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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-14
ALL MEETINGS TABU IN MAKAWAO. MAUI;
PRATT CALLED IN HURRY To DISTRICT

Radical action is being taken by the
territorial board Of health to stamp out
the epidemic of diphtheria in the dis
trict of Makawao in the island of
Maui, which yesterday issued an order
prohibiting all public gatherings N the
infected district. This means that, be-
side the closing Of the schools, no
church services will be held and all
meetings by neighbors. even. is tabu.
Reports from the diphtheria infect
ed districts on Mani, instead of becom-
ing more optimistic as the board of
health work progresses, became yester-
day SO serious that he acting president,
DR.. !. :. r. Pratt, left in the morning
for Waluku on a flying trip to con
sul5 with Chief Sanitary Inspector
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
GOOD COMPLEXIONS DUE
TO USE OF OLIVE OIL
Believed to Be Good for NerV-
business and Rheumatism

The ancient Romans had a saying TO
the effect that a long life and pleas
ant one depended on the free use OF two
fuids-olive oil without and wine with
IN A daily all over massage with olive
oil and swallowing a teaspoonful of the
pure oil three times a day work Won
ders. says a physician who IS an author
ity on the subject and who has just
been experimenting with the treatment.
The Italian women owe their good
complexions to the fact that olive oil
IS so much a part OF their menus. Too
much oil must not be put on the face,
though. It plumps out the flesh, but un-
less used in the greatest moderation it
viii make the skin Of the face look in
time dark and greasy Even on the
body. the skin OF which is not so sensi-
tive. il is well 10 remember that olive
oil is a thing Of which little goes a
great way.
II is said that rheumatism can find
no foothold in a system fortified by
olive oil. IL viii sometimes cure nerv-
business, and has a very quieting effect
IN cases Of neuralgia and other nervous
disorders.-Science Sifungs.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
TUNNEL FROM ISLE OF
WIGHT TO MAINLAND
Plan to Make English Resort
More Accessible

1t is said that the idea of uniting the
isle of Wight to the mainland by
means of a tunnel under the Solent
has been revived, and that quite pos
sibly the scheme will shortly be taken
in hand.
Since the death of Queen Victoria
the island has been declining in popu-
larity, especially among the resi-
those who only know the<Solent in
the summer the idea of aunnel to the
island will seem absurd, but in the
winter time the rough weather and the
fogs frequently interrupt communica-
tion for days together and cut the in
habitants off from the mainland
If the isle of Wight has ceased to be
as fashionable as 1t once was, there is
all the more reason why access to it
should be made easy. The climate Of
the southern shores of the island is
as near an approach to the Riviera as
we can obtain in this country, and
though the journey from London is
only a short distance, the sea passage,
trifiing though it is, is a real deter
rent to many in winter.
In the summer time few would care
to go down into a tunnel when they
can enjoy the pleasant little blow
across thes Ryde, but the summer
months are few, and the ferry across
is often unpleasant even in spring and
autumn. The isle of Wight needs no
additional attractions, but ii will be
no disadvantage to make those at
fractions more easy of access.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
FnnFI0N PROPOSAL to NeutraIize Manchurian Railway
FtIRfII7W Nicaragua Court to Judge Cann0ns SIayers
UuLlUI Desperate Fight Against the British Ministers
UNIONISTS TRY TO
CAPTURE 70 SEATS
English Liberals Oppose Re-
Election of the Opposition
Leader in Parliament

LONDON, Jan. "A. ]. Balfour, the
leader of the opposition in the house
of commons, will not enter the new
parliament without a contest AT the
last moment the liberals have noml-
mated Sir Hugh Bell to oppose MIN
for his seat for the city of London.
Sir Hugh Bell has no chance OF elec,
tlon, but the liberal party considered
that 1T might adversely influence thelr
prospects if both Balfour and Chamoer
lain were returned unopposed.
parliament will be dissolved tomor-
row. To secure a majority In the new
parliament the unionists must win lto
seats from their opponents.
A unionist morning paper gives
great prominence 20 an interview with
the former American consul general at
London, Robert ]. Wynne, who, while
declining to express any opinion on the
English elections, commented upon the
more favorable condition of the Ameri-
can working classes as compared with
the British.
He declared that there was no Sc
rious unemployment in the United
states. On the contrary, work was
waiting for all men willing and able
to work. This he attributed to the
protection policy which he said had
advanced American prosperity by 100
years
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
HANGMAN DECLINED TO
TRAVEL ON SUNDAY
Unwilling to Break Sabbath by
Taking Journey

