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Arizona republican., 1904-02-15

VULCAN IRON WORKS, 9I7-9l9 N. Main St, manfrs. stamp mills ore crush CTS. well tools. General machine work.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-15
CARPETS AND RUGS.
MACHINERY, ENGINES, ETC.

WESTERN IRON WORKS, 90S-92s N. and pumps. Complete irrigating plants
Arizona republican., 1904-02-15
Sorthern California Advertisements
BOOTS AND SHOES.
REGAL SHOES by Mail.

S9.75 per pair. express prepaid. 150 styles for MEN AND WOMEN. IA sizes and widths. one price. 55 stores. Tannery to consumer. Catalog and self measure ment blanks on postal request. Los An geles store 22z w. Third St., near Broad way. A. s. Vandegrift. Manager.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-15

That's curious looking cane, ma- Jor' said the visitor. "A memento of the War Of the Rebellion, supposed"
 Yes replied the old veteran. Ut was made from the hollow log I oc- cupied at the famous battle of Bull Run."-Chicago News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
October 18th, 1904.
The Editor Hawaii shinpo.


The Editor. Hawaii Shinpo.
Sir:-It is a pleasure to respond to
your invitation to say a word of greet
ing to Prince F'ushimi, a man whom 1
have seen on the battlefields of China
and learned to admire for his soldierly
virtues. The Prince was a brigade
commander in the Wei-hai-wei CAM
paign and was at the fall of the last
Chinese stronghold which the Japanese
attacked in the war of 1S94-95. No
General had the love of the troops and
the respect of the foreign attaches and
war correspondents more than he; and
as one of the correspondents 1 am es-
pecia1ly glad to see him in Hawaii. He
is welcome as the manly Prince of a
manly race: and as the representative
of a people who have borne an arduous
part in the development of these
islands. Il
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
REGARDING THE waffle.

The practical interest being taken in
Hawaiian industries by the United
states Department OF Agriculture is
again evinced by bulletin issued
October 8. This is entitled, The Gull
tivation of the Australian Waffle and
it's author is David G. Fairehild, agri-
cultural explorer. Referring to the
fact that. whereas formerly the supply
of waffle bark for tanning purposes
came from Australia, within the last
I'VE or six years the plantations of
Natal have begun to supply large
proportion of the article. the author
refers to an. expedition of inquiry as
follows.
"a short stay in the region was not
enough tc. put the writer in possession
of all tie ms and outs of this new Gull
ture, but the facts gathered during a
visit to one of the largest and best
managed estates in Natal may be OF
interest to Americans in Hawaii and
elsewhere
Inen, IN q IoOLnote, a j. H1etekS,
botanist in charge of seed and plant
introduction and distribution, gives
the following information:
LAS Mr.. Fairchild points out, con-
siderable of this bark is already being
produced in South Africa. and, al
though it is probable that few parts
Of the United States proper are suf1
GENTLY free from frost to make th'
culture of the waffle tree profitable, i
is successfully grown in the Hawaiian
Islands, where it is regarded as i;
promising industry. A tract of fv'
acres OF thirteen year old trees at tn,
Hawaii Experiment Station has beer
under experiment for a number o
years, and bulletin describing tn
growth of the trees and the marke
value of the products is now in prep
aration.''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
AN INSURANCE PRECEDENT.

Fire insurance companies may not
have souls to differentiate them from
other corporations, but those involved
in the Baltimore fire have evinced the
possession of an honest business con-
seriousness. They have acted on the
theory that the fire was continuous and
that therefore they were liable under
policies that expired at an hour subse-
auent to the commencement of the out
break. Commenting on this action of
the underwriters the Insurance Index
New York; says:
1--WE think that this is both a fair
and sensible view to take of the matter.
1t would have been impossible to renew
policies during the time the conflagra-
ton, which commenced about noon
Sunday. was il. progress, for the whole
to reason that property owners would
have, in some shape. renewed the pro-
lection they then had if there had been
no fire. We think the conf1agration
made everything in the con1agration
district one risk, which commenced tol
burn when the fire broke out, and that
every live policy in that district at that
hour was liable until the authorities de-
cIared the fire. out. Whatever their
legal or technical rights We're. We are
not surprised to hear that the COM
panies took the broadcast and most gen
ercus view of the matter
If this incident be Hken as prece-
dent by the ins,rance world. it win
materially enhance the confidence that
should exist between the honest classes
Of both insurers and insured
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
THE ShlNPO WELCOMES
II. J. J II. PRINCE FUSEiIMl
(continued from page J.,

