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' J. 1 So&ials llonday, Jiicslayi an W6dn?sday Money-Saving Items of Importance T '' BORDEAUX IINEN For Sitlrts and Suits; White, ' ' NaVy, Cadet and Tan j 206. quality, special :.'..... .'.., ::..2Vac. a yard ( ALBATROSS All wool, double width; Black, White & ard leading colors; 65c. quality, special i v 50c. a yard FULOW LINEN 42 and '45 8 LADHS'-WHITE COTTON ityi pcvu& tt.t t uvu a jttiu lace ankle; 36c. qtfalty) special 20c. a pair M COTTON JTUQKABACK TOWELING Special.. 5c. a yard '3 FAR WELL COTTON Yard wide, soft finish: special (1 ..'.....:.'.:.;.. ' 10c. a yard $ sWfifY life : SAW DRY GOODS CO. 'Corner fort and-NSeretania Streets Opposite Fire Station ' ' ' , f j PARIS, Fajty-sdx Serious feisings Previ ' ous' to This. Last Damaging Flood Paris has had so many floods that tho scientists and expert watchers of the Seine have classified them and divided them Into three groups, ac cording to the height bf th"e water registered o.n thp gauges. It was oti this river ,nt Paris that tho world's flrt isystem far forecasting floods was worked out. In 1?54, nnd it has been in, use eversinse, so the city authorities of Paris knew1 two weeks Or more ago of the calamity that waB lnLstqre (or .them. sl Sli.cc'UhOadally readings of the flow of. the SJnt at.Parls.and.otiier. points wcra begun, In 1732, tbre have been 'forty-six floods, counting the present one. ' Acccordlng to the classification 'by height, thlrty-or.o of these wero "ordinary," twelve 'extraordinary," and hree "excep tional;" trio exceptional ones being those of 1740, 1802 and 1910. , In the century preceding 1732 there were five devastating inunda tions or tho' city, that of 1068 be ing tho worst on record, until the present 'tlroe.f 1. ' ThnVn la tin rppnrd nt what the Selno dl'd previous to 1032', but tho natural conditions have bc(on tho samo since long before the history of1 France began, so tho little He de la Cite, which wns the beginning of Tarls, and on which 'tho Cathedral of Notre Damo'wns consecrated In 1132, must have been many times Sub merged When. Julius Caesar conr 'quered C-aul in 58-61 U. C, the Parlsll were a small tribe settled on the Island In the"mlddlo'of the Seine, nnd they called iLtitetia. Consta- tlus Chlorus, a nomafl'Emperor, who had his residence there in tho year1 203, called It "his rfear Lktetla," which may have been the' beginning of " that dear Paris.'" lldt there were no auays nnd re taining walls then, so' the future He1 m do la cite must have been flooded nfioi. ovopv torrent IM 'rain Id tut) valleys; of the Seine nnd 'Its chlel tributaries aboVe Paris, the 'Marnd , nnd the 'YOiine. Tlut tlje very 1m-" proveraents that haVo 'been made tit the jneandme n,the bourse otjhi ovolution ofto moddrn 'Paris have served iil time' of" flo'dd to add to thn dnncdr rif thn cftT. Torrent ,'in tn'e ' hewers, ' Tho ' treat sewers. " Which Jean Valjcan made famous, and through which, tho sightseers float, in boats) with a guide, have become so many additional flood streams, and at the urcseut time nearly every Inch or tho 700 mites Of tho gewer system' js a roaring torrent, breaking its way through tho street surface here nnd there, 'and Adding' aeet&n afte pectloh'bf the city toTtho submerged district. And tho network of under ground's rallroadr lias become a riv er system under the streets. 'Most df the famous" structures damaged or threatened Ty tho pre sent flood antedate the beginning ot tho flood tecordsof I'nrisn 649 by uiany years, In some cases centuries. The Jnrdln des Plantes, which, was tho Ilrst institution to feel tho ef fects of the present rising, Is ott thfl lower Jeft banlc of the Seine near trio entranco of the river within the city limits. Although n botanical garden, It Includes a museum"6f natural' history and a koologlcal col lection, chiefly famous for the bear pits. The Jardln des Plantes was founded in 1630 by Guy de la llros pe, physician to I)uls XIII, and was orlglnully nothing moro than' a col lection ol medicinal herbs, Thecelo- for inches w'de;75e. qual- HOSE All ouenwork or A GITY OF FLQQD3 orated