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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU. SFPTEMBEIl
18C3.
V.C AcM
& CO.
Brokers
0 West King Street.
FOR
SAL
Honolulu Brewing &
Halting Co.
Daha,
iM,
Ooiala,
Nahikn.
Waimea,
Waimanalo,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Children's Photos
Are the hardest of all to make "well
ontii you become accustomed to the
task. Mothers tell us we are at our
best when making photos of the little
oaea. Our quaint, unique poses faith
ful likenesses and dainty style of fin
It&ing photos find favor in every
another's eyes.
Preserve baby's pretty face in one of
Williams' photos.
J. J. WILLIAMS,
imifflfAS' ART STUDIO.
Fort Street.
HUSTACE & CO.,
DEALERS IN
Wood and Coal
" ALSO
White and Black Sand
Hdch we will sell at the very lowest
market rates.
Telephone No. 414.
HAWAII 5HINPO SHA
dE PIONEER JAPANESE PRINTING OFFICE
The publishers of "Hawaii Shinpo."
The only daily Japanese paper pub
lished in the .Islands.
EDITOR M. TAKAHASHI.
PROPRIETOR C SHIOZAWA.
Office: Nuuanu avenue, above Bere
tania. 6215
E. E. HITCH
Market "Warehouse Building,
Queen Street.
Practical 6 Sail Maker
Estimates Given for all Kinds of
AWNINGS, TENTS, TRUNK COV
CTS, TARPAULINS, WAGON COV
ERS, FIELD COVERS, ETC.
Stock Furnished at Fair Prices. All
Work Done Satisfactorily.
WE GUARANTEE
an exact fit on all our Suits.
Prices Are tlie Lowest.
Stock
ORDER for a trial.
AHUNa & CO.
-15 NUUANU ST.. opposite Beehive
Saloon.
J i -
VSi rak .
Fifty
Thousand
PHOTO
MOUNT
By Nippon Mam.
oo
THE
PHOTO SUPPLY CO.
426 Fort Street.
WHAT A FUSS
To Keep Your Cash Straight.
he H Hi Her
- Does the Business.
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MARBLE AND GRANITE
MON.UMENTS I
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IRON FENCES, BUILDING IRON
n. E. HENMICK, PBOP.
641 King street. 'Phone 502
Two leeks Only
OfK
Great
Reduction
CHIYA & CO
(Formerly Murata & CO.)
- HOTEL ST., COR. NUUAHU.
Branch Hat Store, Nuuanu St.
CHOICE VESLk
BEEP, pork
JK I way s On Hand.
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Sausages. Liver, Head
Cheese and Breakfast Bo
logne at the
CENTRAL MEAT MARKET.
214 Nuuanu St. Tel. 104.
JUST ARRIVED
New Importation of
SILK GOODS, in the piece, SILK
HANDKERCHIEFS, SILK SHAWLS,
DECORATED FLOWER POTS, NEW
PORCELAIN CUPS AND SAUCERS,
TEA AND DINNER SETS, CARVED
IVORY, RATTAN CHAIRS, CARVED
SANDALWOOD BOXES.
THESE GOODS ARE THE HANDSOM
EST IN ALL HONOLULU.
WING WO CHAN & CO
210-212 Nuuanu Street.
SEATTLE BEER
AT THE
S!
Le lunyoi
Sale
CRITERION
SALOON
WONDERS OF SEA
How a Crawfish or Lob
ster Disrobes.
Something Seldom Seen Because
the Crawfish Hides Itself During,
the Operation.'
The following interesting descrip
tion of how a lobster disposes of his
shell and takes on a new one when
he outgrows the old. applies equally
L
to the Hawaiian crawfish, according to
a gentleman who is interested in
such matters and has made a study of
the habits of shellfish in these waters:
"All young lobsters change their
shell several times a year," said the
Fulton Market dealer, "and as they
grow older the change takes place
less frequently. Unlike other deep-
sea animals, the shell of the lobster
does not grow with the body, there
fore nature provided them with clothes
which they could throw off when they
begin to 'fit too quick.' It may easily
be seen, therefore, that as some of
them grow to the length of forty
inches, beginning their career at less
than an inch in length, the changing
must take place a great many times.
