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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-01
THE ROSA ESTATE.


Ella A. C. Long, commissioner to ad-
measure dover of Helen N. Rosa, de-
ceased, has rendered his final report.
He finds that the dover interest Of the
widow named at the date of her hus-
bands death was $5364.S1, this relating
to the real estate. AS, under the law,
the widow is not entitled to dover in
the personal property until the debts
of the estate have been paid, no esti-
mate was made of the dover in $1517.40
| of personality because there was no ap-
parent prospect of such payment Of
debts.
The commissioner submits for the
courts consideration information from
the executor Of the will Of Antoine Rosa,
to the effect that on July 2, 1885, j. P.
piece of land at Kalihi containing 2.7S
acres. AS mentioned in the deed, the
property is subject to a mortgage for
$500 to the estate of J. G.. Hayselden
dated July IL, 1884. 1t is further learn
ed that Poepoe, wife of Kina, is in
labsolute possession of this property,
holding it adversely to the claims of the
estate of Antoine Rosa. This discovery
of property was made by the commits
sioner after filing his preliminary re-
port.
PAPERS FILED.
| Respondent in the case of Lu Kim
Woom VS.. Henrietta Fishel is given
twenty days more to plead, answer or
demur to petition.
John Ena by his attorneys, Robertson
& Wilder, has discontinued his suit
against Honolulu Investment Co. 1t
was a claim for $435 on account of
breach of covenant to pay rent and
taxes on premises at Iwilei.
| Albert Barnes by his attorney, w.
Austin Whiting, moves to set for day
certain the hearing of his equity suit
| against Charles r. Collins.
INSURANCE APPEAL.
Defendants motion for new trial in
| the suit of Kwong Lee Yuen & Co vs..
Manchester Fire Assurance Co. was de-
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-01
Auction Sale
OF
Delinquent Stock
IN THE
Concrete Construction Co.,
LTD.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 7, AT
NOON

By order of the directors of the Con-
crete Construction Company. Limited.
and acting for them, hereby give no
tice, that I intend to sell and will sell,
at public auction, on Wednesday, Octo-
Der 7th, 1908, at IL o'clock noon, at, the
salesroom Of James F. Morgan Nos.
S47 to S57 Kaahumanu street, in Homo
lulu, Island of Oahu, Territory Of Ha-
wall, United States Of America, eighty
five $3.50 shares OF the capital stock OF
said Company, or sufficient number
of said shares to pay the amount due
thereon, said shares being contained in
Certificate No. 5, and duly issued to c.
Leonardo, Of the City of Los Angeles,
in the State of California, upon which
there Is due and owing said company
a balance of an assessment Of twenty
(20) per cent, amounting to the sum of
one thousand and twenty dollars
($1,020), which said assessment was
duly levied on the 18th day Of Decem-
Der, 1900, and remains unpaid, said sale
to take effect as aforesaid, unless said
assessment, with interest thereon, the
cost Of this publication, and the auc-
tioneer's fee, is paid on or before the
day and hour Of said sale.
Dated September 7th, 1903.
E. P. CHAPLIN,
Treasurer The Concrete Construction
Co.. Ltd.
JAS. F. MORGAN,
AUCTTONEER.
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CHILD HARBoRING CASE.

Mrs. Josephine Chiffon was on the
witness stand in her own behalf a
great part of yesterday before Judge
Place while under abduction by her
son, Harry Chiffon. She told of hav-
ing urged the girl from day to day to
return home, but Maggie was ready
with excuses after the set times had
passed for not keeping her promises to
go away. There was the same old bat
tie throughout the proceedings over the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-01
HIS SPECIALLINE.

Did your son specialize along any
particular line?" somebody asked of the
college graduates proud mother.
''Oh, yes" was the reply. 81 heard
one of his friends say that he made a
great record for himself on the rush
line the last two years he was in COL
lege''-Syracuse Herald.
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be resumed this morning.
TELEPHONE INJUNCTION.

