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SHE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER ; HONOLULU, JANUARY, 3, 1S99. ONE WORE BOOK Executor's Notice of Sale of Real Estate, ran m Youio This Time a Volume of Island Sketches By V. J It, (Mi. ) um V'. K 6 1 Boys' White Sailor Suits, long and knee pants. Boys' Fancy Wash Sailor Suits, knee pants. Boys' Blue Serge Middy Suits. Boys' Blue Sailor Suits. Boys' Fancy Worsted, Junior Suits. Boys' All-Wool Fancy Sweaters. Boys Star Shirt-Waists, white and colored patterns. Boys' Straw Hats. Boys' Pearl Felt Fedora Hats. Boys' Fancy bows and Widsor Ties. t.-lf (1 5A' EH Our Boys' Duck sailor and Middy suits run from $ to 8 years. g See our Corner Window display. m M. ricINERNY, rierchant and Fort Streets. Your Roof And Gutters Should be put in thorough repair. before you are washed out during the heavy rains that may be expected at any time. ooo I stand ready to do any necessary repairs required. Remember the heavy storm last year that did so much damage. -ooo- JOHN NOTT, 75-79 KING ST. TEL: NO. SI G4. Un WMLLIAEOT8, Undertaker and Embalmer. LOVE BUILDING, 534r536 FORT ST. Telephone 846. ' Residence, 777 Fort St., Next Door Below Fort St. House. Tel 849. ROBERT CATTON, Importer of Machinery, 212 QUEEN ST. - - - HONOLULU. CATT-OH, KtEILL & 0. founders and Machinists. 213 Queen St., bet. Alakea and Richards Sts., Honolulu. Invito Enquiries for General Ironwork; Iron and Brass Cast ings. Ships' Blacksmiths. Cemetery Railings and Crestings Made to Order: Samples on Hand. REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. TEL. 410. H. E. McINTYRE & BRO. East Corner Fort and King Streets. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Groceries, Provisions and Feed General Agents for the Sanitarium Brand of Health Foods. ooo New and Fresh Goods Received by Every Packet iuotn California, Eastern States and European Markets. Standard Grades of Canned Vegetables. Fruits and Pish. Goods Delivered to Any Part oi the City. Satisfaction amoteed. Eafood Trade Solicited. TELEPHONE 92, Literary Venture of Ceo. H. de la Vergne-Tales and Sonnets. Diamond Head. Wall, Nichols Co. are the selling agents for "Hawaiian Sketches by Geo. H. dc ia Vergne," price seventy-five cents. There are cloth covers and 108 pages on a heavy, finished paper. This is the table of contents: Our tiip to the volcano. Mauna Kea (poem). The Ghost of the Heiau. Ha leakala (sonnet). The legend of Hale aKala. The Southern Cross (Sonnet). A Saunter Through Honolulu. Leahi, Diamcnd Head (sonnet). The Trade and the South Wind. Sun Shee. Man uel Souza. The Royal Palm and the Alien Palm. The publication is modestly dedi cated with the date, Oakland, Calif., November, 1898. It is published by the H. S. Crocker Company, of San Fran cisco. Mr. de la Vergne has long been known as a writer of promise and this work vrill add to his reputation. In some of the poetry there is the ring of literature and the stories are clever compositions. Here is the sonnet on Leahi, which is one of the best things in the book: As lies the Sphinx upon old Egypt's sand In silence deep while slow the years unfold; E'en so thou watchest where the waters hold Their sway the wraves slow marching on the land Till lines of foam are stretched along the strand. Thou seest with a glance assured and bold, The secret sea beneath thy feet un unrolled; While spirits of the deep thou dost command. Or croucheth like the lion of the seas Though years have changed thy fiery heart to stone. Below the plain is filled with tropic trees, While from the flowering shrubs and plants is blown A heavy fragrance on the languid breeze; Yet 'mid the beauty, thou art stern, alone. GOOD WATER. Report to the Quartermaster General of the Army. (Army and Navy Journal). Quartermaster General Ludington gives a few details of the new depots in the islands, to which we have fallen heir so strangely. Lieutenant Colonel Ruhlen, in charge at Honolulu, reports that he has secur ed the necessary office rooms and store houses for use of department head quarters and depot, and also about fif teen acres of ground for a corral. He has organized and placed in