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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06
POLITICAL CONTRASTS.

under
ment when to PERIOD
money available continuing public improvements the
municipal treasury today with $4,000
municipality and that with record
handled than centralized
the Islands prOduced-star.
November year had
the
millions dollars in the
treasury the OF winch sum enabled the people
the epidemic of Later after the Territory
established million dollars secured Washington
treasury the
highly government
Territorial regime the finances had to be reorganzed
expenses
upon produced the surplus and incumbent
the Hawaii then reduce and still further cente powers
than bill employ officials When
part
opposite
respectfully they
population would
viii
Territory
Hawaii actually population repealed
while public debt the proceeds which largely the
government which the
borrowed inevitable
DAY Of reckoning.
merely argue county tax funds extended
public utilities time ignore the fact that the Territory
the according
supply
such utilities the extra cost of that government had be figured into the
utilities obviously agent
hire
work and keep the first also the payroll which precisely what
officials public
simple keep it at its old duties and
another public o cove part of
public
n a ANY of absurditv of
this Every that
sufficient railway, better cheaper
could they efficiency
that them
the
the
Politicians differently; newspapers political
better off under
to
of Ignorance and appetite
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

Last summer the congregation of
little kirk in the Highlands of Scot
land was greatly disturbed and mysti-
fed by the appearance in its midst of
an old English lady, who made use of
an ear trumpet during the sermon, such
an instrument being entirely unknown
in those simple parts There was much
discussion of the matter, and it was
finally decided that one of the elders,
who had great local reputation as; a
man of parts, should be deputed to
settle the question. On the next Sab
bath the unconscious offender again
made her appearance and again pro.
duced the trumpet, whereupon the
chosen elder rose from his seat and
marched down the aisle to where the
old lady sat, and, entreating her with
an appraised finger, said sternly: "The
first toot-ye re cot! y a,a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

It is indeed comical" government.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06
SWAN BEFORE HIM.

Banks-''1 had a new experience yes
terday, one you might call unaccount-
able. I ate hearty dinner, finishing
up with Welsh rabbit, a mince pie,
and some lobster la Newburg Then
I went to place of amusement. I had
hardly entered the building before ev-
erything swan before me-.
Binks-''The Welsh rabbit did it. y
Bunks-ENo; It was the Iobster.''
Bonks-'I think it was the mince
p;s.''
Banks-"No; I have a simpler ex.
PLANTATION than that. 1 never felt bet
ter in my life; I was at the Aquarium -
Judge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06
SUPERVISORS AND ECONOMY.


to months
Board ana
bill permitted to exceed the
to
though suggested through the Mayor
might easily be made especially
undertake it absent
pendhft policy The voting body TINS
going the Fifth district its yard
and the promotion work is sure to BRING
consider besides the voting poetaa that
sucking ieh
will asked about the overloaded
perfectly uraned outlay for incompetent road
for the sake of
Granting extraordinary conditions the present Board it remains true
million dollars deserved far
sake well the sake of the
to putt itself a hoptable of mind
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06
CONFUSION IN HAYTI.

Hayti was in the midst of a revolu-
ton.
As phase of it two armed bodies
were approaching each other so that a
third was about to be caught between
them.
The commander of the third party
saw the predicament. On the right,
government troops; on the left, insur-
gents.
General, why do you not give the
order to freq asked an aide, dash
ing up on a lame mule.
~ would like to-" responded the
general, ''but, Great Scott! I can t
remember which side re fighting
for. philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

If there is anything the Star apologize for
something that hasn't a public printing in it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

would be
floating battery the Cheyenneone nearly
Monanok Manila endure the CHEYENNE in
Honolulu harbor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

The forcing
Italian
before Geology
the mainland and separated
territory which be
possible
union of the severed completed Sicily
the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

Talk of putting out Mayor exmnb of the old
employees ridiculous
violation offered to support the Re
publican ticket in cleaned
book where this a special cafsn binding
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

The Supreme Court the United against
and that ends
kenesaw Mountain am
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

The order sending the United States
shows that the Navy
ships If our sailors
needed to help
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-06

The President oson that he
had little sense he would be most e,
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08
Tho 'Desolate Lie.