admission of evidence. The trial will
be resumed this morning.
TELEPHONE INJUNCTION.
Sidney NJ. Ballou has brought an in
junction against the Mutual Telephone
Co. to compel it TO render adequate
service to petitioner, and to refrain
from interfering with the telephone
connection between the respondents
system and the petitioners house.
Mr.. Ballou wanted desk telephone
installed for the use of his wife, who
being in poor health, desired a tele-
phone within reach of her bed. The
company refused and Mr. Ballou had a
desk telephone installed from another
source and connected with the respond
ent's wires. The company without
leave cut out the telephone by severing
its wires. Later the company put in
a desk telephone of a type that petit
toner says is clumsy, and made a
charge therefor of So a month which
Mr.. Ballou contends is exorbitant.
1t is alleged in the petition that the
Mutual Telephone Co., threatens to dis
connect the petitioner from its service
Hence his recourse to the injunction
process
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
SOME WOMEN BEWITCH
OTHERS ELEVATE MEN

One woman witches US. like a water
fall. with the music OF her bubbIinR
laughter. and another entrances US. like
forest pool. with the peace OF her
shadowy silence. And one entangles us.
like Yama. in the nectar nooses of her
hair. while another pierces US. like
Manobhawa. with the archery of her
poisoned eyes. And one infames US. like
the sun. in the fever-fre OF sick desire
while another soothes US. like the moon
by the camphor of her dewy kisses
Like oxen We are goaded by the biting
sting Of one woman's evil. and like eie-
plants We are tanned by the subtle spell
Of another's purity. and like birds we
are decoyed by the lure of the bower OF
one girls arms. and like bees We hover
and sip around the honey of another's
lips. and like snakes we find and coli
round the slender stem of one girls
waist, and like weary travellers we Iona
TO sleep on the living pillow of an,
others bosom.-From q Hindoo Fairy
Tale.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
MICROSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS

Although the acknowledgement in its
various forms has so far been toy, or
has served as a music hall turn" it
has been realized from the first that as
its processes improved il would open
out enormous new possibilities of scien-
tific application How great those pos
sibilities are will be realized in a few
weeks, when Charles Urban. the proprie-
tor Of the 'bioscope." gives to the scien-
tific world the results OF a series of ex-
periments he has made in the combina-
tion of the bioscope and microscope.
In his laboratory in Rupert Street yes
terday Mr.. Urban showed to a represen-
tative of the Daily Mail" a number OF
kinematographic records OF microscopic
observations. One living picture exhibit
ed with absolute clearness the circula-
tion of the blood in the web of a frogs
foot The scientist. using a high power
microscope. has been able to observe
this before. but never previously has it
been possible to place il upon perma-
nent Photographic record.
An enormous and almost inconceivable
II HCSCoodIs TO
these minute processes visible TO the
naked eye. First of all the microscope
magnifes the minute object so as TO give
q Photographic image, which, though
only the size of a postage stamp, is
still 500 times larger than the original.
When this photograph is placed in the
lantern and the image projected upon
screen of the size used for the bioscope
pictures at the Alhambra or the Palace
theaters. the magnihcation is increased
to thirty ighti million diameters. The
photographs are taken on strip OF
film at the rate of sixteen a second.
Mr.. Urban's greatest achievement,
however, is the series of films which re-
produce on the screen as clearly as a
bioscope picture shows the movement of
a crowd the actual processes of proto-
piasmic life IN bit of common water
weed AS with the blood in the frogs
tissue so the movement of the proto-
plasmic fluid which gives nutrition and
growth to the plant is rendered plainly
visible in q picture enlarged 3s. .000, 900
times.
The possibilities OF scientific obser-
walton and record by the combination of
the microscope and the bioscope arc
enormous. Mr.. Urban has taken a
series of pictures which reproduce on
the screen the life. movement, and
ferocious habits OF the various kinds of
baciIli.
Hitherto the photographing OF these
inhnitesimai organisms has been post
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
HOT WEATHER STUDY
OF BEER STATISTICS
Interesting Data on the Consumption of
the Amber Fluid.
Was Gold Found in Zambesi?

Statistics are apt to be dull in hot
weather, except such as pertain to the
consumption of wet goods" among US.
In the statistical abstract OF the Uni
ted States for 1903" recently issued by
the Treasury Department, will be found
some very interesting data
Half a century ago the American OF
the times was satisfied with a per capt.
ia consumption of .Os gallon of wines
and liquors per year. Today he de-
mauds 19.4s gallons. But lest our ten-
perance friends be too much shocked
let II be said that fifty years ago the
average citizen put away 2.2s gallons Of
hard. distilled liquor. Now he is salts
fed with 1.36.
The fact is that in malt liquors, such
as beer. the American nowadays has far
outdistanced the American of 1850, rails
ing the average from an insignificant
I5S gallons to 17.49 gallons. In the mat
ter of wines the American never has
been a heavy drinker. What makes up
the heavy figure Of his consumption Is
mostly beer. and even this is not the
heaviest kind of beer.
To say. then. that the American peo-
pie are more intemperate now than they
were fifty years ago would be a very
rash statement We know, on the con-
trary. that sobriety has been constant
lv on the increase
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
JAPANESE NOVEL HAS
ONLY NINETY VOLUMES
Immense Possibilities in Treatment Of
Plot in Extenso.

