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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-25
FURNITURE

Consisting of Ebony Upright Piano,
Wicker Rocker and Easy Chairs,
Wicker Settee, Oak Rockers, Music
Rack, Upright Regina Music Box, Ele-
CANT Oak Bedroom Sets, Cheffoniers,
Mosquito Nets, Spring Top Mattresses,
Couch. Pictures, 12-foot Oak Exten-
sion Dining Table. Dining Chairs, Oak
Sideboard, Oak Combination Desk and
Book Case, Black Walnut Book Case,
Lamps. Portieres, Gasolene and Coal
Oil Stove Cooking Utensils, Quincy
Refrigerator, Ice Box, Meat Safe,
Plants, Etc, Etc.
ALSO
Royal Hawaiian Vegetable Dish with
Hawaiian Coat-of-ArmS with green
border, rare and of exceptional value to
curio collectors.
NOTE.-All articles in excellent con-
dition like new.
FISHER, ABLES CO., LTD.
AUCTIONEERs.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

During my stay here | have gone through
the wheat elevators. They are among the
largest OF the world and that of the Ca
madam Northern at Port Arthur is equaled
by no elevator earth. This elevator
is built right out in the lake. 1t consists
OF two mighty barn-like skyscrapers with
a great forest of herculean grain tanks be-
tween them. The skyscrapers contain ma
chinery and some storage tanks. The forest
is made up of mighty cylinders of tiles
bound together with steel, each of which
will hold 23OOO bushels of wheat. These are
100 such towers and in addition other tanks
made by the interstices among them. The
great tank forest covers several acres,
and 1t rises to the height of an eght-story
house. each tank being twenty-one feet in
The elevator altogether will hold 1000, 900
bushels of wheat, which is enough to sup
ply city of 1,5O0, 0O0-Philadelph for in
stance-with flour the year round 1t cost
s1,5OO,000 to build and it can, l am told
handle wheat rapidly any elevator
on the great lakes.
The wheat comes in in cars, each of which
holds about 1000 bushels 1t is carried in
bulk and is dumped from the cars into the
Easements of the great buildings at the
sides of the tanks. From here ii is carried
travelling at the rate of $50 "a minute, or
more than ten every second. These buckets
hold almost a bushel, and there is a con-
tinuous stream of wheat running from the
cars to the top of the elevator. There Ii
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
anadas Grain Cities the Wheat Hopper of the Great NortWes

bay. but all told. was not worth the tramp
out into the country.
Fort William and Port Arthur are rivals
Port Arthur was built first It was started
by the Canadian Pacific railroad but
shortly after it's birth. the baby town
decided to tax that great corporation. This
made the railway people angry. aud it is
said that Mr. Van Horne, nov Sir William
Van Horne decided to spank the infant
Port Arthur by making Fort william his
lake terminus lie thereupon took away tho
railway shops to Fort William. saying that
he would yet see the grass grow IN tho
streets Of Port Arthur For tine tho
grass did grow. but then the Canadian
Northern came in, and now Port Arthur
has the traffic Of both roads. although tho
chief business OF the Canadian Pacific IS
done at Fort William
Fort william has the Canadian Pacific
elevators, with a capacity Of something
like 49, co., goo bushels. Port Arthur has the
Canadian Northern elevator which viii
hold 100000 bushels and the two town,
are now running neck and neck as 20 other
improvements They are both enterprising.
Both are building up rapidly and they will
eventually come together. They are al
ready united by a street car line, and the
land between them has been divided up
into town lots. although for farming pur-
poses 1t would hardly be worth 10 cents
an acre.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

falls into tanks which automatically weigh
It, and II is then carried on by means Of
wide belts into these storage towers.
The wheat is not touched by hand from
the time it leaves the cars until II gets into
the hold OF the vessel. The machinery is so
arranged that by pressing a button or
moving a lever a stream of wheat can be
carried to any part of the granary. IL
flows just like water save that the belts
will conduct the stream up hill or down at
the will of the managers These belts are
about forty inches wide and each will carry
wheat at tho rate of 1900 bushels per hour.
The tanks arc so arranged that by the
opening OF II pipe the wheat flows right into
the vessels. The work is done SO cheaply
that it costs only fraction of cent to
take a bushel from the car TO the boats.
and for cents bushel can be carried
1000 miles and more down the lake and put
into the hold of ono of the ocean steamers
which takes 1t to Europe. The wheat il
stored for the first fifteen days for three
quarters of a cent a bushel, an equal charge
being made for each month thereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Origin of "Grand Old Man,

