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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-10
FOR SALE.


WILL the person who took child's tan
cravanette coat from Opera--house
during dress rehearsal yesterday
kindly return same to 1864 Emma
street. 1912.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-10
FOR RENT.

FURNISHED rooms, corneri Hotel
street and Adams lane. Apply prem
ises. 1888
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-10

OCULIST AND AURIsT.
DR. VIM. G. ROGERS-Ro-ams 90 and
"a, Young building. Phofe Main ia
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Old Mrs. Ethrridge had loved gossip
all her life, but, although her ears We're
always ready tor it, she seheeled her
tongue te disaPl lroNal-
Nobody minded what she said, for. al
though size might shake her head and
utter her customary mild rcproof. her
eyes never failed to cypress interest
and II desire for more information
The one phrase which rose to her lips
when the tale was ended had become
SO habitual that toward the close of
her life she occasionally employed it
inVoluntarily
"IlaNe you heard about Edwardfa
nSked one of the family connection.
moving her chair close TO the old lady )
rocker and leaning over conlldentially.
Grandmother EtherldSe shook her
head and put her hand TO her ear.
They say announced the relative
In strdent tones that he's making II
splendid nanc fer himself, ana has
been offered salary of $4,000 by an
other firm and that he is Just MS cleN rr
as he can lie. has hosts of friends there
in Chicago and deserves them nll"'
Tie hsht of pride and JOY shone in
the eld lady's eyes, hut custom was too
strong for her tongue.
You shouldn't repent it. dear she
quaHered There's II wrong story
somewhere
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
THE WHITE HOUSE.
President Madison's Part In Thul
Naming the Executive Mansion


just how the White House came TO
he 50 designated is Il question on which
historians differ \ local historian In
Washington thinks that the burden of
proof tends to give credit for the name
To President Madison.
The structure was made Of Potomac
river frecstonc, and the capitol proper
WIS built of the same stone. Al the
time the British burned the executive
mansion they did IL lot of other dam
age and the country WIS pressed for
money to repair the same. The wallis
Of the mansion were only slightly dam
aged, other thnn being hlackencd hy
smoke Money WIS scarce, and con
grcsa made an appropriation To hive
the outside of the house painted White
wis selected us the best color Madison
In II letter to II personal friend wrote.
Come III aud see me at amy time You
will always find me in ut the White
House"
The executive mansion may have
been called the White House before
that time but this investigator says
that he has never been able te find any
record of IT, If Madison did not oai
ciate at the christening II has been
cmphatically stated hy the historian
tlat he took II prominent part In pub
fishing the fact that the White House
WIS to he the name of the mansion.
Up to the time of President Madison
the executive mansion, which Is the
legal nunc for II, WAS generally spo
ken of ms the presidents house but
since then II has been known by its
permanent name of White House
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
mon and Monlen.

men and women
Sanford rose slowly from his chair
and stood for Il second at the back of
hers. looking down at the silk rumple
of sun blond hair
"Nou haven't exactly set the day yet
dear" he vontured mildly.
And, pray, how do you know that
Mr.. Sanferd$"
AT least have received no letter.
He bent his head to the mutinous rose
face then lifted it suddenly.
What is your ideal, Dolly?' he asked
curiously.
"A man who is real man. said she
softly. "one who would do anything,
all things, in the great round world to
win the girl he loves who would even
to write his letters. forgetting 10 dis
suise his little tricks of expression
who"
"At least lie broke in. Il didn't use
typewriter. an old one with the p
and q all cut of alignment, just such II
enc as We used IL practice upon ten
years ago. Remember when We stud
led shorthand together that"
L don't remember Il thing about It,"
interrupted Dolly, TIVE pink roses slip
ping softly into her checks Il never
even think about those De stop, Billy.
I'm sure hear the last call for sup
per-
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
tnIrh IntcIIiEcnt noE

They were talking Of the sagacity OF
dogs.
My Irish setter saved me Il curtain
lecture by posting letter for me the
other day" said Longbow, going the
last speaker "one better"
The others tried 10 look MS though
they believed him.
Fact" he continued. wife gave
me Il letter To post at breakfast, told
me II WAS very important; warned me
not 20 put ii In my cont pocket calls
my pocket her dead letter Office. Well,
didn't left II ON the hall stand
remembered it when got to my Office
called up the maid, told her 10 send
Major 10 the telephone, Hello, Maize
said. Get the letter off the hall stand
and give II to the postmHn.' Maje rec
ognzed my voice, barlted conprehen
sion of the message, took the letter in
his mouth aud went and stood by the
nearest letter box uutil the poStmdn
came To collect the mail; wife got an
answer that night and never suspected
I'd forgotten To post il"
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
THE RUBBA MUMMa.
One of the Queer Superstitions of the
West Indies.