Uuffon was appointed director ot tho Jnrdln du Rol, ns it came to ho called in 1739, and ho extended Its sphere by founding collections I nevcry department ot natural hls Wy, ' In 1793 the rojal menagerie was transferred to It, and In 1794 the library. ' ' Nolro Dame, on tho He de la Cite, the famous walls of Which have been washed by iuanjfioods, was found ed iu 11C3 on the sito of -a church of tho 'fourth century and was con secrated In 1182, but tho nave was 'not4 combleted Until the thirteenth century. Tho fdundatton' stone wns laid by Pope Alexander III, at that time a refugee in France. In 179J 'Notre Dame was converted Into the temple of reason. The sculptures were mutilated and the statute ot tho Virgin replaced, by one of LlbertyT The oigles of Which tho "church be came the scene led to its being clos ed the following year. In 1795 It was restored to the Catholics. Rendezvous of Wolf Hunters. T(ie Louvre, the liarement of which was flooded, is supposed' to derlvo Its name from an nncfent.rpndezvous ot wolf hunters, known its the liou- verle, Tho beginning of building on tills site was In the time of Phil ip Augustus,, who lived in tho latter part of tho twelfth century. llu,t tno present structure was not begun un til the reign of Francis I, 1C1G 1647. A study of the map of Franco, olinwtn a tnnncrnintiv nt thn pflllll try through which the Seine flows, togeiner wun ruioreuco id ma iuu-i viiiiu iu idod h icuciivu oo.vo i teorbloglcal statistics ot tho country, ' ihes. shows' tho causes ot the many floods' The rainfall at different placesJn ot Paris, as they have beon dcterm- tho same basin depends primarily Jncd by Ver non-1 larcourt and other on their altitude, and offtholr prox engineers. jlnilty to the sea. The lowest nver- Th6 area of tho Seine basin Is dgo In tho basin of the Seine Is nt 30,370. square miles, ot which 3,75u Paris, 161 feet abovo tho sea. 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It was nero ed. ns well as the ontlro eleveniA ..,11. t.a -1vai'a urntpru Ullll tllO theon. distinguished by domes. aster' In'ndd'tloh to the harm wrought In Paris. Itself, "the suburbs se'nVtc- W morVthSn SOidOOcsllJutoorsorisrvto bad flocked1 ifiVBS'lN'O tfuLLMlH, NEW BASEBALL LtAGlIt FORMED " Another IcttBiife composed of Chines (earns has boon organized. It Is known as tho Chinese. Triangular Base ball Leaguo, and ns tho namo InJl catcsjtlt Is consisted of three, tcurus: Chinese Minor Club, Liberty Athletic ciuliiand Vineyard llascball Club. LeVMun Chan, , a local prominent Chinese inerchantihrtH offered a beau- Yiflil trophy for cofu'p'etftlon. This (s he second prize, of this kind pre sented to a baseball league, by Mr. Hun Chan, nnd ho 1ms In eery wa prded himself to bo one of the mbst Interested local Chlncso Ih basclnll. Ho s'.lys thnt.he wishes to seo tho Chlncso bo)s linprovo In their sports ni well as In all other things. Tho ftnal meeting of the league was hehl Vodnesday last, and it was de- pt,ln,1 Innl (ha nnnllln,' r-nmn I. In lit played Sunday. Tho oHlceru of tho leaguo'aro: Tom T. Chock, president; Sam Akal, vice president and auditor; ftyu Chin Wongj secretary; K. C, .Aha fnt, treasu'reri' A. Kau. manager. H. Akl has been elected ns ofllclal urn ptro and Geo. H. Pang, scorer. Th! gnmos of this league1 aro to bo played at Aala Park, Sunday nfttr noons at halt-paBt ono o'clock. - Bulletin Business Oftce Phone 250, "tnltptlTi FrTitnrlal'ltnrmi Phnn HIS rlblo' strata 6ccupy nbout three- fourths of (ho basin. The flat Im permeable strata, moreover, hnvo lit tle Influence In tho production of torrontfal 'floods, nnd, therefore, prac tically about only ono-elghth of tho unsln is of a strictly torrcnpai char ucter. A'ccOrdlngly, the Bolno pos. sessen tho characteristics af a gently flowing river, dlfforing In this res-' poet from the other principal rivers ; of Franco tho Rhone, tho Lalro, nnd the'GarOnne Whoso basins con sist mainly of impermcablo strata. The So I no Itself has been divided Into four natural sections with dis tinctive appellalloLs; the Little Seine, from Its source to Its con fluence with tho Yonno at Monte