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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06
DEPTA OF LOT IN EEET

| provements. 1t is doing PRACTICAL.
what the insurance adjusters work gu
when an insured building burns, name
ly, ascertain what it can be replaced
for, and then they decide whether they
| will pay the insurance or replace the
| building.
| With the value of each lot and its
| improvements thus established the
largest part of the assessment is COM
pleted
In ST. Paul, the home of the system
over $1,000 lots and $4,000 buildings
were valued, and this valuation proved
highly satisfactory to the taxpayers,
even though the final figures convinced
the citizens that the valuation of st.
PauTs taxable property was increased
twenty-five per cent. This happens
partly through the finding of I'M
assessed property and through the
equalization of the valuations.
This result would be reversed in
cities where property was uniformly
over-valued.
Chicago has adopted many of the
principles of this system and has even
advanced a step farther in having the
committees of citizens engaged in the
same kind of business.
Cleveland has found it to her advan-
tage to adopt the Somers system and
is enthusiastic over it's success New
York has also partially accepted this
system, but not fully, owing to political
influences.
The wonderful success of the Somers
system in it's own home, together with
it's very apparent business and impair
TALLY, and its known practicability,
lead me to assert that it's adoption To-
cally would prove of more vital salts
faction to the taxpayer and of greater
value to the government than any In
novation of recent years.
PRACTICAL WORKINGS.
After reading ms paper, Mr. Mer-
RAM explained the practical workings
of the Somers system, by means of a
series of specially prepared charts and
diagrams.
For the benefit of inquirers Mr.. Mer-
riam made the following explanations:
There are three scales utilized in de-
the value of corner lots, |
which corner lots in the city of st. |
Paul carry a unit value of a fixed sum
for one foot front by 100 feet deep and
in that city the corner influence is con-
sidered to affect a lot or rather two !
ots 80 feet deep by 100 feet deep, max
ng thereby a square 100 feet. BY
means of specially constructed corner
scales the value of these two corner
OTIS is automatically arrived at with
,ut the necessity of figuring, as the
value of the lot fronting on the more
street has a similar value af-
liked to the triangular scale, and upon
along the line indicating that
,aIue to the intersection of a radiating
inc which carries value similar to the
alue of the lesser valuable street, there
will be found on a horizontal line the
actual value of the lot. If the lot
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06
DAKoTA's MAsTs STILL SEEN

Chief Officer James J. Ridden of the
s. s. Korea reports the s. S. Dakota
now visible only as far as the tips of
her masts are concerned. She was
wrecked some weeks ago and, as the
cables have announced, all her crew
have gone home.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06
SEAMEN's INSTITUTE
SUPPLIES TWO CREWS

Editor Advertiser: The ship Claver-
don sailed at 10 a. m. for Sydney with
her full complement of men supplied
by mutual agreement between Captain
and men through the Seamen's In
stitute, which arrangement gave entire
satisfaction.
The next ship to be supplied under
this new arrangement will be the bark
Foohng Suey Any further information
of the work Of the Seamen's Institute
will be gladly given by its manager.
F. w. EVERTON.
April ). 1907
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06
DUE SUNDAY.

Str. Iwalani, Piltz, from Molokai and
Lanai ports, early in morning.
Str. W. G.. Hall, s. Thompson, from
Kauai ports, early in morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06

Bound for Sydney, the British ship
Claverdon, Captain Thompson, sailed
at IL O'Clock Yesterday morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06
THE AUSTRALIANS INSURANCE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. ga Kan
tor, agent for the Kamtchatka Com
mercial Co., sailed in the Doric for Jap
an en- route to Petropaulovsk. He was
passenger on the Spreckels steamer
Australia when that vessel was cap
tured during the late war by the Japa-
nese near Petropaulovsk while dis
charging cargo of merchandise that
had been taken aboard here for his
company. Kantor is authority for the
statement that the kamtchatka Com
mercial Company, which insured the
Spreckels Company against loss of the
Australia, paid 100000 sterling to
Spreckels after the Australia was
known to have been irretrievably lost
to the owners. This was more than
the steamer was believed to be worth.
The Australia is still in the hands Of
the japanese, a permanent prize of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06
DRExEL YACHT COMING.

