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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-12
THE FRE|GHTER NEBRASKAN
MAKES A NEW RECORD
Navy Department Is interested in Her Oil
Burning Performance--TraveIs 1900 Miles
at Half Former Expense.

In the white dress she wears in the
perennial balm of Pacific ports the
American Hawaiian steamship Ne
braskan slipped into Quarantine yes
terday after a voyage of 12,724 nauNcal
miles from San Diego, Cal, steaming
all the way under power generated by
crude California oil.
She has been using this sort of fuel
under her boilers for the last sixteen
months in trips between San Francisco
and Honolulu, distance of 2,160 miles,
which, she covered in seven and a half
days. But this is the first time that
she has gone half around the world
using oil only, and she thus establishes
! a record as a liquid fuel burner that
is so interesting that several naval ex-
perts will go aboard her today, look
over her plant and report on the mat
+, ter to the Navy Department.
Russia has seriously undertaken the
burning of crude oil in a large part OF
her fleet in the Baltic. She has at the
scene of war two triple-screw armored
cruisers, the Rossia and the Gromovoi,
equipped to burn oil, and her damaged
protected cruiser, the Pallada, also can
run under liquid fuel.
The Nebraskan looks and smells as
sweet as any big twin-screw freighter
that ever has been in this or any other
port She had the advantage of other
steamships that make the trip through
two oceans in not being compelled to
tarry at several ports on the long way
to take on coal. Her time was 81 days, |
Z hours and q minutes, made at an
average speed of 1876 knots. That is |
q fine average for the distance and |
much better than her sister ship, the |
made when she sailed for the |
Pacific, using coal only. The Nevadan's |
time was 81 days, including stops for !
coal. The voyage of the Nebraskan to |
San Francisco with coal was longer |
than that of the Nevadan. In going |
westward the currents and winds favor |
the ships. The two ships got their OIL
burning equipment at San Francisco.
On her trip hither the Nebraskan,
which on the way called only at Pun
tas Arenas, in the Straits of Magellan,
burned $500 barrels of oil. Her oil |
capacity is 10000 barrels.
Most of this is stored between the dou-
BILE bottoms of the ship in what are
called the reserve bunkers, or tanks;
the rest is stored in the main tank,
from the bottom of the ship
20 the main deck. From the main tank
he oil is pumped to the injection tubes
and sprayed on the CRATES. The Ne
oraskan has no oil left in her reserve
anks, but has 1900 barrels in her main
.ank.
Some sailor men may object to a
perth in the Nebraskan because they
,annot exercise aboard her the tradi-
ional privilege of the old-time tar of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-12

BURNS AND CUTS. Slight injuries
OF this character are of frequent occur
renee in almost every household. While
they are not dangerous. except when
blood poisoning results from the injury,
they are often quite painful and an
noying. They can be quickly healed
by applying Chamber1ain's Pain Balm.
1t allays the pain almost instantly and
heals the injured parts without matter
being formed, which insures a cure in
one-third the time that the usual treat
ment would require. 1t is the most
perfect preparation in use for burns,
scalds, cuts, bruises and like injuries
1t should be applied with a feather
and before the parts become swollen if
possible For sale by All Dealers and
Druggists. Benson. Smith & Co, Ltd,
Agents for Hawaii
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-12
WaOSE FAULT IS IT
A Local Occurrence That VIII
Interest Many Readers In
Honolulu.

