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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-11

Alakea Street. Honolulu, T. H.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-11
PROPOSALS FOR providing HOT

WATER PLUMBING FIXTURES
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, will be
received at this office until 10 a. M,
December II, 1908, and then opened
for furnishing labor and materials for
installing hot water and plumbing fix
lures 0avatories Nos 10 and 21) at
Fort Shafter, H. T., according to spec
ifcations on file at this office. For
further particulars apply to the under
signed. NJ. n. FALLS, Captain and
Quartermaster, U. S. A, Constructing
Ouartermaster.
S217-Dec. 9, 10, II, 16.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
GLORIOUS NEWS.

The Graphic yesterday contained
the first announcement of the inten-
tion of the new owners of the Buff
ICity Lumber Co. to rebuild their
plant destroyed by fire less than a
year ago., on their property in the
Western part of the city.
This was glorious news to Pine
Bluffians, but the Graphic has way
of carrying good news to it's sui
scribers every morning and causing
rejoicing in the hearts of its read
ers. But the Bluff City's announce
ment caused especial rejoicing in
these parts. A one hundred thous
and dollar planning mill and lum-
Der plant means the employment
of a large number of skilled me-
chaniics, whose monthly earnings,
considerable in the aggregate, will
be distributed in business circles in
this city, adding to our local pros
perity generally. Messrs. Ruther-
ford and Duncan are to be COM
mended for their enterprise and
their success is assured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
LAKES TO GULF.

The movement on foot in I'LL
nois to get a bond issue for $780,
100000 for deep water is not at all
hurtful to the national plan for a
ship channel to the gulf. If the
State of Illinois sees fit to spend as
much as twenty millions on dts
own account it will set fine exam
pie for the other States and sug-
gest great liberality on the part OF
the General Government, says the
St. Louis Times.
Deep water is no longer a subject
for jest. The best minds of the
country, in and out Of Office, have
come to the conclusion that a ship
route from lakes to gulf will be
the making of the Nation. The old
er countries have used their rivers
Some of the streams of England.
Germany and France are brooks in
comparison with the Missouri and
Mississippi. yet their annual ton
mage is of astounding proportions.
While we are going after the ap-
preparations, by State and Nation,
We should urge the use of that
which is already here. Chairman
Burton of the Congressional Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors, long
ago brought out the idea that the
swift way to national aid is through
development of river traffic to
the limit of present depth under
average cond' tions. This has yet to
come. Tue Mississippi. as Il runs
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
DEMAOOGIC IMPUDENCE.

Il find that while I am away from
home the enemies of the people are
getting very active and they are try.
ing to undermine our work of form
er years and capture our breastworks
openly declaring that if they can con-
next four years they will then defeat
me for the senate the next race" JEFF
Davis in letters to his dupes announc-
ing that he will take the stump for
Kirby
It is with characteristic impudence
and reliance upon the simplicity of the
good people of Arkansas that Davis
dares to describe as enemies of the
State" the men who are striving to
break down his ubiquitous boss rule, a
machine as corrupt as ever strangled
the popular voice in any State in the
Union.
He pirates of the fundamental prin-
ciples of government" for which he
has fought when anybody with lick
of sense knows he has fought for moth
ing on earth but the qualification of
his ambition to control absolutely the
perquisites of Office in this State, to
control elections and primaries to suit
his will, to maintain pardon mill that
was the scandal OF the State and ma
ton, to fill every appointive office with
creatures who would do his every bid
ding; these are the fundamental prin-
ciples of government" which engross
the attention Of JEFF Davis.
And he adds:
For this threat Ito defeat him
for the senate) don't care, because
whenever the people want me to
step from the high place they have
given me, l shall endeavor to turn
it back to them, as I did the COVER
nor's office, as clean as when l re-
ceived it."
Here is the whole gist of the mat
ter. Davis is fighting right now for
MS own reelection. 1t is his own po-
litical scalp he is concerned about. |
He has no intention of leaving it to |
the will of the people whether or not
he shall retire from the high seat
they have given him." and the assur-
ance that he will turn it back to them
as clean as he did the governors Of
nee is a display Of impudent assur-
ance that would be amusing did 1t
not tribe with such . serious matter
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
Will Bombard
the Arkansas

Hearst News Special to the Graphic
Washington, Feb. 15.-The Navy
Department has arranged for the
Monitor Florida to fire a twelve inch
shell, weighing $50 pounds, a dis
lance of two miles into the turret
of the Monitor Arkansas, which will
be filled with men when the expert
'ment is made. Naval statist'cians
figure that the shell will be defect
ed and none of the men will be In
jured. Volunteers to remain on the
Arkansas when the bombardment Is
made, have already been secured
The test will be made secretly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
To Prosecute
Southern Railway

