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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-05

Canada the lean with the fat of immigration For good while back
of European
everybody steamship
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-05

plan lighting fleet has the merit
still economical
lanterns off the endo he wharves
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

fiendish Imagination must have
prompted such torture. During this
scene, little Chinese girl in the court
room, laughing and prattling, wit
messed 1t unmoyed. She was the
daughter Of the jailer and presumably
hardened to such things.
Pirates are frequently brought In
from the interior, chained together by
rings fastened through each mans
collarbone, and sometimes prisoners
who are being carried from one place
to another are hamstrung, to prevent
any possibility OF their escaping
The most dreadful of all executions
in China is the ling chee, or hundred
cuts, where the condemned man Is
given 80 cuts on different parts of the
body, contrived with such devilish
cunning that death does not come
until the last cut, reaching the heart,
puts them out of their agony.
This execution is only administered
for three crimes !. attempted assassina-
tion of the emperor or empress, the
killing of father or mother or the kill
ing of husband by a wife. The killing
of wife by husband is not SO seri-
GUS a matter.
Another method of execution pc.
culiar to the Chinese is to put man
in wicker cage that is fitted closely
about his neck. his head appearing
through hole in the top. He stands
on several bricks. and each day q
brick is taken from under his feet, let
ting his weight be more and more sus.
pended from his neck. He is given
nothing to eat or drink, so besides
perishing from hunger and thirst he
is slowly choked to death. No man
can endure this dreadful combination
longer than three or four days at the
outside. sa frgs
In China a man must sign his own
death warrant by linking his thumb
! and making the impression of it on the
paper. Chinese law, when once 1t has
man in It's clutches, is loath to give
him up whether he be innocent OF
guilty. So If lie does not sign the war.
rant willingly he is tortured until he
does 1t in sheer desperation.
Political prisoners, who are sen
fenced to banishment, seldom reach
the place Of helrldestination, for after
such = sentence there IL almost always
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14
The Funny Thing. One Sees
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles. j

Shanghai has IL precinct police sta
tions and one court, known as the
MIXED Court" because some repre-
sentative of the several consulates
sits each day with the Chinese magis-
trate.
was introduced to the magistrate
by DR.. Barchet, and found him very
gracious, and possessing fair supply
of English. He was dressed in full
mandarin dress, brown satin coat,
beautifully embroidered, and a black
velvet hat turned up about the edge,
and decorated with the button, the
horse-tail and the peacock's feathers
that indicate a mandarin's rank.
We went into the courtroom,
everyone quickly took their places and
the hearings began. All prisoners
when brought before the magistrate
must kneel during the entire proceed
ing.
Though all the prisoners were Chi.
nese, and the cases were conducted In
that language, could follow most OF
them, as the English sergeants pre-.
ferred their charges to DR.. Burchet
who is proficient Chinese. scholar
and he in turn translated them to the
magistrate.
When policeman brings man be
fore the court he drives him by his
cue, and when he takes him
away, he pulls him by it, or il there
are several prisoners, he knots their
cues together and pulls them
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

court, where a hesk was placed, be-
hind which the assistant magistrate
sat.
The prisoners are brought out, and
stand at one side, waiting their turn.
The magistrate calls name, Wan
Hua, for instance, and prisoner steps
out. The magistrate gables OF o
Chinese tumble of words that mean,
"You, Wan Hua, are convicted of steal
ing coat and three quilts from Mrs.
Ho Soy, and are sentenced to 200
strokes with the bamboo" Then he
proceeds with his reading and writing
and pays no more attention.
The prisoner throws himself on q
piece of mating laid on the top step
leading to the magistrates desk, his
trousers are pushed down, exposing
his thighs, and two men in ridiculous
red sugar-loaf hats trimmed with blue,
seat themselves on the prisoners feet
and shoulders, the latter one clutching
his cue.
Two men with little fat bamboo
rods about yard long squat each
side, when one begins and delivers
about 25 lashes--then rests, and the
other takes it up, counting aloud as
they beat. The prisoner howls and
cries and begs, tears streaming from
his eyes, for though 1t does not break
the skin, 1t Is extremely painful.
The men sitting on the prisoner joke
and laugh, the officers standing about
carry on animated conversations, and
as this all takes place in o courtyard,
open to the street, children run in and
out, playing and laughing, mothers
with babies in their arms look stolidly
on. the babies blinking solemnly,
while little crowd of curious men
stand about the entrance.
The mixed court. being jointly un-
der the jurisdiction Of foreigners, is
necessarily more merciful and lenient
than an unmixed Chinese court
A gentleman told me of witnessing
a courtroom scene in the interior of
China, where man who refused to
confess was struck on the ankle bone
with a mallet until he tainted from
the hideous pain-the bone being
crushed to jelly.
Anyone who has had an argument
with rockingham in the dark. and
received even slight blow on the
ankle bone, can appreciate what q
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14
.BORAX in THE b DAIRY.
4 Mattsf Of Profitable Interest Il.
ths Farmer and Dairyman