same time, copy of the edition will
constitute pleasant and lasting souve-
mir to him and his countrymen residing
here, of his visit. I am equally con-
fident that from reading your edition,
His ISlperial Highness will appreciate
the excellence of the publication, and
it's power and influence amongst the
japanese population of the Islands.
Renewing my wish for your success,
and expressing the hope that the visit
of His Imperial Highness to Honolulu,
will be pleasant and enjoyable, both to
him and his countrymen.
1 am, respectfully yours,
ROBT. w. BRECKONS,
United States District Attorney
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31

The closing paragraph of the present
bulletin reads thus;
.'An industry which pays SO Wen IN
the new country of Natal, and does not
require large amount OF hal LABOR
sixty men being sufficient for 24oo
acres. is worthy of the attention OF
American cultivators. The climatic
conditions seem favorable in Hawaii,
but whether they are as favorable as
they are in Natal, where it is claimed
that the species grows more luxuriant-
ly than in its native land, may be
question"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
STRAIGHT SHOOTING.

Systematic efforts are being made by
the National Board for the Promoeioii
of Rifle Practice, a body organized I'M
der an Act of Congress of 1903, to oD'
tain the passage of bill making hberal
.nnrooriatfons for the equipment OF the
National Guard with modern Weapons
the purchase of outdoor ranges, the
equipment of arrnories and schools with
indoor ranges, the purchase OF am
Ynunition and, in a word, the encourage
nent of rifle and revolver praclice
ar,one all citizens capable of bearing
arms in time of war.
The central motive of this new mill
+arv scheme is that of imparting the
confidence of skill to the militia an"
tho reserve defensive force of the ma
ton. ..seIf-reliance is quality with
ont which a military unit-be it com
many. battalion, a brigade VI
,z;,y;s;on-cannot amount to anything
an effective force" as a recent mill
ta,y essayist puts it. Given two pooies
of troops of equal size opposed to each
other. the one knowing that IL possesses
+he abiIitv to shoot as accurately and
70 do as much damage to its opponent
az the other can possibly infilct upon
II that body of troops never VIII De
come pafifc-stricken. 1t can be Wieloeo |
at the will of its commander, and maae |
70 narforrn feats that would be utterly |
impossible to a body of troops with
.o,,t confidence in itself and its AFFINITY
10 take care of itself.
IF our troops of the future possess
every qualification excepting one, and
that one be admitted inability to SHOOT
effectively, nothing but disaster might |
he expected until dearly bought expert
ence in the field had somewhat repaired
M deficiency. In case of war this
year producing the sudden necessity OF
placing an army of. say, 100000 men IN /
the field, what might not be liable TO
1,annen2 There are at present only |
se 0so enlisted men in our infantry and
cavalry. Presumably a half or third
would be on duty in the Philippines,
-, PORTO Rfco and at distant stations
from which they could not be with
drawn. so that only about $4,000 trained
soldiers would be available as de-
pendat,e quantity. Our National Guard
can only be ordered into service for
nine months. so that as we could not
calculate upon holding them during the
war. we should at once have. to or
ganize, as heretofore, volunteer troops
made M 20 the extent of about 80 per
cent by civilians, so that practically so
per cent of our 100000 men would be
civilians who will not have been able
to obtain the national arm they are
called upon to use, and who today have
not place to use it if they could get
it.
It would therefore seem that If we
are going to present a better defensive
force than those who in the near past
have failed ANONYMOUSLY, we must
take steps to supply the most neces-
sary qualification of ability to shoot III
our recruits who will be mustered in
for service when war comes, Congress
should afford whatever financial assist
ance is necessary to provide ranges,
ammunition and guns, so that our
civilians as well as our National
Gnardsn1en may have an opportunity
to learn to shoot.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31

