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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02

went on briskly, 1.-THE people here have
your true interests at heart. Believe
me, there can be no lasting happiness
in a union that involves a great in
equality of station. It is currently
said that man raises his wife to
his own level, but a knowledge of the
world teaches US that only too often
he-er-sinks to hers
bill seems quite satisfied to sink, :"
she returned. I'm fact he's been in
panic lest he wouldn't get the
chance
1.-THE Bill of yesterday and the Bill
of today are two different men," said
the Captain. HE has now a great
place to fill. He becomes the head of
one of the proudest and most aristo-
cratic families in England. Tt would
be too unutterably sad if he failed in
the duty he owes both to his class and
to his rank
Ellis class and his rank never bother
ed very much about him out here" she
said. They seemed quite happy in fact
to be quit of him. He might have
starved to death for all they cared
II know we lay ourselves open to that
imputation." went on the Captain, in
a tone of depressed suavity. But, as
the dear Duke said in the family coun-
Gil we held at Holderton Abbey, Cir
cumstances alter cases.
Its not Bill they're thinking about, !"
she said; its their noble and splendid
selves
.sThey cannot very well detach them
selves from the affair. even if they
would continued the Captain. Tran
tons disgrace is necessarily theirs
know me, he needn't. she retorted,
with a heightened color. IF he doesn't
want to play in my yard he can al
ways have the aristocratic privilege of
staying out"
Then there's the dowager Lady Tran
tom said the Captain; .'Bill's step
mother"
''She too then said the girl.
''She really feels it more than any
body sighed the Captain. THE same
name, you know-the possibility of mis-
takes being made-the inevitable con-
fusion Of
Its just what you said before, Cap
TAIN she exclaimed mockingly. 1T
too unutterably sad, isn't it?''
IT know l am expressing myself very
badly" he said. II told them at the
time they ought to choose somebody
better fitted for the task than L. But
the dear Duke was so peremptory, and
Lady Tranton cried on my shoulder,
and the memory of a lifelong obliga-
ton naturally turned the scale-and so
here I am, and making a terrible mess
of it, just as Whitcombe said [ would. :"
ct was certainly a long way to come
just to talk to a girl she said.
And then to do it SO badly" added
the Captain.
Il can't see that it's any of their
business she exclaimed.
IT was charged to offer-induce-
ments,'' said the Captain with embar-
rassment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02
SIGIsMuND GoETZE's PAINTING OF CHRIST AT THE
ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON
literary Digest.

Royal Academy London the great
by Sgismund .Depised and Rejected Of
Men," has created declared to be
powerful terribly OF Christ modern
setting in The Christian Commonwealth
(London) follows
picture will realize the mpossb1ty
of giving faint idea of and awful significance In
Christ standing pedestal bound
with while either side the needless crowd
figure richly dressed priest proudly conscious OF the
perfection of the with which he is his higher lie
Over shoulder of the looks senfaced divine OF very
Bible look the divine figure
that this preacher OF the letter
of the Gospel his far the priest
who him startled look
hospital foreground very realistic
absorption science, of
he glance for the Christ at his
of the striking that of the thoughtess beauty
pleasure another and the
sweeaced little ragged child who is offering bunch OF voe
rejecting of the child know that the proud
rejecting identified himself forever with the
these little The only the whole picture
the mother seated the steps OF
pedestal with her baby her and but feel
she has mntered the of her child she Will
little children who close
stands angel with bowed head holding
cup world He the death still compelling
visitor away he haunted
with the Saner's Crucfxion Is is nothing you
all that by?'"
The Christian G0ew York; says: This aegory-
which critic has apty called painted semons applicable
conditions part picture study
order that the full force of the lesson
t teach be understood
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02
A JOKE THAT DID NOT PAY.

