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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-18
Auction Sale
OF
Valuable
LeasehOIds
AND
Fee Simple Lands
ON SATURDAY, FEB. %, 1903,
AT II O'CLOCK NOON,

At my saIesroom, AZ Queen street, 1
will sell at public auction, the follow
ing valuable Leases and Fee Simple
Lands:
First.-Leasehold of property on the
northeast corner of Vineyard and Fort
streets and at present under rental to
Mrs. CAMEL. Property has a frontage
of rs feet on Fort street, 223 feet on
Vineyard street and a depth of 140 feet
on the eastern boundary. There are six
roomy houses on the property.
Buildings are insured for SO 900 Pur-
chaser will have to pay a ground rental
of $3.50 per annum, and receive IN rem
tails from present tenant 81, 100 per an
mum. Lease has nearly 20 years to
run. Copy of lease can be seen at my
office.
Second.-Property on Liliha street
near King street. Property is in part
fee simple and part a leasehold.
Fee Simple: Residence lot on Liliha
street, frontage on street of SO feet and
a depth of 50 feet. Comfortable house
in good repair on the lot. Two lots at
back of this lot are also in fee simple.
Leasehold: Large lot adjoining the
fee simple property and having two
dwelling houses thereon, with ample
room for several more dwellings. Lease
hold property is about 15Sx1S0 feet, with
a wide entrance from Liliha street.
Leasehold is for about II years at an
annual rental of $500. Property is now
rented for 5000 per annum, it being op-
tiona1 with purchaser to allow tenant to
remain at this rental, the property can
be improved so as to bring in a greater
income.
These two properties are fine oppor-
tunities for investment; a, good profit
in rentals now coming in.
For particulars as to price, terms and !
plans of lot apply to
JAS. r. MORGAN,
10 C,,oo, g.. |
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-18

I. I. S. N. Co. per cent.
Waimanalo 1 per cent.
EXCHANGE.
Following are the current rates of ex-
change to countries named-Gold Basis:
Pacific Coast, SOC. per 500, $50 or less
lie: cable transfers 45c. per $780,
Atlantic Coast and Canada, Soc per
800. $50 or less-25c.; cable transfer csc.
per 500.
France, SO francs per Dollar.
Frankfort, Germany, 24A per Mark
Auckland and Sydney, s4901s Pound
lar.
Hongkong, SS5s per Mexican Dollar.
Manila and Iloilo, 1914 Mexican Dol
lar.
Annoy. Singapore and Shanghai. 4OA
Mexican Dollar
Yokohama, soc. per Jap Yen.
Hiogo. Kobe, Nagasaki. soc.
London, sight purchasing, $4S91s
London, so days. $4.s61s per Pound
LOCAL PRICE LIST OF PROVISIONS
AND FEED STUFF.
Bran $270O
Flour 1895.
r. Barley $3.50
Oats. So TO 500.
Bacon 2lc. per III.
Wheat Hay $4,000.
Corn $3S. co.
Cracked Corn S39. 90
Wheat $500.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Mrs. H. Luning, 1-story wood store,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17
Personal Notes.

George w. Cable. the author and lee
turer, is a visitor in New Orleans. where
he says he has come to gather materla
for a new romantic novel.
Senator Frye once refused to write his
"reminiscences for u magazine, declaring
himself opposed to the telling by public
men of tales out of school"
Emperor William, it is said, makes ii
a point never to be behind hand in his
business He is too good soldier to let
even work attack him in the rear.
When President Roosevelt visits the
Rocky Mountains this spring he has ex-
pressed the desire to climb Mount Shasta,
the giant of the Siskiyous, which towers
14,410 feet above sea level
DR.. George L. Meylan of Boston, has
been elected adjunct professor of physi-
cal education and medical director of the
gymnasium at Columbia University, and
will enter upon his new duties Septem-
Der !.
Gilbert Walker, an English meteorolo-
gist, who was recently appointed director
of the British Weather Bureau in the In
dian peninsula, is in Washington to study
the methods used so successfully by the
American Weather Bureau.
Because the inha bitants of Scituate, near
Boston, refused to hear letter read from
Thomas w. Lawson, expressing his views
on LIQUOR license at town meeting, he has
reconsidered his promise to give the place
a $50, 900 soldiers monument.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17
TAKEN AS AN OMEN.
When the Hangman's Rope Broke All
Said Purdy Was Innocent.
DENVER POSt.)

