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The Lamar register., 1904-07-06
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must take care of them, Samuel" she
said. when he had ended. "They are
poor, and | had nothing else to do.
The Bible says you must visit the
sick when they're afflicted. You won't
let me do any work here in the house,
and | must do something"
Mrs. Rounds was the first to learn
of sickness or of trouble in any fam
lily for miles around, and first to re-
spond. She officiated at childbirths.
or with tender fingers closed the eyes
of the dead and stitched their shrouds.
When children had Group or measles,
the neighbors sent. not for the doctor,
but for Mrs. Rounds. She found re-
Taxation in sewing for any one who
would accept her services.
Sam made several successful ven
lures in the New York horse market
and decided to locate there. He
bought a cozy house on the East Side.
fronting a small park, and installed
his mother as mistress of the estab-
lishment His business prospered.
Having firmly established his posi-
tion as shipper and dealer in horses,
he turned his attention to the commits
sion business. Taking advantage of
shortage in the cranberry crop, he
bought d large part of the available
supply and cleared thousands of dol
lars in consequence of his sagacity.
He then embarked in the produce and
commission business on large scale
and scored another success.
At the age of thirty-five, having
amaSsed n cOmDetency, Sam Rounds
determined to improve what he
termed his book education Four
winter terms in the Rehobcth public
school gave him all of which he could
boast in the way of erudition. He
therefore began a course of study in
a night school. which he attended four
evenings in the week. He Joined a
debating society, and became a mem
Der of various social and political or
ganizations in his district.
The corruption of the local politi-
clans precipitated revolt against the
party in power. and the voters of
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TWO STEPS
The Last One Helps the FIrso.

A sick coffee drinker must take two
steps to be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again.
The first step is to cut off coffee abb
solutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment The next step is to take liquid
food (and that is Postom Food Cof-
fee) that has in it the elements ma
ture requires to change the blood
corpuscles from pale pink or white
to rich red. and good red blood builds
good strong and healthy cells in place
of the broken down cells destroyed by
coffee. With well boiled Postum Food
Coffee to shift to. both these steps
are easy and pleasant. The expert
ence of n Georgian proves how i'm
portant both are.
From 1872 to the year 1900 my
wife and | had both been afflicted
with sick or nervous headache and at
times we suffered untold agony. We
were coffee drinkers and did not know
how to get away from it for the habit
is hard to quit.
But in 1900 read of a case SINH
lar to ours where Postum Coffee was
uStu III DldNt Vi INC cll 'oh'' INV =
complete cure resulted. so | concluded
to get some and try 1t.
THE result was. after three days
use of Postum in place of the coffee
never had symptom of the old
trouble and in five months | had
gained from las pounds to l63 pounds.
MY niends asked me almost daily
what wrought the change. My an
swer always is. leaving on coffee and
drinking Postum in its place.
We have many friends who have
been benefited by Postum.
las to whether or not have stated
the facts truthfully | refer you to
the Bank of Carrollton or any busi-
ness firm in that city where have
lived for many years and am well
known" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. THE Road to Wellvilla"
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Roast Monkey.

The savage tribes in the interior
Of Brazil are exceedingly fond of
roast monkey. Humboldt estimated
that one small tribe of 200 Indians
consumed over 1900 monkeys during
4 year 1t is said that until recently
monkey meat was for sale in the
butcher shops of Rio Janeiro. Mr..
Wallace, when in the Amazon re-
gion, had a monkey cut up and fried
FOR breakfast. The flesh somewhat
resembled rabbit in flavor, and had
no unpleasant or peculiar taste.
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CHAPTER x.-continued.