The problem Of keeping sweet all
the utensils used IN connection with
milk and cream selling. and butter
making, has been q serious one with
the farmer
He has come to realize fully that
the slightest faint or hint OF staleness
left in a can, tin or churn may ruin
whole output; that the taint which
is left is in the form OF bacteris
which grow and multiply in milk OF
butter. producing disastrous results
The farmer has learned that hot
water, won't rinse away the greasy
residue In dairy utensils.
He has learned that soap leaves 9
residue Of its own which is, II any
thing, worse than the milk or cream
residue. and It is little wonder that
that there has been constant clamor
for dairy cleanser and sweetener
that will meet modern requirements.
A few of the largest creamery es-
tablishments have called experts into
consultation on this problem and have
with this scientific aid hit upon a prod
uct of nature which exactly fills the
bill--borax
Scientists have long known borax az
cleanser, sweetener and an anti
septic destroyer of bacteria and germ
growths. Destroys all that is harm
ful and promotes and preserves fresh
ness, sweetness and purity. relieving
the dairyman and dairy housewife Of
drudgery and Of needless work and
worry.
It's cheapness and value should give
1t first place in the necessities Of
every dairy.
The cows udder is kept in q clean,
healthy and smooth condition by
washing 1t with borax and water.
tablespoonful Of borax to two quarts
of water.
This. prevents roughness and core
ness or cracking teats, which make
milking time dread to the COW and q
worry to the mixer.
TO MoTHERs.--A dainty book in col.
ors, called "JIneIe Book" sent free to
any Mother sending name and address
Of her baby, and tops from one pound
carton of "20 Mule Team" Package
Borax, with DO In stamps.
Address Pacific Coast Borax Co..
Chicago, Ill.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

along in bunch. With such persua-
sion, prisoner is not apt to hesitate
long.
For thieving, prisoners are SEN
fenced to certain number of strokes
with the bamboo, or the cangue for
SO many hours day-sometimes both
together.
The cangue is large square board
that fits about their necks, and be-
sides being very heavy and uncom-
Portable, is considered great dis
grace, for 1t has the prisoners name
and crime pasted on it. In order to
make the punishment more severe, the
prisoner is often condemned to be
taken to the place where the crime
was committed, and made to stand
near the store or house where the ma
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14
Pants fer the orphan,.

There is praiseworthy custom In
some families Of sending all the
pants" that the boys have gone
through, wholly or in part, to the asy.
lum for orphans, and, as the orphans
never mind hole more or less, they
are glad to get the garments. In one
Of these families few days ago oc-
Cured little incident bearing on this
laudable custom. Fred was engaged
in that extremely fascinating, but
rather dangerous, sport of sliding
down the banisters.
What are you doing there. Fred?"
asked mamma
Making pants for the poor little
orphans" answered Fred.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Mr.. Carnegie confidently anticipates
that in the next generation, or the
one after, the habit OF tobacco smoking
will be held in the same disrepute that
tobacco chewing is now. A rather dis,
tant peep into the indefinite future.
Meanwhile. the great majority Of man
kind win continue to solace itself with
one OF the least harmful OF all the
vicss when moderately indulged In.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