Mark Twain, at a banquet recently,
told the following story of one of his
apprenticeship pranks: About thou
sand years ago. approximately, J. was
apprenticed as a printers devil 10 learn
the trade, in common with three other
boys of about my own age. There
came to the village a long-Iegged in
dividuaI of about nineteen, from one
of the interior counties-flsh-eyed no
expression, and without the suggestion
of a smile-couldn't have smiled for a
salary We took him for fool, and
thought we would scare him to death.
We went to the village druggist and
borrowed a skeleton. The skeleton did
not belong to the druggist, but he mad
imported it for the village doctor. The
price of the skeleton was fifty dollars.
We borrowed it about nine o'clock at
night, and we got this mann icodernus
Dodge was his name-to go down out
of the way, and then we put it in his
bed. He Lived in a little one-storeyed
log cabin in the middle IF vacant
lot. We left him TO get home by hiTn-
self. We enjoyed the result in the light
of anticipation, but by-and-by we be-
gan to drop into silence.
'sehe possible consequences wers8
preying upon us. Suppose that Vt
frightens him into madness. overturnss
his reason, and sends him screeching
through the streets? We shall spend
sleepless nights the rest of our days
Everybody was afraid. By-and-fy it
was forced to the lips of one of us
that we had better go at once and see
what had happened. Loaded down with
crime we approached the hut and peep
ed through the window. That long
legged critter was sitting on the bed
with hunk of gingerbread in his hand,
and between the bites he played tune
on a jew's-llarp. There he sat perfect
~ happy, and all around him were toys
and gimcracks and striped candy. He
had gone and sold that skeleton for five
dollarsi
THE druggists ffty-dolIar skeleton
was gone. We went in tears to the
druggist and explained the matter. We
couldn't have raised that fifty dollars
in ESQ years. We were getting board
and clothing for the first year, clothing
and board for the second year, and both
of them for the third year. But the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02
Inducements? What sort OF induce

| Inducements? What sort OF induce
ments?"
"Oh. am almost ashamed to say
er-of a monetary nature.
| Wei, you ought to be- she said.
How much ?''
.Whitcombe said I was to begin at
five thousand pounds"
1.-The point is, where were you to
leave off at?''
Ten thousand.''
why didn't you say it sooner?"
1.-THE fact is-er-the dear Duke
thought-er-Whitco said
THAT you might pull it OFF Without"
The Captain hung his head.
"They must have thought you more
of spellbinder than you are" she re-
marked cruelty.
II told Whitcombe myself was the
last man to talk anybody into doing
anything said the Captain.
well, it's not enough for BILL said
the girl THE price of thing is what
it's worth to you. Bits worth lots
more than that-to me-
81 viii make it fifteen thousand said
the Captain hesitatingly. THAT is, on
my own personal responsibility, subject
to confirmation by wire
where's the thing for me to sign?'
she asked.
He drew out from his breast pocket
a large. mportant-looking document
engrossed on sheepskin. 1t creakled
richly as he opened it and spread it fiat
with his big hands. 1t was beautifully
glossy and Helen thought the Declara-
ton of independence must have looked
like it when it was new. She lay back
in the hammock, took a chocolate
cream. and gave it her disdainful at
tention. Bill was renowned with a
wealth of legal detail that was posi-
lively bewildering; renounced from his
head to his heels; renowned awake or
sleeping or dining out or sitting up with
a sick friend renowned body and SOUL
alive or dead, positively and explicitly,
for all time, past, present, or to come.
She couldn't even say good morning to
Bill without violating two whole pages
of it; she couldn't even send him post
card without mourning fourteen lines
of different kinds of penalties; and the
whole thing was inexplicably intertwin-
ed with the Lord Chancellors displeas-
ure and the High. Court of Chancery
1t reminded Helen, in the profuseness
of its reprobation. to the curse of the
Jackdaw of Rheims.
You are to sign at the places mark
ed in pencil" said the Captain, who
had been watching her out of the cor
ner of his eye and who took it for a
good sign that she had read it with
such care and patience.
Helen gazed at him and then shook
her head.
II wouldn't give up Bill for all the
money in England she exclaimed. 81
wouldn't give Bill UP if you threw in
the Crown Jewelsl I wouldn't give
him up if you added Westminster Abb
hey and the Tower of London and the
Beef-eaters and the place where
Shakespeare was born!''
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The Captain slowly took lack the
Declaration of independence and fold
ed it UP.
II suppose there is nothing more to
be said. he remarked.
"Oh, but there is" she retorted mis-
chievously. Il think it's about time
to tell you that Bill and 1 were mar.
ried yesterday"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-02

