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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-22
SENSE VS..
NONSENSE
Bishop Restarick on
Our Peculiar
Needs.

One of the local speakers at the edi
torial banquet at the Moana Hote
Thursday evening having cast mile
sneer at the local patriotism of Ha-
wall, was answered by Bishop Res
tarick as follows:
In reply to the toast Southern Cali
fornians in Hawaii Bishop Restarick
of the Episcopal church said that as he
was entering the dining room his old
friend l.. F. Doolittle asked him If he
would speak on the subject which the
toastmistress announced.
II thought" continued the Bishop,
that I should have time during the
dinner to collect my thoughts, but the
fact is that they have been drowned
i'm the floods of eloquence from the
previous speakers. I am reminded OF
the Princess Louise, who, on her first
visit to Canada, was taken to the foot
of Niagara Falls in the steamer Maid
of the Mist AS she stood gazing upon
the scene someone came and spoke to
her. Don't speak, said the Princess;
let me drink it all in 1 have been
busy drinking in what others had to
say, for with each course there has been
speech.
..The southern Californians have done
well in Hawaii the reason is, / sup
pose. that the soil is congenial and they
grow after transplantfng." The Bishop
here named several Southern Callfor-
mans present. including III. E. Cooper
and H. p Wood.
..This is the only climate Southern
Californians don't grunble about,
continued the Bishop. Il have met
them all over the world and they are
always growing about the climate,
wherever they are, but L never heard
one of them have a kick against the |
climate Of Hawaii.
Most of the people who come to !
Honolulu expect to find droyes OF mos l
u,,itoes. Mrs Doolittle tells me that
she fully expected to be followed about
by clouds of these insects. The fact is |
the Hawaiian mosquito is not nearly
SO bad as the Southern California flea.
You can fence off the mosquito, but
YOU can not fence off the flea, as have
found from long experience.
You have learned something about
Hawaii since coming here, but do not
think that you know all about our
problems and how to solve them. Too
many people think that after two
weeks residence they can go away and
write a book about these islands.
was taking a man through the Execu-
tive Building not long ago and one OF
the officials found US. The stranger
whom was showing the sights had
pencil and was taking notes. I am 60
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-22
A C0ntented Woman

Is one whose house is well and artis-
tically painted. Just think how many
houses need painting in Honolulu and
how many women are-well, we won't
say the word: but just let us give you
an estimate on that house of yours.
Our motto:
Honest Work at Honest Prices
STANLEY STEPHENSON,
The Painter.
Phone 426
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13

Rev. d. F. Sellards, who has been
pastor of the Christian church in this
city since last November, has rendered
his resignation to take effect at the
close of his year. He has not as yet de-
cided where he will locate. During his
residence here he has made many
friends who will be sorry to see him
leave.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13

The Mizpah Club enjoyed fagot
party at the home of Carl Eals in west
Leon last Friday night, the guests
gathering around big bon fire in the
yard and told ghost stories and conun-
drums. Refreshments were served and
an enjoyable time was had, over forty
guests being present.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13
The New
Moline Wagons!

They are built to hold their trade and draw the
The gearing select hickory for axes, dobletree single
and neckyokes that we'll ironed and tough white
oak for holsters and andboards with heavy bolster plates
Wheels saturated in boiling lnseed oil before tires
set that will pre- !ent their coming loose under condi
ton climate. Felloes white oak perfectly ointed
and in circle Hubs white oak we'll seasoned.
Boxes put up in the most thorough sides Of
braces bottoms of four inch long leaf yellow pine with
five ceas bottom Of best select oak In fact first
class wagon from start to finish. Wehave them in med
um and high Wheels
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13

Doing business without advertising is
like winking at girl in the dark-you
know what you are doing, but nobody
else does.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13
Special Summer Tourist Rates

via Nickel Plate Road to Canadian and
New England points. Fifteen day limit
one fare plus two dollars from Chicago;
thirty day limit one fare plus four dol
lars from Chicago. Tickets on sale Sep
thember 9Th and 10Th. For reservation
of sleeping car berths, ETC., write Or
call at City Ticket Office, No. 10Y Adams
ST., Chicago. Sept. II
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W.
GROVES signature is on each box. Csc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13
STATEMENT
of the condition of
STATE SAVINGS BANK

organized under the laws of Iowa, To-
Gated at Grand River, Iowa, in the
county of Decatur, at the close of bust
ness on the 4th day of September, A. D.
1906, made to the auditor Of state as
required by law.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13

l, E. ID. DORM Cashier of the above-named bank,
do solenly that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
E. d. Dorm, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
[sEALl 9Th day of September, 1905.
ID. L. GATCHELL Notary Public.
G. w. HOFFMAN,,
Attest H. j. VoGT, Directors.
STEPHEN VARGA,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13

