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tt" Tf?11 A J""'1 fF miimmmiii o ?.rtyf,vm"v,m-l'SVl- lW Prl SUNDAY BULLETIN I PACES Vl2 J v? c?$ V0U1, NolV'X HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, SUNDAY, MAY 18,180!. PIUCE nVE CENTS. 1 Buy Thermometers in Changing Weather An Eastern dealer In notions Bold thlrty-tnreo thermometers ono day when the mercury went up to 81 de grees. "As a rule," ho said, "I don't sell mure than two or three thermometers a 'day, but sharp chtingos In the weath er always mako an Incrcaso In the demand for tfio ordinary cheap ther mometers, such as are used In flats and houses. "The first hot day and tho first cold day of summer and winter nro tho great days of the year" In tho retail thermometer business. Men who havo sweltered all day or shivered all day because Ihcy weren't prepared for tho change Btop In and buy thermometers on tho wny home. "I suppose they think they'll begin to keep a temperature record for them selves. They don't do It for more than a neck. It's just like keeping a diary, but there's n new crop of such folks every year." Hanna Not Anxious to Get Noah's Ark Senator Hanna receives many curi ous letters, but the proposition which wus made to him tho other day takes lliu palm for uniqueness. "On tho top of Mount Ararat," wroto his correspondent, "there Is still pre served, burled amid eternal snow, Noah's ark. I am organizing a com pany to dig It out and bring it to the United States. You can help mo make a lot of money If you will go Into thi scheme, because tho original Noah's ark would be tho best paying attraction nt the St. Louis fair." Up to tho present time Senator Han na has not Invested In the Noah's aik scheme. What's in a Name to English Footman? Prince Munitcr (then only n Count), together with Count Deust nnd Count ficiiom aloft, was attending a Foreign Offico reception In London. Their names afforded no llght difficulty to the thoroughly English footman, who I announced tho guests by shouting their names up tho great staircase ' Count Sehouvnloff arrived first, nnd the footman duly announced him as "Count Shurtleorf. ' Then carao Count Beust. whoso name In the servitors mouth became "Count Ucast." Lastly Count MunBtcr appeared anfl tho foot man, evidently feeling that a supremo effort was required, finished off by calling out "Count Monster." ? fi '. 5 4 5 5 $! ishion t Mercerized denim Is ono of tho Bmart materials for shirt waists and cntlro costumes. It Is said to wash well and I also to retain Its gloss. One odd tancy in millinery Is a black and white straw hat plaited like a checker board and trimmed with a largo rosette of white tullo and black leaves of a bunch of small flowers at ono Bide. Japanese tolle Is ono of tho now drifts materials. It Is very attractlvo sas it Is thin, 1ms a glossy surface, and seems to bo something between a lln en and a tussore silk. A pretty gown of this In pale blue has a collar of white linen guipure finished with a tiny edge of pale green slllc. A pretty Idea for neck chains Is to Indicate tho name of the owner by tho first letter of the different gems set In clusters or nt wide Intervals. In clth v er case It Is a pretty sentiment. Somo pet name can bo worked out by tho sequenco of tho gems without being suspected by any ono not In tho se cret. Linen and batiste hats arc tho latest fancy In headgear for morning wear with thin summer gowns. They aro In every tint between brown and ecru, trimmed with foliage, flowers, laco ticarfs or chiffon rosettes. Ijico mlttB are to the fore again, prettier and finer than over before. They are to bo worn at tho fashionable summer resorts, at dinners, dnnces and lawn parties. Women with protty hands weltomo them. White linen blouses embroidered with black are a pretty feature in mourning diess. For automoblllng the veil Is a spe cial consideration, and It Bcoms to bo brown, or red or green, with largo cho nillb spots. It is a long veil of