1t is expected that the yacht Alcedo
referred to in the following article
from Manila paper of March 5, will
soon make Honolulu a visit:
The steam yacht Alcedo, Captain
Loveland, owned by Geo. ". c. Drexel,
arrived IN port early this morning one
and one-half days from Iloilo. On
board Were Mr.. and Mrs. Drexel. a
nephew of Mrs Drexel's and their
family physician. The yacht carries
crew of IS men.
1.-The Alcedo is from Philadelphia
and en- route around the world, Manila
making the 40th port at which she has
called.
Mr.. Drexel expects to remain in
Manila about one week.
George w Childs Drexel is the
owner, formerly the editor of the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger, one of the best
known and most conservative newspa
pers in the East He l. the son of the
late Anthony Joseph d. Drexel, banker
and phiIanthopist. The family is among
the most prominent of the old and
aristocratic families of the United
States. Drexel himself is several times
millionaire.
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ADMIRAL ON SIBERIA.

Admiral Brownson, Z. s. Navy, win
be passenger on the P. NJ. S. S. ST.
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WANTS NAME FOR TENDER.

Captain Orwell, u. S. A. engineer
in charge here, wants name for the
lighthouse tender to be constructed for
these waters and for which 1915, 1000
has been appropriated. He calls for
all to join IN the contribution of sug-
gestions but asks that the name be that
of tree, plant or flower indigenous
to Hawaii. Those submitting names
should describe their derivation and
tell something Of the plant chosen.
CARGO OF PHosPHATEs.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.-An
arrival yesterday was the Norwegian
steamer Sildra, twelve days from Ho-
nolulu, which cargo of 290O tons of
phosphates for A. j. Brander.
SHIPPING NOTES
Repairs on the s. S. Manchuria win
cost about 100000,
The All. S. 5. Nevadan sailed yes
terday from San Francisco for Homo
lulu
The 0. s. s Ventura, Captain Hay
ward, is looked for from the Colonies
early this morning
An enlisted man died IN the hospital
aboard the transport Logan shortly
after that vessel left Nagasaki.
The All. S. s. Texan, Captain Ly-
ons, sailed yesterday morning from
Hilo for Salina Cruz with sugar.
The $. :. Coptic will arrive Monday
afternoon from San Francisco, bring
ing the next mail from the Coast
From vancouver and Victoria, the
CA. S. S. Aorangi, Captain Phillips,
S expected early this morning. She |
will probably sail for the Colonies this
afternoon.
Mrs. Jewell, wife of the Quarter
master >aptain Of the transport Logan,
Who has been waiting for her husband
II Honolulu, Joined him aboard the Lo-
gan yesterday, accompanying him to
he Coast
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-06

GEORGE CURTIS OFF PORT.

IBERIA from the Orient. He is going
home to be retired.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

Through an appeal for funds to COM
plete the restoration and repair of the
Church of st. Michael and All Angels,
in the parish of Dartmoor, England,
an almost forgotten bit of history has
been called to light. The church,
standing on the rugged heights of that
wild country which Blackmore made
so familiar through "Lora Doone," is
the most elevated house of worship in
all England, as the village in which it
stands is the highest inhabited village
in England, and the parish, which
contains 10000 acres of moor and
heath and stream is the largest in
England. But it is in its origin that
the church is most interesting, says
Youths Companion. Built in the early
years of the nineteenth century, the
stones of which it is made were quar-
iried and put in place by the labor OF
French and American prisoners of war
held there in exile while Europe shook
with the thunders of the Napoleonic
wars. The graves of many of these
exiles still cluster round the old
church.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
QUEER KINDS OF CURRENCY.
China and Parts of Russia Have the
Most Unique.

