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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, JANUARY 1S99. l: TUB PACIFIC i Cc&anerclal Advertiser. . W. IM. ARMSTRONG - EDITOR TUESDAY JANUARY 3. CREMATION A NECESSITY. This community should face prompt ly and courageously the question of the disposition of the dead. Neglect of this vital matter is a crime against the living. This is not a sentiment but a fact. Science opens our eyes, and we see not the knife of the as sassin but the deadly poison of the microbe facing us at every turn. If foot-pads infested the streets, the people would be- up in arms. Yet the foot pads of disease are lurking about our homes, and when;they cruelly kill the children, we are apt to say in ignor ant resignation, "it is the act of Pro vidence." The health and protection of the liv ing is now the main duty. Distressing as it may be, temporarily, the senti ment in favor of the present method or burial must be changed. Even re garding the matter of sentiment, the statistics show less reverence for the care cf the dead than might be expect ed. In the old Calvary Cemetery of New York City, only 17 out of 13,000 graves are now cared for. More than 100 cemeteries in that city have been abandoned, and the grave stones are in confusion. It is a fact, not very creditable, perhaps, that the memory of the dead disappears more quickly than the flesh upon their bodies. The danger to the living from the prevalent method of burial increases as the land .becomes more occupied. The French Academy recently locat ed the source of lung troubles in Paris, in the effluvia from the cemetery of Fere la Chaise. The old cemetery of the "Innocents" in the same city has been breeding disease for centuries, while the people failed to realize it. In the Crimean War the drainage from the erave yards was said to have kill ed more men than war itself. The con stant presence of typhoid fever in Phi ladelphia is said to be due to the ex istence of the old cemeteries. In Den mark recently 605 out of 650 grave yards were condemned by the authori ties. The city of London now requires an annual area of twenty-three acres to provide for the burials of the dead. Regarding the merits of a question involving sentiment, and Teligious opinions, it is to be regretted that the pulpit has not judiciously discussed them. More powerful than reasoning however is an impending calamity. Cremation is the only solution of the difficulty. It should be compelled by . tne State. At present, however, public opinion against the process will not force the State to act, excepting in the cases of paupers and Asiatic immi grants at the quarantine station. The Japanese will readily accept it, be cause it is almost universally practiced in Japan. . The cost of cremation is slight. In Japan it is done for $2 per body. In India it is done for fifty cents. A pauper in Paris, is cremated for sixty cents. which is the father of all genuine Re publican children in the States and Territories should be promptly warned that an effort will now be made to furnish here a bogus Republican baby, without the strawberry mark. The nurses, if the scheme is executed, will hold up the bogus baby, and conceal his arm on which should plainly ap pear this infallible mark of genuine ness; the godfather will ask for his christening, and the godfather's organ will furnish a bottle of asses' milk for the food of the little one. If any one asks to be allowed to see if the baby has the genuine maiks of "home rule,", the nurses will shout in concert: "You are a liar you mean thing," and each will hug the little bogus dear, and give him a pull at the patriotic bottle. If the bogus baby can be substituted for the genuine Republican baby, all the nurses will be at once appointed trustees of his estate, and will grow fat on his income. If any misguided men say they would prefer the real baby with the clear strawberry mark, they will be indignantly crushed with contempt, or asked to become honorary nurses with a good salary. However, President McKinley is the trusted agent of the Stalwart Republi can father, and he will do as he thinks best with the bogu3 baby when he comes. portfolio he has so ably held, is en titled to the sympathy of thinking and considerate people. Saga&ta has been the Spanish balance wheel, fighting off anarcny. ne nas .nau tne confidence of his nation, but the hot-heads have cast his advice, in the main, to one side. Sagasta and Campos may be re garded as the best men of Spain men nt to nold hign position in anv country. ENGINEER FORCE WORK. The strenuous service required occa sionally from the engineer force on board steam vessels is illustrated by an occurrence on the Castine. During action and while the forced draught was in use a socket bolt in a back con nection at the farthest interior ex tremity of the furnace became loose and steam was pouring in upon the fire. One of the boilermakers, named