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GOLD AND ASBESTOS,
Prospectors Make a Find In a Maine


 By travelling less than six miles out into the town of Hermon one may see where gold and platinum have been found, which, if the vein should hold out to the samples submitted, would mean highly paying industry, says the Bangor (A1e.), Commercial While the quarry is now being worked. daily, getting out blocks of what is called granite, but is really hornblende cy- anite, for building purposes, the search for gold and other valuable metals has been carried on incidentally.
 Some time ago Dr. Horace F. Han- son, in looking over the property of which he is the owner, found near the ledge of the vein a piece of rock which attracted his attention. He took 1t to State Assayer Ora w. Knight, of this city, to have it assayed for gold or whatever it might contain. 1t was found to contain .54 ounces to the ton or money value of nearly $11. At that rate a paying gold mine might be made of it, but later trials of specimens showed that the first picked up by MT. Hanson was very good one and that probably the ore was not near as rich on the average as the first specimen promised.
 Platinum has been found in the rock in varying quantities from $5 to $23 per ton, but on account of its uncertainty no effort has been made to work it. Until quite recently little if anything has been known of the parent rock of platinum, and the search for it has been the study of geologsts for a num- Der of years. The United States geo. logical reports have urged miners, on the lookout for platinum, to trace 1t back to the place whence it came, and if possible, discover the parent rock.
 All of the gold and platinum that have been found were in the wall rock at the edges of the vein of the rock which is now being quarrled. The wall is slaty in appearance and cleaves off easily. Among also have been found quantities of tale, which is more gen. orally known as soapstone. As yet the specimens have been impure and their discovery has not amounted to much in that line.
 Another metal which might develop into something after further working is that asbestos has been found scatter ed through the working of the quarry.
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Titles of Doubtful Origin.

Continental titles save of the high est sort have been viewed with sus- picion in this country, but those of England have been accepted with all most as implicit faith as Bank of England notes inspire. Yet the her aids college lately made the remark able assertion that many persons are using bogus titles in England and that others are using titles to which they have not established their claim and probably could not bring any satisfac- tory proofs. And the editor of Dcd's Peerage admits that there are between iifty-six and sixty baronets whose claims would not bear too close scru. tiny.
 For example, an ambitious and re- tired business man named Smith may find in some secluded part of the country some lands formerly owned by some extinct family of Smiths who had possessed a title. He buys the property, quietly claims descent and coolly assumes the title. In London such course would probably be ex- posed, but in the country people are less suspicious. Nor is such imposture It seems. contrary to English law. It appears also that many of the titles which enjoy long standing were as- sumed in some such way, perhaps cen turies ago, and owe whatever validity lao, to tiny of English titles might be a very painful thing.-Springfleld (Mass) Re publican.
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The Case of Mir. Flaxman.

Five years ago MT. Amberzine Flax man, a suburban grocer, gave a piece of money to a haggardfaced, hollOw-eyed mendicant who had asked him for char ity.
 One day last week robust, well-dress- ed man called to see him at his place of business.
 "Is this MT. Flaxman?' he asked.
 "Yes, sir" said the grocer.
 Do you remember giving half dollar years ago to measy looking tramp?"
 Now that you mention it, I think l do."
 "Well, MT. Flaxman," said the other. "that was the turning point in my life."
 "I am glad to hear it."
 "Yes, sir. It made me different man. That half dollar was base counterfeit. When 1 tried to pass it, was pinched and sent to jail. For six weeks I didn't get drop of whisky, and when left the jail my appetite for it was gone. 1 went to work, saved my money, and now I am making a good living and am sev- eral thousand dollars ahead. came to thank you for that counterfeit coin, and to tell you I think you're the meanest man in seven States. Good day."-.Chi- cago Tribune.
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Kisses and 6 Hat.