Panama hats appear to be as great
an incentive to crime in Hilo as the
suppositious bag of gold was to the
town Of Hadleyburg in Mark Twain's
story. Another resident of the rainy
metropolis has gone to jail for his too
fond attachment to the Isthmian line
of headgear. If the "accursed thing"
were a special brand of umbrella, peo-
pie would not wonder if the peniten-
tiary We're crowded with members. of
the Achan family from Hilo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
President Merchants Association
HONOLULU CHAMBER OF COM


Honolulu, Oct. 9th 1904
The Editor, Hawaii Shinpo.
Sir:-Fhe Honolulu Chamber OF Com
merce extends a welcome to His I'm
perial Highness Prince Fushimi, on the
occasion of his visit to Honolulu, and
the Trustees, if so desired, will be glad
to assist in any entertainment which
may be provided.
1t is hoped that the visit of His Inn
perial Highness will be a pleasant one
and result in closer commercial rela-
lions between the two countries.
Very truly yours.
JAS. G. SPENCER.
Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31

On behalf of the Merchants Associa-
ton of Honolulu 1 desire to assure you
that we look upon this visit as one OF
Importance and one tending to promote
even further the already pleasant rela-
tions existing between our respective
countries
1t will be a pleasure to me to be able
to assist in the entertainment of His
Highness during his stay in our port.
Yours very truly,
GEO. W. SMITH.
President Merchants Association.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
President H. S. P. Association.
Honolulu, Oct. 2sth, 1904.

Honolulu, Oct 2Sth. 1904.
The Editor. Hawaii Shinpo.
Sir:-The arrival of one of the Inn
perial family of Japan in American
territory is an event of marked i'm
portance 1t is the final move of the
great upheavaI which changed aristo-
cratic and exclusionist Japan into a
democratic country. II was a move
mept which, within the life time of any
middle aged man, swept away me-
dievalisrn and substituted modern edu-
cation and western methods in their
place.
That the Imperial Prince should first
land upon American soil is peculiarly
appropriate since it was the United
States, through its agent, Commodore
Perry. which Brought Japan into real
touch with the western world, and thus
laid the foundation upon which Japan's
Emperor statesmen, generals and adj
mirals have raised SO surprising and so
powerful a superstlucture.
Hawaii welcomes the Prince most
heartily Our Japanese population is
large and many Japanese children, born
here, will become citizens of this Ter
ritory. But it is not only the japanese
residents who welcome the Prince citi-
zens of all nationalities will welcome
him, and he will find as great courtesy
towards him here as he received in his
own country. Nippon Banzai.
ALATAU T. ATKINSON,
superintendent of Public Instruction
Former Editor of the Gazette and
Star.
ILLUSTRATIVE FEATURES.
On the first page of the English mat
ter is a picture OF the officers of the
First Division in the Nanshan Hill
battle with Prince Fushini in the
midst. Prince Fushimfs portrait adorns
the opposite outside page, which is the
beginning of the Japanese matter ac-
cording to the Oriental method OF, print
ing. Other portraits are those OF Cen
eral Baron Oku. Mrs. Mkt Saito, presi-
dent of the Patriotic Ladies Associa-
ton of Honolulu, Consul General Mkt
Saito. Governor Carter, Secretary At
kinson and Walter G. Smith. There are
Illustrations showing q group of
veterans of the Chino-Japanese war
and guests assembled for banquet in
Honolulu, several other local groups of
Japanese, the Buddhist temple in Ho-
nolulu, the Alexander Young Hotel, the
steamship Manchuria and various Ha-
waiian landscapes
CONFERREES OF DECORATIONS.
Prince Fushimi will find in Honolulu
quite a number of citizens who have
received decorations from His Imperial
Majesty the Emperor, the Shinpo says.
The list includes citizens of more than
one nation and several races. The
honors were conferred for services to
the Japanese empire in various ways
and will make those who bear them
especially ready to greet the Prince
who is bound to them by such a bond.
Different degrees OF the Imperial Or
der of the Sacred Treasure have been
conferred by the Emperor on the fol-
lowing:
LIST class: Samuel Parker, Robert
Walker Irwin.
and class: William Austin Whiting.
William G. Irwin.
Bird class: Samuel NJ. Damon, James
w. Robertson. John D. Holt, Henry F.
Bertelmann, Robert H. Baker, John T.
Baker, Samuel Nowlein, Charles
Creighton, John Richardson, William
P. Alexander, Charles B. Wilson, Joseph
o. Carter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN SUGAR
PLANTERS ASSOCIATION.

