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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-29
WEATHER BUREAU DATA.

Beginning with the month of July,
1909, meteorological charts of the
North Atlantic and North Pacific
oceans monthly, and the South Allan
tic Ocean quarterly will be issued for
distribution to cooperating shipmast-
ers and others interested in ocean
meteorology The issue will include a
seasonal chart of the South Pacific
Ocean September next.
The Bureau receives reports from
200 observers on vessels of every ma
tionality and from these reports pre-
pares daily synoptic charts of the
meteorological data, being thus en-
abled to plot the meteorological con-
ditions prevailing over the oceans
from day TO day for the purpose OF
tracing storm tracks percentage of
fog, prevailing direction of wind,
trade wind limits, pressure, and tenn
perature.
There will be no charge for the
charts Some of them will be mailed
direct from the Central Office TO OBJ
servers and captains on vessels, and
others will be sent to American con-
suls and to branch Weather Bureau
stations named on the list in form
1201- Marine, for distribution to such
observers and captains, as may not
receive a copy from this office.
The Chief of the Weather Bureau
would be pleased to receive from each
captain or observer, on the inclosed
card, a permanent address, preferably
an address in the United States, to
which the charts should be mailed
each month.
The American representatives at
the various ports are requested to
kindly inform the Bureau as to the
number of charts of each ocean that
should be sent them for distribution
TO vessels touching at their ports
It is the desire of the Chief of the
Weather Bureau to popularize the
charts and to make them of benefit
in a meteorological sense to those US
ing them With that end in view, any
suggestions looking to their improve
ment will be appreciated.
By direction of the Chief of the
Weather Bureau. Very respectfully,
HENRY L. HEISKELL,
Chief Of Division.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-29

brought him and is studying earnestly
to gain all the available information
pertaining thereto
A Senate page accompanies him
about the Capitol whenever he leaves
his committee room The blind chap
lain of the Senate, the late DR.. Mil
burn, used to go about, the Capitol
alone, but Senator Gore has never at
tempted as much. When he wants to
leave his seat during executive sessions
some Democratic colleague is always
willing to guide him and, all in all, he
gets about very comfortably, for he is
rather a companionable man and makes
friends with nearly everybody who
comes in contact with him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02


4he readef3 q this plper VIII De
plta "a Is learn nat tnete Is ieasl
one d dises Till Sei6ace has
been able Is elifs IL I'll III ana
That s. catarti HAIRS catst6 Cure &
tie only positive cure now Known q
tie medical fraternity. cstaFra beng
q constitutional. disease, reqnr1s /
constitutional treatment HANS Of;
tarh Cure Is taken internally, aciins
directly upon the blood and Mucous
surfaces Of the system thereby do.
stroying the foundation Of tho disease.
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as.
slsting nature in doing lis worn. The
proprietors have soomuch faith in It's
curative powers that they onsr onr
HuOndred Dollars for any case that II
falls to cure. Send for list Of tcsti,
monials.
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co, Tole.
do o: Sold by DruEgists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for copsti.
patton.
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, a q y
d5soiid lint ~ made little tnpre
- win tliS - 8 week 10 ent our
way ii With these things i said 1t
last ADe Nova, I think i saw an 81
fruEen in,sat tho Ism Of the galley
Take q mau'with you and pry ii out I
It proved m oddIookIng instrument
"A meat-cleayeF, imagine-but wac
sufficiently strong and heavy. Kelly
swung 1t vigorously, cleaying OF the
Ice in cakes, until we we're finally able
to trace the fitting Of tile door. Sud.
denly striking at the upper panel, he
dislodged a considerable chunk, thus
revealing half a dozen letters painted
across the front. Dade pried of a few
inches more with his knife-btade, and
We stared up incredulously at the
words:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

saAsosSe sOr ne wet vlrgInlan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad
DAILY. zDally except sunday. IguS
day only.
FAlRMoNT, W. VA.
Schedule Effective Nov. %, 1908.
Eanthnnnd