"The lobster invariably leaves the
coast as the winter season advances,
and seeking the deep water, escapes
the extreme cold weather and water.
But, as the spring approaches, back
comes the lobster to the coast to feed
upon mollusks and other sea food in
shallow waters. The shedding process
usually takes place during the hottest
months of the year, and occasionally
oneis captured by fishermen while the
operation is under way, but this sel
dom happens, as the lobster usually
hides away in the crevices of some
rocky bottom of the sea during the
transformation.
"He shows considerable sense in
this matter of retiring at this period,
for the reason that he has practically
no means of defence, his embryonic
claws being soft for several days after
he has pulled them, out of the old
shells; and were he to remain in his
usual haunts, he would, in all proba
bility, be devoured by his fellow-denizens
of the sea. Connoisseurs of sea
food are very partial to lobsters that
are about to shed their armor, or im
mediately after the operation has ta
ken place, as the meat is particularly
hard and the flavor more intense dur
ing that period.
"I have made a study of this partic
ular crustacean, and have witnessed
the disrobing and -robing operation on
several occasions. Up at my house I
have an improvised salt-water aquari
um, which contains a collection gath
ered at various times during my mar
ket business, and several lobsters have
used it as a dressing-room.
"I had long desired to witness one of
these operations, but I had been un
able to procure a lobster that was not
too far advanced to be of any use,
when one day a specimen was brought
to my place of business that, judging
from his actions, had reached the con
clusion that his old suit was becoming
too small, and a new one was neces
sary. When placed upon a table, he
immediately turned over on his back,
and at intervals of perhaps five -minutes
a shudder ran through his entire
body, even to the tips of his claws and
legs; but the closest examination failed
to reveal any trace of the parting of
the shell which I had observed in
specimens that were farther ad
vanced. "From his size and weight he was
rather small I thought that the shed
ding process, which was about to take
place, would be the first that he had
undergone, so I determined to see the
whole operation through. I carried
him home and placed him in the
aquarium. As soon as he was in the
water he made a dash for some
shrimps, which were in a corner of the
tank. After driving them away he
made an effort to get into an aperture
formed by some stones that I had
placed in the same corner, but which
was far too small to allow him to get
in.
"After several futile attempts to
force his body through the opening, he
turned over on his back and the shud
ders which had been so noticeable
down-town began again. These con
tinued all night, and in the morning
I found my lobster apparently in his
last agonies. He lay on his back and
rubbed his legs convulsively together
as if in intense pain, and then he wrig
gled about and jerked himself vio
lently upward by means of his tail. I
suppose that these operations had as
their object the loosening of the claws
and limbs in their sheaths, but at
that time I feared that he was in his
death throes.
"The spasms continued for an hour
or more, and efforts were apparently
made to burst the shell open from the
inside. A faint line, hardly percept
ible at first, made its appearance, run
ning from the head down the center of
the back, and, after each convulsion
became broader. Gradually the head
piece began to break close to the shell
of the back, and as each break, ran
from the starting point on the top of
the neck, the lobster, after considerable
effort, suddenly withdrew his head
from its covering, leaving the larger
part of his eyes in the headpiece, which
hung from the shell as if it were
hinged.
"After the lobster had succeeded in
the division of his head, he was appar
ently in a very exhausted state, for
he remained very quiet for a couple of
hours, and paid no attention to the
shrimps, which were swimming close
to him. I began to think the operation
had been too much for the lobster, and
that he was dead, but the shudders
suddenly began again, followed by
more wriggling and struggling, then
the line which I had noticed the first
thing in the morning broadened out
until the shell down the entire length
of the back had split open.