Tell ye what weIl dew" said Sam.
"How many yards does it take fer a
dress? Fifteen? All right. Well
give ye sixty cents yard-cash.
What dye say, Mr.. Farnsworth? Is
it a bargain?"
"All right" groaned the merchant.
at leaves me nothing, but I'll do it
as a favor. OF course you want some
slack lace for trimmings?"
Sure" replied Sam.
Something about twenty-five cents
a yard" suggested Mrs Rounds. She
felt like one who, having fallen from
grace, decides to go to perdition with
flying colors. No one in Rehoboth
ever had possessed black silk gown
with lace trimmings.
Here is something at thirty cents
a yard which | can honesty recon-
mend" said Mr.. Farnsworth. After
inspecting cheaper qualities. on which
MIR. Farnsworth fixed higher prices,
Mrs. Rounds consented to the pur-
chase of eight yards. though Mr..
Farnsworth advised ten.
Sans crowning triumph was the
purchase of a black lace shawl listed
at one hundred and fifty dollars. After
ten minutes of dickering with Mr..
Farnsworth. Sam succeeded in acquir-
ing that treasure for SLIPS. Like
wise he bought twenty-five dollar
bonnet for three and. half dollars.
Handkerchiefs. stockings, petticoats
and shoes fell into Sans hands at
ridiculous prices. until his mother,
with tears in her ewes declared that
she would not consent to the purchase
of another article.
Mr. Farnsworth presented an item
lied bill for Si7.27, which Sam paid
from a generous roll of greenbaclls.
On the plea of arranging for express
ing the goods to bingham, Sam met
Mr.. Farnsworth in his office and gave
him a check for the balance of S4i5.50.
~ swan, haven't had so much fun
in ten years." said Sam, as he shook
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Influence of Light and Darkness.

biological laboratory was estab-
lished in the catacombs, near Paris,
in 1896 for the purpose of observing
the influence of light and darkness
upon different animals. In crustaceans
the gray pigment gradually disap-
pears, the eye is modified in its fore
part, and the organs of smell, touch
and taste increase until they are
tripled in size. Fish in the dark lose
their color and grow but half as large
as they would in the light.
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Perlods of chlIdren,s Growth.

DR.. Leslie Mackenzie says in regard
to the growth of boys that the first
acceleration of height after infancy
comes near the end of the first seven
years; the second. about the years of
8 to 10, and the third, from 13 to IS.
With girls the rate of increase is
somewhat more uniform. Growth be-
gins to slow down at the age of IL,
and by the age of II it has sunk to
less than one inch a year.
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To Improve Fire Horses.

Eloquent of the state of affairs in
Londons fire department is this notice
issued by the fire chief: Il have no.
ticed that, when turning out at many
stations, tho movements of the horses
are very slow. Instructions are to be
,iven that the horses are to be trained
so as to come up to the appliances
smartly. desire that later on the
horses shall go to the machines with
cut being led
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Children and Their Clothes.

II you have money, dress your chill
dren; but If you do not wish them to
be regarded with dislike and CON
tempt. teach them to forget that they
are wearing fine clothes. Carefully i'm
press on them that to make compari'
sons between their own garments and
those of children less richly clad is to
stamp themselves i'll bred. Girls are
worse than boys in this respect.
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Not ALWAYS ReIiaiousiy Inclined.

DR.. John Kerr, in his new book of
Memoirs" recalls a number of hum
orous Scotch stories. Among them is
a story Of the ''argumentatively tipsy'
Scot, who calling on the minister and
being told to go home and return the
next day when he was sober, replied:
Man, minister, when I'm sober dinna
care d--n for religious conversa-
ton"
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Something of a Bird.

The possibilities of the English Ian
guage are never better shown than
when some western musical critic
lays himself out in judgment upon
one of Mr.. Conried,s operate stars
Nine. Sembrich recently sang in San
Francisco, and newspaper critic of
much distinction pronounced her the
peerless canary of colorature.
York Tribune.
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lceland's First Railway.

The first railway in Iceland prob
ably will be begun soon by an Eng
lish company recently formed for the
purpose of working the sulphur mines
at Theisstareykir, in the north OF lee
land. The mines are about seventeen
miles from Huavik, the nearest h;.r-
Dor, to which the proposed railway
will run.
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EMPLOYS Only Women.

Lady Henry Somerset. the English
temperance and woman's rights advo-
cate. is consistent in all things. She
keeps only women servants in her
house and on her estates. Tall women
are her footmen, a stout woman is her
butler and women have charge of her
stable
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courtship by Handkerchief.