ASSETS
Amount of bills and bonds, and
other evidences of debts dis
counted or purchased actually
owned by the bank carried OUT V,383.95
Amount of cash on hand, describ
ed as follows:
Gold Coin ......... ................S 1850
Silver coin and bullion. 465.20
Legal tender and national bank
notes and subsidiary coin 3,767.76
Drafts and checks other SOL
vent banks and other cash
items not dshonored, on hand
and belonging to the bank. 1,95Oe2 6,3l860
Amount subject to be drawn at
sight deposit with solvent
banks or bankers Specifying
names and locations of banksl:
Des Moines Saving Bank Des
Mones, Iowa ..... e43l23
Drovers Dep National, Chicago. 2,678.95
Iowa National, Des Moines - 3,166l4
st. Joe Stock Yards, st. Joe 441.30
State Central Savings, Keoklk. 1883 H,3546l
Overdrafts .......................... 5,90082
Value of real property owned by
Value of personal property
towned by the bank -.,.........-. 100000 100000
Total assets .............- $ 1883
LIABILITIES
Amount of capital stock actually
paid up in cash ................... 100000
Total amount due depositors,
follows:
Amount sight deposits s 2s,33l64
Amount time deposits ......... 62,3S260 91,7l4.24
Amount of undivided profits
follows:
Other profits on hand latter de-
Quoting taxes and expenses) 1884 1884
Total Liabilities .....$ 1lls57 eS
STATE OF IOWA
Decatur County "
cashier of the bank above named do solemnly swear
that the foregoing statement is FULL and correct
| to the best of our knowledge and belief, that the
therein set forth bona de the property of
said bank Its CAPACITY: that part
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
CLEVER DOCTOR.
Cured 20 Years Trouble Without
Any Medicine.

A wise Indiana physician cured 20
years stomach disease without any
medicine as his patient tells:
Il had stomach trouble for 20 years.
tried allopathic medicines, patent
medicines and all the simple remedies
suggested by my friends, but grew
worse all the time.
Finally a doctor who is the most
prominent physician in this part of
the state told me medicine would do
me no good, only irritating my stom-
ach and making it worse-that must
look to diet and quit drinking coffee.
Il cried out in alarm, Quit drink
Ing coffee!' why. What will drink?'
Try Postum said the doctor, I
drink it and you will like it when it
is made according to directions. with
cream. for it is delicious and has none
of the bad effects coffee has
well. that was two years ago, and
| am still drinking Postum. My stom-
ach is right again and know doctor
hit the nail on the head when he de-
cided coffee was the cause of all my
trouble. | only wish I had quit II
years ago and drank Postum in its
place" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich.
Never too late to mend. Ten day.
trial of Postum In place Of cotfc,
works wonders. There's reason.
Look in pkgs. for the fa~,ons IL
tie book. "The Road to Wellvil,e.r
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Strange Cargo From the Amazon.

One OF the strangest cargoes a YES
Eel could possibly have was unloaded at
me London docks toward The close of
March. says the Scientific American. II
consisted OF several sacks filled with
dried flies, consigned 20 large firm Of
grain merchant.
These flies, originating in Brazil, have
Deen purchased for use in the manufac-
lure OF food for chickens, cage birds
and the like. They were caught on the
river Amazon by Brazilians. who travel
up the river in hat-bottomed boats anti
who are provided with gauze nets. with
which they capture these insects in
millions, as flies hover in dense clouds
over many of the swampy reaches OF
the Amazon
The flies thus caught are killed.
dried In the sun. and then placed in
sacks. Upon arrival in London they
are mixed with millet and other grain
and are sold as chicken food. etc Some
time ago the Brazilian government.
fearing that the fish in the Amazon
river would be starved. forbade the ex-
portation of flies; hence the price Of
this strange commodity, which used to
be Cd per pound. has now risen to Is
I'd per pound. and 0ftea little more.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
EMBARRASSES OIL MEN.
New Regulations Put Indian Terri
tory Operators to Much
Uneasiness.