"The lobster gradually squeezed his
left shoulder out of its armor by a se
ries of hunches, and after this was free i
the right quickly followed in the same
manner, the divided shoulder shells.
which now looked like open clam
shells, hanging from the under part of
the body. The operation looked so
extremely painful and exhausting that
morethan once I thought of offering
my assistance.
"At this stage of the operation the
lobster presented a very queer appear
ance, the head and shoulders out of
the original shell and resting on the
top of it, while the only part of the
body that remained enclosed was the
long, flexible tail.
"Evidently he had concluded that he
had done enough for the day, and that
he needed some recuperation before he
began the task of squeezing the bal
ance of tiis body out of its casing, and
lay quite still from late in the after
noon until late the next morning. I
was puzzled as to the manner in which
he would escape from the shells
which covered the tail, as they joined
together only at the sides, and tele
scoped into each other; ajnd won
dered whether . a separate operation
would be necessary for each one. I,
therefore, watched him closely.
"He concluded his long rest in the
morning by a repetition of the shud
ders, which developed into convulsions,
unlike those previously experienced,
in that, instead of starting from the
head, they were reversed, so that the
body seemed to shrink from the tail.
This was varied occasionally by a sort
of a jump, which was effected by the
lobster doubling his tail under him,
and springing up in the water.
"Presently the shell nearest the head
spiit on the left side near the body,
and opened about an eighth of an
inch. Another convulsion, followed
by a jump, and the second shell split.
This part of the operation, which re
minded me-somewhat of a dance that
had its origin in this country at the
World's Fair, was repeated until all
the shells were loosened on the left
side. The lobster once more began
the squeezing process, and after half
an hour's hard work finally got clear
of the shell entirely, lying down by
its side for a rest which lasted for
three days.
"The shell looked much the smaller
of the two; and save that it was mo
tionless, might have been taken for a
live and healthy crustacean in full
dress. The naked lobster did not look
at all like his old self. His colors
were so bright as to suggest that he
had been parboiled, and he had the
tender appearance of human flesh
from which the skin had just, been
removed.
"I took out the shell, and upon ex
amination could hardly believe that
the tormer nail squeezed out or it, so
small was the orifice through which
he had come. Not only had he left the
major part of his eyes, but also the
lining of his stomach, including his
internal teeth, yet he seemed to be lit
tie wofte for the thorough turnout.
touched him and found that, although
quite soft, he was covered with an in
cipient shell of the approximate solid
ity of oiled tissue. That he did not
like to be touched was made apparent
by his efforts to get away from my
hands.
"During the three following days the
shrimps worried him to a considerable
extent; but he grew with marvellous
rapidity until he was fully half as big
again as he had been, and when I once
more touched him, the shell on his big
claws was sufficiently' hard to give me
a spiteful nip. When I placed the lob
ster in the aquarium he was without
his big left claw, which had been ac
cidently wrenched off at the time of
his capture. The stump healed very
quickly; a hard, calcareous seal en
crusting the end of the joint.
"When he worked himself out of his
old shell, he appeared with a rudimen
tary left claw, which had evidently
formed behind the shield. This claw
grew even more rapidly than the rest
of the body, and by the time the new
shell was hard the new claw, though
still disproportionate, was of very ser
viceable dimensions. This is charac
teristic of both lobsters and crabs.
They sometimes appear to dismember
themselves voluntarily. They appar
ently feel that they can make a better
job of an entire limb than of a single
joint of one. If, in taking a crab from
the sea, you cause him to lose the out
ermost joint of one of his big claws,
he will presently jerk away the rest
of the limb right, up to the shoulder.
He does not simply drop it; he actu
ally and unmistakably casts it from
him. It is useless; and he at once
sets to work to grow a new one.
"Since the operation which I have
just described took place, I have wit
nessed several more lobsters go
through the same process. They have
varied slightly as to the length of time
which they took to accomplish the
change, but in every other way the
mode of splitting the shell and squeez
ing their bodies out has been identi
cal." The Only High Crado Baking
Powdor Offered at a Mod
erate Price.
IR1!? Baking
iillblJ Powder
NONE SO GOOD.
