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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
Pahala, Kau, Hawaii.
January IA 1907.


Julian Monsarrat OF the Kapapala
ranch, Kau, Hawaii, writes a letter
under date of January IA, of which
the following are extracts:
Editor Advertiser: A rumor has
been started on this island that there
is mud fow.' similar to that of
'6S, in this district. There is absolute
ly no truth in the report.
From other sources you win probab-
ly get full accounts of the outbreak.
viii give you just what happened here
From 3 a. m. to 5 a. m we counted 53
distinct shocks of earthquake. AT 1:30
p. m. very heavy shock, and two more
heavy ones at p. m. During the whole
of Thursday, Friday and up to mid
night of Saturday, the earth was IN
one continuous culver, the shocks at
times coming so close together, it was
hardly possible to say where one
stopped, or the other commenced.
During yesterday, and up TO now
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19

/ learn that none of the streams have
reached the sea but are within from
one to four miles and going slowly.
is covered with new lava to the height
of telephone poll and for quarter
of a mile in width.
The exact source of the outbreak has
not been determined but the elevation
is estimated at seven thousand feet.
From the bottom may be seen a con-
tinuous outpouring of sulphur smoke
and further down the mountain the
boulders burst into thousands of pieces,
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
Three Flows Towards the
Sea---Many Cones Are
Still Spouting.
Especial Wireless to the Advertiser.)

KONA, January ISL camped at the
flow on Thursday, but was driven out by
spreading lava The new outbreak is con-
tinuous. The source of the new flow is four
thousand feet below the summit, thence south
west to the sea. The original flow is sub
siding but the others are more active. One is
rushing like torrent, carrying ohia trees before
it. On Manuka lands, thirteen miles from the
outbreak, one could read the time by the glare.
The activity at the source Of the new flow is
tremendous and unabating. One flow to the
north is widening continually and many cones
are spouting. No one should miss the sight
STACKER.
ALL FLOWS FROM SAME SOURCE.
HILO, January l8.---Three streams of
lava are flowing towards the sea- 1t is re-
ported by visitors to the outbreak that all the
streams are coming from the same source and
that one has reached the sea at Honomulino.
The others, in kahuku, are flowing over
worthless land. FENSHALL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
THE VIEW AT A DISTANCE
AND PROGRESS OF FLOW
(staf Correspondenee.)

kILAUEA, Jan. 17.-From this point,
fifty miles from the scene of activity,
/ can see the glare from the flows
now gliding down the mountain to-
ward the sea.
RumOrs are numerous and mostly mis-
leading. From parties just returned
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
Overcome by a Three Days Storm
It Returns to Yokosuka Navy
Yard to Repair Damages.
ASSOCIATED PresS cablegrams.l

Press cabegams)
TOXIC, Jan. lo---The training squad
ron which started for Honolulu has returned
to Yokosuka, with masts broken and other
damage done, the result of three days
storm.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
SiEMSEN TO HANG.

SAN FRANCISCO January Is.-John Siemsen gaspipe
thug his crime Dabner sentenced
to death The date of the execution is for "a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
AMERICAN MARINES ARE
PlCkETING KINGSTON STREETS

ST. THOMAS. January Ie-Amecan marines arc pickeng
the streets of Kingston Six hundred bodies
by dynan1itng the ruins. sasA s&. a
AFTERNOON REPORT SKI
HAVANA Cuba, January S-The line of island of
Jamaica is sinking There bay left
city of Kingston is submerged
NEW YORK January Is.Admiral Davis reports
400 dead in Kingston and 500 in the hospitals.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-19
ANOTHER ASSASSINATION.

SMoLENSK, Russia January IsThe chief of the ad
today assasnated by school boy The boy
killed.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18

HOLLY SPRINGS UNION NO. J. C. Yell. secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
MONEY IN APRICOT PITS.
Substitute for Almonds-Big Profit in
 Them for Balearic Islands.

