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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Blankets and comforters at Sachs. +"
reliable bookkeeper is wanted. See
classified ads.
A 1907 model Ford is offered for sale.
See Classified ads.
reward Will be paid for the return
OF Great Dane dog to this office.
Tenders are asked for supplying the
fire department with 1000 feet of hose.
A lady's hand bag containing a sum
of money has been lost. See CLASH
fed ads.
Rooms with board or without, suit
able for two ladies. Address L. this
office.
Madam Josephine has some pretty
hats in her parlors, 162 Hotel street,
opposite Young hotel.
r. c. A. Peterson, general real estate
and commission broker, may be con-
suited on appraisements.
A furnished house with three bed
rooms and stable accommodations
needed. See Classified ads.
Take your automobile TO Associated
Cara ge for repairs. They do first-class
work at very moderate prices. Phone
3Ss.
. A purse containing money and keys
Vas been lost. Finder may have money
II keys are returned to this office. See
Classified ads.
. Hawaiian Trust Co. make no charge
For drawing up wills if they are named
one of the executors. Your wife may
be the other if you wish.
Rare old Hawaiian tapa, five layers
top. old native pink: each layer 96x
12S: on exhibition sale with Island
Curfo Co.-Steincr's- Elite building,
Hotel street.
Ten per cent discount on umbrellas
today and tomorrow at Sachs.
The owl is still the best sc. cigar
in the market with no challengers in
sight. Smoke it when you want some
thing real good. NJ. A. Gunst & Co.
distributors.
Alexander Young Cafe is making
some particularly dainty French pas
tries that are just the thing for a
light lunch or for afternoon and even
ing refreshments Call and see them.
Christmas books for children and
grown folks in bigger assortment than
ever before at Hawaiian News CO.
Lots of clever things Come and see
them. store in Young building
No heat, no danger, no odor, no
smoke, when You use incandesceht
electric light in your house Give up
the old kerosene lamps and use the
modern nght-electricity. Hawaiian
Electric Co.
"a Careless piano movers will damage
: an instrument more than the cost OF
the moving. If you want your piano
moved without damage, phone D 10
the most careful piano movers IN town
-Cnion-Pacifi Transfer Co
The perfection Of a cigar is the oid
Government Plantation cigar. Lewis
& Co, Ltd. cigar dealers, 10y KING
street. telephone 240. In sizes TO please
You. Reina Victoria. Panetelas, Purl-
tanes Fines, Regatea Brittaniea ana
Perfectos.
There is no store like Sachs for
stylish millinery.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
S|LvA'S TOCCERY
Elks' Building, King St.
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
At THOMAS SQUARE

The Hawaiian band will give a pub
lie concert tonight at Thomas square,
commencing at 1880 o'clock. Follow
ing is the program:
PART T.
March-''The Lifeguards" .Hilge
Selection Siege of Rochelle - .Ralfe
Gavotte-''D Dawn of Love- . Bendix
Selection-'' Don Carlos Verdi
PART II.
Vocal-Hawaiian Songs. AR. by Berger
Selection-''S Sweet Old Songs. .Dalbey
Patrol National Guards (new).
..... .. ...... Tobani
Polka Tarock' (new) ..... Muller
"Star Spangled Banner
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
EDUCATION REPORTS.

Superintendent Babbitt, in making
typewriter copies of some of the old
reports of the Department of Educa-
ton. did so III ORDER that there would
be a complete copy for his office, and
not to supply the Archives with com
plete set. The Archives has com
plete set of the printed reports, and
loaned those necessary to SuPerintend-
ent Rabbit for him to have his type
written copy made to complete his set.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
LEAH CHAPTER CARD PARTY

Many people are looking forward
with much anticipation TO the chowder
and card party to be given this even
ing at the Masonica Temple by the
ladies of Leahi Chapter No. ,. o. f. s.
The affair is in charge of Mrs. Alice
Herrick, w. NJ, and Mrs. Clara
Schmidt, A. NJ, who are assisted by
Mrs. c. L. Crabbe, Mrs. E. c. Brown,
Mrs. Anna Wright, Mrs. Fred Whit
ney, Mrs. W. R. Riley, Mrs. K. B.
Porter. Mrs. Caroline Miller, Mrs. Mary
D. Cook, Mrs. Thomas Smith. Miss Ell
va Evans, and Mrs. Josephine Corn
well. AZ a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
Blankets
and
COmfOrterS