chit t fon crossed at the back and tied In a bow under the chin. Willie Pa, what 'nro "widows' weeds" anyway? Pa That depends. I'vo heard ot somo grnBs wUIowb who use cigar itftts. Philadelphia Press. FIENDISH Washington, April 21. Tho S o n a t o Philippine Commit tee this morning heard tho testimony of (Jrover Flint, of Cambridge, Mas s., who described tho In fliction of tho "water 'euro" torturo on sev eral occasions when ho had witnessed It. Ho served as First Lieutenant o f tho 35th Volunteer In fantry. Tho wntcr euro was administer o d by Macabcbo scouts, tho object be ing to get Informa tion as to where thcro wero guns.Tho result was generally tho surrender of tho guns. Tho Macabcbcs, wlicn administering tho torture, wero not under flio command of a commissioned officer, but under a sergeant Of tho Unit ed States Army, Ho had witnessed n t least twenty cases of QEN. SEC. Senator Patterson About how many were subjected to the torture when you first saw It? Witness I cannot say. I can only guess. I think about thirty. Senator Patferson They did not appear to bo soldiers? . Witness No; they were, to all In- The Small Farmer's Chances In Puerto Rico FRUIT. San Juan, P. II.. April 21. Tersely put, the question most frequently ask ed of Americans In Puerto Illco by friends in the United States and tho tourists who visit tho Island Is: "How can I mako money in Puerto Illco?" A conservative answer is: It depends upon the ambition, good Judgment and sticking qualities of tho individual and largely upon the amount of capital In vested. If ono Iiob no money or prospects of steady employment after reaching here It Is wlso to Keep away from Porto Ill co. Living expenses average at least ono-thlrd higher than in tho States, and the best of accommodations may be called poor in comparison with thoso enjoyed by most Americana. Farmers Decome Independent. Intelligent farmers from tho North with one-halt tho effort they now- mako to gain an otttlmcs meager living, In Puerto Rico can soon become inde pendent. Land Is plenty and cheap. and so Is nativo labor. It Is now an assured fact that orange growing will pay, it having passed tho experimental stage. Tho end of the year will sec at leaBt five thousand acres of orango groves In tho Island, tho oldest of the groves being threo years. Until tho American occupation of Puerto Illco, oranges grew wild and brought good prices, despite the fact that they received no nttcntlon as to raising, picking or packing. Limes grow wild In abundance, as do lemons. Pineapples aro attracting considerable attention, ono weighing twenty-live pounds and of flno quality having Tlenn raised near San Juan. Dananas are everywhere, without systematic cultivation, and aro deli cious. Fortunes In Silkworms. Tho greatest fortunes nro promised In tho field of silkworm culture. Impor tant experiments In raising silkworms havo been going on In San Juan for threo months. Tho result ot tho tests lias been highly gratifying, aniT It has been proven oeyond a suspicion of doubt that thora can bo raised In Puer to rtlco a silkworm which will mako tho largest cocoon known to natural ists: a cocoon which Is threo times larger than that made by tho Japan eso worm and twlco as largo ob that of tho French nnd Spanish worm. It has also been positively proven that this silk Is the equal In quality ot any which is known and that Its lowest prlco In tho maiket Is $76 a hundred pounds. Several months ago, Juan Magdnlo no, a nativo of Venezuela, came to Puerto Illco and nqtlced tho presenco, lu Immense quantity, of a certain leaf, a small plant which Is also peculiar to tho Interior of Venezuela, upon which ho knew tho silkworm would grow- anil rapidly thrive. Large Cocoons Grown. Mr. Magdaleno Immediately return ed to Venezuela nud procured nbout two hundred cocoons. Ho brought them to Puerto Illco, placed them In boxes with tho leaf which ho believed jthoy would livo upon, and thus began J tho oxperlmeuts