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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-19

before May s., unless something uneX-
peeted should happen. The seating ca
paeity of the Empire will DE not less
than one thousand, and there will be
three prices of admission-ten fifteen
and twenty-five cents. Mr.. Overend
has adopted the English custom of hav-
ing "pit,'' to which the admission
will be ten cents. The entrance to this
viii be on Bethel street, and will have
width of eighteen feet. Other prices
will be fifteen and twenty-five cents,
and there will be the main entrance on
Hotel street for the patrons of that
part of the house. The building and
floors are to be of cement, the floors
inclining toward the stage. On this
floor the chairs viii be of the ordinary
folding variety, while in the balcony
they will be the regular up-to-date
opera chairs.
The plans, submitted by Mr.. Webb
of the U. S. Engineers Office, contem-
plate perfect ventilation secured by a
row of Louvre ventilators placed on
three sides of the building, eight 20
inch ventilasors in the roof and a large
Louvre under the mauka gable to catch
the dIl0THOOH anu tietN>
breezes; there will be thorough ventl-
lation from floor to plate. Provisions
are made for large operating room and
adjoining it will be a stOreroom. The
box office will be artistic and will have
row of art glass in the top sash. This
decoration was made at the Coast ex-
pressly for Mr.. Overend.
"'When / went to the Coast, [ had
been considering a cafe chantant affair
with circus possibilities, said Mr.
Overend in discussing the plan of en-
tertainment, but during my absence
conditions changed and | am going TO
postpone that part of the program for
time If the demand is here, [ will
supply it. For the present | intend to
have at the Aloha Park, which ! own
individually, motion picture show OF
more than ordinary merit. If ] had
followed my first hunch, I would have
had an iron structure and would have
been obliged to delay opening, for 1t
would take six months to get it and
build the place. | viii give, when the
time comes, clean vaudeville and cir
Gus. The cafe plan is a good one, and
I believe the town demands such a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-19
VIGOROUS OLD AGE

youth beautiful
should
mistakenly weakness healh
separable maturity of
the majority enbd old nothing but tn
natural treatment afforded by
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-19
Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract

by increasing appetite aiding digestion putting
superior table wine 1t valuable to old
young remarkable achieved
STEARNS'-
the genuine
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-19
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1REC0RD5E

No owner of a talking
machine" will ever be sat.
isfed with ordinary-pro-;
cess disc or cylinder rec
ords once he has heard
Columbia Records played.
Let that sink in--for
it's a fact.
Columbia Records are beyond
argument better in every way
in smoothness of surface, in
evenness of tone, in clearness,
in volume, in repertory and in
durability. They are made un-
der the original patents, and by
processes that elsewhere can
only be initiated. Compare
them, that's all we ask.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
LIBERTYvlllE ITEMS.

Master Glen Baker Is III at this
writing.
Mr.. j. w. Moore, who died at
womaek. was buried In the Chris
tian cemetery here last Friday.
Grandma" Presnell, mother Of
Mr.. T.. o.lPresnell. IL seriously III
nj Bismarck,
GLADDEN. Kinkead, who is attend
Carleton College, spent Sunday and
Monday with home folks here.
Prof. Harold Grow held recep-
ton Saturday evening, which a
large number OF young people at
tended.
Land buyers should investigate
some farms ia this country, as we
learn that several can be bought
very reasonably now.
DR.. @, w. Presnell and N. A.
Zimmerman OF Fredericktowp did
some degree work for the Masonic
order Of this place last week.
George Beard Of Flat River, Ellis
Rodgers and son, and Clarence
Boyd OF Avon visited the Odd Eel
lows Lodge here Saturday evening.
The severe blizzard last week and
another one raging now, Is very bad
on the growing wheat, as the fields
are bare and the price goes higher
each day.
Mrs. Harriet Boyd Of Ste. Gene
We've county gave her father, Uncle
Billy Sebastian, a birthday dinner
Wednesday, Feb. 10th. II being
Uncle Billy's glst birthday, an efiort
was made 10 have all his children
present, which includes Mr.. ant
Mrs. +. j. Sebastian and MIR. anS
Mrs. II. NJ. Sebastian Of Frederick
town, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Sebastian
of Bismarck, and Judge q. w. Sc
bastian Of this place. We wlsI
Uncle Billy many more birtbda.
anniversaries. FELIX.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
OBITUARY.

