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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-22
SUCCESSFUL
RAT VIRUS

The rat virus which the New South
Wales Government is likely to take up
for use in the State with a view 10
minimizing the danger of plague dis
tribution by vernnin is made by the
Liverpool Institute of Comparative
Pathology under the supervision of H
E. Annett, NJ. D., and B. P. H. of the
Liverpool University. 1t is harmless
to man, domestic animals, sheep, dogs.
cats, poultry, etc. 1t produces in rats
a disease which is fatal in from seven
to IA days. and spreads from animal
to animal. Many startling instances
of it's success have been reported. In
the West Indies it is said to have been
of immense benefit to the cocoa plan
tiers destroying rats which nibb,e fall
en- pods. The preparation is now large
1y used in Demarara, Jamaica, Trini-
dad, and Barbados, 200 900 tubes hav-
ing been sent to the West Indies alone
during the last six montlls.-New Zea-
land Herald
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JAPANESE PROMOTIONS.

Admiral Togo will shortly be made
a Count because of his services during
the war. Viscount Kodama will be
further promoted and made a Count
Count Nodzu will become a Marquis
and Generals Kuroki, Oku, Nogi and
Kawamura, who were recently APP
pointed to command the Toxic district,
will be created Viscounts.
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TRANSPORT SERVICE

Logan. sails from Coast for Honolulu
and Manila May %.
Sheridan. sails from Manila for Homo
lulu and San Francisco May %.
Thomas, sailed for San Francisco. May
81.
Sherman. sailed for Guam and Manila.
May u.
Lawton, sailed for San Francisco, May
Is.
Supply, at Guam.
Meade. at Manila.
Dix at Seattle
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You may have unquestioned insur-
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venience. when you wish to examine
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Passengers Booked.

Per s. s. Korea for San Francisco,
May 23-Mrs. A. n. Locke, Miss Ell
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TIDES SUN AND MOON.

New moon May % at 9:29 p. m.
Times of the tide are taken from the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey tables.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
80 minutes slower than Greenwich
time, being that of the meridian Of 1877
degrees thirty minutes. The time whis-
tie blows at 1880 p. m, which ts the
same as Greenwich. hours minutes.
Sun and ueoon are tor local TINA fer
the whole Efoup.
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OceideDlQI ReSlluI0DI thgI geS H0lds.

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BEST MEAL TO BE HAD IN TOWN.
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TIE MAILS.

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Colonies-Per Miowera, May 30
Orient-Per Coptic, June l.
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Orient-Per Doric, May %.
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S. Burwell, Mrs. Heilborn, Miss He'll
born, Miss Grace Cooke.
VESSELS IN PORT.
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u S. S. Iroquois, Carter.
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Issued Every Sunday Morning by tfs
Local Office, u. 8. Weather Bureau.

Note:-BaromeIer readings are cor
rected for temperature, instrumental
errors, and local gravity, and reduced
to sea level. Average cloudiness stated
In scale from to 10. Direction OF wind
fs prevailing direction during "a hours
ending at p. M. Velocity of wind In
average velocity In miles per hour.
T. F. DRAKE,
Acting Section Directo:
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up. The start was perfect, and Hermis
went out to make the pace. Hermis shot
his bolt at the mile however, and then
Waterboy doomed In front. Then Joyner.
who is a South Carollnian. threw off all
OF the reserve that had characterized
him in ordinary life, and the way he did
throw that blanket around like any howl
ing stable hand. was amazing to his
friends to see. Moreover, he dropped
right into the stabe-hand style of root
ing. which was rendered the more no.
ticeable by the South Carolina dialect,
which seemed to come natural to him
for roofing purposes.
"They hain't no hawss what kin beat
my hawss" the usually impressive JOY
ner bawled with all the strength of his
great lungs as Waterboy. with friction
less gait, swung down the stretch, lengths
in front OF the firing field. Come. you
nigguh baby They hain't no hawss
what'll git yo' all. coon boy Jes' shake
yo all feet an poke 70 OF haid along,
NAH black runnin' devil-they hahn t
nothin' evuh a-goin' tub git near yo' ALL"
and, as Joyner tapped the blanket In
the hot air the great black Waterboy
romped past the wire, a winner on the
bit
THE old fellow ran a fine race, didn't
he?" said Joyner, instantly resumlng his
usual quiet tone. as he turned to one
of his companions only IS seconds after
Waterboy had won
The quiet South Carolnian had only
given way to tho blood frenzy of the
great moment, that's all. thereby show
ing himself however. more trainer than
a born plunger.
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GREAT SURGICAL FEATS.
Experts Can Operate Without Leaving
Scar as Reminder.
From the New York American.

