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5 D FOR WAR LAND (i uu U1 THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, JANUARY 21, 1S9D. 1 1 ii BIRDS Have a saperh array of GOODS selected by Will C. King frem the latest Novel ties on the Coast. Suitable for Christmas and Wed ding Presents, consisting of PICTURES, ART STATUARY, PHOTO PANELS, AND ART NOVELTIES. Also the latest in PICTURE MOULDINGS AND FRAMING MATERIALS- All are welcome at their Show Rooms no HOTEL ST. THE COMPANY, LIMITED, Solicit your patronage and guaranty the Cnest class of work at reasonable prices. ONLY WHITE LABOR EMPLOYED. All Flannels and Silks are 'washed b Hand. Ordinary Mending and Buttons Sewe On. Telephone No. 5S3 and leave you orders. rNORFI ST II to if IP YOU ARB TROUBLED with dandruff or any disease of the scalp, a trial bottle of DANDRUFF KILLER will entirely remove all doubt as to the virtue claimed for the . preparation. Prickly heat cured by a few applica tions. Be sure that the label on the bottle bears the two faces and name; all others are imitations. F. PACHECO, Sole Proprietor. SELLING AGENTS Hollister Drug Co., Benson, Smith & Co., Union, Bar ber Shop. Shildren's Photos Are the hardest of all to make well until you become accustomed to the task. Mothers tell us we are at our best when making photos of the little ones. Our quaint, unique poses falth il likenesses and dainty style of fin ishing photos find favor in every mother's eyes. Preserve baby's pretty face in one of Williams' photos. J. J. WILLIAMS, ' I STUDIO. Fort Street. BEAVER LUNCH ROOMS. Fort St., Opp. Wilder & Co., II. J. NOLTE, Prop. First-Class Lunches Served i With Tea, Coffee, Soda Water, ( Ginger Ale or Milk. Open from 3 a. m. till 10 p. ex - Smokers' Requisites a Specialty. R. C. in i I Stocks and Bonds, Real Estate and Custom House, Loans Placed and Negotiated, Notary Public and General Commission. Will Buy and Sell Any Hawaiian Securities in the Market. P. O. Box 365. LIMITED. Fort & Merchant & King & Bethel Streets. -ooo Continue to carry full lines of goods at the old stand o Castle & Cooke and the Household SupDly Depart ment on Bethel Street. ooo- Bohm, MMM IliillCHlS, Oils, lite, ooo THE FAVORITE Garland and Redwood Stoves and Ranges, Blue Flame and Gasoline Stoyes, Art Goods. . Picture Framing, AND Artists' Supplies. ooo MAIN OFFICE: Fort and Merchant Streets, Honolulu. GOO KIM. Dry Goods and Tailor Goods. Just received a full line of New Tailor Made Goods, Chinese Silk3 (this is something new and never seen in Honolulu before). EMBROIDERY WORK, HANDKER CHIEFS, TABLE COVERS, PONGEE SILKS, ETC. Also a lot of Camphor Wood Trunks, Sandal Wood Boxes. Suits made to order of the latest Eastern styles. Give us a trial. 210 Nuuana St., above Hotel FIRST CLASS Bicycle Repairing Done at Very Reasonable Figures. GIVE US A TRIAL. r CLEVELAND BICYCLES FOR RENT. ... CITY REPAIR SHOP. . . E. JONES. R. CLARK. 1 1 5 Bethel Street. Tel. 1 0 1 1 . WAIANAE RESORT. Near Waianae R. R. Depot. LIGHT WINE AND BEER. Refreshments of All Eiads. C. SHIOZAWA, Prop. HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO. Steam Engines, BOILERS, SUGAR MILLS, COOLERS, BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS, And machinery of every description made to order. Particular attention paid to ship's blacksmlthing. Job work executed on the shortest notice ill o Oils, Paints Plantation supplies, General Mercnanflise A. PETERSON 15 An Expert Reports on the Use of Carrier Pigeon. How to Get Effective Service From Ship to Shore Sea-Bred Birds. Experiments. Captain Jclin R. Banlett, U. S. N., retired, chief of the coast signal ser vice during the war with Spain, has reported to the department on the value of carrier pigeons for signalling purposes. The Baltimore Sun sum marizes the report as follows: That experiments be made for the purpose of training homing pigeons in connection with coast signalling, for the reason that they offer a solution of the problem of communication with vessels in the off-shore patrol fleet. These vessels would most probably operate in districts having established bases, and at such distance from the coast and from the inshore patrol that visual signaling would be impossible. A homing pigeon service cannot be improvised and be of any real value. The birds must be systematically and patiently trained for a year or two, not only to equip the cotes with trained carriers for that .locality, but to furnish a stock of seabred breeders. Experi mental cotes should be located tit the bases of naval coast defense districts, a small vessel provided with a carrier pigeon outfit, and an officer detailed to develop this means of communica tion and superintend the systematic training of the birds. Unless that is done with intelligence for at least a year it would be useless to rely upon it at all. Such a system could be econo mically inaugurated and could be maintained at a comparatively slight cost. A simple routine of drills, exer cises and reports based upon our recent experiences could be readily put into operation and small rewards or appro priate rating would stimulate