"I was talking to my little grand daughter over the phone the other day." said Judge Parker recently to few of his friends at a hotel in Albany, New York, land when I end. ed I said:
 Here, Dorothy, is kiss for you
 "She replied: oh, pshaw, grandpa don't you know that kiss over the telephone Is like straw hat
 q said: Why, no, sweetheart, how is thatY
 "Tt's not felt, grandpa"
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Unmistakablc Indications,

Boy or girl?' they asked him as he hung his hat and coat on the rack in a downtown bank.
 "How did you know it?' flashed the man.
 You didn't come in yesterday"
 "Well?"
 And you were not sick"
 "Well?"
 You didn't slink in this morning with the air of man who is afraid his excuse is too lame for the old man." "It's girl" said the young father heepishly.-New York Sun.
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Taking Him at His Word.
'T didn't do it, your hOnOr."

q didn't do it, your honor."
 "But two witnesses here say they saw you pick his pocket"
 "I'll tell you how it was. judge. We were on the car coming home from the races. I remarked that I wondered where I was going to get the price of a nights lodging and this gentleman replied: You can search me- Well, searched him. Nothing wrong in taking man at his word, is there?" Kansas City Journal.
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Conspirlng Feminist the Tongue

Chimmie Fadden Edward w. Town. send), MT. Dooley Tinley Peter Dunne), George Ade and Dinkelspiel George V. HobarO were seated at a table in the Lambs Club one after- noon recently, when in walked Henry Dixey, the comedian. He paused, threw up both hands, exclaiming:
 "rhe Lord preserve the English lan- guage," and walked on, without pro- test from the celebrated quartet, each of whom tried to look innocent" ."-New York Times.
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SUGAR FROM COTTON STALKS.
They Are Said to Contain from $2 ts
 &4 Worth to the Ton.

$4 Worth to the Ton.
 Cotton, which has been the South's most steadfast friend alike in times of trouble and serenity, has developed an. other and hitherto unsuspected value. For if the result of an analysis recent. ly made by a Philadelphia chemist is reliable, the cotton stalk, which has previously been regarded as useful only as fertilizer, will rise to the dig. nifty of greatly augmenting the South's aggregate income.
 It is claimed for the stalk that, care fully treated, it yields between $2 and $4 worth of sugar to the ton. Nor is this the sum of its usefulness. The waste resultant from the sugar refin. ing process can be manipulated to pro. duce grade of paper much superior to that obtained from wood pulp. The stalks were also found to contain a material resembling celluloid, the base for smokeless powder composition and fair grade of alcohol. That the announcement of the stalks industrial evolution has been taken seriously is evidenced by the fact that corpora. tion is about to begin the construction of plant at Gonzales, Texas, which will be entirely devoted to the hand. ling of these by-products.
 The assertion is made that the in. dustry has passed the stage of specu. lation and experiment, and that the new company will shortly be prepared to enter the market with all of the products named above. When it is stated that conservative estimate of the average annual yield of stalks in this section may be placed at 70000,. 900 tons, the importance of the discov. cries is convincingly apparent. The profit in the conversion of this waste into sugar at remunerative rates is seen at a glance. The possibilities along the other lines mentioned are of commensurate value, and it can easily be imagined that hereafter Southern farmers will keep vigilant eye on the plant in Texas ere treating their cotton stalks as mere incumbrances.
 The skepticism with which the prop. osition to commercially treat waste cotton seed was received is compar. atively recent memory. Not only the farmers, but many of the cotton ex. perts, viewed the announcement that the oil and hulls produced would be of immense value to the industries of the South as phantasy on the part of few scientific fanatics. The fortunes which have been made along these lines in late years and the direct profit to the farming element came in the light of silencing rebuke to all scof. fers. Of similar force is the marvel. ous manner in which applied chemis. try and mechanics have succeeded in wrestling invaluable by-products from corn husks, which had previously been fed to cattle or made into bonfires to clear the land of what was popularly conceded to be a useless burden-At. lanta Constitution.
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APPLES WORTH sIo A BITE.
Fruit from Zanzibar Is Perhaps the
 Rarest on Earth.