Rev. Edward Lloyd Jones of Manchester,
England is credited with having originated
the phrase 'the grand old man" as applied
to Mr.. Gladstone. During the Irish agita-
tion II became necessary that detectives
should follow Mr. Gladstone for the purpose
of protection, and as the liberal leader lived
at Hawardcn, in Flintshire. that county,
then governed by quarter sessions, was
asked to pay the bill. The magistrates,
nearly all tories in those days, objected,
WheIeupon Mr.. Lloyd Jones, who was then
a minister at Rhyl, promptly called an in
dignation meeting. He asked a lawyer who
was present 10 state whether. il the life Of
a common tramp was in peril. il was not
the duty Of the county to protect him. The
lawyer said that undoubtedly it was
Then" shouted Mr.. Jones, IF It is the
duty Of this county TO protect the beggar al
our doors, are We going to allow the
precious life OF that grand old man at
Hawarden to go unprotected" That meet
ing settled the quarter sessions objections
and the title stuck.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Cheap Lights and Telephones.

Cheap Lights and Telephones.
But does IL not cost the consumers more
to have the lights and telephones managed
by the town."
mo. our street car fare for a nine-mlle
ride Is 5 cents | use twenty-one lights
in my house and / can keep them burning
all day and all night for $50 month.
Our telephones are so low that we are
crowding the Bell company out"
| find the same conditions as TO municipal
ownership prevail at Fort William. Mr..
Trautman. the editor OF the Times-Journal.
tells me that that city has invested less
than $4,000 in its light, water works and
telephone plants and that 1t could today
sell its franchise for 100000.
Said he I'VE have now COO phones and
are practically crowding the private tels-
phone company out of existence. We
charge 81 q month per phone in residences
and s. a month in business houses At
this rate we made a profit of $1,000 last
year. after paying our interest and sinking
fund. We expect to lower the rates in the
future, and in two years from now we
shall be furnishing residence phones at sc
cents a month and business houses at 81
a month. We are paying our hello girls
twice as much as is paid by the Bell COM
pany for the same service
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

ply the money. As it is, Port Arthur has
now about 100000 invested in municipal
enterprises, and is making per cent on all
it has spent. The actual profits last year
were almost S25 600. Tho total cost Of rum
ming the town was 100000, SO that the
telephones, street cars, electric lights and
waterworks paid altogether just one-rourth
of the taxes.
| talked with councilman. He said:
our assessment this year will be about
20 mills, but this includes the rate we pay
on a bonus of s225 900 which we gave for
tho establishment of the blast furnaces
here. We are cutting down our taxes,
and we believe that these institutions will
eventually pay all the expense OF running
the municipality. We own a power plant.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Some Interesting Timely and TerseN Told Tales Both Grim and Gay

of her narrative with an anecdote of an
African coast pilot
This pilot" said Miss Mahony. was
once bringing a ship northward. The cap
tain, toward sunset. babe him go below
and help himself to a glass of cold tea
After taking the tea, the pilot proceeded
to MUNICH a biscuit.
NOW. the captain owned a large monkey.
and this creature sat browsing in a dark
corner Of the gloomy cabin. The pilot
said:
"A gusty day. SIR and the monkey
shrugged his shoulders.
THE pilot, with affable grutrness. went
on:
The south light is away on the port
bow now, sir
There was no answer.
But the pilot was persistent He oon-
tinued:
Wen be over the bar. SIR, in an hour
Failing 20 get a reply even to this
pleasant information, tho pilot went UP
on deck again, and, taking his place be-
side the captain on the bridge said:
What a quiet chap your father is.'"-
New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

twinkle in his eye. at is, Don't write and
fear not"
1t is said that the financier has never
failed to act on that advice.
senator Knox and the ONCE Boy.
Mr.. Knox at present senator from
Pennsylvania. was formerly engaged In the
practice of law In Pittsburg. relates the
Saturday Evening Post.
One day, says a friend. Mr.. Knox was
much put out to find on his arrival at his
office that everything was topsy-turvy and
that the temperature of his rooms was
much too low for comfort SummOning his
office boy, lad but recently entered in his
employ, the lawyer asked who had raised
every window in the place on such a cold
morning.
mir. Muldoon, sir" was the answer.
'Who is Mr.. Mudoon?" asked the attor-
ney.
THE janitor sir"
who carried of my waste basket" was
the next question.
Mr.. Reilly sir
And who is Mn. Reilly?"
Hes the man that cleans the rooms"
Nh. Knox looked sternly at the boy and
said: See here. Richard, we call men by
liIe!r nrst names here. We don't mister
them in this office. Do you understand"
Yes, sir" And the boy retired
In Il few minutes he reappeared and In a
shrtll, piping voice announced:
There's gentleman that wants to see
you, Philander"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