A recent increase in the price of almonds has caused new tide of economy and much money is being made in the Balearic islands in the Mediterranean of the coast of Spain by the sale of the kernels of apricots, says the New York Sun. There Is a huge demand for them in England and Germany. where they are used as a substitute for almonds in candy and in cheap grades of buildings and pastry.
 The fruit is cultivated in the B2. learic islands on an enormous scale to be preserved in various styles. Until recently the stones, when the pulp was removed from them. were treated as refuse. Children pick out the kernels and they are dried and packed for shipment after the regular preserving season is over, thus pro- longing the wage-earning period of the people.
 Last year Majorca alone produced 50.000 cases of apricot kernels, weigh ing about 200 pounds each case. There are both bitter and sweet kernels. The price of the sweet ones rose from about SIS case in 1906 to about $27 last year The bitter ones are eonsid- erably cheaper.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
 A NEW SCHOOL DESK.
Provides Support for the ChiId's Back,
 Where It Is Most Needed.

In the belief that proper seating facilities play an important part in the welfare of school children, George W, Ehler, supervisor of physical training, and Director of Schools Charles Orr worked until they have perfected what they believe Is the best seat and desk in the country, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The seat is constructed according to Ehler's own plans and is based upon an exhaustive set of measurements made by him last year in the schools. It provides support for the child $ back, where 1t Is most needed, at the base of the spinal column and the small of the back. Another strong point is that the seat proper is pitched backward only slightly. keeping the body at restful angle. Both seat and desk are adjustable. The new desks are being installed in all the new buildings and grow in favor wherever put.
 Until the perfection or Ehler's i'm. proved seat there were two forms of desk used in the schools The first was the old-fashioned desk, not ad- unstable at all, and made in unvary- ing sizes for the different grades. It presupposed that all children in the same grade would be of size.
 Then came the so-called ''liver-pad" desk. The back of the seat in this style of desk consisted of a single concave rest, to be placed at that point where the child's back most needed support. This was faulty in two respects. In the first place 1t was narrow and held the childs body In vise-like grip and in the second it gave support at only one point. where as the spine requires support at sev. eral points.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
DON'T SAY "oLD ENt sLAND.-
Great Britain Dates from 1901, and
 We Are 25 Years Older.

The ages of most coup fries are re- corded as exactly as that of any indi vidual. and many of the nations usu- ally considered old, even ancient, were really born long after hose we call, the younger ones of tn new world.
 The Father of Nations as we know them, is Turkey. with u le sultan seat ed at Constaatinople lnce 1453. the country being thus 454 years old.
 Then comes Denmai k, born l523. and 3S4 years of ages followed by Russia, who is 1S5. being born Octo- Der 22, 172l, when Peter the Great became the first emperor.
 The United States of America, that most readers probably thought very young, is in her one hundred and thir- ty-first yetr, having been bo,n July 4, 1776, and France, possibly imagined to be much older, is not yet 11S, for her birth counts from July IA. 1789.
 Younger than either is Great Brit ain, born January 1, 1901. Chilli Is 96. being born September 1Ss 1910; Co., Ioynbia 95, her birthday being July 5, fSl1; Holland, still well under the century. is 93. her birthday Decem- Der 6. 1913, and Sw eden starts from Febrrmy 5, 1918. so that she is just over S9.
 Brazil is getting on for S5. dating from September 7, 1922; Mexico born October I. 1923, is nearing s4, and Bolivia will soon be S3. born August 6, 1924. Belgium is younger, only 75, being born July 19, 1S31, the same year as Ecuador and Venezuela
 It may be a surprise to find Italy so youthful, for she is only 46, her birth occurring February 2s, 1S61.- London Tit-Bits.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
BARREL AS LETTER BOX.
Malt Had Been In Odd Receptacle for
 Two Years.

Two letters. which had been found under circumstances which give to the matter a somewhat romantic in- terest, reached the division of dead letters few days ago, having been transmitted with letter from Guaya- quil, Ecuador, addressed to the post master general by Allejandro Mann, who explained that while on a pleas ure cruise in his private yacht he called at the post office of Bay, in the Galapagos or Tortoise islands, a group in the pacific, off the west coast Of Ecuador, and near the equator. Upon examining a barrel, which was placed there many years ago by the British government for the reception of mail, etc, for the accommodation of passing vessels. he found in it the two letters mentioned, apparently intended for delivery in the United States. Both were written in Octo- Der. 1905, and were directed to mem bers of the families of the writers. Though the letters were badly faded and weather stained. as well as somewhat damaged by insects. the ad- drc sses aer fairly legible. and it is probable they will reach the hands of those for whom they were inteni- ed, through the postmaster at the if fees of destination.-Was Dis patch to the Baltimore American.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
ONE ON DAN o'coNNELL.

