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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
Nothing New Under the Sun
Inventors Get Most Of Their Ideas From
Plants and Animals.
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The ideas for of the things his
use have been taken from animals and pants-copied
the webbed OF aquatic birds and the hind feet OF the
we have the prototypes of the featherng floats of the paddle wheels
of steamships and the principle of eaterng when
rowing.
Fishes swimming bladder ejecting
air and to ascend by rehng the air bag This principal has been
largely used in hpbuidng Watertigh partitions made
divide the vessel into a number of air chambers
The claws of the crab and lobster resemble closely gashe
pliers having eetke projections all along the inner portion
ton works hinge ulcrum The motion applied by
OF a strong muscle attached to carlagnous blade
Some West Indian crabs only the ends of their
claws In this respect they resemble the ordinary
Pfncers.
There nothing in rams
ship charge another device swordfsh
by of which only fish, but the sides of timber
built ships.
Even the plants have orestalled Nearly
everybody perhaps has wondered why the nearly all plants
and the trunks and branches round instead other
shape The existence of tall plants and depends largely
the wind And with square branches would
offer wouldbe continually
having its branches snapped
1t for the engineers build tall ehmneys
for bridges round preference other
The stems of bamboos, grasses wheat oats hollow
although they grow great heights comparison their thick
ness One might naturally suppose that gain strength they
the stems ought to be solid the base but Care
full have that solid column subject bending
strains stronger than hollow of the diameter
Consequently all shafts made hollow And the steel
shafts which drive the steamships have hole bored down
the reduce the weight But this does reduce the
strength.
The thickness of the of proportion
weight to be borne Horizontal branches such those Of the cedar
and elm much thicker than the almost vertical branches the
poplar The natural factor in breaking about
exclusive of wind and employ
building with timber
The weaving rope netman practced by
the lower forms OF life notably catepr and spiders The
struc wonderful of leaves by sewing together
London Express.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
BIRDS ROBBED MAIL BOX.

remarkable story of bird intelli-
genee is told by Henry Babb, of Bow
doinham, whose mail box is on the R.
F. D. route. One side of this box is
broken, and some time ago Mr.. Babb
found bird had built her nest in the
box, going in through the hole made by
the broken place. The bird set up
housekeeping iua this novel home, and
now there are five young birds and the
mother
Several times the mail carriers have
tried to drive the bird away. and at
first they took the nest and. threw it
away, but every time the bird returned,
and after the young ones came they
gave up trying to dislodge them. Last
week Mr.. Babb found the signal set on
the box and looked for mail, but found
none in the box.
This happened a number of times, so
often that he decided that some one had
tempered with the box. So he asked
the neighbors to watch out One day
when 4 neighbor, George Haekett. drove
H p saw bird flying from the box
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
Oahu Railway
TIME TABLE

OUTWARD.
Fer wafznae, waialua, Kahuku and
way StatiaasH@s:15 a. M. 1920 p. m.
Fer Pearl City, Eva NH and Way
staffons-77-3e a. M, 1915 a. M, '1:05
- M. @2-1s p M, 1920 p. m, '5:15 p.
M. tS-3a D IN, I'll p. m.
Fer Wahia~a-sS:15 a. m. and $50
p m
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku, Wal
alza and Wa1anae-"S:36 a. m, 6:Sl
p m
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mil and
Pearl Clty-S7:4s a. m, 1886 a. mr.
aI0-Ss a. IN, 'l:40 p. M, s4:31 p. m,
E-al D. m, $z:3e D. m.
Arrive Honolutu from Wahiawa-
AIS A. m and "5:31 p. m
sDaIly- Xxx. Sunday. tSunday Only.
The HaIeTwa Limited, a two-hour
train fanIy tirst-cIass tickets honored).
leaves HonssuIa every Sunday at 8:22
O. m, returning, arrives in Honolulu
mt 1910 D. m The Limited stops only
NJ pearl CITY and Waianae.
q % DENTSON. F. C. SMITH,
Superintendent G. p. & T. A.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
VIII G. IRWIN & CO., LTD
SUGAR FACTORS AND