which aro now pro- WATER CURE PRACTISED ON 8MITH. ROOT. tents and purposes, country people peasants, or whatever yon want to call them. Senator Ilcvcrldge Of course you know perfectly well that you, as tho officer on tho ground, had the right, and that it was your duty, to Btop nny barbarity until you could re port to your superior officer? S,ASKyt9BfKBFftMJBKKUm'jff SILKWORMS. grossing with such great success. .1 saw Mr. Magdaleno weigh off an ounce of the cocoons and It rcq.ilrcd twenty-two cocoons to balanco tho scnle at the ounce mark. The Japan ese cocoons weigh seventy to tho ounce and the French nnd Spanish co coons nrri'from forty-tWHtr fifty to tho ounce. Mr. Magdaleno also stated that his . . . .. . . . .i lamny in Venezuela unit uoon orrcrcu 000OOO O O Remarkable Products of Hawaiian Waters. E. S. BOYD IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES. Among the many remnrkablo thlngB about Hawaii aro Us cols. Just before I left Honolulu to como hero I saw ono fix e feet long and five Inches In tllam- looking customers, with fantastic eter at Its thickest part. Now, this Is markings of black and brown, nnd not a fish story. Such eels nro com- many shades of gray. On an eel of mon with us. This eel belongs to tho this sort tho skin appears to hang local species, which most resembles ioobo from tho body, and wlien dlsturh the true conger, and Is gray In color, ed the head bwcIIb llko a puff adder's. It was captured at low tldo in a pool of water which It had entered, prob ably In pursillt of prey, and out of which It was unable to escape. Thcro nro threo well-known varieties of eel found in our waters. The larg est is the big gray fellow, ftiilch so closely resembles his cousin, tho con- ger. Hu 1b voracious and fcarleas, and uiu ihui;b iucriu mm wiwi cauuon, for when cornered ho fights viciously and can Inflict a nasty wound with his O00000 O 00 SAILOR SLIDES Wrapping his legs around the long tether of tho capttvo balloon at tho ted snugly over tho 1 1-llnch Italian sensation, but not sufficient to scorch Chutes, when tho big gasbag was ,lcmn ro',c t,mt cVa the balloon from his trousers, and his hands, being pro high In tho air, Simeon Nicks, a Jack strnylnR lnt0 tho cmnyrean. Accom- Tected by tho hose, were not affected . .11,1 . .!, m...l ...II.. ..... .... ,u ... .,..... """"" and as unconcerned as though ho wero descending to tho deck of a vessel aft - er straightening out a tnnglo nlort. It w"h a Bailor's twist of his legs aroi'iu weighing anchor preparatory to leav was the longest slldo on record In Los V'0 ""nbI 1'emp ho began l0 8llu0K I'0"- feat never before haB been performed. NIckB is "out for tho stuff," he inys, and when he found ho could gain somo notoriety that would provo prof- itnblo ho volunteered to drop from the clouds on n string. When ho went up In tho balloon nt C o'clock last evening ho was dressed In nn ordinary suit of clothes and car- back ns though ho wero In an arm- rescued. Nicks volunteered and sue rled In his hands a 10-lnch section ot chair. Tho friction of tho ropo on tho cceded In splicing tho cnblo. MATRIMONIAL CASUALTIES. Tho South African war has occa sioned an enormous number of mar riages. Officers married hurriedly bo foro they went out; somo havo cs poused tho fair enemy out thoroj many lfnvo succumbed to tho charms ot tho plucky joung military nurses; great l numbers Invalided homo havo been promptly wedded by their patriotic and grateful feminine, contemporaries, WHnoss I simply regarded my duty there as being to prevent anything ex- cesslvo or extraordinary. I let sever- ni men on who dm not look to me as Insurrcctos. The committee then voted 5 to 4 to go Into executive session. After tho doors we're closed It wns decided to summon several witnesses STRAW MATS. J7T. for one hundred pounds of the rough cocoons by a silk weaver of Ly ons. France. Ho declares that tho silk makes up Into goods equal to tho best known qualities. He proposes to continue his experiments with a view i to engaging oxtenslvoly 'n silkworm raising In Puerto Illco and hopes to Interest tho Government In tests be- fore expert scientists, silk men and nntllrnllata naturalists. 