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Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Reversed the Rule.

Solomon Homer, the brilliant Choc- Jaw Indian, says that one has to be a very intelligent and industrious Indian who would go out into the world and make a name.
 Many Indians," he said, start out, and some of them, of course, succeed. Those who fail return home, and that Is a sad returning, for every one sneers at the young man whom the world has conquered and driven back. It Is not much of welcome that the returned Indian gets even in his fathers house.
 ''There was Black Eagle, Choctaw. He went to Chicago, failed and came home. But he was afraid to go to his fathers house till an old man said:
 "'Are you going to your fathers, Black Eagle?'
 "'I don't know the youth answered.
 "'Go there said the old man, for you will be very welcome. There is no doubt of it.
 "Heartened little, Black Eagle did SO lO ulS lutuCl S, anu tlic ltAl udy .ut met the old man again. The old man smiled kindly.
 "'So the prodigal returned he said. And did your father kill the fatted calfY
 "'No.' Black Eagle answered, he didn't kill the fatted calf, but he near ly killed the prodigal.'"
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Had to Travel Free.

When Edward Eggleston was boy of IS. writes his brother in "The First of the Hoosiers," he was believed to have consumption, and was sent to Minnesota for his health. He went up the Mississippi with genial, although profane, captain who did not believe the boy was going in the right direc- ton,
 '"The thing for you to do is to go back home quick and pick out the place you want to be buried in," he said. You're too far gone to git any good out of the Minnesoty air"
 Long afterward when Eggleston had become well known, and could have travelled free on many convey anccs in that hospitnble Western coun- try, he nevertheless insisted on paying full fare wherever he went. He had always opposed the granting of special rates to clergymen. But on the Mis- sisspp steamer he was compelled to travel free.
 It's been my rule all my life," said the old captain, who always refused his money. never to charge fare to corpse an you're q corpse, though you don't look like it."
 'The first time you travelled with me l told you you hadn't more'n month to live. Well, that months gone many year ago, an so you're dead or else I'm a liar, and l never yet al. lowed even preacher to call me a liar. You can't pay fare on any boat that l own without callin' me liar, and that settles it.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
ODD GLEANiNGS.

Italy's national debt is being reduced at the rate of $10,0OO,000 d year.
 The olive crop of Greece this year is estimated at 100000 gallons.
 Four thousand and sfxty-one muscles have been observed in the body of q moth.
 A new prize of $10,000 Is offered in France for the invention of q diriglble balloon.
 About POO oysters would be required daily to supply sufficient nourishment for one person.
 England possesses twenty eight cows for every hundred of the population Australia has 2S0
 The population of Jerusalem num- bers about 60,0OO. of whom 1000 are Moslems, 41,000 Jews and 12,OOO Chris tians.
 For the saving of wOuld-be suicides the municipality of Rome has decided to employ police motor boats on the Fiber. -t'
 The pay of the Russian private sol dier has been increased more than 100 per cent, that Is to say, from $1.35 to $3 year.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Fair Warning.

At one time Horace Greeley lived in q pleasant estate on the Hudson river. It was approached by narrow lane from the street, says q writer III the Springfield Republican. and was four miles out from the city hall on the Harlem road.
 The ground from the house on one side sloped down to the river; on the other was garden which bore fruit, accessible to boys. On Sunday their day of freedom as well as MT. Gree ley's, the boys sought the orchard.
 Mir. Greeley never saw or heard them. But Mrs. Greeley always saw them, and from her place on the piazza she would call to Mir. Greeley to put on his hat and 'deal with them
 Mir. Greeley would never have dis turbed them but he always complied with his wife's wish--in his own time and way. As he slowly reached for his hat, he shouted:
 "I'm coming after you. bOys."
 Of course not many captures were made.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
UNFAMILIAR FACTS.

