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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30

aries or their defendants are men OF
vast wealth in the new colony. Hawaii
is a first class example of this sort OF
religious" work. The description is
not given as in any way rejecting upon
the sincerity of the original mission
aries. for the result is one which they
cannot in any way control. Here, then.
added to the notion of Christianity as
a farce that opposes devotion TO the
emperor, which is Japanese patriotism,
we have the notion Of Christianity as
an entering wedge - conquest,-Whleh
it always has been all over the earth
1t is no wonder that japanese have
little regard for the missionaries that
some even had sympathy with the
Boxer movement and that they often
regard the worthy and aggressive men
of God especially those of the Greek
or Roman Catholic church, as a sort
of spy.
In the light of what has already been
said, it is no wonder also, that the few
Japanese in Japan who are really fol-
lowers of Christ, refuse utterly to link
themselves with the foreign Christian
churches They are an independent
japanese Christian church. They have
found that they can be patriotic and
still be Christians. But they reject
the missionary with his Bible and rifle
and his landgrabbing brother, behind
whom stands Foreign Office with war
vessels and armies. The missionary
nevertheless continues 70 come. and no
one Will again oppose him by force.
But he is wasting good energy which,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30
VIM. G. IRWIN ( CO., LITE.
FOR

AGENTS FOR
Western Sugar Refining Co.. San
Francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Newali Universal Mill Co., Manu-
facturers of National Cane Shredder
New York, n. z.
Parafflne Paint Company. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Ohlandt & Co, San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co, San
Francisco, Cal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30
JOHN NELL
Uate of Cation, Neil & Co.. Ltd.)
4Removed to I33-I35 Merchant
Street.
ENGINEER and MACHINIST

All kinds of light machinery and iron
worl made and repaired. VIII con-
tinue to buy and sell all kinds of new
and second hand machinery and give
estimates on building material, hard
ware, wood or iron.
A list of secondhand Sugar Machin-
cry and other Machines and Tools in
good order on hand and for sale, cheap
for cash.
Representing w. T.. GARRATT &
CO., of San Francisco, Cal, Manufac-
turers and Dealers in Brass and Iron
Goods for water. steam or gas, and
Engineers Supplies. viii be prepared
to receive and fill orders for anything
in their line.
Prices on application.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30

Wandering over salisbury Plain on
Whit Monday. a correspondent came
across a large stone inscribed: Turn
me over" After much difficulty he sue
ceeded in turning it over, and found on
the under side of the stone the words:
Now turn me back again, so that
can catch some other idiot. Tit Bits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30

Exchange bought and sold.
Commercial and Travellers Letters d
MIA and n. NJ. Rothschild & soazs
London.
Correspondents: The Bank of Cas-
fornia, Commercial Banking CO., mf
Sydney, Ltd, London.
{ Drafts and cable transfers on Chim@
and japan through the Honglkong ara
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank Of India. Australia ana
China
Interest allowed on term deposits 80
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice. at Pc cent
Three months, at 8 per cent
Six months, at s5a per cent.
Twelve months, at per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Act as Trustees under mortgages
Manage estates, real and personal.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers, wills, bonds, etes
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEPT.
Auditors for corporations and pEs-
vate firms.
Books examined and reported on.
Statements of affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or involves
estates.
Office, s24 Bethel street.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits received and interest allow
ed at 41a per cent per annnm, In ae-
cordance with rules and regulations
copies of which may be obtained sm
| application.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Agents for FIRE, MARINE, LIFIs
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance Office, 924 Bethel Street.
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if 'half what they say be true" is
really much needed in the great cities
of his own country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30
Bishop q Co, Bankers
ESTABLISHED IN 1883.
BANKING DEPARTMENHE.

Transact business In all departuaAa'
OF banking.
Collections carefully attended t.
Exchange bought and sold.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24
CURIOUS OLD MANUSCRIPT
FROM DESERT OF COBB
Brought to America from the Standardized Cities
of Chinese TurkeStan.