0-000'00--000-- o o ooooo powerful Jaws, which bristle with nee- dlo-llko teeth. The other species aro fat. flabby- Thoso eels seldom attain a greater length than threo feet, nnd love to lo cate In tho cravlces of a stone break water, from which they dart out Inces santly and make havoc among any Bchool of small fry which may bo Inno cently disporting themselves within striking distance. Thcso lionded eels have been known to haunt n particular spoi lor over a year. Tliey ore good eating, despite their unprepossessing appearance. - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 000000. O- !0AA DOWN 1500 FEET OF ROPE garden hoso. silt un tho Bide, that fit- - - .-...v .............. ku ..uol u, uiu im.K ucuci-m. and tho llttlo son of Prof. Daldwln. At a height of about two hundred feet 1 Nicks clambered out of tho basket, and uuwnworu. -men no cnecKca Himself, nnd, remaining stationary, ho roso wm, tho balloon until it had reached a height of fifteen hundrod feet. Then ho began to slide, slowly at flrst, and gradually Increasing his Bpeed until tho ropo spun by him at a terrlflc rate, Regulating his speed at will ho some- times came to a full Btop, when ho would icleaso his hand-hold and lean TEW IE IT CHEAP Whllo traveling irom Toulouso to Dordcaux, an Inspector or tho railroad moro distinctly? Nn ono could under fell fast asleep and wns not aroused """"' wlmt 'ow sall" mill ihn .-nmiurim- piiin.i .mi iiw. name of a station -b lm dlil not licnr t,, ,mmu distinctly, ne summon- oil the touduttor ami ibKed him what QEN. CHAFFEE. MA J. who had seen service In the Philip- pines, particularly petty officers and privates of the Volunteer army. Tne rcq,,est or Edward Atkinson. (n nntllmperlallst of lloston. to lay his views before the committee was taken up and by a party vote tho com- mlttec declined tn henr him. The ma Jorlty took the ground that Mr. Atkln- Chances for Capitalist. The greater Industrie ,A11 . nfford chances for capltals. jyUilA gear's sugar crop will appro vftrwf -WO.O00 tons, and in a few j ears, urrough tho ubo ot impiovcd maUilnqjflftN should . - reach XtO.ooO torn e,nnWHlJl7"Thp cof. fee yield Is being Increased from a former average of 200 to BOO and COO pounds nn ncio nnd Utuado planters ...... I I.. ........II. I -.I.-!- -rtA i I say It Is possible to obtnln COO nounds The natives who live near tho sea marge hunt tho "puhl," or eel, week In and week out. In the daytime they nngle fur him with a largo Tiook at tached to a stout Hue, and by night they spear him by luntern light, or, coming upon him as ho lies, dazzled by the rnK of tho tight, on tho bottom, bicak his back with a piece of hoop Iron. When an eel Is hooked, tho fisher man, standing knee-deep In water, swings the creature at arm's length with a rotary motion. In order to kill him, tho body of the eel threshing tho water every tlmo tlm circuit is com pleted. When fishing Is goofl the Bpcc- tnclo of a lot of natltcs swinging eels reminds nn onlooker of a flack of wind mills operating In n -lO-mila-an-hour 'breeze calves of his lees enTMert n humlne When Nicks dropped to tho ground he was as calm and unruffled as though ho had Just nssUted In This Is not tho flrst long slldo tho sailor has taken. Elnht von nirn hn slid dnwn n (hrooini ,ir ni,i inln tho shaft of tho Silver King mlno lu Drltlsh Columbia. ThtUy-olght hun- droit feet below was a cage containing a numbor of miners, Tho cnblo had broken, and It was necessary for Bomo ono to go down tho ropo nnd repair tho dnmage before tho men could bo station it was. "Cnstelsarrnzln," was tho reply, whereupon tho Inspector said, rather angrily: "Why didn't you call it out "Moro distinctly ?" repeated tho pnndiu Ini In nmnvnmnnt nnd Hum In , , ....... ft trncicill