Hearst News Special to the Grapni,
Washington, Feb. 15.-Tns Gov
eminent is to begin the immediate
prosecution of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company on a charge of
giving rebates to shippers The
charge was filed on Information
gathered last fall by Commissions,
Lane.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

today, month in and month out,
could carry a vast tonnage on boat
and barge. When the shippers have
taken advantage of what they hive
ready for them they will find Con-
gress and the State Legislatures at
their backs with larger appropri-
lions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

Isaac Dreyfus, proprietor of DreyS
fus' big department store and the
large wholesale house here, will leav,
to-day tor the Eastern markets, where
ne Will make his usual large pur-
chases for his two establishments
lie will be accompanied by Mrs Drey-
ius and their daughter, Miss Art!e
Dreyfus. They will be away severa.
weeks. -.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
National Labor
Party Launched

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
New York, Feb. 15.-The Labor
Leader today announced the estab-
lishment of the National Labor par
ty, an independent organization. and
a convention will be held soon 70
perfect the organization.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

as the honor Of Arkansas and the lib
critics Of the people, He probably will
turn the senate job back as clean as
he did that of the governorship but
that won't speak we'll for the cleanli-
ness OF the senatorial toga when laid
aside. Fort Smith Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
She Remarry
No.count boni

Hearst News Special to the Graphic
Paris, Feb. 15.-Countess Stanis-
laus DeCastellane, sister-in-law OF
Count Boni DeCastellane, today an
nounced that Nine. Anna Gould
would remarry Boni in order to re-
gain her position in French society
and give her sons the standing they
deserve.--
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
More indictments
at New Orleans

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
New Orleans. Feb. 15.-The Fed
eral grand jury returned antitrust
indictments against fiftyfour master
plumbers today, bringing the num-
Der up to 125 within the past two
days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
Says He's Cousin
Of Robt. E. Lee

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Carl Morgan,
cousin of General Robert E. Lee,
was today sentenced to four months
imprisonment here. in the county
jail, for stealing money from a reg
istered letter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

John F. Rutherford returned last
night from Little Rock, where he at
tended an important meeting Of the
officials Of the Democratic Central
Committee.
i I 1870 !, ,,.f,e., s55
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
4Avertisimg Rates Made Known va
Application.
The Largest Bona Eide
Circulation of any Pine
bluff Newspaper.

The bandits who he'd up a Chi
cago & Alton sleeper the other night
vere usurping the prerogatives OF
p03SeT. y
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16
Jury Now Has
Big Will Cas-

Hearst News Special to the Graphic
Clinton, ILL.,, Feb. 15.-The famous
Smell will case, involving several mill
lions Of dollars, was given to q jury
late this afternoon, but no verdict
had been returned up to . late hour
tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

Senator Davis seems to regard
the opponents of his henchman
Kirby, as enemies of the people, j"
but in this instance JEFF is counting
himself as 'the people,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

If half the grand jury report says
is true, the way some of the magis-
trates' Offices are administered is a
little short of a scandal and a dis
grace.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

1t will no doubt take a strong
platform to hold Mr.. Taft.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

Already there are signs that jeff
Davisssm Is ON the waue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-16

uttered at Postoiiice at Pine BluR.
ARK. ~ second class mail matter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
One Of the
Essentials

Of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund of information as to the best methods
If promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products. 3
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
Well-lnformed of the World; not Of ind.
vlduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. TO get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
BUT WAS 1T THE SAME MELON?
Paper Carried by Darky Amounted
Almost to Perpetual Permit.

"a negro just loves a watermelon"
said Representative Johnson of South
Carolina. Strange, too, that when a
policeman sees a negro with melon
at an unreasonable hour he has it
right down that the darby has stolen
that watermelon. heard a story about
policeman who met a negro in the
early hours Of the morning, and he
had a big melon on his shoulder.
az see you have melon there?'
eyes, sah,' answered the darby.
Use got er melon; but Use fixed fer
you, sah,' and pulling out paper he
handed it to the officer, who read:
This bearer of this is O. X. He paid
me ten cents for the melon, and he
is a pillar in the church. James
Elder
"You are fixed said the officer.
"'Dat's what | lowed answered the
negro, and he moved on."-Washing-
ton Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
KILLS BIC PANTHER
IN FIERCE BATTLE.
GRAVE TEXAS WIDOW VAN.
GUISHES MONSTER BRUTE
IN DEADLY STRUGGLE.
GIRL RUNS SWORD INTO BEAST
Animal Discovered in Home on Their
Return from Vsit-Daughter Uses
Dead Fathers Weapon to
Good Advantage.