The last public execution in Scot
land took place at Dumfries. The
Dumfries and Galloway Courier pub
fishes letters from Calcraft and Askern,
two executioners of the day. Calcraft's
missives are i'll written and i'll spelled,
but one from Askern exhibits that pub
lie officer in the light of a Sabbatarian.
Here is his letter: 81 duly received
your note of the I'd instant Doubt
not before this you have received my
note of the 1st. VIII bring with me
what require. Forgot to state in my
former note that my charges are
strictly uniform. the journey by rail
the only difference. AS the 18th will
be on Tuesday ii would necessitate
travelling on Sunday, which would be
Objectionable. Please write me, as If
I come on Saturday ii will incur a small
additional expense. Please remove any
anxiety from the minds of the author
tiles, as the engagement will be faith
fully carried out"
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
FEMININE BILL POSTER
HAS TROUBLES IN PARIS
Throng Gathers in Street and
Old Woman Is Jailed

The suggestion that the tenure of
ONCE Of Mariette Woolf, as billposter,
was somewhat precarious, has become
fact, says the London Globe. She made
another progress on Thursday and was
accompanied by crowd, partisan and
hostile. Her friends shouted "Vive
Mariette," and her opponents sang
snatches Of a song sold in the streets.
the refrain being "As-tu WI Mariette?"
When the crowd numbered 80 the police
intervened and led away the old servant
OF the Impasse Ronsin to the station.
There she eloquently protested against
her treatment, asservating, "Je ira
vaille, Je ne suis pas en- etat de vaga-
bondage, relachez- moi" The police
were somewhat embarrassed and when
the crowd had dispersed the old lady
was released.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
PENNY POST OPERATED
IN LONDON IN 1850
Plan Launched as Private En-
terprise a Success

In little book entitled "A Penny
All the Way" in which is described the
history of the penny post, F. j. Melville
says: "A penny post which took prac-
tfcal form and operated for 100 years
in London was originated by private
enterprise in 1850, when Robert Murray
and William Dockwra set up the Lon
don penny post The principal Office
of the concern, we are informed, was in
Lime street, at Dockwra's residence.
There We're seven sorting houses and
between 400 and 500 receiving houses.
Messengers called every hour and con-
veyed the letters as directed.
stamp was used to mark the hour
at which the letter was expected to be
delivered, within an hour from the
time marked. AS soon as the organi-
tion began to show promise of remu-
neration the Duke of York (afterward
James I'D, on whom the profits of the
postoffice had been settled eby Charles
III, and the Earl of Arlington, the post
master general, proceeded against
Dockwra for infringement of the postal
monopoly. A verdict was given against
Dockwra and for over y hundred years
the London penny post was carried on
under Dockwras methods by the post
master general
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
MUST DECIDE TIE
SCOPEOF NEWLAW
Statute Makes Returns of Cor
pOratiOns in Payment OF
Tax Public Records
Stock Holders May Thus Get
Much Desired Information
of Concerns Standings

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-Are the re-
turns made by corporations, under the
law imposing a tax of / per cent on
their net incomes, to be open to inspec-
tion as public records? The law says
tthev are, and a decision soon must be
reached by Secretary McVeagh as to
the latitude to be given in the inter
probation OF the statute.
Many inquiries have reached the in
ternal revenue bureau on the subject.
Some Of them are expressions OF salts
faction that an opportunity may be af-
forded to examine the operations OF
corporations concerning which the
writers say, though financially Inter
ested. they are unable to secure infor-
nation OF importance to stock holders.
Already corporations have complied
with the law in numerous cases. In
some cases also checks have been in
closed for the amount Of the assess
ments as calculated by the corpora
tions sending them.
The assessments paid, however, are
subject 10 verifcatiOn, and If deficient
the difference viii be collected.
The tax is TO be collected June 1,
and il is expected that many large cor
porations viii defer making returns
until the supreme court passes on the
constitutionality Of the law.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
PAWNSHOP OPENED ON
FIVE PENCE CAPITAL
Institution Started by Priest in
Madrid in I7O5

