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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18
Thirteenth Day.

The jury trying the suit of Capital
Building Co. vs.. Henry yVaterhouse &
Co, retired a little after p, M. yes
terday. the thirteenth day of trial, to
consider their verdict. In about half
an hour judge Gear called them in and
sent them to the Union Grill for din
ner, instructing them to return to de-
liberate at 7:3o-"when you may fight
as long as you please the court add
ed. At a late hour the jury had not
rendered a verdict and were allowed
. go to their homes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18

The Star assumes that it's informa-
ton of Feb. u, that Japanese army
had landed in the north of Korea to
begin the investment of Port Arthur
and that an engagement would occur
in a few hours with the Russians, has
been borne out by subsequent news.
Six days have passed without the bat
tie being reported, although the
specials had 10000 Russians on the
YaIu ready to fight; and as for an
investment of Port Arthur via the va
III it is not yet even limited at. The
sole achievement of the specials has
been to guess at the landing of a large
force to operate beyond the Yalu, al
though they had predicted that tbs
troops would march there, first from
Masampho and then from Seoul.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18
aaws,l's New publicet1on

The Hawaiian Forester and Agricul-
turist. in its second number, presents an
excellent table OF contents as follows:
The Cotton Industry and its POSSIBLE
ties in Hawaii. The New superintendent
of Forestry, The Farmers Institute,
Collecting Parasites for Australia, Ex-
changes, Various Notes. Cut Worms on
the Waimea Plains. Koebele and the
Lantana Insect, Oranges to be Doomed
in Cuba, Pine Apple Culture in Florida
Cotton and Its Cultivation in the West
Indies, In Search of Parasites (Report
OF @. Conpere), The Agricultural So
ciety of Hilo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18

Evidently most of the war news sent
by the correspondents is picked up in
japanese cities. It has never been the
custom of Japan to let correspondents
go with its war fleets, nor to let them
use the cable from the scene of hostili-
ties. providing that cable is at hand.
Least of all are they permitted to
forecast events. The reasons are OBJ
vfous A correspondent is regarded
in Japan-from the .Wolseley stand
point-as a privileged spy. and while
the japanese are willing and even
eager to have him mail descriptions
of events that are past or rapidly
passing, they object to have him give
their plans away by cable. Sometimes,
as a means of deceiving the enemy,
they put him on false scents. What
really authentic fresh news there is,
of a punishable kind, goes to the As
ISOLATED Press and Reuters, with
which agencies the Government works
| in harmony. But these organizations
are not encouraged to make forecasts
AS for the correspondents their work
is mainly to supply picturesque detail
a fact the Hearst papers recognized
when they chose the rising young nov
elist. Jack London, to represent then
at the front.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18

The officers and men on the Italian
cruiser are enthusiastic for Japan While
the LEGAL Germans are generally for
Russia. The Dreibund doesn't Seem to
be a binding affair in Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18

Set it down as an ordinary PROPOSE
ton of common sense that when Japan
let's anybody use the cable to announce
that she is sending an army east, The
force is probably going west.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-18

The drouth is pretty well broken now
ssag Honolulu would just as soon have
1onal look at the sun.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