SUGAR FACTORS AND
COMMISSION AGENTS
VIM G. irwin President
John D. Spreckels.-Firs Vice President
" M. Giffsrd Second Vice President
II NJ Whitney- Treasurer
Richard Tgexs- Secretary
d G. Auditor
AGENTS FOR
Oceanic Steamship Co., San Fran
szsea, Cal
Baldwin, Locomotive Works, Philadel-
phia> Pa
Haka1za Plantation Co.
HiiS Sugar Company.
Hanaau2H Plantation Co.
Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co.
KHMnea Sugar Plantation Co.
OhrNEa1a Company.
Psanaaa Plantation Co.
Wsimazala Sugar Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03

with something in its mouth. He fol
lowed the bird to tree some distance
away, and there the bird stopped, and
after dropping the article she carried
flew away.
Mr. Hackett went under the tree and
found four letters addressed to Mr..
Babb. Each one had been brought APP
parently by this unusual messenger
Just why the same tree was selected
every time seems strange One theory
advanced is that their presence in the
box interfered with the domestic ar
rangements of the feathered ledger. who
took this way to get rid of them
Lewiston (Maine) Journal
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NOTICE.

E. Colt Hebron holds full power of
attorney TO act for me and for my wife
during our absence from the Territory.
Sl06 J. j. EGAN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03

The attendant was showing the luna
tic asylum to the visitor, and opened
the door to the first cell. Inside was
a man sitting on stool and gazing
vacantly at the wall. ''Sad story,p
said the attendant; che was in love
with a girl, but she married another
man, and he lost his reason in grief. -
They stole out softly, closing the door
behind them, and proceeded to, the
next inmate. This cell was thicklv
padded, and the man within was stark,
staring mad. ''Who is this?' INQUIRED
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
SPECIAL. MEETING.
PACIFIC SUGAR MILL

A special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Pacific Sugar Mill will be
held at the Office of T. A. sehaefer &
Co, Ltd, in Honolulu on Wednesday,
August 5, 1908, at o clock p. m.
J. w. WALDRON.
Secretary, Pacific Sugar Mill.
Honolulu, August 1, 1908. S107
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Kapiolani
Estate, Limited, will be held at its of
fee, in the Kapiolani building, corner
of King and Alakea streets, on Friday,
August z, 1908, at Il clock m.
JESSE P. MAKAINAI,
Secretary, Kapiolani Estate, Limited.
2I07
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03

A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Territory Stables Company,
Ltd, will be held at the Office of the
Kapiolani Estate, Kapiolani building,
on Friday, August Z, 1908, at 1880
o clock a. m.
ADRIAN M. KEOHO,
s107 Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
R0OEAU RAIL war
KAHuKU EAST.
EAHANA WEST.

I'm effect August /.
Conneesing at Kahuku with the o.
T. g L Co Is 9:15 a. m. train from
uanaEufH-
Returning, leaves Kahana at 1:27 p.
NM, eenneefiag with the afternoon train
for tine city whica leaves Kahuku at
2.za
JAMES J. BOWLING, Supt.
r. 6 P0LLISTER, G. P. 6 T. Agent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
Hn. 6. Irwin & Co., Ltd.


AGENTS FOR THE
Royal Insurance Co., of Liverpool, Eng
land
Scottish Union & National Insurance
Co., af Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Upper Rhine Insurance Co., Ltd.
Commercial Assurance Co., Ltd, of
LansIoz-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

8I07
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03

our patrons that our machine shop has
just been equipped with the latest i'm
proved tools, and that we are prepared
to take in wider range of work. Steam
and gasolene engines, automobiles and
all kinds of fine machinery repaired.
Ship and general blacksmithing. We
have also quite variety of second
hand machiner. tools, implements, belt
ing, ETC., which will be sold cheap, at
NEILLPs WORKSHOP,
1875 Merchant ST. P. o. Box 3S1.
Telephone 116.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03

the visitor. "This,'' repeated the at.
tendant, this is the other man."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
Fish the Enemy Of Mosquitoes.

