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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-10
IN CHARACTER.

Wife-"Is there any difference be-
tween a fort and fortresss''
Husband" Not much, except, Of
course, that a fortress must be harder
to silence. ''-Lippincott g.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-10
RURAL DIPLOMACY.

tJudgin' from the price ye charged
me. "neighbor, we put three gallon Nv
m 'lasses in a two-gallon jug. Naow [
ain It 'grudgin the money, but L don t
cal late ter hev the jug stretched. -
Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Postmaster General Hitchcock had
an important conference with Prcsi-
dent Taft regarding the plans he had
formulated for cutting down the ex-
pense in the postal department He
told the President that the Postnffice
Department will show deficit for the
fiscal year ended June 30th last of
more than $4,000. 900. the largest the
service ever knew.
The case OF the United States VS..
William b. Hammers. involving the
question whether a desert land claim
may be assigned before the work Of
reclamation is completed was docketed
in the Supreme Court of the United
States The case was decided in Ham
mers' favor by the United States Dis
trict Court for the southern district of
California. and the government ap-
peals.
Carelessness in the production OF
timber and recklessness in its use he
cause 1t has been cheap and abundant.
has brought upon the nation a menace
which will take many years Of vigorous
effort by individual forest owners. by
the states and by the national govern
ment to overcome and to reach the nee
essary condition of equilibrium be-
tween timber production and consump-
tion. says r. S. Kellogg. assistant for
ester. in forest service publication is
sued recently. We are cutting our
forests three times as fast as they are
growing" said Mr.. Kellogg The to-
tai yearly drain upon our forests. not
counting losses from fires. storm and
insects. is some 10000 900 900 cubic feet
The annual growth OF our forests does
not exceed twelve cubic feet per acre.
total of less than 1000. .000. 900 cubic
/ feet"
1 That the laborers employed by the
Pressed Steel Car Company at Nc
I KEGS Rocks, Pa. the scene of the
present strike. are not paid the share
/ to which they are entitled under the
/ protective tariff system, is asserted
by Secretary Morrison. Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. in a state
ment made at Washington. The
charge IS embodied in a request for
warded by Morrison to Secretary
Nagel for an investigation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
GEN ERAl NEWS.

Prince Nicholas. third son of King
George of Greece. in view OF the mill
tary agitation has asked to be allowed
TO resign from the post OF inspector Of
artillery.
In the 400 years search for the
North Pole 1853 lives were sacrificed.
The first exploration was made by Sir
Hugh wiIloughby and 62 escorts. All
were lost. In 1GiS Deshneff started
to find the Pole and 20 perished.
Moscow is being extensively hung
with flags and otherwise decorated in
honor of the approaching arrival of
Emperor Nicholas. who will pass
through the city early in September on
his way to the Crimea. The Emperor
has not been in Moscow since 1904.
All records are broken by the New
York city directory for 1909. which has
Just appeared. with the names and ad-
dresses OF 567 .309 persons in Manhattan
and the Bronx. indicating a population
in those two boroughs of nearly 3,o00.-
600 IN the l.sl9 pages there are $500
Smith and LOO Joneses.
Twelve hundred and perhaps more
people perished in the flood which
swept a large portion OF Monterey
Mexico Conservative estimates place
the property damage at S20.000.000.
Fifteen thousand people are homeless
More than 500 bodies have been re-
covered. The bodies, as fast as recov.
cred. are placed along the banks OF
the river on the higher ground to avail,
Identification. The bodies are guard
cd by soldiers who escort any searcher
for a missing friend or relative along
the lines OF dead.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
All in Fight Against tuberculosis.

Prevention OF tuberculosis versus
dividends is the proposition which
some of our largest insurance com
panies are now trying to establish.
The Metropolitan Life recently ap-
piled for permission to erect a sana-
torium for its policy holders and EN-
ployes afflicted with tuberculosis. but
the application was refused on grounds
of illegality by New York State Super
intendent of Insurance Hotchkiss. The
company is. however. conducting an
active educational campaign by dis.
tributing 3.500.000 pamphlets among
It's policy holders. The Provident
Savings Life Assurance society has
also established health bureau,
where its policy holders may receive
free medical advice. Several fraternal
orders. notably the Modern Woodmer(
Knights of Pythias, Royal League
Royal Arcanum and workmen's Cir.
Gle. have already established or are
contemplating the erection Of sana.
toria for their tuberculous members.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
A Candid JUDGE.

