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legislature, and it will be submitted ,o the people at the November electloh of 1909. If it is adopted it may not prevent all the negroes from votiile' but it is pretty comprehensive It ih- cludes the grandfather clause oae- ing from Jan. 1, 1869, which lets Ill white illiterates. and exempts all per sons who for two years have paid taxes on $500 worth of property, and any citizen who lis the husband of per son paying such taxes" The clause which is intended to bar the coloreq voter who is without the property qualification is that which confers the franchise on those male citizens who can make out. without assistance, an application in writing, correctly stating his name, age. date and place of birth, residence and occupation for two years past, whether he had previously voted, and if SO. in what State, cuun- ty or city and district or precinct he last voted, the name in full of the President of the United States, of one of the justices of the Supreme court of the United States, of the governor of Maryland, of one of the judges oi the Court of Appeals of Maryland, oi the mayor of Baltimore. if the appli' cant lives there. or one of the County
 commissioners of the county in whicf
 he lives.
 | The Maryland legislature hasn't don itself ary credit by this performance
 and the State wont do itself any cred
 it if 1t adopts it, as it seems prett
 sure to do.
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A COSTLY HABIT.
weather

There doesn't seem to be much mon ey to burn in sight just now, but that may be because we have burned so much. In the last three years the money losses by fire in the United States and Canada have amounted to sS50, 0,000,000 This, it is pointed out, Is more than one-third the total cost of the war between Russia and Japan. It is only s100,000,0o less than the net public debt of the United States. It is equal to all the gold in Great Britain and Austria-Hungary combined. It is s250, 0,000,000 more than the net or dinary receipts of the United States in a year It is nearly equal to the total capital stock. paid in, of the national banks of the United States. It is s175- 900, 900 more than the dutiable imports of the United States in year. It is equal to all the gold imported into the United States since 1896.
 And so forth and so on. These are impressive figures. but they are not impressive enough to make those most concerned take much care to make the fire loss of the next three years much less. It has for a long time  been made plain that we were burn- ing up much more money than we could really afford to. but it takes q long time to break such a habit
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CHANGES.

Have you got something that will remove superhuous hair?'
 'You bet I have"'
 What do you call it?'
 My mother in law. Houston Post
 q hear" stated the real estate deal CT. that many farms in this vicinity have recently changed hands Yep" responded old Farmer Coboss Hired men like to move about ut"-Louisville Courier Journal.
 Eva-"Yes, that is the bride. They say it was a case of love at first sight on his part.
 Katharine (after a close look)-"You mean nearsight don't you. dear?"-- Chicago Daily News.
 "Tell me" said the young woman with lserary aspirations, how you contrived to get your first story accept ed by a gazine?" The eminent au- thor smiled "I owned the magazine, ' he replied-Cleveland Plain Dealer
 That man is great friend of yours" said the campaign assistant Which kind of a friend, queried Sen ator Sorghum-'one who wants to do something for me or one who wants me to do something for him Wa ashins- ton Star.
 Said the lobster green
 To the dainty sardine: "You ask why haunt this vicinity:
 'ris because for you
 My love is so true
 Now won't you be my afFin-ity?"
 Chicago Daily News. "Yes, he's q graduate of Prince yard"
 i well. ne makes a fine ad.' for an 1 institution of learning. Why so?" He knows it all."-Louisville Couri- i er-Journai. There is movement on foot. said Mir. Snoope. ''io prevent the marriage i of weak-minded persons What do you i think of itg T think it's rot an swered MT. Growch. Why. who else ever wants to get married ?''-C1eve- i land Leader. ] "Reesnesst" toasted the Parisian DOT i trait rainter Why. monsieur. I re member when patrons were packed ir i that little room like sardines, waiting to have their portraits painted Like sardines7" echoed the mar 1 from Montana ''Oh, I see. Waiting t be done in oib eh?"-Chicago Daill News
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As Pronounced in England.

There was once an old fellow named
 Bevoir Who was III with the sout and lung
 fevolr
 And all of his nieoes Were tickled to pieces. Each eager for what he might levoir, Now ono was lady named Beaulieu, Who, of course, loved him dearly and
 treaulieu.
 But she needed the change, So It's not very strange That the girl was excited undeaulieu' For her beau-a young fellow called
 Ruthven-- Who long for her favors had struthven Was poor. and unable To give her the table Or togs that her father had guthven. A rival he had-Mr. Nesci, Old wealthy. fat. grinning and gresci Whose court to the maid Made the lover afraid. Or, anyhow, somewhat unesci. We'll the uncle he died down at St
 beger, And left her his coin-none can pt
 leger
 Now they're married. and shes Spending money with ease. And he Is prosperous vt. leger.
 Cleveland Leader.
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A GENEROUS CONCESSION,