Huntley, ordered the forced draught to be turned off and the fires banked with fresh coal. Taking a plank, he threw it into the furnace on the top of the wet coal, and then climbed back to the nlace where the steam was rushiner from the loosened socket. For three minutes he remained inside, forced draught was turned on, and in a few minutes the ship was proceeding on her way as though nothing had happened THE PASSING HOUR. ABE Claim of "excess of population" is as good an excuse as any for taking "un developed territory." The year 1S99 promises for Hono lulu RaDid Transit and a sewerage sys tem. The goods cannot be delivered any too soon. The protest of the Sugar Beet people of the States against acquisition of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines is evidence additional to the truism that self interest is the same the world over. A train must the Y. M. C. A. be given praise for what might be called its "institutional" work. The annual re ception brought within the walls many men to whom, without such a place, only the door of the saloon would be open. If it is correct that a book placed in the mind of the Czar the disarmament nronosal. the incident is most remark able as developing the advent of a work of singular strength. The Czar, how ever, instead of putting forth his pro clamation, might have tried the experi ment of sending a copy or the book to each of his cousins. American contractors are to furnish iron water pipe made in the United States, for the city of Edinburgh. The transaction is an enormous one finan cially. Close following this annotince- ment comes the statement that Amer ican contractors have had accepted their tender for steel rails for the Col ony of Victoria. There can be no ques tion of the benefits of this sort of expansion. The improvidence of other people is always a favorite theme with the aver age wayfarer. Harold Frederic, the correspondent and novelist, made $10, 000 a year for a number of years, yet left not a penny for Jus family, it can fairly be placed to the credit of Frederic that as the London represen tative of one of the great newspapers of the United States he stood in almost the relation of a diplomat. YOU READ! Gould Not Sleep Suffered With Dyspepsia and Un able to Do Her Work-Completely Cured by Hood's Sarsaparllla. 44 1 suffered with dyspepsia and could not do any kind of housework. I was very nervous and could not sleep. I heard so much about Hood's Sarsaparllla that I bought a bottle. I found it gave me relief and I bought six bottles. When I had taken them I was cured. I can now do my housework and can sleep well at night." Marie Hames, 1730 Prospect Avenue, Helena, Montana. "I have found Hood's Sarsaparilla ex cellent for building up and strengthening the system when it is in a run down or exhausted condition." Mrs. Sarah M. Shook, Red Lodge, Montana. If you have decided to take Hood's Sar eaparilla do not be induced to buy any other. Get Hood's and only Hood's. Sarsa & parilla Is tne Best in fact the One True Blood Furi. fier. Sold by all druggists. $1, six for 5. IHIood l-t,l r:il a? harmoniously witn 11UUU a r hid noou s fearsaparuia. zoc TIMELY TOPICS January 2nd, 1899. HONOLULU, OAHU. HILO, HAWAII. BRUCE WARING & CO. Dealers in Lands. Investment Brokers. Fire Insurance Agents. CHOICE BUSINESS and Residence Properties for Sale. ELEGANT LOTS on -Punchbowl Slope with fine marine view. A REAUTIFTTL MODERN RESIDENCE on Green street. Terrace grounds. Splendid view. Choice neighborhood. A CHOICE RESIDENCE AT JPUNAHUU. lvarge grouuus tuuveuwui, w Tram Cars. ' LOTS AND HOUSES at "Buena Vista," Nuuanu alley. BUSINESS PROPERTIES Centrally located. ' Lots on Makiki street. HOME LOTS IN KEWALO TRACT. Houses built for purchasers on the Installment plan. STORES AND OFFICES (single or in suite) In "Progress liiocK. RESIDENCE LOTS at Puueo, Villa Franca, and Reed's Island, Hilo. We invite inspection of properties. ;J LOANS NEGOTIATED. Insurance Written on Residence and Mercantile Risks. We Invite Inspection ol properties. To look at the finest and most com plete line of holiday goods ever Im ported into the Hawaiian Islands? If so we shall be pleased to offer the ser vices of one of our obliging clerks to show you the goods. The goods were purchased by our Mr. Barthrop, who has recently re turned from a tour among the lead ing makers throughout the United States. In quality and price we are leaders. It Is conceded that the influence and sentiment of women is necessary to es tablish the general practice of crema tion. A poll taken one evening at the TTniv-Prsitv Club of New York City, showed that eighteen out of twenty men who were asked for their opinions on the subject preferred cremation, but it was generally said that the wives and mothers would not permit it, un less it became a fashionable practice. The Anglo-Saxon so far, adheres to the ancient Jewish method of burial, although the race has not been friendly to