Byron Pratte, son Of August and
Eliza Pratte, was born Oct. Is, 1874,
and was married to Susan Compton
In November of 1880. There were
six children born to them.
Byron Pratte died January IS,
1909, aged "a years and 3 months.
His death, which had been ex-
pected for some time, came easy
and was due TO Bright's disease Of
several years standing. He suffered
intensely for years and when death
came he was prepared and welcomed
death, praying TO be home with
Christ. Prayers were on his lips
morning, noon and night. He said
to bis family: "How glad III be to
pass over. am ready and willing
to 20, yet l hate 10 leave my dear
ones, but realize Il will he for only
n short time, then wen all be to-
gether."
The decenscd had all his family
with him 10 the last with the excep-
ton OF one son, who was absent In
the South. He leaves HE wife and
six children-Mrs. Maud Waller,
Grace, Walter, Bert, Sydney and
Augustus Pratte, also two sisters
and two brothers, besides other rel
atiyss.
Mr.. Pratte was valued by his
neighbors for his many good traits
as a neighbor and citizen.
Funeral services were held at the
French Village Catholic Church at
II O'Clock on January 20, 1909. by
Rev. Father Price OF Lawrenceton,
and the remains were laid at rest In
the French Village cemetery.
Asleep In Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to
weep.
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last OF foes.
A FRIEND.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
Valentines from 1c up at
Pelty's Book Store.
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES.

Miss Maybell Brown visited home
folks at Knob Lick Saturday and
Sunday.
Louis Landolt, who graduated re-
Gently, has secured good stenog-
raphic position In st. Louis.
Persons desiring to purchase any
kind of typewriter, either new or
second hand, will do well to see Pres
ident Moothart.
Miss Gladys McC,intock left this
week for Sikeston, wLerc she be-
comes stenographer for the Sikeston
Mercantile Company.
Miss Benedict and Ray Cunningham
passed their second shorthand tests
last week, while Howard Cunning
ham was successful In passing his
first test.
j. T.. Halter, one OF our graduates,
has resigned his position with Judge
Rivers OF Elvlns, and il now stenog-
rapher In the Office of Prosecuting
Attorney Boyer.
Secretary Baker of Knoxville,
Tenn, visited our school this week
Arrangements were made with him
to install modern system of bank
ing In connection with the 10Th Centu-
ry bookkeeping.
We are pleased to announce to
students of the public and literary
schools, as well as to the young peo-
pie OF the rural districts, that we
now have q home study course In
bookkeeping, shorthand and type
writing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
Danger i'm aCold

Because you have contracted ordinary colds
and recovered from them without treatment
Of any kind, do not for moment imagine
that colds are not dangerous. Not only pneu.
monia. but also the infectious diseases such
"a diphtheria and scarlet fever start with a
cold The cold prepares the system for the
reception and development OF the germs Of
these diseases. Take our advicc-cure your
cold while you eau.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
FEEBLE OLD LADY
Has Strength Restored By vinol.

Mrs. Michael Bloom OF Lewis
town, Pa, who IL 10 years OF age,
says: "For long time have been
so feeble that ! have had to be
wheeled around In an invalid's
chair. had mo strength and took
cold at the slightest provocation,
which invariably settled Oh my lungs,
and a cough would result. My son
learned OF the cod liver preparation
called vinol. and procured bottle
for me. 1t built up my strength
rapidly, and after taking three bot
ties I am able to do most of my
work, and can walk a quarter of n
mile easily. Every aged or weak
person who requires strength s.ould
try yinol. j am delighted with what
IL has done for me-
As body builder and strength
creator for old people, delicate child
rem, weak, rundown persons. and
after sickness, Vfnol is unexcelled.
Sold ExcluSivsly by
=. II. LAAK1GAN, Druegist.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12

John Lape shot and killed his
haif-brother, Ed Lape, at Allenville,
Cape Girardeau county, on the 30th
Wit. No particulars have been given
Of the shooting.
Rev. J. j. Presson, the oldest
Methodist minister In Missouri,
celebrated his Goth birthday on the
3lst ult. at Bertrand. There were
present rs people, 90 of them being
his children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
A deed was recorded In the re-
corder's Office at Greenville convey
ing 100000 acres OF Wayne county
land from the HoIladay-Klotz Lum-
Der Company to the Wayne County
Iron and Lumber Company, the
amount being 800, 600.
Another child has been burned to
death In the Southeast the past
week. There has been scarcely n
week that Que or two such cases
have not been recorded. A little
five-year-old girl named Bishop, who
lives in Poplar Bluff, stood too close
to n heated stove when her dress
caught fire and she was so severely
burned that she died In n short
time.
smok Triumph, )" Stickney, IS latest
and best 5-cent cigar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
BISMARCK BREvlTlES.