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The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
Don't lie ICnXinus.

The men or women who envy those
who happen 10 be able TO dress well
and to enjoy the pleasures of life II
little more than those who are compel
led to work continually viii be misera
bic all their days, for, no matter how
high they may get, they will find 9th
crs still higher The enVions person
IL never satisfied and never can be.
Take the successful men of the city,
and you Will find TINT the majority Of
them began just where you did Then
why are you not in equally good cir
cumstahcesf If you ran II race with
Il nun and lost II, you would hardly
blame your failure ON the race course
You started even and ran together. and
You lost because you couldn't run ms
fast as he or lacked the power of en-
durance. So your failure In the race
of life Is not due to the track, but to
your luck of ability as n runner
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
WATER CLOCKS.
Curious Little Instruments That Are
Used In sahara Desert

4 mans wealth in the Sahara is cal
culated almost entirely by the number
of camels or palm trees which he owns
and by the amount of water To which
he is entitled Mater in the desert is
so scarce that the ownership of ii is
most jealously guarded In ~ search
For the Masked TaWurrks" the author
says that in buying II palm grove it is
always necessary to Stipunte for SO
many sa'aS per day or week. \ sa'a.
literally IAN hour" is the amount of
water which Will flow in an hour
through an opening the width of n
mans fist in the side of scgiu.
The main Scgius, OF channels as II
rule follow the rouds of the oasis.
forming sort of ditch ut the side. \
regular time table is kept. showing the
hours at Which the owners of the diff
ferent plantations are entitled Ia draw
water
The time Is measured by very curl
Gus little water clock. consisting of Il
metal cup, nude usually of brass or
copper, With II small hole pierced i'll
itA' i''N t'lli ~ lllt' NhllllltllltIlltill Ol
each hour this is placed in Il basin of
water. The water gradually runs
through the hole until ut the expiration
of the hour the cup sinks To the bottom
of the basin. 1t is then taken out
emPtied and set again To measure off
the next sa'a. and So the process is
continued throughout the twenty four
hours
This instrument is usually kept in
the village mosque. In order to pre-
vent all interference with il II watch
man is set over ii, who notifies the rX-
piration ot each hour from the minaret
of the mosque
Al the end of the sn'a the opening In
the side of the Scgia through which the
water lows is closed with clay. and the
Water Is cut off aud allowed TO flow
down the min channel To the next
plantation.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Nentrlloqusm was Undoubtedly
known both to the Jews and 10 the
Egyptians. II was used by many per
sons for purposes of deception. The
wizards who employed II declared that
their familiar spirit' resided In the
abdomen, whence the voice was sup
posed To proceed. The Old Testament
Scriptures abound with dcnuncintions
both of persons who had these ia
miliur spirits and of those who went
to seek their advice nnd assistance.
They were treated aS though they We're
in familiar intercourse with the evil
one and according to Jewish Inv re.
ceived no mercy. instances, however.
are very frequent In much Inter his
tory Of deception being successfully
practieed by persons having this pecul-
lar Gift
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
CHURCHES AND OUTLAWS.
Ancicnt Laws That Gave shelter and
Protection to Criminals.