Chinese money is traced back three
thousand years before Christ. One
emperor objected to copper coinage,
gathered a whole issue together, bur-
led it deep into the earth, and threw
in. on top the workmen employed in
diging the pit. The pu and tao cur
rencies were struck in the form OF
scraps of cloth of knives for barter,
and were in existence from about the
seventh to the second century before
Christ The commonest of Chinese
money is the cash, round metal disk
with square hole in the center; a
thousand of these are worth barely
IS cents. Ones cook in China goes
to market with great strings of this
heavy money round neck, shoulders,
and waist, but even when weighted
with as much as strong man can car
ry, very little of our money is repre-
sented On the Russo-Chinese borders
green tea pressed into bricks has been
the money of the country for thou
sand years-Sunday Magazine.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

Alexander Graham Bell, who one
morning when he wasn't very busy
invented the telephone, which has
saved his fellow mortals thousands of
steps and has enabled them to dodge
creditors who called up to say they
were coming, now asserts that 1t is
only a matter of very short time
until we shall be able to airship to
Europe in 20 hours. That has been
the dream Of man ever since he saw
the first balloon ascension, but up to
the present time no one has actually
shown the world how, unless it is
the Wright brothers, and thus far
their invention is protected by pat
ent or a high board fence, which is
just as annoying. OF course, if some
one will just establish the principle
and turn the inventors of the world
loose on it, the machine will be here
soon, ready to back up to your door
and take you to Europe, Africa, Japan
and all intermediate points, but as yet
you must be content to go over on q
liner, unless you get chance to work
your way on cattle boat.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
Yale University Wealthy.

According to the Yale Alumni Week
~, the property of the university in
New Haven which is exempted from
taxation, is appraised at $9,431,1 $50, an
increase of $255,000 over the apprais.
ed tax exemptions Of last year, though
this increase does not necessarily rep
resent actual additional values sub
tracted from the New Haven grand
list. OF the total exemptions about
$1,370,000 belongs to the Sheffield Sci
entific School. The old campus, as
land, is valued at $1,033, 400, and the
buildings on this campus at s2,4S3,5 500.
The appraisals are high on many of
the buildings, as compared to actual
cost. The valuations are placed, and
as they are exemptions there has
been no occasion to appeal for their
reduction.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
ITCHING Rash 1s YEARS.
Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worse
Under Specialists care-Perfect
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.

when my daughter was a baby she
had a breaking out behind the ears.
The doctor said that she would out
grow it, and it did get somewhat bet
ter until she was about fifteen years
old, and after that she could get moth
ing that would drive it away. She was
always applying something in the way
of salves. It troubled her behind the
knees, opposite the elbows, back Of
the neck and ears, under the chin, and
then it got on the face. That was
about three years ago. She took treat
ment with a specialist and seemed to
get worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies,
and now don't see any breaking out.
M. Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth ST., Bay
City, Mich, May 20, 1906"
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
BOY HAD NOT UNDERSTOOD
Pretty Phrase That Was Most Woe
fully Misunderstood.

That the effect of a choice and ap-
propriate phrase is sometimes lost
and ofttimes woeful1y misinterpreted
is well illustrated in an incident con-
nected with the death of a Virginia
lawyer.
During the mans illness the wires
were disconnected which attached the
bell to the old-fashioned pull knob
on the front door.
A messenger boy came to the house
one morning and began pulling at
the bell. There was no response.
He continued to jerk the ancient knob
vigorously. A white-haired gentleman
finally appeared, who raised his hand
warningly and said:
MY boy, the silver cord has been
severed
"Is that so?" exploded the boy.
From the way it acted thought the
whole darn thing was busted.'-N. Y.
Times.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
Pretty Lamp Shade.

A pretty lamp shade can be made
with wire net interlaced with gold
cord and beads. It is necessary to cut
the net in circular shape, making an
opening to go over the lamp chimney.
The disk must be cut SO as to form a
funnel shape when fastened together.
With gold thread run the threaded
needle through the net meshes.
placing a bead on each stitch, and
form a short fringe of small beads in
bright colors around the bottom of the
shade. When completed, finish the
top with row of big round beads. 1t
will be necessary to run heavy wires
across the top to prevent the shade
from touching the chimney.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24