From the New York American
Making fine art out OF surgery is the
latest development of that science which
nowadays saves so many lives at a mini
mum cost of anxiety and pain. Most per-
sons afflicted In way that only an OPP
Grafton can remedy are glad enough to be
restored to health, and probably give
little thought to probable Disagreement.
But even this comparatively small disad-
vantage has inspired DIR. ]. L. A. Aymard,
a noted hospital surgeon OF London. Eng
land. to experiments which have proved
that surgical scars are unnecessary He
f1nds that 1t all depends on the manner in
which the incision through the skin is
made. His own description of this scar
less method is reprinted here from the
London Lancet:
MY new method OF skin division con-
sists of the simple operation of dividing
It upon the slant, in contradistincuon to
the present method Of dividing the same
at right angles 10 the surface. My idea.
though new by design, is by accident
of very ancient origin. There arc few of
US who have not on our person some
example however small of this cut
through the skin upon the slant. Such a
cut. ii extensive. generally presents a
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somewhat lumpy appearance, due TO cons
traction. and very often smooth mark
at the line of junction. II is skilled APP
pllcation of the principle with seientifc
correction of the defects which gives
results emitting such heading as appears
TO this article.
THE reason why a cut through the
skin upon the slant and subjected To-
properly applied pressure heals so per<
fectly Is not far to see. Contact Is per-
feet, and the greater the pressure with
in limits, the better it IS. | have proved
beyond doubt that granulauon GROWTH
can be controlled by pressure and was
therefore, not In the least surprised to
get such good results from this new in
cison. The ordinary process OF healing
proceeds as usual, but granulation It's
sue with subsequent fbrous and scab
tissue is reduced to minimum. The scar
Is present but hidden away, and II may
quote. What the eye does not see the
heart does not grieve.'
1T Is of the greatest importance THAI
we should grasp what takes place This
apex of the upper flap at once retractS
and becomes wrlnkled, curling inward orr
outward, according to the region of thsl
incislon. The apex OF the lower flap
takes, as general rule. a conical form-j
points should be borne in mind. 1t IS noti
sufficient simply to adjust tho wrin1Sled
apex Of the top flap.
with regard to the operation ITSELF
the skin should be reasonably stretched
In not already the case by some under-i
lying tumor The angle at which the knife
should be held can only be learned by
practice. The skin, as a rule, will give
five or six millimeters. or about quar-
ter of an inch, flap, but, in addition. at
least as much fat flap, except, of COURSE
when the fat is excessive. Fat makes
firm, rapid union. and Is, therefore, OF
considerable Importance.
Sometimes / secure the wound by plao>
ing across a few strips of China silk and
collodion, at others by merely placing
collodion on the curved or fiat glass Dress
ing When the glass Is pressed fiat the
exact position of the ZAP can be seen ar,
a glance. l prefer glass TO celluloid or
mica because 1t Is rigid, matter OF I'M
portance when applying pressure. In all
probability excellent results will be OBJ
tained in a dozen other ways.
with regard 10 pressure, IL should be
slight for the first few days, then grad
ualy increased. Whichever rigid dressing
is placed over the wound. 1t should be
covered by a large pad of wool. II no
rigid dressing is thus used. in all prob
ability a contracted condition of the flap
will result Sooner than allow a wound
to heal In bad position, l would always
break it down and begin again
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THEY NEVER NOPE
AND NEVER SMILE
Big PIungers on the Race
Track Show No Emotion
QUIETLY LOSE THOUSANDS
Men Who Have Staked All They Had
on Single Race-5urke Talked
About chop-suey and
Won $4,000.
rom the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
How would you feel If you won $4,000
on a couple of horse races?
I saw G. White-"Whitey" Langdon
separate the grieved Sheepshead Bay
price-chalkers from that amount of
money on two good things of his own
unassisted picking a while ago.
One of these rare good equine aces in