New York, April 2S.-The dis
tinction of first bringing to Amer
lea fragments of manuscripts
from the ancient. sand-buried cities in
the Taklamakan desert of Chinese
Turkestan, which was first discovered
by Sven Hedin in 1866, has fallen to
the lot of Oscar T. Crosby of Wash
ington, D. C..
Mr.. Crosby, who has recently re-
turned to this country, obtained the
manuscripts in September of 1903,
while he was in Khotan, Chinese
Turkestan, Quitting for a journey
up the Tibetan plateau. After much
chaffering the native owner parted
with the precious bundle for the mu-
nifcent sum of twenty rupees-about
$3.50.
These fragments of the records of
the now long-lost cities Of Central
Asia have been placed temporarily in
the Smithsonian Institute in Washing
ton, where they are attracting consid-
cradle attention from photographs, es-
pecially since a language not yet de-
ciphered appears. in some of the frag-
ments. This is in addition to two
other languages also recorded in the
bundle-Sanskrit and one simply call
ed Central Asian.
The fragments in Sanskrit are al
most wholly Buddhistic literature, dat
ing from $50 A. D. The other frag-
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10 and 10 Brou0hton Street West.

met with adventure. But his latest
was the most exciting.
After climbing from $500 to $4,000
feet in four days up the rugged and
forbidding sides of the Kuen-lun
mountain range to the Tibetan pla-
eau, Mr.. Crosby's caravan-there
were five who made the ascent
Travelled for thirty days over the
trackless waste of eternal snow with
out catching sight of a human being.
At the end of that period the food
supply ran dangerously low. and for
eleven days Mr.. Crosby faced starva-
ton, until a party of Kirghiz no
MAIDS, found by a scouting party,
came to his assistance and furnished
him with supplies.
Mr.. Crosby was formerly a first
lieutenant of United States Engi-
neers, and was graduated from West
Point. He entered the academy from
mississippi. He was pioneer in
the commercial development of cleo
tricity, leaving the army, in com
pany with several other officers, to
engage in this field.
He has held important positions
with two of the most important cleo
trical concerns in America, and his
work in atmospheric and other re-
sistances to trains at high speed in
the early nineties was initial. He Is
recognized authority on electric
railways. But his recreation is trav-
cling for purposes of historical re-
search, and it has led to American
possession of fragments of important
manuscripts that hitherto have been
cornered by the British Museum and
the Russian authorities. Daune.
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CITY BREvITIEs.

The board of managers has decided
to close the public library Memorial
Day night
The handsome summer uniforms worn
by the A. d. T. messenger boys for
the first time yesterday, were furnish
ed by l.. Adler.
st. Stephens Episcopal Church, col
ored, netted a generous sum from its
recent bazaar and fair, and is grate-
full for the patronage and donations it
received.
Mr.. Isadors Israel will open his new
drug store on Bull street, under the
Oglethorpe Club. on Oct. 1. He will
have handsome fixtures and modern
store in every way. The first nova
ton soda fountain used in the South
will be installed by Mr. Israel.
Grand Secretary ] S. Tyson, Of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Geor-
gia, has been advised of the institution
of lodges at Vienna and Unadilla, in
Dooley county, and at Willacoochee, in
Coffee county. The lodge in the last
named town will be known as the
Stonewall Jackson Lodge, the other
two lodges named for the towns in
which they are located.
Mr. w. M. Bennett, manager OF the
Kalola Company, has resigned that
position, effective May 1. to accept
a place with the Doctor Brosser Med
ical Company of Atlanta. Mr.. Bennett
though he has been in Savannah but
few months, has not only done good
work for the Kalola Company, but
has made many friends who will re-
greet his departure. In going TO At
lanta- however, he goes to his old
home, where he will receive q warm
welcome.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24
WASHINGTON SOCIETY GAY WITH
DINNERS AND RECEPTIONS
Cabinet Functions, Countess Cassni's Bazaar,
and the D. A. R.'SPrince PuLon En- Route.