Muskosee, I. IA new compIica-
tion has arisen under the new oil lease
regulations. 1t has been the custom
for large operators to make a financial
showing to the secretary of the inter-
ior covering $4,000, which entitled
them to an approved lease on -he full
4,S00 acres to which they were en-
titled, so far as the money is con-
cerned.
Under the new regulations, where
bonds have not been approved or
leases perfected. these companies have
to submit a bankers certificate show
ing that they have $4,000 on deposit,
and that it is to be used to develop
oil leases solely. This is going to en-
barrass some of the operators who
have not the money on hand.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

lily, and l offered to take her. So on
the third day We took stock of pro-
visions and started off together. va
left the baby whom Alice had ham
pened on by chance, with Mrs. -.obert.
,She afterward adopted him, as :.ls
parents were never found)
We lost ourselves in The first few
minutes and could rot find anyon,
who could understand our signs and
direct us.
After long time We found a Shell
ter and concluded that We were in a
park. We could not find the way out.
Alice wrote on my cheek. Very cold
hungry. tired, frightened She want.
ed to sit down, but we were shiverin.
already, and dared not stop mov:n
Till we found heap of small leafy
branches cut from the trees.
We sat down and walked alternately
Then | slipped into some water. abou.
three feet deep-I guessed pond, We
drank greedily. and wrung the water
out of my clothes. Then we crawlei
away to seat and fell into a sleep or
stupor. was reused by Alice shakin.
my arm.
The darkness is moving" she wrote
on my face. "Moving!"
l have often asked her to describe
what she saw. but she can find no 9TH
er words than this To me it seemed
as II the blindness of my eyes had
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
SIMPLE LIFE SAVES
STRIKING PRINTERS FIND THE
DEATH RATE REDUCED,
Men Out Of Employment Learn to
Live Quietly and to Econo-
miZe-Some Valuable
Lessons,

Chicago.-Since Chicago printers
struck tor the eight-hour day the death
rate OF the organization has been cut
in half, according to }. c. Harding, an
officer of the union, who also is q
member of the board of education.
The union has $500 members.
Prior 10 the year ending last April the
annual death rate among printers has
been 40. The last year. during which
most OF the men have been on strike,
or working eight hours day instead
of n:na hours, there were only Is
deaths
Outside the business offices of the
union in the Open Board of Trade
building is spacious lounging-room,
where any day score or more OF
striking printers may be found They
usually are smoking and reading. If
the smoke clears away sufficiently to
permit of clear view, it will be
found that the prints" are reading
the life or Horace Greeley, Herbert
Spencers works, the Typographical
Union Journal. the daily papers. or
o'HNA 'Ao"5illul lltCu lhih5S
When informed of the low def tn
rate among their fellows, most of
these serene-looking readers advanced
some reason for the happy condition.
Its the simple life we lead" said
one OF the strikers, as he glanced up,
peering over his glasses and marking
his place in the book with one finger.
Its a wonder more working printers
do not die, with the stuff they have td
copy, the close workrooms and the
nerve-destroying noise of machinery
Now, take me for an example. For
nine months have not worked. Having
only ten dollars week in strike bene-
fits, have had to economize. l cat
less, get l have gained flesh. Instead
of riding on the street cars | walk.
probably walk ten miles day.
of course, when go to work again,
| will have to work eight hours. That
last hour at work is a long one, and
the shorter day lengthens a mans life
| am sure"
He was interrupted in his philosophy
by great uproar in the court below.
Wheat had dropped off or gone up a
half cent, or some other remarkable
event had occurred in the pit of the
minor wheat SPECTATORS. When it
died into a sullen murmur the thought
fll idle1 continued
y wonder what the death rate is
among those people down there?" he
asked, closing his book on the finger
They are in constant nervous state
They worry when they are behind, and
are anxious for more when they are
ahead They should go on strike and
taste the delight of doing nothing, of
being at peace with ten dollars a week
sure and the public library available,
walking ten miles a day, eating less
and thinking more on abstract things.
Since going on strike nave found
from government reports that the peo-
pie o; this country produce enough to
give every breadwinner $500 year,
if it were not wasted in competition,
and if the distribution were handled
as scientifically as is production"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
A Glimpse of Utah.

