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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-11
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN ENGINEER
ING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD

At a meeting of the American-Ha-
waiian Engineering & Constructf0u
Company, Limited, held June 9Th, 1870.
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
The officers with F. ]. Amweg, A NJ
Campbell and ]. B. Rohrer CONSTITUTES
the Board of Directors.
H. c. EASTON,
Secretary
Honolulu. T. H., June 8th, 1903
6501
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-11
CAPT. COOK LODGE.
SONS OF ST. GEORGE, NO. aSs.

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
above Lodge will be held in San Az
tonic Hall, Vineyard street. on Mon-
day, June 22d. at 1880 o'clock.
Bv order.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
GEO. W. HAYSELDEN,
Secretary
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-11

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The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

cloud bank on the outward edge
long streak of black crossed the sa+eI-
ties red face like a fantastic mustache
It's quivering reflection seemed like a
path, along which marched columns OF
fiery helmeted troops, jostling and
struggling in eager hurry.
IT'S a blasted fine night" said the
second mate, hopping his bare fore
head with a bandana handkerchief.
but We can't always tell what'u turn
up before morning in these regions"
The mate was hanging limp over the
poop rail, like wet towel.
You'd kick anyhow" he growled.
What you want is to sail under a
glass case"
The second mate and I were severe
ly testing with our combined weight
the strength of a canvas hammock.
slung between two stanchions. The
ease he was enjoying caused him to
overlook the mates caustic remark.
''Now, the ordinary lubber," he con-
tinued, would think as how it couldn't
blow about here, but I've sailed the In
dian Ocean quite some. and amt so
easy to fool"
NO" broke in the mate, at takes
an extraordinary lubber like you to
put the barometer out of business.
Blessed If 1 see why we need a barom-
eter aboard with you here. You're as
good as a nautical instrument shop,
blessed if you amt! Reckon you could
take a sight and figure out days
work with an old soup bone!"
The second mate seemed meditating
for a while, as though striving to COM
pose fitting sarcastic retort, but evil
IDENTIFY gave it up as hopeless, venting
his full scorn in the brief remark:
Jaw, tell with ye!'
The air was Sultry. A low mist crept
out from shore, bringing a smell of
damp earth, suggestive of a florists
hot-house. A few lights from the town
twinkled through. The beacon on
Shippers Island glared at regular in
tervals, then dwindled to a mere red
speck, like a sleepy owl winking at
us. We who were aft could hear the
men ford conversing at lazy inter
walls in sleepy, drawing sentences.
Finally the moon seemed to have
made up her mind to dip into the haze
on the black line of the horizon the
thick atmosphere distorting her blood
red roundness into all sorts of un-
moonly shapes. AS she began slowly
to be absorbed a light tropical show
er drifted overhead, sending down big
soft balls of tepid water that struck
our faces like hot tears.
With low, drawing curses the Off
GERS arose and stumbled down the COM
panionway. The forecastle door rat
tied as the men crawled in. Finally I,
too, aroused enough energy to aban-
don the deck, leaving it to the drowsy
vigil of the night Waterman in the
donkey room midships.
1 turned in and almost instantly
dropped off into a black, dreamless
sleep. 1t seemed but a minute, al
though it must really have been sew
eral hours, before 1 suddenly awoke. A
strange, heavy sensation over my
chest sent a chill of fear through me.
From overhead, on deck, came low
soughing roar, the ship trembled, the
beams creaked, and some invisible
power, incomprehensible for the mo-
ment, lifted me slightly and pressed
me heavily against the bunk board
The dimly lighted cabin outside my
door seemed misunderstanding From
the pantry came crash Of falling
dishes. Another culver, lurch, and
CONTINUED on Page Twenty-nine)
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13
WHEN THE DON ADOLFO
TURNED THE TUATLE.
BY ALBERT SONNICHSEN
Able Seaman, Author of Deep Sea Vagabonds"
Copyright, 1903, by Albert Sonnichsen.