said the editor, wnen Kent nad guard
edly outlined some portion of his plan.
I'VE are on your side of the fence, and
have been ever since Bucks was sprung
as candidate on the convention.
But you've no case. OF course. it's an
open secret that the Universal people
are trying to break through the fence
or the new law and establish them
selves in the Belmount field without
losing their identity or any OF their
monopolistic privileges. And it is
equally matter of course to some of
US that the Bucks ring will sell the
State out If the price is right. But to
implicate Bucks and the capitol gang
in printable shape is quite another
matter"
IT know" Kent admitted. but it
isn't impossible; it has got to be pos
sible''
The night editor sat back in his chair
and chewed his cigar refectively. Sud-
denly he asked:
Whats your object, Kent? 1t
isn't purely pro bono publico, I take
Kent could no longer say truthfully
that 1t was, and he did not lie about it.
NO, it's purely personal, I guess. ]
need to get grip on Bucks and !
mean to do it."
Hildreth laughed
And having got it, you'll telephone
me TO let up--as you did in the House
bill 2s fiasco. Where do we come in?"
No; you shall come in on the ground
moor this time: though ! may ask you
to hold your hand until l have used
my leverage. And if you'll go into it
to stay, you sha'n't be alone. Giving
the Argus precedence in any item of
news, III engage to have every other
opposition editor in the State ready to
back you"
Cad! you're growing. Kent. Do you
mean to down the Bucks crowd def
nitely?" demanded the editor. who
stammered a little under excitable
provocation. Bigger men than you
have tried it-and failed"
But no one Of them with half my
obstinacy, Hildreth. It can be done,
and l am going to do IT,
The night editor laughed again.
IF you can show that gang up, Kent,
for you.''
i've got 1t to do" said Kent After
ward, perhaps I'll come around for
some Of the good things. ! am not in
this for health or pleasure. Can
count on you after the mud-slingins
Hildreth reflected further. disregard
ing the foreman's reproachful calls for
copy.
"I'll go you," he said at last: ''and I'll
undertake to swing the chief into line.
But am going to disagree with you
fiat on the project of sudden expose.
Right or wrong, Bucks has pup popular
sentiment on his side. Take the Trans
western territory, for example: at the
present. speaking these grafters-or
their man Guilford; It's the same-own
those people down there body and soul.
You couldn't pry Bucks out of their
affections with a crowbar-suddenly, ]
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

You say Mr.. Meigs is obstinate and the
Governor is likely to prove still more
obstinate. Have you thought of any
way of softening them?"
You know 1 haven't, It's a stark
impossibility from my point Of view."
Nothing is impossible; it is always
a question of ways and means" Then,
suddenly: Have you been paying any
attention to the development of the
Belmont oil field?"
Enough to know that it Is big
thing; the biggest since the Pennsyl-
: vania discoveries, according to all ac-
counts"
And the people of the State are en-
thusiastic about it, thinking that now
the long tyranny of the oil monopoly
will be broken?"
That is the way most Of the news
papers talk, and there seems to be
some little ground for it, granting the
powers Of the new law"
She laid the tips of her fingers on
his arm and knotted the thread of sug-
gestion in single sentence.
I'm the present state of affairs-with
the Peoples party as yet on trial, and
the public mind ready to take fire at
the merest hint of a foreign capitals
tic monopoly In the State-tell me what
would happen to the man who would
let the Universal Oil Company into
the Belmont field in defiance Of the
new trust and corporations law?"
by Jovei" Kent exclaimed, sitting
up as If the shapely hand had given
him buffet. 1T would ruin him polit-
ically, world without end. Tell me; is
Bucks going to do that?'
She laughed softly.
THAT is for you to find out, Mr..
David Kent; not by hearsay, but In
good, solid terms of fact that will ap-
peal to a level-headed. conservative
newspaper editor like-well. like Mr..
Hildreth of the Argus. let US say.
Are you big enough to do it?"
I am desperate enough to try" was
the slow-spoken answer.
And when you have the weapon In
your hands; when you have found the
sword and sharpened it?"
Then can go to his Excellency and
tell him what will happen II he doesn't
instruct his Attorney-General In the
quo warranto affair"
THAT will probably suffice to save
your railroad-and Miss Brentwood's
marriage portion. But after. David;
what will you do afterward?"
It'll go on lighting the devil with
fire until / have burned him out. II
this is to be government Of dictators,
can be one Of them, too"
She clapped her hands enthusiastic
cally.
There spoke the man David Kent;
the man have been trying to discover
deep down under the rubbish Of a Ill
temper and hesitancy and-yes, will
say it-of sentiment. Have you learned
your lesson, David miner"
1t was G mark of another change In
him that he rose and stood over her,
and that his voice was cool and dis
passionate when he said:
IF have. it is because / have you
for an inspired textbook. Portia,
DEAR
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