Whenever a single woman, amongst
powerful tribe in the Persian noun
tains, wishes to get married, she
simply sends a servant to pin hand
kerchief on the hat of the man OF her
choice. He is Obliged by tribal laws
to- marry her, unless he can prove
h'mself too poor to pay the "compen-
sation" her father requires.
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Sound Arabian Belief.

A mans true wealth is the good he
has done in the world. When he dies.
men will ask what property he has
left behind him: but angels will in
quire, what good deeds hast thou
sent before thee?"-From the Arabic.
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Vaccination and Smallpox.

The efficacy of vaccination Is
proved by the fact that during the
Franco Prusslan war $4,000 of the un
vaccinated French soldiers died OF
smallpox, while in the yaccinnted
army there were only go deaths from
that disease.
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Famous Crown Jewels.

The Saxon crown Jewels rank
among the finest in Europe. and more
especially the pearls. Many of the
ancient Polish crown jewels are
among the treasures at Dresden. and
there is a fine collection of diamonds
as well as of emeralds.
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ldeas on Verse.

Don't be afraid of making me angry
by telling me your candid opinion OF
my verse. old fellow Criticism
doesn't make any difference with me
81 know that. my dear boy; but the
trouble is that it don't make any diff
ference with your verses, either -
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Johnny Not Such a Fool.

when | have occasion to puni3h
my son." said the austere man. i
always tell him that it hurts me moro
than it does him" Il don't" replied
the plain. practical citizen; Johnny
may be little headstrong and disobe.
dent, but he has too much sense u
believe anything like that. t.'-Washins'
ton Star.
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e,ss;.n Teachers Pi.ituI Paw,

The condition of the village school
master in Russia is not to be envied.
The case is reported of a master who
has been in one school for thirteen
years. married man of thirty-five,
with FIVE children. His annual salary
is 200 roubles. or about 800.
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Written by a Young Man.

If the human stomach wasn't worth
about the most docile thing in the
world it would wax insurgent every
day AGAINST the miscellaneous stuff
that is constantly chucked into it.
Hartford Post
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Took Both Pictures.

1t is told of the late Clarence rSng
that he met John Rusllin in a picture
shop and his comments were so de-
lightfuly phrased that Ruskin took
i'm to his heart, inviting him to Con
iston ana offering him one of his two
greatest water-colors by Turner "One
good Turner" said King, deserves
another" and took both.
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Monument to Gen. Hays.

Pittsburg. where Gen. Alexander
Hays was born. proposes to erect
monument to her hero on the spot
where he fell in the wilderness.
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Reclamation a Jewel.

Impatience relieves no ill: on the
contrary. it is a sharp additional pang
added to all the rest. But resignation
soothes and lightens all we suffer by
showing the gain there is behind
Fenelon.
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Quite likelX.

If woman is only handsome and
clever. and has money and good
health and gay spirits. some fool man
is almost sure to persuade himself
that he might fall in love with her
New York Telegraph.
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Fortified Monasteries.

Russia has number Of monasteries
in Palestine. recent traveller was
surprised to find them strongly forti-
fed and having loop holes for guns.
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Austrian Crown Jewels.

The Austrian and Hungarian crown
Jewels are fine, and the late empress
of Austria possessed one of the largest
private collections of jewels OF any
princess in Europe.
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HapDiness.

Gait trying to be happy. HapPi-
ness is n chimera. a vain and idle con
ceit. a fantastic solecism. The best
plan is to set for yourself certain
standard of misery and learn to grin
and bear 1t. Then. whatever comes
above that standard will be happi
moss
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hands with Mr.. Farnsworth and
thanked him. 81 reckon Ma Rounds
will be the best dressed old lady be-
tween Boston an Newport. Good
day. Mr.. Farnsworth, an good luck
ter YOU"
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Peoples of the World.

Latest statistics place the popula-
tlon of the world at .539 600 900. and
it is estimated that it's case OF be
ing about half and half monotheists
and polytheists.
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Potato a Prolific Vegetable.

As an illustration of how prolific is
the vegetable kingdom 1t is estimated
that 10000 100000 potatoes can be
raised in ten years from single seed
Dotato.
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To Be American Citizens.

