The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-24

many more elegant residences q
-, he because with US the railroad x
rrecedes the towns and creates lneii' x
while in England all routes are alr NM x
Whatever the explanation, the Aaol x
+bat a traveller over the road between
IIo,,,baod and London would not have Q
reason TO believe that England IS eAces
eiyelv prosperous or is over-populateu-
coats" said Dr. Johnson, "a gram
that in England is used as food lol
horses and in Scotland as 1000 LOT
men, ~ :
And where" replied an irate son Oh
"au1d reekie.h where will you mo
such horses and such men,? K
| Tho men of Scotland I have not yet
saan on their native heaths, but the
horses of England are certainly mus
magnificent specimens of muscular
equine development. AS large as ooh
Conestoga. horses. to whom they seem
akin. they have a grace OF outline aiu
a fneness of skin all their own. "isn
I could say as much for the people, pue
T must. as a Christian chronlcler Oh my
own observations admit that the peo-
nile in England look sullen, sloucny'
and stupid:
PERTAINS it is the depressing influence
of a moist climate, perhaps IT is the
soldering properties of the beer; out
Jobn Bull is neither bright of BRAIN
nor trim of gait. He slops along me
pavement in his walk, and hound7fs
enthusiastically in his talk. He trans
acts considerable business with the rest
of the world and does 1t with great
accuracy but he proceeds upon tie
basis that human life IS interninable' |
and human labor of little value IN
financial and commercial matters ne
, has reduced everything to a system
and he relies upon the system rather
: than upon his own astuteness' for pro-
! lection and profit. The consequence Is
; that a clever rogue who gets INSIDE
, of the system can swindle British
e banker much easier than he could rob
an American. The forgeries by when
half a million dollars were taken from
> the Bank of England many years ago.
would have been almost impossible IN
{ New York or San Francisco, for our
keen-eyed bankers and their clerks
:, would have been on the LOOKOUT Ior
. such men as Mcdonnell and Cooper.
- went to a clearinghouse to get smaH
- draft dashed. was identified, and
~ certified. and introduced, and after hair
NJ an hours delay and a vast amount Oh
n verbal explanations, and signing and
n endorsing until 1 was tired of life l
l. received in exchange for my dratt-nol
t. ! the money, but check on another
M banking house. The paying telier
n there kept me waiting until he regis
ip tered the numbers of all the Bank OF
adj England notes he gave me, but al
in though L asked him, he was unable to
i'll tell me why he registered them, for
they We're payable to bearer, and could
not make them more or less valuable
he by any act or omission of mine. AS
~ came out of the bank, I saw a Jew at
80 tired in gaberdine and cap, and wearing
a long gray beard. He was the exac'
ii' picture of a stage Shylock, and ne
he seemed out of place in the jostline
ass throng but I am told that many o.
ose the London Jews retain to this DAY
he the attire and manners of the money
he changers. who lived on Lombard Stree
an two hundred years ago.
ted AAA
I purchased some sleeve buttons IL
en- jewelers. shop in oxford street, hand
aid ed the clerk ten pound Bank of Eng
re, land note. and waited for my change
are He returned in moment with an ink
IN stand and pen, and requested me to en-
W. dorse the note.
or what for?" inquired I, lis the not
oSs not good?'
!i '.Goodl" said he, why it is a banl
ing. of England note, you know"
~ well then" said l. eff it is good
~ what do you want of my endorsement?
Its rule of the 'ouse, SIR said h
-, that all notes of ten pun or over mus
fevv be endorsed
.+Ia That's all very WELL you know" re
INTO joined l, but am a man of some re
sponsibility at home. This is q deman
,.o note, and if the Bank of England shout
or,5 fail the holder of this paper migf
artc come on me for the money. don't pre-
a,,d pose to become responsible for the pre-:
this ent solvency or future management
:, :. the banking institutions of this effe
Irae despotism. I decline to give my pc
This sonal guarantee to help sustain Il
han Bank of England If you think II
MS bank is good, take the note and 81
nth me my change-and after this expire
Jood sion of want of confidence on your pal
mat would like the change in specie
wifi, you repudiate the note, say SO, ana
will will then go and demand gold over t
- of bank counter, and if I don't get
can this paper viii go to protest forthwl'
-,1rv if 1 can find a notary public in Lo
not dom
ward into the eyes ol elifie So " g )
not there came a mixed expression OF I
iras wilderment and terror. Slowly
naat backed away from me down the count
T,h.. to a raised desk in the center OF
act shop. there he communicated in wh
-bicb pers with his principal; returning
Lara handed me my proper change in sc
line erelgns ana shlliinss' aioe ,,,,t+c
and package containing ehe t,- - -
bout l had bought ana never N-,- 80
more dld ne say, not even uiu ns .eoIa,,
ID no can again as l sM - ~,
Y of and triumphantly out am i.o '.,.a,,,
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