Protection to Criminals.
In early times. when life and prop
erty We're accounted cheap unless de
Tended sword III hand, the church of.
tered shelter and sanctuary to those
who had occasion to fear the arm of
the law. In the middle ages whoever
crossed the threshold of n church WAS
considered under divine protection and
could not he arrested, While several
churches and cathedrals still preserve
the knockers used by those who had
fled thither for shelter and claimed ad-
mittance. In some buildings the fusi-
tive from justice sat upon II chair or
stool. and the register of II church In
Durham, England, covering period
extending from the year litd To the
year l52l included besides other
crimes, la3 murders and homcidcs, In
which 2S3 persons seeking protection
were concerned. To attempt To violate
sanctuary hy force WIS In those days
II very serious matter, and when the
outlaw decided To save his life 10y leay-
ing the realm he did SO In the follow
Ing manner: when Il rohhcr, murderer
or other evil doer shall fly unto any
church upon his confession of felony
the coroner shall cause the ahIuration
to he made thus: Let the felOn hc
brought To the church door and there
he assigned unto him II port. near or
far off, and time appointed to him tn
go cut of the realm, SO that In going
toward that port he carry II cross In
his hund. and that he 20 not out of the
kings highway, neither ON the right
hand nor ON the left, but that he keep
ii always until he shall he gone out of
the land. and that he shall not return
without special grace of our lord the
kinE"
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
PERSONAL NOMENCLATURE
Ancient Names md the Modern sys-
tenn of Surunmes.

Ancient Names nnd the Modern Sys-
tenn of surnnmes.
Neither Hebrews. Egyptians, Assyr-
lnns lahylonians, Persians nor Greeks
had surnames, and In the earliest peri
od Of their history the same may be
said of the Romans. In course of time,
however, every Roman citizen had
three names the praenomen. or per
sonal name; the nomen, or nume of the
gems or clan, and the cognomen, or
family name. as Huhllus Cornelius Scip-
TO- Conaucrors were occasionally com
pimcnted by the addition of fourth
name, or ngnomen, commemorative of
their conquest, as Fublius Cornelius
SCipio AlricanuS.
II Is impossible TO state with any de
gree of certainty when the modern
system Of personal nomenclature be-
came general. 1t has been stated that
the practice of Surnnmes begun In Nor
mandy and extended to England after
the Norman conquest, but document
In the Gottonian MSS. quoted In Tur-
ncr's History of the Anglo SnNons'
contains reference To Invita- liutte, II
keeper Of bees in iIathfeldu; to Tate
Hattie, his daughter. mother of Wul-
sige the Shooter, and lulle HATTIE. sis
ter of Wulsige. The date of these rec
ords of the Hates is not to be nscer-
tnined, but they were certainly written
before the year 1866 So far ms anti
quarinns have been able 10 discover
HATTIE Is the first surname whose exist
Cncp can he traced In England. II Is
not improbable that the founder of the
Hattie family was 50 called because of
some unusual or noticeable hcadgcar
that hc WAS IN the hnbit of wearing.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

The most graceful and ut the same
time the most undoubtedly genuine
performances seem to be those of the
Japanese iugElcrs. Their phuHpher-
naliA Is Of the slightest consisting
chiefly of II top and some paper but
teriiies. An eyewitness thus Describes
them: lie took nm ordinary boys top
and srun II In the air, then threw the
end of the string back toward II with
such accuracy that It was caught up
and wound itself all ready for the
second east. BY the time it had done
this II had reached his hand aud Wis
ready for another spin" The paper
butterflies he made hy help of II fan
TO alight wherever he wished. The
spectator requested that one might he
made To settle ON cnch car of the Jug
gler Gentle undulations of the fan
waved them slowly To the required
point and there left them comfortably
settled" London News.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
PRESENCE OF MIND.
The Wny Two EngIishmen Captured
Four Hundred Prisoners.