reaii; the Upper Sofnc, from Mon tercau to Paris, juBt abovo which place ono of Its most Important tri butaries, the Marne, flows In; tho Lower. Seine, ,from Paris to St. Au-, bn, near Elbeuf, at the limit of the tidal flow, and the Tidal Seine, from St. Aubln to the sea. None of the principal tributaries of' the Seine flows exclusively ovor Impermeable, strata, but tho upper part of tho! basin 'of tho Yonne, be ing both impermcablo and step, 1m parts a-'torrentlal character to tho river, though not nutte one-half Its wholo basin "consists' of Impermcablo strata; near'i one-half of tho Malno basin Is composed .of Impermcablo strata, and tho Marne, in the upper portions oflts course, has a very marked torrbntlal flow. Tho Solno basin is subject to simi lar meteorological Influences, so that tho special character ot any particu lar season, whether wet or dry, Is experienced thfoughout tho wholo valley, though tho actual amount ot rainfall varies with the locality. The average amoutit.'oj rainfall over the whole basin for a period ot twenty' thrAn nnro vrntt 97.94 Itlrhpa In 1 1870 it fell as low as 19.37 inches. uw ... ..w.w it, Is 19.84 inches. The occurrence '.'anil those rising abovo 23 feet, ns ot high Hoods at Paris Is duo, as a 'exceptional floods. DctWeen tho be- rule, to1 tho"' concentration of' tho' ginning lot the dally readings of rainfall at certain periods-ot tho floodoj OVO Thojo edlllces, being on comparatively Paris began to subs de It was eean that anout .nine square mues, r uiiu-iinunv. u, .. u.....u .v, - v... ........... .... , ...- lans ebn i ' i Ppn,ir iirinir tho i.o de la C to. was the first district to suffer from tho fron, tno m.r . ' - --- ' ' -" V ", " """. : ,,;nl;o vomowul. Ery one of the ilb'A quays was submerg- "" rl:l"'r.:r,n lZ:l ..,,; n,lB ,- i.Men tho famous Cutlie.iroi ot Notro Damo, the crjpts of which wero filled urruuuiiwi-iuout, ui "... "" --- "' St .,.. ... .,. ,.,, ,, , ,,,., ,n ,i, fnmniis churches ot the Madeleine und the Pan-i rflow fuim tho sowers ana in which grcai aiiiuuiiB w. "' m ' w.. ...- .-- -"-.""- " .... " " . ,. .. .... .. .u.J HONOLULU, Jf. II ..SAtUUDAV. AlAlt. SUGaUNOPMS - .. FOR . ALAMEDA Tho Oceanic Steams'illi Company llnor Alamdda with passeiigers, mall nnd Mineral cargo for Honolulu, re ported off port nt noon today wllj tako n jargo general shipment of Hawaiian products when sh,6 sails for Siti Fran cisco on rioxt'Thursdy'mor;iliig-, V.JM Included In tho'c(iisJg!iifieiit. of freight offerlngsiis 1,00 uacltkyjigir, 11,000 'cases' of canned pineapples. 15u0 sacks coffee,- 350 sacks rice "000 bun chei of bananas nnd n general assort ment of sundries. Tho toacl 'will lean with a fair number of paibongers. though the Alameda's cabin jlassenger accommo-l datlon Is not booked to tho limit by nny means. TO THE ALAKI7A wharf has been atslgncd the big Pacific Mull liner Mongolia which Is expected to nrrlvo from San Frnnilsco on Monday morn-' Ing. It Is understood tlut the liner' Is brlpglng down nlar,Rolliit of'pas espel nrrho nt an enrly hour. It Is tho Intention of tho local agents tn gle her- a prompt dispatch In which eent she will sail for Japineso ports and Hongkong In tho .evening: Sjr"For nt" HollpHn Aftp cards on sal at j car, nnd not to a high average tor the whole, year, so most or Inn inun datlonky have coma In the winter, bellied alurg by the melting suou', ' For the entire bilsln. abovo Paris' the nVera'ge anioipj.of' rainfall ins lionn p.slmntert nl 20.891, million cu bic tarda In the? sunlmcr , 'months. 'and 15,871 million cubic jardS in tho winter; Wliercas.i iv nrge'b'f the1 ei norago summer discharge Paris Is only 3,605 million cubic jnrds, 'or ii per cont of '(ho rainfall, M.cJ. tho ncrngo winter dlschnrgo amounts to C.C9C million cubic jnrds or 43 per dent of tho rnlufnil. Ac- cordlngly, although the average summer raliifn.Il, of the' Parisian portion ot tho basin, exceeds tho winter dlschargeNof tho Her nt 'tho city Is nearly that Of1 tho summer. Three Days to Beach' Pans. floods of the; Bclnd liresont a , mixed character, owing to' tho (or-' Tcntlal .nature ot Its tributaries, (no Yonne nnd the Marne, Which,, wuu their high loqds, exerclfo,n, preo- mltmting- influenco on tho floods ql Paris. As the torreuta fom tho farthest, parts ot tho basin take only three1 or four days (o reach Paris, whereas tho. Hoods of iiifi tranquil affluents only nrre foijr or five uay-8-ijucr, a great, npoiuat rans .is rarely 'the result of a 8li)B(o fall of rain.