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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-01

The WAYS and Means Committee pre-
scented report on Senate Bill No. LOG
providing for the payment of claims
against the Territory.
In the course of its report on the
bill the committee says:
'.The bill as submitted is the result
of the Investigations made by YOU
committee pursuant to communication
No .. from the Auditor of the Terri
tory, submitting claims filed in his of
fee in accordance with the provision
of Senate Resolution IS, adopted Ma,
l, 1907.
s.The bill seeks to provide for th'
payment of the unpaid claims agains
the Territory of Hawaii for service
and materials supplied during the pc
Rod from the 18th to the l4th da,
of January. 1904, which were. through
misunderstanding. not presented ii
time TO be paid out of the regular ap
preparation for the pay of police an
general maintenance and support o
| prisoners for the period during whie
such appropriation was effective.
Son investigation. the committe
found that the police. jailors. guard
and all items or charges against I'll
support and maintenance of the pris
oners on Oahu and Kauai. during til
period aforesaid. were paid out of tn
| appropriation for the six months end
| ing June 50. 1904. and the Hawai-
Maui and Molokai police are not we
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-01
Nawahine Tells Stories.

Nawahine slammed inspectors in
general and Wells in particular, whom
he had seen simply sitting in school
rom lis.ening instead Of at work in
speeting. He said that the children
on Maui showed lack of education
and the fault lay, he thought. with the
school inspector. His own daughter
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
Etiquette of xhe Cars

The car was crowded when the
young woman entered, and almost i'm
mediately a tall man arose and offer
ed her his place. He was reading
newspaper when she came in, and so
had an excellent excuse for not see
ing her. but he evidently considered
virtue its own reward. and took pleas
ure in well-doing.
The young woman accepted the seat
gratefully and sank into it with a
sigh of relief while her bcnefactor
held on to strap with one hand and
read his paper with the other as, our
Irish friends would say. Half mile
further uptown the woman signalled
the conductor to stop the vehicle. and
at her motion, an arrogant-looking in
dividual who had been standing with
his back against the front door, start
ed down the aisle at great pace. The
car was still crowded, he tripped over
an old gentleman's cane and Il Ger
man woman's market-basket in his
flight, but Notwithstanding these mis-
fortunes, he arrived at the place
where the young woman was sitting
Just in time to sink into 1t when she
arose.
The original owner, standing imme-
diately in front of it, said something
under his breath that did not sound
like a blessing. and two or three wom-
en- who were also holding on to straps
remarked tersely: well. did you
ever!" but none of these things dis
turbed the arrogant man. He read
timetable for four blocks and then
alighted apparently very we'll salts
fed with his coup de main.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
OUR DECREASING
BIRTH RATE.

The Census Bureau of the United
States is calling attention to the fact
that the population conditions in this
country are rapidly becoming identi-
cal with those of the leading nations
of Europe.
In the year 1890 the ratio of chill
dren to each woman in this country,
sixteen years of age or over, was two,
but now this has decreased to a scant
one, according to the census nearest
the year 1900. Great Britain had a
ratio of one; France could show only
.SS; the German Empire, IL; and
Italy, IL. Five of our New England
States and New York show a proper
tion practically the same as that Of
France, the lowest of the European
countries.
These statistics may denote that we
aro becoming more civilized, but there
is small satisfaction in such reason.
ing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
SUbTERRANEAN TELEPHONES
Some Of Them Under the Rockies.
Whence You Can Talk to CHICAGO.