Get ready for the cool nights soon
to come.
Our new stock of BLANKETS is here.
All economically priced.
White Cotton Blankets ..............
.75c, 9Oc AND s1.Oo A PAIR
Extra Quality White TwiIled Blankets
$500 AND 1925 A PAIR
Part Wool Blankets, extra quality, fill
size. 1915 AND $500 a PAIR
White Wool Blankets, extra fine quality
.....s425, $500 AND $500 4 PAIR
Grey Cotton Blankets, extra good values
.s5c, s1.Oo AND s1.25 a PAIR
Comforters: silkoliae, sateen and silk
covered. in pretty designs and color
inys FROM $3.50 UPWARDS
MS. Sachs Dry Goods Co., Ltd,
Corner Fort and Beretania Streets
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
THE NATIONAL GUARD.

The National Guard matter was not
taken up yesterday with Acting Gov
ernor Mott-Smith as was expected, but
it probably VIII be soon. There IS
decided feeling that the matter will
he satisfactorily Strengthened out; that
it viii only be necessary for there to
be little yielding on each side and
the trouble will all be over.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
Cream puffs, cream rolls, banana short
cake and other French pastries at their
best at Alexander Young Cafe.

There are very pretty Christmas
cards among other pretty and artistic
things at the Christmas art sale OF
the Kilohana Art League In some OF
the lines the ladies have supplied du-
pIicates where the first supply had
sold out,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MARCH 81, 1907

that l was engaged to mademoselle, that ! was
alone with her in the moonlight, that loved her,
that she was very beautiful, and still my arm was
not about her did not give her even the one kiss
Then at last one spoke up.
- Ah!' she exclaimed with the laugh sarcastic,
no Frenchmen for mel They do not know their
buSineSS
When this spoke my blood grew all afiame-
My race, the French nation was insult. We who
live for love accused of not knowing our bus
mess. Could remain to hear my country so abusedt
And then again. every year from Paris come here
young French noblemen to America, pioneers who
seek replace the fortunes which their fathers did
not leave behind with the rich dot of the American
girl. Can they continue to do So if the American
girl does not believe that they know their business
No l answer, mol Only my oath prevented me
from proving to them how wrong they See
what a choice before me-my own dishonor or
my countrysl
Your Eminence, / patriot. / love my
country. Therefore, / sacrificed my oath. Now,
he finished with the patient gesture of one OF the
great martVrS-'' now, YOU know ALL
As he finished there rustling of silken skirts,
and the Countess flung herself on her knees before
the Cardinal OH" She exclaimed, forgetting that
she the accuser-'' oh, the hero! Your Emf
hence will not deal with him too harshly. Your
Eminence VIII not order that the children part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

The Cardinal stopped and raised her gently. 80
he said-"no, we will not be so harsh as that i1-
deed he continued, with the faint sweet smile that
always him the love of them to whom It
given Il do not think will be harsh at H.
Rather, suggest that we compromise
Compromise questioned the Countess. Ha. -
Why said the Cardinal gently, let realize
the contagiOn in the air and meet the tempfat,0n
face face. Let fight FIRE with fire. Suppose he
young man was permitted one kiss each day as Of
right would II not then make his hard patA The
easier, This might be taken TeWa~l for
the brilliant service which last night he rendered
his country"
as gravely bowed his thanks for the tribute But
the eyes of both of the women shOne:
The mother. however, mastered herself, OF
what" she asked, does Your Eminence consider
a kiss TO consist
The Cardinal flushed guilty.. For once he was
thoroughly fustered Why, he stammered weak
", Il should that-er-that-eT- He
paused, nOnpluSsed
Would a salute on either cheek and one upon
the lips be considered too muchs' inquired he
Countess, unCOnSCiOuSly coming to the rescue.
No" replied the Cardinal gratefully no ]
should say that that would be about right his
answer too embarrassed him greatly The color
rushed to his face as he heard his words.
You would fix definite time OF day for the
ceremony" the Countess asked.
The Cardinal waved his hand oh, he said.
viii leave that TO the convenience of all the parties
concerned
The Countess murmured her thanks and starred
to withdraw. As she reached the door of the sum
said nterrogatively the salute is always % be
given in the presence OF Witnesses
"Of course, agreed the Cardinal, bowling she
out In truth he had not thought of that phase
of the matter before. He sorry too that she
had, when he saw the long faces of the two Young
people. So he leaned back comfortably and said
Though if the young wishes TO make up
thOse-er-salutes to which he IS Judge entitled,
a day for each day of the engagement up 20. but
not including yesterday, think IT would Ire better
to do It when only those parties directly cor-0ed
present
As he ceased speaking, the children vanished.
They drfted out of the summer house, he told hnn-
self sunshine drifts through window Then
suddenly there came from the garden in The dIreC-
ton in which they had gone, a smOthered e>clama-
tion and a Chuckle
The Cardinal heardit and understood and lckled
too Then he closed his eyes and leaned bac, oddly
enough, the vanished youth he had been gre ug Tor
seemed 10 have suddenly returned once mon. more
JOYOUS than ever Therefore ne sighed with ereat
content and a gentle smile came and nes-.e- mon
his fine old face.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
How 70 Make = Dutch Tears -