+. +. Beard visited St. Louis Sun
day.
Mrs. Loda Is visiting friends here
this week.
A. ID. Boss visited his family here
last week.
VIM. Hinze was injured Saturday
by severely cutting his foot with an
axe.
John II. Harrell visited his son
DR.. Walter Harrell, In st. Louis
last week.
Geo. Bispllnghofi aud Mr.. Car
mHclc went to st. Louis Monday
evening to hear Gypsy Smith.
Mira. Tom Barrett went to st.
Louis Tuesday morning to visit her
son Frank, who Is in n hospital
there.
DR.. King of Campbell was here
Monday to attend the funeral Of his
sister, Miss Virdie, ut lrondale
Tuesday.
Mllt Mntkin Is moving this week
to the r. T. Tullock farm and Miss
Maude Dent, our much appreciated
central" girl, will give up tele-
phone work to move to her farm va
Gated by Mr.. Matkin. Harvey Dun
can will take charge OF central"
vacated by Miss Dent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
ChamberIain'S Cough Remedy

by Its remarkable cures OF colds has become
q staple article OF trade and commerce. Itii
prompt; IL Is efectual; IL Ia reliable. Try IL
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12

=. r. LAAKlGAN. Druggist.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
n m. TAL6ERT.
Or. j. w. 6RAHAM
q EsiDENT DENTIST,

ALI kinds Of dental operations with the
atest ana most approved appliances and
uafhods. All WORK guaranteed 10 give sat.
sfection. - once Al pssidsn
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12

A curious inquirer wants to know
"What are the sister states,' and
the Fairfix Forum answers: We
should judge that they are, Miss
ouri, the Misses Sippi, Ida Ho,
Mary Land, Callie Fornia, Allie
Bama, Louisa Anna, Della Ware
and Minnie Sofa.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
Lame Shoulder.

This is a common form OF muscu-
lar rheumatism. No internal treat
ment Is needed. Apply Chamber
lain's Linimcnt freely three times a
day and a quick cure is certain.
This liniment has proven especially
valuable for muscular and chronic
rheumatism. Sold by f. NJ. Laak-
man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the
Most Popular Because II Ia the Best =.

~ have sold Chamberlain Cough
Remedy for the past eight years and
find IL to be one of the best selling
medicines on the market. For babies
and young children there is nothing
better In the line of cough syrups,"
says Paul Allen, Plain Dealing, La.
This remedy not only cures the
coughs, colds and Group so common
among young children, but ;s pleas
ant and safe for them to take. For
sale by Il. M. Laakman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12
FOR SALE.

Two thres-room cottages, located
near Elmwood Seminary. These
are snaps. Prices 500 and u, 100. See
J. 3. CLAY,
Farmers Bank Bldg.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12

The Developer is the name of q
new paper to be published at Pied
mont and Ia, as it's name suggests,
60 be devoted to booming this sec
tlon OF the State.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
More Than 20

Ingredients give to Hoods SarsapariIIa
its great curative power-power to cure
many and varied complaints, including
diseases of the blood, ailments of the
stomach, troubles Of the kidneys and
liver.
Many OF the ingredients are just
what the profession prescribe in the
ailments named. but the combination
and proportions are peculiar to this
medicine and give it curative power
peculiar to itself.
Therefore, there is no real substi-
tute for it. II urged to buy any prep
aration said TO be 'just as good" you
may be sure it is inferior, costs less
TO make, and yields the dealer larger
profit.
Get It today in the usual liquid form
or in chocolated tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Piles Quickly
Cured at Home
Instant Relief. Permanent Cure-Trial
Package Mailed Free to All
in Plain Wrapper