the hole was the two-year-old Oran
Langdon got 10 to l against that one on
the day he showed up Ballot and Water
Pearl and he was down with enough to
pry So, 900 from the satchels of the book
makers. The other one was the stretcn-
finishing mare Flip Flap, which was seen
in Washington last year. Langdon has
since bought her. He got the foolish and
out-of-line top price of 80 to l against
Flip Flap a couple of races after the
rich clean up on Oran and his take down
was $4,000, with comparatively little
money risked for plunger of the Lang
don type.
If Langdon's pulse beat even a little
bit faster than its normal ticking when
he saw these two horses romp home in
front of their fields in their respective
races he certainly did not exhibit the
least visible elation. Nor. in preserving
the most complete calmness, did he APP
pear to be making any effort to adopt
the pose Of the cold-blooded plunger He
is a young looking chap and he grinned
boyishly when the two-year-old Oran shot
out of his bunch at the eighth pole and
made the much-touted Water Pearl. the
overwhelming odds-on favorite, back up.
'I thought that Water Pearl would
chuck It about there in six-furiong
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pay any attention to their remarks. how
ever. He was thinking about something
else.
II almost came to blows with friend
of mine at or o'clock this morning"
he was saying as the horses lined up at
the post. He dragged me into one OF
those Chinese restaurants with him,
against my will, and he tried to BAN
boozle me into eating some Of that egg
chop suey He ate about three pounds
of the Internal mixture himself, and"
They're off, came the tremendous dia-
pason from the crowd in the stand below.
Burke hardly turned around from adj
dressing his friends to see how the horses
got away, but he went on:
And he goes around trying to force
people to believe that that chopless chop
suey junk is tho finest thing that a man
can possibly put in his stomach. And
yet, when l asked him IL he knew what
chop suey was made of, why"
There goes Dandellon down." yelled the
crowd as the favorte in the race cross
ed his legs while running close to the
rail and went down in a heap, throwing
Miller, his jockey, under the flying hoofs.
Look at That western plug, Sir Huon
coming along like a wild catn'
why" went on Burke, paying not the
slightest attention to the race. although
the crowd all united in bowling the name
of Sir Huon, upon which he stood to
win $4,000. HE didn't know what the
dickens chop suey was made of. and yet
he inserts a whole heap of 1t into his sys-
tenn along toward daylight every morn
ing and tries to make everybody he
knows fall for the chnk grub, and"
"Sir Huon copsr' howled Burkes group
of friends, utterly disregarding his dis
course on the chop suey question. well,
what dyou think O. that? Say, Burke
how did you dope that one, anyhow? Did
you go to 1t strong?"
Had on three straights at 10 to /. Clam
ly replied Burke, and when a plunger
says three" or five" or "eight" he
means thousands, even IL he doesn't men,
tion them. but the next time that friend
of mine tries to make me fall for that
chop suey stuff"
But Burke's friends were already wend-
ing their way down the steps to the bet
ting ring and paddock. eager to find OUT
about the next race.
Showed Utter Indifference.
This is a fair picture of the utter indif-
ference with which Burke, one of the
biggest plungers in the business. takos
the luck that comes his way, be 1t good
or bad. He is probably the most naturally
Indifferent individual as to the kind of
break he gets when he stands to win
or lose big amount that the game has
ever developed In this country.
There are some occasional race track
visitors who when they lose $40 or $50
on an afternoon card will ride home in a
state of the most profound gloom. with
heavy knocks for the game, accusations
as to It's universal crookedness. and so
on, and an obvious determination not
to be comforted under any circumstances.
On the day. not long ago. when "Davy"
Johnson who used to run a gambling
establishment at Narragansett. and who
has picked up as high as 100000 at the
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whereas all the rest of them did stand or
are standing that chance all the time.
Pittsburg Phil was worth S3.000,000 at his
death. He hadn't played the horses at all
for about a year previous to his demise,