- Generally, a high flood H caused by 'the arrlal. of a second' torrent from thp rnpldly flowlngtrj,- butarlcs, b'tfora-tho long-io nUnJed floods of tSQ'Jsld.wfr bran41us jMvo time to subside. Alt ot the highest snow, accompanied by rain; n:id the Hoods aro (iiroducedjhVlthlaJOmbln- flood of 1740 resulted from li n nni nllon, of torrents of "different orl- henvy rnlns falling on n Jargi ae gis. ' ' I cumulation ot melted siitv. Only six Instances havo beon roc - orded since 1732 of floods due to n single fall ot ruin nroduolLBia rlsq at Paris exceeding thirteen fe6t; threo of these were, due to; a sudden '21.33 feet n;id 19.09 feet, respec-break-up ot the Ice, nnd the other lively, though tho floods of, Decern- three resulted from a-Jorrential rain- fall on saturated soil. ' St. Lcmolne has divided tho flooi nnd 19.16 feet. These last two floods of the Seine at Paris Into three clasi- were the first ot unusual height to cs, denominating' floods which rise which tho system ot prediction nnd between 10.4 and 19v7 feet on tho warnings whs thoroughly and sue Tournello gaugo as ordinary laigq, ccssfully applied, lloth wero due, floods; those rising between 19.7 and 23 feet, as extraordinary floods; HU Ub, M' Ml u...... ....., tho gnugo In 1732 and tho present high ground, of the city suffered gfontly, and ttiere from other smaller places,' .i hi... ...,.... ,iin nn,in fitv n n H hflan Inti tiilnfpil Thp imnnramlc p.i,rrn,p,1 I tin inrm niul serveil ,us ntacea OI rcillge tor many purxuiiB uioiiuo.ck.cuiu m m-i IS, Jllifl ' ill A'iitV r If X" ' ' - , time, there had been but two cxc"i- tlonnl floods before this one In 1910. In December, 1740, tho water rose to" a height of 25.95 feet, nnd 1 Jan- uary, 1802, It reached 24,37 feet. UolgrAtid gives n list ot fln exeep tlonal floods which occurred between JC4,9tnnd. 1J3"", uameb In February 1 04 9; January, 1C51; rebruar), 1008' April, 1090, and March, 1711. That of 1658, alone, was higher thnn tho flood of 1740, reaching Hhe height of 28.9 feet, being by nearly threo feet tho highest Hood on rc- ord nt Paris until tho present tlmn. .Thp four others prevloifs to ti."2, though lower than tho flood of 1740, nil exceeded 24.37 feet, tho record or isz, Break-Up of the Ic'c. , In 1658 the flood followed the breaking up of tho Ice In tno river, after n frost which had Inrf id Tor ' llH' weehs, and wns Intensified by tile .thdwlng ot n largo quantity of j Only two unusually high fiools threatened Paris between 1150 ar. 1 1910. They wero In March, lsiC, and In January, 1883, reaching ber, 1872, nnd 1882, wero only a l little lower as they rose to '19. tp, In pnrt. to a succession or smnw in Undatlons from the torrentinl trl ..,.t(.w..0 ..w... ..- .u. ......... ... butarlcs, but thoy presented some notable differences. Tho flood of 187C was unusually late In the cold season, and followed an almost con- und' thousands ot refugees crowded tho city In '. I'm, Men's Clothing I F you value the wearing the latest styled clothes assures, and if -you require fine tailoring and rich serviceable fabrics, then you will appreciate our clothing. They are made by skilled tailors v and the trimmings are the best money can buy. 4 hw The price of our suits are from , $20 to $3Q ' not more, than ordinary clqthes. prices. Nothirtg extra for the style or workmaiisnip. " . Jsf "W-sw 4m m Jm?m ' tinuous inlnfall ot moro, than five weeks, upon melting snow In tho be ginning, nnd then upon soil previ ously saturated by tho winter ruins' The river rose almost continuously nt I'urla from tho middle of Fcbru- nry till the seventeenth of Marrh, -heii it attained Its maximum. In iJauuary, 1883, tho rlilng of tho rlv- cr was tho result ot two distinct po rlods ot heavy rainfall, following close upon