Chauffeur You'd better be a little
careful, sir. My machine might make
your horse run" Farmer Oatmeal
do tell! Wen. it'll be the first time
in thirty ears."-Chicago News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

cal. % and down, not flowing from side 20 side.
as were Edward Eyeretts and the Latin School
boys, and these ! thought gave him an aU X
ward Appearance ngraCefCL As il was very
bad day, the Han vas not crowded 20 excess
I came away with the feeling that President
jackson was very great and determined man,
and for some time / looked in the papers 20 see
any South CarOliuian had been hung as he
lad threatened TO DO, II they persisted.
Half the school was present. and came away
with the feeling that Webster and Jackson were
great patriots and the South CarolIniaDs great
reprObates IN venturlng 10 oppose the Cons-lt--
ton and its defenders. since that day have
been a Wing and an ardent supporter ~ She
Constitution anyhow.
Notwithstanding the faultiuess of his gestures.
according TO The Boston Latin school standard.
Webster pounded this idea Of the Constitution
into a generation. and tho majority Of these com
parauveIy unknown addresses. especially those
defending his attitude after the Seventh Of
March speech. ring true TO this great purpose Of
his life.
The second volume contains speeches in Con-
gress and diplomatic papers. Among the FOR
rner is the interesting s15-esz first printed last
year on the cursc-,si'oii during the War Of
1872 In which "! stCr almost allied himself
with the Hartford Conycr,.ca b. his threats OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

,,cne must have made him an attractive
%. !, a revolutionary epoch But Mr.. Cole
- con,es nearer 20 the truth when he as
- r7,.-on's European fame 70 ''the character
-, roet~y." He had noble impulses and
. !. fslt them IN his verse. rejoicing in has
N---,-i-itv auG his candor, IN his courage
a. Wit. But Europe rejoiced especially IN
- - .,-irs. which burned in his work like vol
Gre Those alien readers q bis were not
-,.t,r 10 D. charmed. They were not in the
- fo- TIE supreme beauty a Keats or Tor
-. ,.sricr gravity Of Wordsworth. They wanted
= =, --o,rI and Tyro1 moved them as with
,--,,r mote. thrilling with passion, brave. TO
--.,, and at tle same time Quiyering with IN
.--..,,sl rover. 'The moment be reflects be Is
-.rs" said Matthew Arnold. But to speak
"a storm AZ feeling did not mean IN BY
-. ease &C. speak without thinking. Il was
NC DE- Dad brains as wei as emotion, be-
-, clear thought as wei as the divine in
-.-stior of tHe poet guided his pen. that he
80 .lIe imagination of Europe. He was a
.-esl..r- -o men. if there ever was one in
=. history of literature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27
THE SOUND or BELLS.

Waiter i. Grogar. in The London Outlook.
sad is the sound of bells
I would be deaf. that ] might never hear
The ringing Of the bells, though glad ana clear
] would he dead. that never heart Of me
Night stir and thrub al their full thrJ4jed Elee
sad is the sound Of blLsi
sad Is the sound Of bells
And sadGer far the story that they tell:
Tie day was dying and the gray mists fell
Across the haven underneath nay feet
There came the song Of bells fun, low and
sweet
Oh. sad the sound Of bells,
Sad is the sound OF bells
We stood alone between the sea and sky,
And now alone fOreyermore am /
Her little love, 50 shallow, soon was spent
And TO the found OF joyous bells she went
Oh, sad the sound OF bellsl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27
H SCHOLARS LETTERS.
The Opinions and Reflections Of
Lord teton.

LII ~ r-isS OF LORD s TON To MARY GLAD
STONE Edited. with ~ I.--.. ...t.-y Memoir.
|E Herbert Paul --no. Ip- 49, The M@cuil-
The late Es=.us Professor Of Modern History
az Cambridge was not only q man os extraordi-
nary and profound learning; he was also a man
u ,he world, who never obtrudei his knowledge.
who was keenly interested in current events
and did not even disiain frivolities who de-
lighted in coHgenial society, and full OF
humor and kindness. The passion Of his life
Mr. Paul tells US, was reading It was like a
physical appetite. and it seemed. If it changed
at ALL TO grow stronger as he grew older" Mr..
Bryce has estimated that Acton read, on an
average. an octave volume a day-sometimes the
volume was IN Cerman-and this meant not
only mastery OF the book. but the making Of a
multitude Of notes Why did not this ardent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27
DlNTEL WEBSTER.