but a lot of first-rate investments that he
had made helped to pile up the fine for
tune he left TO his mother and brothers.
This Whitley" Langdon however, is ex-
hibiting considerable more cautlousness
than any of the other plungers of this
epoch except George Smith, and there are
some believers OF his positive declaration
that he actually means to quit the turf a.
the close of the present racing season.
Turfmen who do not deal in exaggeration
say that Langdon is worth 100000 today.
He literally ran a 81 note" into this
amount. Langdon used to be a racing re-
porter for a Wilmington CDei) newspaper.
He gained his first knowledge of horse
racing at the old Iron Hill outlaw track.
He used to cover the running of the
races there for his newspaper. He was
wise enough not to bet on the horses at
that grisly yet funny. imitation of a le-
Ultimate race track, but when Iron Hill
shut down he went to the New York
tracks. He started 81 parlay" on the
card at one of the New York tracks one
day soon after his arrival, and the finish
of that day saw him the possessor Of $2S,
600. That was his start. and he hasn't had
a losing season since. 1t is difficult to be-
lleve that the game will yet take" him.
However. there are plenty of folks who
have been around race tracks for great
many years and who have watched the
rise and fall of numberless plungers who
will have to be shown that the old game
will not eventually cover up even so eau
tious man as 'tWhitey" Langdon.
It is curious to observe how some OF
these winners of the big money at the
New York tracks accept their successes
and defeats.
happened to be standing near the not
ed Eddie Burke, the Falstaffian book
maker and plunger, on the day he had
$4,000 straight on the western horse, Sir
Huon, at Is to /.
Burke. man of huge girth. albeit
fine looking individual Of the extremely
well-fed variety, is a famous eater. His
Gargatuan feeds" at the white light
restaurant up in the region OF the Metro
pole where he lives, are a source of per-
petual amaZement even to the people
of that region, who impose upon their
digestive apparatus year in and year out.
Burke, for the past fifteen years, has
eaten only one meal a day, and that az
midnight exactly-but what meal he
makes of this one square day! A list
of the things he puts away at his nightly
meal sounds incredible. All of the dishes
are especially prepared for Burke
wherever he goes, and he is himself an
amateur chef to whom the noted pro-
fessional chefs of New York often give
respectful ear.
Friends "Gueyed" Burke.
Burke was up on the top of the Sleeps
head Bay stand with a party of friends,
to see how Sir Huon was going to make
out In the race. Burke's friends were
guying him over his "foolishness'' in play
ino that one The adiposa munger didn't
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New York race tracks in one season. went
absolutely broke on his noted Splinter
Roseben. he plucked a thick blade of
grass from the turf Of the infeld where
The was standing, whistled through 1t as
boys~ do, and made some commonplace
remark about the way some other horse
in the race had performed Nor did there
appear to be the slightest evidence at
strainlng for effect in the manner in
which Johnson took his wiping out on
this day.
Bet $4,000 on Roseben.
He had bet, so 1t was commonly said
about the track, $4,000. the last ready
money he had In the world, on Roseben
to win the race. Roseben was held at
to 10, with the steadier of 1877 pounds
up so that Johnson, giving them the
odds, stood to win $4,000 for his $4,000 If
his sprinter should connect.
How much do you like your big nag
today. Dave?" inquired one of Johnson's
friends, strolling over to him in the In
I field where the plunger had stationed
himself with his group on a little knoll
to watch the outcome.
'Tve killed him for tap" calmly re-
piled Johnson, but l don't know about
him. He's thrown mo a good many
times lately and, though l believed him
the world-beater Of them all a couple of
months ago, he's got to show me again
now"
Three minutes later Roseben had been
beaten a face on the wire and Johnson
was known to be broke.
pretty shifty race that little Hand
zarra trick ram" was all that Johnson
said after blowing his squealky blast on
the big blade of grass he plucked from
the turf II always did think lot of
that one" and he strolled across the