On March 4. 1906. $4,000 red men in
the Indian Territory will give up
tribal rule and become American citi-
zens.
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,onson,s ownerless Pigeons.

pigeons lowering about the London
streets are everybody's prey. for. hav
ing no owners. the police say that
they cannot and will not take ACTON
against any person killing the birds
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Averaoe Married Life.

Married life on the average lasts
twenty-eight years, or almost half of
the ffty-eight which make up the al
loted span OF life.
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Coal Slack for Piqs.

A small heap of Coal slack should
be placed in every pigsty for the in
tabitants to feed upon. says a trade
Journal. .
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PecuIiaritY in Plant Life.

II flower pot is laid on its side the
stalk of the plant growing in it will
gradually curve upwards until it as
sumes vertical position.
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Silence May Be Golden.

Silence may be Golden-but so are
good words when they are spoken at
the right time. The trouble is to find
out which has the most value.
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Coed for Him; Good for You.

Train up a child in the way he
should go. and keep right along with
him Yourself -Somerville Journal.
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When Ioss of Heiaht Begins.

Persons usually begin to lose height
at the age of fifty. and at the age OF
ninety have lost at least one and
half inches.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06
Water In Human Body.

Seven hundred and seventy'nine
parts in every one thousand of human
blood are water.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06
Turn to Modern Cars.

The old box-like compartment cars
on French railways are being gradu-
ally displaced by vestibuled cars of a
more modern type.
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Peculiarly. OF Nature.

Strange to say. in Asia and Africa,
where grass will not grow. the most
beautiful flowers and shrubs flourish
to perfection.
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Said by a Wise Man.

Be noble, and the nobleness that
lies in other men, sleeping but never
dead, will rise in majesty to meet
thine own.-Lowell.
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Inducement to Study.
Hindoo schoolboys who do not know
their lessons have to stand on one leg
and hold an ear in each hand.
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Greatest Coffee Consumer.

The United States leads all coun-
tries as a consumer of coffee.
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Whisky in Great Britain.

Great Britain is said to consume
/ 600 900 gallons OF whisky each year.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06

Exceeds New York in Cost.
The cost of living in Tamatave.
Madagascar's metropolis. is double
that in New York.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06

Americans the Beet Penmen.
The Americans are. as nation. the
best penmen of the world. with the
British following a close second.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06
Public Holidays in Greece.

Greece has more public holidays
than any other country in the world.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06

Fish That Never Sleep.
a It is said that salmon pike and gold
ofsh are the only fish that never sleep.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-06

Good Price for Old Volume.
A first folio Shakespeare was sold
in London recently for G465.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-29
REPUBLICAN RALLY AT
THE ORpHEUM TONIGHT

The rally tonight the Orpheum promises to be the most
interesting meeting of the and crowd looked
little talk promised by Mr. Beckons will be of the
of evening said that he has something abo
1uey ne and convusng spring his listeners.
Mr. Breckons favore speaker and the fact OF bis being
slated should alone be sufficient to draw crowd.
Chairman Robertson prepared to tell the few things
they thought the Republican platform
NJ White clear convincing speaker will be in
Achi will discuss the Hawaiian and
the Republican Party.
Lo Andrews will also discuss platform but it will
of the Democratic party and he should be able
heavily with such He will also devote few minutes to
showing hollow the promises being held by the
Demmys.
This meeting ladies will be especially welcome
program been prepared with the of pleas
They be honed with reserved they
are considered the party masccts
The overflow meeting will be equally well looked after SO far
speakers are concerned.
Geo A. Davis take the place the program Of J. w
Cathcart, who is indisposed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-29

STREET
First of Kind Being
Laid Along
Queen.