A civil war veteran, several times rep
resentative from his own district TO the
New Hampshire Legislature and at one
time speaker of the house had just re-
turned home from a closing session Of
the legislature, at which, says a writer
in the Manchester Union. the law pertain
ing to the right-of-way to pedestrians had
been passed.
lie was crossing the street from his ONCE
one day soon after his return when an
electric car came bounding along The
motorman, alive TO the danger of the
veteran. made frantic efforts to attract
his attention, and when they failed
shouted:
Look out major, II you don't get off
the track l shall run over you"
The major stopped stock still in the mid
die Of the track.
IF you do, young man, you'll hang for
It," he said. frmly.-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
SIN sNnpathetic.

Among our circle of friends there was a
very warm supporter Of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals. who,
though earnest and sincere, sometimes
bored by overzeal We set traps TO lead
her into an admission OF the evil in ami
NAL nature, but she always managed to
make out a good case for her dumb friends.
One day we felt that We at last had a
case in which she could have no possible
sympathy for the animal. 1t was a dread
full story, published in a newspaper. OF q
baby who had been literally eaten alive
by q large and ferocious cat. We gave
her the clipping and watched with sats-
faction the tears gather In her eyes as she
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
4 Lincoln Relic.

Judge James Il. Bradwel a pioneer of
Chicago. possesses an interesting relic Of
Abraham Lincoln. II is nothing less than
an epigrammatic definition of democracy,
in the handwriting OF the martyr president.
The document reads:
"As | would not he slave, so / would
not be a master. This expresses my idea
of democracy Whatever differs from this,
to the extent Of the difference, is no democ-
racy. A. LINCOLN"
This historical bit OF paper was given 90
Judge BradwelI by Mrs. Lincoln, whom he
served as attorney for several years during
her residence in Chicago Lincoln Is be-
lieyed to have penned II as note for ora
torical use while he was campaigning
against Stephen 4. Douglas, Judge Brad
We'll has been offered large sums of money
for It by museums and private collectors,
but refuses To part with il.
He knew Mrs. Lincoln intimately and
cherishes warm admiration for her. He
says OF her: she has not been given her
just dues by the people whom her husband
served SO nobly"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
VICTORIA AVENUE FORT WILLIAM
Canada's Future cities.

Said +, r. Allen, the editor of the Port
Arthur Chronicle, to me last night, as he
put his thumbs in the armholes of his
vest and threw out his chest:
THE Canada of the future will have
three big cities. One may possibly be
Montreal, but 1 rather think it will be
situated on the Atlantic ocean east of that
point. The second may be Vancouver, but
/ rather think it will be Port Simpson, at
the terminus of the new Grand Trunk Pa
cific, and the third will certainly be at
Port Arthur, for this is the natural situa-
ton set aside for great metropolis by
the Almighty. Nature has put the re-
sources here and given us the combination
OF water powers. railroads and the Great
Lakes. We are at the very neck Of
things, and there is no possibility for any
place to compete with us. We can get
coal by water ut the lowest freight rate
and we have mountains of iron In the Anti
kokan range nearby. Mackenzie & Mann
are already putting up blast furnaces
which will make 100 tons of pig iron a day
and we shall eventually be great indus
trial center. We already have one Of the
largest sawmllls on the lake, and there is
plenty Of lumber within easy reach.
I'VE have 10000 available horse power In
the rivers anu ldllS NEARBY. AT lllc MAXI
beka falls, which we are now developing.
the water drops $50 feet, and it will pro-
duce. it is said. 16o,cOo-horse power. A
plant is now being put in which will de-
velop soOoo. and 10000 Of this will be ready
for delivery next June. Some of your big
threshing machine comps riAs have already
bought land and will build factories here
Well known pillow people of Moline have
recently been looking over the ground,
and we expect in time TO make here the
agricultural machinery and farming tools
OF the great west, We recentiv had a rep
resentative of the United states steel trust
investigating our possibilities. 1t wants a
plant IN Canada whore it can nanufac-
ture and save the high duties entaied by
our protective tariff
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