service the Government mules and wagon transportation. The only resources of the country for building material are stone and sand. The stone is a very hard and brittle volcanic rock or lava, resembling in color blue limestone and in texture a very hard, gritty limestone. Every thing else requisite for construction work, except stone and sand, will have to be imported from the Pacific coast. The lime used is brought from Califor nia, but the cement is imported Port land, brought usually as ballast in sail ing vessels direct from Europe. No bricks are made, those in use having been brought in ships as ballast from the Pacific coast. A limited quantity of lumber is Tvept on hand in local yards, but the whole supply in Hono lulu today does not probably exceed 1,000,000 feet of all kinds. The price for which it is sold is not unreason ably high. All the "water heretofore used by the troops in camp and at the Quartermas ter's corral is that furnished by the city -water supply plant. The source of supply is artesian wells, found every where on this island; the -water bear ing sand or gravel stratum being en countered at a depth of from 200 to 300 below sea level, and the water usually flows to the height of 32 feet above sea level when confined in tubes. Almost the entire irrigation system of the Isl and of Oahu is supplied with water from these artesian wells. The water obtained from these wells appears to be pure and free from any objection able taste. OLD ANNUITIES. Spanish Discoveries in Going Over the Books. The Spanish Government has just made some queer discoveries in the course of an investigation of its ac counts to determine where new econo mies might be introduced. It seems that in 1S37 annuities were granted to a number of nuns, the youngest of whom was at that time seventeen years of age and the oldest sixty-six. Not withstanding the fact that the ages of the annuitants would now range 'be tween seventy-eight and 120 years, none of them has apparently died, for the pensions, amounting in all to 90, 000 pesetas a year, have been drawn regularly ever since they were grant ed. The Church authorities have been asked for an explanation and for proofs that the nuns are still alive, failing which the latter will be scheduled as dead. " K A A L A SNEM G 1.7 (OAHU g toft. s,io , ft ft . 1 " A P &Q 4 " i 2 - " v s.r House , By order of John F. Colburn, executor of the will of Antone Rosa, lata deceased, acting under order of the Probate Court of the First Judicial Circuit, I shall, at 12 o'clock noon ON SATURDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1899, At my auction room in Honolulu, Island oi Oahu, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, all of the right, title and interest of the said Antone Rosa and his estate in and to that certain real estate and fishery bounded and described as follows: 1st Those certain 2 apanas of land situate at Kalihi, being covered by It. C. A. No. 1.049, R. P. No. 4.976, to Keaf wepoepoe no Keaka, containing an area of 5 86-100 acres more or less. 2nd. The sea fishery of Kaalawai; being a portion of L. C. A. No. 6,252, R. P. No. 5,552, to Kekuhiko. 3rd. A portion of L. C. A. No. 8,559 B Apana 32 Illaina of (Kapahulu to W. C. Iiunalilo, situate at (Kaalawai, East of Diamond Head, being subdivided into 8 building lots. The lots at Kaalawal lie beyond Ka piolani Park, a short distance beyond the residence of President Dole and In the immediate vicinity of the resi dences and lots of Cecil Brown, J. A. Magoon, T. R. Walker, P. M. Swanzy, and other permanent residents. The soil is good and water Is obtain able on the lots in wells only a few feet deep. There ia access to the beach from all of the lots, v There is a fair carriage road to the lots from the Park. The fact that almost all of the beach lots at Walkiki nave been cold to manent residents renders G&s ca usually fine opportunity to beach lots; an opportunity est to recur again, for present per of beach lots buying for tbeir KT3 and not for sale. Sale subject to the confin the Court. Deeds at expense df puroneKTS. JAS. F. MORGAN, Auction:::. 