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tJX " 'Wf ft 51 V 11 nONOLTTLU RTAR HULLETIN, SATl'RUAY. NOV. no. 1012. rw7 31 3Z 3C En o o o J O O The Big Toy House has received all its Toys and Holiday Gifts and they are now on Sale, also the finest lines of Xmas Cards, : : : Booklets, and Books. Dont put off your buying to the last minute. Buy early and have first choice. : : WaM9 NndMte Compgmiy 9 f -r'7 if- ' - 1 - -.I:-;: i.JTmT: .tf'IT" . m. i """mi . ifTT1 . . "T" HIGH GDSTHF LIVING PROBLEM IN JTHER COUNTRIES THAN U. S. On the ai;thf''t-j ' ' (U 1 rnmcnt data i utilizing rationally and profitably the Consul GeneH Wattn at Rrupsels taya ! waste- products of the slaughterhouses. ly than In A1' other European coiin- no frfes tables showing that . J m m O nhont f.a T ccn 01 men workers over rlxtecn ars tarn lf,tiR ,nan ,:s '",H;as rents and living expenses are con h dav o the women, 0i" per cc:it arn j t-iantly becoming higher, a person less th 39 cents and 3 per f' ' ss than f cents, in rj) an inquiry at the p"lic schools nf eighteen towns shoV4 tnat 21,v P,r t'nt r ,hr cni1' drc wero insufficiently nourished. Cgditiont in Germany. kCer has meat been so dear in jiden, Germany, as at prcsont. writes j onsul Jewett at K ni. I'nces or meat dvanccd about 10 per cent from July (ldJl, to July, 191". The qualityi of meat had also depreciated, more hqrse ineat being used. During the year end ing with June. 1912, the cost of living per week of an average family of four w has risen In the (Irand Duchy of Baden from $6.17 to 16.47, and in the province ' of Alpace-Iiorntlne from $6.11 to $6.46, or about five per cent in a year. At the Instance of a' meeting of mayors of the chief towns of Baden, the gov ernment is requested. to call a meeting of the mayors -of all the principal titles of the empire, to consider meas ures relative to the increasing cost of living and especially the high price of meat. The mectinp also recom- 'mended the establishment of munici- Tt nort.fattflnlnir nlanta. thn imnrtrfa- lion of refrigerated meat, and the lm- portatiezi of foreign cattle, especially ; from Arpentina, on condition that the taHI are rlauzhterd immediatelv on , -w-wo r w - f " arrival at the municipal abattoirs. A pocial commission apointed to inves - tigato the matter at Strassburg pro- bury to one of the Johannesburg news- verrber the increases were 9.1 per posed similar remedies, and, in addi- papers, gives some of the Rhodesian cent, over 1911 and is. 7 per cent, over tlon, the appointment of a special mix- prices cnargrd per pound for food- 1910. it is noteworthy that every cd commission to regulate the price of stuffs, as follows: Bacon, 42 cents; section and every principal city re animals for slaughter and of the Uirat YIipppp "fi ppntr.- rnfff Si rants' imrt rniiw Ffrpirrn r-nm mori-o innin- wben sold, and the 'creation of a Mve- stock market tank to furnish credit to' the butchers and to aid them in ; THE WHISKERS AT THE ZOO DRIVE IWCLF. HANK II- I . 3 I I1a.1 .H-Uife. r-J A 2AVi HiDr. . '1 (! Living in China. An income of $1500 gold is usually considered the minimum upon which a foreign lamny can live in Amoy; aim ' without an assured income of at least that runs great risk of experiencing mucti nnanciai embarrassment, writes r I i V a u Brissel from Amoy. The lUTraf,e frei fUy I2o0 gold a month; those vice Consul inecme of the is well above $2;0 gold a month; those who are unable to earn much over word than prosperous. Every depart $150 gold a month usually prefer to ment of business experiences the dp remain unmarried. lift and expansion which result, first, It mav helD to an understanding of from the tremendous crops, and, sec- how expensive it is to live in Amov (which is one of the less expensive ports) to Etate that some of the Amer- ican missionaries, on a salary of $100 gold a month, house furnished and j traveling expenses and doctor bills paid, and living with the greatest care, find it impossible to establish a bank acccunt. 