he said he would take the matter un-
der advisement: I knew that meant a
consultation with Bucks. Then 1 put
the whip on; told him a few things I
know, and let him imagine a lot more;
but it was no good. He was as
smooth as oil, admitting nothing, deny
ing nothing And what grinds me
worst is that let him put me in fault;
gave him chance to show conclusive
iy how absurd il was for me to expect
him TO take up question of such mag
nitude on the spur Of the moment"
"Of course" she said sympathetical-
ly. II knew they would find a way.
What are you doing?"
Kent laughed in spite Of his sore
amour -propre.
AT this present moment I am doing
precisely what you said I should; un-
loading my woes upon you
'Oh, but / didn't say that. I said
you would come to me for help. Have
you?"
I'D say yes. if didn't know so well
Just what / am up against"
Miss Van Brock laughed unfeelingly.
Is it a mans weakness to fight bet
ter in the dark2"
1T is a mans common sense to know
when he is knocked out" he retorted
She held him with her eyes while she
said:
Tell me what you want to accom-
plish, David; at the end of the ends, 1
mean. Is IL only that you wish to
save Miss Brentwood's little marriage
He told the simple truth, as who
could help, with Portals eyes demand
ing it.
1T was that at first. I'll admit it
But latterly-"
"Latterly you have begun to think
larger things?" She looked away from
him, and her next word seemed to be
patr Of an unspoken thought. II have
been wondering II you are great
enough, David"
He shook his head despondently.
Haven't 1 just been showing you
that I am not?"
You have been showing me that you
cannot always outplan the other per-
son. That is lack. but 1t is not fatal.
Are you great enough to run fast and
far when 1t is a straight-away race
strength and indomitable determine
tion?"
Her words fired him curiously. He
recalled the little thrill OF inspiration
which a somewhat similar appeal from
Elinor had once given him, and tried
TO compare the two sensations. There
was no comparison. The one was q
CdAl ~ q AA4OA q N4CtOAJs Tic OtuCI "
material success. None the less, he
decided that the present was the more
potent spell, perhaps only because it
was the present.
TRY me-" he said impulsively.
IF do David, no man can
serve two masters-or two mistresses.
II do. will you agree to put the senti-
mental affair resolutely Nm the back
ground?"
He took HIS head in his hands and
was long minute making up his mind.
But the refusal was blunt enough
when IT came
No; at least not until they are mar
ried."
1t would have taken a keener dis
cernment than Kent's or any mans to
have fathomed the prompting Of her
laugh
IT was only trying you," she said
Perhaps IL you had SAID yes 1 should
have deserted you and gone over to
the other side"
He got up and went to sit beside her
on the pillowed divan.
Don't try me again, please-not that
way. / am only a man."
II make no promises-not even good
Ones" she retoTted- And then:
Would you like to have your quo war
ranto blind alley turned into a thor
oughfare?"
Il believe you can do ii If you try"
he admitted, Frightening a little.
Maybe / can: or rather. maybe 1
mt In he of drfr
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
CHAPTER XVI.
sharpening the Sword.

In the beginning of the new cam
paign Of investigation David Kent
wisely discounted the help Of paid pro-
fessional spies-or rather he deferred
1t to a later stage-by taking counsel
with Jeffrey Hildreth, night editor OF
the Argus. Here. If anywhere. practi-
cal help was to be had; and the tender
of 1t was cheerfully hearty and en-
thusiastic.
Most assuredly you may depend on
the Argus, horse. foot and artillery"
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

ford to be economical. Have you
money!"
Since it was the day after the Hunni-
colt remittance, Kent could answer yes
with q good conscience.
Then spend It," she said; and he
did spend 1t like millionaire. lying
awake nights to devise new ways OF
employing it,
And for the abutments OF the arch OF
proof the money-spending sufficed- BY
dint OF a warm and somewhat costly
wire investigation Of Rumford's ante
cedents. Kent succeeded In placing the
Belmount promoter unquestionably as
one of the trusted heutenants OF the
UNIVERSAL; and the leaky clerk IN the
Secretary OF States Office gave the
text Of the application for the straw
company charter, showing that the
powers asked for were as despotic as
the great monopoly could desire
But for the keystone OF the arch.
the criminal implication Of the plot
ters themselves, he was indebted to
At Of ill-considered anger and TO q
chapter OF accidents.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
HIS Is the third installment
OF THE Grafters," by

] Francis Lynde, which be-
gan in the Sunday Call on Oc-
tober 8. Following THE Craft
ers" there viii be published
complete in one installment
THE Second Mrs. Jlm," by
Stephen Conrad, a book sell
ing at the book stores for
81 80. In presenting COM
plcte popular novel in one in
stalIment for the price of 5
cents the Sunday Call is In this
instance taking one step fur
ther in its original and highly
successful innovation of pre-
senting popular novels to its
readers at a price which would
scarcely pay for the ink used
in the printing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
GETTING IN THE WALNUTS.
An Industry That Closes California
Country schools.