track to the betting ring, looking not In
the least down in the mouth.
Davy johnson, however, has been
down and OUT on huge bets many times
before, and there is such a thing as be-
coming used to these things.
All Of this is not saying that some OF
the big betters are not excltable mon.
A. ]. Joyner-"Jack' Joyner-the ia
nous trainer. was pretty heavy better
on his own account in the days when he
first began to train the great horses of
James r. Keene. In his ordinary inter-
course Joyner is one of the quietest and
most sedate and reserved men on the
turf He always talks Ia a very low tone
of voice, and he uses remarkably correct
English for horseman. scarcely ever
relasping into slang.
When Water Boy Raced.
But when in those days when he first
trained for Keene he had a great horse
in a race he was an entirely different in
dividual during the running of the race.
Once when he had the mighty Waterboy
of Keenes string in a race, Joyner had
| got $4,000 of his own money down on
Waterboy at the juicy and quite false
price OF to /. thus standing to take
down $4,000 II Waterboy should beat the
| equally mighty Herrnis. Joyner stood in
| the infield, with Waterboys blankets
! around his shoulders. as the field lined
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race" he said, as he clapped his field
glasses into their case HE hasn't ever
struck me as a sticker"
Die go to the Oran thing, Whitey?"
o friend of the plunger standing near,
asked him.
For the dinner change" replied Lang
don, as he started for the paddock
Bought Flip Flap.
''Nice mare of the go-all-day kind"
Langdon quietly observed when Flip
Flap forged ahead of about the best
horses in training In her race Going
to put her In my barn If can get her"
and half an hour later Flip Flap did be-
long to Langdon he having quickly paid
the first price asked for her, big one.
A couple of main betting-ring runners
were talking things over on the ferry
on the way to New York after the races
that afternoon.
Whitley win eighty on Oran and Flip
Flap" observed one of them.
Eighty" cut in a rather seedy-lool5ing
chap. evidently a cheap field piker. why,
I win a hunnerd an twenty on them
too, myself"
"a hundred and twenty thousand?" In
quIred the betting runner, turning some
what superciliously to the piller.
NO-SnOulu say HOl. "A nuH-
nerd an twenty bucks"
well" said the betting-ring runner, in
an offhand way. Whitley Langdon's win
on oran and Flip Flap was eighty thous-
and"
eighty tousan,'!" exclaimed the piker.
incrednously. Quit yer kiddn'l Dey
amt dat much coin in de woild"'
A quiet-loolxing man. evidently only an
occasional race-track visitor, overheard
the colloquy.
Eighty thousand dollars in one after
noon" he observed to the man he was
with. Now. by looking around for
while he could get a safe per cent on
that $4,000 which would fetch him in
a cinch income of $4,000 a year. Four
thousand year is a bully income for
any man. Do you suppose this Mr.. Lang
don will invest his money for a future
assured income?"
Forget itp' was the laughing reply of
this conservative mans companion He
may not have the price of beef stew
six months from today or less than that
He's a plunger. Remember the cases or
Riley Grammar, Plunger Walter and the
rest of 'em don't you? Five per cent a
wear when they can sometimes make
1000 per cent a minute If they get a
break? Swell chance!"
One Man Bought Annuity.
There was one of the great plungers-
the greatest of them all-who did invest
large bunch of his winnings in an annuity.
George E. Smith, better known as Pitts
burg Phil invested $500, 600 In an annuity
several years before he died. But Pitts
burg Phil was an exception in whole lot
of respects in the ranks of the plungers
the most important of which was that for
the last ten years of his life. at least he
never stood a chance Of going broke,
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WAN T E D. Experienced
wrappers in dry goods. Apply
Mr.. Cooper, at Steele-Smith S,
End ave., between 9 and 10 to-
morrow morning.
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Friends "Gueyed" Burke.

Friends "Gueyed" Burke.
Burke was up on the top of the Sleeps
head Bay stand. with party of friends,
to see how Sir Huon was going to make
out In the race. Burke's friends were
guying him over his ''foolishness'' In play
ing that one. The adiposs plunger didn't