From Italy the pawnshop spread over
Europe. Madrid started one in l705,
when the priest with a capital of five
pence taken from an almsboX opened a
charitable uncle" says the London
Globe. The system was adopted at
Avignon in 1877, but ii was not until
Ivy that Paris had its Mont de Piete
The national assembly destroyed the
monopoly and It passed into private
hands, but the eXtortion of the pawn
brokers led to a demand for its re-
establishment. In 1906 Napoleon re-
established the monopoly and Napo-
leon III regulated it by laws which
are still in force. The interest charged
IS about seven per cent.
In Paris the Mont de Piete is in
effect q department of the administra-
tion, but in the provinces it is a mu-
nicipsl monopoly. It may be added
that in 1861 Michael Northbury, bishop
of London, bequeathed 1000 marks to
establish free pawnshop.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
CHINA TO ADOPT THE
FRENCH METRIC SYSTEM
Will Replace Present Chaotic
Rules

An important date in the CONNER
cial annals of China fell on Tuesday,
when the Chinese minister in France
took formal possession at Breteuil Of
the standard of weights and measures
of France, which will be introduced
into the Celestial empire. In other
words, the Chinese, according to a
Paris contemporary, are about to re-
place their chaotic system Of weights
and measures by the metric system OF
France. The question has been under
consideration for some two years, and
the decision lay between the French
and British systems. It is matter for
small wonderment that our French
friends are somewhat elated, that
about the centenary of their logical
system of weights and measures, II is
TO be the guide for the new era in the
Celestial empire.-London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
TRAINING SHIPS FOR MEN
IN CANADA'S NEW NAVY
England Lends Two Cruisers to
Instruct Sailors

In order that the men required for
Canada's first cruisers may be trained
in readiness by the time these are
completed, the British government is
said TO be lending two cruisers of the
Apollo type to the Canadian govern
ment, says the London Globe. These
training cruisers are expected to arrive
in Canadian waters early in the spring;
and as the construction of the Ca
madam vessels will take nearly a year.
they will remain in Canadian waters
for a considerable period. The vessels
of the Apollo type are cruisers of 3,400
tons. with a speed Of 90 knots. and an
armament of two inch and six Al
quick firers, besides smaller guns. The
battery is not SO heavy as that of the
Bristol class, which Canada will build,
but the vessels and their guns are
sufficiently akin to those which are to
be handled by the Canadian crews later
to afford purposeful training. The
ships complement is 273 men.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
DoRKING THE HOME OF
MANY LITERARY LIGHTS
Noted Chiefly for Association
With Dickens

The neighborhood Of Dorking has
many literary associations independent
Of its connection with the famous nov
elist just dead, says the Westminster
Gazette II was at Burford Bridge near
Dorking that Keats completed "Endym-
ion" in November, 1877; close by at
the Rookery was born Father Nal
thus, the population economist. and at
West Humble Frances Burney, after her
marriage with General d'Arblay. built
Camilla cottage with profits of her
novel Of that name and settled down.
Sheridan resided at Polesden and John
Stuart Mil at Mickleham, while other
illustriOus residents in the locality in
earlier times were John Evelyn and
Daniel Defoe. To most people how
ever, the chief literary association of
Dorking is with Dickens. for was it not
at the Marquis Of Granby-variously
identified with the White Hart and the
old Kings Head-that Mr.. Weller Sr.
made the fatal blunder of proposing to
q wider?
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
ELIZABETHAN AUTHORS
MADE SMALL INCOMES
Shakespeare's Earnings Conn
puted at $1,000 Yearly

Apart from patron and publisher, the
Elizabethan man of letters had another
resource-the playhouse. But (says
T. P.'s Weekly not opulence rewarded
success within the wooden O." Ben:
Jonson told -Drummond that he had
never gained f200 for all the plays he
had ever produced Taking the date
as 1918 or 1919, Jonson's earnings from
the drama have been computed as ay-
eraging about f44 a year in modern
money; while Shakespeare must have
made about f200 (modern) a year by
writing the supreme masterpieces of
literature. Then, to supplement the
regular stage work, one could write
masques, which might fetch about f2O
in our currency; and, putting these two
sources together, the author calculates
that Ben: Jonson's income for his 40
years of work was about f125 per an
mum.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
"CAD" AND "LOBSTERS"
ARE AT LAST DEFINED
New Definitions Are Added to
English Language