1 Conditions in Rhodesia Consul Edwin N. Gunsaulus, Johan- nesburg. South Africa, says that the cost of living in Rhodesia is a sub- jett of discuesion among the residents of that territory, and various means I have been cuggested to remedy this condition of affairs. Many imported foodstuffs and oer home necessities aru mrtt than 1 (( rAt pnnt liirlicr i 1 i 1 v 1 -Kill xvi t,,r than in Eugland, while house rents in Salisbury and elsewhere in Rho- desia are approximately three times thPP nhtaininir in fan? Town and other coast cities. , A correspondent, writing from Salis- jam. 30 cents; marmalade, 36 cents; oatmeal, 14 cents; salt. S cents; su- f,ar, S cents; tea, 60 cents. PERPETRATED BY WALT McDOUGALL v P" V 1 Your j It is generally 'agreed that one of the principal reasons for the high scale of prices for provisions and other poods is the tariff charged ly the railways for transportation of merclvan d'.se from the coasi ports, which in most cases are far distant from the business centers of Khodesia and the Transvaal. TRADE AND INDUSTRY CONTINUE TO EXPAND I inn's I.'cview lor November ? says an itpproved business outlook is 10 fleeted in the incieased buoyancy cf 'he financial markets and in the con- tinued expansion of trade and indus- try. a situation that is based upon , , ; V V I rn unprecedented movement of wheat a"V rcz)imz production of pig iron can be described by no other pig iron can be described by ond, from the restored confidence arid I credit. While the ultimate size of the! cotton crop 13 sti.l in doubt, and while there has been some lowering of estimates on account of frosts, yet it is probable that there will be a very large yield. The production of corn promises to bo much in excess of 3,000,000,000 bushels. I'ig iron pro-! due' ion in October amounted to 2,- 6S9,33 tons an against 2.1K3.S29 in September. The iron and steel tra-ie continues to expand to the full limits of capacity of production and trans portation. The railroads, confronted with stupendous traffic, are contract ing liberally for 1913 requirements.' Their press earnings in October show- ed the substantial gain of C.9 per cent, 1 in ill uu w n ' " -v 1 . over last year. All October statistics near witness to the notable activity in ail branches of trade and all sec- jtinns nf thf comitrv. He? nber bank clearings gained 27.0 per cent, over las year, and in the first week of tains its heavy movement, amount in'; in New York during the latest week to $37,CS.",487 against $36,104,661 in TO THE BARBER SHOP ! Money Savers l'.Ml and S::.,Tvj..;i,7 in lil. Wlule ; exports were nearly equal to last year, there was a large increase in imports,! amounting t.i J.I-S.nW during the week. 10,000,000 SAVINGS I BANK DEPOSITORS i Statistics of savings bank deposits are always regarded with interest, as finishing a guide to economic 'ondi tiens. and eipecial value, of course, rttaches to satisfies covering the country's sav.ngs banks compiled ly the Comptroller of the Currency for the fiscal year 1912 compiled as they aie within a reasonably short time after the close of that period are vaiuaDie m a consiaerao e u fplOWjnpr statement shows x f gav fcankg ... . ,rotr( valuable in a considerable degree. The the nutii- eporting. num ber of depositors, aggregate deposits and average due to each depositor in the United. States for the years in dicated: I No. ! savings" Aggrec,a'e banks depo. its. lnes ;. 1.4.1:1 $3.i;i;o.-,:.v.t4:. 1909 1910 1911 1912 . . .1.703 . . .1.7. "9 . . . I.SS4 . . .1,92.") 3,713.4U..,710 , 4.070.4X6.24R 4.212..".S3.."98 . 4.4.".O.XX2..".V ' Av. du No. do- each do- positors positor 190X 1909 1M 1911 1912 S,70."i.SlK s.s:;i.ri;:: 9.1 42.90V: 9,794,'i47 1 0,009. SO $i2t"7 12'. I " 1 1 :..2' i toll. 1,0 I t.Kt It is explained by the Comi.troller that the savings banks reporting are , or two classes-mutual, or those w.th- I . rr a out capuai sior k, aim mu r,a ni,; . Ihe latter class transacting both a sn- inRs an(1 a comroerenl business i rar-j ! t""c ally all mutual savings banks are i located in the manufacturing tenter.. that is, in the New England and east ern states, while stock savings ban';s .re in operation in nearly every pi?t in operation in nearly every state in the Union. Reports to the number of 1.92") have i been tabulated. 