AT the closing services Of p religious OK
ganizs ton held I'm Philadelphia an attempt
was made to raise a certain sum OF mcIey
for some good work
Il Will start the good work with So"
cried man who was Stranger to tho
preacher.
Thanks, brother. thanks" exclaimed
the minister presiding, efrusively. Il don't
know your name. but may heaven bless
your kind heart, and may your business
during the coming year be doubled"
Instantly there was a laugh that was
both long and loud, and the perpleXed
preacher gazed at the delegates I'm aston
ishment.
What have doneY' he said. ''Whst--''
Nothing" replied a fsllow-preacher,
only tho man who donated that sZ5 is an
undertaken. Philadelphia Record
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Whose witnessf

When Rufus Choate was United States
district attorney in Boston three sailors
were before his court for the robbery from
their ship of a bag of specie, and one Of
them turned states evidence.
Upon the stand this witness, to a final
question of Mr.. Choate as TO what induce
ment the others held out to him TO join
them, with shamefaced hesitancy made sub
stantially the following reply:
''Well. sir after feelin round a bit. they
ses to me. they: Come on, Jack, am
jine us It's dead easy, an it'll make us all
rich; so as II we do git ketched we can hire
ChOate. an he'll clear us if they find the
money in our boots"
One could never forget the serio-comio
expression on that naturally grave face as
Mr.. Choate amid suppressed laughter, in
which both court and jury had TO join,
busted himself with the papers upon his
table, and, turning to the defending coun,
sci, with as much dignity as the situation
permitted, said, He's your witness. Dos
ton Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
GirIish Qualities,

Patience and gentleness are necessary
qualities in every girls life. Patience aids
in eXtinguishing envy, overcoming anger,
and crushing pride, How much good may
be done and JOY brought by gentle word
or look. Truly, "a soft answer turneth
away wrath" Girls are not called upon to
do great things, except In rare instances;
but the everyday trials of life in the ordi-
nary and appointed exercises of Christian
graces afford ample scope for practicing
that vrue of mankind which has become
proverbial. The best exercises Of patience
and self-denial, and the latter because
not chosen by ourselves. are those in which
we have to bear with the failngs OF those
about us-to endure neglect when We ex-
pected thanks-tO bear with dissappOint-
ment i'm our expectations, with intrusion or
disturbance; in short with whatever OPP
poses our will or contradicts our huTor.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
some Epitaphs,

Tho following inscriptions are said TO
have been seen on double headstone in a
New England graveyard:
Rebecca Robinson.
Died March l. 1897.
Il await my husband"
Thomas Robinson.
Died August g. 1860.
Il have come"
Under these lines some wag had scratched
on the stone:
Late, as usual
on another headstone in tho came ceme-
terry is this inscriptions:
HeZekiah Ranny.
Died June %, 1870,
On his Hst birthday.
Lord, l expected this, but not so soon"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Municipal Ownership.

Both Port Arthur and Fort William be-
lieve in municipal ownership. They man
age their own electric lights. telephones
and water works. Port Arthur owns the
street car line which supplies the ttanspor-
tation facilities of both cities, and the fare
from one to the other, a distance of four
miles, is only cents. The car line was
put In when Mr.. Van Horne moved the
shops to Fort William, in order to keep
the employees who lived at Port Arthur
there, and the electric light system was
instituted by the city because the town
wanted lights and no one else would sup
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

At least that is what the Port Arthurltes
and Fort Williamites claim, and they claim
It so enthusiastically that l believe them.
I like the towns, They are full of the
spirit of the breezy west. You can feel 1t
in the air. The moment l landed on Thun-
der bay the cold, calculating wet blanket
OF the moneyed east fell from my Shout
ders and 1 seemed to stand strong and
free in a land with a future.
This region is more like the United
States than eastern Canada. 1t is full OF
twentieth century progress The towns
are made up of young men, with red
blood in their veins. The people look at
the future through the right end of the
opera glass and most of them have micro
scopes in front OF the lenses. Everyone
is building aircastles-not in Spain, but
upon Lake Superior-and although he ac-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Rabbi aud Priest.