The language is progressing famous
ly, says the Boston Transcript. Where
as once we snatched at new records
(and in that way doomed the nefarious
traffic that is carried on under our very
noses by those monsters, the purists),
we are now seeking to define the words
that already adorn a vocabulary. For
instance, cad" A cad, we learn. is a
nature faker who attributes venomosity
to serpents' 4tongues, whereas the lit
tie fellows bite with their teeth. It's
very sly of them to use their teeth for
biting, but they do. Hence the maxim,
How sharper than a serpent's tooth
it is to have a spankless childr'
And now comes Mount Tom again.
with aid for those who have thus far
been at a loss to define lobster" We
have all met Holsters and known them
for Holsters, yet we have missed the
essential point-never could we quite
make out what allied them. In Mount
Tom, Mr.. Lee wells the symbolism of
his diagnosis by assuming to fathOm
the reveries of a mere aquatic lobster.
though the parable will be transpar-
ent enough TO the discriminating. Says
he:
The big thing about man, in distinc-
tion from the other animals, is his dis
interestedness. A man might want to
be lobster a minute just to try it and
see things in that way-and not miss
anything in a world like thiS-but it
would take a lobster a thousand years
to want to be man. and then if he
were, before he had finished his first
day he would be bored, proba bly,. If a
lobster could only have a little more
disinterested curiosity about things
that don't look as if they mattered-s
lobster pots, for instance-how he
would get onr' This explains much
Among other things, it explains why
gentlemen of crustacean leaHings get
sued flor breach of promise.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
EGYPTIAN ALTAR MADE
OF BLOCK OF GRANITE
Specimen of Ptolon1aic Period
Added to Collection

The extensive collection of votive
altars in the department of Egyptian
antiques at the British museum has
just been enriched by the addition Of
a very fine specimen of the late or
Ptolomaic period. says the London
Globe. The altar is of the libation
type, with a spout to allow the offer
ings of wine and oil to rum of. and was
made for the fourth prophet OF Amen
Nesi-ptah. On the top of the slab are
representations of the various sepuI-
chral offerings usually made to the Ka
or soul of the dead, accompanied by an
inscription invoking Osiris and other
gods to grant sepulchral meals OF all
things good and pure. The altar.
which, together with its original
plinth. is cut out of one solid block Of
gray granite. measures % inches in
width and 2S in height, and is alto
gether a fine specimen of the art of the
Greco Roman period.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
SOCIETY PLANS TO
AID IMMIGRANTS
New Organization Will Protect
Arrivals From Frauds
and Impositions
[ [seeeiaI pi,paleh o The On

NEW YORK. Jan. "a new orEani-
zation, whose object Is TO protect inn
migrants coming 70 this country from
petty frauds and imposition and TO as
sist them In other ways. was recently
formed in this city. 1t Is called the
New York state branch OF the Ameri-
can Civic League for Immigrants.
John Hays Hammond is chairman OF
the new society.
The society will aim 10 put an end TO
petty frauds and abuses of immigrants
on piers and trains. Unmarried immi-
grant girls will be watched TO their
destinations. Some action will be
taken to safeguard the savings OF i'm
migrants. An attempt viii be made
to induce the railroads to keep the
committee informed of opportunities
for labor and for the establishment of
business and obtaining farm lands
along their routes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
ROMAN TOMB FOUND
BY FRENCH EXCAVATORS
Sarcophagus Discovered Thir-
teen Feet Under Ground

AT Annecy, in France, where recently
was discovered the sarcophagu of
a Gallo Roman maiden, the work
men have just made another in
teresting discovery. says the London
Globe. They came across a stairway.
large and steep, extending to depth
of about 13 feet, leading to tomb, the
walls of which have the appearance of
Roman construction. The tomb, paved
with marble, contained a large sar-
cophagus covered with monolith. The
structure was held together with NOR
tar. Plinths of stucco painted in red
were visible around the walls. Archae-
ologists consider that this place of sep
ulture dates from the third century, the
time of Alexander Severus, at the pc
riod when the Romans were abandon.
ing in the provinces of the empire In
cineration for inhumation. No funeral
furniture has been found in the tomb,
which contained the debris of bones.
Marks of hammer and pick were to be
seen upon the heavy lid of the sarcoph-
agus, which lead to the belief that
some barbarians about the fifth GEN.
tury violated the tomb.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
END OF WORLD
NEAR, SAYS BOOTH
Salvation Army Lead : Declares
Nations Are Banded in Re-
bellion Against God
Especial Cable 10 The Call