tended by torture and pain before the
end finally comes. Even in the simple
and less painful bambooing, bribe
will induce the whipper to hold the
bamboo stiff, causing much less pain
than If allowed to bend and spring.
The captain OF British barque lying
off Canton described the execution of
29 pirates who had attacked a. tug
manned by coolies and slaughtered the
greater part of them. AS all execu.
tions are free to the public there was
a general request by the crew of the
barque for holiday, and permission
being granted by the captain, there
was general exodus to the shore.
1t appeared that only those Of the
criminals who could not purchase ran
som were executed. Those who had
$50. or friends that could supply that
sum, were liberated on payment OF the
same to the mandarin Of the district.
The luckless 29 had apparently neith-
er friends nor money. So they were
marshaled out of prison under
strong guard of soldiers; and, like the
prisoners In our Sing Sing who are al
lowed for their last meal the best that
the prison cuisine affords, these male
factors were furnished any mode Of
conveyance at the disposal of the au-
( thorities to convey them to the place
of execution.
The condemned were marshaled In
line, and required to kneel on ''all
fours" before the mandarin and his
suite. All knew the procedure. and
there was no confusion. The heads
man, armed with keen. broad-bladed
sword, stepped out. II this gentleman
should fail to sever the head of his
victim in three blows, his own would
ue forfeit. But in this instance he did
his work with both certainty, and ce-
lerity. Approaching the first in line,
he gave swift, swinging blow on the
back of the neck and decapitated
head rolled onto the sword.
This dreadful system of bribery and
Squeezing" is the canker at the heart
of China. Everyone expects It from
everyone else; even the children are
not to be trusted. A Chinese woman
sends her child to chow shop, and
weighs the food when 1t is brought
home to see that her own child is not
Squeezing her.
In making change. the smallest boy, as
salesman, will keep back two OF three
cash" Should you say: How fash
ion you steal my cash? You blong
alice same as t'ief." he will indignant
ly answer: my no blong t'ief; my
ketchie you watch, then b'long tief
but my just make little squeeze"
It would seem as If all the horrible
punishments 80 publicly administered
would effectually prevent even the
most reckless and hardened from
committing crime, but 1t doesn't seem
to do so. and the courts go on flourish
ing On the bribes extorted and the
money paid by innocent people to
keep out of court. for 1t is openly
ayerred that Chinese court of JUS.
tice. among other delinquencies, Is not
even above blackmail.
1t is not surprising that among the
people are such sayings as "Tigers and
snakes are kinder than Judges or run,
ners." or "In life. beware Of seqrts; In
death. beware OF hsllls
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Whitelaw Reid, the American am
bassador to Great Britain, and many
other distinguished persons attended
the Basque Fetes arranged in Sare.
France. in honor of King Edward His
majesty, who is sojourning at Biar-
ritz. was prevented from attending,
however, on account of storm which
prevailed there.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Still, a good many legislators go
through a term without getting with
in smelling distance of Doodle. The
presence of corruption funds is often
apparent only to green reporter or a
member who thinks his fayorite meas
ure is in danger. Hard cash is just
about as tough at state capital as
elsewhere.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14
How / Cured sweeny and Flstula.

ptOW WI Sh S"SSUy atth tot0tCs
II want to tell you how saved ono
of our horses that had fistula. We
had the horse doctor out and he said
1t was SO bad that he did not think he
c6uld cure 1t, and did not come again.
Then we tried Sloan's Liniment and
1t cured 1t up nicely.
"One day last spring was plowing
for a neighbor who had horse with
sweeny. and told him about Sloan's
Liniment and he had me get bottle
for him, and 1t cured his horse all
right, and he goes OF now like a colt.
I'VE had a horse that had sweeny
awfully bad and we thought it was
never going to be any good, but we
used Sloan's Liniment and 1t cured 1t
up nicely. told another neighbor
about 1t and he said 1t was the best
Liniment he ever used.
"Wc are using Sloan's Sure Colo
Cure and we think 1t is all right"
A. d. Bruce. Aurelia, Ia.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