st. Gaudens, the sculptor. once unon
a. time asserted that the fact which
most impressed him in the character
OF Abraham Lincoln was the alone-
ness of the man. Most great men
lead lonely lives. vet the fact remains
that loneliness is the most terrible
thing on earth. 1t is st. Paul who
says, 1T is not good for man to be
alone." although Boyle O'Rcilly do
clares that it is only out of the sill
encc "the mystery speaks to u.s." Still.
a sensitive, imaginative consciousness
has such awful thoughts alone in the
vast, Overwhelming dark. The souls Of
all the dead of all the ages seem to be
moving about you and now and then
you seem to hear sad, low voices
speaking to you out Of the desolate
shadows of the night.
Personally. doubt il Lincoln him
self knew as great a loneliness as has
been my lot, and am not famous and
never shall be, writes c. ]. OMalley in
the New World was born without
sister or brother. and lived my first
fourteen years alone on a great farm,
having no playmates except my
mother, books. the birds of the air, the
winds of the fields, the trees of the
woods, and the plants and flowers that
grew therein. was lonely and mis-
understood at school, and have been
much alone and little understood, ex-
cept by a few. ever since: have al
ways most earnestly desired intimate
companionship. but 1T has ever been
denied me. Only God knows how l
have longed for 1t and prayed for It,
but 1t has not been given me. The
best In others is always seen; the best
In me seems to go unrecognized. The
Desolate Life is one Of many thoughts
and some tears.
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08
ENGLISH SOLDIERS
Declining in Height, Size, Weight and
Physique.

Englishmen are steadily dwindling in
size. if the recruiting sergeants are to
be believed. The inspector general Of
recruiting lays it to the fact that four
fifths of Enslands population is in
the cities, where 1t hasn't enough to
eat nor enough air and exercise.
At the time Of the Crimean war; says
Golfers. the minimum standard Of
height for her infantry was S feet s
inches, and most Of these stalwart
troops of the line were country bred.
Thirty years later, in 1888, the stand
ard had been lowered to S feet 3 inches.
In 1900 when the transports were
filled with drafts for South Africa, an
other inch was pared of the height,
and before the end Of the campaign
recruits were mustered IN If they
stood feet in their stockings More
than half the men Of the British, army
were below the standard. required: Of
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08

the troops in the iCrmea half a CEN
tury before.
There had been a similar shrinkage
of girth of chest. OF every thousand
recruits for the Boer war 511 measur-
ed less than "a inches around the
, chest, which had been the minimum
girth as late as 1883. In the matter
of weight one-third of the whole num-
ber of enlisted men in the Boer war
fell short of the standard of 1856
pounds, which had been required of the
preceding generation. In 1900 the aver
age British recruit at the age of 10
years was inches shorter, an inch
less around the chest and Is pounds
lighter than the normal Anglo Saxon
youth of the same age ought to be.
After the Boer war the standard Of
height was restored to feet 3 inches
But the army made no great improve
ment in its average physique. AS re-
Gently as 1906 the average height Of
the British infantryman was 5 feet An
inches, but his girth of chest was only
33 inches and his weight 1923 pounds,
showing that he had been underfed and
given no fair chance to grow.
There were worse revelations than
these. Small men Smay be sturdy men,
as in the case Of, the Japanese, but
these millions Of city bred Britons
were rotten to the core. Fifty per
cent. of the London youths who Of
fered themselves as recruits, were re-
jected as unfit, even after the physical
standards had been lowered. OF 11.O0O
young men examined in Manchester,
5000 We're rejected for want of stam-
ina or because of physical defects.
Throughout the United Kingdom,
from 40 to so per cent. of those wishing
to enlist were found to be unfit for the
service, and SO desperate was the need
of food for powder" that the class of.
men thus rejected was as worthless as
1t is possible to imagine. or the men
NSAAJ @A SAO %0AAe, luIS0 OuL OIL HV0
were incapable Of enduring the hard
ships Of actual service and broke down
in two years er,ylsss tims. During ths
year Of 1903 no fewer than si,72s Brit
ish soldiers were discharged as in
valids.
Almost SO per cent of the recruits in
the Boer war We're between t1s and 10
years old. many Of them under Is, and
IN Manchester many lads enlisted who
appeared to be no more than 15.or 16.
At one. time England was maintaining
In the field 10000 immature lads. 30
battalions. an army. corps. who would
not have been accepted for service IN
France or Germany on account of their
youth. 1t was a. British critic. Lord
Denman, who, said Of this enfeebled
military strength:
Excepting a. few picked corps, the
regular army consisted of derelicts and
weeds. and even Of these a. diminish
ing number"
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08