The Church of England has an in- come of $75,O00,OO0 year.
 With population of only 3,315,343 Switzerland has q foreign trade of more than 4OO,0OOOOO q year.
 The Paris Academy of Medicine of- fers a prize every year for the discov- cry of an absolute cure for tuberculosis. So far, no one has won it.
 Gesture language still exists in parts of Australasia. Some tribes possess so excellent a code that 1t Is almost as efficient as spoken language
 According to the British Medical Journal the total number of cremations in Great Britain in the year 1905 was GOO, as against 566 in 1904 and 475 In 1903.
 Water from an artesian well at Os- tend which has been wasted for fifty years has now been discovered to pos sess medicinal qualities similar to the waters of Vichy.
 Medical authorities in France have discovered that fairly good substi- ute for quinine, for use in cases of marsh fever, or other malarial disease, can be concocted from the gentian.
 AccordingS to q Berlin letter in q London journal there is growing probability that the demand for the payment of members of the Reichstag "a demand which has been refused by every Chancellor from Bismarck to Prince von Buelow-wil receive the consent of the authorities at no distant date.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Frosted Windows

A source of constant annoyance and injury to storekeepers. especially re- tailers. in extremely cold weather is the gathering of frost on their display windows. Various devices have been tried to remedy it. such as the applica- tion of glycerin and other chemicals, but these are generally of little avail.
 In northern Russia, where zero weather is not an uncommon eXperi- ence, the owners of display windows employ as an effective protection against frost three-inch space be- tween two panes of glass The outer sash is rendered as nearly tight as pos sible by calking and pasting strips over the crevices. A second sash is tEen fitted and inserted about three inches within the first. This double sash is said to keep out moisture, and if the glass is kept clean and dry is said to be effective. At any rate, this plan is worth trying in these days, when window dressing. has become so important an art. The device involves sound scientific principles.-Boston Herald.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
THE BIRD OF DEATH.
1t Is the Only VenOmOus Member of
 the Feathered Tribe,

Among all the thousands of feath- cred creatures classified by the train ed ornithologists but one, the rpir n'doob, or bird of death," Is known to be venomous. This queer and dead ly species of the winged and feather ed tribe is native of the island of Papua, or New Guinea. The bird is described as being about the size of a common tame piegon, of gray plumage and tail of extraordinary length, ending in tip of brilliant scarlet red. It Is marsh bird and is found to in habit only the immense stagnant pools adjoining the lakes of the interior of the island. The rpir has hooked beak as sharp as cocks spur and hollow. The venom with which it in- oculates is distilled in set of organs which nature has provided for that purpose and which lie in the upper mandible, just below the openings of the nostrlls. Under this poison secret ing laboratory in the roof of the mouth is small fleshy knob When the bird sets its beak in the flesh of victim this knob receives pressure which liberates the venom and in0cuates the wound. No man, native or otherwise, was ever known to recover from bite inflicted by a rpir n'doob. The suffering in such cases is said to be much more agonizing than in cases of rattlesnake and Gila monster bites.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
A Moving Comedy.

"Yes, we are going to move to escape housekeeping
 And so are we. If I must confess 1t myself think it will take the new tenants two weeks to get rid of, all the rubbish we are leaving behind.'
 "'rhe same here. Our house will need a mop and soap from cellar to roof By the way, where are you go- ing?"
 No. .915 L. street"
 "What? Why, that is where we are leaving"
 "Well, I declare! Where are you going?"
 "NO. I'll B. street."
 "Why, that's where we are leaving" |" "Great Scott"
 Gee whlzz!"
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Trees in Church,

Ross. Hertfordshire, can boast of q church where two fine elms are grow ing one on either side of pew occu- pied by member named John Kyrle. Mr. Kyrle was a great lover of trees, and especially of elms, of which he planted an avenue near the church. One of the trees of this avenue was cnt down. and it is supposed that it's offshOOts have grown up inside of the church at each end of the pew The parish church at Kempsey contains a chestnut tree which grows from the tomb of Sir Edward Wilde. The school children of the village used to sit ill the chancel, and it is said on one occa- sion their teacher found one of them eating a chestnut, and that he snatch ed it away and threw it behind the tcmb. where it took root and has flour. ished.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Everything comes quickly to .thoss hO refuse to walt.
Rubbing It In.

Old Skinem-Huh! So you want to marry my daughter, ell?
 Young Man-Well, I guess that's about the size of it.
 Old Skinem-Um-yes Can you sup port her in the style to which she has been accustomed?
 Young Man--I can--but I'm not mean enough to do it.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05
Old-Fashioned Simplicity.