Some of those who hate to see SD much good water power going to waste at Niagara Falls are arguing that the castellated factories they are willing to build there would improve the scenery.
 How's that for high? as the boys used to say. A fine conception of both art and scenery are revealed in it. as well as a fine and generous concession to both Improving the scenery at Niagara by castellated factories wouldn't seem to some people like a large improvement. but such people perhaps don't realize how much money there would be in it. and how little more castellated factories cost than those that are not castellated. But for the sake of such people ii is to be hoped that those who have the preser- vation of Niagara's scenery in charge will continue to like it better without
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tegrity. In other words, railroad which confessedly comes under inter- state scrutiny, or railroad which is subject to State scrutiny, which in the use of its chartered privilege fails in its service to either the public or it's railroad family. and undertakes to inn pose an obstacle to a proper inquiry on the part of either national or State governments into it's conduct, assumes very doubtful attitude of superior righteousness.
 But aside from the interest involv- ed in the governments inquiry into a given case of reduced wages one can jus of President Roosevelt in this con- nection By appealing as he does to ones sense of fairness, i'll demanding to know the causes which have pro- duced such fearful suffering, he at the same time challenges his critics to
 prove that his administration is in any way whatever responsible for what has happened. If he were moved by politi- cal considerations alone, which we do not charge, we should be obliged to say that he has proved himself to he
 the complete master of the game in this latest move.
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THE RIGHT TO TEMPT.

The charges that were preferred against William Walker, of New Brit ain, about a year since, when he elop- ed with most of the available funds of the Baptist Church. resulted in consid- erable of a stir all over the country, To-day there are two other men, both New Workers, who stand out promi- inently because of serious charges of a similar nature which have been made against them They are Charles w. Morse, who has got into trouble because of his dealings in the so-call- ed ice trust. and Henry Sanger Snow, the treasurer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone company. They are men, both of them, who have had the highest kind of respect. Such seri- ous charges against such prominent men cannot but make the country sit up and think. MT Snow was at one time president of the Brooklyn Poly technic for many years an institu- ton to which the best families of the city send their sons. He and his fam lily were among the most prominent socially in Brooklyn
 IL is not to be supposed that man of his character has been black ali these years, although appearing of Al calibre to every one. It cannot but be suspected that, if Mir. Snow Is guilty of wrong-doing he is charged with now, l it was largely the fault of the times. 1 Has it never occurred to any one that there is limit beyond which in finan- cial matters the public has no right to tempt man? Has it never been suspected that every man has his thieving side which will come to the fore if tempted almightily? It is very well for the ministers and others who have never had the coin of the realm lying before them in amounts we'll ur to the millions with no one to watch and no one to be the wiser apparent, l if it Is borrowed for a time, to say We would never steal under any cir. cumstances." Dr. Chapman, when h, was here, was broad minded enough to give the slaves of drink great lat itude He admitted their temptations He said he almost wished at time, that he himself had been through tn, throes of fighting with the demor drink, that he might know the bette how to sympathize with them ant reach them. And just so when me, of the highest respect like MT Snow who is to-day fugitive from justic and under indictments which charg
 him with the larceny of s29,oo wortl of bonds, come to trouble like this. tn
 question may well be asked: Is tn
 fault his or of the times in temptin,
 men so sorely? No one would shiel
 him if guilty, yet no one knows bu that they might do the same unde the same conditions That cannot b
 denied.
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STILL MILDLY REMEMBERED.

The Maine isn't remembered in any such way as 1t used to be, but it is still mildly remembered. The doubt with which it is still remembered has given rise to some renewal of the de- mand, or suggestion, that it be raised and an endeavor be made to find out just what happened to it.
 Of course the harbor of Havana ought to be rid of the dangerous wreck. and it probably will he soon. And though it might cost a good deal more to raise the Maine than 10 blow it to bits perhaps it ought to be raised if it can be, and some official exam
 nation and statement made. Perhaps it might be found as impossible to tell whether the Spaniards or the Cubans blew it up, or whether it blew itself up. as it ever was. But there is feel ing that not enough effort to find out what did actually happen has beer made. There is also another notion and that is that the secret of the ex' piosion has been and is known ii Washington and has been kept iron an agitated people by a paternal gov ernment. If anybody does know or car | find out 1t wouldn't do any harm t' tell now,
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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Early If Not Accurate.
lEIartford Courantl