<aShbS9Hus
For WASHINGTON, BALrIMoRE
PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK,
No. 8, 1925 a. M; No. IA. "1:s5 o
NJ; No. 4, $3.50 p. m. Clocal to Graf
TONI
CUMBERLAND ACCOM-, No. s, 1850
a. m. daily except sunday.)
GRAFTON ACCOM-, No "a, "1o:s1
am.
wsstbouad.
For COLUMBUS and CHICAGO, No;
z, 1924 a. M; No. Il, '1:25 p. m.
For WHEELING, No. 1894 a. M;
No. IT, '7:45 a. m. llocaD; No. II
'1:25 p. M, uocaD; No. 55. "s:os
Mononsan vNiSIon.
For CLARKsBURG, leave No. ..
rive, No. 8, u 80 a, m.;,No. 3, x4:4f
p. m.
x7:1O a. m; No. Axs:45 p. m; az
FaIrmont, Morsanto@ and Plttsbur,
Branch
For CoNNELLSVILLE and PITTS
BURG. leave, No. /, $500 a. m; NJ
3. x7:4O a. M; No. 81, "2:15 p. M:
arrive, No. So '1aO p. M; Nc. 3
x7:4O p. M; No. 4 xs:4o p. m; No
6S. ItO:O5 p. m.
For MoRGANTowN, leave, No. g
1880 p. M; arrive, No. 81, 1855
m.
PaWpsW Branch.
daily Ia iept sunday.)
Depart, No. 2O1. 800 a. M; No. "a
400 p. M; arrive, No. 200, 8:bS 1
M: No. 2O2. 5:4Op. m.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
4 POPULAR AcrEl

The number d people nom eIr
mont registering At ne lotsl wal1,
exceeds that Of oil other place. b
harrisburg combined. And VIII noii
1t Is the leading 6ostslty d shis 81,
Of the united States IS Fcomt ~
elegantly fitted out It's table aerylo,
unsurpassed and besides III rats ID
meals Is only fifty cent?, Amerioti
plan. The . Ia carte dining foom a
fords the opportunity to guests n
dering Just what ma aired u resaoh
able prices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

But you are safe enough here, and
with daylight the ghostliness OF 1t will
vanish"
Where are you going now?"
10 break into the cabin; then we
will have decent place in which TO
stay-perhaps chance for fire. It
Is not likely to prove long Job, and
! %ill be back 10 you shortly. Don't
let the night shadows Brighten you so. .
She smiled back into my eyes brave
~ enough. although realized the eff
fort of will that it cost; and SO left
her endeavorlRg to cheer the girl, who
was sobbIng wildly, with her face
buried In her hands.
The men Joined me as I stepped
without. crunching the light snow un.
der their heavy boots, and staring I'm.
easily about them as though the whole
adventure was u dream. Lord! and
no more could ! shake of that same
impression as | surveyed the scene
aft. A boat. bottom up the planks
smashed beyond repair, lay against
the starboard rail. The aftercabln,
built like house extended the entire
width of the deck, Jumping affair,
overhung with huge, projecting tim.
bers. topped by ornate carvings, and
having two companionways leading ND,
one OF them crushed into splinters.
The forward shutters were tightly
closed and the whole front appeared
solid mass Of glittering ice, SO OBJ.
scured by frozen particles OF snow as
to render any discovery OF the door an
impossibiIity. We began hacking at
1t with our knives. judging the opening
would naturally be at the center, but
Sthe shesthlng OF Ice proved 50 thick
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

JUDITH:
Millions use Gold Medal flour.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

CUMBERLAND ACCOM-, No. s, x7:oo
a. m. DAILY except sunday.)
GRAFTON ACCOM-, No "a, "1o:s1
a. m.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

But you are safe enough here, and
with daylight the ghostliness OF II will
vnrISh"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

Passengers baggage arried %
cars leaving Falrnlont q e:OO. S:St
1880, 800 500 and 300 o,cIock I.
Passengers baggage carried on 90
leaving Clarksburs at7;s0, i0;so. 1875
4:s0, 7:sO and 10; 80 n'aiack
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
Through Service
Fairrnont to Clarksburt
EAIRMoNT a cLARKssuRo
TRACTION COMPANY.