LONDON. Jan. General Booth OF
the Salvation Army has taken upon hts
shoulders the mantle of those sad
prophets who from time to time have
predicted imminent dissolution of the
world because of its wickedness- Ad-
dressing a meeting tonight he said:
I'VE have world setting God AL
mighty at naught and rushing forward
reckless of his wishes and threaten
ings as to their fate. Notwithstanding
all that has been done in years gone
by, men and women still pursue their
wickedness today in all the nations
of the earth.
Not only one nation, but all nations
seem banded together as one great peo-
pie of rebellion. transgression and
wickedness until some think-I believe
with a considerable degree of proba-
bi1ity-that we may be approaching
rapidly the end of all things, with SINH
lar results, but far surprising in mag
nitude anything that has gone before;
that all things may be wound up, but
that instead OF there being a deluge
OF water sweeping the world and its
inhabitants, there will be destruction
by fire."
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
REVOLUTION PREDICTED
FOR THE BRITISH ISLES

Nine de Thebes. who is a sort of Old
Moore of France, has already arranged
the happenings of 1910. According to
the Throne and Country, she covers the
whole world. including the domain of
fashion. Beyond considerable changes
In Belgium and Russia, popular move
ments in Germany and Spain, a great
conspiracy in France, in which the aris-
tocracy will be compromised, and
growing in the Balkans. Europe gen
orally will be lightly dealt with, Nine.
de Thebes has arranged thai a revo-
lutionary explosion shall take place in
this country.-London Globe
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
PALESTINE MAY SOON
BECOME JEWISH STATE
Young Turks May Permit He
breWs to Settle Country

For the Jewish people the Turkish
revolution has special significance.
writes Prof. Isaac Halevy in Die
Judische Kukunt. New York The
Jews are compelled to flee from Rus
sia and Roumania. They flee whole-
sale, chiefly to America, Canada, Africa
and the Argentine. And where TODAY. /
ask, will you find no Russian Jews?
II now the Young Turkish revolution
aries declare that they are prepared
to allow the Jews to settle in Pales-
tine and to found an autonomous sec
tion OF the Turkish empire, that is an
important moment in the history Of
the wandering Jew.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
WORDS NUMBERED IN
CHINESE TELEGRAMS
Operators Use Stamps to. Print
Oriental Messages

The first telegraph line was opened
in China in 1872, and there are now
about $4,000 miles of line, the whole
under imperial control, says the Lon
don Globe. The Chinese language, be-
ing syllable, and not alphabetic, many
may wonder how a message is trans
mitted. The method is simple, but in
genious. There are as many charac-
ters as words in the Chinese language,
and the messages are sent in number
cipher. When the numbers are re-
ceived a double ended type is used,
with numbers at one end and charac-
ters at the reverse. A message is set
up by the numbers, and then print ed
from the reverse end, which shows the
characters.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
WOMEN SCORED FOR
HIGH HEELED SHOES
Narrow Points Are Blamed for
Broken Insteps

1t always has been, and probably
always will be, impossible to persuade
the majority of women that nature did
not intend them to wear shoes with
high heels, narrow treads and pointed
toes, says the Nursing Times.
1t is quite possible to walk with com
parative comfort and dignity to and
from carriage in such shoes, but it
certainly is not possible comforta bly,
to earn ones living in them.
The narrow points cramp the toes
together. cause corns and prevent a
firm and steady grip of the ground
being obtained, while the high heels
throw the weight of the body forward
upon a part of the foot not intended
and not constructed to bear it. with
the result that the ligaments in the
waist of the foot become stretched
and weakened and allow the bones
forming the instep to sink down to-
ward the sole.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
ARE YOU DEAF?

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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-10
German Support Desired

PEKING, Jan. 9.-The highest
government officials are pessimis-
tic with regard to the British sup
port of the proposals of the American
government relative to the Manchurian
railways, and believe that more active
German support would bring about a
realization OF the scheme. The Chinese
government is placing reliance in W.
w. Rockhtll, the American ambassado
at st. Petersburg, to secure Russian
assent to the proposals, which would
also mean French support.