The nature of the various oceans
seems to exert curious influence upon
the people who live on their shores.
The cold northeast seas rise in slow
and ponderous wrath, pounding and
growing and roaring, giving full
warning of the coming fight Such
is, also, the temperament of northern
races. But the sunny equatorial
seas, shimmering in tropical beauty, are
ever uncertain of temper, treacherous,
quick to smite when least expected.
A flash of anger. whirl of destruc-
ton, and all is over. Again the waters
smile, ripping, and tapping the dead.
Beware of their insidious beauty; be-
meath the limpid blue turks destruction
and death.
Such is the impression gained in
five years of sailing over many seas.
from the icy North Atlantic to the
balmy Bay of Bengal.
The old wooden bark Don Adolfo
was we'll known on the Pacific Coast
in the early days. She sailed under
Nicaraguan colors for several rea-
sons. First, she hailed primarily from
Corinto; second, she was too I'M
seaworthy ever to be registered in any
American port. Her former South
American owners sold her to old Bis
chard, of San Francisco, at a low
price, and were pleased to be rid of
her. When 1 joined her as an appren-
tice she was fitting out for a trip to
Western Australia with load of lum-
Der, and was manned by as mixed a
crew of ocean vagabonds as ever
sailed a ship of doubtful reputation.
Surprise was universal when her
safe arrival off the Swan river was re-
ported, but it was in that smiling
tropical harbor that she nearly met
her end, and that is just what 1 am
going to tell about. How that old
the big Pacific without more mishap
than the loss of her rigging re-
mains an unsolved mystery. Who will
say that the sea has no pity?
The harbOr of Freemantle is broad
and long and partly open to the sea.
Only Shippers Island breaks the long,
oily swells rolling in from the Indian
Ocean outside. Within the water is
one broad eXpanse of shimmering
blue, so clear that in sailing over it
the lime-white corals on the bottom,
fathorns deep, seem covered only by
an azure mist. All around stretch
creamy beaches, dancing back and
forth with baby rollers, children of
the booming breakers pounding the
jagged reefs outside
Here it was that the old Don Adolfo
was anchored, after discharging her
entire cargo on lighters inside the
breakwater, far out from shore, with
plenty of space in which to swing
about her anchor. 1t is an important
point to remember that her hold was
empty, swept clean from fore to aft.
That was bad her skipper should have
known better. In a few days. though.
the loading with Yarra iron wood
would begin, and make a cargo re-
quiring no ballast under it.
1t was a beautiful night, not quite
clear, for overhead the indigo sky was
splotched by inky smears of vapor.
Still, as 1 have said, it was a fine night,
and so warm that all hands fingered
on deck. loath to turn into the sitting
hunks below. The moon, too, low on
the seaward horizon. seemed unde-
cided about retiring into vague black
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