The blue eye" so called on account
of the brilliant blue of its iris. is a
small fish one and half 10 two inches
long, living in shallow Australian wa
tiers, but the creature has been made
very big in Importance 10y the discov
cry of Count Burger Moerne'. Swedish
consul, that 1t subsists ON mosquito
larvae. After some difficulty. enough
Of the fishes have been captured and
sent to Naples to test their possible
influence in altering the condition Of
the malarious swamps and marshes Of
Italy. To science the fish is known as
Psendomugil signifier. and 1t belongs
10 the family of Athorinides, repre-
scented in different parts of the world
by IA principal kinds and 65 sub
varieties. which will be eagerly inves-
tigated If the Italian experiments sue
ceed
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
Portrait True to Life,

Robert Henri, the portrait painter
was showing DR.. Helmuth collection
of paintings at the New York school
of art the other day. They paused
before the portrait of a middle-aged.
prosperous-looking man. Dr. Hell
muth looked carefully at it and said:
How long ago was that portrait
painted?"
about year." said Henri.
THAT u.s." continued the doctor.
Just about six months before the
mans DEATH"
You're right" said the painter,
but how did you know he was dead?"
by the portrait. Presenting that
the picture Is a good likeness. 1t shows
symptoms of Bright's disease in the
features and complexion that would
almost make 1t impossible for the man
having them to live more than six
months at the most"
Pretty flattering to the man who
painted the portrait, eh?' said Henri.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
THE CHEEKY PLAINFlELD COOK.
story Used by Or. Hill to Rebuke
Ultra-Socialist.

A Bucknell university professor was
talking about David Jayne Hill, the
successor In the Berlin embassy to
Charlemagne Tower.
DIR HILL" he said, impressed us
here--you know he was our president
for a number of years--no less with
his wit than with his learning. He
had thought and written on many sub.
1ects-psychology rhetoric, socialism,
fnance-and TO hear him discuss these
subjects was a delight heard him
take down one day an ultra-socialistic
student.
Young man. he said you and
your extravagant friends remind me
In your attitude toward capital, of a
Plainfield cooks attitude toward her
mistress. One Christmas Time, when
lived at Plainfield. a lady sent her
cook out to buy the Christmas turkey.
But when the cook returned she had
two chickens.
Martha" the lady said, II told
you to get a turkey, not chicken
""l know. num-" Martha answered,
but don't like turkey -"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
From the co-Eds' Joke Factory.

Out at the University of Chicago the
woman's dormitories have developed
fountain heads of humor from which
wit springs as spontaneously as oil
from John ID. Rockefeller's wells In
Indiana, says the Chicago Examiner.
Most of the gags" at the founders
expense are suspected to have ema.
mated from this source. Recently the
goods have evolved new jest, or,
rather, a new version of an old one,
which starts off like this:
why is j. Pierpont Morgan like
Pharaoh's daughter"
or course, the ordinary low-bred re.
plies:
Il dunno; why is j. Pierpont Nor
gan like Pharaohs daughter?"
Then comes the reply:
-. PierpOnt Morgan is like
Pharaoh's daughter because they each
found little prophet in the rushes on
the banks"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
Modern Socrates.

In that genial form of gossiping
about current affairs that is something
ldignified with the name of philosophiz.
ing. Prof Meade of the weather bu-
reau Is most charming. Usually when
he meets a certain friend on the street
the conversation covers a wide scope
and is Illuminated by a droll humor
that pervades the Meade school of
philosophy. so they did In Greece"
said Prof. Meade one day. so the
ancient philosophers of that highly ia
vored land settled all questions to
their own satisfaction. at least in
their daily communion OF minds. The
philosophy of the Greeks is the source
Of western philosophy. suppose we
enjoy philosophy as we'll as the Greeks
did. From now | will call you Plato"
To this the response was: Greater
art thou, professor. Thy name Is So
crates. who boasts OF having Plato and
Aristotle as his most famous dis
ciples." Therefore II any citizen hear
one man call Prof. Meade Socrates"
or even odd Soc," 1t is q fair guess
that the explanation Of that modern
day Greek phenomenon In San Fran.
cisco is explained fully herein.-San
Francisco Call.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
Uses Of Salt.

Few people realize the many uses OF
salt. Its use for favoring food, which
makes 1t absolutely Indispensable in
the kitchen, is, while the most impor-
tant, only one of its many uses. If 1t
is put on cut Immediately the cut
will heal up without being sore. II
tired eyes are bathed in strong solu.
ton of IL, they find quick relief. II It
is sprinkled over spilled claret on table
linen there will be no stain small
amount taken on the tongue will re-
lieve indigestion and sometimes cure
a sick headache. And then, of course,
II you sprinkle 1t on the tail of bird,
you can catch the bird, whether it be
an eagle or one of those little hot fel.
lows that come with a cold bottle
What to Eat
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
TWO CURES FoR' csAsIckNEss.
Sailor Endorses Cnc That He Consider.
the GerrlTc fr.iclc.