not see why American young people
srould lie asked to learn anything
ABOUT the Peloponessian war or the
battle of Marathon. Well. there are
the Marathon races. And do these not
stand for something American youths
can understand-good dollars and
cents? Even a -blooded Northern
like Byron could feel his blood flame
up within him as he beheld for the
first time the scenes of ancient Gre
clan glory:
And Marathon looks on the sea.
And, musing there an hour alone.
I dreamed that Greece might still be
free.
For. standing on the Persian's grave,
I could not deem myself a slave.
The Marathon races ought to be use
tul to American youths, If their real
meaning were explained to every
school5ov. They were instituted in an
H1CCSV, HoC W
ate the wonderful battle which
began with the slaughter of
I.aonidas and the immortal Three Hun
dred, but the fate which overlook the
messenger who brought the news Of
the great Eold-up Of the Persian army
by that devoted band. He should not,
according to the ancient Greek code,
have left the field to bear the tale
home, even though 1t enabled his coun
trymen to assemble in their full
strength and prepare to meet the in
vader: he should have been borne
home upon his shield, if borne home at
all. If Thucydids and Xenophon and
strabo and Ptolemy are to go by the
board as useless membranes in the
great march to the gold fields Of Sue
Cess, why retain the Old Testament
stories Of the mother Of the Macca-
bees, tho destruction Of Sinnacherib's
most, the shifting of Holofernes and
the other patriotic examples?
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08
Tho Power Of Song.

Thirty men, red-eyed and disheveled.
lined ZIP before Judge Of the San
Francisco police court. 1t vas the
regular morning company of "drunks
and disorderlies." Some were old and
hardened, others hung their heads in
shame. Just as the momentary dis
order attending the bringing in Of the
prisoners quietcd down a strange
thing ha,,pcped, says the Youths Com
panion. a. strong, clear voice from
below began singing:
Last night as I lay sleeping.
There came a dream SO fair"
Last night! It had been for them
all a nightmare or drunken stupor.
The song was a contrast to the hor-
rible fact That no one could fail of a,
sudden shock at the thought the song
suggested.
II stood in old Jerusalem.
Beside the temple there"
the soug went on. The judge had
paused. He made a quiet inquiry. A
former member Of a famous opera
company, known all over the country
was awaiting trial for forgery. 1t was
he who wa; singing in his cell.
Meantime the song went CIi, and
every man in the line showed emo
tion. ono or two dropped OIL their
knees; ono boy, at the end of the
line, after a desperate effort at self
control, leaned against the wall. buried
his face against his folded arn1s, and
sobbcd, "Oh, mother, mother"
The :;obs cutting to the very heart
the men who heard, and the song,
still yelling it's way through the court
room, blendcn in the hush.
At length one man protested
Judge said lie, "have we got to sub
nit to this?i We're here to take our
punishment, but this" He, too. be-
gan to sob. ..,s -.-- .s.
It was impossible to proceed with
the business Of the court, yet the
judge gave no order to stop III" song
The police sergeant, after an effort
to keep the men in line, stepped back
and waited with the rest. Tie song
moved IN to it's climax.
"Jerusalem: Jerusalem! Sing for the
night is DER!
Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna for
evcrmore!"
In an ecstacy Of melody the las. words
rang. out. enc then there was silence.
The judge looked into the faces Of
the men before him. There was not
one who was not touched by the song;
not one in whom some better impulse
was not stirred. He did not call the
cases. sing!y-a kind word Of advice,
and he dismissed. them all. No man
was. fined or sentenced to the work
house tnat morning The song had
done more good than punishment could
possibly have accomplished.
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08
Greek History.