profici ency. In times of peace such service would be of constant convenience to this department and to the maritime interests of the country, and the con stant practice would prepare the men for the emergencies of war. Attention is called to the fact that every other maritime nation !has such a system, generally much more elabor ate than the one herein proposed, or ganized and operated under its naval or maritime department. LEAP YEAR. Not 1900 There Will Be None Be fore 1904. The familiar rule that leap year is every calendar year with a number di visible by four will be broken in 1900, which fact need not be regarded as an indication that even then it will be time for a change. This rule of the al manac may account for the proverbial activity of the new woman at the close of every century. Then there is no leap year for eight years. February, 1903, will have but twenty-eight days, the extra day not appearing from 1S96 to 1904. Centenary years are not leap years. That year will be broken in the leap year 2000, when the interruption may be regarded as an indication that it is time for a change. Centenary years divisible by 400 are leap years, consequently there were twenty-nine days in February, 1C00, and the same number of days will be given to Feb ruary, 2000, and again to 2400. The ob ject of this rule is to make the calen dar rear coincide with the solar year. THE TREATY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The first step no unimportant one toward the ratification of the treaty of peace con cluded with Spain by the Paris Com missioners 'has already been taken. To day the members of the Senate Com mittee on Foreign Relations, to whose consideration it was referred when first submitted by the President, auth orized Senator Davis to report the treaty, without amendment, to the Sen ate, with a recommendation that it be ratified. . AGEN I Kaahumanu Street. fC Ail ' Yr 1 ll 3IENELIK AND HIS GENERALS. In her march across Africa, England may have to reckon -with Menelik, negus of Abyssinia. Menelik has always been opposed to allowing his country to be made a thoroughfare for the armies and commerce of other nations. It is, however, a niistako to put him down as an unenlightened barbarian. On the contrary he has remarkable abilities and is a learned man. He has done much during his reign, which began in !&'., iu retrieving Abyssinia from its erstwhile state of savagery. HARD PUDDING. Neat Stcry of Camp Life from an Eng lish Source. Some time ago, writes a volunteer in a London weekly, I spent a week with a garrison battery in a South Coast fort. On the last day the sergeants sat down to an exceptionally fine dinner, the crowning glory of which was a large plum pudding. I had made the pudding two days before, had it boiled, and now, reheated, it made its appear ance amid the welcome shouts of my brother warriors, and I naturally felt a bit proud of it, for I hadn't been a ship's cook for nothing. "Seems mighty hard," remarked the sergeant major, as he vainly tried to stick his fork into it. "Have you boiled us a cannon ball, Browney?" "Or the regimental foot ball?" asked another. "Where did you get the flour from?" questioned Sergeant Smith. "Where from?" I retorted. "From store No. 5, of course." "The deuce you did!" roared the quartermaster sergeant. "Then, hang you. you've made the pudding with Portland cement!" And o it proved. The pudding is now preserved in the battery museum. CABLE IN WAR. Comdr. C. H. Stockton discusses in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute the subject of "Submarine Telegraph Cables in Time of War." The status of the ocean cable in war time played a part in only four of the modern wars, the Franco-German war, two wars in Chile and our own late conflict. In these contests cables were cut so that pratice chimes with the theory of their status wrhich Comdr. Stockton states as follows: "There can be little doubt as to the right of a belligerent to cut, destroy or interfere with a submarine telegraph cable or terminal station, no matter by whom owned, in the terri tory, land or water of the enemy, whenever military necessity or con venience requires it." The refusal of the Manila-Hong Kong Cable Company to allow Admiral Dewey to use the cut cable by means of instruments on one of his ships is justified, as that would have placed the cable company in the position of aiding one side at the pos sible expense of the other. SHIPPING SUBSIDY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Prominent representatives of American shipping interests were heard to-day by the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries relative to the bill in troduced in the Senate by Mr. Hanna and in the House by Mr. Payne, "to promote the commerce and increase the foreign trade of the United States and to provide auxiliary cruisers, transports and seamen for Government use when necessary." The main feature of the measure is a graded subsidy to American ships bas ed on tonnage and services. Among those present were ex-Senator Ed munds of Vermont, who appeared for the shipping interests; President