"Our dads were lot of mossbacks weren't they?"
 "'Deed they were. Why, those old chaps used to actually think that the Black Crook was indecent. Louis vile COurier-JOurnal.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05

It makes no difference how many scream at girl who has just drawn In her line, ''ThrOw him back into the water!" she will not throw him in if she thinks any other woman wants him.
Holbrook argus., 1906-05-05

Without constancy there is neither bye, friendship nor virtue in the world. Addison.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
SAN FRANCISCO BANKS
ALL DOING BUSINESS
OAKLAND May a3The banks in San Francisco generally
today There attending
reopening O warrior financial institutions

banks Francisco viii regular business
a
in the Coasthle yesterday.
following
ing Assoeia yesterday
Resolved That the banks members of the San Francisco Clearing House,
areop f on m''
remarked gratdes
: born
president House. after the adjourn
practically
to
wiht and
windows
to
The old quarters of
quickly
These banks of have the advantage of
will
sifn wooden
involved tho
banks
books essential
the epropere eondue o available
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24

Those three cabegras received in Honolulu yesterday con-
veyng refundng bill passed house
the best
Hawaii heard a long day.
The eabegras reached this city within few minutes OF
That Judge Hatch Mr. Smith is OF
Of Acting
Mr. arrived ahead of the Dele
Assistant Doorkeeper
Of the United States Senate and good friend of Hawaii OF the
Acting other people
reundng bill
a of benefit and justice these islands
All cablegrans refer the reundng BILL That
plain enough and the OF the word Review
the Delegates clearly cabling 1t
to a mistake could
The struggle for keeping the Territory Teefourts OF the
The
President of the He has advo
been the real OF the battle
that island people.
many powerful friends in the House of
while
there there have lately been indications that these not
the they known
have been first.
entertainment reasonable
When
medium that follows the system
materially and here certain be better
Times always good when there plenty of money circulation
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24

ing mortgages.
| a movement is on foot among the
nations TO limit the size of navies.
France proposes it and England and
| America acCuiesce.
/ The Hamburg-American liner Kaiser
! in August Frederick. the largest vessel
anoat, has sailed on her first voyage
across the Atlantic.
Theodore Starrett. a prominent New
York builder. says the day is not far
distant when that city will have a one
hundred story building.
! The paper trust has been dissolved
under a decree % the United States
Circuit Court in Minnesota, and big
drop in prices is looked for.
1t is proposed that a private corpora
ton shall build a 81 900 600 City Hall
for Chicago, the money to be repaid
in installments OF 500 oo0 a year.
The Ferris wheel has been blown up
with dynamite at St Louis, after it
had been demonstrated that it was a
failure as a commercial venture.
Former Senator w A. Harris. Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of Kan
sas, has been found not to be a citizen
of that state and so is not eligible for
the office.
immigration Commissioner Sargent
says the United states can admit one
million immigrants year for ten
years and do no harm-if they are the
right kind.
The farmers OF the Northwest pro-
pose to form a trust in farm products.
The scheme will be launched at Ma
tional Convention to be held in Chicago
on June u.
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
LATE NEWS NOTES
From Coast Files.
c%c~c 80

Baron Currie, formerly British Am
bassador to Constantinople. is dead.
The Democratic machine in New
York is out for the scalp of Hearst.
Francis Burton Harrison will be q
candidate for Governor of New York.
There are s757 common drunkards in
Manhattan and the Bronx, by official
census.
Earthquakes very slight. were felt in
all parts of Great Britain during the
week ending May IS.
An irrigation suit which has been
pending 112 years has just been decided
by the Mexican courts.
Santa Rosa proposes to publish a
black list of insurance companies that
refuse TO pay their losses.
The Colorado river is rising, and
threatening further destruction at I'M
DeriaI and in the Salton desert.
Gold ore worth two dollars ton is
being used to ballast the Eastern Rail-
way of Mexico between Texico and Rio
Puerto.
a Ambassador Luke E. Wright received
very warm welcome from the people
and press of Japan. He reached Toxic
May IL
Arrangements for the meeting of the
National Educational Association in
San Francisco in July are still going
forward.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
plans to turn over its British business
i to the North British and Mercantile
Company
The New York syndicate to rebuild
San Francisco is hesitating because
capitalists fear the California law tax
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
To PUT LIMIT
On THE SKY
SCRAPER
Buildings in the New
San Francisco Not
to Be Too High.