630 being from mutual i J institutions and 129: from stock rhv- i lings banks. Depo: its in these banks i aggregate $4.430.S22..-,22. The deposi- tcrs number IO.oo'.i.noi, me average.; r posit account l-.eing $111.0 1. Sav-j ! !nrc VinL-u roiinrtinf in JllUn. 1 !l I 1 . I numbered 1SS. with deposits of Sl.-j L12.583.:9S to the credit oi 9.7! l.f. 17 ! denositors. the average deposit fount being $!30.n9. While th"re has Wen an increase oF only" fo-ty-one in the number of banks report in'-', de posits have in?reased by over $L'3S. 000,000 and depositors by over 2I.".ooo. Compared with the fis al year 1911. the. deposits pre shown to h vc in-cioas-Kl by ?23.S.Oft".or.t. or ."..6 rer rent., while the number of depositors j has gained by 2.1 per cent., and rhe ; average amount duo o?. h depos'tor j ir.freased 3 per cent. Compared wiCf ! 190S. a year of r'ress I'ollov. iri the : j)anie year 1907, depo. :rs" are snown ; to have gained 21 t:er cent, on an in- , r lease of 33 per cent thp nuni'.'T of hanks reijortir.: and Tor 1". nor con; i;i the number ot depositors, wlulr th" average deposit has sained ." per cent. Uradstreet's. CANNING LABORATORY IN SAN FRANCISCO A most praeti-a! and inrerostin-: ' w-M-k is l;ein don at t'.io I'nitci States Government laboratory in Pur. IY:iwisco. where Pr. A. V'. P.ittin-. fond technolosist oi' the Ii.ueau o? Chemistry, in ondiK t:;rr rxperimei!!s , ,n the canning and pro'-efsin.u of trnits. 71h- builins -it ".r. Sansoire sti'-M ltn fitted up with all m ip 1 1 m : - j necessary tor comnier' ia! ( ;i!!iiin- on -i i snalh r sc ale than in the ti!s :acton"s. : i!t with eapae itv for a gre itf t rans nf varities than is to bp fovnd in r.r-' them. The labpratorv i c!ur.pc, f.i canning fruits. n:aking jtl'i' j i"ms. and c-itsups. condens'ns: tvilk. j p'eparing bakofl in-an-. and in ta ' t'o1- ; :-ins almost anyfhir? in the ean-ii ; I re. and is furnished iib rfto.-f.-. , ;la'ue and small, srcrilizcrs. ':'ia:i-- ! rr. , preserve kettles. i:a' I in--- j imr tne san'Tarv f a:i.". ma--.i:.i , fvv washing cans and bottle . n n. :- ; cnine lor exhausting and r-app'n'i v Vr f..hr.s. a varimni jii'mp. a rei.-U i i ; thermometer, and other :i"f "ss-rv ri 1 : rains. All of the work :s . o!id;n f-i wir'i ' the exactness of experiment;', ion in j p,'ie 'hemistry n:vl co;r,-Vte rr"'j: ' r..-i- kept of th" vr:o-:? nro- es t'.rr-ven !al ' anre: - ar ri';k'r. s o' the laboratorv t.t t'n 1 ..:ir cr. ::- o; the res'ilt? v.-h;-h rhy nV . .:. ;.r' a: rived at. as i: .- i:;';.o-: ' t!;" from results b-"k cau-e.- wit 1 th s-iiii" exact ir .;d :n iar-1 " i 1 - , 1 plants at the bi Monitor-. - .'. every s.fep of the wor,. is uott-d ;;n i recorded bv scienrirn observers, i Mllndl.aiy WE HAVE READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION THE LARGEST STOCK OF HIGH GRADE PER FUMES AND TOILET WATERS EVER SHOWN IN HONOLULU. OUR GIFT PACKAGES CONTAIN THE BEST ODORS FROM PIVER. ROGER AND GALLET. HOUBIGANT, KERKOFF, VIOLET (VE-C-LAY). GODET. REYNAUD, PINAUD, HUDNUT, RICKSECKER AND OTHERS. WE OFFER THESE INSTEAD OF THE GAUDY BOXES OF CHEmP ODORS. OURS ARE PUT UP IN A STYLE THAT APPEALS TO THE REFINED. THE FOLLOWING LIST CONTAINS A FEW OF OUR "PRESENTATION PACKAGES: Piver's Fancy Boxes Containing Extract, Soap and Face Powder in all the popular cdors: Azurea. Trefle, Flora mye. Safraror. Pompeia and Es peris. Price $4.50 per box. WE HAVE THE NLW $3 00 NADIVA AND LUXORA. Cut Glass Toilet Atomiicrs 72.25 Benson, Smith & Company, Limited PHONE 1297 (Viiics of spoilage, ;geii!es and meth- . s!bteiu y of the product, and other ini- ; portant ioints are made the antijeet oX graded exierimeirt.s. .Many cae. oi preserves and jellies testify to the ; ar.ount of work that, has already "boea done at the lal.oratoiv. -(. atnoi nl.i V u it () rower. GERMAN MACHINES F0RP0STAL WORK The question of faciliatin the I'Hiikins of mail