With the extension OF the long dis.
tance telephone system last summer
as far west as Denver ii is now pos.
sible TO talk from Chicago to the bot.
tom of some of the deepest mines in
the Rockies.
Up at Idaho Springs, the centre of
the famous Clear Creo;l district.
where the Newhouse tunnel has been
run under the mountains for over
three miles to connect network of
underground workings, there is
mine now down $500 feet. This mine,
Ike many others. has It's own tele-
phone system which is connected with
the surface telephone lines. At the
bottom of the deepest shaft, $500 feet
under the mountain, there is now
telephone instrument and standing
there in the bowels of the earth one
can call up Chicago.
OF course telephoning in mine
isn't quite as easy as it is in sound
proof telephone booth. especially If
the great drills are working. Never.
theless the miners get used to the
racket and seem to have no trouble
talking over the telephone, though to
others it is almost impossible at first
few attempts.
They tried talking to Chicago last
summer, when the arrival of the long
distance telephone caused almost as
big sensation in Colorado as did the
first railroads. 1t is a common occur.
renee to talk with Denver. forty miles
away, from some of the sub terr0Gclu
workings in the Rocky Mountains.
The telephone instruments in the
mines are specially constructed with
a view of protecting their Geucate
parts from the dampness. At Idaho
Springs there is a regular telephone
system under one of the mountains
where there are over hundred mines.
all of them tapped by an underground
railway through which the telephone
wires run.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11

Colorado Springs Robert Womac1,
who discovered gold at Cripple Creek,
died of paralysis here after a linger.
ing illness. In his last years Womack
was dependent on a sister who keeps
a boarding house here.
This is the end of man who in
one sense paid S2S0,OO0.O0O for one
spree.
That stupendous sum has been TAX.
en- in gold from the land on Cripple
Creek where Bob Womack first found
the yellow metal.
Born in Kentucky sixty-six years
ago, Bob Womack's father took his
family to Colorado in the early sixties.
The Womacks raised cattle on land
they homesteaded on Cripple Creek
After some years the elder Womack
sold his herds and with his son Will
Ham came here. Bob. believing there
was gold around Cripple Creek, re-
mained there.
After years of fruitless search Bob
found traces of gold in a piece OF
float rock which he picked up while
riding the range with his brother-in.
law, Theo. Lowe. Sending Lowe on n
six days ride to Denver to have the
rock assayed, Bob went on about his
work. Lowe returned with the as.
sayer's certificate; the piece of float
rock gave returns of $3.50 in gold to
the ton.
Next morning Womack and Lowe
went to the place where Bob found
the rock, in what is known now as
Poverty Gulch. just outside the limits
of the present town of Cripple Creek
Lowe grew tired of the search; Bob
persisted. In January, 1901, he dug a
prospect hold in what is now known
as the Ell Paso lode of the Gold King
property. A few days later he struck
bonanza lode.
He could not stand prosperity. Com
ing here, he went on spree and sold
his bonanza for $500. Then crazed
with drink and success, Bob jumped
on his bronco and rode through the
streets brandishing his siX-shooter and
proclaiming his secret. The next
few days witnessed one of the big
gest rushes to the scene Of his dscov-
cry that the West has ever known.
When Womack sobered up, two or
three days later, he returned to the
district only to find that the best min
Ing property had been located by
others. He staked out claim or two,
but they proved worthless, and soon
he was compelled to go to work for
days wages. But he never COM
planned
The men who made the most money
out of Cripple Greek mines were Jas.
Burns of Kansas City, V. u. Reed and
J. B. Mckinney of Colorado Springs
and the late Winfield S. Stratton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
WALL STREET HAS
ITS MOODS.

Wall Street has its moods. 1t is
curious to observe them. They indi
cate timidity at one time and audacity
at another. One day an impression
will spread among brokers generally
that stocks are too high and that
there must be reaction. II, on that
day, prices advance, every one
changes his mind at once forgets the
prediction OF the morning, and looks
forward to higher market the fol-
lowing day, Under such merculiar
the man who takes the tips he gets
from brokers' offices is liable to be a
disappointed loser. Some OF the most
successful spectators are those who
keep away from the brokers, and who
buy and sell at distance from the
marlset, and not in immediate con-
tact with the changeable influences OF
the mement. Thus calmer and more
deliberate judgment of operating fac
tors can be arrived at.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
How Cloves Are Gathered.