Toward the close of The peninsular
war 4oo prisoners We're captured by
John Colbornc, afterward Field Mar
shal Lord Scaton. Coborne, who was
wounded at Talavcra had been dis
ablcd for some time, but in 1913 he
was in active service again, and when
Wellington's army crossed the frontier
into France he performed what was In
deed the most amazing feat of his ca
reer
When riding, with no comrade but
the famous Sir Henry Smith. separated
from his column, he saw 400 French
soldiers passing along rayine below
him "The only way was to put
good face on the matter" he wrote.
80 went up to them, desiring them
to surrender. The officer thinking. of
course, the column was behind me, sur
rendered his sword, saying theatrlcally.
'Je vous rends cette epee, qul bien
fait son devoir.' q surrender this
sword, which has done its duty WELD
The 400 followed his example" Sir
Henry Smith used to declare that he
had never seen such cool presence Of
mind as Colhorne displayed on this oc-
casion.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Icons may represent anything from
the figure of II saint to n historical
scene, such as II martSrdom often
they take the form Of a diptyeh or Il
triptych or II polyptych crowded with
angular or diminutlyc figures of saints
or miniature scenes from the life of the
Virgin or some other Biblical person
nge From the number of scenes con
talnCd IN these objects the peasants
came to call them "churchcs," for there
were not more pictorial representations
within the church itself. Such icons
may be of brass or of carved lockwood,
being sometimes ornamcnted with en-
amcls.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Carlyle gives this striking picture of
Samuel Rogers, the poet. Il saw Rog-
crs awhile ago at dinner with Iaylor,
II hnf frozen. old, sardonic Wing gen
tlcman, no hair Mt all, but one of the
whtcst bare Rcnlps; blue eyes. shrewd,
sad aud cruel, toothless, horseshoe
mouth drawn up To the very nose;
slow, croal,iug. sarcastic insight. per
feet breeding staterooms where You
nre welcomed even with hummery; in
tcfnally Elncbcard's chamber. where
none hut the proprietor enters"
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
Durability of Ivory.

The durability Of ivory is proved by
the fact that billiard balls, which for
the sake of curiosity have been made
Of well preserved mammoth ivory UNI
doubtcdly many thousand years Old,
were played with for several months
by experienced players without its be
Ing noticed that the balls We're not
made of fresh ivory. Mammoth ivory
Is, MS rule, not as tough as fresh
ivory
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

1t has been observed that immediate
ly preceding storms an unusual amount
ponds and in London Nature plausi
bic explanation of this phenomenon
attributes It to change In bHrometric
pressure. It is suggested that the
scum formation is due to the rise of
marsh grass from the ooze at the bot
tom of ponds following Il sudden fall
in the barometer presaging weather
changc, the gas carrying along with
it some of the solid matter Of the ooze.
thus forming the scum.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
A HrefIlnnInnnl.

"Mrs KS new suit came home this
morning, and she's afraid to show the
bill to her husband"
"Why. Is 1t SO largeT
mo. It's so smaller than usual,
and she thinks he'll cut her allowance
If she doesn't keep It up to the usual
high figure" Detroit Free Press.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
A prnciicnI Nicn.

Hes nothing but hypocrlte Isn't
1t disgusting for II man to use his re
ligion AS cloal, =
Yes, and, what's more. it's foolish,
for religion such MS his is necessarily
SO fiimsy that he's liable to catch cold
in It," Exchange.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

"IIcllo BIN, old man! Wen, well! /
haven't sccn You since the old days,
when We used to run around together!
NO, Jack All, those old days! What
II fool | used to be then"
Il tell yon, I'm glad Ia see you. You
haven't changed II bit, old man
Philadelphia Press.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

The man who makes hay while the
sun shines Is In position to lend
money TO the fellow who writes poetry
about II. Philadelphia Record
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
Not Her Role,

Edith Why did you refuse him?
Ethel He has n past. Edith But he
can blot 1t ont Ethel Perhaps, but he
can't use me for a blotter. Womnn's
Journal
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Fortune Teller Beware of the hand
romc man with dark eyes and brilliant
diamond pin. Fair Maid. Whyf For
tune Teller-You can't support him.
| Smart Set.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
uis Long Walt,

Tommy oh, but all great men have
smoked. Daisy My dear boy, If you
VIII only wait until you are great be-
fore You smoke | shall not complain
New Yorker
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
The ayxeefeAt Mnrda

A magazine writer wants to know
the English language Some would
say, Here take this money" Soiner
vile Journal
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Ever notice how quickly You can
pick out the man who takes up your
time and with whom you never do
any busInessf Atchison Globe
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06
IIneM IL.