one another, tho first lasting about n month, and the sec end for ten dan. Lower down tho river, tho flood of December, 1882, jictually.oxceed ed the 1870 llocd between.. the: bridg es of St. l'lurrn du Vauvrny 'nnd ltnuen, tor It roue to "39.43 feet, mid 20.7 feet o nthe gaugei'.nt.ih's-VnU-vray nnd Olsscl bridges, In Decem ber, 1882, ns compared with 39.17, und 19.82 feet, respectively In March, 1876. This peculiar resulfi was duo to tho maximum in 1882 cblncldlng with the high tide, which was i.ot tho case In 1876; for the tidal Influonco extends nbovo Mar tot Weir, which Is quite open .In flood time. I Discharge of the Seine. During tho flood of March, 1876, the maximum dlschnrgo of tho Seine nt Paris was 2,171 cubic yurds per second, nearly forty-seven times Its minimum discharge of forty-six cu bic jards. The maximum discharge of the flood of January, 1883, at Pa ris was 1,967 luble yards. Tho ureas of hind Inundated between Paris and Rouen wero nearly tho same In the l (sings of 1876 nnd 188J-3, amount ing In1 the former car to 29,057 ntrcs and; In tho latter, to 31,337 acres. Tho" flood of 1876 extended over n width of four miles In some places. Predictions of tho probable height senrch of relief. Charonton alona 'it.- 'i prestige which ) of floods, are based on a system da lcd by Ilelgrand for'-nsd tri'the pro tection of Paris. Hy n series ot care ful observations was enabled to trace a relation between the rise ot 'the nrlous tributaries at certain point '' and the corresponding rtae-ofith Selue at Paris or lower down. 'This usual rule adopted for calculating.) Ki tho probable rise nt the brig t Austerlltr In Paris Is to double in mean of the rises observed on the Yonno at various points. The mean llmo occupied by thc"maxlmum flood lpvelln traveling ftom'tho upper ttl lnita.lds ta Paris is three dsjs ana lour-jchths, nnd one day from Parla :Jc Mhntos. Tho rlso at Mantes u j;eneially tho samo as at Parls.. Announcements aro generally made' three days In ndvnnno and a oorref-ted prediction Is issued tweu- ty-foiir. hours later. The heights pTdlttcd ore usually somewhat; In dxeSB-ot the actual rise rocorded, M owing to' the natural anxiety hot to gto too low an estimate ot the danger. Hut remarkable coinciden ces havo occurred. Tne preuicuon f on March llf, 1876, for the folloW-i Ing day was 21.33 (tet and It was exactly verlfled on the 16th. 'At Paris tho exaet maximum ot the flood ot January 1883 was predicted onitho evening before ' In the corse of the last hslf.cea-i turylmany mtllons'ot dollars worth of property have been uved by th heeding of these ofllclat warnlajB."'. The protections of Paris have pMn Increased from time to time by 4k rilstng ot the quals along the river and by prolonging" the 'outfall nwr i ors so as to place their oulets ,b- ond tho towp;r and embankment hae been built fpr mauy'of the low 1 Ing districts. The. rebuilding, also, of old bridges with mora amp! wa terwnys and the lraprovementa(lR depth tor navigating have vraUr Increased tho discharging caofclty of the river, ' " ,,' DEMOCRATS ENTHUSE 1 ATPA'UOA PBECIMCT , - ' .. j Senator Frank Harvoy, Mayor Joa cph J. Fern and a number ot other speakers ot prominence addressed a largo and enthusiastic "gathering ' ot Democrats at a meeting of the Tenth., piicliicfof the Fifth District at Pauoa last evening. NeaMy every leading representative of tho Orcat Unterrlfled wore prosent. Tho purposo ot tho gathering Wad to cement the party organisation. "An other meeting of tho prec'nei baa been called to ported plans ror a complete canvass of tho district. t TUB UN1TKD STATES army trans- port I.ognn will go to 'tho Hackfeld wharf to discharge. "Tho vessel 1 bringing a largo consignment of bay and forage for tho local quartermast er's department Tho Logan larluo to arrlvo from San Francisco on Mon day afternoon or Tuesday morning. ORIENTAL CAROO Is expected ta arrive at the port on or about MJsch 29 by tho Japanese freighter Xlyo oiuru. i UIB TOPBtri win iirucOTfj 'in c Ing freight 'aUHonolulii.''" m T' U m .wtadiJLH? ti&n& Mmm .iA& siifclA''' - ' , Jterfcfe. 'Ti' VI mmiW . m&im. &mmmmm