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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
A BIT OF NEGRO HuMoR.

Robert Edeson tells the following
story of a negro servant that is worth
repeating.
One day last summer Mr.. Edeson no.
ticed that Lindy was in an unusually
good humor while doing her work
singing all the time. He called her into
the room and saw she was arrayed in
colors that would have shamed Solo
mon, including, as they did, all the
bright hues of the rainbow.
"Lindy," said he, Hwhy are you so
happy today?' This evoked the re-
ply: 'sMarse Bob, / just buried my
fourth husband yesterday" "You
did, said Mr.. Edeson. t'Well, it
seems to me that it would be more be-
fitting for you to array yourself in gar
ments of somber hue. -
"Dat S alright said Indy but
I'm one of dose folks dat carries dere
grief in de heart instead of on dere
clothes Utica Observer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
TENyO MiRU
ARRIVES TODAY
Transport Thomas WireIessed
That She Would Be in
Tomorrow.

Wireless messages from two steamers
Were received here yesterday, telling
the time that they would arrive. The
United States Army transport Thomas,
on her way to the mainland from Ma
Mia, sent an aerogram to the effect that
everything was all right on board and
that she would pull into her dock to-
morrow, probably in the morning. The
second message was received from the
Togo Kisen Kaisa liner Tenyo Maru,
stating that she would arrive off the
harbor this morning.
Coming from the different directions,
the vessels have been enabled to notify
interested people and the general pub
lie the time they would arrive through
the wonderful wireless telegraph sys-
TENS which they have installed on
board. A few months ago a wireless
message from a ship at sea on her way
to this port was a novelty and excited
a vast amount of interest, but so many
of the vessels passing through Honolulu
have the delicate apparatus on them
now that few people pay any extra
ordinary attention to mere wireless.
It only remains for the Pacific Mail
steamers to fall in line with outfits
when the wireless field of passenger and
freight boats running to this port will
have been well covered. Business men
of this city, as well as on the Pacific
Coast, are greatly interested in each
development in wireless telegraphy in
asmuch as it directly affects their
freight interests.
The remarkable thing about the mes
gages which were received here yester-
day was that the two steamships seem
to have fallen into the habit of locat-
ing themselves before they arrive in
port. This is very commendable
habit. All of the other boats which
have wireless systems have been ac-
eustomed of late to send in their where
abouts through the air, stating also the
time they expected to arrive in port.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
SAILORS READY
To CO NORTH
Local Scarcity of Seafarinq
Men Is Promised
Soon.

According to advices that have been
received at this port by Captain Soren-
son, the local agent of the Seamen 8
Union, from the mainland, there will
be decided scarcity of seafaring men
within the next few months, and the
lack of men will be keenly felt by
the vessels which ply between the Coast
and the Hawaiian Islands. At the pres
ent time there is not an overabundance
OF sailors handy in Honolulu, in ease
ship needs her complement of fore
mast hands replenished, and the strin.
geney in this class of labor promises
to become considerably worse.
Along about the first of April of each
year, the sailors along the mainland
ports begin TO sign in ships going up
to Alaska. If they can't get berths
in sailing ships they work their way
up to Seattle and then get employment
on vessels leaving for the North. Once
in Alaska the sailors make good wages
either in the mining camps or as long
shoremen. Cape Nome and st. Michaels
are popular ports for the men to migrate
to, for they receive more money for
less work there than at almost any
other of the Northern ports.
One dollar an hour doing longshore-
men S work beats $35 per month on
sailing vessel, according to the men.
and many of them receive free trans
portation to Alaska and return from
Seattle. Honolulu boats will feel the
migration of sailormen probably more
keenly than any other port, and the
vessels running here pay low wages.
It is an odd fact that the old-time sea-
men-men who have been before the
mast for many years on the Pacific
Coast-come down here in the winter
time, while the majority of the crews
which hit this port in wind tanners in
the summer are recruits at the bust
ness. The run down in the South Seas
is considered about the best to break
new man into the seafaring trade,
and the youngsters FIJI the ships dur
ing the times when stormy weather is
the least liable to come.
After April Is, almost all of the men
who go North have gotten away, and
there are many vacancies to ue filed
The Alaska season is short, there is big
money in it while it lasts, and the men
who go down to the sea in ships are
Johnny on-the spot to earn their
ST per hour when the ice breaks and
the Alaska rivers are navigable. In
the meantime the vessels running into
Honolulu are manned by nondescript
crews, composed sometimes of almost
as many landsmen as seamen.
The great depression in the windjam-
mer trade within the last few years
has thrown any number of old, we'll
trained salts on the maritime market,
and consequently there is no danger
in the near future of ships having
serious trouble in securing competent
men to do the rough work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
TIDES. SUN AND MOON.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
THE FRUIT SEASON.

