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The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
Perfumes of Queens

During her recent visit to Paris Mar
gherita, the Queen Dowager of Italy
made extensive purchases of perfumes.
and the papers reveal that her favorite
essence is violet. This has brought out
a discussion of the perfumes used by
the queens of Europe.
Tt is alleged that the Czarina spends
in Paris no less than $4,000 francs an
nually on perfumes, creams, soaps and
toilet waters. Violet is her favorite
also, and large qantities of it are put
up in TASKS especially for her.
She is so fond of perfumes in gen.
eral, however, that her rooms are daily
sprinkled with essences of elder, jas
mine, narcissus or tuberose. Some
times the atmosphere is so charged
with scent as to be almost intolerable
to other people entering the apart
ments.
For the preparation Of the Czarina's
toilet waters violets are especially
plucked between 5 and Z o'clock in the
evening, because in her opinion that is
the hour when the plants give forth the
most exquisite odors.
Queen Alexandra of England is ad-
dicted to the ess-bouquet, the formula
for which as used by the English royal
family is said to be a secret, handed
down from father to son since 1929.
The components are said to be musk,
ambergris, rosewater. violet, jasmine,
orange flower and lavender.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
has a less complicated taste. Eau de
cologne is good enough for her. She
uses half a litre day of it.
She uses considerable fancy soap,
toilet creams and powder. She takes.
a warm bath of seven minutes duration
daily. followed by a cold douche. She
is very proud of her beautiful complex
ion and takes every pains to keep it
unimpaired.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
THE MAKING OF MAN.

Before the beginning of years
There came to the making of man
Time, with a gift of tears:
Grief, with a glass that ran;
Pleasure, with pain for leaven;
Summer, with flowers that fell;
Remembrance fallen from heaven,
And madness risen from hell;
Strength without hands to smite;
Love that endures for a breath;
Night, the shadow of light,
And life, the shadow of death.
And the high gods took in hand
Fire and the falling of tears;
And measure of sliding sand
From under the feet of the years;
And froth and drift of the sea;
And dust of the laboring earth;
And bodies of things to be
In the houses of death and birth,
And wrought with weeping and laugh.
And fashioned with loathing and
love,
With life before and after,
And death beneath and above,
For day, and a night, and a morrow
That his strength might endure fo1
a span,
With travail and heavy sorrow,
The holy spirit of man.
From the winds of the North and the
South,
They gathered as unto strife;
They breathed upon his mouth,
They filed his body with life;
Eyesight and speech they wrought
For the wells of the soul therein,
A time for labor and thought,
A time to serve and to sin;
They gave him light in his ways,
And love, and a space for delight,
And beauty. and length of days,
And night, and sleep in the night,
His speech is a burning fire;
With his lips he travaileth;
In his heart is a blank desire,
In his eyes foreknowledge of death:
He weaves, and is clothed with deri-
sion;
Sows, and he shall not reap;
His life is a watch or a vision
Between a sleep and a sleep.
Algernon Charles Swineburne.
Room and board can be had at Wa
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
THREE STYLES OF THE JUNKERS GAS-STOvE.


wallpaper at the back Of the stove does
not become warm. because it is the
cold air which ascends at the back of
the stove. They are quickly and easi-
ly installed by connecting the gas
coupling G at the top of the stove with
a gas-pipe dropt from the ceiling along
the wall. The stove may be placed at
any height above the floor, though it is
usual to put it at from IL inches to 20
inches from the floor. No other wall
clamps or fasteners are required.
Should the gas service happen to be in
the floor, a pipe may be easily run up
along the wall to the required height,
and in that case the outlet G is capped
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
LADIES VESTS AND
UNION SUITS.

Medium weight ribbed cot
ton vests, IL I-2c.
Ribbed vests with fancy
trimmed neck and arm-holes,
35c.
Imported ribbed Isle thread
vests, soc. and 75c. each.
Silk vests, $2.oo each.
Union suits, Swiss ribbed,
75c. upward.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16

Room and board can be had at Wa
hiawa by addressing Mrs H. B.
Stocks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
INFANTS COATS AND CAPS.

Long for infants. Bedford cord with large fancy
collars trimmed with silk ribbons and fancy BRAID $25o
Childens short color Bedford cord with fam
icy with of silk ribbons and medaions,
$500.
Infants French lawn and silk caps soc. and up
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN.

TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN.
If you toys, it will pay you to get prices be-
fore buying We have large of dressed and
undressed dolls kid dolls toy panos stoves, drums,
rate rens whips stuffed animals steel coast
rocking horses go-carts doll carriages, ETC.
You will find greatly your advantage to buy from
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-16
HIGH-GRADE PETTICOATS.

Il A pretty petticoat makes about as accept II
able Christmas present as any give .&%
| to his wife, any friend M
Our very low prices do indicate ~
Icheapness in quality but unusual buying p|
facilities We have now line of high grade -
durable petticoats in the newest styles. Ma 4 q
terlals are: Heatherbloom and Sateen Also IN:
in silk taffeta in variety of changeable coors Ks,
such as rose and green, navy and blue red -
and black; and solid shades in green blue and -
black S
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
Much-Trayelcd CaSII,

Two of the drift casks which were
set loose in Behring Sea at the insti-
cation of President Henry G. Bryant
of the Geographical Society of Phila-
delphia and of Admiral George w.
Melville some years ago have been
recovered.
One of them was found on the
coast of Iceland, $500 miles from
the point where it was cast over
board on the Alaskan coast. In its
tortuous course it proably Travelled
1000 miles. It's drift across the Arc
tic Ocean proves once more the eX-
istence of an Arctic current flowing
from Behring Sea across the North
Pole region.
Fifty spindle-shaped casks were
constructed from designs submitted
by Admiral Melville and were sent
north on United States revenue cut
ters and whaling ships to Behring
Strait and there dropped overheard
In 1899, 1900 and 1901.
Each cask was numbered and
contained a message in four lam
guages, requesting the finder to mott
fly the Geographical Society of Phila-
delphia if the cask turned up,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
Returning to Nature.

In western New South Wales and
western Queensland, Australia, black
aboriginal stockmen are common.
Many of the landholders have inter-
ested themselves in the training Of the
young aborigines, teaching many OF
them to read and write. and bringing
them up side by side with the white
children. The result has not been
very encouraging. Says a writer; Il
nave known several instances where
aboriginal tribes Of both sexes were
taken completely away from their peo-
people and brought up in a white fam
lily. They were taught various ac-
cCmplishments, and spoke English just
as well as the white youngsters. But
invariably, on the first opportunity,
they relapsed into barbarism and
soon the only trace of their upbring
ing that remained to them was their
saultless English. One native G."l
whom | knew was kept in a refined
white home until she was IS; then,
getting word of native camp a few
miles away, she stole off to it, and
when found she was sitting in MIA
mia (native hut, with her clothes
al discarded and possum rug wrap
red around her.
Undoubtedly the best black stock
man that | ever knew fell away in the
same fashion. He had been brought
l. in fnr1i1u nnh
was noted for his scrupulous cleanll-
ness and dandyish care for his clothes.
On horseback he could hold his own
easily with the best men on the sta
ton. He was dressed, from his wide
brimmed, soft felt hat to his long rid
ing boots and spurs, exactly like the
other stockmen. He spoke perfect
English, took part in the various
sports. and, in fact differed from the
white stockmen APPARENTLY in one re-
spect only, the color of his skin. He
was at this time about % years old.
81 left the station just then, and,
returning three years later | pulled
UP at an old 'mia-mia to question the
occupants about the route. Begin
ming in the usual pigeon English, |
was amazed when the half-naked,
dirty and unkempt native who was
sitting in the ashes replied in first
class English AS his voice seemed
familiar I looked at him more close
ly. Why, surely you're not Harry
from Yaloo?' The same man, boss
he replied. Soon after you left mar
ricd a gi Of my own color and took
TO the old life And he kept to it."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06

edcn Time. But the Straipino to1d ~,
the thongs of her snowshoes Snd.
denly, she could not tell how tho
faStenings on one Shoe rave v.ox o,a
she was thrown violently forward
Had the fall taken place in the soft
snow Rose would have been uDhornn1
but she had just arrived at tha bro,
OF slight slope almost wind swcnt of
snow. As the girl scrambled 10 hnr
teet her left arm dangled usclcsslv NJ
her side. With little moan She s,in.
ped her other foot from its s1ovsbon
then stood for Il moment, pain and for.
ror OF the darkness rendering her veal,
and helpless.
linen her COURAGE returned to her
'NonseAse,' she thought. I'VE bnan
In the woods alone before. ] mustn'4
get frightened even if it is dark ana /
don't know where am"
She took from the pocket of bor skirt
a tiny oi!sllin packet. John. the guidn
allowed no one in the lodge to he with.
out matches.
III light fire" she said. "and camn
right here for the night"
Dizzy with pain ana hunger She
painfully gathered together some dead
branches and, EinGlin- cheerful
blaze, sat down before it. The pan
in her arm was very great and She
rolled back her sleeve and piled soft
handtuiS OF snow on the flesh
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06