Tho latest thing to be mathematical
by the new school Of pedagogy is the
teaching of Greek history, says the
Standard and Times. Professor James
Harvey of Columbia University. does
The Irish standard., 1909-05-08

Algy-M Myrtle. what are your objec-
tions to marrying me-? .~.... .,, i.
Myrtle-I have only. one objection
Alsy,: I'd have, to. live; With you
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-09

rotary of the New York Board of Edu-
cation, Lieut.-Com. Everhart, l.. :. n.
in command of the ship. states that
changes made in the rigging of the New
port during the past winter have 50 i'm
proved her sailing qualities that she may
now he classed with the fastest ships
ahoat. On the 25th of May, with the
wind free the Newport logged in four
successive hours the following remark
able runs; II knots. - knots. 12T
knots and l2.5 knots In other words,
the Newport made under sail several rec
ordS thar exceed her speed under steam
with forced draft
This is remarkable performance, not
So much for the speed in itself, as that
has been greatly exceeded in many in
stances by American merchant vessels
but because of the superiority of sail
power in driving the Newport as agansl
the maximum ability of the steam pian,.
II shows that the American marine arct,-
ltect could continue at the front if sails
We're To remain rs the chief propelling
power and Ii reaSSuring as to the nhil-
lily of American yacht designers to hold
the palm against all Corners But sails
are not To remain in commercial use be-
cause steam is better all-around agent
which insureS progress despite wind and
wave. The sail vessel may lead a steam
er occasionally under highly favorable
conditions, but she must yield To the
latter in point of dispatch and rrgu-
larity of service.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-09
A Chinese Light on German Wages.

The question of how wages in Ger
many compare with wages in America
has been under discussion In the Senate
of the United States, in connection with
the problem of the amount of tariff pro-
lection necessary to defend American
workingmen from competition with tha
labor Of Germany. Very remarkable as
sertions regarding high wages paid in
Germany have been challenged as in
credible.
Here is a dispatch from BresIau, I'M
der date Of June 10. 1909, which says:
The city of Landshut, "A wealthy town,
adyprtises for clerks for the municipal al
mipistration. promising the following wages:
TO Young men, college bred, the city offers
ten marks $3.50 per month for the first
the remuneration Is twenty marks, In the
third thirty marks beginning with the
fourth year clerks Will receive six hundred
marks per auJum, with increase Of one
hundred marks per year until the maximum
wage Of 1909 marks Is reached
4 mark is q cents-not quite the
equivalent Of an American quarter"
Where i'm the United States would Ii
ne nnssible to get high school boys, or
even street Arabs, 10 say nothing Of col
Icpc-brcd young men. who would be will
ling To- engage their services for the
pitiful remuneration Of $3.50 a month.
with the brilliant prospect of $3.50 year
after three years service, and eventually
$3.50 as annual wagesf
Who wants to see the standard Of
American wages reduced TO such an ex-
tpnt ms the offer Of such compensation
for educated municipal employees i'm
plies?
By such a reduction in his income
nv any heavy cut in his incume-the
status Of the American workingman as
a consumer would be lowered to an cx-
tent which would injuriously affect every
interest in America depending for pros
Ucrity upon the home market--that is.
upon the purchases Of American con
slmers? Gripping financially American
consumers who work for wages would
cripple American manufacturers and
farmers because it would make imp0s-
siblr the present liberal scale on which
the American workingman buys and
lives. The thing would never do. That
is why Americans who object 10 particu-
lar schedules in the pending tariff bill
have no desire to see the abandonment
If the American principle Of protective
tariff.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-09