This season always brings on more
or less diarrhoea which is promptly
checked by Chamberlain 8 Collie, Cho-
lera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Get bot
tie and be prepared for sudden attacks.
For sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith
& Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
0 Q
bourne for South Africa. Dec IL.
ST. ROGATIEN, FIR. blk, Illiaguer, from
Hon. for Sound, Dee. 2.
SHERIDAN, Z. S. A. T., from Hon.
for Manila, Feb. 10.
SIBERIA. Am s. s., from Yokohama
for Hon, Feb. q.
TENYO MARU, Jap. s. s., from s. E.
for Hon, Feb. 26.
=. P. EMIGH, Am. bkt.. Irsen, ar. Hilo
from Everett, Jan. 81.
THEIRS. Fir. sp., from Hon. for sgd
ney Heads, Jan. II.
THOMAS, U. S. A. T, Lyman, at Ma
Mia
TEXAN, Am. s. s., ar. S. F., from
Salina Cruz, Feb. q.
VILE de MULHOUSE, FIR. bk.. Bony,
from Hon for Sydney, Jan. %.
VIRGTNIAN, Am. S. s, ar. Salina Cruz
from Hilo, Feb. 10.
VERMONT, Br. s. s, ar. Newcastle
from Eleele, Jan. is.
". Fl. MARSTON, Am. schr., ar. Hilo
from s. F.. Jan. 90.
". B. FLINT. Am. bk., ar. Port Town
send from Hon, Dec. "a
WM. P. FRYE, Am. sp., from Hon. for
Philadelphia, Feb. II.
". s. PORTER. Am. S. s, ar. Gaviota
from Hon, Feb. 10.
". F. CAIRNS, Am. sehr., ar. Kahului
from Iquique, Feb. 20.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
Mary Foster from Tacoma.

Twenty-nine days out from Tacoma,
the schooner Mary E. Foster, Captain
Thompson, arrived here yesterday morn
ing with something over 10000 feet
of lumber. She had rough weather on
the voyage down, but there were no
extraordinarily heavy storms reported.
The skipper of the Foster is well known
here, having sailed to the Islands for
number of years. The boat will prob
ably carry sugar on the return voyage.
Shipping Notes.
The James H. Brace sailed away for
Mahukona yesterday morning. Her
canvass was fully replaced while she
was lying off the harbor here.
Callers aboard the lighthouse tender
Kukui yesterday were Captain Clark,
wharf superintendent for the Oceanic
Company, and Captain Searles of the
steamer ]. A. Cummins. They were
welcomed by Captain Jobson.
The Inter Island steamer Mikahala
arrived yesterday morning from Kauai,
bringing 5000 bags of sugar and a mis-
eellaneous freight consignment. Purser
CLANCY reported the following sugar
on Kauai awaiting shipment: Y. K.
$500; K. S. NJ. 1000; w, 5000.
The W. G. Hall went on the Marine
Railway Tuesday for repairs to her bot
tom, which was badly seraped when she
landed ON the coral reef on one of the
other islands week or SO ago. The
boat will be thoroughly overhauled.
A new coat of paint is being given
the lighthouse tender Kukui, which is
still lying at the Naval slip. There is
rumor going the rounds to the effect
that the giant crane in the forward
part of the ship, used in placing buoys,
will be taken eff and smaller
mechanism substituted. It is said that
the present crane is rather hard to
handle, being considerably too heavy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04

Note.-Ba rometer readings are cor
rected for temperature, instrumental
errors, and local gravity, and reduced
TO sea level. Average cloudiness stated
In scale from to 10. Direction of
wind is prevailing direction during "a
hours ending at o. m. Velocity of
wind is average velocity In miles per
hour. indicates trace of rain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
AMERICAN
VS.. ORIENTAL
The Illusions of a Youthful
Mainlander Sadly
Shattered.