'Tt is recorded as something remark
able that a Japanese novelist has COM
pIeted a story which occupies ninety
volumes. Such work would seem
rather long If one had to review It, out
there are possibilities in the very long
novel. One very we'll known writer has
frequently said that If he were entirely
free he would select group OF charac-
ters and at the end tell what happened TO
them in a single twelvemonth. In the
next two years he would carry matters
op for another twelve months, and so
on to the end.
1t is not incredible that he might do
this with complete success, for where a
man has written seriously he very often
leaves his characters at the end OF the
book in such relations that they can
not go on living in the world without
helping to make another and an inter-
esting story.-London Post.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
SHEPHERD WAS DESPOT
At BATOPILAS MINES
How the Family Lived in Quaint Old
Mexico.

Not far away is Batopilas. whore for
fifteen years lived one of the most re-
inarkaoie and eccentric characters in the
country. This was Colonel Shepherd. for
merly OF Washington, where he was
known as Boss Shepherd who lfved
ike the Khan of Tartary in a great
walled city of his own building. In mis-
employ was an army of several ttou-
SAND people, over whom he maintained
an absolute. if kindly and beneacant
despotism. He was literally monarch of
all he surveyed, and would permit no
one out his own hired vassals to remain
within the limits of his town.
Shephefd's mines were fabulously rich,
but he regarded the price of silver as
100 low and WOULD sell only enough TO
pay the running expenses of the mine.
For hTteen years he kept his men at
work in the face of steadily declining
market. firm in the belief that the price
OF silver would go up and that a railroad
would be built to his mine.
He died with both his dreams un-
realized, but the Mexican Central Rail-
way is building a branch that will mass
close 10 his walled city, and his mines
VIII no doubt soon be reopened. The ore
dug and stocked during his lifetime still
remains piled up in huge mountains CT
millions OF tons around the shafts. II is
said that the Guggenheims. of New
York. are negotiating for the purchase OF
bis holdings. II they succeed in obtain
ing them the Batopilas mines NAV rank
among the greatest producers In the re
public. ."-Monterey Correspondence New
York Press
The Washington times., 1903-08-23

of oil from the iivers Increases toward
the close of the season.
IN the spring. when the cod are but
i'll fed after their winters vicissitudes.
it takes nearly four gallons of Iivers to
make one of oil. In the summer three
will do II, for their food is more abun-
dant. and toward the autumn it can be
obtained from two, besides being better
and richer oil then. The fish itself is
also better eating at this time
1t requires but a moderate outlay. q
few hundred dollars. to engage in refn-
ing cod liver oil The factory is but a
labor easily obtained. Given cleanliness
and the use of untainted materials and q
product can be realized which may be
drunk almost Ike water. Newfound-
land oil has been for a generation. from
the causes above cited. slightly below
the Norwegian in the worlds favor; but
now the shortage OF the latter has given
the former the chance TO supplant it.
and this it is the ambition OF every New
foundlsnder to do. and to retain the po-
sition in future
All the devices practiced by the Nor
wegians to purify their oil are now IA
miliar to their rivals: every new expert
ment they make is soon attempted in
st. Johns and ST. Pierre also. The French
cannot. under most favorable eircua-
stances. supply a tenth OF the demand,
and the struggle remains between Nor
way and ''Terranova." There are many
reasons to be cited why the latter should
win, but the Norwegians are active and
intelligent competitors. and one reverse
will not dismay them
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
THE BENEFIT OF SIMPLE HABITS