Y. M. C. A. HALL.
Chairman W. C. Weedon, Esq.,
President Y. M. C. A.
Monday and Thursday
-September 25 and 2S,
Musical and Descriptive Recitals
BY WHERAHIKO RAWEI, B. A.,
The Brilliant New Zealand
Native Orator
Entitled "The Land of the Maori."
Charmingly illustrated with music,
song and superb scenery, showing New
Zealand Native Life in all its humor
ous, pathetic and tragic phases.
Prices of admission, 58c and 23c;
doors open at 7:30; commence at 8 p.m.
mm
f NOT
MADE BY
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V TRUST. J
NEW
BOOK
At Publisher's Prices.
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-THE SWALLOW.
-GADFLY.
-GARDEN OF SWORDS.
-REAL HAWAII.
-DROSS.
-CAPT. COURAGEOUS.
-DAY'S WORK.
-LADY URSULA. .
-PRINCESS OF HOPE
-DREYFUS CASE.
-ENCHANTED STONE.
-ISLAND EMPIRE.
-TRE LAWNY OF WELLS.
-OUTSIDERS.
-And a large number of others.
LEAVE YOUR ORDERS FOR PRO
FESSOR BIiACKMAN'S MAKING OF
HAWAII. A few copies just received,
more on the way.
Thos. G. Thrum.
JUHEI ISHIZUKA
AGENCY OF
KEl H1N BANK, LTD.
Vineyard Street.
Transact General Banking and Ex
change Business.
dEAD OFFICE TOKYO, JAPU
Draw Exchange on
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
YOKOHAMA.
BISHOP & CO.
SAVINGS BANK
On October 1st, 1898, and continuing
until further notice, Savings Deposits
will be received and interest allowed
by this Bankat four and one-half per
cent per annum. The terms, rules and
regulations of the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Bank will be adopted as far
as it is practicable to apply; them, and
the Cash Reserve of $50,000 as reauired
under the Postal Act will "he main
tained.
Printed copies of the Rules and Reg
ulations may be obtained on applica
tion.
BISHOP & CO.
Honolulu, September 7, 1898.
C. BREWER &CO L'D.
Queen Street
Honolulu, H. 1.
AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, Wailuku Sugar Company,
American Sugar Co., Makee Sugar
Company, Ookala Sugar Plantation
Company, Haleakala Ranch Com
pany, Kapapala . Ranch, Molokal
Ranch. a
Planters' Line, San Francisco Packets,
Charles Brewer & Co.'s Line of Bos
ton Packets.
Agents Boston Board of Underwrit
ers. Agents for Philadelphia Board of ' Un
derwriters. Standard Oil Co.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
C. M. Cooke, President; George H.
Robertson, Manager; E. F. Bishop,
Treasurer and Secretary; Col. W. F.
Allen, Auditor; P. C. Jones, H. Water
house. G. R. Carter, Directors.
TO OUR
OO-
-Have you tried any of those
-CHOCOLATE or COCOANUT
-(fresh) cakes from the German
-Bakery? They are only 25 and
-50c each and pronounced dellc--ious
by those who have tried
-them. Order one for your Sun--day
dinner. We also have a
-sponge cake which we sell for
-the moderate sum of five centa
-each.
-THE GERMAN BAKERY,
833 Fort Street,
-Headquarters for genuine ginger
-snaps, sugar cookies, etc.
-Telephone 677.
CITY MILL CO., ' TD.
Hers i
QUEEN & KEKAULIKE STREETS.
(Ewa Side of Old Fish Market.)
P. 0. Box 951,
Tel. 101.
Beg to announce that they are now
prepared to undertake all branches of
the above business.
Work undertaken by the day or by
contract; estimates furnished.
i first nici be;;
OF HAWAII, irD.
Incorporated Under the Laws of the
Republic of Hawaii.