Marble Falls. TeX-One of the most
remarkable battles with wild animal
that ever occurred in the wilds Of
western Texas took place few nights
ago in the house of Mrs. Calone, a
widow who lives in the Devil river
country not far from Juno. The
widow and her three chldren-two lit
tie fellows and a daughter about grown
had been spending some days visit
ing relative, and when they returned
TO their house, which consisted of 4
single room with small shed room
used for a kitchen, they noticed that
a window had been broken. Two panes
Of glass and piece Of the window
frame had been smashed and the
broken pieces of glass were scattered
about the floor and on the ground out
side.
Mother and daughter were consider
ably puzzled, but accustomed to dan
gers and strange happenings on the
llOuIlSl luSy ulu llUI MOlIs DIS W luS
cause and set about preparing sup
per.
Suddenly from a closet there came
a scream that stopped every heart
still and chilled the blood of the
woman and children. They huddled
together and were just ready to make
a run for the door when the closet
door flew wide open and there with
glazing eyes of fire stood a monster
panther bristling and crashing his
white fangs
They were cut off from the door, for
they knew that the Infatuated beast
would spring upon them the moment
they started across the room. Mrs. Ca
lore looked about for a weapon, but
there nothing within reach but
the andirons in the fireplace. Fanny
saw something better. Hanging
against the wall close enough to be
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Why Not? Just Look at the Violnists
and Pianists with Shaggy Names.

The newest scheme for making hair
grow on bald heads is treatment by
music.
SO far as any definite conclusions
have been reached it appears that
string music, including the piano, is
favorable to the growth of the hair,
while wind instruments, especially
the wood wind, are destructive to it.
Look at Paderewski, says the advo,
cate Of the remedy. Hasn't he some
hair? And what about Isaye and
Kubelik? Go back to Paganini and
Rubinstein and List. Did you ever
see violinist or a piano virtuoso
who hadn't hair enough to stock a
wigmaker?
On the other hand. look over any
orchestra or brass band if you can
catch it with its hats off. Did one
ever see flute player or a cornetist
or a trombone operator who wasn't
either bald or getting there?
An attempt to explain the alleged
difference is made by assuming that
the powerful vibrations of the wind
instruments drive the bleod out Of
the scalp. while the strings awaken q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
ANY Child Can Do 1.-THE Result 10
Almost Like Magic-Useful, Too.

ANYTHING in the nature Of a chem
zeal experiment is always interesting
and usually educative. Here is sim
pie experiment which any child can
perform and which is instructive in
very practical way: Get bit of White
Lead about the size of a pea, a piece
of charcoal. a common candle in a
candlestick, and a blOWpipe. Scoop
out a little hollow in the charcoal to
hold the White Lead, then light the
candle, take the charcoal and lead in
one hand and the blow-pipe in the
other, with the large end of the blow
pipe between the lips; blow the flame
Of the candle steadily against the bit
Of White Lead on the charcoal and if
the White Lead is pure it will pres
emily resolve itself into little shining
globules Of metallic lead, under the
intense heat Of the blow-pipe, leaving
no residue.
If, however, the White Lead is adul-
terated in the slightest degree, it will
not wholly change into lead. So, it
will be seen, that this experiment is
not only an entertaining chemical
demonstration, but also Of practical
use in the home White Lead is the
most important ingredient of paint.
1t should be bought pure and unadul-
terated and mixed with pure linseed
oil. That is the best paint. The
above easy experiment enables any,
one to know whether the paint is the
kind which will wear or not
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their Dutch Boy
Painter trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test;
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity of paint be-
fore using it, they will send free a
blow-pipe and valuable booklet on
paint to anyone writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Ma.
tional Lead Company. Woodbridge
Building, New York City.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Cultivation of Gossip.

A visionary man has undertaken to
cultivate gossip. Gossip of the past
and present, he believes, has been too
Wild, rank and careless, and he is anx-
ious that it be pruned and trimmed.
Cultivated gossip will certainly not be
as entertaining, spicy and palatable
as the loose and untamed kind, but it
is believed that it will do less harm to
the neighbors.
There are those persons who feel
that cultivated gossip will be stale.
fiat and Improbable. Gossip, to be
good gossip, must have a bite, tin
gle and tang to it. Gossip to be
most interesting must be Injurious to
somebody. The most popular gossip
must have plenty of scandal in it. II
scandal should be censored out of Cos
sip there would be no gossip, and this
would b an uncomfortable condition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