cars leave Cor. Main and Jetfsrsos
SITS, Fairmont, HoURLY for clarIsI
burg and intermediate PoIntS frorl
s. 20 A. N. until 1000 p. M.
Schedule Of Inteurban Cars, oets.
Der q, 1907.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

mrLLER.cLARK GRAIN CO.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
THE HONEST PROPRIETARY
MEDICINE.

hlls national need in the land and Ii
will take more than the cry OF fraud
and fake" from the ayariclous, over.
reaching physician to overthrow an
honest, reliable and standard prepare
ton like Lydia E. Pinkhams vegeta-
lae Compound, which Is made from
the roots and herbs Of the field. and
has cured more women of female ills
than any other remedy we know OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
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phone rs.

Ladies and gentlemens wearing ap.
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Gloves, Wraps and the most delicate
fabrics and colors treated satisfactir
fly. Any article from ribbons to car.
pets. Our wagon will call for and de
liver all goods when desired. Phone
F. & NJ. is.
w. j. WALSH,
Agent. FairmOnt
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there was some attempt to discredit it,
but little more examination into the
subject shows that this Is an unfair posi-
ton. In many respects the Eskimos are
quite as competent witnesses as could be
any white men. who. being attached to
an expedition, would be perhaps just as
quick to aid In deception as the unlettered
savage.
Little motive could be afforded why the
Eskimos should be dishonest. Their whole
reputation is Of a contrary nature. All
explorers who have had experience with
them give full credit to the simplicity,
the freedom from guile and the general
dependabi!ity of the fish eaters. and
Cooks case is by no means injured by
the fact that 1t rests for verifcation on
the word Of his two native followers.
Never has a returned explorer discussed
his experiences in bitter battles with grim
cold darkness Of the long arctic night but
what he has told of the service he had
from some skn-clad Eskimos.
1t is naturally healthy people. An ex-
animation into their life made by Com
mander Peary in 1905 proves this fact.
Mr. Peary took a census of the pure
blooded Eskimos Of Whale Sound. He
found that all but fifty-three OF them
were as yet uncontaminated by the deci-
mating ices forced upon their kin IN
the south by white traders. So pure ana
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men will weigh on an average about lo5
pounds, the women 135 pounds.
Both sexes look considerably heavier
than this average. the heavy wrap
pings Of furs made necessary by the
rigors of the climate being responsible
for the effect.
The Eskimo is naturally lighter and
fairer in color than the American In
dian. They have black and brown eyes,
black hair. some with tinge Of brown.
high cheek bones, fieshy faces. small
hands and feet and notably good teeth.
Most of the men wear thin boards.
1t is practice of the men along the
arctic coast to cut the hair closely on
the crown Of the head. giving them the
appearance OF monks. This is done SO
that when crawling up on the deer the
latter will not be frightened away by
the fluttering Of the hair in the wind
Some of the young men are not bad
looking-in fact. they are fairly good look
ing. but through exposure and hardship
they become old at thirty years of age
They are naturally ingenious and clever
in extr;cating themselves from difficulties,
fertile in resources relating to matters to
be encountered in their country. and quick
to adopt American ways when it can be
shown that they are preferable to their
own and easily mastered.
Especially valuable in arctic exploration
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others who have occasion to visit arctic
regions.
A fur shirt and a pair Of fur pants
complete the toilet. The shirt is called
a parka, and frequently has a hood at
tached. which can be pulled over the
head in a storm. Others have fur
hood, which. when not on the head,
hangs around the neck Ordinarily in
summer the head is uncovered, in win
ter two suits are worn, the inner one
with the fur next 20 the body. and the
outer one with the fur to the weather.
Boiled fish is favorite dish. but in a
crisis they will just as cheerfully eat
frozen fish.
At night they seal up their tents as
tightly as possible to keep out the snow
and the cold air, and SO little ventilation
is permitted that the European finds 1t
difficult to breathe.
The frequency in recent years of ex-
ploration expeditions. Peary. Nansen.
Abruzzi, Cook and a host of others. has
resulted in the development of force
of trained Eskinos who know just the
kind OF skill that is required.
Peary has made many friendships of
the kind and can fit out ALI expedition
quicker than any of his rivals.
The Eskimo supplies his dogs and
sledges for these trips, he makes plans
for his own eating, and as result the
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az