thronng mailman in palace and legislative hail.
It unefh soldier that Isaiah said s sword dipped
in heaven"
Two there that ennoble nations.
The first of these fought for sefene The first law Of
the individual the right efpevation that the house
holder the burglar Extending that law houeoders
have right themselves through the police that
multitude of burglars and thieves of all kinds Then the militia
for the nation simply the spirit of the republic itself
guarding the national home against the national assassin and traitor
Thus little Holland defended her homes bloody Ava
that Philip the Second Of SPAIN These Spanads
gues utroa political assasns who heard that the Dutch bug
had through their looms and trading ships And
the Spanish forth Amsterdam and Leden Cortez
fbrand through the and cities Of Mexico
thirst gold That reacted Spain
ruined her Beginning the rass nation the world TO-
Spain to-day tenrate while brave little Hollands
sence reacted turned her into heroes and made her the
educator of Europe
There another that ennobs the people that it. That is
the for SELF liberty the oppressed and
The right the the
the weak returned hero He began crude youth who
willing his life liberty and happiness for Others he
oak and all but ozed by the whom he had
emancpated.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
patttttng "mhtrlpnnl'
RnnHrurlt
BY BARON ROBERT DE DOBLHOFF,
Painter Of Portrait for Peace Temple at
The Hague.

sngs sufficient unique character do
believe head of still than
half hour altogether.
caught the sketches the fly Mr. Roosevelt walked
down the studio talking and listening minute With each
of conversation the change Of expression great
Mr. Roosevelt permitted sit in his Office for several days while
receiving guests during this time that decided the
expression mpart the ounenance discovered that the p
dent of great force kndiness srewd
and tact.
President Roosevelt by far the most interesting paint
portrait living whirlpool of ideas and action He is
distinctly Of the American tensiy of of the
pressure ready He wholly
had looking subject typical the
could found a better
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
The Right to the Land

IUS 0I9uI 10 tUS 6dUO
The rioting in Roumania, with which
the civil war began last month, grew
out of the struggle of the peasantry
for control of the land, struggle sim
liar to that now in progress in Russia
and Ireland. Until 1864 the peasants
of Roumania were serfs. The land
was owned by the church, the monas-
teries and the noblemen. The peas
ants cultivated it, and paid a tithe
of the product to the proprietors.
They also had grazing and fuel rights
in the pastures and forests of the
proprietors. When, in 1864, the law
was passed for the emancipation OF
the serfs by the distribution of the
land among them, the fuel and grazing
rights were extinguished, and the peas
ants, although each household re-
ceived title to from seven to fifteen
acres on easy terms of payment, had
to continue to work for the old pro-
prietors to get money to pay for their
fuel. They We're soon at the mercy
of money-lenders, who exacted usuri-
GUS rates OF interest. MANY dlIeIuplS
to improve their condition have been
made, either by increasing the amount
of land which they could own, or by
the establishment of an agricultural
bank to deliver them from the private
money lenders, but these attempts
have not been wholly successful, says
Youths Companion. Large tracts of
land have been leased by syndicates
and sublet to tenant farmers at high
rates, and the taxes on the peasant
owners have been heavy. AS a re-
suit, great suffering has been caused
among the sons and daughters of those
who were surfs only generation ago.
The ignorance and improvidence OF
the peasants, combined with the op-
pressions of the money-lenders, have
led to conditions which the peasants
think can be relieved only by resort
to violence. They have been wrought
upon by designing politicians with dis
astrous results. The government has
announced it's purpose to remit some
of the heaviest tax and to reform the
land system.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
Shoemaker's Last.

The following is taken from a hand
bill issued by a provincial bootmaker:
THE shoemaker is a man Of great
learning. He is a doctor as well as q
surgeon, for he not only heels but
performs many cutting operations. He
is fishmonger, for he sells soles and
heels. He is schoolmaster, for he
gives good understanding. He is a
gooc speaker, for he always works
the thread of his argument, WAKES
warm to his subject, and holds all to
the last"
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
His Classification,

"Oh, don't intend to be scrupu1ous
about the way I get on" said the
young lawyer, who thought himself
the greatest ever. II frankly intend
to rent out my head to anybody who
wants to make use Of it." Then, II
you advertise it." replied his cynical
friend, they'll put you under the
heading of Empty Flats"
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
An Accommodatino Pea.

One of the disadvantages of mod.
ern shoe-making machinery is that
the peg won't fit itself into the hole.
Time was, according to Mayor E. F.
Brown, Of Marlboro, Mass, when it
was much more accommodating.
"One day." he recently informed the
Boot and Shoe club, my father, a pi-
oneer in the business, hit the peg and
1t flew up. What happened? Proba-
bly, you won't believe me, but it's a
fact all the same. The peg hit the
ceiling. came down exactly into the
hole and was driven in. But, you
know" added Major Brown, with a
smile, I'VE don't peg shoes that way
nowadays"
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
AppIe omeIet.