World: Author Of Muscle
Building" etc
There is no royal road to athletic
power any more than there is a royal
road to learning,
You can't go to bed ignorant ana
wake the next morning with a college
education; nor can you learn by few
weeks Of oyer-study what takes a nor
NAL boy years to acquire.
1t is the same with athletics. Most
boys, sooner or later, have longings to
be strong Most of them take out"
this ambition in mere planning; few
more do a great deal too much ath-
letic work for week or so and then
gradually cease doing any at all. Yet
they wonder that they notice no bene-
fit from what little they have done.
Persistent Effort Required.
Now, athletic prowess is like an edu-
cation. 1t cannot be mastered except
by steady and long work. If you look
on this work as a bore and fail to CON
centrate your mind on it you may as
well give up all hopes Of becoming an
athlete. It is only the boy whose in
terest in exercise is strong enough to
keep him at it consistently who can
aspire to athletic hOnOrs. To such a
boy there is nothing impossible. He
will succeed in athletics as he will sue
coed in later life; perhaps Re will owe
much Of the latter success to the for
mer.
Now the boy who has not the
strength Of purpose to keep up the
athletic career he has once begun
will gain nothing by reading these les
sons They are written for the boy
who wants to be an athlete, and who
will stick to the exercise until he be-
comes one. know how hard it is to
remember to go through all your ex-
erclses every day and how easy it is
to get in the habit Of postponing them
until some more convenient season,
and to end by emitting them alto
gether.
But the same applies to school work.
If you can set aside a portion of each
day for school you can set aside a far
smaller portion of the day for ath-
letics.
Let Ne suggest that you get three
or four other boys to form with you
sort of informal athletic club and that
you exercise together. In this way
you cannot only point out each others
mistakes and have a chance to COM
pare your Improvements with that of
others, but the presence of others
will help you resist the temptation of
giving up the work.
Delicate Boys Made Strong.
If you will promise to adhere faith
fully to the rules l shall lay out
promise to make you an athlete. It
does not matter whether you are
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
How Her Life Was Saved When Bit.
ten BY a Larqe Snake,

How few people there are who are
not afraid of snakes Not long ago a
harmless little garter snake Sell on
the wheel of an automobile which was
being driven by a woman. The woman
promptly tainted and the car, left to
its own resources, ran into a stone
wall and caused a serious accident.
The bite of a poisonous snake needs
prompt attention. Mrs. X. M. Fishel,
Route No. l, Box 40, Dillsburg, Pa,
tells how she saved her life when bit
ten by a large snake.
"On August 20, 1906, I was bitten
on the hand twice by large copper
head snake. Being a distance from
any medical aid, as last resort l
used Sloan's Liniment. and to my as
constituent found it killed all pain and
was the means of saving my life. l
am the mother of four children and
am never without your Liniment."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

peat four times the first morning not
stopping to rest between times. Afer
that increase the number OF Uses
bv one each morning till you can rise
and sink back 20 times. If you find
YOU cannot stand this ratio of increase
without undue fatigue increase by one
every other morning instead Of every
morning.
O!d-time gymnasts were taught to
rise entirely to a sitting posture in
this exercise. This, however, is harm
fui. For after you are about three
quarters Of the way up the strain be-
gins to fall on the spine, which 1t
wearies without Strengthening.
This rising and sinking exercise IS
splendid for strengthening all the mus
Giles of the hack and abdomen. and is
also beneficial for the leg muscles.
In this as we'll as in all the other ex-
prcisos do not loaf. At the same time
do not move jerkily. Every movement
should be regular and quick, but not
sudden.
For instance. when startiI-g begin
also to count one, two, three, four. Al
the word two" You should be up" at
the word -four you should be on your
back again; starting to rise again at
the next count of one" A second
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03


grasped at single step was her dead
fathers sword. He had been an officer
in the ranger service Of the Lone Star
republic.
THAT was horrible situation for
O few moments says Mrs Calone.
The agonizing suspense did not last
long. The mad brute began to wag his
long tail and lick his red chops. The
Spartan mother realized that the bat
tie was on, and as she seized the dog.
iron she shouted to her children:
Run under the bed"
The panther with wild Shrek
Wanted toward the group. The little
children were scrambling away, and
the two women stepped apart. The
mad monster passed between them
and he landed right into the fire,
ClaWing the burning Goals and howl
Ing with rage the tortured beast was
doubtless partially blinded. Mrs. Ca.
lone struck him a hard blow on the
mead which staggered him; but when
he leaped from the fireplace he mad,
straight for the mother, who. was
aiming to reach the door for the pur
pose of throwing it open.
showers of sparks cracking and fly-
Ing from his fur and his red mouth
wide open he looked hideous enough
to have paralyzed a Drawer woman
than ]" says Mrs. Calone. FANNY had
grasped the sword, and as the horrible
beast sprang upon her mother she ran
forward and plunged the blade into
his body. He was not easy to kin
Inc brave girl had to strike again
and slash the monster almost into
TWO pieces before he relaxed his laws
and rolled quivering and harmless
upon the bloody floor.
am not much hurt, daughter" OK.
claimed the mother, springing to her
feet. Fortunately her shoulder was
not much more than scratched,
Thank heaven it is all over" said
Fanny, sinking dowA on the hearth
out 1t will be many long day before
get over the scare" After the car
cass OF the big panther had been
dragged out into the yard and the
blood washed away the children re-.
turned to the hearth and the LITTLE
family finished their supper.