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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-17

tage Ensan Francisco. The steansh ?
company afterUard learned Of the
theft and brought suit and secured
damages
n Rear Admiral r b Bradford
that credH is due for discovering the
utility & re Midway Islands as a ca
HE station and to his representations
that me Two tiny specks on the map
Of the Pacific we're transferred from
the jurisdiction Of the Interior Depart
Enene % . possession Of the navy Of the
United states The Pacific Cable Com
pany secured the right 70 break It's
long stretch OF cable and land on one Of
ne tpso Islands The United states viii
fortlfy this island sufficiently 70 pro
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-17
ESTATE HUGHES.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT. TERRITORY OF
HAWAII-AT CHAMBERS. IN
PROBATE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-17

In the Matter Of the Estate of Matilda
Hughes. Deceased.
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the Pacific. The coral formation In
closes a lagoon Of depth enough for an
cnorage- but more shallow than the
surrounding waters. and makes an at
tractiFe feeling ground for fish, seal
and turtle The fish belong 70 the null
let perch and mackereI fauti.es- Many
Of them Of brilliant eolors seem TO be-
long ID the dolphin family. The FISH
attract the birds. and the islands are
covered with pluEned tenants Some
years ago q small band q japanese
we're left on the island for the purpose
Of gathering birds feathers Their
presence was made known 70 Il navy.
and they were ordered 10 depart
Under the nevv order of things tl1e is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-17

= = x x X * X X x x = x *
CAREFUL BUSINESS MEN x
x carry fire Insurance. Nearly al x
= business nan carry life Insurance x
y Burial insurance = more IE2poF- x
* taut than either tyc ~ life lrsfzr- =
x anee. WY n0t see Harrison Mu- =
X tuaI Burial Association
T. z. TOWNSEND, Sec'y.
Il s L < < x x K e 8 & q = = . =
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severn occasions made incI:ry Of the
Hawaiian monarchy regarding their
title, with propositions TO annex or
lease taera- Taey we're used for tIrne,
thirrg. years ago. By the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company to the extent Of
storing there a huge pile Of coal. The
COMPANY left a single FnaR N charge IF
the eaal After a years lonesome So
Jeurn "a the islands this individual got
tired 81 the a,batross as his only COM
panions. and abandoned the coal for
passing craft Later. when coal was
high Il san Francisco, an enterprfsing
Norwegian. Who knew OF the unguartia1
coal pile. set sail IN bark and secured
q fun cargo. which he sold 10 aavan-
SasY Il . ? : - ~, -: @s1xv
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SCENES ON MIDWAY ISLAND

te~t the cable station. and hereafter
there win never be a question as to
who is the rightfui owner
The islands are both of coral forn1a-
ton One of them. Sand Island, con
fains $50 acres. while the other. Eastern
Island. has s2s acres. a quantity Of
rich soil is 10 be carried TO the islands
in order that the forces who viii have
10 take their turn in manning the guns
of the Qualifications may have some
occupation TO divert their attention
from sea and rock
Naval officers who have visited the
islands say that the Midway harbor
constitutes the finest fishing ground in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-17

The above sale has been postpore6
70 Saturday, September 1, 1896, at Il
o'clock noon, at salesroom of James 2.
Morgan So Kaahuulanu street, Eo-
rzoiulu. r =
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Order for Notice OF Hearing Petition
for Probate Of VIII.
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al the Matter Of ire Estate OF Au An
BOY. Deceased.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
FRoTH OF FUN.

