ensenada. Lower California.
From 1914 to 1S45 he acted as super.
numerary In the Franciscan mission al
San Quentin. Lower California. the
FIRST mission bullGing to be established
on the Pacific coast. and which IL now
In ruins.
In 1S45. when he was just 100 years
old. Del Vale came with relatives to
what is now San Francisco In q vessel
that sailed around Cape Horn. He
has lived In Menlo Park since then
and has occupied the same room. his
great-grandnepnew. Jose del Vale.
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are disintegratlng the walls and pave
ments and will eventually level them
to the ground. So dense Is the foliage
surrounding the ruins that light from
the sun Is almost totally obscured. The
photographer who was employed by
the Mexican Government to take pic.
lures of the ruins could accomplish
his object In some instances only BY
means Of a fash light. The ruins OF
Palenke arc about 200 miles from the
port. of Frontera. and are reached by
steamer up the Tabasco River to San
Juan Bautista and thence by trail.
The group all lie within n radius Of
1000 feet. and consist Of nine distinct
structures. Of which the palace" Is
the largest and most central. The
ruined buildings consist Of temples.
pyramids. aqueducts and ediices
whose purpose Is not yet ascertained.
The temple Is the largest Of all, aud
upon 1t the ancient builders lavished
all their art. It includes a court and
balconies. as we'll as great corridors In
which tablets in bass-rclief are fast.
ened into the walls. Sculptures repre-
senting battle scenes and events of the
nations life are carefully depicted.
From them the physical characteristics
and domestic habits may be correctly
ascertnined. The dimensions Of the
palace" are great. Its length Is 23S
feet, and breadth $50 feet. and 1t Is el-
eyated on a mound 80 feet long. 200
feet wide and forty feet high. The ma
terial used was stone. many blocks OF
prodigious size being used. and nil
Joined together with mortar. AS great
architectural ability WIS displayed by
the builders Of the ediaces at Palenke
as was shown by the architects who
erected those Of the Nile. How 1t was
possible for a primitive people to fash
ion. convey and sculpture such i'm
mense stones as were employed Is the
wonder OF modern psychologists. 1t
would seem that the same people were
the builders Of these structures found
at Militia. Mayapan. Tula. as well as at
Palenke. n race which covered Yucatan
and the Southern States Of Mexico
with mighty temples.
A French scientist with a lively i'm.
agination and unusual powers Of oh
servation credits the "Toltecs" with
building these ancient temples. and
axes the seventh century as the period
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The Hewitt Lamp In England.

The remarkable mercury vapor lamps
devised by MIR. Peter Cooper Hewitt
are now being exhibited ut the Offices
Of the Westinghouse Company. These
lamps Gun be run of any ordinary ION.
tinuous-cu-rent electric light supply
system. and show IN efficiency Of two
to three candles per watt. or for the
same lighting require only about one.
ninth the current taken by ordinary
glow lamps. The sole drawback to the
light lies In Its extraordinary color.
There IL a total absence OF all red rays.
and consequently all tints red by ordi.
nary light are curiously perverted. A
lady's lips look purple; 80 that ut pres.
Ont no attempt IL being made to utilize
the light for domestic purposes. as
feminine opposition would he too
strong. In other cases. however. the
light has very strong advantages. 1t
Is stated that 1t Is m excellent light to
work by. and this we can well believe.
London Engineering.
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able 4, walk without assistance and
takes a daily stroll about his house.
He has not been more than two blocks
away from 1t In thirty years. He can
see bu, little. bu, he hears fairly we'll
He speaks English brokenly. blu. un.
derstands 1t we'll. He never was much
interested In the big events Of the
world. He says he has never used
liquor nor tobacco. Furthermore lie
declares TINT he never has wet his feet
nor been out In a frost. apparently