Many funeral customs in Greece
are unique. The body of an unmar-
ried girl is always dressed as a bride,
the common saying being, "She is
married to death" The body of a
boy is always dressed as a sailor
Women never accompany funerals to
church or to the graves. Professions
are always on foot, the priest lead
ing, accompanied by acolytes bearing
the cross and lanterns.
The body of the deceased is invar-
iably exposed to view, and at the
close of the service in the church,
which concludes with the words,
Take the last kiss" both friends
and strangers press about the body
and give this token of farewell
The kaiser's Taxes.
Does the Kaiser pay taxes? Yes, to
a certain extent, FOR it has just be-
come known that he pays fifteen shil-
lings a year for his gun license,
which is probably more than King
Edward does, If his majesty enjoys
the same immunity from burdens of
this kind as he does with respect to
his motor car, which. is the only one
in the kingdom without a number.
The emperor's ticket runs: valid
for one year. Twelve months shoot
ing license for Ills Majesty the
Kaiser and King, living at Berlin
from December till November 80,
1906. Won Berries, Chief of Police,
Berlin"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
4 Century AGO.

Over 100 years ago BENJAMIN
Henry Latrobe was advocating the
movement in national education
which is now slowly but surely TAX
Ing place in all Of our great schools
and colleges. The following is quot
ed from The Journal of Latrobe."
which the Appletons published last
year, The extract is dated 1898:
American citizens may be di-
yided into three classes-cultfyato
OF the soil, artisans, and merchants.
Of the practical sciences, the first
have most occasion for knowledge
of chemistry, natural history, and
natural philosophy; the second, of
those branchebs of mathematics usu-
ally called mechanics Cor materia
applicata), and the third, of mineral
mathematics To each general
range of science is highly useful, but
these ought, in my opinion, TO be the
leading subjects Of education in an
American seminary. They may be
acquired without the knowledge of
Latin or Greek, although an ac-
Quaintance with these beautiful LAM
guages will greatly ease the mem
DRY in retaining the technical yocab-
ulary and assist in comprehending
precise meaning of terms, most Of
which are taken from them"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
DECETVING THE PUBLIC,
Explanation of the Seemingly Impos-
sibIe Stage Tricks,

When you see a man come out on
the stage and shoot the ashes off
cigar which is being smoked b. an
assistant, don't believe all you see.
A hat pin is run through the cigar,
the point just reaching the ash. The
assistant just pushes the knob at the
other end and down falls the ash to
great applause on the part of the
audience. OF course, only blank cart
ridges are used. Breaking two glass
balls with two pistols is almost as
simple. One Of the pistols only is
loaded, and with shot; the other has
a blank cartridge. The loaded pistol
is aimed between the two balls and
shot scatters, breaking them both.
Distinguishing several numbered
candles by number on request of the
audience is seldom more than a hol-
low joke Behind each candle is
hole in the target. An assistant hid
den behind it simply blows out the
candle, taking care to blow the right
candle at the right time-that is
when the pistol cracks.
Painting a complete picture in a
jiffy in presence of the audience is
also artifice. What looks to you like
an immaculate and untouched can
vas is in reality a finished picture
covered with whitewash All the
artist" does is to simulate painting,
lille he merely wipes off the white
wash with his brush. The result is
an excellent picture.
Those awfully heavy looking dumb
bells of the strong man are some
times somewhat hollow at the core.
You will notice that they are always
put in the same place, preferably on
a special platform when the man
from the audience is invited to lift
them. Under the platform are pow
erful magnets holding the weights
down. Suddenly roll the bar Off the
platform and you can probably lift 1t
with one hand as that operation re-
leases it from magnetic control.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06

Expansion by irrigating has meant
that the desert land of the Platte
valley now blossoming as the rose
and selling from $40 to $500 an
acre. Fifty years ago it was consid-
cred worthless. Over 100000 people
live in the irrigated territory OF this
stream, including those of Denver
Cheyenne, Laramie, North Platte
and other places. The measurements
of the water used and the water re-
turned to the stream reveal the fact
that a large proportion of the water
diverted by particular canal is not
wholly lost, but returns to the
stream and is used over and over
again. Some of the measurements
showed that in low water the return
seepage tends to increase the now OF
streams rather than cause dlmlnu-
ton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
Cotton of the Incas.