-1H ILE DR.. Cook and Commander
w Peary are justly acclaimed for
p" their recent wonderful triumphs
in the attainment Of the north pole. the
goal OF three centuries and a half OF ex-
pioration. It is only . matter Of common
justice to say that without the aid Of the
humble Eskimo the pole would not yet
have been attained.
Indeed, it Is doubtful II evere time
would come when without the assistance
OF the highlanders OF the north. as they
are often called, any white man could
ever hope to get to the top point Of the
world.
Every explorer who has ever gone north
on these voyages Of exploration has de-
pended largely on the natives. with their
knowledge Of the country, their ability
TO Withstand the rigors Of the climate. to
get along on virtually no food or any
kind Of food and In no instance on record
has this stoid but loyal-minded people
failed to justify confidence.
Belief in the fact that Cook reached the
pole must, IL seems. rest largely In the
stories Of his two Eskimos. the only wit
nesses he has.
When this fact was first made public
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here and there through the earth. These
currents are along the tracks Of the
dragon and the tiger, and lucky grave
should have the dragon on its right and
the tiger on it's left. It takes scientist
to tell just that spot. and hence grave
finding in China is we'll paid profess
sion. The geomancers pretend to cal
culate the stars, and they go forth with
books and diagrams. They also carry
forked sticks. and try to hunt the spots
much as our people hunt places to dig
wells. The search begins with prayer,
and it Is sometimes hours and days be-
fore an suspicious location is found.
But let me tell you about the imperial
funerals. That Of the empress dowager
has not yet occurred. It will be beyond
description grand, and will probably cost
ten times as much as has that of the late
in pomp, and she decreed that everything
concerning her interment should be of the
most lavish description. Her mausoleun
will cost high into the millions, and her
burial march, which will last something
like a week or more. will be the most
gorgeous ever witnessed in China.
II
The last funeral procession Of the en-
peror required five days. The coffin was
carried on the shoulders Of men to a dis
lance eighty miles from Picking, and an
army of officials and other mourners &C.
companied it. Rest houses were erected
along the way: thousands had to be enter
tanned and the expenses were enormous.
The ceremonies at this funeral were
those observed when his majesty's body
was taken out Of the palace and carried
to the vault in Coal Hill. where 1t lay
until May. I happened to be there at
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Kwang su will lie.''
where is also buried his father, Hsien
Feng. the emperor who was the husband
of the great dowager Tung Chin died
of smallpox, and his remains were kept
above ground for almost ten months on
account of the discussion as to where he
was to rest. It is said that it cost $3.50
600 to settle that question.
For a time some supposed that the
empress dowager or the emperor might
be carried to the great cemetery belonging
to this dynasty near Mukden. 1t will be
remembered that the family which now
former capital was the capital Of Man.
ehuria. Many of the treasures OF the
imperial clan are now stored away in the
palaces at Mukden, and it is there that
Shun- Chin, the first emperor Of the pres
ent dynasty was buried. That was 265
years ago. and his mausoleum still stands.
] visited it a few months since 1t is
surrounded by great park. and II lies
inside an Enclosure Of about two acres.
which has walls of brick thirty-six feet
high. There are gorgeous temples scat
tered drought it. All are rooted with
yellow tiles; all stand on stone platforms.
and all are gorgeous in their carvings.
The road leading to them is lined with
great animals in stone, and marble war
riors lions. camels and elephants guard
the path to the emperors grave. The
park and the mausoleum require 1000
people to take care of them. The park is
six miles in circumference and is filled
with pine trees.
During my stay there 1 asked in which
temple the body of the emperor lay.
was told that he was not in the temples
at all, but that he was buried in a great
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Trouble.