A Dover lawyer tells story In
which figures Hon. II. l.. Dawes. who.
1t seems. in his younger days was an
Indifferent speaker. Shortly after his
admission to the bar he had case
which was tried before North Adams
Justice of the peace. and Dawes was
opposed by lawyer whose eloquence
attracted a large crowd. The justice
was perspiring in the crowded room
and evidently fast losing his temper.
Finally he drew OF his coat and. in the
midst OF the eloquent address. burst
out:
MIR. Attorney. supposing that you
take seat and let Mr.. Dawes speak.
l want to thin out this crowd."-Lip
pincotts.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
WESTERN NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Kaiser died
at Salt Lake from eating dumplings
in which Mrs. Kaiser inadvertently
used arsenic instead of baking pow
der
One man was killed. one fatally in
jured and four persons badly bru' sed
when an electric car on the upper Al
bina line at Portland. Ore. struck
wagon containing party of picnick-
ers on Williams avenue.
The railroad running time from Chi
oago to Seattle will be reduced sixty
two hours-ten hours below the pres
ent schedule-as the first move in
war declared upon all western and
northwestern roads by James J. Hill
of the Great Northern.
With seven thousand men in line the
San Francisco Schuetzenverein began
the celebration of its golden jubilee
with a parade on Market street, fol-
loyed by journey across the bay TO
Oakland, where the festivities will
continue for eight days. In the parade
was a company OF German riflemen
that made its initial appearance on the
streets of the city fifty years ago.
AT the time OF the assassination OF
President Lincoln this company for
several days policed the city.
The pure food. conditions in the
Cripple Creek district is being investi-
gated The investigators are FREQ
Long of Denver and S. S. Bellesfield
of Pueblo. both OF the state board OF
health. They are endeavoring to Sc
cure the passage OF a city ordinance
which will more closely define me du-
ties OF the grocery man and the meat
man OF the district to their patrons
in the sale of goods. The dairies OF
the district have already been investi-
gated and found to be in good condi-
ton.
In an effort to reach the bedside of
he- sister. Lady James Henry Pieree,
who was reported to be at deaths door
at her country estate near London.
Miss Rose McCary. a prominent young
woman OF Grand Junction. left for New
York. and she will sail from there for
Liverpool. Lady Pierce was former
Colorado girl and has many friends In
the state. She visited in Denver and
Grand Junction last spring, aad was
conspicuous figure at the wedding OF
another sister to Arthur Wadsworth.
which took place in Denver. Ever
since returning to England she has
been in poor health. but the cablegram
yesterday afternoon was the first in
timation OF the seriousness OF her ILL
ness
CONSERVATION reigned supreme al
Vancouver. Wash, in the torn OF
live hornets. which were thrown into
the midst OF Christian EndeaNor
meeting at church few miles cas-.
of Vancouver Some person. whose
Identity is unknown. sacked up a nest
of large hornets. possibly getting the
nest when it was cool. When the
meeting was in progress the sack
was flung through the open window.
the end being left united one of the
young men in the church picked up
the sack by the wrong end and the
hornets nest fell out and the pesky
creatures were freed. There was
something doing for a short time. and
the church was surrendered 10 the
hornets Whoever threw the sack is
wisely saying nothing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09