Denver POSt.)
although l never saw but one hang
ing, l witnessed sight that even pro-
fessional hangmen have not seen," said
said A. A. Albrechton of Columbus,
Miss. 1T was at my home. A young
Mississippian named Purdy had been
convicted of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to hang. The evidence
was wholly circumstantial, and before
he was accused of that crime the
young man had borne an excellent
reputation. He was also connected by
marriage with some of the best people
in the state.
Nevertheless, he was sentenced to
hang and the. Governor would not re-
prieve him. There were two factions
in the community, one believing him
guilty, and the other considering him
innocent. The latter talked of rescue,
but it was all talk. y
THE scaffold was not Enclosed and;
when young Purdy assembled the gal
lows he walked erect and fearless. He;
denied his guilt, and all who saw him.
were compelled to admit his bearing,
was that of an innocent man. The
black cap was pulled over his face, the
sheriff pulled a lever, and the next we
saw was a man getting up from the
ground, snatching the black cap from
his head and declaring dramatically:
God has proved my innocence.
"The rope had broken. That was
enough. Former enemies turned into
adherents. and before the sheriff could
again take his prisoner to the gallows
and get another rope he was in the
center Of a crowd of thousands of peo-
pie, all of whom were swearing there
were not sheriffs enough in Mississippi
to hang an innocent man.
"PuTdy was taken home, and an es-
cort of $50 armed and determined men
went with him and remained until
there was no danger of any further
proceedings being taken. Without any
legal formalities the matter was allow
ed to drop, and Purdy is living IS miles
from Columbia, respected and happy.
Joy almost killed his wife when she
saw him alive at the time she expected
his corpse to be brought home. To
say Purdy is guilty is now almost as
much as a mans life is worth down
there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

marriage rate and the general DEATH
rate as we'll as the death-rate from
special causes, compare with those In
other states In former years letters
received in the Office of the. secre-
tary of the State board of health from
some of the leading life insurance com
panies in the country indicated bene1
on their part that the mortality from pull
monary diseases, and particularly from
pulmonary tuberculosis in the state OF
Maine was excessive. Our system OF
! registration of vital statistics has, how
ever. shown that in this respect the state
of Maine compares favorably with any
other state and that the death-rate from
pulmonary consumption has materially aaeiaara
| diminished since our system or reglstra-
| ton Of deaths was begun in 1892. IL
The records of births marriages, at1
deaths fESm s Ys enr lSs2 ons rs now Nv 1
office ofrae, sssYetssfy Of .tlfy- State boad
and these records may be consulted bt
any time during Office hours by any p@i'
son who has occasion to refer to thehl
under the rules required foEHkRsir safe
keeping WA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

Much of the work of the State and
local boards of health. if we'll and in
diligently DONE must be based upon
the answers which the laboratory
alone can give to frequently recurring
questions. Is this case one of diph-
iberia. or tuberculosis, or typhoid
fever. or malaria, or CHAMBERS, or
plague? is very often a question for
the microscopically aided eye Of the
bacteriologist, and for him alone to
decide. Without laboratory help the
physician, on matter how wide his
clinical experience may have been, is
often unable to make a positive dag
nosis, and how disastrous may be the
results of an error or a disagreement
in diagnosis, various local boards of
health have had occasion to report to
this office during the past year. In
the absence of public health
laboratory the frequent urgent appeals
for help from citizens, local boards of
health, and physicians must continue
to answer that the State board OF
health has no facilities whatever for
laboratory work either chemical or
meteorological and regrets that it can
not render aid. Whether the well Or
aqueduct which furnishes the do
nestle water supply is the source Of
lead poisoning suspected by the at
tending physician, or is probably the
source of typhoidal infection. or in
what disproportion as compared with
othes states which have laboratory
safeguards. our State is receiving and
consuming adulterated food products
or whether in the interests of the pub
lie safety a longer continued quaran-
tine of diphtheria patient. or eau
tionary instruction to a typhoid patient
is required, cannot be answered. In
the opinion of the State Board of
Health this condition of things is not
only unsafe, but is uneconomical, and
is not creditable to the State of Maine.
1t is the sentiment of many private
citizens who understand the situation
as we'll as of those classes of persons
entrusted with the preservation of the
public health and the cure of disease
that we must have a laboratory OF
hygiene.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