Honolulu Oct. 25th, 1904.
The Editor. Hawaii Shinpo.
Notwithstanding that His I'm
peria1 Highness. Prince, FushImi, is
about to pay a short visit to Honolulu,
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assocla-
tion wishes to extend to him a hearty
welcome, and, through it's Board of
Trustees, will be pleased to aid in any
way in its power to add to the pleasure
of his short stay in the Territory of
Hawaii.
Yours very truly,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31
WALTER CLIFFORD SMITH.
Honolulu. Oct. 9th.

Honolulu. Oct. 9th, 1904.
The Editor. Hawaii Shfnpo.
Sir:-In one respect, it will be in
teresting to His Imperial .Highness,
Prince F'ushirni, to begin his tour of
the United states at this, the most
western outpost OF the great Republic.
He will find here the largest number of
his countrymen, happily engaged in the
various vocations of life. outside of his
own beloved Japan.
They will give His Highness a well
come with that loyalty without servil-
ity. so characteristic of the Japanese OF
all classes toward their Princely House
In addition to their loyal Aloha .
it is certain that the people of all
classes and nationalities join in the
welcome and good wishes to the Prince
and TO the enlightened and progressive
empire which he represents.
If he had time. and the inclination to
| make enquiry, he would find here ar
| example of that beneficence which a
| free, friendly and enlightened inter
course, based upon reciprocity of ser
vice which international, friendly in
| tercourse always gives
As sometime resident and lover OF
Japan. and as a loyal citizen and lover
of Hawaii. I add my mite to the well
| come of the Prince.
NJ NJ. SCOTT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-31

Honolulu, Oct 9th. 1904.
Mr. G Shiozawa, Proprietor, Hawaii
shinpo
Dear Sir:-It is with great interest
that learn from you of the contem-
plated visit to Honolulu of His High
ness the Prince Fushimi.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26
Behind the Human Eyes.

The difficulties opticians have expert
enced In arriving at an accurate dag
nosis of the complaints from which
their patients are suffering have led to
experiments in photographing the eye,
For this purpose an instrument has
recently been invented, affecting OPP
teal science in general, and the fur
Their development of the eye specialist $
profession In treating eye diseases and
faulty vision in particular.
The fact that all attempts to photo
graph the interior or the background
Of the eye had remained fruitless 50
far was due to the peculiar construc-
ton of the eye. 1t is difficult to light
up the interior to such an extent as
to enable one to take a photograph
Of 1t, and even the use of strong
sources of light in the exposure would
require so much time that the eye
would have to be fixed, which would
mean great inconvenience to the pa
tent Now DR.. Thorner has construct
ed an apparatus with which he first
succeeded in photographing the eyes
Of animals especially cats.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26
CHOICE MISCELLANY
EoolinR the DattIenhips.

During the recent mancuvers be-
tween the submarine fotilla and the
battieship squadrons of the British
navy some ingenious ruses were adopt
ed by the former to mislead the latter
One Of the most successful was the
building OF an exact replica of the
coming tower and a short length of
the top Of the submarine OF canvas
material This was painted the same
color as the submarine and was at
tached to the top of the craft. The
submarine then Travelled toward one
of tie hostile vessels, and when with
In range, and as conspicuously as posi-
bic, the canvas structure was released
1t Immediately floated to the surface
Of the water. Directly the submarine
had discarded the mock structure it
sunk again and, completely altering it's
course, approached the vessel from
another quarter.
This canvas affair, being conspicu-
Gus, Immediately attracted the war
ships attention, and a severe fire was
directed upon it. While this firing was
in progress the submarine arose again
to the surface on the opposite side of
the warship ana succeeded in launch.
ing torpedo unobseryed and at close
range. The ruse was therefore com
pletely successful.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26
CHOICE MISCELLANY
The Centenary OF a Duel.