leaders of the Germans, that the body is
the basis, and must be simply and COM
pletely nourished in order to perfect the
soldier. statesman. or the peasant
Bismarck's great work had for its
basis the recognition of the simple laws
o. nature. He followed them, and as a
result there came about a new man
hood and a new womanhood. first in
Prussia and later in the empire. Bis
marck's natural and acquired astuteness
taught him, as similar perception and
reasoning had taught Frederick the
Great. that political economy. rural
economy, and domestic economy are. as
sciences. closely interlinked and interde-
pendent in their relations TO the state.
While in France as United States min
lister Thomas Jefferson wrote respect
ing the education of a daughter who
was with him in Paris: "Of domestic
economy she can learn nothing here:
yet she must learn it somewhere. as il
else" To his friend. Peter Carr. he
said: "A strong body makes strong
mind" Jefferson practiced his preach
ing by subsisting mainly Upon simple
natural foods. and he labored zealously
all through his busy life for the up
building of an American system of edu-
cation which should teach men how to
live in accordance with the laws OF
nature. He died at the age of eighty
four, and he had not lost tooth, nor
was one OF them defective
It will be recollected that the laws
of Moses are replete with Instructions
regarding the care of the body in sani-
tation and in diet, as we'll as in fasting
and in religious duties. II Is due 10
these laws that the health OF the Jews
when in reasonable condition is so uni
versally superior to that of the average
of other peoples.-London Catering
World.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
AUTOMOBILE TRAINS
WILL RUN IN AFRICA

The first road in the world constructed
especially for automobile freight traffic
is nearing completion in the heart OF
Africa.
II VIII run over mountain and plain for
$40 miles. from Longolodo. on the Congo
Railroad. to Popokabada. on the Kuango.
The British gvernment is building the
road, and the work is being done by hun
dreds OF natives. under the direction OF
seven army officers. The road is in
tended asa feeder to the railroad Au-
tomobiles are TO do the hauling. and
special lot OF these have been ordered by
the government. Each autocar is ex-
pected TO carry load OF two tons. ana
10 make about the same rate that wagon
trains would make.
Where the road runs over plains it is
being constructed twenty-seven feet
wide. but in the mountains IL Will be but
fifteen feet wide. or only Just enough for
two vehicles 70 pass.--New York Press.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23

foundland waters. All sorts OF perils
are encountered by the fisherfoIk They
are overwhelmed by the icefioes. buf-
feted by the gales, battered by the seas
and engulfed by the furious storms
which sweep the seaboard. Not week
elapses without a fishing tragedy. not a
hamlet escapes without it's contribution
to the death roll.
Smacks put out to haul their nets and
never return. Boats are caught in the
fog and their occupants perish miser-
ably. The cruel sea filings UP bodies and
wreckage along the strand, and the wall
of widows and orphans is never ending.
II the total of lives lost round the
Newfoundland shore each year could be
computed it would exceed the loss in
many a modern battle, and yet, year in
and year out, the fsherfolk toll at their
nets and lines. and the heaps of cod
are brought TO shore, the bodies to fur
nish food for many people and the livers
to afford nourishment to consumptive
patients the world over
Over 120.0O0OO0 pounds of cod are
taken annually in these waters. and yet
the livers of only one-third of this
quantity can be used for refined OIL
Two circumstances tend to lessen the
value of this oil-it Is, like most medi-
cines, unpleasant to take, and 1t is la
tle to become rancid. The llvers. to be
refined, must be turned into the boil
ers'' within eight hours of the fish be-
ing caught. otherwise they will be unfit
for this purpose. This limitation ex-
cludes the fish caught on the Grand
The Washington times., 1903-08-23

. Benjamin Franklin, who is famed for
his discovery that lightning is cleo
tricity. and who introduced the Amer
furthermore, as will be remembered,
served America at the court Of France
as minister plenipotentiary, was one
of the leaders OF early modern times
in the study of nature and natures
laws, and not the least in domestic
science. His first maxim was: Eat not
to dullness; drink not to elevation.
Even in his youth his mind was filed
with schemes for self-regulation and
guidance. and he set before him the
task OF acquiring the habitude Of GER
tain cardinal virtues based upon simple
living and habits of thought. His con-
slant effort was to better the conditions
of mankind. and his methods were in
tensely practical
Since the early times simplicity of
preaching, teaching and eating has been
the great factor in the worlds advance
ment- The great mass OF mankind do
not understand or care for abstruse
reasoning.
The record of the life of Abraham
Lincoln is traced back to that time when
he was seen sitting on a rail fence in
one of Americas small Western villages
with a law book in one hand and with a
piece OF maize bread In the other. Abra-
nam Lincoln was man of simple hab-
Its, and his greatness was to no small
extent dependent upon that early sim
pheity and goodness which gave strength
TO conscience. mind and body.
Frederick the Great fostered above all
agriculture and the cultivation OF fruits
and vegetables. His endeavor TO beneht
Els people was based upon the natura,
Lows pertaining to their health and sim
pie happiness. He recognized the fact.
ever since clear TO the minds of the
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAVERED

dent. as we'll as the woman and the
bishop. Finally IL ended. The door was
opened hastily. and the woman, over
come by grief. staggered from the Presi-
dents room. She would have fallen had
it not been for the support given her by
the venerable bishop. For the first time
the little girl saw that her mother was
in great distress. Rushing forward, she
clung 20 her mothers skirts of mourn
ing and began sobbing bitterly. The
strength of the bishop was taxed severe
ly in assisting the broken-hearted moth
er and weeping child TO the carriage.
Visitors were greatly surprised at this
unusual scene. and were curious to know
its cause. but no one ventured to in
trude upon the sad party
Within the office President Roosevelt
was almost as profoundly affected. He
had been sorely tried. For nearly an
hour he had been engaged in desperate
struggle between doing his sworn duty
and performing an act of mercy. Dur
ing this ordeal he was compelled to wit
ness the woman's grief and to listen TO
her fearful and earnest pleadings and
prayers. 1t is not to the discredit of
the man to say that he wavered. But
his sense of duty was strong. He had
sworn to execute the laws of his coun-
try. Finally he reached a decision
When he announced it the woman
swooned and the President tenderly min
istered TO her needs
AS the carriage departed with its
,.
quired the cause Of the woman's woe
"The President denied an appeal for a
pardon" was the laconic reply.
During the visit which gave the child
so much pleasure and caused the mother
such exquisite anguish the fate Of the
father and husband had been decided
The gallows were to claim another
victim-New York Press.
The Washington times., 1903-08-23
MORAL DOWNFALL OF PET CAT

her accustomed cushion. But no pray
ers for her She simply looked around
the family circle in a scornful manner,
and then. with erect tail and indignant
mien, walked out of the room. Since
then neither bribe nor persuasion has
availed to make her attend the family
prayers.
Pussy Sadly Degenerates.
But II is not only in the matter OF
prayer attendance that the once worthy
cat shows signs of moral degeneracy
Formerly the most peaceful and we'll
behaved of cats. she is now ready TO
fight any dog that comes within sight Of
the house. She is averse to petting. and
reluctance. all the time watching q
chance to run of. Once she was most
select IN her choice OF cat companions.
now she firts with every disreputable
Tom for blocks around. In her every ac-
tion she displays the characteristics of
a cat who has turned tail on the True.
the Good. and the Beautiful of cat es-
thetics.
It's too bad sighed the minister's
little girl. whose especial pet the cat
used to be. She was such a good cat
Always on hand for prayers, always
ready to be petted. And now she acts
like regular heather cat. that don't
care for anything or anybody New
York Times
The Washington times., 1903-08-23

UsT before President Roosevelt
started on his recent Western
- tour a closed carriage was driven
70 the entrance of the Executive once
and a high dignitary of the Cathohc
Church emerged and gallsntly assisted
. woman and a small child to ahght,
The woman was young, prepossessing.
and stately. She was attired in a cos
tune of mourning It was apparent at
glance that she was laboring unoer
severe mental strain. and the efforts
of the bishop 10 comfort and console
her were unavailing. She appeared
dazed. and she moved slowly toward the
Presidents ONCE, as IL dreadlng the
interview for which arrangements had
been made in advance. So deeply ao-
sorbed was she in her mission that she
forgot the light-hearted child with the
faxen curls. who was too tender In
years to appreciate the gravity Of the
situation which brought her mother to
the White House.
While the troubled mother was wait
ing impatiently and with heavy heart
to be admitted to the Presidents office
the beautiful little girl made friends
with the other persons who had gath
cred to see the Chief Executive. and
with the policemen and ushers. She
captivated all OF them. 1t was unfor-
tunate that this ray Of sunshine did
not see Mr.. Roosevelt. for he always
capitulates to children. She romped and
enjoyed her visit immensely and her
merry laughter seemed strangely cut
of keeping with the imposing surround
ings. After an anxious wait the mother
and bishop were admitted TO the Presi-
dents Office. and the little one played
on, hlissfully unconscious of the serious
business being transacted within.
The interview was a protracted one,
and IL was a trying ordeal for the Presi-