Piles is a fearful disease, but easy to
cure if you go at ii right.
An operation with the knife is
dangerous, cruel. humiliating and un-
necessary.
There is just one other sure way to
be cured-painless. safe and in the
privacy of your own home-it is Pyra-
mid Pile cure.
We viii mail a trial package free to
all who write.
1t will give you instant relief. show
you the harmless. painless nature of
this great remedy and start you well
on the way toward a perfect cure.
Then you can get q full-sized box
from any druggist for 90 cents, and
often one box cures.
Insist on having what you call for
If the druggist tries to sell you
something just as good, it is because
he makes more money on the substi-
tute.
The cure begins at once and con-
tinues rapidly until i: is complete and
permanent.
You can go right ahead with your
work and be easy and comfortab bic all
the time.
1t is we'll worth trying
Just send your name and address to
Pyramid Drug Co. 80 Pyramid Build
ing. Marshall, Mich, and receive free
by return mail the trial package in a
plain wrapper.
Thousands have been cured in this
easy, painless and inexpensive way. in
the privacy of the home
No knife and its TORTURE.
No doctor and his bills.
All druggists, SO cents. Write today
for a free package.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
KING VICTOR TELLS OF
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS

ROME. Jan. 2.-The American gun
boat Scorpion viii arrive at Messina
Monday. when its commander will
place his vessel at the disposal OF the
American embassy officials and the con
sular authorities for the assistance of
Americans and the protection OF their
interests in Sicily. The Scorpion, like
other foreign ships. also viii transport
refugees from the affected districts.
carrying messages and cooperating in
all possible ways with the authorities
in the alleviation OF distress. II mean
time. the bodies Of Consul Cheney and
wife are found. the Scorpion may trans
port them TO Naples, whence they viii
be shipped TO the United States
Returning from visit to the Gala
brian coast, north of Reggie. King Vic
tor Emmanuel sent the following tele-
gram 10 Premier Giolitti:
I have visited Cannitello. eight miles
north OF Reggie. which was literally
razed 10 the ground. Villa San Gov
ianni also was destroyed. As at Mes
sina, the rescue work is well organized.
The fires at Messina have now been re-
dDced TO small proportions. Three
other British and French warships have
arrived at Messinar
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
CALLING OF PARLIAMENT
AWAITS KINGS SEAL

ROME. Jan. 2.-Premier Gioletti to-
night said parliament would be con-
NOked as soon as the king. who Is eX-
pected 10 return here tonight, could
sign the decree. First OF all, the
financial question would be considered.
II was purposed 10 take $4,000. eco Of
the budget surplus which would be
devoted 10 purposes connected with she
catastrophe. The government would
appoint a committee of experts to draw
up scheme looking TO the feconstruc-
ton Of cities based on lessons learned
in the past This would be codifled
into q law with other matters, such as
loans TO the sufferers.
The premier said the country had
faced three calamities, the earthquake.
the robbers OF corpses. and the robbers
of the bourse. He might add the
Journalists who sat at home and freely
criticised every one and everything.
and q certain class OF hnaRc8ers who
had attempted 10 raid the Bank Of
Italy stock.
He pointed out that this had been
done by the circulation OF false dis
patches 10 the effect that the bank
had lost sIo.O0o.e coo at Messina and
Reggie. in the hope that this report
would cause q heavy decline in the
stock values, the reaction of which
would affect other banks.
The government had stopped this
maneuver by ordering the projects moi
10 allow the b0urses TO open.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
NARROWING TALES TOLD
BY HUNGRY SURVIVORS

MESSINA. Jan 2-The stories re-
lated by the survivors in the hospitals
and at the food supply stations, where
rations were issued twice a day, all re-
feet the horror OF the fateful 2Sth of
December. There were many miracu-
lous escapes, but the cases of bereave-
ments are without number.
)bbler named Francesca Mesianro
relates that Immediately after the first
shock he and his wife and children
rushed out into the street. Fires were
breaking out all around them. Hearing
groans from a pile of debris near by
the cobbler made a hurried examina-
tion. He found two girls dying. The
head of one was split open, while the
chest of the other had been crushed in.
The cobbler picked up a baby. but il
expired in his arms Seized with terror
the man fled toward the sea.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
EARTHQUAKE WILL NOT
AFFECT ORANGE TRADE