There's one man in history I should
have lied to see hanged" said the
Doctor. And he is the chap who in
vented holidays"
Hear, hear" CALCULATED the Lawyer.
''Them's my sentiments. too, Doctor. "
You're an ungrateful wretch" cried
the Idiot, opening his eyes wide in
amazement. "Of all people in the
world a Doctor should be the last to
Jump on poor Adam for that"
whats Adam got to do with it?"
growled the Doctor. II never men
toned the mans name"
"You just said you'd like to have
seen him hanged" retorted the Idiot.
"Ill leave it to anybody within sound
of your voice if you didn't. Didn't he,
Mr.. Poet?"
II didn't hear him-he said he'd like
to see the man who invented holidays
hanged" replied the Poet
Same thing" said the Idiot. Adam
was the guilty party. He took day
off, if you remember the story Of his
nefarious career. and left Mrs. A. to
the tender mercies of the serpent, who
induced her to put up few jars Of
apple preserves that have kept the
world in a colicky state ever since 1t
was that holiday OF Adams that
plunged the world into all the troubles
it has had to endure since. 1t was
that holiday that forced clothes, and
therefore tailOrs and dressmakers'
bills upon an innocent posterity. 1t
was that holiday that stimulated the
brains of our original ancestry and i'm
parted to posterity a thirst for knowl-
edge which has filled the earth with
unrest and our sanitariums with pa
tients who are trying to find out how
old was Ann"
Then why shouldn't I wish to see
the chap hanged?' demanded the Doc
tor. Even on your own showing the
inventor of the holiday deserved to get
1t good and hard, and l see no reason
for withdrawing from my original
proposition"
You don't seem able to diagnose
your own case correctly" said the
Idiot. Your symptoms betray, even
to a lay mind, indications of a bad at
tack of ingratitude. Where would you
be but for that holiday of Adam S /?
You wouldn't have professional leg
to stand upon. Even apart from the
bad taste of publicly announcing that
one of your ancestors deserved hang
ing, from the mere standpoint of your
bread and butter, you ought to be
ashamed of your attitude. If Adam
GdQ ATTENDED 10 business IndL DAY and
watched the apple he was put there to
guard as faithfully as he should have
you wouldn't have had measle
or a mump to your name. If, instead
of taking that day off he had provided
himself with a good stout hickory club
and whacked the serpent over the head
with it, the moment he stuck his nose
out through the branches Of the apple
tree, and tried to get up a Irritation
with Eve, to whom he had not been
introduced, appendicitis, squills, govt,
rheumatism, cod-hver oil and other
human ills which are the sole assets
of your profession would have been
non est, and yet you want to see this
benefactor of your branch of the hu-
man race strung up to a tree with as
short shrift as if he had stolen a
horse from an Arizona petrified wood
ranch. Granted that the rest of us
have suffered from Adams invention,
you and Mr.. Brief have no cause
Of complaint against him on that
score"
Il don't see how you get me into
it, said Mr.. Brief.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

you were pretty nearly exhausted with
your days work, and 1 happened to
be the only person in the house who
had the particular kind of nerve tonic
you needed to brace you up. l don't
grudge you the nerve tonic, and Joined
you in a good-sized dose of it because
was feeling tired myself-three fin
gers after dinner and four more be-
fore retiring-eh? Remember that?'
The Doctor grinned broadly. 81 ack-
knowledge the corn" he said.
st wasn't corn, Doctor" smiled the
idiot in return. "It was rye"
we'll paid you for it, didn't ~"
said the Doctor. II gave you a pre-
scription for use when you happen to
be in a prohibition state, or stranded
in a dry town over Sunday. Do you
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13
cali that base ingratitude ?"

call that base ingratitude?"
mo, SIR" replied the Idiot. you've
never been ungrateful to me, but 1
think you are inclined to rub it in on
poor old Adam. AS for the Christmas
holidays, the same facts hold true.
There are more colds caught by men,
women, and children during the Christ
mas holidays than the statisticians,
working eighteen hours a day can re-
cord. In the shopping rush at the last
minute ribs enough are broken, ankles
enough sprained, and nerves enough
Frustrated to pay the doctors hand
somely. AS far as I can find out, yours
is one of the professions that most di-
rectly benefit from the holiday habit
which has taken so strong a hold upon
the American public"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

ally, should not realize the blessings
of occupation. Until a man discovers
that he likes his work and really hates
the interruption to its regularity, he is,
one"
Then you do not believe that the in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

ventor of the holiday should be hsnv-
ed?" said the Bibliomaniac.
mo" said the Idiot. But his MIC
ture should be hanged in every home
in this Union. He has taught every
teachable man in the world the vaIns
If having something to do"
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-10-30
LOCAL MENTION.