"A Glimpse of Utah Where Health
and Wealth Abound" Is the title of
an exceedingly attractive booklet Just
issued by the Passenger Department
of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
at Denver. Colo, which they are send
ing out free upon application. The
book was written by Mr.. Edward F.
Colburn and treats of the early set
tlement of Utah; the Mormons and
Gentiles; the natural wonders of the
State; its resources, ard of its grow
ing cities and towns The whole
State is clearly and adequately de-
scribed and a careful reading Of this
publication cannot fail to be of bene-
fit to anyone desiring to keep posted
on the resources and progress of our
great Western Empire. Address S.
X. Hooper, G. P. &. r. A., Denver, Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
WANTED MORE SNAKES.
As Means of Bringing Sinners to Re
pentance, Minister Saw They
Were What He Needed.

q In a rural town in Michigan lived q
family named Beaver. noted for their
'hardihood in all manner of naughti.
ness. They were the great torment
Of the minister's life. Finally. one
of the boys was bit by rattlesnake
and sent for him. He found the lad
greatly scared and very penitent.
After some conversation, the reverend
gentleman closed the interview by
prayer.
20. Lord" he began. I'VE thank thee
for rattlesnakes. We thank thee that
a rattlesnake has bit Jim. Send an
other, We pray thee, to bite Tom, and
one to bite Joe. And. o Lord. send
the biggest kind of rattlesnake to
bite the old man; for nothing less than
rattlesnakes will bring this Beaver
family to repentance. metaphysical
Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
YUKON RIVER NOW SAFE.
Former Graveyard of NaviGators
Improved by Dominion
Government.

Washing ngton.-Reporting on the
trade of the Klondike, Capt. Raven
dal, of the Dawson. writes to the bu-
reau of manufactures that from be-
ing a graveyard of navigators" the
upper Yukon river has become as safe
as canal. Since the opening of this
country Canada has appropriated
$4,000 for Yukon river improve
ments.
On the American sac of the line in
Alaska improvements have not even
started. The Canadian authorities
are blasting the rocks which impeded
navigation up the FortyMile river
from Yukon.
AS a result the miners on the Amer
lean side will be greatly benefited.
The total value of goods shipped
into the British Yukon territory in
1905 amounted to nearly S., 1000, 900,
one-fourth from the United States. A
gold dredging era is dawning upon
the Klondike, the report says, and the
American gold-dredge manufacturers
possess nndisputed control OF this
market
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Freaks of Maine Whirlwinds,

According to a Stoneham corre-
spondent of the Norway (Me) Ad-
vance whirlwind started in front
V. II. Littleiield's, frightening j. Bart
let's horse. Mr. Bartlett turned round
in the road and went the other way
and the whirlwind took heavy
wagon right up free from the ground
and carried it quite a distance, and
then another one came and give it a
second shake and set it right side up;
the third one came in the afternoon
under Mrs. c. l.. Bartlett's clothes
line and carried her clothes up on the
hill and hung ther up in the oaks.
If it had not been for Mr. Bartlett q
presence of mind he would have been
killed.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Bears Bold Break,

Early one morning lately a bear
came down from the Nescopeck
mountain, at Mainville, Pa. and after
a fierce fight, in which he nearly killed
the two dogs of B. k. Yetter, went to
Yetters corn crib and devoured a
large quantity of corn. Bruin then
walked through the main street, and
after swimming the creek disappeared
among the brush on the mountain
side. A few weeks ago Mainvile was
visited by bear. which came off
victorious in a fight with several dogs,
and after eating hearty meal went
slowly back to to mountain. Bears
appear to be aware of the fact that
the law protects them at this season.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Allen S. Olmsted Wins in Court
The Foot-Ease Trade Mark
Sustained