a
AN ffNAN<aseo' May l7,'-dfat tiat
s'sl1 q e's'ss = o0liol'less'---'s'se SN5'-
s'''''1' 'S7''s--sf'"'''a ee "a pTopoTtion q
tl'e e'S'ia a she street WAS aceen3e'
a. . 1'''a'ss''''es'' 's'1 p1 '''e'a'se oy s''e
co.'s. 'l' 's.F ''ia 's''is''''s '''''s Se's'eIesses
= - ''=''''''esa % la& '''e la''''' 'o7 sues
s'z7ae 'i9es a Two and elae-half times
the sssaea q the tls5zo,as lafsrs on which
they from Jeremiah 1,e,aen sass that
..s.. 80.
-i''' 'sei' 's'''''' s''' ''''at s'''''e
persons wanted no limit and others
veaeea buildings 70 be kept low. shat
Ts,sz~ st~ears .sicb+ bs aa,asr,e,s in tho
Gag u tiae ''e1si'' y 0'''''i''Ss 0i '''s
oess Glass there were kept proportion
ale 10 tfe wf2taa. and taaat the propor-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
GIVING OUT RATIoNS
ACCORDING TO SYSTEM

A reduction in the number of rations
issued daily from 2z9.6l on May Cd
TO 100000 on May 18th, is the
record that has been made by the con
solidated relief bureau, under command
of Lieutenant Colonel Lea Febiger. In
the main this great reduction has been
due to the rigid system of military in
spection that has been maintained At
the individual relief stations to a more
accurate and comprehensive system of
recording the receipt and distribution
of supplies than the civil committee
maintained and the policy adopted by
Continued on Page -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
STAMPS WERE
SAVED FROM
THE FIRE
Henry Crocker Says His
Hawaiian Collection
Is o. X.

+ II 4hfa8 Il is the wonder Of the v,o1ise
the way San Francisco has taken 9o4t
and gone ahead again, sass f9esry }
axrccker of San Francesca yesterday
ar Cgeee1er, accompanied BY hsS Rasa-
50, is passiag saroagh f7oaao3aslo ga
feae s. s Dor5c. re IS gong 10 ,Tsssas'
GA business ana pleasure ara Is trsgea-
i9s-g IN company with Mr.. Avery OF Tie
: T X. X, steamship line.
! asr, ts,ocRer lost heavily 5aa the de-
SsaVctlon Of San F4:ane1sco. bat he
ssa,eS that every lost Roaasng Of his
own. four sqa n4s1aaaseT, WIFI be rebuilt
as soon as possible along the old lines.
but modern an every respect
! I'VE win have a bigger and a better
san Francisco than before. I am one
Of the aareor Commissioners We
saved almost the entire WATERFRONT s4sd
/ think the whole commission srtacl,
patoss q Detterment OF the wre.e har-
/ l,or district, We are gofrs tc agnly to
TIE extra session OF the Legislature to
appropriate against the damages the
waterfront sustained, and it VIII be re-
built better than ever,
San Francisco has. not lost any
prestige and in my opinion she VIII be
better off in every respect than in the
past,
u was interested in large number
az corporations. mercantile and pank-
sag Institutions which were destroyed.
Anow that these, every one of them.
viii be reaallt and an efTor, VIII be
made to build ia the most naoders way,
.well, Ne live to work, and II we
have to begin over again. Why we can
SUs; keep on working, that's a4 /
saved nay house, ana am thankful thai
Il Was spared to MY family,
My colgcetRon OF Hawaiian stamps !
which Is insured for $Se.e was fortu !
nately saved, for / had only sent it OF /
sa London two days before the fire. !
i; is 10 be placed on exhibition there /
and prizes are 10 be awarded. / sup /
pose shall hear by cable at Yoke |
hama OF the results,
Henry Crocker and Chas, H, CrocRer,
With their associates in the stationery
md prinlins ,:irm OF II. :. Crocller X
Co, have, however. decided not 10 re-
build oG the site formerly occupied by
heir Establishment On Bush street.
EAST of where the Occidental Hotel
stood. The firm formerly leased the
ground and, not being the owners. il
vas decided To build a large structure
f its ewn ON property owned ny the
irm at Bryant street. just east of Sec
nd. The firm will spend S25od00 on
heir new establishment
Mir. Crocker served as meu,ber cf
he Relief Committee for Lafayette
Park. He and his associates had the
,onor of receiving and distributing the
irsC carload of supplies. The car was
ent by the Citizens Relief Committee
Continued on page -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
THE REFUNDING
BILL IS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
This Is the Best Piece of News That Has
Been Cabled to These Islands
in a Long Time.