C. A. Griseom of the Internation Navigation Company, Commissioner of Navigation Chamberlain, Edward R. Sherwood, secretary of the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange. Arthur Sewall of Maine and President Hyde of the Bath Iron Works. EARTH TO EXPLODE. LONDON. Jan. 1 The eminent as tronomer, Sir Robert Ball, this week has given the public the benefit of his studies in a series of lectures on the moon in its relation to the earth and how the world will come to an end. Away down in the vista of the past, he says, the earth traveled so fast that a smaller portion flew away and be came the moon. He has arrived at the conclusion that water will get down through cracks in the bottom of the sea to the centre, of the earth and cause a volcanic eruption that will end everything. Ming () IPouto Great : Variety OF SILK GOODS. ALSO Grass : Cloth, : Handkerchiefs, Doylies, : Table : Covers, ooo SILK SHIRTS, SILK PAJAMAS, ETC ooo A large stock on hand to select from, at prices that will surprise vou. -OOO- 5. OZAKI, WAVERLEY BLOCK - - - HOTEL STREET. Home-made Bread, Rolls or Cake. Can't be better than thie model bakery sends out. We use only the best ingredients that are prepared and bak- ed by bakers who are masters in their specialty. We send EVERYTHING fresh from our oven. The GERMAN BAKERY TELEPHONE G77. 833 FORT ST. WM. Q. IRWIN & CO., LIMITED. Wm. G. Irwin.. President and Manager Claus Spreckels Vice-President W. M. Giffard..Secretary and Treasurer II. M. Whitney, Jr Auditor SUGAR FACTORS AND COMMISSION AGENTS AGENTS FOR THE Oceanic Steamship Company Of San Francisco, Cal. mo 108 KING STREET. G.J.Waller : : Manager. Wholesale and Retail 3IPTCI-IHirLS AND- NAVY CONTRACTORS. L. KOGr EEE. Merchant : Tailor. 623 Fort St., Opp. Club Stable. FINE SUITS TO ORDER AT REA SONABLE RATES. Sulti cleaned and repaired. Satis faction gn&r&nteed. For Sale 1st IS Lots at Kalihl, opposite H. C, Jleyers premises. 2nd. 7 Lot3 at Kalihl, adjoining Hosu D. II. Kahaulello's new Castle. 3rd. 4 Lots at Kalihl, next to Mtt. Cockett's premises. 4th. 12 Lots at Kalihl, facing Kame hameha IV Road, and In front of G, Markham's Residence. 5th. One Lot 96x200 feet, mauka of the Catholic Church premises at Ka lihi. 6th. 10 Lots at Kapalama, lying mauka of King street, about 300 feet from the Kapalama Tramway Depot 7th. Five Lots and Houses at Kapa lama, situated mauka of King street and on the Waikiki side of Morris Estate premises. "Sth. A Lot of about half an acre mauka side of King Street, about 400 feet from the corner of Llliha and King Streets. The premises pro duce an income of $62S per annum ; will sell for $5,500. 9th. 25 Lots 50x100 Teet In Puunul Tract. 25 Lots 75x150 in Puunul Tract. 25 Lots 100x200 In Puunul Tract. 10th. 6 Lots 100x200 on Nuuanu street, right opposite the old Ice Works. About 300 Lots 50x100 at Nuuanu at rear and mauka of the above 6 Lota. 11th. About 70 Lots In. the Kekio Tract, situated opposite the Make Island Band Stand. It la admitted that It Is one of the best tracts near the Waikiki Sea Beach. 12th. About 300 Lots in the Kapahula Tract. I3TH.-S0LD. 14th. About 1,000 acres In Kealako mo. Puna, Hawaii; the land extend from the beach to about 2 miles from the Volcano. 15th. CITY PROPERTIES, Etc, Etc Prices are the cheapest In the Market. For further particulars apply to REAL ESTATE BROKERS. W. C. Achi, our manager, has over 16 years experience in Real Estate Business in this City. Honolulu, July 19th, 1898. Souvenir Jewelry. The attention of those who wish to carry away with them souvenirs of OLD HAWAII Is called to my manufacturing depart ment. Jewelry of all kinds made to order. BIART 404 FORT BT JEWELER. COYNE & MEHRTEN, The Upholsterers. NOW IS THE TIME to have your, Upholstering done. We have Just re ceived a large supply of Upholstering Goods of the Latest Designs. A large vlariety to pick from the best that was ever imported here. If you want a Box Couch for Ladies' Dresses, oor ered In any style, we can do It. Par lor sets or Odd Pieces reupholstered. Call and see our Cozy Corner Lounges something new You will want one when you see It. Mattresses made to order and reno vated. Silk Floss for Cushions and pil lows. Telephone 928. (Masonic Temple.)' ALAKEA STREET. A NEW PAINT SHOP. HAVING ASSOCIATED WITH US Mr. John H. West, a practical House Painter, Decorator and Wood Polisher, we are now prepared to give estimates on all kinds of work in that line. Mr. West having had a practical ex perience of over twenty years In San Francisco and other large cities on the Coast, we feel confident that any work entrusted to us will give entire satis faction to our patrons. PEERLESS PRESERVING PAINT CO. e m. co.. it 121 Queen Street. CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUILDER3 RUBBER TIRES AND ROLLER. BEARING AXLES. WILSON & WHITEHODSE, 3ol Licensees Hawaiian Islands. Ill Queea. Street. He Piljilofcol lap. ZVK PnSAVA, Nuuanu street, near Beretanla, oppo site Commercial saloon. LIMITED. Esplanade, Cor. Allen and Fort Sta, : Hiiiiirj CRRRmG Mi m Wflier iohb HOLLISTER Jb CO., - - AGJ3NT3. Read the Hawaiian Qaxcttt (Semi-Wecklyy