mutter is 'ien nru ii attention in (Jerms.ny by postal au- i t! orities and bns:n''ss , circles, writes j fe Consul General Wnliani Daw.o'i, jr.. from Frankfort on the Main, .Machines which simply stamp nuMj natter whih does not have to bo povided with postage have, been in i.se for some t!ni" in the bavarian postal administration, whb h is in'ie lndent of the imperii administra tion. These machines a;c used Tor U.tKe amounts of similar mail matte- and :ender pays at usual rate iti money. The imperial pos'a! autliot ties consider, however. fh;t this sr stfi!) floes not offer the neces-nry s.:!eguards- against por.tp. 1 fraud.. i'i rthermore. such mail matter nor f-.Hving postal stamps is no- a' cepted Km ititernatiorr:! maiN. A Frankrirt firm has r"!cnti con-.-net ted a machine wlii h does i:"' I o;..'ss the.s" drawback and whif h l tinc tried at present in oti or' 'a- WHIFFS (Continued from page 9. the outside looking in" for an indef inite period, but in the preseu' in stance there will be plenty of people ( reariy to believe that the foul was un- i intentional, and the public will clam or for a speedy return bout. This, of course, is what Wolgast wants, for with the championship gone, he has ev rything to win and nothing to lose 1 by another meeting. Resides which, another fight in the near future would prove about the best drawing card that could be staged, and while the nillen champion cannot expect to terms that he secured last time, he will still be able to lay aside his share of a goodly purse, and that, after all. is what he is in the game for. 3E Roger and Gallet's Extracts in Handsome Satin Boxes, cori taining: Fleurs du Passe $5.50, Jacinthe $3-00, Rose Rouge, $4.50, Fleur d'Amour $4.50. Gloire De Paris $4.50, Reve Fleuri $4.50, Violette Merveille $4.50. Amberose $4.50. A BOTTLE EXTRACTS OF COLGATE: CHARMIS, GRA3SE ROSE, r:ankfort substations. The machine has two receivers, wtiich can l)e - opera.ted Ly one oI!i ial. ..Mnii matter ;s placed in pilfs on the receivers. vl.ere it is gathered tip by an endless chain and carried into the machine. The maf hine contains fonr magazines Lf-ldiiiR strips of stamps, which are te rn off. moistened, and pasted on mail matter, v.-hiep then passes on to a stamp which cancels the postage st imp:. The machine tsn handle to 40fr pieces of mail matter per min ute. A register attached to tiic ma chine counts tne number of pieces flanked. Only similar matter tan be franked at" one time. Mail matter ranginp from an ordin ary post (rird ui to, pieces inches There's New Strength For Everyone In a packet of a partially pre-clkjcsted food brain building elements of the and barley. Grape-Nuts with cream or milk is easily and quickly di gested and supplies well balanced nourishment, includ ng the phosphate of potash especially required for rebuilding the brain and nerves. Persons who have been careless about what they cat, find when they change to Grape-Nuts, that the body responds promptly to the regular use of "There's sa'lC(0..O PerffiMtss Roger and Gallet's Three compartment sets, con taining: Extract, Soap and Face Powder in Violette de Parme, $3.50, Boquet Des Amours $4.25, Indian Hay $4.25, and Peaii d' Espagne M.25. Pressed Glass Atomizers $1.25 FORT AND HOTEL STREET8 11 l-r inches .wide, and 1 l-. tick can be (ranked. At least inch? ;(o pieces of mail matter or same form in same trapping and subject to t me rate, mtut he presmtea, tied la j lundlcn of 100 pieery eacu. ' This 'system of tranntnK tz. illtles nailing of circoiars. catalogues, etc.. 1 which can be delivered at post office j unstamped witn amount necessary to (over iostase. So charge above usual pestage rates is made for this servi-e. known as "barfrankieruns" leash franking). For the present only mat ttr to. bo transmitted at fotlowint; rHtfcs is accepted: li, Z, and 10 pfenn? j (0.7 1.2. and 2.4 cents). The machine is being tested pre- riratory tp its adoption by the Imper j ial postal authorities. contairrnrj the vital body and natural food grains, wheat this delicious food. a Reason" rr