IT Is great wonder me, said Old -l-
ISt, why more boys do not take up chez j
experiments amusement, Why, can go
things with the common materials of every DAY re
which really seem 10 be more magical 70 the ---
initiated than any OF the wonders that are or.l-
naTIly performed by magICIanS on the public STAGE.
Some of them So simple, that by carrying th--l
out at parlor entertainment a bright boy Cou q
achieve the reputation of a magician.
Now, there are those curious little bubbles ct
glass known variOuSly as Prince RupertS dro-
and as Dutch tears Apparently they are merely
httle glObuleS OF glass with elongated tails made
heating Small glass rod a flame and allowing t'c
molten drops 20 fall into water. After they have
cooled YOU may pound the thick part with a ha-l--
Iner or mallet Vet YOU cannot break them On The
other hand if YOU break little piece off their TAILS
or touch any part OF them with a quart crystal,
they VIII disappear the SurrOundng tulosF here
quicker than viii melt a hot t-c To he
person who does not know how this has happened
the performance IS 50 astonishing 70 seem ur-
canny.
And vet it is al very simple It is due 70 what
Is known surface cohesion. Glass when heated
To molten state has naturally reached very high
temperature, and when the drops of melted glass
are allowed to fall into the cold water the sudden
change produces stress all the surface of the
drop which Is really terrific 1t is exactly though
piece of very thin rubber was stretched over the
surface of the glass If YOU punctured the rubber,
us haste 10 resume its normal condition would pun
It OFT the glass. So when YOU break off the tail Of
the drop or cut through the film of very hard glass
with crystal, its endeavOr suddenly resume ITS
normal condition results in its destruction and
II breaks up into particles which really inner
than the finest sand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