(Associated Press Cablegraun the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, MAY a4-THE SENATE YESTER-
DAY PASSED THE BILL CREATING A FUND FOR
PUBLIC WORKS IN HAWAII. AND SETTING ASIDE
SEvENTY-FIvE PER CENT. OF THE ISLANDS Gus
TOMS DUES AND RECEIPTS FROM INTERNAL REV
ENUE FOR THE PURPOSE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
HENRIK lBSEN, THE
DRAMATIST, IS DEAD
cHRIsT1ANIA, Norway, May a3-Henrk Ibsen, the great
poet md dramast, is dead.

celebrated and dramast born
Aaca0 In medicine. but
director Of had
whit works
from Ghosts
to
coming tho
rseue Denmark when hak kingdom Germany
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
OLDFIELD HAS BROKEN
AUTOMOBILE RECORD
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, May a4-oldfed has broken the
automobile record making hundred miles r
teen minutes

The former record for this distance hoor eighteen minutes and
q
an h.
in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
SHIP AND CREW
CASED IN ICE
IN THE ARCTIC
The Mystery That Has Surrounded the Fate OF
the Missing Russian Blockade Runner
Soerabsya Has Been Solved.
tAssecsasea Press oaslegrausa


TACOMA Washington, May a4-The freighe
rived here from Yokohama days beating sranspaeae
The Teucer the discovery of missing
blockade Soeabya completely
OF Siberia The corpses were
found frozen her
tragedy growing greater tragedy
eda battle The block
frightened
the confines the
her through Behring'S
passed winter, ana ice death
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-24
IMMIGRATION BILL PASSES.

WASHINGTON, May a4-The immigration Bill has passed
the Senate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

The entire collection of the diplo-
matte letters of Pope Plus VII. has
been stolen from the archives Of the
Vatican.
The London branch of the Gaelic
league is preparing scheme for plac-
ing the principal Irish products on
the English markets, confident in low
prices ana good qualities.
TIE original proclamation for the
capture OF Prince Charles Edward (the
Young Pretenderl, dated Whitehall,
August p, 1745, has recently been dis
covered, and purchased by the British
museum
After Two recent nights Of fog near
1y 5000 birds were found dead under
the lantern of Cape Grisnez light
house, says the London Chronicle.
They had been attracted by the bril-
liant light, and were killed by flying
against the lighthouse.
Korea has a population of about
100000 Seoul, the capital, has 22,-
600, and is constantly increasing. AL
ready $4,000 Japanese live in the king
dom. No less than $8,000,000 has
been spent on railways. The foreign
trade was worth S26,616,487 last year.
Double tracking the Siberian rail-
way will certainly not take place for a
year or two. AS there are neither
rails nor other material, nor work
men along the lines, the difficulty is
great. Moreover, the whole of the
appropriation for the purpose has been
spent. -
Among the presents received by
Bishop C'Connell, now in Japan, as
the papal envoy to the mikado, is a
deed of dedication for an 11-acre tract
of land to the pope as site for Cath
Ollie headquarters, at Oshide, seven
miles from the well-known tourist re-
sort, KaruiZawa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HOME TOLD IN CON-
DENsED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items Of News Gathered
from All Parts Of the Globe and
Outlined in the Briefest Manner
Possible.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

The senate committee on interstate
commerce will report favorably on the
Hepburn railway rate bill, a coup by
the Democrats, aided by Senator Al
drich making Senator Tillman sponsor
for the measure on the floor Of the
senate
The president sees victory in the
rate bill developments in the senate
and the supporters of the measure are
pleased. Tillman hopes to strengthen
the measure and will fight hard
Without dissenting vote the house
passed the resolution calling upon the
Interstate commerce commission to in
vestigate the relations between the
railroads and the coal and oil industry.
After Is years Of more or less seri-
Gus consideration of the subject, the
senate passed pure food bill by the
decisive vote of GO to 4.
Chairman Hull, of the military az
fairs committee, in presenting the
army appropriation bill to the house,
urged the necessity of complete pre-
paredness as to our army and navy
for trouble in the orient.
A bill designed to prevent hazing at
the naval academy was passed by the
senate, the secretary of the navy being
given greater powers to punish offend
ers