f(lrO HO aHkCtl: "111) VOII llllnK ml ym ran i,re tenors for 'lgn"y francs a month?" FILIPINOS "water cure" In tho caso of old men ho had seen their teeth fall out. He himself was presf nt In order to draw tho line on excesses." Th'e effect of the torture wa" Immedlnte.those who weic sufijectcd to It rushing out to get their guns and bolos ' nifrt surrender them. Senator lluriows Want ofieneo had tliese people turn- inllted to whom thol,iatn 0,B,.j frm ti,e American Ken uotci euro was np- nd Club stud books by F. D. i.uti ami idled? Witness Th ey were supposed to be Inxtirrcitoq I do not 1 now enough of the language tu under Elnnd what was said between them and (he MatahcbcH who wero putting them through this ordenl. All thai 1 knew wns that tho mnn who was receiving tho torture would go out and get a gun or a bolo. i WALLER. son hail no personal hnowlrfgo of al Doers arrived and asked for an au cnndltldns In the Philippines, and It dlenco with the commander, General was not worth while taking tho time Qnlllenl. Their request being granted, of the committee. Facts, not theories, ' they told him that they desired to were what the committee wanted. , form a colony in Madagascar, and ho Tho question of summoning Agul- nromPlI' Kavo them a concession of nnldo. Mablnl, Slxto Iipez nnd other more ,hnn two ndrert thousand acres Filipino leaders, which wns urged by for ,ho "lm of two 'rancs an acre, the minority wns not decided Tllesp UocrH n' npar relatives ot Jouticrl and llotha, nnd they aro said POULTRY. I p.- nctQ. Last ear the Island's crop was 'JOil.noii bags. This year It will piobaldy be 350.000 bags. The trees aio In prime condition and aro well ' ret with fruit. At Utuado, Mayaguez. Lutes, Adjuntas. Las Marias and San1 'oris, April 27. Coratesso Donl do Brbnatlan this irroducrrorins tho prln-iCoBleHu,,,'ns decided (ogive her clpnl source of revenue. I nbwly born sou ths nnm o! Its grand- Tfie lack of a good market In mo sintcH Is one of the discouniKln cfeat-!M' tires of this Industry, but all Puerto Itlcnns hope that Americans will soon om' "r ,he ",ost 'Ustfugulshed titles of drink Puerto Itlcnn coffee. Perhaps I''ra,lc,- " "' ho LujncB being his the recent Indorsement of It by Preal- J Godfather. dent ItooseeIt nt the Charleston Ex-1 CTifhtenlngB In Franco aro Import position will Iieln the causo. nnt '"m")- eveffls, tho duties of tho Poultry and Straw Hats. I hae no reason to doubt a recent statement of a Puerto Itlcan. that on ten acres of land on this Island a care ful poultry mnn enn become rich. All nrletlos of fowls thrive here. On July I a cotton company with 1100,000 capital will bo Incorporated under tho new Incorporation law. . ., . , . i which goes into effect on the date nameil. Kxperlments at clghty-fho different points liuvo proved that tho I , , ..... . best grades of Delta and Sea Island i cotton can bo grown here Ihc straw hat business Is growing ei ormoiiBly, the demand In tho States continuing steady. Prices havo in ci cased GOO fold since Arnorlcan occu pation. At present the tobacco Industry Is booming best. La3t year's crop was S.nOO.OOO pounds, selling at from $3 to ?u t hundredweight. This year tho croi will bo larger and readily bring from tlS to $23. Tho crop of 1903, It i esumtacd. will reach o.nnnnnn pounds, nt good prices. Tho Island Is now shipping 8.000,000 cigars a month lo tho United States, and tho demand foiclgnrs and cigarettes increases hundreds of thousands monthly. Cattle and Hoqs. Cnttlo and hog raising aro other In viting Industries. Puerto Illco now ships yearly 1500 head of cattlo to Trinidad, St. Lucia and Darbados for the nngllsh Government, nnd about eight hundred head to Martinique und Cuadaloupe. Prices of eight to ten cents a pound on tho hoof, less 42 per cent discount, nro obtained. Tho graz ing on tho Island Is unsurpassed, thcro being 130,000 acres of bluo grass of tho finest growth, equal to tho cclo- brated grazing lands of