Eminence Now deal with them they deserve
This last sentence spoken with great intensity,
and she retired in stately manner into the back
ground. Her retirement forced the guilty par
Obtrusively forward. The young man observed this,
and with a Chivary stepped forward, that he
might draw all the avengng wrath upon his head
For an instant he and the Cardinal were face to
face 1t would be difficult to say which the
more embarrassed; for when the Cardinal had heard
of the young mans crime, it had been upon the tip
of his tongue that he did not blame him.
Subduing such feelings, however, he managed TO
ask somewhat sterny
We'll sir how do YOU explain Your conduct
The young silent for time. Then he
raised his eyes and gazed frankly at the Cardinal.
"Eminence," he said in firm voice, 1t was because
But why" said the Cardinal, did patriotism
compel YOU tO-er-to-er-to salute this young
woman?"
L will explain. the Comte replied when l
made that oath to Madame the Countess, | meant
it here" humping himself weighty upon the chest,
in my heart; for l figured to myself that while
il was difficult from kissing mademOsele in France,
il would be no more difficult in America. and had
shown that had the strength sufficient.
But | am here but week when know that
am wrong Here there IS something IN the air that
creates the more desire to kiss. Besides, also one
meets with it every hand. When walk on
through the park / observe the young American
and his girl as he calls her sitting with their arms
around each other As pass they trouble them
selves not in the least Indeed, unembarrassed by
the presence of me they continue the embrace and
also kiss the thereafter asking of me If do not
wish that | was him. Certainly ] do not wish II
unless there beside sat Mademoiselle Elise
He paused and Redeemed. 1t did not need the
Countess warning To inform him that he was upon
dangerous ground
The Cardinal however. rescued him from his
plight Proceed he said.
Very we'll the young man began again. As
SAID before, the thing-ths kiss IS in the ART is
how shall l say II '-contagious. fall, then,
victim 10 the contagion But resist once more
ne thumped his chest soundly. =" | am tempted, but
put temptation aside l remember my oath"
His hcroism brought him a wonderful, a wOr-
shipful glance from the girl The drama of it also
was evidently appealing to the mother. Apparently.
however, he oblivious Of this, for he went
steTnly
Then came last night We went TO a ball
During one of the dances mademoiselle and myself
stole out 10 the conservatory There was moonlight
there and we were alone Strolling outside on the
lawn were some young American demoselles with
men They observed us as they thought through
the glass but they wrong it had been removed
So then we heard each word of what they spoke. 1t
all in dsparagement of me. They pointed out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
THINGS FOUND BY SCIENTISTS

inches with each VbratlOn-thTce thousand five hun
dred and hfty-nine miles continuously in one wear
In conclusion, II may be added that 1t does not
take large of oil 10 lubricate the little machine
on ITS thrty-hve hundred-mie Onetenth of
drop OF oil IS sufficient to oil the watch for year
But II has great need OF that one-tenth drop.
COlOred Glass for Plants
nNE of the latest devices proposed by an ex-
~ pert of the Department Of Agriculture for
improving the growth of plants and fruits is that
OF placing them under Colored glass. the idea
being that light of particular hues is especially
favorable to vegetation The expert referred to
has recently experimental with strawberry plants
grown IN hothOuSes under glass of different coors
His conclusions interesting
Orange colored glass, he saws caused the plants
to grow more vigorously, but at the expense of the
berries which were both smaller and later in develop
ing than when the plants were grown under ordinary
conditions. Under violet Colored glass the plants
Welded great quantity of fruit but IL was slow in
rlpenng, small, and of inferior quality. Red blue
and green glass all proved injurious 10 the growth
ct the plants The finest berries and those which
Tlpened earliest were grown under PLAIN white glass
1t would appear, then from these experiments
that light of different colors does have different
effect upon vegetation, has been claimed: but
that' as Tar as Strawberries concerned, all the
colors that sunlight possesses when united in ordi-
good fruit than any single color
OF course IT is not the color itself hut the char
ac'er OF the light which gives that color that pro-
duceS the effect Every color of the sunbeam cor
responds TO night possessing a particular rapidty
OF vibration and a particular wave length in the
ether Coored glass cuts off some useful rays by
absorbing them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
Wonders of a Watch

a WATCH is the smallest, most delicate ma
"a chine that was constructed of the
same number of parts About hundred and
seventy-fVe different pieces of material enter into
It's construction, and upward of twentyfour hundred
separate operations comprised in its manufacture
facts connected with its performances appear in
credible A blacksmith strikes several thousand
blows IN his anvil in day; but the roller jewel of a
watch makes every day, and day after day, four
hundred and thirtytwo thousand impacts against
the fork
However, the marvel does not stop here 1t has
been estimated that the power that moves the watch
IS equivalent to only four times the force used in a
flea Jump; consequently it might be called four
iiea power. One horse power would suffice to run
two hundred and seventy million watches
The balance wheel of a watch is moved by this
four-ea power one and ty-three-one- hundredths
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
When the Earth Will Be Full