Washington, April 2S.-Mrs. Roose-
Welt is again entertaining her sister,
Miss Carow, who was with her dur
ing the early part of the winter, but
went for a Southern trip some weeks
ago. Miss Carow spends a part of each
wear abroad, generally in Italy.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
are also entertaining Mr.. Owen Wister
the author of THE Virginia" and other
stories Mr.. Wister and the President
are old personal friends. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt are giving a
series of small and informal dinner
parties. Two of them took place dur
ing the past week, and invitations are
out for three more.
There was an air of officialism about
the entertaining of last week, quite I'M
usual at this time of the year. 1t was
caused by the resumption of the cabi-
net dinners, which have always be-
fore been ended with Ash Wednes-
day. when the Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Shaw gave their annual
dinner to the President and other menu
hers of the Cabinet The affair was
postponed from it's due course by a
death in the Shaw family. Mrs. Roose-
welt was not present, having gone to
Groton, Mass, to bring her two boys
home who had returned there to school
only the previous week and were both
down with the mumps. The oval table
in the Shaw dining room was beauti-
fully decorated with sweet peas, While
jonquils and other spring blossoms
adorned the double parlors. Next week
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt will
be the guests of the Secretary of Com
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

was the first American to cross the
Abyssinian plateau to the Nile coun-
try, and by so doing he was able to
correct several geographical errors
and throw new light on the plateau's
topography He has also furthered
geographical knowledge of Somali-
land and the Soudan. He has re-
corded the effect OF extreme climatic
conditions in Alaska, Western Mexi-
co, and the wild West, and he and
his companion, Capt. Anginian, on the
Tibetan trip, are the only white men
who have penetrated into Northwest
ern Thibet. Therefore, Mr.. Crosby is
one of the two living men who are
able to speak authoritatively to the
world on that trackless and dreary
portion of the Roof of the World"
Mr.. Crosby is also the first American
to visit the important Central Asian
city of Khoton.
Naturally, so wide a traveller has
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

ments have not yet been sufficiently
studied to fix a date, but 1t is more
than probable that when the experts
have deciphered their meaning and
contents much light will be shed on
the people who once lived and moved
and had their being in stretch of
country that is now one great waste
of sand.
Mr.. Crosby owes this piece of good
luck primarily to a determination of
years standing, which he has con-
sistently followed out, personally to
study the human race under the va
rious climatic conditions obtaining
in different parts of the world, and
to make historical research himself
instead of relying on some one else's
word for the information he desired.
This ambition has carried him on
to the worlds three great plateaus-
the Mexican, the Abyssinian and the
Tibetan, whittier he was bound when
he secured the bundle of manuscripts.
He is probably the only man living
who has been on all these tabIelands,
In travelling to reach these plateaus
Mr.. Crosby, of course, had oppor-
tunity aplenty TO pursue his investi-
cations in the countries through which
he had to pass before reaching his
ultimate goal on each expedition. In
this way he simplified his task by
taking these plateaus as obpjective
points.
Mr.. Crosby, on bis various expedi-
lions, has done not a little important
geographical and historical work He
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

Mr.. Crosby, on bis various expedi-
lions, has done not a little important
geographical and historical work He
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24
The PeriIs of Authorship.


By the way, here is true tale of the
perils of authorship which reminds
one of Jobs celebrated saying, would
that mine enemy would make a book"
There is a. woman in Washington whose
name is familiar to all readers of
magazines. For many years she has
written short stories and articles on
various subjects and not long ago she
completed her first book. She took the
manuscript with her when she went
to the sea shore last summer, and there
she met an attractive, well-dressed
woman, who expressed great interest
in her work. The woman, whom we
will call Mrs. Blank, was in the liter
airy line herself. She wasn't an au-
thoress, oh, dear, no; nothing so in
tellectual. She was merely sort of
agent, a go-between, so to say, hav-
ing pull with publishers Her bust
ness was to sell manuscript, not to
write it. She knew just how to go
about getting thing published, and
as she always received a commission
it wouldn't be an act of kindness on
her part to interest a publishing house
in the Washington woman's work. 1t
would be business, pure and simple.
The manuscript was intrusted to her,
and she had no difticulty-so she wrote
lin inducing a first-rate firm to take
hold of it. The authoress was delight
ed. Months passed, and she saw an
announcement of the publication of
her book-but 10! the name signed to it
was that of Mrs. Blank! She wrote
to the publishers. They had never
heard of her, and from the tone of their
reply, it was evident that they did not
believe word of her accusation. Had
she any way of proving her assertion
that she wrote the book? To her dis
may, she realized that she hadn't. She
had merely a carbon copy Of the origi-
nal draft which she had destroyed.
Mrs. Blank knew this, and there was
absolutely no way in which the true
authoress could prove her case. The
publishers are one of the best-known
firms in America, and of course they
are not to blame. Mrs. Blank denied
that the Washington woman had writ
ten a line of the story, and her letters
had been cleverly devised to give no
hold on her. The author is simply out
of a years work and the proceeds of
a moderately successful book, and so
far she has been able to find no re-
dress.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24
Countess Chssini's Bazaar.