ZOCAL NlE LIN 1lSJ1N'
Many Of our cottages have been
rented fo1 the season.
See the News Depot's new statione-
nv ad in this weeks issue.
Jack frost came in early this year
earlier than ever known before.
Art squares, rugs and mattings at
Patchs.
DR. Judd has very fine new horse
and buggy-the latest style out.
c. D. 1'arbell and wife will arrive
from New Hampshire this week.
The pattern hats are going fast
call before it is too late at Hayes &
Thomas.
We are going to close out all our
clothing snd mems hats. Until they
are closed you can get bargain
Miss Mary Keller, Miss Mabel Kel-
ler and Mr.. Raymond Keller are now
with G. T. Patch & Bro.
Steel tacks set in large glass heads,
the newest thing to put up wall dec
orations with at the News Depot.
Hon. J. Men Johnson Of Aberdeen,
paid our office pleasant call Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Fox will preach at the
Congregational church next Sunday
at II clock a. nj.
Gents ST.. 90 negligee shirts 75c at
Patchs.
Miss Montrose will do dressmaklng
and can be found at the Giles cottage,
on Page street.
The pioneer edition of the Free
Press will be complete with the towns
history, and will be we'll illustrated.
Get in your notice for small ad and
leave your order for extra copies.
Genuine Powhattan Clays, Fine
French Briar Real Merchaum and
the famous Edison corn pith Cartridge
pipes at the News Depot.
Thieves entered the grocery store
of M. N. ,Sugg Wednesday night and
appropriated ham and some small
change. They have not been captured.
Where pure bread is made-town
trade supplied on quick notice. Tele-
phone your orders Out-of-town
trade supplied regularly. Mail orders
receive proml t attention. Prices quo
ted the trade. The BAKERY,
Phone 20.
We are having special sale on
short lengths of ribbons lustthe thing
for fancy work. Hayes & Thomas.
Turner's N. c. Almanac for 1904 is
the standard, For sixty-six years it
has been getting better and BETTER it
is of unquestionable value to every
one, and gives satisfaction to every
BODY. Price 10 cents. Ennis Pub
fishing Co., Raleigh, N. c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
American Vineyards.

Itis estimated that about 400 ,o0o acres of land in the United States arc plantec with vines.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
FORMATION OF GOLD NUGGETS.
Experiments tn Laboratory Show How Nature May Have Produced
 Lump of Precious Metal.

That gold is formed from solution Is generally recognized. The miner re- ceives the theory because it explains the making of gold to him, but he often won- ders how it is done, so here is what has been seen: Daintree once prepared a solution of gold and left in 1t small piece of metallic gold. Accidentally 2 small piece of wood fell into the solu- ton; the solution decomposed, the gold assumed a metallic state and collected and held to the small piece of undis- solved gold, which increased in size. An other investigator, says Mines and Min erals, heard of this and made dilute gold solution, in which he immersed a piece of iron pyrites and left it there a month. He added also organic matter, e.6d at the months end the pyrites were covered with film of metallic gold. Pyrites and galena were next tried, and each was covered with gold Gold, cop per pyrites, arsenical pyrites, galena, wolfram were also tried with similar re- suits. Metallic precipitates were tried, and while they threw down the gold as a metallic powder they did not cause it p cohere nor to plate any of the sub- stances tried. Organic matter thus seemed the necessary chemical agent. Through the wood used in these experi- ments gold was disseminated in fine particles. imagine those experiments conducted by nature through ages and the result could be nugget.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
Theatrical
 Fraternal
yAupDv1LLR AT THE JACQUES.

VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES.
 That Manager Poli reckoned well in arranging his holiday week show at the Jacques is being amply well dem onstrated by the large attendance marking each afternoon and evening this week. Emmett Corrigan and con- pany in "The Pot and the Kettle" make a splendid headline feature, and the enthusiasm their playlet awakens is the best possible evidence that 1t IS to the liking of the Jacques patrons. MT Corrigan Is keen artist, as might be expected from his brilliant success in "Ben-Hur'' and other legitimate at fractions, and he has a very effective co-worker in Miss Monroe. Man ning's entertainers, who are associate headliners with MT Corrigan. have an eccentric acrobatic comedy sketch that is nothing but fun from the opening to the close. It is well calculated to share with MT Corrigan's playlet the enthusiasm and applause of the audi ences. The rest of the bill Is all fn keeping with the headline acts, making up a show of rare excellence in all its numbers. The contributors are the Gardiner children. Brandow and Miley, Armtrong and Holly, Tom F. Jarvis, Iill's marionettes, and the cleo trograph. Prices are 10, 20 and 30 cents; afternoons 10 and 20 cents, la dies 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
BACTERIA EVERYWHERE.
Much Time--nd Money Wasted fin Futile Efforts to Escape
 the Germs.