A commemorative bronze tablet has
been placed on Old South Middle Hall,
In Yale campus, New Haven, to mark
the room once occupied by Nathan
Hale, Yale 1878, hero of the revolution
ary war This room also was later
occupied by Eli Whitney, inventor of
the cotton gin, and John c. Calhoun.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

q The making of cologne water is
secret, floating news note informs
us, but cologne is far from being Sc
cretive otherwise, as any visit to the
theater can teach us.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Mrs. Baldwin, a niece of Gen. U. S.
Grant, has been postmaster at St.
Albans, Kanawha county, w. Va, for
many years, and is likely to continue
SO while she lives.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

At may be true that South Carolina
is now raising as fine tea as any that
can be produced in China but we still
have to depend largely on China for
our laundrymen.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Another obvious embarrassment oc-
casioned' by these alliances between
dukes and American heiresses is that
1t prompts all the tailors to get busy
and recoup themselves.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Castro defies us and the battleship'
are on the other side of the world
Still, it might be worse.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

ture of his crime, as well as his name
are plainly to be read by every passer-
by. This is a terrible punishment for
them. for the Chinese are very sensi-
tive about being publicly shamed,
closing faca," they call It.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

One cent was found among the as
sets of the latest looted bank. In the
haste of departure the manager ap-
pears to have inadvertently dropped
1t on the floor.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Rev. D. c. Hughes, father of the
New York governor, preached twice to
one of Brooklyn's Baptist congrega'
tions recently.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

The English suifragette goes after a
vote as if it were packed away in
something calling for a hammer and
a chisel to get the hoops off.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Hawaii is spoken of as the key Il
the Pacific, which is like calling thu
pantry the storm door.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Jersey City will soon have the big.
gest clock in the world, with an H.
Illuminated dial 2S feet in diameter, and
Jersey City men will have one less
reason for staying out late at night.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

When the fresh egg shows up on
can bat admire how the gentle hen i'm
proves on the cold-storage plant.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

The pay-asyou-enter cars seem to
be more especially popular with those
who happen to have their nickels
handy.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

The cock doth now crow to let you
know, if you be wise It's time to revise
or readjust.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Alexander E. Orr, of New York city,
Is said to be director in more com
panies than any other man living.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Business is looking up for the um
brella man.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

What chance has the poor infant
born heir to 100000 to become a
self-made man?
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

The lawyers are very sorry, of
course. that there is any possibility Of
divorce in the Vanderbilt family,
but If there must be one, they will
cheerfully consent to take the case.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

If the Gould family insists on cut
ting down Annals allowance will the
prince be keen to take off his coat
and support her?
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Prince Helie de Sagan must have 6
fascinating way about him,
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Foreign noblemen are not the ones
who do not learn by experience. They
have found way to marry an Ameri-
can heiress and still beat their cred.
itors.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

In the afternoon ] went back to the
mixed court and saw some men bam-
booed. It was done In q different
place from where the trials take
place. being st one side Of an open
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

Guaranteed cures for anarchists ant
octopuses are always in order.
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14

an accident, either by the chair IN
which he Is carried being tipped while
on bridge b. one Of the coolies
stumbling and thrown Into the river,
whore there is no hope Of escape from
the clumsy. tightly closed affair, or
else the -banished one 10 mysteriousfy
attacked by highwaymen and mur.
dered.
All executions OF any sort are free
for anyone, man. woman or child. to
witness. And the effect of that uni
versal and deadly system OF bribery is
only too apparent, q system that saps
the strength and ability Of China to
become great country, for from one
end Of the kingdom to the other there
is no disinterested desire for ad-
vancement; only a case of the big. fish
eating up the little ones--and no man
SO great that he cannot be bought.
II prisoner condemned to be be-
headed will pay the executioner fat
bribe he may expect to be sent out OF
existence with neatness and dispatch
after being heavily drugged with
opium. But II he refuses, he must suf.
fer clumsy execution that will be at
The Jasper news., 1908-05-14
No Occasion for Il.