5103 FOR SIX MONTHS. Contracts Made for Board of Health Supplies. These bidders gave the Health Board the lowest tenders for business in the first six months of the year: One odorless excavator, to Wright Bros., for $525. Oahu Lumber and Building Com pany, lumber of every description. Allen & Robinson, turpentine and coal. Pacific Hardware Company, white lead and brooms. Rackfeld & Co., lime, potatoes, soap, rice. Davies & Co., galvanized nails, ce ment, piping, bran, flour salmon, wheat, hay, bran and pats. Hall & Son, iron nails, oil, iron roof ing, sugar, port andmatoes. Lewis & Co., bacc milk, Crown flour, tea. . ' J. T. Waterhouse, bread, matches, salt, baking powder, onions. McCbesney & Son, charcoal, island onions, island potatoes, red salmon, No. 1 raw sugar and tallow. 'Washington Feed Company, Royal baking powder and beans. Love's bakery, medium bread. J. A. Hopper, No. 1 rice. Metropolitan Meat Co., beef and beef steak. F. F. Porter, hides (to purchase). L. Andrade, fresh bread. Somewhat "Mixed Up." The Advertiser always hastens to correct an error, even if no damage has been done by the mistake. In the art icle of Monday morning on the trans fer of the hardware business of Castle & Cooke, Ltd., it was stated beneath the headlines that the, business was go ing over to the Hawaiian Hardware Company. It should have been told that the consolidation was with the Pacific Hardware Company. The Ha waiian Hardware Company, it has been reported, may figure in a similar transaction later. HIRANO ! HIRANO 8 2 A Natural and Effervescent Bottled in Its Natural State at the Hirano Springs. SOO THE ONLY MINERAL WATER OF THE ORIENT AWARDED A UEDAXi AND DIPLOMA AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION, 1833. -OOO "An Alkaline Water, Well Carbonated and Well Bottled, Permanent to Quality, Clear and Sparkling, a Good Table Water." (Signed) A. A. BRENEMAN, (Signed) A. A. BRENEMAN, President Departmental Committee. ' Individual JudTX, Below are two extracts from the many testimonials received regarding the excellence of Hirano Mineral Water: Messrs. H. E. Reynell & Co., 46, Lime Street, London, E. CV Hiogo. Dec. 21st, 1894. Dear Sirs: As the sample lot of "HIRANO WATER" which you BtsA over for us has turned out so good, and mixes with Scotch Whiskey better than any other water we have yet tried we shall be pleased if you will cilpr us 1,000 cases as soon as you possibly can. . Yours very truly, JOHN DEWAR & SONS. LIMITED. (Signed) Thomas R, Dewar. Extract from letter from John Dewar & Sons, Limited: Everybody who tastes it likes it; the Whiskey .brokers in Perth keep it in their offices almost to a man, as they find it goes far better with Whiskey than the ordinary mineral water. ' W. Co PEACOCK & CO. 3lO AsOM-fcO- FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES, SOUVENIR CALENDARS. If you have not purchased one of those handsome calendars at the Wo man's Exchange, do so at once be fore the supply is exhausted. 25c. THE GRANVILLE SCHOOL, Vancouver, B. C. Boarding and Day School for Girls. Course of Studies: ' English, Math ematics, Music (vocal and instrument al), Drawing and Painting, French German, Latin, Dancing, etc. For prospectus apply to MADEMOISELLE KERN, 5113 Principal to the above. WAR DEPARTMENT U. S. A. AUCTION There will be sold at pub lic auction, at the Subsistence Store House, on FORT street, on the 3d day of January, 1899, at 10 o'clock a. m., to the highest bidder, the following Sub sistence Stores: 144 cans lard, 7,500 cigars. TERMS, CASH. Purchasers are required to remove stores irom tne Store-House on day of sale. PHILIP M. LYDiG, Capt. and C. S. U. S. Vols. Depot and Purchasing Commissary. 5114 ALL CAPACITIES. Fairbanks-Morse Wind Mills, Gas and Gasoline Engines, Railroad Supplies, Trucks, Etc, Send for Illustrated Catalogue to FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. 310 Market Street, San Francisco. K. Isoshima, HAT HANUFACTURER, KING ST., Next to Castle & Cooke, Straw, Panama and Native Hats in Stock. Christmas Toys, Gents' Furnishings, Japanese Bamboo Baskets, Matting, Japanese Lanterns. From December 17th to January 1st all Goods will be sold at from 5 to 25 per cent, discount. BEAD THE AMKISE P. O. BOX 145. -1 . . 3 y V5 I'