This makes nice accompaniment
to roast pork or broiled spare-rib. Pare
and core six or eight large cooking ap-
pies; stew in preserving pan till quite
soft. Mash, add one cupful of sugar,
an ounce of butter, and seasoning of
cinnamon. Let apples cool, put in
beaten yolks Of four eggs, and stir
we'll together. Beat the whites to a
stiff froth, add to the mixture, pour all
into a shallow pudding basin, and put
into hot oven to brown.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

My doctor kept me on strict diet, but
as his medicine was not helping me,
I began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
They helped me at once, and soon all
traces of sugar disappeared. I have
regained my former weight and am
perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

De Bloch has devel-
oped impressively the
consideration Of tn e
rutinous cost of war. It
is tending to become so
expensive that it will be
impossible. But only now
are we beginning to. take
to heart the truth that
the part paid by the con-
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

When the commission
for painting a portrait
Of President Roosevelt
for the Peace Temple at
The Hague was given to
me 1 did not in the least
realize the Importance of
the undertaking.
The president was able
to give me ONLY three
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

If Germany should make war on
England, neither the uncle nor the
nephew would be hurt. 1t would be
the common people of both nations
who would suffer. What a pity it is
that those who make the quarrels can
not be made to be the only ones to
fight, after the fashion of the old song,
which would have no belligerent men
abroad or weeping women at home.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
MRS.NELLiE MAKHAM

A nervous irritable woman, often on
the verge of Mysteries, is q source of
misery to everyone who comes under
her influence. and unhappy and mis-
erable herself.
Such women not only drive hus-
bands from home burt are wholly unfit
to govern children.
The ills of women act like q fire
brand upon the nerves, consequently
seven-tenths of the nervous prostra-
tion, nervous despondency, h e
'blues". sleeplessness, and nervous
irritabilitv of women arise from some
organic arrangement.
Do you experience fits of depression
with restlessness alternating with ex-
treme irritability i? Do you suffer
from pains in the abdominal region,
backache, bearing down pains.nervous
dyspepsia, sleeplessness, and almost
continually cross and snappy? If SO,
your nerves are in shattered con-
dition and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing
in the world is better for nervous
troubles of women than Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
made from native roots and herbs.
Thousands and thousands of women
can testify to this fact.
Mrs, Nellie Markham, of ISL Morgan
St., Buffalo, N. Y, writes:-
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 was q wreck from nervous prostratton.
LYDIA E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co
herbs. contains no narcotics or harmfr
the largest number of actual cures {
world has ever known, and thousal
file in the laboratory at Lynn, Mass.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

The Irupi dance of the Babaka tribe
of the Hood peninsula is performed by
seven girls, who walk up and down.
gracefully swinging a cord about three
feet in length, to which a small netted
bag is attached.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

To improve, the general health, take
the blood, eradicates rheumatism and
many chronic ailments, and keeps the
health good Garfield Tea is made Of
herbs; it is guaranteed under the Pure
Food and Drugs Law. Garfield Tea Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The wageworker., 1907-05-24
Nattnttal @nttnr ann
AnturrHal prarr
By ANDREW CARNEGIE.

tstan far from being the whole of The arrangement
enaed dnterese
dnteresed the which conflict
vay interested in the conflict The rights Of neu therefore
coming to be recognized with the rights of begeren
who fight if their fighting did not break windows
trampe down But the world getting to be like
workshop which mpennce and outrage for
their tools cu and scue distraction
the whole shop and the machines products
them
said that "hono" often requires Honor
qure nothing but uprghtness
Honor does constrain nation to be the judge of the
it obds this
ersed tribunal be asked the question Do all know
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

1t is announced now that Japan,
which has just launched the 18,500-
ton battleship Aki, is to build two 81,
500-ton battleships with a metal dis
charge from their guns half as heavy
again as the Dreadnought. Huh!
Who's afraid?
The wageworker., 1907-05-24

The people of Colorado are SO con-
fdent that publicity pays large divi-
dends that they are going to spend
a fund in advertising the states re.
sources.