Gu COISlQGIdllOll.
Countess Chssini's Bazaar.
Countess Cassini's bazaar for the
benefit of the Russian Red Cross So
ciety opens Monday and the big park
surrounding the Barber residence will
have a touch of old-world splendor not
previously seen in Washington. Said
the enthusiastic little Countess: Il
want everyone to be there. would like
to feel that the humblest person in
your fine capital is as much interest
ed in my enterprise as the richest peo-
pie of society,"" With this hospitable
expression the Countess admitted that
cash receipts have already reached
the ten-thousand-dollar mark. Among
other unique features, there will be
continuous vaudeville performances,
and the young men of the embassy
staff will serve regular dinners each
day in the mansion. A band of Rus
sian children from New York will, dur
ing the evenings, dance in the Rus
sion style, the music being furnished
by a gypsy orchestra. The Marine
Band will furnish the principal music.
The Countess has issued dainty circu-
lars announcing the programme. A
sale of especially imported novelties
from Paris, including the latest mod
els in blouses, parasols, hats, neck
wear, boas and fichus; also gloves, ho-
siery, and perfumeries is another fea-
ture. To be ratified will be a piano,
one hundred bottles of the best cham
payne, silver toilet service, a special
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ing later to the play at the Lafayette
Theater.
"Ameriea,s Great Dress Parade."

Theater.
"America's Great Dress Parade"
The thirteenth annual convention of
the continental congress of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution has
filled the city with thousands of we'll
dressed and Misunderstanding women
from every state and territory in the
Union. The busy opening day of the
congress was followed by a brilliant
social function, when Mrs. Charles w.
Fairbanks, president general of the
Daughters" standing beneath the
graceful folds of a huge American
flag artistically draped along the main
floor in the Corcoran Art Gallery, re-
ceived the 5000 members of that or
ganization. The congress is being held
in the largest theater in the city,
which is packed from pit to dome in
all its meetings.
Flags festoon the walls, and flowers
beautify the stage, and the attendance
is much larger than in any previous
year. Rich gowns and fashionable hats
make the big auditorium a scene of
gorgeous coloring and beauty. The or
ganization is called by outsiders the
great Dress Parade of America. The
boxes of the theater are occupied by
past officers of the order, honorary
members and other distinguished
guests, many of whom add to the gen.
eral artistic effect by wearing corsage
bouquets or carrying punches of cut
flowers. Tuesday afternoon the corner
stone for the new $500, 900 Memorial
Continental Hall to be erected by the
national society, was laid with elab-
crate and impressive ceremonies. A
large number of interesting social en-
tertainments has been arranged for
the Daughters during their visit here,
which will crowd every available mo-
ment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24
Prince PuLOn of China En- Route.