She--"I think Mrs. Ncwcombe Is so
sweet, don't you? You can read her
character in her face" He-"Yes, if
you read between the lines"
Yes, I'm going in for teaching"
Going in for teaching Why. I
would rather marry a wtdower with
half a dozen children" so would
but where's the widower?'
We'll, Emily, did you have a good
time at the masked ball?' "Oh. | had
a splendid time. | made my husband
dress up as a knight in heavy armo.,
and ne wasn't able to bulge from one
spot all night"
Mr., Tubbs-"Well, Bobbie, how does
your sister like the engagement ring
| gave herr" Bobbie-"WelI. It's n
bit too small. She has a hard Job to
get it off in a hurry when the other
fellows CALI
She-"Oh, that's the great prIma
donna, is it? Is she famous because
Of her voice or her acting?"
He-"Neither, but she has a motor &C.
cident regularly every week. and tnat
keeps her name before the public"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
PEOPLE IN PRINT,

John L. Snyder, a Seneca Indian, has
received permission to take the New
York state bar examination.
Paul ]. Rainey, a wealthy New
Yorker, is having a wireless system OF
teIegraphy installed on his yacht, An
ona, which will be The first American
steam yacht thus equipped.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York; who is at present In the lime
light, pleads guilty to three weak
nesses-candy eating, cooking strange
dishes, and making furniture.
Chaplain Rev. Francis Doherty, or
the Seventeenth United States in
fantry, stationed at Fort Mcpherson.
edits a little paper called THE Haver.
SACK which is widely read among
soldiers, and is frequently copied.
George Griffith, the English globe
t%rotteT, who has seven times encircled
the earth, says he means to travel no
more, but will build a home on the
Isle of Man and settle down to novel;
writing as a nelghbor of Hall Game
Thomas Lewis, the son of an African
king who is studying medicine at the
Syracuse university, has devised char
acters to express the language Of his
tribe. He proposes to translate the
Bible and to introduce the Christian
religion among the natives. His home
Is in Liberia, and upon the completion
of his course he expects to become a
medical missionary TO his people.
j. P. Webster holds the unique dis
tinction of being the only mayor Wau-
coma, Ia, has ever had, though the
place has been incorporated % years.
He was selected as the first mayor in
1883, aaa has continued to serve ever
since. He has Just been elected for
two years more, which will make his
record as mayor a quarter of a CEN
fury. He is 50 years old, and the old
est mayor in the state. He is hale and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
HAD GIVEN Up ALL HOPE,
CONFINED TO HER BED
WITH DYSPEPSIA,
love MyLife to Pe-ru-na,'
Says Mrs. Hufaker.

Mrs. Mittie Huffaker, R. R. No. s,
Columbia, Tenn, writes:
~ was afflicted with dyspepsia for
several years and at last was confined
TO my bed, unable TO sit up.
"We tried several different doctors
without relief.
~ had given up all hope of any re.
lief and was almost dead when my
husband bought me a bottle of Pc
ruHa.
SAT first l could not notice any ben
eff, but after taking several bottles /
was cured sound and well.
at Is to Peruna I owe my life TO-
day.
81 cheerfully recommend it to all
sufferers"
Revised Formula.
For a number of years requests
have come to me from a multitude of
grateful friends, urging that Peruna
be given q slight laxative quality. |
have been experimenting with a laxa-
tive addition for quite a length of
time, and now feel gratifed to an
nounce to the friends of Peruna that
! have incorporated such a quality in
the medicine which, in my opinion,
can only enhance its well-known .bene-
fetal character.
IS. B. HARTMAN, M. D."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
WAS WILLING TO "EiTE."
One in tae Audience Who Had Never
Heard of the Great Man in
Question.

At the recent annual meeting Of the
voters Of Cape Elizabeth two names
were presented for moderator, Henry
S. Jorden and Clement f. Staples, Re.
publican and Citizen, respectively.
says the Boston Herald. The orator
who nominated Mr.. STAPLES made a
mighty effort, who is Clement Z
Staples?" he cried, as he waved his
arms like pump handles and strobe
back and forth on the platform. A
deep and impressive silence followed.
Again waving his arms, he called in
a voice of thunder: who is Clement
f, Staples?" The silence was more
pronounced and the effect greater, The
audience was vlsibly impressed. Be.
fore attempting to dwell upon the
good qualities Of his candidate. the
speaker again proclaimed; Il say.
who is Clement +, Staples?'
A small man in the rear Of the hall
stood os a chair and broke the silence
by saying; WAL, III bite. Who is
hc?"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
TERRIBLE ITCHING SCALP.
Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands and
Limbs-An Old Soldier Declares:
"Cuticura Is a Blessing"