PROFESSOR RAVENSTEIN of the Royal
l. Geographical Society has estimated that the
million square miles, the steppes to fourteen
millions, and the deserts TO one million
Fixing two hundred and seven persons TO the
SQUIRE mile tor fertile lands ten Tor steppes' and
earth could properly nourish the professor arrives
at the conclusion that when the number of inhabi-
will be peoped to its full capacity At present it
contains somewhat more than one-quarter of that
number.
If the rate of increase shown by the latest census
statistics should be uniformly maintained Professor
Raven tein shows that the globe would be fully
peoped about the year 2o72.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

he leaped away with his victim, as cat might
do with large rat
Mr.. Ackley said he supposed the jaguar
to be the most terrible creature in the world
excepting the Bengal tiger, and he added that
he made this exception only because the tiger
was the larger of the two, for he really be-
neved the Brazilian beast to be the more
fierce
The mother always had fear that her
mule ones might stray too far from the house
and tall victims either to the jaguar or some
great snake for it was known that snakes
thirty feet long were by no means uncommon
in the forest.
rerhaps 1t was a presentiment she had,
lor, sure enough, when | had been there about
tour months, the children did get lost. Mrs
Ackley had been up all the night before with
sick Portuguese child that belonged to a
family living short distance from us, and
that afternoon she lay down to take nap
She slept for several hours, and when she
awoke the little ones were all gone and nobody
could tell what had become of them. Her
husband and myself were away that afternoon
and when we came home we found the whole
neighborhood in commotion. The women and
girls were clustered together, talking of the
matter, while the men had gone out to search
through the woods.
Mrs. Ackley was out somewhere with
them, and we knew she must be nearly fran
tic, for it was already sunset, and soon it
would be 30 dark as to make anything like
hopeful search impossible.
"The poor mother herself was likely at anv
moment to be seized by jaguar, but probably
this thought hardly occurred to her.
"It was only of her children that she WAS
thinking, and of the. certainty that they could
not pass whole night in those deep woods
without fearful danger.
"The snake, the jaguar, the mountain cat
were all there, and what place for the
poor little tired wanderers to lie down and
sleep, with the night all about them!
"No doubt she could imagine chem calling
Mamma, mamma, mammal all in vain amons
the great trees, and even by this call attract.
ing the notice of some wild beast that would
prick up its ears and come prowling towards
them.
-"Most of the searchers went home after
dark, but-a few of us remained in the woods
all night, kinding fires and going about with
lighted torches, thinking that if the Children
were anywhere near, they might possibly see
the lights, and that, at all events, the fires
and torches might serve to frighten away the
Neither Mr.. Ackley nor his wife rested
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

| >I iaguar," l said to Jack Staples,
stout young sailor, who although
but twenty-four years of age, had
already seen much of the world.
He had stripped up his sleeve
and thrown open the bosom of his blue flannel
shirt, to let me see his scars; and, in very
truth, they were fearful ones.
eyes," he replied. Gas / was saying
got these from jaguar-a sort of spotted
demon. such as hope you will never have a
hand d-to-hand encounter with"
when and where did it happen, jack"
1T happened about seven years ago. when
I was seventeen, and the place was a mission
station in Brazil, little to the southwark of
Cape st. Rogue"
"You went ashore there from your vessel,
l supposed"
II went ashore there with my vessel. She
carried me ashore, and was dashed all to
pieces under my feet. For six months /
lived with an American missionary and his
family.
"They were Texan people, named Ackley,
and had come from Galveston. Mrs Ackley
was beautiful woman, both in mind and
person, and the children were perfect little
pictures.
Il made myself as useful as could; and
the parents seemed glad to have me about,
because l was an American, while the chill
dren became very much attached to me, as
did to them.
'They wanted Jack with them everywhere,
and I've wondered since how they were get
ting on without me-they did so delight to
show Jack everything they found, and tell
him everything they thought.
..There were three of them-a boy and twr
girls, of ages ranging from four to eight
years, the boy being the Oldest.
"Mrs. AclSley herself was a graduate o.
Baylor Female College, and do believe she
turned her excellent education to the yer,
best account
Both she and her husband had great
dread of jaguars, as every one has in th,
country parts of Brazil, and they told me o
several instances where people had been killes
by those animals.
a pupil of theirs. an Indian boy, they
said, had been carried off by one not Yea,
before, and although number of persons saw
the tragedy, there was no help for the poo
lad The animals head was held high, anc
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
Copyright by James Elversono

0, then, you got those wounds from
a jaguar," I said to Jack Staples,
stout young sailor, who, although
but twenty-four years of age, had
already seen much of the world.