"Speakin' of seasickness," said the
sailor. Il once seen q very seasick man
settin' in a deck chair starin' hard at
a photograph.
"'Wot's the idear o. that dodge?' !
says to him.
Sure cure for seasickness.' says
he. Fix your thoughts on some one
you hate, and the qualms pass off.
feel better Already he says. gulpin'
an swallerin'
Another time seen hypnotist do
a good business on the long southern
run from New York to Naples. Every
time the sea roughed up. this here
chap hypnotized them that felt them
selves gettin' sick, and he fetched 'em
round again with the return O smooth
weather. That there hypnotism was
the nearest thing to genuine cure for
seasickness that's ever come under
my observation"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
Are Men Ne...r Than wom.na

The proprietor of city laundry
claims that men are heater than
women.
THE average mans laundry bill"
he said the other day. lis prodigal,
reckless, extravagant thing beside the
average womans Take collars--to
60 no deeper. A man will never wear
a collar more than one day and some
times, II he Is going out. he puts on a
fresh collar in the evening. But a
woman studies her collar very care
fully before she throws 1t In the wash
She watches it turn, from day to day.
first dull, then livid, then-but let us
avoid details. will just say, in one
word. that "A woman's collar must be
dirty, positively and Enthusiastically
dirty. before she gives 1t up.
Eek pede Herculem," said the
learned laundryman. From her col.
lar the woman in her entirety may be
judged. claim, and | have statistics
to back me up. that woman, with all
her vanity and fancy airs, is not near
ly so neat an animal as man"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
WAS A TASK FOR CENTURIES.
Seems There Are Altogether Too
Many Kinds Of Wall Paper.

Il read somewhere the other day"
said Mr.. Briggilsby, that there are
now produced 7,942.7i4 different styles
of wall paper and guess that must be
true.
I'VE are going to have few rooms
In our apartment repapered. and there
have been submitted to US to choose
from great books of wall paper
samples representing altogether 200
styles. And these 200 styles. you un.
derstand. represent simply the styles
Of one grade of paper produced by one
manufacturer. and there are many
grades Of wall paper and many manu-
facturers, and | guess II you were to
take all the grades and styles made
by each Of the manufact- fers and add
them all together you'd find that the
number of styles given as the grand
total, namely. 7,942.713, was not far
from correct
And | cant tell you how glad | am
that we didn't have all those styles
to choose from. AS ii was, with only
200 styles we had great time.
First we couldn't tell at all. and
then we'd half settle on one paper,
only to find something that we liked
better when SIC turned over the leaf.
and tie we'd find something that was
about as good, and then we didn't
know what to do.
Then we finally selected one paper
and settled on that, and then we de-
cided on another, these two for ad-
joining rooms; but when we came to
put them together, why, they wouldn't
do. and so we had to start all over
again for one, and maybe before we
got through we discarded both and
had to start once more at the begin
ming.
And thought we'd never settle on
which we'd take job to decide?
Why, 1t took us just one week to
choose the papers for five rooms from
200 samples, and here's what l wanted
i to say:
Suppose they had sent us to choose
from the full complete lines OF all
samples. numbering 7,942,714. | shud
der to think Of it.
Wed never been satisfied in the
world unless we'd looked them all
through. never, and If 1t took us one
week to look through and decide upon
200 samples. why. to look through
| 7,942,714 samples would have taken
us 39,713 weeks. or rising of 1913 years
MY! My! What an escape that
was; and just as likely as not we
wouldn't have found in the whole
100000 samples anything that we'd
really like any better than what we've
got now"-N. Y. Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
Sure to Do the Work.

DR.. II. w. Wiley. the department of
agriculture's famous chemical expert.
was discussing certain impure beers.
II am reminded" said DR.. Wiley.
smiling. of an incident that happened
in the western town of Tin Can.
Tin Can had brewery, and the
beer from this brewery was unspeak.
ably bad.
We'll. one night melodrama was
performed in the town hall, and in the
second act there was a thrilling solil.
oquy by the villain.
The villain. alone on the stage,
gnawed his black mustache and de-
bated with himself how he should kill
the hero.
THE knife? he muttered to his
cigarette. Poison? A pistol shot? Or
shall kill him with
Just then there came loud inter.
ruption from a cowboy In box:
30, give him some Tin Can beer
Washington Star.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
DOCTOR USES D. D. D. IN MS PRACTICE.
Eminent Physician Says This Great Liquid Pre-
scription Is Certain Cure For Eczema.