AZ all times and to all people | am
willing to testify to the merits of Gu
tlcura. 1t saved me from worse than the
torture Of hadcs. about the year 1900. with
itching on my scalp and temples, and aft.
efwards it commenced to break out on my
hands. Then it broke out on my limbs.
| then went to a Surgeon, whose treat
ment did me no good, but rather aggra-
waited the disease. | then told him /
would 60 and see q physician in Erie.
The reply was that | could go anywhere,
but a case of eczema like mine could not
be cured; that ! was too old 500. | went
to an eminent doctor in the city of Erie
and treated with him for six months. with
like results. | had read of the Cuticura
Remedies, and so ] sent for the Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Rcsolycnt, and con.
tlnucd taking the Resolyent until [ had
taken SIX bottles, stopping it to take the
Pills. was NOW getting better. | took
two baths a day, and at night ! let the
latber of the Soap dry on. | used the
Ointment with great effect after wa-hinR
IN warm water, to stop the itching at
once, | am now cured. The Cuticura
treatment is a blessing, and should be
used by every one who has itching Of the
| can't say any more. and thank
God that lie has given the world such a
curative. VIM. H. Gray, 1903 Mt. Vernon
St., Philadelphia. Pa, August Q, 1866"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

l was down on the card to lead
lady friend of mine to a New YORK
theater where you can roll around in
IN orchestra chair at fifty cents a
throw.
When a guy can buy a couple OF
o~csy-corners in a dead swell theater
for fifty cents per ccze, he's a mark
to blow four plunks to squeeze into
one of those joints where they feed
you on problem plays and fricassed
pasts.
figured it out that way, and stood
pat.
That evening finds me in the parlor
as usual. You know the parlor |
mean. When a guy reaches that CON
dition where he gives himself the
careful glance and says, Gee! | got
to get shaved this evening"" you can
bet there's only one parlor in the
world for him.
I'm sitting on the sofa with one mitt
lying carelessly on the family album
and the other punched around a 51.70
cane, when my lady friend floats into
the arena.
There's g short-arm clinch, a break.
away, and we're back in our corners.
oh, John Henry!" says my lady
friend. giving her real hair a couple
Of taps and glancing out in the dining
room to see II mother was rubbering.
tell you, boys, it's aces when your
lady friend does that after a short
clinch. There's nothing to it.
When a girl stamps her foot and
talks with a tobasco lisp and says,
How dare you kiss me, sir? You
are impertinent, sir" it's a 30 to /
shot that Gussie Gladtop, the ribbon
clerk, who calls every Tuesday even
ing, first gave her an excuse for writ
ing that thereto.
She's Just dying to have you bite
her again, but she handles her Ian
guage wrong, and the f0ur-flush call
down makes you back-pedal so hard
that you grab for your hat, and you
find yourself saying day-day long be-
fore Papa drops in with his usual
bundle of beszine, and an A-fat hic-
cough on the side.
Fol me the glorious creature who
says, "Oh, John Henry" and
pats her temples to see if her Seven
Sutherland Sisters happens to be
mussed.
Anyway, after the bell rings | says
my lady friend, IF youth tease a
trolley with NC, Wen be on our way
tomorrow night to the theater!"
"0h, how lovely!" says my LADY
Il do so love to 60 to the
heater. Where shall we go?-Oh!
know! Let's go and see Sara Bern
lardt! I'm just dying to see her!"
Up and away to the mines! Sarah
.3ernhardt at five plunks a chair and
scratching gravel to get my laun-
Try back from foreign lands of a Sat.
Irday night!
I'm just dying to see Sara!" ,
avs the Sweetest Thing Ever, and I'd
re a small bunch of parsnips if
Iadn't volunteered in the ~life-saving
ervice then and there. I
Yes" / says to my lady friend. Il 1
you'd like to see ~Bernhardt!" I
all the time I'm giving this glad
peech I'm going down lie line men d
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