If. when a fog horn warns the mariner
to sheer off the coast. he still hugs the
shore ana wrecks upon 1t. whose fault
is it? If the red switch light it up and
the engine driver deliberately pulls
ahead and pitches into another train,
blame the driver. If careless work
man viii in spite of warning try to find
out how many teeth a buzz saw has.
and the saw tries to find out how many
fingers the workman has. blame the
workman, not the saw. If a sick man
knows that certain medicine is doing
him good, and he carelessIy neglects to
use it, blame the man. not the medi-
cine. If Honolulu people who have
kidney complaint and baekache will
not take Doan's Backache Kidney Pills
when they are Endorsed by scores of
citizens, blame the people, not the In
dorsers. Read this Endorsement:
Mr.. John E. Bush of Punchbow1 ST.,
this city, is attached to the Hawaiian
Interpretation staff at the Supreme
Court. He says: ST had kidney trou-
BILE, and, acting on the recommends
ton of friend. who had tried your
invaluable remedy. got some of
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills at Hol-
lister Drug Co.'s store. They were Just
as beneficial to me as they had been to
my friend. It is well the virtues of
these pills should be made known, for
they really are an excellent medicine
for kidney trouble
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
for sale by all dealers. Price go cents
per box, or sent by mail on receipt OF
price by the Hollister Drug Co., Homo
lulu, wholesale agents for the Hawai-
ian Islands.
Remember the name-DOANs-an
take no other.
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smoking. Placards posted in various
parts of the ship declare that "smok-
ing or the use of naked lights or oil
lamps of any kind is strictly prohibited
aboard the ship. Any person violating
this order will be discharged imme-
diately."
No one was discharged on the voy-
age.
The Nebraskan is the first oil-burn-
ing steamship that has gone through
the Straits of Magellan and she prob
ably has made the trip from the Pa
cific at less than half what it ever cost
a freighter of her tonnage before. Her
three furnace men, who correspond to
the stokers, in a coal-burning ship, do
the work of twelve stokers. They get
better pay, being of higher order of
intelligence. They attend to auxiliary
engines that run the blowers and pump
the oil from the main tank. The en-
gine-room force, in other respects, does
not differ materially from that of the
ordinary freight steamship. The fur
mace men work in four hour shifts, and
their duties are pleasanter and not so
hard as that of ordinary stokers. AS
the skipper said, brains rather than
is the requisite of a furnace
man.
Chief Engineer John Mitchell will
turn over today to Capt. w. D. Burn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-12

ham. manager of the American Hawai-
ian Line. the data that will show how
much more economically the Nebraskan
has been run than she would have been
if her power had been generated from
coal The engineer declined to make
his report public yestrday. The cargo
space saved by the absence of coal
bunkers is an Item in the earning ca
pacity of the ship.
The Nebraskan brings a large cargo.
consisting chiefly of California wines.
She will return to the Pacific with her
tanks filed with Texan oil, which is
much like the kind she burned on her
way here.-New York sun.
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Pythians Dance Tonight.

Mystic Lodge No. 2. K. of p, have
sent out the following invitations:
Dear Sir and Brother: Yourself and
ladies are cordially invited to be pres
ent at a social and dance to be given
at the Castle Hall of this Lodge, Tues
day evening, April II, in honor of the
members of Honolulu Temple No. l,
Rathbone Sisters.
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VIM. G. IRWIN & CO.


AGENTS FOR
, western 81 sugar Rsanins MATER Hl
Baldwin Locomotive Worlin II.
delphia, Pa --------'srs
Newell Universal Mill Cc- -,
facturers OF National Cane "a q
New York, ny. ENERAL CO..
Parafine Paint Company. s9s.
cisco, Cal. furnished fss =
Ohlandt & Co., San Francis work
Pacific Oil Transportation IonoluIa.
Francisco, Cal.
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chants
Bishop & Co, Bs,..
FSTAgHSHEn IN

BANKING Dh4 ART
Transact business in all de- Co. Lie
Of banking.
Collections carefully attend.
Exchange bought and sold =. Louias
Commercial and Travellers 44Asss
Credit issued on the Bank oi,s. Tse.
mia and N. NJ. Rothschild =
London. nd r..
Correspondents: The Bank
fornia, Commercial Banking 80
Sydney, Ltd. London.
Drafts and cable transfers ON CnaI
and Japan through the Hongkons ~
Shanghai Banking Corporation NJ
Chartered Bank of India. Australia as1
China
Interest allowed on term deposits .
the following rates per annum, via:
Seven days notice, at per cent.
Three months. ar per cent.
Six months, at 81 per cent.
Twelve months, at per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Act as Trustees under mortgages
Manage estates, real and perso ad Tsa
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers. willis. bond
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEP
Auditors for corporations e.
vate firms. ozAsAs 1sf
Books examined and report y, Va sa e
Statements OF affairs prepa ~V.s
Trustees on bankrupt or
estates. ---------------@-s
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
THE MODERN "BACHELOR GIRL