In dealing with the present epidemic
OF smallpox a serious difficulty arises
from the fact that the true nature OF
the disease so frequently remains I'M
recognized until the infection becomes
more or less widely diffused. In most
OF the cases which have appeared in
this State, both the clinical history
and the charact aristics of the eruption
are typical of smallpox in. the mild
form. A few cases, however, are so
atyOical that there is great difficulty in
arriving at correct diagnosis, and in
these cases it is thought that the paper
Of DIR. Dillingham; may be helpful.
The State of Maine is peculiarly ex-
posed to the danger from smallpox.
on our north. on both sides of the ST.
John river. is q population, but few of
the persons in which have ever been
vaccinated. The nightmare of small
pox in this region has hung over the
State Board of Health since it's estab-
lishment in 1885. BY good luck, and by
the prompt action of the board or it's
medical inspectors or the local boards,
smallpox has hitherto gained no foot
hold there. In the lumber regions of
the northwestern part of the State it is
sheer good luck that, before this win
ter. smallpox has never been introduced
into the camps. In some of the west
ern states, outbreaks of smallpox in the
lumber camps have resulted in serious
disaster to the lumbere interests. The
possibility of a like result for the
operators in this State can be averted
only by requiring the vaccination of all
men before they are hired to go into
the camps or to go on the drive. The
general vaccination Of the men before
they are hired is practicable only
through a statutory requirement and
yearly seasonable notification Of this
to provincial woodsmen as
well as to those within the State. Dur
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A full and complete registration of
births, marriages and deaths is from
many points OF. view an important matter.
The records of births, marriages and
deaths are in many cases of great SER
ice to our courts of justice Before
these courts there frequently come the
questions of heritage. and the legitimacy
)r illegitimacy of children. In the absence
IF official records of these events. attor-
neys and citizens have sometimes in
cured great expense in searching tor rec
}rds. In the settling of pension claims, a
similar use Of vital statistics IS made in
those states where a comprehensive sys-
tenn of the registration of vital statistics
las been carried on long enough. These
records are also frequently needed to de
termine the questions of citizenship and
The legal right of suffrage. The omission
of q physician or a parent to report a
birth to the town or city clerk may, and
sometimes has been the cause of irrepar-
able mischief.
From the public health point of view.
1 correct registration of vital statistics, is
in civilized countries generally considered
essential. They serve as q sort of mar
iner'S compass to- tell us which way We
are sailing and how the birthrate, the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

Our public health laws provide for q
sanitary organization which, at home and
elsewhere, is considered creditable to the
State. In some directions, however, as
compared with the sanitary codes in other
states, our laws are defective. Those per
sons who have legal obligations imposed
are often in doubt for the reason that
their powers and duties are not clearly
enough defined In few directions en-
'ctments are needed to deter the vicious
viduals and communities. The State
board has however deemed it best thai
the shortcomings found in the practical
administration of our existing laws ShaH
serve as indications of the need OF addi-
tional legislation or amendments to our
present laws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17
Nervousness and Nerve.

The more nervous a man is, the less
nerve he has. That sounds paradoxi-
cal-but it isn't; for nerve is stamina.
Hoods Sarsaparilla gives nerve. 1t
tones the whole system, perfects diges-
ton and assimilation, and is therefore
the best medicine nervous person can
take.
If you get tired easily, mentally or
physically, take tit will do you
good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

ing the first three years following the or
ganization of the State Board OF Health
in 1885. several outbreaks of smallpox
occurred in paper mills using rags. a
law was then enacted requiring the
vaccination OF all persons working IN
these mills. Since then, not a single
case of smallpox has originated in THESE
mills. Nothing but similar REQUIRE
ment will be likely to save the lumber
men from loss and save the State the
heavy cost of caring for smallpox out
breaks in the unorganized townships
in the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17
Among the leading causes of death

Among the leading causes of death
are those disorders of the digestive
system in infants which are due to
faulty methods of feeding. The State
board has for some time felt that
mothers and all other persons who
have the care of young children should
have trustworthy leaflets at hand on
the subject of infant feeding. The
special paper in this report may be
considered as an effort to present the
latest and most trustworthy conclu-
sions on the various points relating to
infant feeding and which may serve
as the basis of circulars for more gen.
eral distribution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

The whole responsibility for the
prevalence of smallpox in any place
rests upon unvaccinated persons. The
general rule is that the person VINO
has had smallpox once will never have
it again. There are infrequent eX-
ceptions to that rule. No more fre-
quent are the instances in which vac
cination fails to offer absolute protec-
ton against smallpox in any, even the
mildest form. To insure this absolute
protection, more than a single vaccina-
ton may be necessary. If previously
vaccinated and then revaccinated not
too long before exposure, immunity
thus conferred against smallpox is I'M
doubtedly as complete as it would be II
q person had experienced an attack of
smallpox.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-17