The mass of humanity that floats into
the harbor, the flotsam and ietsam of
the seven seas, is beginning to cause the
business community to wonder what is
TO come of it all; how the strangers in
different walks of life seeking eMploy-
ment are to be provided for and, fur
Their, what is to be done with the row
ing population of island born lows who
will soon be, or who are already. look
ing for positions. The public schools
and colleges of the islands are turning
out graduates after collegiate and bust
ness courses, and many parents are
obliged to put them in competition with
orientals at the wage offered them or
let them run the streets.
Here is the story told by young
man who drifted to Uncle Sam S new
possessions in the belief that there was
a desire to>>mericanize the islands. He
belongs to the class that populates cities
on the mainland, and is not in the
farmer class. He is good penman,
knows something of office detail, and
wants employment.
'The place seemed to offer induce.
ments to me-" he said yesterday, ''but
of course / had only the newspaper
stories for it. / had heard of Hawaii
for the white man and the white man
for Hawaii and made a trip here.
What money l had, which was small in
amount, l used while looking for en-
ployment. Nothing seemed to present
itself, nor could | find anything after
exhausting all avenues where / suppos-
ed l would be competent. l then in
serted this advertisement in the Adj
vertiser:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04

Full moon March at 4:25 p. m.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo.
tHlu.
hawaiian standard time IL 10 hours
% minutes slower than Greenwich
time, being that of the meridian of l6I
degrees thirty minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1880 p. m, which Ia
the same as Greenwich hours 0 min
ates Sun and moon are for local time
Soy the whole group.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
SITUATION WANTED.

A YOUNG Japanese with common
school education seeks an engage
ment in an office where he may add
to his knowledge of the details OF
office work. Salary no objection,
desire Ior permanent employment
with resi- onsible firm or company be-
ing paramount. Address ssM iiisng, =
this office. S2s4
cit was more to find out what ma
tionality 4 .e employers of Honolulu
wanted ar.und them. The result of
this was three answers from large firms
here who, you would imagine, would
show preference for white Americans.
81 appreciate the fact that you have
a large Asiatic and Oriental population
and that the merchants must have PEG
pie of those nationalities to assist, but
it occurs to me that there should be
room for the employment of white men
in clerical positions. 1t is to the United
States the real merchants of Hawaii
owe allegiance; it is to them the peo-
pie are indebted for millions of dollars
In improvements, real and prospective,
but when poor devil of an American
drifts this way in search of work he
gets the cold shoulder. Look at this
advertisement. 1t is almost the same
as the other, not quite as much in de-
tail, but it covers the same ground.
Now look at the answers | had to it.
Wouldn't that shatter any sentiment
Mr.. Roosevelt might have for Hawaii
Mind you, / am not looking for
position where salary is the first con-
sideration. | want place to work if
the salary barely supports me. / do not
use intoxicants, have permission to re-
fer to local business men, and believe
| can make good. But it does not look
as though / can make good here nor
does it appear on the surface that 1
am going to be able to get away unless
l have employment that will provide
me with the necessary means with
which to purchase a ticket. / know
what it is now to be up against it. 1
know what it is to be in place that
flies the stars and stripes but where the
people have, apparently, little regard
for it as an emblem. 1t seems to me
the Rising Sun has more supporters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
Dix Prepares to Sail.

All the coal which the U. s. A. T.
Dix will take on at this port was loaded
yesterday, and this morning the work
Of bringing the horses and mules from
the corral in Iwi1ei back to the ship
will begin. This IS no small task, and
it is not one which the men are look
ing forward to with any great pleasure.
The Dix viii sail, in all probability,
this evening or tomorrow morning.
Shay and Nelson, the duo of newspaper
men from Seattle who are getting
transport life impressions by working
as "mule- SINNERS en- the boat, have
been kept pretty busy, though they are
not complaining, since they have been
in this port. The two boys are greatly
liked by the men with whom they are
working They viii return on the boat
from Manila.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
SITUATION WANTED.