mains wOman's goal Girls used TO
marry before the age of twenty. and if
they did not within a few years of that
they were regarded as failures in the
matrimonial market and destined 70 set
tie down a dependent uron the bounty
of relatives.
The bachelor girl is now the vogue,
and welcome addition 20 any house
hold, the life of a party and the friend
OF men and women alike Her contact
With the world has taught her not to
marry the first man who asks her but
wait until she has passed the impress
sionable age and choose discreetIy
Sometimes she does not choose at all.
but determines to continue IN single
blessedness. This does not bar her from
society or convert her into wall flower
AZ ball. On the contrary. her heart
V hole and, fancy free" attitude and her
ability to hoe her own row. usually
results in bringing Il multitude os mon
20 her feet and a score OF delightful
and admiring girl friends to her side
The girl who is not married at twenty
five. or even thirty, in these days, is as
much in the belle class as her younger
and more inexperienced sisters, for her
superior knowledge. tact snd wholesome
nature have nodded her from the fire
side, stocking darning spinster into a
real live, loving and lovable American
! bachelor" maid.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
NEW FADS OF FASHION

Colored kerchiefs are the mode once
again, and the smart maid or rnatron is
proudly exhibiting bits of dainty lined
dotted or bordered in vivid hues. What
a whimsical lot we can be- One year
nothing but the purest white in hand
kerchiefs would be tolerated. and now
the pretty little fancy lace square has
been supplanted by the highly coloreG
mouchoir.
The white kerchief. of course. will
never go out OF fashion, for it is always
helpful, fresh looking, and charming.
but If one would be the real correct
thing. then the handkerchief lined in
red, yellow. pink, or even Yale blue is
the true insignia of the smart woman.
Men include this latest fad among
their own which. II the truth were
known, probably started after their loud
waistcoats and ties became the rage.
Many styles in colored handkerchiefs
have presented themselves. but the alb
soIutely latest is of fine dimity with a
narrow hem, not more than a quarter
Of an inch. In some bright color, and
bars. the width OF the hem. crossing the
handkerchief to form spaces an inch
square. Dimity also comes in the check
erboard design, that is. with squares of
white and one bright color. alternating.
giving a handkerchief the effect of a
tiny checkerboard. This effect is espe-
ciallv noticeable when the colors are
black and white or yellow and black.
The college" handkerchief has an
inch-wide hem in Yale blue, Harvard
crimson or Princeton orange and black.
Another college" effect is 10 have the
monogram in college colors on an all
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
OF COURSE. HE FLED.

It was a Brewer young woman. so the
story goes. who was having a little nap
on the lounge the other evening, when
her mother ushered in caller, young
man from Bangor. who expects some
day 10 be the whole thing with her.
Don't wake her" said he, but get a
cup of warm water. and when her nm
gers touch it she will answer any ques-
tion asked better than II awake"
The mother got the cup as directed
and carefully immersing the girls fin
gers in it, he said, in low but distinct
tone. What do you want me TO get you
for Christmas2" "O,' she murmured, Il
want a ~et of furs and a diamond ring
and a bottle of perfume and set of
dishes and a plano and a But the
young man was travelling toward the
ferry at a pace which suggested the
sudden recollection of an Imperative en-
gagement ia his home city.-Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

cuffs of fine muslin or linen lawn. hem
stitching them and adding feather
stitching or knots, as may suit her
fancy
The single or double tab collar is a
prime favorite but deep turnovers. al
most as wide as the stock are liked
also. Cross-stitch is used upon crash
and scrim collars. and designs In mer-
cerized cottons brighten up heavy linen
stock-
Stiff Collars Threatened.
Linen collars Of the stiff sort are In
again. and while the plain mannish ones
are seen. the most stylish are those not
quite so stiff. finished at the edges with
open work. dots. or even tiny flowers IN
embroidery; and oftentimes the edges are
buttonholed and scalloped. Indeed the
stiff collar of this season is modish In
the extreme. and need not be so stiff as
to cause an ugly yellow line TO encircle
the neck by reason of its wearing
Very dainty collars to be worn over i
foundation are sold in embroideries OF
gorgeous colors on batiste. These have
an Oriental air that IS charming. ard
many very expensive stocks are made of
the blue-tOned embroideries dear to the
Chinese. Crepe de chine scarfs. finished
with a turnover collar in red and yellow
embroidery. are sold in this city for so
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG

Women who are asking how to keep
ySung as the gray hairs appear above
their brows would do well TO try the
recipe OF an old lady who. although
eighty years old. had never impressed
one with the truth of her age because
her heart was still young and sympa-
thetic When asked how she had retain
ed such apparent youth in age she said:
Il knew how to forget disagreeable
things
Il tried TO master the art of saying
pleasant things.
Il did not expect too much Of my
friends.
Il kept my nerves well in hand. and
did not allow them To bore other peo-
pie.
Il tried TO find any work that came
to hand congenial.
Il retained the illusions of my youth
and did not believe every man a liar
and every woman spiteful.
II did my best to relieve the misery /
came in contact with, and sympathized
with the suffering.
In fact, / tried to do to others as
would be done by.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

The old-maid question has Teappeared,
but this time in rather a new light. A
sscruan who SAYS she is twenty-eight
years on, attractive, and looking as
young as she did five years ago, objects
Sc riously to the fact that some one re-
Gently spoke Of her as an old maid. She
desires to know if. simply because she
is twenty-eight years old. and despite
her youthful appearance. this particular
person is justified in using the term.
Now. the question is: How old must
woman be before she may truthfully
be spoken of as an old maid?" If the
statements of two weIl-known writers
must be taken that =, woman is as
young as she looks" a I'D again. that "a
woman is as young as she feels" the
question might be readily disposed of
as being one entirely within the discre-
tion OF the person in question.
The old-fashiOned maid has almos!
passed into history, and in her stead
there is the interesting, intellectual.
broad-minded and generous bachelor
girl. In years gone by, and not so many
years either. woman's sphere was en-
bodied in the home. She was not eX-
pected to 20 out and work. and her one
aim and ambition in life was to marry
and so prtvide herself with caretaker.
Nearly every profession known to the
world is now open 10 women. and they
have taken such quick and sure adVan-
tage OF it that marriage no longer re-
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

white handkerchief. Some romantic girl
started the fad of having her own in
1tials in one corner and those Of her
sweetheart. woven in his college colors,
in the opposite corner Of her hand
kerchief
A saeture Of the new fad is TO have
the handkerchiefs match the stocks or
collars worn. For instance, a dainty
set is Of fine white linen lawn with a
narrow pale blue border hemstitched.
and above the hcmstitching a double
row OF French knots in blue and tiny
initial also in blue: the collar. cuffs.
and handkerchiefs all initiated to match
These sets are easy 20 make II one has
the time. but are rather expensive to
buy already made. The colors that lend
themselves moro readily to these
finishing sets are blue, gray, violet
and a delicate Persian green.
All the new handkerchiefs are ridicu-
lously small and are nothing more than
a tiny bit of decorated goods lined TO
tuck into ones hand bag or the left
sleeve. The new wide cuffs now pre-
vailing make this last method OF carry
ing ones handkerchief rather an ex-
pensive one.
A popular Washington girl who always
carries her handkerchief military
fashion and who admits she adores
cavalier sleeves. has confessed to the
loss of thirty-four handkerchiefs since
Christmas 1t is really necessary to
suffer if one means to be fashionable
but then it is usually the pater familias
who suffers while his charming daughter
takes care TO be fashionable.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
HOWE: ITS INTERESTS :
: : !: AND ITS PROBLEMS
DAINTY NECKWEAR SEEN ABOUT TOWN

Ncckwcar has become "A serious Drob-
lem Of late, and the multiplicity of
stocks. ribbons, and turnover collars
has added no small item OF expense
to womans dress allowance. However
IL must be admitted our women lool,
much neater and fresher with these
dainty little stocks than i'm the long
ago. when a plain collar of the same
material as the dress finished off tho
neck with a hard. dark line. and ne
usual there is no loss without some
gain
Many Variations.
Each day sees new variations on the
ordinary themes. and each variation
suggests endless possibilities. woman
may set along well with a few well.
cut dark blouses, or say two everyday
shirt waist dresses Of some wooden
goods. but she cannot get along without
a good round dozen stocks and collars
to give variety TO the few dresses. and
it is wonderful how they smarter uD
plain frock
First and foremost, we will speak Of
turn-overs. whicd may be bought-if
one looks about carefully-for % cents
each. Simple hemstitc1ed ones. orns-
mented with French knots. are pretty.
and better than elaborate affairs of ma
may make her own setS OF collars and
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
ANNUAL Entertainment,
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL

The annual entertainment held in the
Western High School last night was
one Of the most enjoyable ever given.
Edith c. Wescott managed the enter
tainment. and it was through her en-
deavors that it proved so good. Miss
Wescott is principal Of the Greenleaf
Night School and Western High School.
The first thing on the program was a
short address by Miss WescOtt, after
which Miss Bentley sang some songs Of
her own composition.
Miss Wescott then introduced the prin-
cipal of the Friends Select School who
took the audience on5a trip OF Obscrva-
ton through the historic city OF Venice.
explaining various points as the pic
lures were shown.
DR. Harry White sang two songs en-
titled, Under the Rose" and Il Have
Danfneys Love"
A basketball game was arranged to
amuse the boys and girls. Miss Wescott
then invited all TO the basement, where
refreshments were served.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

There is no specific for
consumption. The nearest
approach to a cure is right
living and SCOTS Emulsion.
No matter what the treat
ment may be SCOTS Emul-
sion will prove a valuable
addition. Ithas often turned
the scale of health the right
way. Because SCOTS Emul-
sion contains the pure cod
liver oil it furnishes heat and
fat. The hypophosphites
provide tissue-food, blood
food and marrow-food. The
combination of the two repre-
sentS a wonderful form Of
nourishment and one that
can be readily taken and re-
tained at any stage of the dis
ease. SCOTS Emulsion gives
best results when used most
regularly. Made a part of
the consumptive's regular
diet it will invariably afford
relief. Occasional use of
SCOTS Emulsion is a test
unfair to the Emulsion and
the patient.
Wen send you 2 sample free unon request
SCOTT & BOVINE 200 Pearl street. n Y.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

A critic Of the American woman con-
demns her because of her supposed lack
Of interest in serious reading. He says:
American women never seem to read
ANYTHING of Importance. Some of them
might as well live in a land without a
printing press. A large majority of
the remainder confine their attention to
newspapers. Why don't they read
books and learn something?"
1t is true that many women neglect
to read They do not appreciate the
privilege Of having newspapers, maga-
zines and books always easy of aces s.
In many instances they spend their en-
tire time in homework or dress. for
getting that bright mind is even more
charming than a new dress or the
latest thing in colffures.
The modern newspaper is the great
popular educator. 1t is the school for
adults and for children. The majority
OF persons leave school in early youth.
but education is never finished The
newspaper takes up the task the school
leaves Incomplete. 1t deals with every
phase of life, with every branch Of
knowledge. In plain, simple language
the latest discovery Of science and the
newest device OF the inventor are made
known. Literature. art ana music re-
ceive their share OF attention. and the
news of the day. which is history in
the making. is given in detail.
Thet the American woman reads the
newspapers there can be no doubt ana
the bright. up-to-date woman not only
reads the newspapers but helps 10 make
them. The woman who spends her time
designing attractive gowns to meet the
approval of her masculine admirers and
the envy OF her women friends would
do wei to devote one-tenth of that time
to reading the newspapers, becoming
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
RUFUS P. MURRAY DIES
AT GARFIELD HOSPITAL

Rufus p. Murray, a clerk in the
Treasury Depai ;ment. died hast nieht 81
the Garfield Hospital. About two weeks
ago he underwent an operation at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, for n
slight injury to one Of his feet After
his return home the wound became af-
fected with gangrene, and he was re-
moved to the Garfield Hospital when
a second operation was performed. Blood
poisoning developed aad fastened his
death.
Mr.. Murray was native Of Missouri
He came to Washington about twenty
years ago. and had remained here since.
He is survived by n widow and two
sons. Don s. and Harry. The. family
residence is at 1914 w Street northwest
Arrangements for the funeral will be
completed today.