The first asphalt street is being laid
in Honolulu. Lord & Belser, the con-
tractors, are paving Queen street be-
tween Fort and Alakea streets, and at
the rate of progress shown yesterday
the thoroughfare should be. completed
by next week Saturday
There is a four-inch concrete base
for the street and upon this is being
laid a twobinch stratum of asphalt.
When rolled and ironed sprinkling Of
cement dust is scattered upon the sur
face to harden it. Already the paving
gives an idea of what the whole street
will look like when finished. From curb
to Grub there is a smooth surface.
The advantages of asphalt for street
paving are explained by one of the
contractors as follows:
In the Hawaiian climate there is no
possibility of the asphalt hardening to
such an extent that cracks and disin-
tegration may be expected in a year or
so; the climate will keep it partially
resilient. making it easy on horses; rain
and other surface water will be easily
drained, causing no mud puddles. Dur
ing the dry and dusty season it can be
flushed at night without any portion
of the pavement being washed away
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-29
CANDIDATES
PERMIT
All for Whom inmates
Can Vote May Visit
Settlement.

At the meeting of the Board of
Health yesterday a petition from John
Richardson, VIM. White and other
Home Rule candidates on Maui, etc,
for permits TO visit the Leper Settle
ment and address the inmates was sub
mitted.
DR.. Cooper considered that Judge
Dole's decision only applied to c. P.
Iaukea and incidentally to the candi-
dates of other parties for tie Office of
Delegate to Congress.
Fred. c. Smith thought all the can
didates for whom the Settlement voters
might vote ought to have the privilege
of addressing them. He made a motion
accordingly, but left the meeting before
a vote was taken.
Attorney General Andrews did not
wish to take advantage of a technical
ity. Though he did not think Judge
Dole's decision extended to Territorial
candidates, yet under all the cir9um-
stances he would not refuse the per-
mfts
NJ. P Robinson would not have fish
made of one and flesh of others.
The motion to grant the desired per-
mits carried.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-29

ut is false from top to bottom, this
article said Cecil Brown vehenaently
yesterday afternoon as he scanned an
evening paper.
His attention had just been called
TO an article with bold headlines:
Brown with the Democrats: The In
dependent Republican Candidate Tells
Their Leaders How to Win, in a Con-
ference Held This Morning at the
Democratic Headquarters-Wil De-
feat Republicans, He Says. by Voting
Straight Ticket
ST deny it in toto,'' said Mr.. Brown
to an Advertiser man. ct have not at
tended any Democratic meeting today,
nor have I been at any of the confer
ences with any of the men of that
party"
Cecil Brown was in an indignant
frame of mind when he spoke. The
afternoon papers had been on the
streets but a short time when his at
tention was called to the article and
he FASTENED at once to deny its truth
The article was as follows:
Senator Cecil Brown was alta meet
ing at the Democratic headquarters
this morning, cheering the leaders OF
the Democratic party with what he re-
CARDS as their prospects of victory.
Brown though he claims to be a Re
publican, strongly urged that all De-
mocrats vote their ticket straight, tell
ing them that that was the way to
win this time. Brown told the Demo-
cratic leaders that if their followers
commenced scratching, they would
lose
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-29

So Prof. Wood Of John Hopkins Re-
ports After an Investigation,

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1S.-"The N-ray
is probable delusion," said Robert W.
Wood, professor of the Johns Hopkins
physical laboratory, today. Prof. Wood
has just returned from Europe and
among other things he investigated ~
the much heralded Blondlot Mays
II was interested in the alleged dis
covery," he said, land made it a point
of trying some experiments in company
with the discoverer and his assistant.
There has always been a doubt as 10
the genuineness Of the discovery. No
physicist outside of France seems To
have been able to make the tests sue
cessfully
II was sceptical and went to Nancy,
where 1 spent three hours in BIondlot's
laboratory and tried several tests all
of which failed absolutely. BIondlot 3
assistant also failed.
"The discoyerer himself failed to note
the alleged change on the phosphores-
cent screen by which the ray was to
be found when I held the screen, al
though when he himself held it the
change was readily observed by him
self. We made other tests, some of
them ridfculously amusing, and I in
tend to lecture on the subject at Hop
kins Hall on next Thursday
While abroad Prof. Wood visited the
curios at the radium laboratory. at
was very interesting as a study" he
said, but I doubt. seriously. whether
there win ever be enough radium to
Take it Of practical commercial value u