Nildlllplu 1oul
 The newspaper specialists in New Haven rather outdid themselves on Monday over their accounts of what was doing in politics that day. The ment that the Secretary of War spent Sunday with Commissioner Herbert Knox, as the Sun discovered; the main thing was 10 have the gentleman in Hartford. But the announcement that Congressman Lilley was practi- cally toe late for the little luncheon which Colonel Ullmap prepared on Monday at the New Haven House, be- cause that traditional and very useful automobile of the congressman had broken down Is too much. That is q machine that does not break down; il gets there. But the fact is that Mir Lllley arrived just when he said he would and In time for his oysters, and arrived by steam train The automobile was having d day on, Another expert found out that LieutenantG Governor Lake was taken into the luncheon room and urged to pull out of the race fol the governorship Nobody has vel been discovered who knows anythlns of this incident. which would have beer likely 10 attract attention. Nor hal the man taside from the correspondent wno launched the information) beer found who knows that Commissioner Fyler is managing the Lake campaign Moreover every authentic" list O probable delegates to Chicago whicl has been printed contains names o men never heard of in Connecticut There must be something wrong abou the announcement. for instance, tha Mir. Wood of Windham county will b chosen. The conclusion of 1t all is tha 1t Is early yet, but that Connection still maintains her proud position q the home of more inventors than an. | other state.
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PUBLIC SERVANTS.

Wednesday night the city found it. self in peculiar and a deplorable condition as far as it's coroners go The trouble was just that, the coro- ners were on the "go." With Coroner Mix out of town on trip to the south to last for three months and with Deputy Coroner Philip Pond away from the city. at least for the evening, only Medical Examiner Charles J. Bartlett was left and he was unable to give out any informa tion because of instructions he had received to the contrary. This situa- tion, following close upon the orders given out by the coroner not many days since that he must not be called up after 10 o'clock at night by the papers, seems a little dictatorial The public is paying the salaries of cer- tain men to hold public office for it Their acceptance makes them public servants. For them to fall to serve their employers or answer their ques. tions may be overlooked at times bu not of right should 1t be.
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IN MARYLAND TOn.

During the debate in the Maryland legislature on the proposed cpnstitu- tional amendment one of the speak CTS was honest and frank enough tn say that he wanted an amendment that would prevent any negro from voting The amendment passed the
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The stranger who on his arrival in Chicago the other day appealed to the police to protect him from an impulse to kill himself wasn't very compll- mentary to Chicago We don't believe his first sight of New Haven would affect him that way.
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The most wonderful fur farms in the world are on the islands which dot the coast of Alaska. In these far northern regions enterprising individuals have established colonies of blue Arctic fox es- These creatures cannot be tanned but they are fed with 'hump-backed ana dog salmon. The foxes are trap ped in special houses in the winter when their coats are in suitable condi- tion.
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A hundred and thirty-two boys and seKenty-two girls in a Partisan school were invited to describe their prefer ences in the way of toys. Among the former thirty-one voted for railroad train. twenty-three for tin soldiers. ten TOT steam engines. nine for building nrlcks and eight each for toy typewrit-
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An Oklahoma orator proudly pro- claims that nothing but the sunrise comes to that State from the East. He omitted in singing the eastern men and the eastern money that are hel3- ing Oklahoma to be so wonderful
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The Boston Herald thinks that lne only thing lacking at the New York reception of MT. Morse nn lis return from a far country was some fatted calf Wouldn't lean lamb have been more appropriate?
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0rsa, in Sweden. has. in the course Of generation. sold s5.550.0eo worth of trees and by means of judieious re- planting has provided for similar in come every thirty or forty years. There are no taxes Railways and tele- phones are free. and so are the school houses, teaching and many other things
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They say that the hole seven theus- in Silesia is the deepest hole in the world. but it can't compare In depth with that hole in the pccketbook.
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SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

Peru is taking steps 10 protect the vicuna This animal has been much hunted of late for it's wool and hide, and although if lives in the high noun tains 1t is in danger of being extern mated.
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THE EYE FOR COLOR

5 OFTEN BETTER IN SOME OTHER than the 'head of the family But men generally are good in choice of shirts. There is, however, plenty of time now for those who are so inclined to secure the assistance of the most discriminating of their friends in the business of picking out mate- rials.
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The news comes from Texas that Mir, Onion is showing considerable strength in his campaign for seat in congress.
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It Is related that in furtherance of the noble work of Americanizing little immigrant children a class of young in which were many Italians, some Swiss and French, and few Chinese were giving an exhibition of progress before an audience in the assembly hall of the United Charities building. Inci- dentally, as part of the program. they sang America" and when they reach ed the line Land where our fathers | died" they rolled 1t out with all the convincing force of children whose an cestors fit in the Revolution Guess | their fathers must have died las
 week. remarked a visitor, as he glanc.
 ed admiringly over the class.
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The Portland Oregonian says: Can non. Payne, ct al will continue their Ajax -defying- the lightning stunt, un- til there comes an upheaval of public opinion that will sweep into power party that will revise the tariff. unfor- tunately, there Is nothing in the past records of that party that warrants the belief that the revision will be whole some or effective. It would be far better for the country if the Cannons and Paynes were jettisoned from the Republican papy before it is wrecked
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CTS and mechanical horses. Forty glrls "a solid majorityr-declared without hesitation that a doll was superior to any other implement of recreation.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
ATURDAY EVENINGS
GLEE CLUB CONCERT