The first English walnut orchard in
California was planted with seed from
the Los Angeles mission gardens. where
the padres had started a few trees with
nuts brought with them from Spain.
The undertaking was a success from
the first. and the acreage of walnuts
has steadily increased The walnut
trees early age of bearing, its long life
and the steady demand for its product
tend to make the enterprise deservedly
popular.
The walnut tree begins to bear when
six or seven years old, and nothing is
known definitely of its age limit of
bearing. Fabulous stories are told Of
trees in Spain one or two centuries Old
bearing enormous crops. The Oldest
trees in California are still bearing. but
deductions from the short history al
ready made show that the tree is in its
prime from its twentyffth to its thir-
tieth year. Fifteen hundred pounds Of
nuts to the acre is a good average yield,
making seventy five pounds the average
weight from one tree.
The harvest time begins about the
middle of September and lasts nearly
six weeks The nuts begin to fall with
the leaves, and the perfect cultivation
under the trees leaves no chance for
them to lose themselves among clods
or weeds The brown dead leaves
alone hide the nuts. Under normal con-
ditions they drop free from the outer
husk. CT hull. through its irregular
bursting, and getting the nuts picked
up is a simple matter Sometimes the
trees are we'll irrigated just before har-
vest time to insure the clean dropping
of the nuts.
Boys and girls, men and women, jap
anese and Chinese, are all pressed into
service, and on hands and knees the
grea orchards are gone over, not once,
but several times, on account of the If
regular ripcning of the nuts. The trees
are occasionally shaken during the sea-
son to loosen the nuts, and before the
last cleaning they are ''poled" to start
the very tardy ones. This is done ty
long, coarse bamboo poles, whose light
weight makes them easily handled.
In certain rural districts the public
schools close regularly for walnut
vacation" The help of the children is
needed, and the children are nothing
loath to replenish their diminished
purses. Pals, cans and gunnysacks are
scattered among the pickers, and when
the bags are full they are carried to
the drying grounds, where they are
spread out on slat trays to dry.-Re
view of Reviews
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
MARVELS OF MEMORY.
Fc:ts of E.,r,t<sU. Men Tint Seem AL
ma>s Beyond Belief.

Some examples Of the marvels OF
.ncIhuly would St'ein entirely Incredible
lad tncy n4: been given to us upon
the highest ".lt!.e ritv Cyrus knew the
naIs.e of c"cli soldier in his army. 1t IL
also related of Thenistocles that he
could tell ly nHlae every citizen OK
Athens, although the number amount
ed to 10000 Mitlridates. king of Pom
tus. knew all Lis $4,000 soldiers by
their right names.
Scipio knew all the inhabitants Of
Rome Seneca complained Of old age
because he could not. as formerly, re-
peat 1000 names in the order in which
they We're read to him. and he stated
that on one occasion. when at his
studies, goo unconnected verses having
been recited by the different pupils Of
his preceptor. he repeated them in a
reverse order, proceeding from the last
to the first.
Thomas Cranmer committed to mem
DRY in three months an entire transla-
ton Of the Bible. Euler, tie mathema-
tician. could repeat the ".lsneid.' and
Leibnitz, when an old man, could re-
cite the whole of Virgil, word for word
1t is said that Bossuet could repeat not
only the whole Bible. but all of Homer
Virgil and Horace, besides many other
works.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
The Healthful UphiN Walk.

The best way to get oxygen into the
blood is to walk a mile uphill two or
three times a day, keeping the mouth
closed and expanding the nostrls. This
beats all other methods. During such
a walk every drop of blood in the body
will make the circuit of the lungs and
stream, red and pure back to its ap-
pointed work of cleansing and repairing
woynOut tissues. Recreation piers are
coming into use at seaports. and people
are being advised to use balconies and
fire escapes in the fresh air treatment
of consumption. The uphill walk, as a
prophylactic and curative measure in
many chronic ailments dependent upon
a weak condition of the heart, lungs
and blood vessels would prove invalu-
able.-Medical Brief.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
THE SCIENCE OF A LIGHT.
Cheap Acetylene Gas Was Discover
ed hX IN Accident.