More cloves are said to be used in
America than in any other country,
England and France following in the
order named. In this country and in
Great Britain they are used almost
wholly as a condiment, but in France
they are used largely in the manufac.
ture of certain liquors. To some de.
gree they are employed in medicine
for their tonic properties.
The name Glove is from the French
clou, meaning a nail. The tree is an
evergreen, growing from forty to fifty
feet high, with large oblong leaves
and crimson flowers at the end o.
small branches in clusters of from
ten to twenty. The tree belongs to
the same family as the guava. the
pomegranate and the rose apple. The
cloves are at first white, then light
green, and at the time of gathering
bright red. Pieces of white cloth are
spread under the trees at harvesting
time, and the branches are beaten
gently with bamboo sticks until the
cloves drop. They are dried in the
sun, being tossed about daily until
they attain the rich dark color which
proclaims them ready for shipment.
A Glove tree begins to bear at the
age of ten years, and continues until
it reaches the age of seventy-five
years. There are two crops a year.
one in June and the other in Decem.
Der. Hot weather is favorable to the
crOD although a little fog is said to
improve the favor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
ABOliSHlNG THE GROUND

If law passed by the last Legisla-
ture accomplishes its purpose, Illinois
won't have any groundhogs to come
cat Sext February to forecast the
weather. A bounty has been put on
the heads of the little animals. THE
Louisville Courier-Journal" says that
the new law is revolutionary, icono-
elastic, uncalled-for and unkind. 1t Is
blow at one of the most cherished
traditions of rural communities. The
grounding is more than a mere ami
mall he is an institution Colonel
Watterson's paper expresses the hope
that there will be in the next Legis-
lature 8 sufficient number of friends
of the grounding to cause a thorough
investigation and to lay bare the
facts as to the influences which
brought about this bounty law" In
Kentucky, it adds. the grounding is
treasured possession.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11

One day the officer commanding a
Sussex Volunteer regiment met one of
his lieutenants on the rifle range The
lieutenant was shooting, and he "call-
ed" each shot as he fired without wait.
ing for the markers to signal the re-
suit.
You're a pretty good guesser," said
the colonel. "Why don't you admit
you're guessing where those shots
land?"
'I bet you box Of cigars" said the
junior officer, that | can call twenty
shots correctly in succession"
"Taken!" said the older warrior
who was nothing II not sportsman.
The lieutenant fired.
Miss" he announced, and a red
flag from the target told that this was
correct. Another shot. Miss" he de.
clared. A third shot. Miss again y
he said, Fourth shot. Fourth miss, .
announced the young officer. Another
shot. Miss" again sang out the lieu.
tenant.
Hold on there!" put in the colonel.
What are you trying to do? | thought
you were going to fire at the target"
Il am trying to win my box OF
cigars" said the lieutenant.
Don't fire any more" said the col
onel; they're yours"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
MONEY, POWER AND
xAgIcnnM


II would hardly be thought neces-
sary for any one now to advise young
men about to leave college to honor
money. honor money.getting and hon
or power" yet such was the strong
est note of the baccalaureate orator
at Dartmouth. If there is anything
on the earth or under the earth that
on.coming Americans do not need to
have urged upon them It is love OF
money and love of power
This may be said without indorsing
in any respect the malicious and, for
the greater part, insincere attacks
upon wealth so often made by dema-
gogues and hypocrites. The passion
for money and the obsession of money
getting have become altogether too
conspicuous as American traits. They
bring little content to those who are
thus afflicted and they awaken re-
sentiment in the breasts Of millions.
In spite of new teachings and prac-
tees knowledge still is power. Sup
plemented by wealth. knowledge be-
comes power triumphant Without
wisdom the power of money is lawless
and destructive-a curse to its pos
SCISSOR and an evil example to the
world.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
BAD LUCK IN BIG
DIAMONDS.

There is a soul of truth in every
ancient superstition. And the vulgar
notion that there is something bale.
ful in the possession of big diamonds
is no exception.
The ill.omened Hope diamond was
sold fora kings ransom last week in
Pa,is-with a shuddering tale hang
ing to it of the ruin of two kings and
many cOmmoners.
OF this malignant jewel, as of many
others it may be said that its beauty
is no finer than that of dewdrop
glistening on a rose leaf.
Its charge, its fascination, lies sole.
ly in the fac that it cost much money,
much labor and much life.
1t is unlucky to have ones mind dis
torted. so that one cannot tell what is
worth while and what not
1t is unlucky to be vain and cruel,
and to desire nothing but to outshine
ones neighbors.
That is why it is unlucky to own
big diamonds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
WALK, WALK,
WALK.