An amusing incident is told of q victory over Daniel 0'Connell by a witness whom he was cross-examii- ing The witness was for the crown, and the case was a riot committed by crowd of bcggars. O'Connell was at that time well known, and t was after he had received hi' sobriquet of "the big beggar man.
 The witness finished, and O'Con- nell began the cross-examination. "Now tell the court just how many bcggars there were" he said.
 Indeed, l did not stop to count them, but there was a great tribe of them, your honor"
 "A whole tribe of them. eh? Will you tell us to what tribe they be. longcd ?''
 Indeed, your honor, that is moro than l can do, for 1 never heard, but l think it must have been to tho tribe of Dan"
 "You may go down, sir" said OConnell in rage, amid the laugh. ter of the court. - The Sunday Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
BOAT IN THEIR NESTS.
One Birds Protection Again st Preda-
 tory Enemies.

The mother bird sat on her eggs at the waters edge, and whcn l ap- preached. she pushed off with her foot as though the nest had been boat. and away she fioated calmly down the stream"
 What you saw was a rare spec tacle," said the nature student. The bird was a grebe. the coiymbus minor- She always builds on the waters edge, and her nest is always woveu, of aquatic plants so closely apd firm ly that it will float herself and her eggs without leaking.
 "On the approach of danger the bird pushes on Nor is she at the currents mercy during her voyage. She uses her foot as a paddle. and I have seen her steer her boat nest with some little dextnrity round a bend, landing in a quiet cove as well, say, as the aver age lady would handle skin"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
WOMEN MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS.
TWO Maine Girls Ascend Mount
 katahdin Over the Snow.


 katahdin Over the Snow. While camping at Togue pond ten miles from Mount Katahdin, Misses Jane given and Carrie Crocker of Mil linocket, Me, accomplished the diffi- cult feat of ascending Katahdin over the snow, says the Kennebee Journal. Starting from camp at Togue pond with guide, they made a distance of eight miles on snowshoes, and spent the night at Birch camp on Rum mountain, and about two and one-half miles from the foot of the slide. Birch camp Is a tiny struc- ture eight by ten feet on the ground. and just high enough to permit one to stand erect when under the ridge pole. It is built of birch logs and has roof of birch bark. The door way is so small that one has to bend nearly double in order to enter. Leay- ing their guide at the camp the next morning the two young women ascend 1 ed the mountain by what is known as the east slide, and found themselves on tableland a few feet in width. Farther on was a peak somewhat higher, but separated from the table land on which they stood by Pomola gulch, which their guide had assured them was impossible in winter.
 After ascending nearly to the edge of the gulch and taking a few pic lures, warned by the approaching heavy clouds, the young women start ed down the mountain on the other side of the slide. The descent was rapid, but spasmodic. They were , compelled to slide from tree 10 tree, and though the distance slid was usu- ally not more than six feet. they usu- ally brought up against the tree with much force. They reached the camp at the foot of the mountain consider ably the worse for their rough expe- rience. but made their way over the eight miles that separated them from Togue pond that afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Nobody Hurt.

A man whose love of Tong words is superior to his method of pronouncing them took up the morning paper at breakfast the other day and began to read abont the most peculiar railroad accident.
 A trains having collided with a snag of some kind. had described few parabolas in the air, tnrned turtle, c&ved into river, and otherwise up- set the plans of those who were run. ming 1t.
 All the people at the breakfast table listened to the account with breath less interest
 What terrible accident" said one.
 There must have been a great many killed" remarked another.
 No" said the newspaper reader with the printed account still fresh in hts mind, there were no utilities"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
He Took No Chances.

A good old-fashioned surprise party was given in the West side recently. After the others had turned theirs over to the hostess one young man still hgged a package of refresh ments under each arm. Finally a young woman asked:
 Why don't you give those things to Mrs. Green?"
 Not on your life!" exclaimed the cautious youth. "The last surprise party went to we all did that and then the old man came in and said Wilson's house around the corner was on fire. We ran out to see the fire, but there wasn't any, And when we went back the doors were locked. So your Uncle Henry will just clutch these eatables till we are called to the trough. See?"-Kansas City Times
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
TIMBER LAND A(-I JUNE 5,
 NOtiCe for Publication.
United States Land Office.