A<ahLtOAE 4o thO
 Rarest on Earth.
 Of all fruits Zanzibar apples are per- faps the rarest. Dozens of trees to- gether will only bear few of these apples, and the time of picking them has to be carefully selected. They must be gathered just month before they would ripen, otherwise they would quickly spoil.
 These Zanzibar apples have reached the enormous price of $100 each. They are not large, probably containing ten bites at $1O bite. The apples have to be specially ordered, for no caterer would ever dream of keeping them in stock.
 Custard apples are another expen- slve luxury. They can be purchased at prices ranging from 75 cents to $25 each, according to quality, and, accord. ing to those whose judgment in such matters is considered to be absolutely correct. must be eaten with pepper and salt. Two of the most fashionable fruits in the winter months are muscat grapes and strawberries, and until the end of January the latter are beyond the reach of people of moderate means.
 A member of Mrs. Astor's "G00" not long since went into a well-known fruiterer's in New York and offered S250 to the manager if he could pro- vide enough strawberries for five peo- pie that evening. The manager un. dertook to deliver the fruit within sev- en hours and then promptly proceeded to wire forty different fruit gardens within thirty miles of the metropolis for strawberries. Seventeen gardens provided the required amount of straw berries, the remaining twenty-three not being able to produce single one, and by 6:30 o'clock that evening the fruit was delivered at a cost of nearly $2o for each strawberry.
 There are several persons in New York whose weekly bill for grapes in the winter season runs to never less than $100. They pay $5 pound for the best muscat grapes and receive at least three pounds day.
 The manager of a weIl-known fruit erer's establishment recently declared that many people who see high-priced fruit in the window will buy it just to see what it tastes like," and in this way these samplers" as they are call ed by the trade, are considerable source of profit to many of the high class fruterers. These samplers will cheerfully spend a dollar on an apple or pear to enjoy the experience of eating such luxury. Sun.
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Between Friends,

Miss De Playne-I wonder if MT. Shortleigh really wants to marry mo for my money?
 Miss Prettyun-Has he proposed? Miss De Playne-Yes.
 Miss Prettyun-Then how can you possibly doubt 1t. dear?
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She Used smok eless Powder.

Fred-That's a peculiar ring you are wearing. Has it history?
 Bess-Yes; it's a war relic.
 Fred-Indeed! Tell me about it, pray. Bess-Oh, there isn't much to tell. l won it in my first engagement.
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Nanny, will pappie be home to- day"
 "Go long, chile; what yo' ask such foolish questions fo' when yo' seed me buy dat chicken"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07
OPENING FIGHT
Continued from page ID


Nodzu probably exceed 100000 men.
Their forces are considerably superior
in numbers TO General Kuropatkin's,
but the Russian commander-in-chief
probably relies upon the strength and
character of his position to overcome
! the disparity in numbers.
The War Office is waiting with
GREATNESS anxiety for news Of the
progress and issue of the battle on
which so much depends.
GERMAN ADvICEs.
BERLIN, Aug 30.-A dispatch from
Liaoyang to the Lokal Anzeiger, timed
9:25 a. m. today, says:
what appears to be the deciding
battle began at 4 a. m. Since then the
artillery has been laundering and rife
fire has been rolling necessarily. The
encircling heights resemble fire-emit-
, ting mountains. The Japanese began
the attack east of Liaoyang along the
Taitse rive, but were repulsed.
THE firing is now specially heavy
south and southwest of Liaoyang. One
can no longer distinguish individual
detonations. The Wyborg regiment, of
which Emperor William II. is honor
airy chief, is deploying upon the battle
field. The Russian army is full of con-
fidence.
THE total strength of the combat
ants engaged is estimated at over half
million men. The battle probably
will continue for several days"
HAND-To-HAND FIGHTING.
Liaoyang. Aug. 80. SAC p. m.-The
battle is growing in intensity. The
japanese fire is chiefly directed on the
Russian southern contingent The
japanese advance was pressed with
such vigor that it developed into hand
to-hand fighting, the Twenty-third
! regiment repelling an attack at the
point of the bayonet. One of the Japa-
nese batteries was dismantled.
| Wounded men have been pouring in
to Liaoyang since s O'Clock this morn
ing, mostly hurt by shrapneI shells.
! and some by rifle bullets. The heights
of Mae Tung, near the railroad, have
/ been showered with projectiles.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
J LIAOYANG. Aug. 29.-Delayed in
transmission.)-Thro August 81
and 2s the Russian eastern divisions
continued to fall back in good order
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07