--- v-prTTNGs AND SPEECHES OF DANIEL
hrn-r,pcTTE HITHERTO UNSOLICITED. Ma
W. Fff..r. Illustrated with Portraits and
rs.es lr t.ur volumes. Nvo, pp. NN. 5ss. XIV,
e.. Ks. g., AElI, slo. Boston. Little, Brown
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
4 GLOBE FOR SAVING LIFE.
Declared Superior to Any Modern
Ships Lifeboat by Special Nor
wegian Commission.

The most unique production in the
way Of 1ife-saving apparatus 10 un-
questionably CAPT Donvig's life-saving
globe, recent invention. Capt. Dom
Wig lost his entire family in terrible
hurricane. At that time he noticed an
iron tank afoat. and this gave him his
idea. Since then he has been expert.
menting and has produced an appara'
tus which has withstood some severe
tests.
The accompanying illustration gives
a very good idea of this new and queer
kind of boat. It Is constructed Of
hree-sixteenth-inch steel plates, and,
as shown here. has the form Of globe
from which a segment is cut on, the
dat part forming the bottom. This is
double. The largest inside diameter IS
eight feet, the ghtfrom theinner bot.
tom to the top six feet, the distance be-
tween double bottoms, six feet, and the
deck area Ga square feet. In this queer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
SOME BIRDS OF HAWAII.
California Quail, English starlings
and 1ongolian Pheasants
Abound.

From some Of the open pastures rises
the song OF the skylark, which was i'm
ported from New Zealand. The voice OF
the Chinese turtle dove-the mourning
dove, it is called-is heard in the land
quite near to the valley homes; also the
upland whir of the Monaghan and Japan
csc pheasant.
Grouse and quail-the California val
ley quail-were there until lately, but the
latter have now betaken themselves to
the heights OF 5000 to 1000 feet, whittier
the marauding mongoose cannot follow
them.
| asked young niece who lately left
Honolulu, says writer in Blackwood's.
what birds visited their grounds three
miles up the valley road, and she tells
me Java sparrows, ricebirds and those
squawking mynahs The last eat up all
the young figs and grapes, unless we
throw the tennis nets over them.
That watching of birds which Is es-
sential to knowledge OF their life his
tory has, indeed. been impossible to most
visitors to Hawaii. And now that an
nexation Is giving m impetus to the
development Of the country's resources.
the inevitable destruction of its forests,
even If the birds themselves do not per-
fish with the trees that sheltered and fed
them, is driving them up to still more
inaccessible heights and wooded depths
between the sharp volcanic peaks, which
will balle the hardest climber
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
THE PHILIPPINE CLIMATE.
hot So Had - Many Prejudiced Per.
sons Have Stated In I'M
truthful Accounts.

When the treaty with Spain by which
we acquired the Philippines was under
debate in 1898 ex-United States Senator
Edmunds in public speech afirmed that
the climate Of those islands was so fatal
to white man that no American could
expect to live there and bring up fam
lily. At that time, says the Portland Or
gonian, the Orgonian quoted the fact
that Englishmen had lived many years
In worse climate, that of tropical
India; that Macaulay was able to do
hard legal work even in Calcutta when
the mercury stood at So degrees above
zero: that Thackeray was born in India,
where his parents had lived for many
years, and that Lord Roberts had cam
paigned over 40 years in India. Secre-
tary Of War Taft is over six feet and
weighs 800 pounds-not very good sub
ject to endure tropical climate-and
yet he returned from the Philippines in
perfect health, and he suggests that the
newspapers can "help the American
government by denying the lies circu-
lated about the terrible climate there"
Of course, no man OF common sense fails
to adjust himself and his habits to his
environment. No man wears the same
clothing in winter or summer in west
ern Oregon that he would wear in west
ern Massachusetts. There are vast areas
Of country in the United States where no
white man can live long because of ma
laria. Neither the bottom lands of the
Mississippi nor the swamps Of South
Carolina, where negroes can live, are
healthful for white man. There are,
doubtless, such lands in Cuba, in Porto
Rico, in Africa, in India and in the Phil
ippines; but it is not necessary that
white men should pick out a patch Of
malarial country for a homestead.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
THE DoNv1G LIFE BOAT.