 Dardanelle, Arkansas, April 90, ls Notice Is hereby given that in comp with the provisions of the act of congI June 3, 1878. entitled ssAn act for the < timber lands fin the state Of California gon. Nevada and Washington Territor attended to all Public Land States by August l. 1892.
 LAMBS A. q. MURDOCH. of II oward. county of Polk, State of Ark has this day filed in thls office his sworn ment No. 2il, for the purchase ofthe sOuf southwest quarter and southwest q southeast quarter section 3i, In Tow usb |, North, Range No. 9 w. and Will offer 10 show that the land sought Is morega for its timber or stone than for aesicsl purposes, and Co establish his claim ~ iand before the Circuit Clerk Of Polk c at Mena, Arkansas on Saturday the l3i of July, 1907.
 He names as witnesses: Grover FlaI| WIllamiG. Graham, John K. Little, Ell R. Bryant, all of Howard, Polk county A sstS, Any aud all persons claiming adverse above described lands are requested their claims in this office on or before sa day of July, ly07.
 May 9. Joseph II, Battenneld. Regists
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
LAW ABOUT STOCKS. l.
hesai to Shoot Them In EnsB Band--
 Other Court Rulings.

Lawsuits about alleged ghosts. of s nature similar to the one which was threshed out the other day before MT. Justice Grantham, are far from uncommon.
 Indeed, there is quite little library or books relating to the subject. all of them full of musty, fusry precedents, and each and every one of them bound In that peculiar, underdone pie-crust colored material known to booksellers as law calf.
 From these books one may learn many things about ghosts, and the proper way to treat them.
 It is. for instance, illegal to belabor ghost" after 1t has cried out that it is not ghost; while man who goes gun-hunting after an alleged ghost and shoots and kills a human being who is masquerading in spook attire, is guilty of murder.
 You may not summarily give up possession of a house of which you are tenant, simply because you be. lieve it to be haunted, nor yet even if it be currently alleged and reputed to be haunted.
 But. on the other hand. damages have been recovered against land. lord who let a notoxiously spook.in. tested dwelling to a tenant without first informing him of it's evil reputa- tion.
 father has, too, obtained verdict against schoolmaster whose school was haunted by ghost which fright ened his boy into fits, and it has been held to be illegal to shut up a prisoner in reputedly haunted jail
 Once a woman sought judicial sep aration from her spouse on the ground that he was in league with familiar spirit, which haunted his bedroom by night and his study by day.
 But her petition was refused, 1he judge remarking that she had taken her husband for worse as well as for better, and that she might as well ask to be relieved of him because he had developed wart on his nose as a sprite at his elbow. = Pearson's S Weekly.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
lie Needed a ronnue.

The hero of the transforming az. gregation was strong in physique, but weak of voice. The appeals of fran tic audience for a louder interpreta- tion of the part had no effect, accord lag to the Buffalo Times.
 It had come to that part in the pro- ceedings where the heroine, at mid. night. faintly rings a cowbell to awaken her imprisoned lover The hero regains his freedom. and quickly plans to escape with his sweetheart
 But what shall do with this bell?" she asks. appealingly.
 Pull the tongue out" screeches voice in the last row, "and give it to your Godfrey vandelveigh."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Worked Both Ways.

Percy, kept from school by a cold, got so noisy in his play that. his moth. CT. suffering with headache, suggest ed in despair that he play at being little deaf-and-dumb boy.
 The idea struck him favorably, hut the new play was noisier than the old.
 '1 should think" ventured his moth- CT. that a little deaf-and-dumb boy would not make any noise"
 "Oh, but he would," said Percy. You see. he corldnt hear It."
 His mother sighed.
 Dear mothe1;" his voice broke in on her musings presently, If the noise bothers you, why don't you play at Icing little deaf-and- dumb boy ypdrself?"-Browningss Maga, zine
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Little Boys Answer.