Cotton growing in Peru dates back
to prehistoric times. and ii is quite
a common occurrence to bring to light
fine specimens of cotton textiles III
digging up ancient Inca graves. At
various times subsequent TO tae
quest foreign varieties of cotton
Egyptian, Argelian, Sea Island, Me-
tatiti-have been introduced among The
Plantations, but the distinctly Peru
Wan variety, the Peruvian rough or
commerce, still commands superior
prices abroad. Exports are chiefly 10
England and the United States. The
famous Peruvian rough, however. does
not take kindly to cultivation in Az
parts of the republic, lea and Plura
being the regions where apparently
it thriyes best.
The variety called locally "Egyp-
tian,' which is our Upland or the
United States, grows readily in the
coast region of Peru. The Argelian
variety is less adaptable to local con-
ditions and suffers greatly from
prevalent blight, the bane of cotton
pl9nters, which is locally known as
"hielo" (frosD. 1t is probably Of
meteorological origin, and, here at
least. has no remedy The Metadh
Yanoyitch) and Sea Island are grow
in spots along the coast, chiefly at Supe
and Huacho, near Lima, for cNuoo.
chiefly. The limitations of the local
mills form the chief reason for the
more prevalent selection of the va
riety known as Egyptian, which is
more easily worked than tho others.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06

Tb, aisles of pines stretched in ev-
.ltrerfiol. on and on. until the
u. ii,,+, os fle snow food blended with
w., ,,nft. and green of snow laden
,'',r,. , in dim. shadowy blacks. The ST.
lana. Of the afternoon was unbroken.
"a, rp snow birds were not to be
,,.rl and there was not Il breath of
-.;aI ~ disturb the white drapery that
aorerad the pines.
Pose gliding along on her snow
shoes seemed part and parcel of the
,,,,,r basuty Of the winter forest. Her
slender strength and easy grace seem
III strangely in harmony with the fine
.trli.hmess of the pines.
Emf for the first time in her life Rose
was only ya-ucly conscious of the love-
lines off la, woods. She sped on
swiftly. mtiringly. guiding her course
,,,.1 now and Then mechanical glance
ot file ax cuts on the pine tree trunks.
IN her mind She was reviewing over
anil over the scene of the morning.
vii, ST, saw the tense face of her
hr,haud. with the eXpressionless faces
of the t7p guides behind him. The
carss of tie quarrel had been trivial
enough. Rose scarcely recalled it now.
TIL, main point was that her husband,
with his Lu-lish instincts, could not
understand thlt his wife. with her
Awerirsr instincts, could be led, but
net driven.
"Tht Hon. Hugh Boynton." Rose had
storlaad at him across the campfire,
"can bul.yrag his mother and his sis
ters. but his wife is just plain Amer
lean and She win not he ordered as if
She were one of his pointers.'
The lion. Hugh had Strengthened his
stalvart li-ure into lines of adaman-
tine stiffness.
Il thought my request was for your
own good. Rose" he had said.
"Eceuest.' Rose had repeated indlg-
nant'y. 1T was not a request 1t was
an order. I would do anything on earth
that au asked me to do, but l won't be
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
PASSING OF THE CHURCH sPIRE.
Many of the Recent Edifices Resem-
bic Public Buildings.