Authorized Capital. $1,000,000.
ubscribed Capital. 750,000
Paid Up Capllal, 500,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Cecil Brown President
B. F. Dillingham Vice President
W. G. Cooper Cashier
E. M. Boyd Secretary
G. F. McLeod Auditor
Directors Cecil Brown, B. P. Dil
lingham, Mark P. Robinson, Bruce
Cartwright and G. W. Macfarlane.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON:
San .Francisco The Anglo-Califor-nian
Bank, Limited.
Chicago The Merchants Loan and
Trust Company.
New York J. & W. Sellgman & Coa
pany. London The Anglo-Callfornlaa
Bank, Limited.
Paris Societe Generale.
Hamburg M. M. Warburg & Com
pany. Hongkong and Yokohama The
Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China.
Australia The Union Bank of Aus
tralia, Limited.
Canada Bank of Montreal.
Berlin Gebruder Meyer.
Drafts on anv narr of trio
World purchased or received
for Collection.
TBE BANK OF HAWAII
-LIMITED -
Incorporated Under the Laws of tho
Republic of Hawaii.
CAPITAL I400.000.C3
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Chas. M. Cooke President
P. C. Jones Vice President
C. H. Cooke Cashier
F. C. Atherton Assistant Cashier
Directors Henry Waterhouse. Tosa
May, F. W. Macfarlane, E. D. Teasey,
J. A. McCandless.
Solicits the Accounts of Firms, Cor
porations, Trusts, Individuals and TrUl
prompt and carefully attend to on
business connected with banking en
trusted to it.- Sell and Purchase IVsr
eign Exchange, Issue Letters of Credit.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Ordinary and Term Deposits received
and Interest allowed in accordance)
with rules and conditions printed la
pass books, copies of which may be
had on application.
Judd Building, Fort street.
CLAUS SPRECKELS. WM. O. IRWIN.
CLADS SPRECKELS & (ft,
Bankers,
iTfYMYYT TTT TT -rr V
wi.ivuuAJU - - XL. JL.
SAN FRANCISCO AGENTS THE
NEVADA NATIONAL BANK OF
SAN FRANCISCO.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
tional Bank of San Francisco.
LONDON The Union Bank of Lon
don (Ltd.).
NEW YORK American Exchange Na
tional Bank.
PlITfAPfk "T 1 i T.il . -n -
vmuiiuu iuciLuauia iull(JUitl ITHTI m
PARIS Credit Lyonnais.
BERLIN Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA
Hongkong and Shanghai Banklnff
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA.
Bank of New "Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER Bank
o! British North America.
Transect o General Bankma s Exc&ange EsiDn
Deposits Received. Loans na-le on
Approved Security. Commercial and.
Travelers Credits Issued. BiP.i at
Exchange Bought and Sold. "
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY
ACCOUNTED FOR.
ESTABLISHED IN 1853.
SISHOP & CO.
Ba n k ers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Commercial and Travelers Letters of
Credit issued, available in all the
Principal Cities of the World.
INTEREST allowed afte July 1st,
1898, on fixed deposits: 3 months 3 per
cent; 6 months 2 per cent; 12 months
4 per cent.
FHE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BAKE
LIMITED.
Paid Up Capital
Reserve Fund . .
Yen 12,000,000
Yen 7,300,000
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA.
BRANCHES AND AGENGD3S:
Kobe, London, Lyons, New Tork,
San Francisco, Shanghai, Bom
bay, Hongkong, Tokyo.
INTEREST ALLOWED:
On Fixed Deposit for 12 months 4 p. e.
p. a.
On Fixed Deposit for 6 months 3 p. c
p. a.
On Fixed Deposit for 3 months 3 p. c
p. a.
INTEREST ALLOWED BY TUB
HEAD OFFICE AT YOKOHAMA.
On Current Deposit 1 2-10 sen per day.
On Fixed Deposit for 12 months, 5
per cent. p. a.
The Bank buys and receives for col
lection Bills of Exchange, issues
Drafs and "Letters of Credit on the
above Branches and Agencies and
transacts a general banking business.
Agency Yokohama Specie Bank:
New Republic Bldg., Honolulu, H. I