Two travelling men were conyersing in the lobby of the Auditorium Annex when a little boy, guest at the hotel, sat down near them, says the Chicago Chronicle. They at once drew him Into conversation and listened to his childish opinions. The boy had trav- eled considerably with his parents, and was possessed of much worldiw wisdom that amused the drummers- Finally the talk turned to what the' child would do when he grew up.
 Wouldn't you like to be travelling man?" asked one of the men.
 "oh. no!" was the quick answer. MY mamma wants me to be gen tleman."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Best Medicine in the World TOT
 Cclic and DiarrhOea.

q find Chamberlaln's Coiic Choiera ana Diarrhoea Remedy to be the best remedy III the worldn says Mir. C. l.. Carter oi sklruih' Ala. T am subject to collie and diarIhoo'' Last spring it seemed as though would aie' and think would ifI hadn't taken Sllaip- berialns Colic, Cholera and biarrrhoea Rem edy. haven't been troubled with IL siii'e until this week, when had very severe a' tack and took half bottle of the twen'y-hfe z cent size Chamberlain's Colio Cholera aha Dlarrhoea Remedy, and this morning iec' like new man" For sale by Jackson prus 90, aud all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Moral SuasIon.

Four-year-old Reginald and bis elder brother were sent to stay with an aunt, while their mother went south for her health, relates the Brooklyn Eagle. The aunt had de. cided ideas on the bringing up O, children, one being firm belief in gentleness rather than force as a moral agent. One day at dinner she expressed her views on this sub ject. declaring:
 Corporal punishment is sin; children would never be so treated if I had my way. When a child of mine is naughty, I simply use moral suasion. and always with the best results"
 shortly after dinner Reginald ap- preached his brother and asked, anx- iously: Say, George does moral sua. sion hurt very much?"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Cut Flowers.

TO preserve cut flowers small lump of ammonia should be placed in the vase. This will not only keep them fresh, but will also help to dc stroy the unpleasant odor that so often arises from flowers whose stalks have a tendency to become slimy. Flowers of this description should have a wee bit shipped from their stalks every time the water is changed and also before arranging hem for the first time.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Phone 200
Office Vandiver Drug Store.
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 5, 1878. Notice for Publication.
CnIted states Land Ofnce.

DardaneIle Arkansas, June ', 1907.
 Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act Of Congress oi June 3, 1873 Entitled .An act for the sale oi timber lands in the states Of California, Ore gon, Nevada and Washington Territory" as extended to all the Public Land States by ths act of August l. iS92
 IDA N. NEAL Of corn county or Polk, State of Arkansas, has this day filed in this office his sworn state. mcnt No. 3t9. for the purchase ofthe NJ N. E. Ii. N. E.l{ N. W.i4 of fSecton No. B, in Town ship No N.. Range No. 70 w., and win offer proof fo show that the land sought is more valuable for Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes. and establish his claim 10 said land before the Circuit Clerk of Polk county. at Mena,Arkanias, on Thursday the 22 day of August. 1907.
 He names as with esses: samuel Wells, Gharies W. Primer, Lewis r. Primer. James Mckewen, all of Gates.seott county. Arkansas.
 Any and all pers0DA claiming adversely the aboyeslfscribed iards are requested tp lie their plrlms n tRiA office on nf petore said 51d day ~ August. isjtf
 Ipne l& Joseph baitsAaeii Nsgister
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Little Pitchers.

Tommy Why, Mr. Smith, you didn't go in the ocean steamer, after all did you?"
 Guest-What makes you ask that. Tommy? l had no idea of going in the steamer
 Tommy We'll, all the same mamma said when papa told her he had asked you to dinner why did he do that. be cause she was sure you was half seas over"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
The Dotcor Away from nome
 When Host Needed.

peopIe are often nurh dlhtII " e.l.,, nal ihelr family physician Is away rom home when they most need his serSiess, i,,s eHseS ,t,'' nronn Inf treatment. and have in many ins,ances proven fatal before medicine comla h be procured or physician mmonen; es sh mn, ne iignt iiglI, ',,olte Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem- sdv No physician prescrlbes better meai, se ee,Dys for these diseases. By having II m .he house you escape much pan hha s,in suneiils lIap Fnr sale by Jackson prugceg aad aii dealers 5,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
Magazine.
An Exclamation.

Fat men are invariably honest" said the deep thinker and believe it's because they are so sensitive about their fat" T don't see what you mean?" Well, if they should be dishonest. and get caught at it they might have to wear convict suits with the stripes running in the most un' coming becoming way"