patriotic. But Judge Parker was I'M
fortunate IN having the entire country
IN suspense for his political views and
expecting 10 be thrilled thereby. Just as
many were by the telegram to the St.
LOUIS convention. The Democratic
campaign has appeared 10 lag from the
day his speech was delivered There
alter ]. Pierpont Morgan allowed it to
be known thar ne should support Roose-
Welt and not long afterwards 1t became
known that the Rockefellers were of the
same mind. II soon leaked out that
the Democrats were having a harder
time getting money for campaign pur-
poses than they had anticipated and that
Blue Eyed Billy" Sheehan, not Nation
al Chairman Taggart, was the man who
had TO be seen in New York if impor-
tant party matters were TO be decided
Without doubt the Democrats will get
a fresh start again. later ON nothwith-
standing that some have predicted their
campaign was going to pieces and would
be hardly better organized than was the
Bryan campaign of 1000 Some very
careful Investigations show that the Gold
Democrats have come back to the party
in New York. Roosevelt has been get
ting accessions of influential men from
the Democrats to a degree and the Dem
ocrats, too, have been gettino accessions
OF influential Republicans. As far as the
newspaper accounts can be depended up
on these recruits are about a standoff
between the two parties The Republi-
cans are trying to prove that the radical
Bryan men will not support Parker
Thus far no convincing proof of that has
been adduced. The Republicans are
strenuously encouraging the Watson and
Ribbles populistic ticket, furnishing
them with money and arranging Wat
sons itinerary on the stump. They re-
gard that as good politics in the hope
of drawing support from the Democratic
ticket more than from their own.
The belief still prevails that New
York state is very doubtful and that, if
Tammany will bury the Ratchet and get
to work enthusiastically for the ticket,
the state will vote Democratic. But as
has often been pointed out the state Of
New York can go Democratic without
defeating Roosevelt As things look
now New York is about the only state
in the list of debatable states, where
Democrats have anything like good
prospects. The trend has been against
them in Indiana, while Connecticut
New Jersey. and West Virginia have
been looking up for the Republicans.
The Republicans continue their at
tempts to force the money issue to the
front. The campaign has not progress
ed far enough yet to indicate whether
they are going to have their way
about it, or whether the popular interest
will center on other issues which the
Democrats want TO make paramount.
ERNEST g. WALKER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07

on Liaoyang, but the movement was
slow on account of bad roads. and the
difficulties of transportation and the
japanese pressed closely several times
with light batteries, dra gging guns to
the hills and Smelling the troops whose
retirement was covered by Russian
guns. Consequently there were fire.
quent artillery duels.
General Marson was wounded ana
there were other losses of about ESQ
men.
The Japanese scouts are extremely
active today (Monday.) Rain is fall
ing, but the rumble of artillery can
still be heard on the eastward.
The Russian retreat from Anshan-
shan was ordered for strategic reasons
practically no resistance being offered.
A light screen of batteries facing the
Japanese guns beautifully disposed on
chain of hills ma sked the withdrawal
of the main force. When night fell
the batteries also took up the retreat,
their rear guard lighting bivouac fires
to conceal the movement. But the
Japanese soon discovered this ruse and
pressed forward, coming up with the
Russian rear guard Sunday morning
For an hour the light batteries were
holly engaged. To the lot of the Omsk
Tobolsk and Krasnovarsk regiments
fell the duty of covering the retreat of
General Zaroubaieff's Fourth Siberian
army corps. The task was difficult as
the enemy continued to advance, de-
ploying light mountain guns against
the Russian rear and left TANKS, and it
was imperative that the enemy should
be held back to permit the removal OF
the baggage and artillery trains. The
trails were washed out and heavy with
mud produced by the deluge of rain
preceding Friday. Many guns were
mired and the horses exhausted. Cos
sacks and infantrymen were harnessed
to the guns and managed to haul them
along. 1t was slow work, but was sue
cessfully accomplished. The greatest
difficulty of the retirement on the east
front was experienced before Vanban-
tai pass, where 1t was necessary TO hold
the Japanese in check until the artil-
lery transport passed through, and al
so TO keep in touch with the Tenth Ar
my Corps, commanded by General
Horschelmann, to the north. as well az
with the Southern division, in order to
prevent a turning movement.
From dawn until dark. the Eastern
troops. although fatigued by four days
fighting, sustained rear-fOrward ac-
, ton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07
NOTICE.