"My DEAR" said the old man to his
,nly daughter en- the morning of her
wedding day. Il don't see how l am
soing to get along without you"
Now. don't let that worry you,
papa" replied the fair maid, as she ad.
1usted her bridal veil. George con.
fessed to me last night that he hadn't
enough money even to buy second.
hand stove, 80 instead of losing me T.
looks as IL We were going to stay
right with you"
Sheer white goods, In fact, any fiue
wash goods when new, owe much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered. this being done In
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at ths
improved appearances OF yorr work.
EnJoymsnt Of Il.
"A fool and his mouey are soon
parted, my SON.
-Yss. but parting 4 such sveek sap'
FRWs ~ 4. /. ~. a s. a.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22
SOUTH SPRINGDALE.

May 19.-Guess we can raise a few burrs If nothing else.
 The raiu Monday morning we think was the closing chapter.
 Farmers will have to work day and night almost if they ever catch up.
 Mrs. Fisher. who has been on a visit to her father, Daniel Hummer. for some time. left to- day for her home iu northern H. linois.
 Ras Graham has tile best piece of corn we have seen. Iii OH rolling land and has been plowed once.
 Don't Worry felt little dis appointed when he looked through The News souvenir and didn't find tie correspondents picture in 1t.
 Mr. Harvey is having well drilled on his farm he bought of Ras Graham near to where he will soon erect seven room house. He will also build a barn on the grounds.
 The freeze got a good many blackberry blooms in its grip and d light crop of fruit may be look ed for.
 E. NJ. Bratton has d piece of rye coming on that will make him a whole lot of feed.
 One or two more going over the patches will wind up the iit- tie strawberry ball for this sea son.
 The News souvenir Is all right and the write-up good. While the pictures and short biograph- ies of so many of our people make it doubly interesting and We think The News force deserving of a card ot thanks for their un- tiring efforts i'll getting the paper out-and here tor one Is the asas- of
 DoNT WORRY.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22
ELM SPRINGS.

May 18.-Dr. Summers is en- tertaining his sister, Mrs Adams of Coryell County, Texas, this week. Mrs. Adams k on her way to the old home in Marion County to visit her aged mother.
 Clem Glover is in Little Rock attending the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias as the repre- sentative of Apollo lodge at Elm Springs. He will return Thurs day.
 Mrs. Mary Lewis who former ly lived south of Tontitown died at her home at Huntington, Ark, last week and was brought here for burial. She had not com plained of being i'll till ten min utes before her death. Two of her daughters, Mrs. John Dobbs and Mrs. Wilburn Buckley live near this place.
 Mrs. Chas. Sherman came home from Conway Thursday where her husband Is attending
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22

school. The latter will remain til the close of the term about the middle of June.
 Bass Callahan sold hls eigh- ty acre place northeast of town to James Terry of South Dakota last week. The many friends of Mr. Gallaher and his family will be pleased to learn that they i11- tend to remain iu this section. Mr. Terry does not expect to move to his purchase for year or two. but will make some im- provements in the meantime.
 The school election Saturday was well attended considering the busy time with the farmers. John NJ. Webster was elected to take the place of MT. Wright as director \ tax of five mills was voted, four to be devoted to school purposes and ole to be used for painting and otherwise repairing the school building. \ number of votes were cast for seven mills tax
The Springdale news., 1908-05-22

makes him gasp for breath, and .hair that looked like the frazzled out end of an August sunbeam. Starbeam has evidently been hit harder than thunder can bump a stump.
 The old historic church and school building at Buckeye will be torn down at once and a new, modern. up-to-date building built on its site. This was the de- cision of the patrons of that dis trict at their annual meeting on the 10th. The house will be 50x60 feet and will be furnished with all the modern eouveniences to aid and teach the ''young idea to shoot" It is estimated that the building will cost 5000. AL ready nearly $500 has been raised by popular subscription. Among those who have donated literally to the building are: Gal Burnett, Fred Williams. Henry Fitch, Hinte Vaughn, B. 0. Carlock, Shade Mitchell, James N. Phil lips, Tom MeQuistian and Mar ion Roberts. Other patrons of the district not at the meeting will probably swell the fund to the required amount.
 WILKINS MIcAWBER.