though | paid my car.fare in French
every morning.
Say! | don't know enough about
French to find Paris on the map
honest, that's straight! But I'm think
ing of my dear departed ten, SO |
makes the play!
What are they saying now" says
the Proposition in Peaches.
Right there was where | fell in the
cellar.
Bon gre de la tour be jee!" |
says, handing her the hottest accent
thSt was ever turned loose.
"Oh, John Henry" says my lady
friend. why, | didn't know you
could speak French! How lovely!
What does it mean in English?'
1t was up to me to make good.
1T means" | says, that Sara is
handing a cali-down to the old guy
that looks like a cheese sandwich, She
says to him, See here, you've got
another bun on! How dare you trail
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

tally to see who will give me quick
action on a steam-heated touch.
Il think it is awful nice Of you to
ask me to see Bernhard" says The
Real Thing, throwing a goo-goo at
me that settles everything. After a
Joyous glance like that I'm game to
break into the box Office and wrestle
the keeper for the gate money.
Anyway. after a Labored Converse.
ton with a friend, I'm helped to the
price next day, and | patter away for
the ~pasteboards. My lady friend toys
out in her revelry rags, and I'm m
what of a Big Event myself when we
slide into the Gold-Bond building and
reach out for Ten-Dollars' worth of
amusement, hot off the griddle.
Mercy mel" says my lady friend,
after the curtain has been up a while.
what are they talking about? |
can't understand a word!'
I'm sitting there holding the funeral
services yer my ten plunks, SO I'm
not wise to what's doing on the stage.
whats the natter" | says.
"Listen!" says Clara Jane.
listened. In a minute | was next.
The trackwalkers on the stage were
talking Dago! Dago, mind you!
and me just after putting on mourn
ing for my ten plunks!
"Oh! they're doing the trick in
French" says. %0ff-hand, just as
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Mamma, Use got a stomach ache"
said Nelly BLY,, six years old.
That's because you've been with,
out lunch. Its because your stomach
is empty. You would feel better If
you had something in it."
That afternoon the pastor called,
and in the course of conversation, re-
marked that he had been suffering all
day with a very severe headache.
That's because it is empty" said
Nellie. You'd feel much better If
you had something in it."-Amcrican
Spectator.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
A Gantle Slam.

Miss Jolly-Eddie Blank is an aw-
full fiatterer. You can't believe a word
he says. But | always like to meet
him.
Kathleen-Must be a case Of mu-
tual admiration. I've heard him say
the very same thing about you.-De-
troit Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

into my fiat with your tide high
enough to float a battleship?'"
That doesn't sound very poetical,'
says the Extreme Limit.
1T isn't poetlcal," | says, but it's
the goods, all right. Bon gre that's
French for a bun. and de la tour
means the rest"
That was where | caught step with
my finish.
had to translate everything that
was said on the stage, and | couldn't
even pronounce the name of the piece
they were playing.
All | could do was to remember
some Of the swell language | had
heard at other play joints, and |
rushed them at my lady friend so fast
that she hadn't time to decide that
ought to be on my way to a foolish
house.
When Bernhard addressed a lot of
French supers | used up a bunch of
tickle-your-fancy language that May
irwin hands to her rib-racked audi
ences, and my lady friend stood for it.
When CoQuelin pushed out his chest
and jawed every one in sight, | threw
my whole soul into the translation
and handed my lady friend a line of
talk that | heard IN a burlesaue At
The New York" Coquelin made an
awful hit with my lady friend. If |
could have remembered more Of those
good things Coquelin would have
been aces with her ever after.
Before the first act was over | had
Sara talking about a sure cure for
rheumatism that read in an almanac,
and | had Coquelin reciting the
Charge of the Light Brigade"
1t was a hot evening-for me!
Before the second act was half
through | went off my dip. | was
nutty from pit to dome. had enough
bum French in my topknot to start
of those Observation-Disclosures table
d'hote places, with wine at 400. a
grab.
1t was fierce.
But it was all off when | put Sara
into Mother Goose. That was the
last camel. My lady friend wouldnt
stand for it when | told her that Bern
hardt was saying "Old Mother Hub.
bard, she went to the cupboard" She
thought was stringing her. | guess
was.
told her that the French had gone
o my head. Clara Jane said | looked
pale, and hadn't we better 60 home;
she had enough, anyway!
I'll bet she had. I'll bet four dol.
ars my lady friend had the worst
'lsy, bar none, that was ever adapted
rom the French. That's what she
,ad, and / had such a headache!
After we padded off home my lady
said she didn't exactly under.
'tand the plot of the play, but she'd
re glad if got the book and read the
Of 1t to her.
Me!-off to the woods! Me!-to !
he tall timber till she wakes up! No |
nore glad tidings from the French
or me. My lady friend is the Whole
but she'll have to get out OF
trance and take me without '
1ayonnaise dressing.
l was a lobster to sit in the game, =
ut I'm not pate de foie gras enough
D stay there after my feet get cold.
The next time | trot with my lady 7
'iend to the theater 1t will be to The
lew York" where they talk plain
United States, and where o get two
.osy-corners at fifty cents a throw.
Believe me!
Yours, on the griddle,
JOHN HENRY.
Copyright, 1901. by G. w. Dillingham; coil
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