LOS ANGELES. Jan. I'm response
to telegram of inquiry President Vic
tor L. Zern of the New York fruit ex-
TO the Los Angeles Daily Fruit World:
The earthquake in Sicily is not like
ly to have any material effect upon
shipments of Sicily lemons to America.
The orchards even adjacent TO Messina
escaped uninjured as far as is known.
There may have been from 100000 to
zee, 900 boxes of November cut fruit in
the packing houses in Messina which
was probably destroyed, but Palermo
and vicinity which furnish 80 per
cent of the lemon shipments to Ameri-
ca, suffered no damage.
THE expectation Of olives will not
be affected. as practically no olives are
shipped from Messina at any time
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

ships in Genoa or Marseilles. place
aboard them doctors and trained nurses
and send them TO the straits OF Mes
sina. Here the workers would put
themselves at the disposal of the au-
The poverty Of the country where
the disaster occurred makes it impera-
tive to remove the survivors at once
10 distant points. as Naples. Leghorn or
Genoa. or points even further up the
coast and / am safe in saying there
is no limit of sea transportation needeo'
a committee formed with Amerl-
cans in Rome, which would cooperate
with committee In New York for the
relief Of the people Of the stricken dis
terfere with the contributions of Amer
leans 10 the relief committee appointed
by King Victor Emmanuel
Immediate action. however. is i'm
peraIive and il such suggestion as
this is to be OF value il should be put
into operation at once. All the ar
rangementS could be completed by ca
BILE in A few hours. Exact statistics OF
impossible TO obtain. because all the
bodies under the ruins have not yet
been eScaTated. II is equally impossi-
bic to make any accurate count of the
survivors, for they are today scattered
from one end of the country 10 the
other
The only figures that can be given
are reached by calculating the total
populations before the disaster and
subtracting therefrom the numbers that
are supposed to have survived The
result is, OF course, approximate. On
this basis is made the estimate that
about $4,000 people have left Messina
and the communae- AS the total pop
Ulation of the city and communae was
about 155, ,O0e and as there are about
Is 0o0 people still in the district, the
dead probably number close to 1l5, 600.
The victims are increasing daily, not
only through the dying of the injured.
but also by the many suicides COM
mitted by desperate survivors.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
INJURED ARE DYING FOR
WANT OF FOOD AND AID

PARIS. Jan. 2.-The Figaro today
publishes the following dispatch from
Rome:
AS days go by the disaster appears
more horrible, terrifying and immense
II is without precedent in The history
OF the world. In my earlier dispatches
! spoke OF over 10000 dead This
number doubtless will be Increased
for now IL is conservatively estimated
that 100000 persons perished misera-
bly, in this staggering catastronhe ana
the worst is not yet known The
scOurge has not Yet done its final work
THE tremblings of the earth con-
tlnue with sinister rumblings. and at
times Jets of boiling water surge from
the creVasses The sources of the
streams are poisoned with putrfd
matter
IN spite OF herculean efforts the
succor still IS insufficient. In the more
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
SISTER OF HART NORTH.
NOT AMONG INJURED

Commissioner OF immigration Hart
North received a ca blegram yesterday
from his sister, Miss Maude North. from
Naples stating that she was not among
those injured in the earthquake in
Italy. although she was on her way
to Taormina at the time of the dis
aster. Miss North states that she left
Paris December Il for Sicily in COM
pany with Miss Swan Of Rochester,
y. Y, where they were to be Joined by
three women were to proceed to Taor-
nina, between Messina and Cantania-
Miss North has been travelling in Eu-
rope for the last year and left Paris
on account of the cold weather. intend
ing wintering in the southern country.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
GRTScOM IS ACTIVE
IN THE RELIEF WORK

ROME. Jan Financial relief for
The sufferers has come ia so generously
from the United States that Ambassador
Cfiscom Is today taking a prominent
part ia the relief work being organized
81 Rome The ambassador was request
ed today 10 give his opinion regarding e
the best methods 10 apply this kmeri-
can succOr. He said.
~The work OF relief Is difficult op-fne q
10 Eeograp aphic3I conditions. There Is
only one railroad line running from
Naples 10 southern Italy This is neces-
sarilw checked by the troops OF the gov
ernmSnt service and the handling of the
state relief supplies. Consequently most
~ the outooming relief must be sent 10
the stricken area By sea.
"A practical means OF getting in the
relief offered by the United States
~ould be to charter one or s'snrA --.@--.- Z