One hundred years ago the 18th OF
July occurred the historic duel by
which Alexander Hamilton, the bril-
liant statesman, lost his life at the
hands of the erratic, ambitious ana
designing Burr. One hundred years
after that sad event, which America
has never ceased to deplore, it is inter
esting to find the city Of New York
buying the old Jumel mansion, at
which both Hamilton and Burr were
favored guests, that it may be pre-
served as one Of the three pre-Revolu-
tionary landmarks remaining on Man
haitian Island.
At this mansion, which stands in bold
prominence upon the heights overlook
ing the Harlem river at One Hundred
and Sixtieth street, Burr lived after he
married the Widow Jumel. His days
there, however. were but another pa
thetic chapter in the life of a brilliant
man who permitted his evil instincts
to master and control his career. The
hundred years that have interviewed
since the Weehawken dnel have only
tended to quicken the worlds appreci.
alton OF the abilities Of the gifted West
Indian, while time has not in any de-
gree dispeled the odium which shroud-
ed the life and public services Of Aaron
Burr-Four Track News.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26

In lecture On old age, delivered
by DR.. Menchnikoff, the speaker ex-
pressed the opinion that senility was
produced by certain physiological
states which cause the beneficent
species of microbes called macroph-
ages to increase too rapidly. Then in
their turn they become injurious.
These parasites flourish in the large
intestine which mammals possess,
whereas in birds they are almost en-
tirely lacking The result was shown
in the person Of the doctors own dog,
which was decrepit at eighteen, while
the doctors parrot, aged seventy, APP
peared to the audience hale and lively.
'It stands proved" said the doctor,
''that senlity Is TN infectious disease,
and 1t should oe possible to treat it
like other maladies, to cure 1t or pre-
vent It,"
The hope was expressed by DR..
Menchnlhoff that serum would short
ly be discovered to counteract the
macrophages and pro!ong human life:
meantime, says the Figaro he rec
commended the consumption of curdled
'milk.-Parls Dispatch to London Mail.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26

In the big room on the fifteenth floor
at &c Broadway, the home Of Standard
Oil, there gather each day between the
hours of II and II o'clock all the ac-
tive men whose efforts make Standard
Oil what Standard Oil is, and there al
50 meet and mingle with the active
heads, the retired captains when they
are in town. Around a large table
they sit. Reports are presented, views
exchanged, politics talked over and re-
publics and empires made and unmade.
If the recorders in the next world have
kept complete minutes Of what has
happcIcd upstairs at 2G Broadway
they must have tremendously large
fircproof safes. 1t is at the meeting
upstairs" that the melons are cut, and
II one of the retired captains should be
asked why he was in such rush TO be
on hand each day when in town and
he were in a talllative mood, which he
would not be, he would answer, "They
may be cutting new melon, and
there's nothing like being on hand
when the juice runs out. "-Thomas w.
Lawson in Eyerybody's Magazine
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26

An excellent illustration Of the value
Of records has been afforded lately re-
garding the question of physical de-
generacy. A firm in the north of Eng
land has compared the measurements
for clothing made two generations ago
with those Of today, the results going
to show that chest and hip measure
rnen.s are now three inches on the av-
erage more than they were sixty years
ago. This sarae conclusion is reached
by the experience of the ready made
clothisrs. These facts, whatever may be
their generality. do not quite dispose
Of the question of degeneracy. They
are what we should expect from the
more abundant and cheaper food of
the people, their better housing and
improved sanitary surroundings, but
the testimony regarding the unfituess
Of recruits and progressive lack OF
stamina in town and especially manu-
featuring populations cannot be disre-
garded.-London Telegraph.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-26
The Cost OF Leap Henr.

The fact that this is leap year car
ries with 1t an effect apt to be over
looked. which is that the annual ex-
penses of governing the nations will
be considerably Increased by the in
clusion of the extra day This comes
home with the greatest force to those
governments which have the largest
armies to feed and provide for. The
French budget commission was met by
the fact that the one day will add to
the expenses Of the war Office for 1904
sum of nearly 100000 francs, which
will be expended In rations for the
men and forage for the horses. When
all the various state DEPARTMENTS are
separately considered the total sum
runs into several millions of francs
Detroit Free Press.