infant IeeulnS ana WHICH Illdy serve
as the basis of circulars for more gen.
eral distribution.
In what degree we may escape the
payment of that fearful tribute which
tuberculosis has long levied upon the
human race will depend upon how far
We, as a people, can appreciate the
significant truths that tuberculosis is
not hereditary, that it is spread or
propagated by infection, and that, its
true nature recognized somewhat early.
it is eminently durable. Tne most inn
portant rules for it's prevention arr
not by any means so difficult task to
learn as that of the mastery of the
rudmentS of the three Rs which we
place before our children. Aside from
the hereditary apathy engendered by
generations of suffering from this CHIEF
of scourges, there is no reason why the
State of Maine may not save large
proportion of the one thousand or more
lives still sacrificed to tuberculosis
and at the same time save annually to
the State good part of the one OF
two million dollars lost with these
lives. or spent in unintelligent and fu-
tile efforts to save them. In this work
the State board of health and the
Maine State Sanatorium Association
invites every citizen and every former
son and daughter of Maine to lend a
hand. Money is needed to give tenn
porary aid to the worthy or unfortu-
nate poor who are the subjects of tu-
berculoSis infection, and in humber
way he who cannot spare money may
IA hot
which a case of consumption occurs
may not remain without warning of
the danger which threatens other
members of the household and of the
means of obviating the danger.
Though there is no reason to doubt
the correctness of the teaching that the
cause of extensive outbreaks of typhoid
fever is almost always to be sought IN
a water supply which receives sewage
or in milk from Il dairy where TYPHOID
exists. there still appears to be need
enough of cautioning local boards OF
health and the general public that not
all cases of typhoid are thus caused.
Once brought into household, it may
spread otherwise, and particularly
through the medium of infected cloth
ing. bedding, and the carpets and floors
of the typhoid sick-rooms. Extreme
cleanliness in the sick-room and trust
worthy disinfection of the infected
room and all that comes from 1t are
urgently needed. The work done in
this direction particularly in the dis
infection of the typhoid dejecta If
done at all, is generally done in alto
gether too slip-shod and perfunctory
a manner. The methods of carrying
out these precautionary measures have
been fairly we'll worked out scientifi-
cally and are given in Circular AZ,
which should be put into the hands OF
every family in which case of typhoid
fever exists. For the want of printed
directions in regard to what should
be done and how it should be done
when typhoid fever is present in
household, many secondary and I'M
necessary cases undoubtedly OCCUR
every year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
First in consideration in making a bank
note is to prevent others from making q
counterfeit of II.
Therefore, all the notes Of a certain de-
nomination or value must be exact dupn-
Gates of one another. II they were engraved
by hand this would not be the case.
Hand engraving is more easily counter
feited than the work done by the process
actually used.
Every note" said an official Of one of the
leading bank note companies, us printed
from a steel plate, In the preparation OF
which many persons tax part. II you Will
look at a IS greenback you Will see a
picture in the center. a small portrait, called
q yignette, on the left. and in each of the
upper corners a network of fine lines with
a lark ground, one containing the letter V
and the other the figure 8.
ITO make a vignette it is first necessary
to make a large drawing on paper with
great care. and a daguerreotype is h
given to the engraver, who uses a steel
point to. make on 1t all the outlines OF the
picture. The plate is mixed and a print Is
taken from it..
while the ink is still damp the print Is
laid face 10y on a steel plate, which has
been softened by heating it red hot and let
ting it cool slowly. 1t is then put in a press
and an exact copy Of the outline Is thus
made on the steel plate.
This the engraver finishes with his
graver, a little tool with a three-cornered
point, which cuts a clean line without leav-
Ing a rough edge.
Now. this plate is used for making other
plates-it is never used to print from. 1t
must be made very hard and this is done
by heating it and cooling it quickly. A little
roller OF softened steel Is then rolled over
it by a powerful machine until its surface
has been forced into all the lines cut into
the plate. The outlines Of the vignette are
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18
CAUTION IN BANK-NOTE MAKING
Ingenious Combination OF Hand Engraving and
Process Work Which Counterfeiters
Try to Duplicate.

thus transferred to the roller In raised
lines, and after the roller ia hardened 1t Is
used to roll over plates OF softened STEEL
and thus make IN them sunken lines exact
ly like those in the plate originally en-
graved.
..The center picture Is engraved and trans
ferred to a roller like the vignette, but the
network in the upper corners, ana also on
the back of the note. lie made by the lathe
This machine costs $1,000 price that puts
It beyond the reach Of counterfeiters- It's
work is so perfect that 1t cannot be imi-
tated by hand. The lathe engraves the net
work on softened steel. and the figure In the
middle of it is then engraved by hand. IL
is now hardened and transferred to a roller
like the Others.
The plates from which the notes are to
be printed are of softened steel and largo
enough to print four notes at once.
-Four engravings of the note must. there
fore, be made on 1t, and this is done by roll
ing the hardened steel rollers containing
the raised pictures over II In their appro-
PIRATE places. until the pictures are pressed
into its surface.
THE fine lettering around the borders OF
the note IL transferred in the same way. but
the other lettering is put on by hand This
process saves a great deal Of time and II
secures absolute uniformity IN the four en-
cravings on the plate.
The back parts of the note are printed
first, and when the ink Is dry the green
back Is printed. to be followed by the red
stamps and numbers.
'It Is then signed and issued. For greater
security one part Of the note is engraved
and printed at one place and another part
at another place, when 1t Is sent to Wash
ington to be finished and signed.
But. needless to say. after all this care
and all these safeguards. many skillfully
executed counterfeits have been made and
issued. some of them SO coed as to deceive
expert Judges Of money"