The following letters cannot fail to
bring hope to dcspairing women.
Miss Ruby M~ushrush, Of East
Chicago, Ind, writes;
Dear Mrs, Piukham.-
81 haye hceua great sufferer withirrugrlar
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months ago The doctor, after using the N-Ray
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to have an operation, My mother wanted
nae 10 try Lydia E.. Piufham's Npgstuhle
Compound rs Il last resort, and it I.o nuly
saved me from an operation hut made mo Ell
tirely well"
Mrs. Alice BorryhiIl, of 3l3 Boyce
Street, Chattanooga, Tenn, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkhnm,~-
Three years ago If. lolGe1 dark 10 me,
J had liberation aud Inflammation of the
female organs and waa in Il sorious condition
My health was completely hroken down
and the doctor told me that If | was not OBJ
Grated upon | would dic within six months,
| told him | would have no operation but
would try Lydia f, linkham'B Vegetable
Compound. lie tried to influence mo against
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and began 20 use it faithfully, Within five
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q Your medicine is certainly fine, I have
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Mrs. Pinkham, daughter.in.law of
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ounu Succeeds Where Others Fall.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Needed Study.

De mar who really gifts de worst OF
a c%urbstone argument" said Uncle
Eben, lis de n dat might have been
dom somethin' better wifi his time
Washington Star.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
VARIETY,

She-Don't you get tired Of this
modern life, with its heartburningg, Its
longines. its cruel disappointments, its
unutterable inadequac?
He-Oh, yes But always Just about
that time seem new girl comes along.
Life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Our YGGT-OI dDaby

was so delicate when we start
ed to this place that we did not
think he would live to reach
the journeys end, but he came
through all right and is now fat
and healthy, owing to careful
attention and safe treatment
with the best family medicine
IN o~vie+oprn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25

Going through the hospitals in orr
large cities one Is surprised to find such
Il large proportion of the patients lying
on those snOw-white beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serions operations.
Why should this be the ease? Sim
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on the increase among the women of
this countrr-they creep upon them
~unnHares, but every one of those
patients in the hospital beds had plenty
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nervous exhaustion, pain in the small
of the back, dizziness, tiatulency, dis
placements of the organs or irregular
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but remember that Lydia Il. Pink
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
81. JOsepEa's
Liver Regulator.

| was afflicted with heart trou-
bic and dizziness for 7 years,
and was under a doctors care
most Of the time, but improved
very little, it any. began tax
ing St. Joseph's Liver Rcgu-
lator and when | had used halt
a box | felt that | was gaining
strength ard getting better,
and after taking three boxes
find myself in a highly crafty
ing condition.
MRs. HESTER MCliuGu
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sERsrLE MEDICINE CO., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Al all Dealers. In 2J-cerf B0AeE,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-25
Singular Fact.

The way to make a woman real
happy is to bring her a ported plant
on a thousand-mile railway journey
that she could buy around the corner
for ten cents.-N. Y. Press.