In the old days, when the church
was chiefly regarded as a place in
which to worship on Sunday. the
spire was a perfect visible symbol
of the character of the building. It
was sign of Gods house, and as
such had its use, says Leslie's
Weekly. Aside from this the spire
had bell, and, perhaps, a clock.
Now, how changed! The rapid COM
mercial progress of the era has
shown no sentimental regard for
homes, churches, or anything else.
The Baptists of late seem to have
taken the most united move to get
away from the spire and all that it
means, but they are going to the
other extreme. Many of their new
churches look like public buildings,
and some resemble a Cairo mosque.
The Methodists, while doing away
with the spire, have compromised in
many instances on a tower.
The Norman and English Gothic
or perpendicular Gothic" has come
into high favor in city churches. This
style is at once digniied and full of
strength because of its massiveness.
One of the strangest looking
churches in New York City is to be
that of the Harlem Presbyterian. 1t
is strictly Oriental at every point,
startingly Byzantine from its front
elevation four stories high, to the
gilded dome and color effects. The
necessity for institutioralism knows
no law except available room. One
church in Pittsburg, recently com
pleted, has fifty-two rooms in the
edifice. The cost of the spire has
gone into the interior.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT,
Sensations of a Man Who Had HeIpad
to Do It.

In the Globe Trotter of Nairobi.
British East Africa, a traveller tells
Now he shot, but lost, an elephant:
ne anthill we were trying to hide
benind was so small that we had TO
TAKE our hats off to be out OF sight.
TOOK a look over the top and near
y lost my breath by discovering that
'"e elephants were coming right to-
"G;d us. The male was walking nrst
ana holding his magnificent head high
III me ar, and spreading his enormous
ears straight out as if to catch the
"ihd, and looked for all the world
IKE some pirate ship coming down
with all sails set ready to put us ont
ol existence. The female came behind
N me same fashion. | turned to Inc
shlkari behind me and said. Good
heavens. They are coming right down
On us. and at the same time looked
round for a safer place. bur there was
none. The shikari motioned me to lie
Gown and not to speak. and urged
GCod shoot, soCd shoot. | whispered
To NARROW: If they come now | won't
be able TO shoot, my heart is beating
TOO fast. His answer did not tend to
improve my condition much. He only
replied, Buck up, man; they are COM
ing. | had a double-barrel ten-nore
ana solid bullets with cordite behind.
It was the only elephant gun in the
party. The shooting therefore was
ieit with me, and l had never fired
ten-bore in my life before.
II those blessed brutes would only
sheer off bit to the right or to the
lett instead of coming down to invesr-
safe that little innocent wart in front
oI us it would be some consolation.
But not they; on they came. emitting
the most uncomfortable sounds
through their trunks and holding
straight down on us | began to won
der whether they would go round over
the hill-it was only one step for that
fellow anyhow-and if they were gong
round what side would they take?
Godsed from one side to the other
until they were within twenty yarQs
OF us, and then to my relief it was
evident that they We're going to pass
on the right side, and it wasn't many
seconds before the big fellow saunter-
ed Ielsurely round the hill within hve
Yards of me and apparently locked
sIeepily down on us Fortunately an
elephants sight is very bad. and | re.
ally don't think he saw US. l lay fiat
On my stomach and had great am
Guilty in getting the gun elevated SUM-
GENTLY to get sight at his tenn
pie. | at last succeeded, however,
and let fly. In my anxiety to Kill at
once l pulled both triggers.
The report was like the boom from
a cannon and the recoil simply dou-
Lied me up like a concertina, while
the breech lever of the rife struck
the bridge Of my nose and side of my
face so powerfully that it made me
insensible for a couple of seconds and
made me bleed profusely. | staggered
to my feet while NARROW and the shl-
kari both empted their guns into
the brute's head. One would think
this sufficient to kill half dozen ele-
plants, but this one stood dazed for
few moments and then. instead of top
ping over as it ought to have done,
it threw itself completely around and,
taking its mate along. made off for
the woods as fast as it could CO. leav-
ing much blood behind.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
Underground TeIegraphy.

There is now underground teleg-
raphic communication between Lon
don and Scotland. Germany's under
ground system dates from 1870.
France followed suit, in 1879, as the
result of great storms that isolated
Paris in 1875. Up to date her sys-
tenn has cost $36, 0O0, 900, but is be-
lieved to have more than paid for it.
self. Lines constructed in 1880 are
still in excellent condition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
Labor in New Zealand.

Labor is so scare in New Zealand
that the Government of that colony
has asked its High Commission in
London to find in England and send
out 1000 laborers for the construc-
ton of a new railway in the North
Island. They are guaranteed three
years work and inducements will be
offered them to remain permanently.
There is also great demand for agri-
cultural laborers in Western Aus
tralia.