DR.. II. E. Grossman viii arrive on
the s. s. Sierra, due September "A He
viii open his office and be ready for
business the day Of arrival.
1888
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07

This valuable record of the important in
the History of Honolulu for the past hundred years
compiled and published great expense in 1899.
Its historical and descriptive articles by very
best recognized authorities Island
handed from absolutely impartial standponts.
It is finely illustrated and contains portraits and bio
graphical sketches of the principal business proes
Bional men of the Islands
This is publication that student of Hawaiian His
tory afford to be without. limited number of copies
still for sale by The Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-07

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-05

Three-decker skirts are much in evil
dence in new models.
There is no end to the improv ,
ment of mercerized fabrics.
Silk-striped flannel makes some
smart autumn shirt waists.
Velvet-covered buttons of various
sizes are used on smart cloth dresses.
You can take your choice between
the corset coat and the square sacque.
Almost anything from tiny rose
quilting to six-inch ruche is known
as ruching.
A charming new squirrel muff has
ruffies and good-sized ears along the
fat openings
Rosebud fringe will be quite as
much favored for evening dress gar
niture as for hats.
Pinked and raveled frills such as
were worn quarter of century ago
are revived.
Immature dahlias are of a greenish
hue, and these have been used on an
imported white hat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-05
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Vogue of Canoes.

Fashions wheel has turned again
and it is the hour to unearth your
cameos-if you have any. The old
time canoes were made up chiefly in
brooches, but those OF to-day appear
in many other forms The largest are
for belt clasps, and there are stickpins
OF canoes, cut buttons in the prettiest
shapes, cuff links and flexible brace
let's, which are charming. 1t is the
carving, not the color, which counts
in the cameo. Crest big canoes for
belt clasps and buckles have an orna-
mental setting of silver or silver gilt.
The silver is effective with the ca
meos. Smaller canoes are used IN
pairs for belt clasps. Small oval ca
meos are made into cuff buttons or
studs, and others form cuff links made
after the style of other modern cuff
links.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-05

Rubbing with cloth dipped in par
afin will not only clean but improve
the appearance of shabby black iron
bedstead.
Grass stains on white material
should be dipped in spirits of wine,
after which they may be washed out
with soap and water.
Unbleached cotton shrinks much
in the washing, therefore allow an ex-
ira inch in each yard when making a
garment to allow for this popularity.
Maidenhair fern will last much long
er in vases if, before it is arranged
with the flowers, it's stems are put
into a little hot water and kept there
till the water becomes cold.
Lamp wick should be soaked in
strong vinegar and then well dried be-
fore being used. This precaution will
insure better light and freedom
from smoked lamp chimneys.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-05
A Word on skirts and Sleeves.

Because the stitched tucks and box
plated skirts have been used so much
all summer, the Tany-gored skirt with
decided ripple will be a relief this
fall. A twenty-five gored skirt is the
limit in extreme skirt models" This
warning may indicate the popularity
of straight gored skirts
The great point in making gowns
this fall is to put off putting in the
sleeve as long as possible. The sleeves
have a pronounced puff or balloon
about the elbow, but this balloon full
ness must not hang limp as hereto
fore. Use fine milliners' wire to pro-
duce the crisp effect. Long, close-ft-
ting cuffs replace the narrow ones.