From tyclopedla OF American Agrirulfurc
l.. H. Bailey, Editor.in Chief Renro'
duced by permission Of The Macmillan
Company, New York
Many chemicals and mixtures hovo
been applied to soils with the hope that
thereby the disease germs might bo
killed, but in few instances has this
proved effective. The use Of lime in
large quantities for clubroot of the
cruclfers and of sulphur for onion smut
nearly comprises the list Of such RENE
dies. In most cases chemical treatment
OF soils is barren, although applications
Oh carbon blsulide are reported to have
been eftcacious on grape-sick soils IN
parts Of Europe. When the amount of
soil to be treated is small. as in n green
house. sterilization by heat is sometimes
practicable; or the soil may he completely
removed and the benches sterilized by n
heavy application Of copper sulphate fol
lowed by lime, The benches may then
be rehlled with unaffected soil
crop rotation, employed in order to de-.
priye the germs of their sustaining host
viii in many cases bring about either to-
tai or partial recovery. This is notably
true concerning the clubroot crucifers.
IN cases when crop rotation is not Who'll
~ effective, 1t may so far result i'm the
recovery Of the soil as 10 enable the sus-
ceptible crop TO be raised once in each
three or four years without serious prey
alence Of disease In the employment Of
crop rotation, weeds or cultivated plants
of close botanical affinity to the affected
crop plant must he zealously guarded
against. 4 wild weedy crucifer may
harbor the germs Of the clubr0ot or
weedy relative Of the tomato may keep
alive the tomato-wilt parasite.
In the case Of most soil diseases. the
greatest promise lies in the development
Of immune varieties by proper selection.
With many kinds Of plants there is
more or less marked variation in the de-
gree Of susceptibility. Some varieties
others very susceptible BY yearly select.
ing seed from the plants showing the
greatest resistance, the immunity may
be increased until perfect resistance is
| secured. A cowpen, The Iron" Zig.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-09
Fingy Corners.

Fingy Corners is an irrepressible soul.
Tact and he have nothing in common. 4
few evenings ago he met Charles BisselI
in crowded hotel and pounced upon
him with reckless ioviality
"Hello-o-o. Charley" he cried. "IIow
the deuce are yod, Ell? How's Herb?
How S."
Mr.. Bissell was worried. He pinned
for decorum. At his side was Justice
Brewer of the United States supreme
court at Washington, reserved. sileat,
dignihed. Mr.. Bisscll was inspired 10
Use his majestic personality as a uuench
of Fingy's eXuberance.
"Mr. Corners" he said, 'let me pre-
sent you to Justice Brewer"
"How's the health?" asked Fingy.
giving the hand of the judge a perfume
tory shake. Then, stepping back so as
TO afford more range to his glance OF
disapproval, he looked at Mr. Justice
Brewer very coldly. and, turning to Mr..
Bssell, said:
Say, Charley, I thought | was onto
all the people you put on the bench, but
guess I'm in wrong somewhere. What
court did you make him judge off,
Harper's Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-09
TALES OF PUBLIC MEN.
Prof. Spinks, Scientist.

Prof. Spinks, the scientist, who was
engaged in profound psychological
work, rang for his nanservant. Then he
indited the following note to the police
commissioner:
Il will thank you to send one of Your
men to arrest my cook. She has stolen
my purse"
The servant. who had at once answered
the bell, stood ut his elbow, waiting for
his employer to finish the note He
stopped to pick up something that was
lying under the table As the note was
handed him the servitor handed the oh
lect to the scientist, remarking as he
did so:
Here is your purse, sir. 1t was lying
under your table"
" All, you are just in time" observed
the psychologist. Give me the note
This being done, the investigator of the
mysteries of the human mind thereupon
added the following poStscript:
The purse has just been found 1t
will, therefore. be unnecessary for you to
send any one"
Here, john said the professor" de-
liver this note at once 1t is important"
And the learned gentleman resumed
his work.-Harper's Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-09
William Dana Orcutt, Author.

William Dana circuit, author of one
of the seasons best sellers "rhe
Spell" exchanged few words the other
day with boy who runs the news stand
at one of the largest of the New York
hotels. Mr.. circuit, a guest at the hotel
while stopping in New York, went 10
claim two theater tickets reserved at
the stand in his name.
Are YOU William Dana Orcutt?" de.
manded the custodian, so you wrote
this here The Spell did you?'' pointing
to the book.
81 did, admitted Mr. circuit. whats
the matter with it? Can't you sell it?'
oh, sure; it goes all right" said the
youthful vender. generously. but say.
you fellows don't none Of We know how
to sell a book"
Whats wrong with us?" humbly
asked the author from Boston.
Why" said the other what YOU
want to do is to get pretty girl aud
put her on the cover, and after that it
don't make a bit of difference what's in
side the book. Boston Herald.