the Jews. It has never accepted the practice of the Greeks, the Romans or the Hindoos. Therefore the practice is due more to the force of racial habits than to any intellectual conviction. A BOGUS REPUBLICAN BABY. After some calm contemplation at Washington and a bit of thought in other sections of the domain of Uncle Sn.m. the 100.000 army is not as pretty a rainbow as at first. The initiatory amendment is a scaling down to 30,000. This is but 500 above the peace foot ing and would indicate that the garri sons on the Mainland were to be all but abolished. The police and the Na tional Guard will be used to quell in ternal disorder and probably a few cowboys will be hired to fight Indians. I Sagasta, the Spanish premier, in his illness broueht on largely by his hand ling a mountain of work and floods of anxietv since his acceptance of tne ME NO Tl OBJECT COME Ai SEE of fine leather every- We havo k line Eoods that en races almost - jfA.. thing useful, made of leather at prices astonishingly low. IN CELLULOID GOODS our line will astonish you. FANCY GLASS BOTTLES. We lead our competitora. PERFUMERY is our forte. Our line of Palmer's, Lazell, Dalley & Co., Lund- borgs, Colgate, Plnauds, RIgand & Co., Roger & Gallet, is complete. The rush and turmoil at tendant upon the approach of and during the holidays being over and peaceful quiet having once more set tled, now is the time to con sider the necessities of home. In making out your list of goods to replenish the house hold stock, do not forget your wife when driving likes to feel perfectly safe as well as comfortable ' and up-to- date. Nothing so detracts from1 the appearance of a horse as a shabby harness and equip ment. Nothing so attracts and adds to the appearance of a horse as a fine harness and equipment such as we are displaying. We have received by the late steamer a full line of up-to-date Single and Double Harness, Buggy and Carriage Harness, Carriage Whips, Laprobes and Whips, Ex press Harness, Mule Team Harness, Dump Cart and Sherwood Steel Harness. We pride ourselves on having a thorough complete stock of reliable and attrac tive carriage and heavy equipments. BRUCE WARING & CO. Offices: 7 and 8, Progress Blocks Occident and Orieet! -ooo BOTH ENDS MEET AT HOLLISTER & CO.'S TOBACCO STOffi. OOO- IlISDll The Great Clearance Sale Still Goes On. Ik MM it Limited. 307 FORT ST. Havana and Manila Just Received ex. Stmrs. Belgic and Australia. Corner F.oit and Merchant Streets. For a Mail Gift Select Colo (WITHOUT A RIVAL.) RM PRRtflW TIMET SRTS. TWIST WiTHS I 111 Li 1 Li HI- U1I1UK. From American, French and English Makers. Benson, Smith & Co -LIM1TED- Fort and Hotel Streets. The anxiety for a "Republican baby" seems to be growing. Nurses Fisher, "McStocker and McCandtess are impa tient and Godfather Sewall is walking the floor. The trouble is that the nurses don't -want a real Republican baby, because it will have a "strawberry mark under its left arm" which means "home rule,." The godfather and the nurses - want the baby without that odious designation. Of course its papa, the stalwart Republican Party, living on the Mainland lias this strawberry mark of home rule very plainly on his arm, and he is proud of it. But ft is off spring with such a mark on him will be treated here as an unfortunate foundling, and be put in a basket and left on some door step perhaps Mr. Dole's. The nurses,, with the advice of some transient political doctor, have pursuaded themselves that the straw berry mark of "home rule" on the in fant's arm will simply breed the mi crobes of political cholera, and it will end in a little casket, some flowers, a funeral by the nurses, and a very silent little grave! The National Republican Party M t M M tt M H t t t t t t THE BALANCE OF THE STOCK HAVING ARRIVED, WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO SELL AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: i r t ri 1 ax. Fine WhiteSDress Goods, 5cts. a yard; Fine Printed Nainsooks, ccts. a yard; French gn.dI Pnlh rmnne,eueb'- new patterns, iocts a yard; Fine French- Organdies, 15 yards, $1.00, Victoria Lawns, 32 men wide, 10 yards 7cts. All other goods at proportionate Prices. 000 zaricl TOYS. At your own price. The whole Stock must be cleared. TOYS and DOLLS. ' - :ebtXGI-S ' -AJSTID O-rESZETS at Haa Exlce- tremendous bargains in Vi B-L-l N E DS being the very latest Styles selected from a fashionable Regent Street. London, Stock . 000 C! TT.nn WATfl "ha T.axc Qit1a 1 9 TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS at Bargain Prices. 5 T: ( TftlS IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A Readr Mad. CLOTHING. COLLARS aad CCFFS. NECKTIES and a Ca plete Stock of UNDERWEAR will be cleared at any price, as we are rrtn3 out of the business. TOWELS, BEDSPREADS AND BLANKETS, must be sold at ay prloflu SHEETINGS AND PILLOW CASES will be sold at a sacrifice. h m m VVt tn TmTh ooo mi Khrroo'Q:, kxioor iron:. Q 3D SSdl23D