BY young American; good penman,
capable assistant in an office where
good, faithful performance of his
duties is essential to success. Sober
and industrious, and with permission
to refer to local parties. Salary is
not an object; will work for sufficient
to- provide living for one whose
tastes are not extravagant. Address
American" this Office. !.
"The returns were nil, and mar
yelled. / thought the desire for Ameri-
eanizing Hawaii was, in fact, a dream
of the magazine writer and its reality
far away. In every establishment a
entered seeking work l found Chinese
and Japanese getting in some good heks
as clerks behind desks or statesmen on
the floor. In one establishment con-
Quoted by a firm of white men | saw
three Chinese, one Japanese-looking in
dividual, a white girl and part Ha-
waiian. There was nothing there for
me, SO / tried another tack by putting
this advertisement in the paper:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
News Along the Waterfront

The Alameda illustrated the value of
this when she sent in a condensed story
of the "trip down from the Coast on
her last voyage, and the Hilonian has
frequently sent by aerogram her pas
senger list a day or so before she came
into port.
This IS just the beginning of the
wireless telegraph era, affecting the
maritime world. More and greater de-
velopments will follow. Hereafter the
maritime intelligence which arrives per
wireless from ships at sea will be Civ
en- a special place on this page.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04
St. Katherine Smart Passage

With general cargo, the bark ST.
Katherine arrived here yesterday from
San Francisco. The boat made a crack
ing good voyage down from the Golden
Gate, arriving here in little over four
teen days from the time she sailed. In
view of the extremely bad weather con-
ditions which have been reported of
late, the trip of the bark is considered
unusually speedy. Captain Herbert is
master of the boat, which was loaded
to the guards with a miscellaneous lot
of freight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-04

METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Issued Every Sunday Morning by the
Local Office. u. s. Weather Bureau.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-09
CANAAN BETTER THAN CHICAGO

From the article below the residents 0nf tllis village may be proud of Canaan, for not in the history of the town has ,ehers been said of Canaan, what Mrs. Gertrude Atherton recently stated ill New York in regard to her love for Chi -eago.
 The following was printed in the "Kray Evening Standard few days ago and Mrs. Atherton's hatred for Chicago ,zznd love for New York is plainly spo- ksU=
 s|E would rather go to hell than to Chi .eager'
 Coming to New York is like coming tn Paradise!"
 That's the ditfer3nc5, according to Mrs Gertrude ACherton, the novelist, who has just arrived in New York from Asr borne in San Francisc 0-yia Chicago Mrs. Atherton is to stlv with us al! vMInser and write D ay for Mrs. Nm IMie Maddern Flske. Just at present she ux immersed in the pro SI.ys3 of her ueU novel which will appear shortly.
 CShe made the ab) )ye rem lrl1s and more -And proc 9eded to rub 1t ill by explain, mg inst how infinitely superior New -XOrk is ill every smallest detail.
 ~@There is nothing in America like New York-it is the supreme center of civili szation in the western hemisphere" she :saaid "Chicago-Chicago is nothing but irH wuess and crudenesS, and uglinesa, rmnspeakable. It is an awful nightmare Way, truly, had rather go to hell thau stn Chicago, if had to choose one or the ezther for my abode"
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-09
POOR MATHEMATICIAN

There was fairly gcod yield of apples among the farmers of this vicinity this year, and, as the cold weather came early. it was necessary to pick the fruit before it should be touched by the frost. This was done and several of the farm CTS left the apples covered up ill bar rels, in the orchard, for a few nights until they prepared place for them.
 It appears, however, that somebody from out of town "pinched" some apples from two or three of the farmers, and recently when two of the unfortunate losers met in the village they began to discuss their farm productions. During the talk, one of them mentioned the fact that he had had some apples stolen from his orchard the past fall, and at that the other farmer becoming excited exclaimed, "Well, b'gosh, Hiram, some one carried away over three-thirds of mine" The latter evidently made a mistake when trying to enlarge upon hls story or else it was due to the lack of knowledge in mathematics.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-09