The first of the many dignitaries
to be entertained in Washington dur
ing the time of the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton will be Prince PuLon of China,
who is now en- route from San Fran
cisco, and will reach Washington to-
morrow. The royal visitor, who is
first cousin to the Emperor, will be
accompanied by a suite of ten Chinese
dignitaries, all of whom will be re-
ceived by the President Monday after
noon. The Chinese minister will give
large dinner party in honor of the
Prince, and Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Foster a reception. 1t is also expected
that the Eastern dignitaries will be
guests at the musicale to be given
at the White House next Monday even
ing.
Mrs. Van Rennselear-Cruger, Julian
Gordon" in her books, has closed her
house in this city and gone to New
York. Located in an old-fashioned
part of the town, blocks from the
fashionable center, Mrs. Cruger finds
her Washington residence we'll adapted
to the drudgery of her literary work,
and will return here soon. Her house
was once the home of the British lega-
ton, and is very spacious, the fashion
and culture of old Washington-the
fashion of a quarter of a century ago
clustering about it.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett las
the world still knows her, though that
is no longer her name since her re-
marriage, and there is now another
Mrs. Burnett, her ex-husband having
lately taken to himself another wife),
spent most of the past winter in this
country, at Asheville, N. C. She has
now gone to Kentucky for a prolonged
visit with friends What has become
of the new husband, who is many
years the junior of the authoress, de-
ponant saYeth not.
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merce and Labor and Mrs. Cortelyou,
when these youngest hosts of the Cabi
net circle will bring the series of din
ners in honor of the President and his
lady to a close for the present sea-
son.
The COrteIyOu Delayed Dinner.
april 26 is the third date elected by
Mr.. and Mrs. Cortelyou for their Cabi-
net dinner, the function having been
postponed the last time by the death
of Senator Hanna. In view of the
growth Of the Cabinet circle and fixed
proportions of the average dining room,
the change suggested in the beginning
of the present season in regard to
the annual dinner of each Cabinet
officer in turn, has been practically de-
clded upon and will doubtless be the
rule next season. 1t was Mrs. Roots
idea and practically excuses the Cabi-
net officers and their wives from in
Wiling each other to the dinner in
honor of the President and his wife,
and allows them to make up their COM
pany from the ranks of officials or resi-
dent society if they like, just as the
taste, hospitality and visiting list of
each hostess shall suggest. In this
way, it is argued. anything like monot-
ony in the nine successive dinner par
ties would be avoided.
AS the President is prevented by an
obetfait de WI ,nte w,yhfullyiurubsrfi
from accepting dinner invitations from
any host outside his official family,
which the Cabinet circle is supposed to
De- this change in Cabinet entertain
ing would give each host an opportuni-
~ to introduce a new element into
the weekly attention offered the Chief
Executive and make the occasion much
more brilliant; and it goes without
saying that invitations ITO meet the
PRESIDENT of the United States" would
pc considered the highest possible honor
10 the recipients, and afford many
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

Washingtonians an opportunity of din
ing with the Chief Executive who are
now debarred from that privilege, no
matter what their claim to distinguish
ed consideration.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

importation from Russia including
peasant-made lace, drawn-work, en-
amels and lacquers, with the usual
number of French toys, flowers and
bonbons.
AS the Countess has offered a fifty
dollar prize for the best decorative
poster, and as all work contributed in
the contests becomes the property of
the fair, there will likely be a lurid
display of poster effects. Men and
women of the highest standing in the
nation are responding heartily with
time, money and talent to the young
Countess laudable effort; and with
the magnificent setting afforded by
the fine park aSd spacious mansion at
Belmont, the spectacular effect will be
a revelation.
Diplomats in Knee Brooches.
The small dance at the British en-
Ibasy when Miss Durand welcomed
her friends in the costume she wore
as the Warehouses of Gotham in the
play of the night before and most of
her guests attended in fancy dress
and powdered hair, marked the return
of the British embassy to its old place
as a social center. The dance was linn
tied to young people and personal
friends of Miss Durand Most of the
younger diplomats appeared in pink
coats, knee breaches and silk stock
ings, which, with artistic lighting
scheme scene first introduced by Lady
Herbert in the spacious ball room,
added greatly to the picturesque eff
feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Mclean en-
tertained at a small dance this week.
The guests were the young people who
have been enjoying Mrs. McLeans hos
pitality in this informal fashion
throughout the past winter. A few
evenings before the same hostess gave
a dinner party of twelve covers, at
which the guest of honor was Miss
Alice Roosevelt, the young people go