The friendship existing between Father
Kelly and Rabbi Levi of Chicago is proof
against differences in race and religion.
Each is distinguished for his learning, his
cloquence and his wit; and they delight in
chafing each other, They were sitting
opposite each other at banquet where
some delicious ham was served, and Father
Kelly made comments upon its flavor
Presently he leaned forward and in voice
that carried far, he addressed his friend
Rabbi Levi, when are you going 10 be-
come liberal enough TO eat ham,"
AT your wedding, Father Kelly" re-
torted the rabbi.-Sacred Heart Review
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
An Oxford Man.

Sir Charles Kirkpatrick of the visiting
English foot ball team was drinking milk
with his luncheon in a Philadelphia hotel.
milk is \ good drink" visitor said.
Yes" agreed the other. "and whenever
! take it think of a curate in Surrey. neas
my Crawley place.
This curate had a small salary and q
fine lot Of cows. He decided. therefore. to
open a dairy. So he rugged up little shop
and bought wagon, and on his sign his
name appeared John Vincent. NJ. A He
was an Oxford man. you see. and proud OF
his degree
But one morning he overheard two fam
hands talking before the shop.
'Wot does the IN. A" mean on THAI
there sign?' said the first.
Milk 'Awker o. course the other an
swered. Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
What lie Was worth.

This story is told about Robert Burma
Burns was standing on long pier on the
water front of Edinburgh A well-known
and wealthy merchant walking by. Stun
bled and fell into the water. lie could not
swim and so sank, When he arose for the
third time nobody dared to save him. but
an old weather-beaten sailor, at the risk OF
his own life, ran up the pier and. jumping
in. rescued the man.
The gentleman had been worked over
quite q while before he became conscious
and when he realized the situation he re-
warded his rescuer with what in our money
would amount 10 Is cents. At this tina
crowd which had gathered, knowing his
wealth, hooted and jeered. But Burns. who
was standing by, quoted them and said:
Surely tho gsntlsmsn knows what HE
Life u WORTH"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

Washington and was staying at the house
OF his secretary OF state, Mr.. Freling-
huysen. To my intense surprise Mr.
Arthur, when he learned my visit was
only a personal and friendly one, was so
affected that tears came in his eyes.
Tanner. said he, L never before knew
the tragedy of the ex-president. Until noon
Of the 4th OF March men were crowding
each ether for the privilege of speaking
to me. | was treated with profound defer
encs and sought by everybody. Since that
hour ! have been alone and neglected.
Tanner, you are the first man who has
called upon me since noon of the 4th Of
March"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Good Motto for rrnmnter..

when Thomas Fortune Ryan frst began
to show his skill as a manipulation of bust
ness enterprises he met his old parish priest
while visiting his Virginia home.
Tom. my son." said the clergyman, now
that you have started cut on what bids fair
YOU a word OF advice"
Il know what it is, father" said Ryan.
remembering a favorite remark OF the
priest. You will tell me. DO right and
fear not Isn't that it,"
NO. my son." said the priest, with .
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Port Arthur by Moonlight.

Speaking Of the enthusiasm OF the Port
Arthurites, the night I arrived I walked
UP the street and entered a stationery
store. While making a purchase I hap
pened to remark that the town was beaut-
fully located.
at is said the clerk Come with me
and I will show you one of the finest views
OF the world just back OF this store"
Supposing it a walk of minute or so,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31
Ca1ada,s Elevator System.

Indeed Canada is fast building up what
will be the best elevator system on this
continent The most of its machinery Is
new and in that 1T surpasses the older ele-
vators of the United States. Tho Canadian
Northern elevator at Port Arthur can un-
load 500 cars, or 10000 bushels of wheat, in
one hour. 1t can ship out 100000 bushels
in an hour. and it has ten scales In each OF
its buildings. each ofewhich will weigh
forty-three tons at one time.
The Canadian Pacific railway elevators
at Fort William have a total capacity OF
1S,5O0OoO bushels There are five OF them
represented by the first letters OF the ale
phabet, and some of them are each more
than an acre in area. In elevator 5000
bushels of wheat were recently loaded in
one hour, and a train of wheat is unloaded
every twenty minutes during the season.
l timed them as they unloaded car. and
It took just seven and one-half minutes.
That car contained 1,6oo bushels of wheat.
enough at twenty-five bushels per acre to
form the total crop OF sixty-four acres.
Nevertheless in less than eight minutes 10
was all In the tanks.