Cheap Acetylene Gas Was Discover
ed by Accident.
Cheap commercial acetylene gas was
discovered by accident Wilson, sci
entific eXperimenter, believed that near
ly all metallic oxides could be reduced
to a metallic state by heating them to
an extremely high temperature by the
voltaic arc in the presence of free car
bon. Aluminium had been successfully
reduced in this way. Mr.. Wilson
wished to obtain metallic calcium. He
therefore mixed quantity of quick
lime with pulveriZed coke and brought
the mixture to high temperature by
the action of the voltaic arc. He ex-
pected to obtain white metal, but in
stead he appeared to produce nothing
but Stag. This was thrown into the
yard. and one day at noon while the
boys We're having their luncheon they
picked up these bits of Stag and threw
them at each other. One piece fell into
a pail of water and produced bub-
bling effect and a strong odor. This at
tracted Mr.. Wilson's attention. and
upon investigation he found that the
strong smelling Gas was extremely in
flammable Further investigation re-
vealed that it was pure acety,ene gas
Sir Hiram Maxim in Harper's Weekly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
THE EVERGREENS.

White Pine-Five needles in bun
die; scales of cone thickened at the top.
Scotch Pine.-Two blush green, short
needles in bundle.
Fr.--Erect cone; fiat, spreading nee
dies scattered singly.
Austrian Pine.-Two long, dark green
needles in bundle.
Norway Spruce. = Large hanging
cones; scattered needles point all ways
Hemlock.-Small banging cones; fiat
spray.
Larch.-Alany needles in a cluster;
fall off each year; erect cones.
Red Cedar.-Bluish berries; sharp
prickly spray.
Arbor Nitn.-Flat branches; cones
few scaled, and only two seeds under
each.
White Cedar.-Cones roundish, with
four to eight seeds under each.
Pitch Pine.-Dark stiff needles ar
ranged in threes.-Boston Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
Discomfort With Work.

That there is much discomfort with
work among the so called middle
classes in America is due in large part
to the pampering of children. to the
supplying of their natural and artificial
wants and to the sentimental idea that
their day of toll will come soon
enough In general, work is not
curse, but blessing-a positive means
of grace. One can hardly begin too
early to impress upon children lessons
of self help by tasks appropriate to
their age and forces and to beget in
them scorn of idleness and of depend
ence on others. To do this is to make
them happy through the self respect
that comes with the realization of pow
er and thus to approximate Tennyson's
goal of man, "Self reverence. self
knowledge, self control.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
A WISE OLD FOX.
One Who For Long Time C1everly
Efuded the Hounds.

In common with other people who
have looked after fox coverts | have
often been puzzled by the disappearance
of well known foxes and have become
convinced that the more intelligent
foxes, after they have been before
hounds several times, often turn thci
wits to account to avoid being hunted.
In small covert that | know well
there was always q fox. A fine big
fellow he was. have more than once
met him when taking an early ride as
lie loped quietly homeward after his
nights foraging. He never seemed to
mind being seen. When the season
runs, on the second occasion only just
saving his brush by scrambling into an
unstopped drain in our neighbors terri
tory. After that he was never to be
found when hounds came Yet he was
seen about as usual at other times. One
day when walking near the covert one
of the terriers, who knew all about
foxes, took line to an old tree in the
hedgerow and began to whimper and
scratch at the roots. a careful exam
ination showed nothing. The tree was
not difficult to climb. 1t proved to have
a hollow trunk and there. at the bot
TOM was my friend curled up fast
asleep. His mask smiles on me as |
write After Il seven mile point and
on d good Scenting day he met his fate.
Country Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-03
When Digestion Is Perfect,

Moderation in diet has more to do
with prolonging human life than any
other one tl.ing A proper dietetic regi-
men. once attained. brings all the rest
in its train. Sleep, exercise. cleanliness.
equanmity of spirit, all hang upon it,
Life is not only prolonged, but is con-
stantly enjoyed most of it's minor an.
noyances vanishing when digestion is
perfect Pay no attention to fads. They
give rise to too much introspection, and
that is bad for every one.-Roger S.
Tracy in Century.