u OBERT w. CHAMBERS, the novelist.
N often tells at the Century Club in
New York his trouble story.
"A lady''-so Mr.. Chambers always be-
gins-"a lady. on the way back from her
husbands funeral, stopped with her sup
porters at house Of refreshment.
''Gin was chosen as the beverage best
suited to the occa sion, and a liberal guam
tity of the sweet, transparent fluid was
poured into the bereaved lady's glass.
And water Min: enc of the other
ladies' asked her. holding out the pitcher
But she did not deign TO lift her face
from her handkerchief
Water she sobbed. Water? Good
heavens, amt / got trouble enough a. u
is?"
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lions to pay his funeral bills. He passed
away last November. but it was not until
May that he was carried to his last rest
ing place. He reposes in vault at the
western tombs, and his mausoleum.
Is now building.
I was In Picking when the emperor's
coffin was making. 1t was constructed
OF cypress planks about ten inches thick,
The first was Of rhinoceros skin, laid on
green. When this was we'll shrunken the
hides of water buffaloes were stretched
over it, and. after his ma jestys corpse
was put in, the whole was Theoretically
sealed. 1t was then beautifully lacquered,
so that altogether it has cost thousands
of dollars.
The great dowager had similar coffin.
The old lady is sealed up in it in Peking,
and II will be still several months be-
at the eastern tombs She will lie about
one hundred miles away on one side of
the Chinese capital, and his majesty is
now eighty miles in the opposite direc-
ton. The two did not get along peace
fully in life, and now that death has
claimed them. it is we'll they lie far
apart.
The spots for these burial places had
to be chosen by geomancers. AS soon as
the two died the board of rites, one of
the departments of the government, sent
out the witch doctors to select lucky
locations They were told to pick out
sites where the evil spirits could not at
tack the dead. and where no star on
high, nor dragon below. could disturb
their repose. These were found between
the two currents, which. according to the
old Chinese belief, are supposed to run
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THE Imperial Procession
! and the Gorgeous Coffin
of His Majesty - Funeral
Meats and Funeral Money
How the Astrologers Picked
Out the Emperor's Grave
His Million Dollar Monu-
ment - Where the Empress
Dowager Will Lie - The
Mighty Tomb of Shun- Chih,
Who Founded the Dynasty,
and the Mausolea of the
Mings Near Peking and
Marking.
Copyright, 1908, by Frank q. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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CONQUEST

white man and the native do not mess
together. Their gastronomic tastes are
too widely apart to make their respec-
tive dishes mutually palatable.
knowledge, endurance, loyalty, these
are the main traits of the men who have
helped the white pioneers to carry north
the flag of the nation.
Cooks EskimOs deserve and will get
respectful attention.
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$500
WANT to tell you
how Kwang Su, the
young Emperor OF
China. was buried.
His life was a pup
pet dance with the
great e m pre- S S
dowager pulling the
string, but his
death elevated him
to the rank Of q
god, and the people
are now taxed mill
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free from any faint of disease has been
their life for centuries that he found not
suggestion Of tuberculosis, smallpox or
other ecourges that effect dwel.ers In
other parts OF the world.
The cold. pure air Is death to germs,
and though the habits of the Eskimo
are not cleanly-in fact, his hut and his
person are always more or less dirty.
perhaps because 1t is always too cold
for him to do much washing-yet the nat
ural conditions Of the climate make for
health.
The Eskimo is ignorant, that has never
been denied; q dense ignorance perhaps
not to be surpassed by any people in the
world, and it is not simply the ignorance
of lack Of education. but density that
proceeds from brain naturally sluggish
In fact. the old idea that fish makes
brain is by no means borne out by the
mentality OF this race, and they are often
quoted in refutation of it.
The average Eskimo is about five feet
three inches tall. being medium height
or perhaps a little understood. according
to the standard OF modern countries. The
women about four inches shorter. The
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to describe them. The western cemetery
OF this dynasty where the emperor is
buried was designed to be the last rest
ing place of Tung Chin, his predecessor.
who died in January. 1875. The astrolo-
gers and geomancers. however, decided
that Tung Chin could not be buried there.
but that with certain ceremonies he
might be inferred in the eastern ceme-
terry, where the dowager is to lie. and
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that they might delay the evil spirits
sion working i'll will to the corpse Ac-
cording to the decree Of heaven. every
such spirit has to crawl through hole
in anything which obstructs its way, or
he cannot go on. If the disks with the
holes in them are many. the spirits must
crawl through one after the other. and
the soul of the dead thus escapes. This