little craft is men can be accommodated.
The space between the two floors Is used
as q tank for fresh water. A series Of
lockers contain provisions and serve ~
seats for the crew. A 12-inch ventilat-
ing pipe can be raised from the inside Of
the globe to the height OF 1--WE feet above,
and can be lowered 50 that the top IL
flush with the deck. This Is fitted with
a cover and packing to make 1t water.
tight The globe is furnished with .
rudder, sails and oars.
In recent experiments at Copenhagen.
the globe was cast from 12-foot-high
wharf into the sound; 1t sank. but Inn
mediately righted itself, coming to the
surface where its crew opened the port
holes and put up the sail. A commits
sion Of experts appointed by the Nor
wegian minister Of navigation have de:
clared this globe superior to any mod
ern ships lifeboat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
zAMBEsI CABLE TRAMvAY.
Unique Temporary Provision for
Handling Materials for Great
Bridge in Africa.

In the Zambesi river. in Central AZ
RIGA, there is a cataract which is high
er than Niagara, If not broader. At
this point, near Victoria Falls, steel
arch bridge will be built. as link in
the Cape to Cairo" railway system.
The distance between the shores at
the top Of the chasm is $50 feet, and
these are 400 feet above the level of
the stream. The type of structure
which is to be erected there is one for
which it is usual to provide a tenn
porary staging of timber, but the ex-
traordinary depth of the chasm makes
that impracticable. Less difficulty
would be experienced, perhaps, il the
engineers had recommended either .
cantilever or suspension bridge; but,
for reasons which are not obvious,
they preferred the arch. While con-
struction is in progress it will be neces-
sary to move great quantities Of ma.
terial from one or the other shore to
points above the river Building op-
erations will be pushed from both
sides until the work is finished in the
middle. While it is going on. pieces
of steel will be conveyed by means
of wire rope tramway.
For this temporary installation. .
cable will be used which is about two
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
SPANISH IDEA OF PLEASURE.
Old Government Used to Decapitats
Malefactors Amid Much
Festivity.

The Luneta, in Manila, under the
Spanish regime might well have laid
claim to being one of the queerest cor
ners of the globe, says the New York
Herald
It was the custom Of the old gov
eminent to execute Filipino malefac-
tors here, and such events were charac-
terized by much ice cream and many
brass bands
The announcement would be made
that five or six natives would be exc
cuted for various offences. The is
land aristocracy would drive from all
quarters to witness the sport"
The band would strike up. At the
end Of the overture whisper would
dart through the lines of carriages.
There would be a dead silence. Then
q mysterious melancholy "chump''
would announce that one Filipino
malefactor had parted company with
his head.
Once more the bray Of the brass
band. Ice cream and other refresh
ments would be handed around. The
latest scandal in official life would be
discussed.
Then a pause-tense anxiety for .
another Filipino would
90 in search Of his head. The bull
fight is certainly tame compared with
the sport of chopping OF heads.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30

skin. About one in so or 100 shows
q distinctly red color, varying from =
light to dark red. This red color is
due to engagement with blood. The
common white louise of the hen, Memo
pom 1allilum Nitsch, is longer than the
mite and of yellowish- white color
BY the aid of figures and one can
easily identify the chicken mite, even
with the naked eye. Much aid will be
given, however, by a hand magnifier.
The mites are of peculiar and steal
thy habits of life, rather unlike that
which one naturally expects from a
parasite. Indeed, they are only semi
parasitic, and, as rule, remain upon
the fowls only long enough to secure q
meal. They are very active in their
movements and seem to be ever on
the lookout for a victim. On account
OF their vigorous and vicious habits
they may be styled the wolves of the
insect parasites of fowls. The mites
hide in crevices and under objects in
the hen house during the day time,
while the chickens are outside, and lie
in wait for their return. They lay
their eggs and the young are Matched
In these hiding places. A. barrel at
fords an excellent hiding and breeding
place, as the mites lodge between the
slaves and under the hoops. In the
nest they are to be found under the
straw or other nesting material. 1t is
noteworthy fact that place which
shows only few mites on the surface
may contain vast numbers in the crew
Ices or under objects. Often they be-
come SO plentiful that they overflow
the hiding places and appear in hordes
upon the exposed surfaces The de-
scription and figures of the mites are
taken from bulletin Of the yeterin-
airy department Of the Iowa Agricul-
tural college.-Detroit Free Press.