Still another Eczema specialist
comes forward in enthusiastic praise
OF d. d. D. Prescription, the wonder
ful external remedy which cures Ecz' :
ma and other similar diseases III e
magic. He is DR.. Z. b. Holmes, q
Silver City, Miss, and In summing up
his impressions OF the startling cures
d. ID. d. has effected, he says:
II have been using your d. ID. ID.
for four years with gratifying results.
IT'S AS NEAR A SPECIFIC FOR
HERPES, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS,
ETC, AS is QUININE FOR MA
LARA"
DR.. Holmes Is one of the hundreds
Of physicians who use ID. ID. ID. In
their daily practice. The ID. d. d.
company allows physicians to use this
remedy with the understanding that
they tell their patients what IL was
that cured them when the terrible
itch has been wiped out, the skin
healed and the raw wound covered
over with soft white skin. ID. ID. ID.
is not a nasty paste to smear the skin
and clothing, but 1t is clear liquid.
1t Is advisable to use D. ID. ID. soap In
connection with the ID. ID, ID. Pre-
scription
Is any further proof OF the curative
powers OF d. d, ID. Prescription neces'
sary? That remedy is sold at Ritter
Bros. Drug Co. Come in and let us
show you convincing proof that ID. D.
d. will cure your skin disease. Even
II you have not decided to use ID. d.
n. remedy, come In and explain your
case anyway.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
SPIDERS HAVE OWN AlRshIPs.
Air 10 Filled with Them When the
Families Separate.

When the British war balloon Multi
Secundns was sailing high over Lon.
don the navigators in the car found
the air filled with spiders. This phe.
nomenon is explained very simply. In
early autumn the spider families sepa.
rate. Hundreds Of thousands Of in.
fantile spiders on warm sunny morn.
Ing scale the low bushes, cling to the
tips OF the leaves and project slender
silken threads from the spinnerets at
the end OF their bodies. Before very
long the air near, the ground, becom.
Ing heated, ascends, and carries up
the silken threads with II. Still the
little creatures hold on and pour out
silk till each has some eight or ten
feet OF line rising almost perpendicu.
larry into the air above It, At last
they let go and rise into the air them.
selves, each at the extremity OF its
own thread. In this way they are car.
ried upward, perhaps for many hun.
dreds of feet, till at last they meet a
current of air moving slowly along,
and by this they are carried often for
many miles, while they can always de-
scend at will by the simple expedient
of rolling up their supporting threads.
On warm autumn morning the air
Is often filled with these baby spiders,
each sailing securely on its own little
silken airship. When they descend
bushes. trees and low plants are FIRE.
quently covered with their gossamer
threads.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-25
HAD MET THE SENATOR BEFORE.
Diplomat Unaware He Was lntroduc.
ing Old Friends.

When Senator Knox Of Pennsyl.
vania was abroad recently he was met
at the station in Paris by a member OF
the American embassy. After the SEN
ator and. his friend had exchanged
greetings, the diplomat remarked.
by the way, senator, the handsomest
woman in Continental society is in
the station. Wouldn't you like to
meet herr" mo less honored than
delighted" returned the senator, gal.
lantly. Thereupon the two men
crossed the Cafe du Nord and a sec.
ond later the diplomat was saying:
Countess, allow me to present one OF
your distinguished 'countrymen."
Turning, the countess after one quick
glance rushed toward the senator and
throwing her arms about his neck. ex.
claimed; Why, Uncle Phil, you dear
old thing, wherever did you come from.
anyway" II was Countess Gontaut
de Biron, who before her marriage
was Martha Leishman, daughter Of
the American ambassador to Turkey.
Years ago, before the Knoxes or
Leishman became known to the world
at large the two families were near
nnishbors at their homes in Pitts
burg. AS short frocked miss of the
schoolgirl genus MARTHA Leishman
was great chum of Senator Knox's
only daughter, and to thi, day the
countess is looked upon as member
of the senator's family.