Greeley received the first consign-
ment of mules ever sent to that city
by express this week. when twenty
The fifth charge is one of forgery.
upon which he was out on bond at the
time of the hold-up. Three charges
were also filed against Squick Kree-
ger and d. W. Bruce. alleged members
OF the gang.
]. X. Carolus, so years old. was
found dead in bed in Colorado Springs.
The aged man lived alone at Roswell
and had been i'll several days. Not
seeing him about. neighbors broke in
and found that he had died.
At a meeting called at the CONNER
cial Club rooms at Lamar. a good
roads association was formed. with the
prime object OF obtaining at least one
good road entirely through the coun-
try and to generally improve the roads
throughout this end of the state.
Absolutely destitute. ragged and
hungry. Mrs. A. F. Bruce and five
children, giving Lander. Wyo. as
their home. were put off the south.
bound tram at Greeley, because tney
had no money to pay for their trans
portation to Canton. Kan. where they
were trying to reach relatives. C. w
Beer saw the little party at the sta
ton and learning OF their hard plight
secured food and room for the night
and Sunday morning the county com
missioners purchased tickets for them
to Kansas.
Charles W. Setter, miner living at
112 North Spruce street, Colorado
Springs. has invented beet cultivator
and will soon begin manufacturing
the device. The machine has three
sts use greatly lessons the labor OF
raising beets.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
STATE ASSESSED
AT $400,700,000
OFFICIAL RETURNS SHOW AN IN
CREASE OF OVER TEN MIL
LIONS IN DENVER.
DOUBLED IN TEN YEARS
FORWARD MOTION IN THE OEVEl-
OPMENT OF THE WEST is
A REVELATION.

Denver.-Exclusive of Hinsdale
county, from which returns have
not been received by the State Board
of equalization, the total assessed val
uation OF lands and property in Colo
rado is si00.079.l7l.7S. Hinsdale
county last year reported sG2i. i.5+1. and
If similar assessment is returned this
year the total valuation OF the state
will be approximately S+00.103,7l2.sS.
This is the first time in the history of
the state that the assessment has eN-
ceeded $4,000 900. In 1899 the total
assessment of the state was S203.iS6,-
692. which shows that the valuation OF
lands and improvements in Colorado
have doubled in ten years.
The assessment Is an increase OF
twenty-five per cent. over the amount
estimated last year. The greatest an
creascs by counties are shown in Den
csr. which added more than 10000
900. Conejos. which added sC6i.000;
CostilIa. s4s5.O0O; Garfield. si57.OO0.
and Gunnison, Ss0l 900.
The assessment as whole shows
Colorado to be in the forward motion
toward development and wealth.
These assessments are subject to
the revision of the State Board OF
equalization and the commissioners OF
each county. but tle figures given are
In comparison with those OF last year.
The following are the abstracts OF
assessment for 1903 and assessment
fpII swarm
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA
Face and Neck were Raw-TerribIe
Itching, Inflammation and Soreness
All Treatments Failed.
cu.leura Proved a Great Success.

Eczema began over the top Of myC
ear. 1t cracked and then began to
spread. / had three different doctors
and tried several things. but they did
me no good. At last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of 1t so that / had to
wear medicated cotton. ard 1t was so
inflamed and sore that l had to put
a piece OF cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from 1t, and 1t would stain
the cloth a sort Of yellow. The &C.
zema itched so that 1t seemed as though
l could tear my face all to pieces.
Then began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. and II was not more
than three months before 1t was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North
field, Vt. Dec. 10, 1907"
Potter Drug B Chem. Corp. Sole PrOps. Boston
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
Pole Discovery Verified.

New York.-The following cable.
gram for Mrs. Frederick A. Cook was
received in her home in Brooklyn.
Successful and well. Telegraph
advices to Copenhagen. Fred.
This dispatch confirms the discov-
cry of the North pole by DR.. Cook.
The message was forwarded to Mrs.
Cook at South hartswell Island. Casco
bay. Maine.
Added confirmation was given to the
report that DIR. Cook had really discov-
cred the pole in an official message
received from the inspector OF Green
land.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
1T WORKS
The Laborer Eats Food That WouiS0
Wreck an Office Man.

Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food
that would wreck man who Is more
closely confined.
This is illustrated in the following
story:
Il was for IL years clerk in store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after l entered the telegraph service
There l got very little exercise and
drinking strong coffee. my nerves
were unsteady and my stomach got
weak and l was soon a very sick man.
l quit meat and tobacco and In fact
stopped eating everything which
thought might affect me except coffee
but still my condition grew worse, and
l was all but wreck.
Il finally quit coffee and COM
menced to use Postum q few years
ago. and 1 am speaking the truth
when l say. my condition commenced
to improve Immediately and today
am well and can eat anything 1 want
without any bad effects, all due to
shifting from coffee to Postum.
Il told my wife today I believed
could digest a brick II had cup of
postum to go with it
We make 1t according to directions
boiling 1t full 20 minutes and use good
rich cream and 1t 10 certainly deli
cious."
Look in pkgs. for . copy Of the IA
nous little book. THE Road to Well
ville." 4
There's 4 Reason"
Ever read the ahsvs Isttefs A neW
enc appears iron tine - d0os Tny
are Geaulne, true. ana fau q hoAan
eAlerest.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
weds Her Rich stepfather.

Social circles in Pasadena, Cal,
learned with amazement the other day
that Miss Katherine Traphagen has
become the bride of her stepfather'
Cyrus NJ. Davis of Los Angeles. Miss
Traphagen lived with her sisters in
Altadena and was one of the promi-
nent members of the Young Women's
Christian association. being director
of its short story club.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
smuooIe Chinese In Sugar.

Tucumcari. N. M.-The largest
gang of smuggled Chinese ever cap
tured in this territory were taken in
custody here by United States Immi-
grant Inspector NJ. F. Mcclure and hi.
associate. David Tyre
The Chinese. numbering fourteen in
all. were discovered In a sealed car
OF sugar which was consigned to Kan
sas City.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
Rome.-Professor Millosevitch

Rome.-Professor Millosevitch of
the government observatory declares
that 1t would be impossible for DR..
Cook to prove his discovery scientifi-
cally. and thae he must be believed on
his word. Whatever calculations the
explorer may make public they will
always be founded on a basis the au-
thenticity OF which cannot be demon
strated.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09

Brunswick. Me.-Mrs. Frederick A.
Cook. wife OF the explorer. declined to
talk at length concerning her hus-
bands achievement, declaring she dio
not desire notoriety. Il am very glad
that my husband has reached the pole
and gained the chief desire of his lite.
| have always had great faith in the
success of his undertaking and have
never for a moment felt he would not
win"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09
ONE ON JOHNNY.

He was a balmy-headed Johnny,
with little cash. She was both pretty
and pert. He said: do you know.
Dolly, | am something of a mimic? /
can take almost anybody on
She said: Then take yourself of,
old boy. I'm expecting some one to
take me to supper"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09

Paris.-M. Lemes-of. librarian of the
Geographical Society and an authority
on polar questions, said that while the
society had not received direct news
of DR.. Cooks explorations, he saw
nothing to doubt in the report of the
expedition. especially considering the
personality OF DIR. Cook.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09

Beverly. Mass.-Neither the Presi-
dent nor Secretary Knox would dis
cuss DIR. Cooks discovery OF the north
pole.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-09

Philadelphia-"Afte reading the
dispatches am convinced that the re-
ported discovery OF the north pole is
a fake" was the emphatic declaration
OF Rear Admiral George Melville, U. s.
Navy, retired.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

as still true to nature. 1t is the produc-
tion Of female artist-the description Of
a good wife. drawn. 1t Is supposed, by
Bathsheba and intended as a direction to
her son Solomon for his guidance in the
selection of companion for life.
What husbands and sons we should see
If all were blessed with such wives and
mothers, She is extraordinary in the
things that are ordinary. There are no
fireworks about her. She has no lido
syncrasies of projecting angles and sharp
edges. She is simply good. Goodness
has rounded her character.
We all should have ideals, and why
should not every true woman have an
intense desire to rise to perfect con-
formity to this beautiful pattern? Mark
frst-'favor." "gracefulness,' "is deceit
fur and beauty is vain"-an ill-furnish-
ed heart Is revolving when united with
personal attractiveness. The face of
beautiful woman ought to be an index
of the mind. The kings daughter is
glorious within"
Let beauty have its due praise. Suppose
all that the poets and philosophers say of
than all letters of recommendation In the
world, or. as Ovid calls 1t. a favor be-
slowed by sthe gods: or. as Homer pro-
claims 1t. a glorious gift OF nature-still
1t is transient. fieetng. perishing. the
Evening star., 1909-05-09