The ordinary man who is employed
indoors throughout the day does not
walk enough. He needs the fresh
air and sunshine of the outdoors. and
no matter how tired he may be.
short time in the open air will rest
him, If he has no opportunity to
walk during the evening. he ought
to do 1t in the morning. There is no
better tonic than a twomile walk be-
fore going to work. Some business
men who live some distance from
their offices or stores walk down regu
larry morning, and are greatly bene.
fitted thereby. No matter how slug.
gish they may feel on arising, the
morning walk puts them in good trim
for the days work. Exercise in the
open air starts the blood to circuat
ing in every artery and vein in the
entire system, opens up the pores Of
the skin, so that the waste matter
in the body may be set free, limbers
up the joints and muscles and puts
one in shape for the duties OF the
day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11

Hans Hubert Dietzsch, popular
member of the Berlin Lustspielhaus
company, does not devote all his time
to the stage. He is sculptor of no
mean order, according to a recently
published account. His bas-relief of
Matkowsky, which is now on exhibi-
tion, has created much favorable COM
ment, and bronze replica which has
been placed in the Lessing house is
mentioned as a Conspicuous orna-
ment,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
Twenty Lost Gold Mines.

There are at least twenty lost gold
mines in various parts Of the world.
Many of them have yielded rich ore,
and then have been deserted and en-
tirely lost.
There is one in the north OF the
Transvaal. for instance, that was dis
covered by accident about fifteen
years ago by two Englishmen. The
finders had encamped one night and
had, as they thought. securely tethered
their horses, when they suddenly
heard a loud neigh from one OF the
animals, and moment later saw
them both racing away apparently in
the greatest terror.
Soon after dawn they were up, and
after an hours tramp found one of
the poor beasts lying on the ground
with broken leg. In its struggles it
had kicked up the ground. and had ex-
posed rich gold quartz only q few
inches below the surface.
The two men marked the spot and
returned to the district month later
to start work on the mine. But in
spite of all their efforts they could
not find the place and to this day the
mine has not been rediscovered.
About twenty years ago there was
tremendous excitement in California,
when prospector described a gold
mine he had found. A party soon
prepared to set out, with the discov-
erer of the mine as guide, but the
mine has never been discovered,
though thousands of dollars have
been spent in prospecting for 1t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
THE BUTLER'S STORY
BY One Slight Stroke He Wins a Long
Sought Raise Of Wages.

at certainly is singular" the but
Ter said, how 1t pays to look out foc
the little things.
81 had been trying for six months
to get raise from my employer, but
nothing doing. | worked and served
faithfully always and with discretion
and good judgment, If | do say it.,
but no raise. Then came along little
bit of an incident that got me the
lift of wages | wanted right away.
81 have always been accustomed to
pay attention to the little personal pc
culiarities of my employers guests so
that | could show at the table or away
from II attention to their fancies or
their real wants. and this | knew en-
titled me to higher recognition in the
way of pay, for all this of course was
for my employers benefit and good.
AS | couldn't tell him all these things
] had to rely on the general character
of my service. There came an oppor-
tunity at last in which my careful at
tention to little things won out for
me.
I'VE had among our guests at din
ner one night gentleman upon whom
as | chanced to know my employer
was particularly desirous to make a
favorable impression, and from the
moment that gentleman came into the
house | had, as you might say, my
eye on him. | was studying him, and
well was my study rewarded. for pres.
emily | discovered about him pecu-
liarity my knowledge of which | knew
at the proper time would save him
from great discomfort.
When in due time the guests were
seated at the table and had come to
wait on them | served them, to be
sure, with such dishes as they were
to take a portion from, each with the
dish at his left side so that the per.
son served could reach II most con-
veniently; but when ! came to the
gentleman of whom | have spoken |
did not pass around him to hand the
dish at his left side; no. simply
moved the dish from the left side Of
the gentleman had Just previously
served across the interval to this gen.
tleman's right side, and ! continued
to serve him at his right side through
out the dinner despite the scowls
which my master repeatedly directed
at me for so doing-and knew what
was coming to me later When the
guests had all gone he said to me:
james, how could you have made
such a frightful mistake as you did
all through the evening in serving Mr..
Dickerton at his right side?
Sir said, Mr.. Dickerton is left
handed
ut never did need beetle and
wedge to get an idea into my masters
head and at that he said, with his
face all beaming:
James. you are a great man! and
he raised my wages on the spot.
"My son." the butler concluded
never neglect the big things, always
watch out for them, but keep an eye
always too on the little things. Many
fortune has turned on a needles
point"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11