the strikers are entitled to sympathy by the public. The spectacle of the men women and children out in the streets. with the 0renchlng rain falling upol them, the attempt of the poor womeh and children, who were so fatigued that they could remain about no longer, to sleep in the streets in their beds amid the great traffic and inclement weather, was sight for which the company was responsible, and, the aspect was so touching to those who were enjoying the comforts of life that this act will always be held unkindly toward the managers of the corporation.
 In view of such action as above, the company claims that "there is nothing to arbitrate" and it evidently proposed to run it's business according to its own judgment.
 This is where the incapability of strong willed managers of companies arises. They fail to see, that the public sentl- ment is no longer in nnison with the theory, GIldG any Iudu UT COI pOIdIIOh SebAI run its business absolutely as it desires. Under the present conditions which are now formed in the modern life, it is utterly impossible for any corporation even of the best standing to be entirely independent. The rank of the many different enterprises of the day is due to the interest of the employees in that enterprise, and, without thls it is safe to say that they would 20 under.
 It appears from all accounts that there was no excuse for the labor affairs ill Ludlow and certainly it does not seem that the company was in any way justi- fled in the evictions. The steps taken by the company have aroused the citi- zens of the state of Connecticut, and il appears to be the general opinion that the Ludlow manufacturing concern could, use new manager or managers tc great advantage.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-09
THURSDAY, DECEMBER g. 1908
COOK HAM M BRED"

There recently appeared in the Litch- 1Asid Inquirer an article which rips Dr. Cook, the professed discoverer of the North Pole, away up the back. It IS vvery fortunate, however, that Dr. Cook S shell is unusually hard or else the poor explorer would have died sometime ago, as the result of the blows of many active hammers throughout the universe. Be- aow is what The Inquirer has to say of GDr- Cook
 Whatever may be the opinions as to Dr. Cook as real or only fake sx-
 pIorer and discoverer, there can be no .doubt but that when it comes to secur- ing free advertising from the daily press heds in class all by himself. The re- ssults he has secured must make the pa raeRt medicine agent, with his top of .zoaumn next to reading matter graft. saurn green with envy. Ever that here rfofore unbeaten in the free advertising lime, the press bureau of the Eddyites, HOW has to take back seat. For weeks Dr- Cook, while gathering in the shekels 
 2ecsure platform, to the tune of at least 1883 900, declared, in the most grandilO- saGWsnt manner that he had no controversy ~Tish Commander Peary and that there -wAa glory enough for both. Finally the 4tiae of public opinion began to turn. The Mt Mckinley incident weighed very strongly against Dr. Cook and people asked why he did not stop featuring and send those ''proofs" to Copenhagen. He Ehas been compelled to do this, by the ss3Rblic opinion, but in how different a rnmanner from that of Commander Peary lR sending his data to Washington. With n great blare of trumpets it was an- sna1nced that Dr. Cooks documents would go to Denmark by special mes 1sanger on a certain steamer. Then we ywere&tald that they had gone on another saEeamer, because, forsooth, of the dis ceovery of 8 terrible conspiracy to drug cshe messenger and steal the proofs, and Eah&t the messenger carried only "dum- ny' documents.
 Bns all this was not enough free ad- vssrti sing for the willy doctor. He has ,YIanned and executed his great coup. First he was reported as having sailed for Cuba or Europe but now he has act rnally disappeared" He may next 1Aurn up with claim for the discovery ~EJf the South Pole.
 Dr. Cook may have ascended to the summit of Mt. Mckinley. He may have discovered the North Pole. He may be .a vary much abused man. But all the saeStimony points to his being the most colossal takir in history. If the testi- .mony of such men as Admiral Chester, Professor Parker, of Columbia, and Wal .5ar Wellman, amounts to anything, Dr. Frederick A. Cook has Ananias, ,Gulliver, 1kunchausen and all the other liars of Ahe past skinned mile. He is in a class all by himself
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-09

brought it to the village and after it was viewed by many of the residents of this village there was discussion to the ef. feet that it was not wild cat, The de. scription of the animal caught by Mir. Stanton exactly coincided with the de- scription of bay lynx which was given in book on wild animals so this settled all argument. It is the first one that has been caught around this vicinity in many years and it is also the largest wild animal, for it tipped the scales at B pounds. It is understood that the state offers bounty for killing such ferocious animals, and, if so Mir. Stanton will probably receive 1t.