to these there were several other bills.
ranging downward from $50. 600 to a mod
est little fee Of $4,000.
When Joseph H. Choate, afterward to
Britain, delivered his argument before
the Supreme Court fthe United States
against the constitutionality of the in
come tax he dealt with a subject which
he knew well. and which. being purely one
of Interpretation of the Constitution, re-
quired no great amount of preparation.
But this one piece of work netted him the
sum OF $500 600. and from the standpoint
Of his clients 1t was money well spent,
since 1t resulted in the declaring of the
law unconstitutional
4 4
John G. Johnson OF Philadelphia, con-
ceded to be one OF the country's greatest
corporation lawyers, Is an exception In
the matter Of fees. He will never accept
more than the case is worth. and though
he has several times been paid $4,000
and 100000 for his work. he has also
in one instance at least been known to
return $4,000 check for piece Of
work done for a railroad. with the state
ment that $1,000 was ample payment.
1t is not alone the law that offers op-
portunities for making tremendous sums
quickly. Medicine is a profession quite
as rich In possibilities. A Philadelphia
physician. the late DIR. William Pepper
1t is understood, charged Robert Simp-
son $1,000 for an examination lasting
about minute. and DR.. S. Wier Mitchell
is said to have been given a fee of $4,000
by one patient.
When America learned that Dr. Adolph
Lorenz of Vienna received $50 600 for
setting the hip OF little Lolita Armour OF
Evening star., 1909-05-09

the adviser as persistent, an dtold that
he had orders to get Mr.. Root In the
expectation that by charging what ne
thought an exorbtant fee he would get
rid OF the case. Mr.. Root set $25O.OOO as
the only possible price at which he could
take the case. To his astonishment. Mrs.
Sage accepted by wire next day.
The Secretary then went into the case.
It took him just forty-eight hours to 90
the business. He was required TO hire
no additional aid, and he never had 10
60 into court at all. But he cleaned up
the whole matter. swiftly and satisfac
torily. The money was paid, and there
was an end of the whole matter.
Working at the rate of $4,000 per day.
certainly gives Mr.. Root a claim on all
the championships for big fees.
The attorneys who forced the govern
ment after a long dispute to pay the
long-deferred claims OF the Cherokee IN
dams, SIS, 600 600 in all. were allowed 10
per cent Of the total. nearly $lN.UO. II
Is said that the greater part or TINS went
to one firm.
A court decision recently granted at
Seattle, Wash, opened the way Tor an
other huge fee Senator s. Piles. by
winning for his clients the famous John
Sullivan will case, gained fee OF $45o.-
600 for in advance the heirs gave him
deeds Of conveyance for one-half OF the
total provided they should win.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Chicago. and later pay for further at
tention swelling his total fees to $IS,OOo.
there was amazement, and yet this would
not create surprise in Europe, especially
in court circles.
When the present King Edward of
England, then Prince of Wales. was
seriously i'll years ago, DR.. William Jen-
ner pulled him through. and for his
four weeks attention was paid $4,000
The physician who attended the father
of Emperor William of Germany In his
last ilness-Dr. 8. Morrell Mackenzie
paid without a murmCr.
Prof. Zacherine Of Moscow got $4,000
for two days attendance on the father
of the present car.
DR.. Thomas Dimsdale for vaccinating
the Empress Catherine l. at st. Peters
burg. got $4,000 and a pension Of $500
for life.
A bill for $4,000 was sent by DR.. Wal
ter c. Browning OF Philadelphia to the
estate Of Senator c. l.. Magee, at Pitts
burg. 1t was brought out in evidence
that Senator Magee had once declared
his intention OF giving DR.. Browning
fee Of $1.O0OOOO and had added: I In
tend to beat Peter Widener's record.
Widerner, you know. paid his doctor
$500 600"
A review of high voluntary fees seems
to show that father whose child has
liberal. Gratitude OF the Chicago father
to the Vienna "bIoodless'' surgeon was
eclipsed by that OF Mr.. Flagier OF New
York. who gave. DR.. Shelton securities
worth $s7. 900 for curing his daughter.
The late Shah OF Persia paid Dr.. Gale