Saturday evening, November IA, at
the Hawaiian Opera House, a high class
Hawaiian concert will take place for
the benefit eff the Kalihi- Moanalua
church.
It is a known fact that Hawaiians
are gifted in music, and to think that
their knowledge and appreciation of
the higher classics such as only those
who have spent years of study abroad
could attain is manifest among them
when they have not even the slightest
education. 1t is marvellous indeed that
the most ignorant and lower classes of
Hawaiians are capable of producing
music such as any educated ear would
admire and appreciate, and for this
concert the glee clubs from the country
viii be an illustriOus sample of their
genius in this direction.
Something out of the ordinary is the
number by the ladies of the Hui Oiwi
Society. In this twelve ladies repre-
senting the islands of this group, at
tired in costumes appropriate to each
island and then sing its songs and
praises. There are besides these several
other unique attractions. The Waislua
glee club has consented to furnish a
number; that makes a total number of
six different glee clubs to take part.
Reserved seats at Bergstrom Music
Co, at popular prices
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract

which appetite aiding putting
persons
chemists gets
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
LILIUOKiLANI GIVES
$4,000 MORTGAGE

A mortgage for $4,000 given by
Queen Liliuokalani TO Claus Spreckels
& Co, bankers, was fled for record yes.
terday morning with Registrar Mer.
riam.
The mortgage is given to secure the
payment of a note for $4,000 dated
November 10, 1908. due in four years
with interest payable quarterly at the
rate of six per cent. per annum net
above all taxes.
The property included in the mort
gage includes: the iii of Hamohamo,
at Waikiki, together with the taro
patches. fishing ponds and cocoanut
groves to the same belonging; the land
at Kapalama known as Muolaulani;
another piece of land at Kapalama;
property at the corner of Young and
Pnkoi streets; the ahupuaa of Keahu-
ula in North Kona; the ahupuaa of Ho.
nohina in HiIo, and the land of Kama
naiki, 455 acres at Kalihi.
The mortgage Is signed, LiIiuokalanf,
and was acknowledged before John NJ.
Kea of the Attorney Generals office,
a notary public.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
CONTRACTORS
To WASHINGTON
Dredger Men Will Be an Hand
When Contracts Are
Awarded.

There is movement toward Wash
ington Just now of local men interested
in obtaining contracts for the Pearl
Harbor dredging work to be let about
December l, George p. Denison, su-
perintendent of the Oahu Railroad and
Land Company, left for the mainland
yesterday on the Moana and Will 60
to Washington via the Northern route.
Walter F. Dillingham; follows on the
Mongolia next Sunday and both viii
look after the interests of the Hawaii
Dredging company. E. J. Lord is also
interested and viii be on the main,
land at the same time. Besides these
local men. it il understood that they
have representatives on the ground,
laying the preliminary plans.
The contract for the Pearl Harbor
dredging is to be one of the most i'm
portant ever given out, involving the
deeping. widening and Strengthening Of
the channel and a large amount Of
work within the harbor. Some jutting
points and reefs will have to be taken
out entirely, and the approach to the
proposed dry dock made perfectly safe
and given plenty of maneuvering
space
When the Pacific fleet was here and
the officers were conducted through
Pearl Harbor on the Iroquois well
known naval officer spoke of the reef
which extends mauka from Ford Is.
land, opposite Aiea point well known
to yaehtsmen. He said that he hoped
some day the United States govern.
ment would dredge out that reef. With
this gone that end of the harbor would
be a magnificent mooring basin.
If successful in their bid Messrs. |
Dillingham; and Denison will place or
1ers in the East for additions to their |
dredging equipment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
Holm Y SHORT

Secretary. Board Of Civil Service E1-
aminers, Custom House, Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

An examination for clerk and ear
rier viii be held in this city on satur,
day. December y. 1905, at the Cen
trail Grammar School building, Emma
street
Age limits, IS to IS years. on the
date of the examination
Married women viii not be admitted
TO the examination.
Unmarried women viii be admitted
TO the examination, but are eligible for
appointment only as clerk.
Applicants must be physically sound,
and male applicants must be not less
than ) feet inches in height without
boots or shoes. and weigh not less than
125 pounds without overcoat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative TO the examina-
ton. qualification. duties. salaries, va
cations. promotions, etc, address i'm
mediately.
JOHN V. SHORT.
Secretary. Board of Civil Service Elk
aminers. Custom House. Honolulu.