She suppose you hatter yourself
you are great man? IIe-l do not
natter myself. merely recognize a
fact.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

McJiggcr Here's rather clever 1T
tie book "Don'ts For Clubmen. "
Thingumbob Huh! 1t isn't the "don'ts''
that worry clubmen; it's the dues.
Philadelphia Press
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Patient What is the matter with
me, doctor tobacco heart? Physician
(snihing the atmosphere Not at all.
Sir. Cabbage heart-Chicago Tribune.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Honest, now, Jones, did you see n
burglar in your room when yon called
the police
No My wife had shifted the mir
ror In my room, and | didn't know it,"
Detroit Free Press.
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

Ink Will not corrode pens If bit OF
old iron mais or tacks will doJ is kept
in the bottle
"-hen you don't believe in higher ed
gcatiOn for womcn?"
Certainly not think it's a shame
to even teach 'cm how 10 read Ia
woman couldn't read the bargain ad-
yertisemenfs she wouldn't be 50 nnhap-
py over the lots Of things She can't af
ford TO buy Catholic Standard and
Times
The Lambertville record., 1904-07-06

70 know how to be silent is more diff
ficult and more profitable than to know
how to speak. k.-Dumas.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-22
GRATEFUL MIR. STRAUS.

The newspapers have widely her
Straus, Minister to Turkey under
Cleveland, has announced his inten-
ton of supporting Mr.. Roosevelt for
reelection. So far as seen no paper,
except the Brooklyn Eagle, has
pointed out that Mr.. Straus was ap-
pointed by Mr.. Roosevelt as one of
the representatives of America on the
permanent Hague Tribunal for Inter
national Peace, in place of Benjamin
Harrison, on the death of that states
man.
Commenting upon the action of Mr..
Straus, the Eagle says:
"While we regret that Mr.. Oscar s
Straus cannot see his way clear to
support Judge Parker, of whom he
rightly speaks highly and could not
speak too highly to be deserved, we
recognize that our friend could moi
well feel otherwise than he does, OF
feeling so, act otherwise than he
intends. He is a man of sympathy
man of gratitude, and his announc-
ed distrust of the Democracy, as 9
party. also shows that he is confined
to the alternative of Republicanism
and realizes that he is. Others VINO
were and are and who mean to re-
main Democrats will be unable to
agree with Mr.. Straus, while recog-
nizing the sincerity though not the
adequacy, of the reasons he gives
They feel less obligation and they car
therefore have far more optimism OF
freedom than he
Experience has proven that mer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-22
A HISTORICAL PARALLEL.

There is no warrant for the at
tempt of the New York Tribune and
other Republican organs, which were
betrayed by quick impulse to do
him justice, when they applauded his
telegram, now to be trying to impugn
unworthy motives to the Democratic
nominee Hon. John Sharpe Will
liams declared that there was no need
for Judge Parker to send that tele-
gram except from high sense of un-
Willingness to be misunderstood by
any. The telegram evoked warmest
praise, particularly in New York, on
the morning after it was sent, even
from the New York Tribune, But
that was before the action of the con-
vention was Known. Now. seeing
that it is likely to attract a large in
dependent vote in doubtful States to
Judge Parker, a systematic attempt is
being made by Republican organs to
attribute an unworthy motive to
Judge Parker.
Judge Roger A. Pryor, one of the
greatest jurists in New York city, in
a contribution to the New York Even
ing Post finds a historical parallel to
Judge Parker's telegram. 1t is as
follows:
"Describing the coronation of Will
liam and Mary as King and Queen OF
Scotland, Lord Macaulay, in the third
volume of his works, says: "A splen-
did circle of mobiles and statesmen
stood round the throne. The
oath was administered after the
Scotch fashion. Argyle recited the
words slowly The royal pair, hold
ing UP their hands towards heaven,
repeated after him, till they came to
the last clause. where William paused
That clause contained a promise that
he would root out all heretics and
enemies of the true worship of God.
81 will not he now said, 'lay
myself under the obligation tp be a
prosecutor" Neither the words OF
the OATH" said pne of the 1ommis-
sioners, ''nor the laws of Scotland lay
any such obligation on your Majesty.
"In that sense. then. swear. said
William, land 1 desire you all to wit
ness that I do so.'' Even his detrac-
tors have generously admitted that on
this great occasion he acted with up
rightneSS, dignity and wisdom.