Buffalo, n. Y.-The Supreme Court has
granted permanent injunction with costs
against Paul B. Hudson and others of
New York City, restraining them from
making or selling a foot powder which
the court declares is an imitation and in
tringement on Foot Ease" now so large
The owner of the trade mark "Foot Ease
is Allen $. Olmsted, of lie Roy. N. Y, and
the decision of this suit upholds his trade
mark and renders all parties liable who
frauduiently attempt to profit by the ex-
tensive Foot Ease" advertising, in plac-
ing on the market the spurious and sim
liar appearing preparation involved in the
case. This the court declares was de-
signed in imitation and infringement of
the genuine Foot Ease" trademark rights.
Each package of the genuine Aliens Foot
Ease has the facsimile signature of Allen
S. Omsted on its yellow label,
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
TWICE TOLD TALES,

In an English court, recently, q
man was fined E2 for contempt of
court. He offered c note in pay
ment, but was told by the clerk that
he had no change. "Oh, keep the
change" was the reply; "Ill take it
out in contempt"
Frenchwoman was complaining
to her husband that he was too much
Or a bookworm, that he retired too
often to his study, leaving her to
spend many evenings alone. Il
wish.' she ended plaintively, that
| were book. Then l might always
have your company" "In that case,
my dear the Frenchman answered,
I'D wish you were an almanac
Then l could change you once
wear"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
"Dry Farming"

Successful cultivation of arid land
without irrigation, it seems like an im-
possibility, does it not? Reclamation
OF 500,000,000 acres OF land, a present
unproductive and comparatively worth
less, not through irrigation but through
education, this too seems like a Chi
mera. But successful dry farming, sci
entific soil culture by what is known
Is the Campbell system. according to
John L. Cowan, easily makes possible
results that at first seem incredible.
Mr.. Cowan's discussion, in much in
teresting detail, of this new method Of
producing bountiful crops without irri
cation, will be fascinating and valu-
able feature of the July Century.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

gone, but they could not see through
the darkness outside mean over
whelming blackness that rolled upon
us in black waves outrunning the black
mist at the back. | could feel it, taste
it 1t almost stihed me, and my
tongue swelled till it nearly filled my
mouth, and gasped for breath.
The end" | wrote. Goodbye"
. And suddenly the black waves pass
ed and the world sprang upon us out
of the dark! 1t was a bright day and
the sky was blue. Alice grasped my
arm till her fingers hurt. We turned
to one another and saw-strangers!
Alice has never told me what she
expected to see and what she saw, and
| have never told her; but think she
expected to discover a handsome. we'll
groOmed young gentleman, and I know
that l had thought Of her as a dark
haired, dark-eyed. rosy checked, pref
tily dressed girl of 20. She found a
creature who looked like tramp; a
bent, unkempt, unshaven rutian, who
might have been 40 saw fair
haired, blue-eyed, vhite-faced. travel
stained-child! For she whom | had
taken for the lady of my dreams WAS
but a tall schoolgirl Of Is!
We sat and stared IA enc another.
Our lips trembled when we tried to
speak. think we should have hurt
one another ii we had spoken. but the
woman's heart in her childish body
saved everybody. She took my hand
and wrote on it slowly.
Friend! Kind friend,'
And then took her hands in mine
and spoke. My voice was hoarse VITA
thirst and weakness.
God bless you, Gear" | said God
bless YOU This is the sun and the
sound. We are the loyal and loving
friends that we have been-that we
shall be always"
Always she said: and we rose and
walked forth to find the world, hand
in hand.
1t was Central park, and the people
gave us food and drink; and in an
hour we reached her home
That is the end of n,y story of the
dark days that men lost. You know
as we'll as that the astronomers
reckon that they were seven; and say
that the darkness and deafness were
due to our passing through an ether
less space which stopped light, and, in
some way which they cannot explain,
deadened the sound vibrations of the
air Sometimes | think that the days
OF darkness were not in vain; and last
night | almost wished them back
| was leaving Alice's house, and g.
saw me to the door as usual. We have
always loved one another as a man
and a child may love. and now she has
ceased to be child and does her hair
up in a golden knob. think her ve-y
beautiful
We lad just reached the door when
suddenly the electric light went out.
She gave a sharp cry, and in a moment
she was in my arms Then lifted
her face and wrote with my finger on
her cheek:
Il love you-love you-love you!"
She did not speak, but pressed my
hand upon her face to feel her smile
the smile ina. lit my heart in the dar!!..
days.