Radium destroys germs, but radium costs 5000 times as much as gold. If a barber puts fresh towel under the head of each customer he raises the price of shave, says Golfers Weekly. If he were compelled to sterilize his instruments, to the degree undertaken by one medical barber shop in Paris his fee would approach the dollar mark Every man who smokes puts a generous allowance of germs between his teeth. Uncooked food, like salads, has the bac- teria of the water with which it is pre- pared. Not only are we unable wholly to avoid the deadly germ, but many un- doubted methods of outwitting him cost too much in time, money or abstention. Some there be who avoid cars, and oth- CTS the public carriage, from dread of exchanging germs with occupants. There are even those who at the the- ater, prefer box because it promises species of bacteria superior to what is offered in the stalls. At the opposite extreme are thousands who gayly drink from any vessel, and many who by the use of public towels and soap exchange honest soil for insidious beasts The number of deaths caused by careless ness probably surpasses tho number en- couraged by worry, but both are great The best chance belongs to the man who calmly takes what precautions are easy and within his means, and omits the rest without wasting thought Secure in the knowledge that death turks in every flower and hurts us most in apprehen- sion, he is obseryant without timidiry and careful without anxiety.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30

flowing with milk and honey. Wheat and oats had been harvested and for the most part hidden away, but corn was still standing, pumpkins covered the ground, cattle, sheep and swine, poultry, vegetables and honey were found in abundance.
 While enjoying the luxuries on every hand, the Confederates looked ahead and prepared for the long winter. There were hand looms in the country, and sometimes the soldiers were given a bolt of cloth by citizens in sympathy with their cause If the owners of the cloth were not patriotic in that direc- ton the stuff was taken anyway as a necessity of war. Longstreet's men belonged in Virginia and had been long from home on many weary tramps. They were nearly barefoot It was the boast of the Yankee soldiers that they could do anything in emergencies. For once the Confederates displayed versatility not looked for among the sons of gentlemen planters. Soldiers in gray tanned the hides from beeves killed for food They made shoe pegs and shoe lasts and turned out hun dred pairs of shoes day for the GOV. ering of the feet of the most needy.
 Naturally the Yankees didn't lnnk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
aHITMAN HEARTS. :"

This beautiful play has been secured for the last three days of this week at Polls, with matinees Friday and Sat urday. This great play has been uni versally praised for its heart interest and the beautiful moral story it tells. making an evening well spent for all who see 1t. The old adage that "a good man should marry none but a good woman was never more truly illustrated in fiction than in Human Hearts" No dramatic author has ever given to the stage more idyllic character than Tom Logan. a big. whole-souled son of the soil, one of natures own noblemen," who has fallen into the snare of city adven- turess and is only saved from ruin and destruction through the prayers of a loving mother. little child. and the love of pure. innocent girl, the sweet heart Of his boyhood days. Prices are popular.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
Troopers Fighting Hungry
 4 roRTIETH ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY
rcopyaght, 1905, by c. L. Kilmer.I
ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY
January 1928. iss4

ECopyright. 1903, by G. L. Kilmer.J
 U%IGHTING often turns on the S question of bread, and if rations 1 had been plenty in east Tennes.
 see on both sides of the line in January, 1864, the Yankees and John nies would have been content to pass the winter as they began it, simply looking at each other As it happened, both armies, the Confederates under General Longstreet and the Federals under General Foster (Burnsides for mer command), were cut off from their government supplies. The country was comparatively rich in farm products, but when 4O,000 hungry soldiers and their mount and draft animals swooped down on the valleys, of the Holston and French Broad scramble for some thing to eat was inevitable.
 After his vain attempt to capture Knoxville in November, 1863, Long street hovered about until all hope of reioining the Confederates in Georgia was cut off. Late in December he crossed the Holston to a land literally