Kentucky. Cat- tlo raising ns an Industry can bo large ly increased tn Puerto Illco, and t5 gicnt pecuniary advantage, as the mar ket Is practically unlimited. Tho do mand from the numerous adjneent Isl ands nlono Is far greater than the supply. Manufacturing possibilities aro practically unlimited. Thero Is tre mendous water power, nover falling, In various parts of tho Island, nnd cheap labor and fuel abound. Almost tho cntlro manufacturing Industry of Puer to Illco Is nt present represented by four match factories, threo Ico plnnts, two Boap nnd two vormlrelll factories, ' nnn tnnnn. n nnnd .! .i,.- r. ..... . ,.... ... .... m., mi-iury, ' flvn KOiln Wntor mnnnrnrinrlnri nn.l I tlto sugar and cigar foctorlea nnd dls- tillerleB. How Pointer Dogs Inherit Their Color Sir Francis Oalton proposed In 1S89 a statistical law of heredity applicablo to bisexual descent. Ilrtefly stated, It was that ono-half of tho offspring's characteristics nro derived frnm Ihn j ,mrenU (nn cqual nmount from cacn), ne fourth fiom the grnndparents.'onc- clcl,lh from Ihn nri..it.prnn.tnnrnnl. one-sixteenth from the great-great-grandparents nnd so on. In 1897 Gal lon tested tho hypothesis by tho con sideration of n single color character lttl (he condition of being tricolor or non-tricolor In Dasset hounds. Tho woik has Intely been repented with E. It Meek. The dogs considered wern HW) pointer dogs, of which GCO pnrcnts, I3u7 grandparents. I3GI great-grand-parents nnd 978 great great-grandparents were known. The results showed an almost perfect harmony In each In stant e between the facts ami Gnlton's hypothesis, the greatest real deviation being only 1.1 per cent Madagascar Gives Boers Cheap Land Excitement was recently caused in Tannmarlvo, Madagascar, when sever- fo have a capital of tiore than 4,000, 000 fiancs. As llieysuccccdcd In ob taining a largo concession of land with little difficulty. It Is believed Hint sev eral other Doers will soon go to Mod- ngnscor nnd try to obtain more Ion similar terms. land M. le Vicomte Jay de Castellane 'al"er- Jai t1' youngstc-wpardon. lo v,t,""p Jy n Castellane .......... 1.1- ,-rr.t . M"""8 ",!, career "? tho negU of goiTtather Inctuding the purchase ol a bouquet for the godmother and vast quantities of Imn-bons. which pro scrambled among tho children when the party leaes the church. , I iris, .April -i. ino oi ceIvlnK Vcmontf ,,,. f .i, .,r..... . ......... nt lho Vn..v l. , .. ,,. "Ulu"-B nl "10 'ivy inru in Drook yn, Is near llpr , . fo..vo ' " ... ,. ner end. In a few days sho will bo towed up tho Sound and beached. Then sho will be set on Are and burn ed for thu purpose of getting tho met al Bho contains. The Vermont wns built In Doston in 1812. Sho subsequently was brought to the Navy Yard, where she replaced the Colorado as tho receiving ship. Sho lny nl Cob dock. She was housed over and looked moro llko an ark than a warship. Sho was replacTS somo time ago by tho modern cruiser, tno Columbia, HOW HEJW0SED Ho wished to propose to tl0 grl Qf his choice, hut ho was nervous. First he tholight of tbo old romantic stylo: "Dy my hnlldom, fair one, I would fain take thee for my bride. Say thou wilt be mlno, and ere the sun gilds tho turrets or yonder castle tho friar shall unite us In holy bonds." In tho face ot the prevalent rage for dramas of tho olden stylo, thts form seemed satisfactory, llclng an emi nently modern young man, howovcr. ho thought attain and determined to test tho theatrical mode. Dut Just at that moment tho fair Mary tripped Info the room, and bo blurted nut: "Dr Mary er w 111 you er well Dut Mary was far from being con trary. "Oh! thnt's all right, Oeorge," said sho. "I know what ou mean. Wliy. of course, I will. Papa will bo delighted." "What do you mean by saying she lust celebrated her wooden wedding?' "Sho married a blockhead." Phlla. delphia Press. "Why do tho French out only cno egg for brcakTa'sl?" "Can't guess. Why?" "Dccnuso odo egg is un oouf." Sphinx. 4&M