figure. The chest must be full and
padded well if necessary. The waist
must be narrow, forced so il neces-
sary. The trousers, must not be too
full, and. above all, must not be peg
top-never more than nineteen inches
about the knee, or more than eighteen
and one-half about the bottom. The
trousers must spread over the ankle,
and to bring this about the former
spring bottom, with an open vent at
the bottom, must be adopted. A raised
seam must run up the sides from the
open vent and that seam must bs
creased A side crease, mind you!
Is this not radical? How many men,
who want to be strictly "in 1t" sartori-
ally. will be able to wear their last
years pants? However. the edict has
gone forth.
A Fifth avenue tailor has sent in a
polar ulster" Right in line, ehi II
Is a prodigious garment of military
cut, very heavy and long, and extreme
ly warm. Its colors are orange and
black. If the owner of the ultra
smart polar ulster" does not contem-
plate an immediate attack on the
North Pole he will find it very COM
Portable for winter bubbling tours.
Look out for the plum colored
evening dress suit. It's looming large
on the sartorial horizon. The colored
evening waistcoat is It's forerunner."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
THE EARTH is
STOPPING,

Taat the earth experiences una,,.
tons twice day, corrosponding ..
the sea tides, was recently estahi.|
ed After working for six years in ,''.
chamber cut inside n well oirbtv g
below the surface of the ground D..
fossor Hccker, the German astrono
mer. has estimated that the me-
mcnt of the earth, in correspondon,.
with the tides, is about one.tbird y.
great. 1t rises and falls with n'
elasticity that would be expected If II
were of the consistency of steel
According to Sir George Darv,,
who has been lccturing upon Prof.
sor Hecker's Investigations, the frlo
tion of the tides acts as a brake pnor
the motion of the earth. which il
therefore. gradually sac~eninc snood
AS the tides are caused by the attroc,
ton of the moon, they produce a ro
acton whose effect is to drive m,
moon gradually farther and farthor
from the earth. There was n tlr,a
when the moon was only three or forr
thousand miles distant, and the two
bodies moved round as though they
were linked together, making their
revolution in a few hours. To 20
back to a still earlier epoch, the moon
Mt one time probably formed part N
the earth. and that the hole which
It left when it broke away was filled
in by the Pacific Ocean.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
lOTOS EAT
INC

ING.
When it comes to enjoying life do
ing nothing the Englishman has
everybody else beaten a mile. If his
income is assured he doesn't waste
his years chasing dollars or pounds.
He jsst loafs. hunts, rides, shoots,
dances, CANDLES, travels, rows, plays
cricket and reads the Times and
weekly sporting paper. The French
man gets out of business when he has
competency for life, and after that
becomes a daily frequenter of the
boulevard cafes. The Italian when he
has ssflicient retires at once, even II
he's only 10 years old. He walks In
the big arcade where all the cafes are
grouped or sits and sips his small
drink, and if he's man of fashion
his dog always accompanies him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-11-11
Madm Dug Twenty.one Graves.

Laurel, Miss.-The mystery Of
swenty-one newly dug graves, discov-
cred on plot Of ground adjacent TO
the negro cemetery near here. has
been solved by the arrest of an aged
negro, obviously demented. He said
that God ordered him to dig 121 graves
and to work at night only. He has
been engaged in the occupation near
W three weeks. at night.