The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume], December 19, 1900, Page 10, Image 10

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- THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, DECEMBER 19, 19(H.
10
Santa Claus Headquarters
ltt-ESTABLISHEI AT
Thos. G. Thrum's
Stationery and Book Store, Fort Street.
And Is Supplied With the Usual Bewilderment of
Good Goods for Good People
At Thia Good Season of the Tear.
CARRYING
THIPS
Bids Wanted for Service
In Honolulu.
Consisting In part of....,
LATEST BOOKS BY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AUTHORS.
STANDARD POETS. DAINTY CLASSICS.
JUVENILES AN DTOY BOOKS IN VARIETY.
BOOKLETS, DAIRIES and CALENDARS FOR 1901,
including among the latter a choice collection by local artists.
Christmas Cards, Holiday Papeteries
Fountain Pens, Library and Desk Inkstands, Gold Pens.
Rnmnn'i fi n a leather Clrwvta rmn a finer made.
American Crepe Tissue Paper, all colors; fine colored Tissue for flower
work. ' . ,
TVa ViAof ssf Amai(Ti Tnn n a foal Iron wood And mbber. AIphaDet,
Ttntidtnv anri r.m mvv Tnni r?hAaa Wagons. Velocipedes, Dexters, Doll
Carriages, Trunks, Musical' Goods, Military Supplies, noisy and noiseless
T7Dolla in variety. Always headquarters for Dolls and Dolls' sundries In
h hoot nnalltloA nnthlnv iraahT
Christmas Tree Ornaments, Brackets, Candles, and many other articles
suggested by the above, at
THREE WAGONS HEEDED
Postmaster- General Offers Oppor
tunity to Hawaiians to Take
Contract.
SANTA CLAIS HEADQUARTERS
'BREWER BLOCK. FORT STREET. '
THE FOLLOWING VESSELS
Have shocked our supply of
A. E.G.
BolfoemocQini Beer
v
' Iroquois, St. Katherine, Archer and
Andrew Welch.
-
The "Rosamond" is due with .wore of this St. Louis Beer
Stock your supply for the holidays.
W. C. Peacock & Co., Ld.
SOLE AGENTS.
Holiday Goods!
Holiday Goods
Holiday Goods!
Telephone 2211 White. CORNER OF NUUANU AND HOTEL. STREETS.
HAS A FULL LINE OF-
Japamxese S
TOYS AND CURIOS
Always make suitable presents. Wo have also added to our
establishment a
Dyeing and Cleaning Department
All Mnds of ladies and gents' clothing cleaned and press
ed at reasonable rates. Old clothing made to look like new
Goodwill lw called for and delivf red when finished.
Postmaster General Smith has adver
tised for bids in Honolulu fo- the car
rying of the United States mails be
tween the general postoffice and the
various steamer docks and the railway
depot. The mails must be carriqd in
wagons especially constructed, painted
and lettered according to designs fur
nished by the postoffice department.
Three sizes of wagons are advertised
for. No. 1 is to be a large wagon for
two horses. No. 2 is a medium sized
wagon for one or two horses, accord
ing to the condition of the streets, and
No. 3 is for one horse. The reason for
having three wagons in service here is
on account of the uncertainty of the
amount of mail, owing to the length
of time between deliveries of mail mat
ter by the steamers.
The bids must be in at the office of
the Superintendent of the Railway
Mail Service by December 24 in order
that he can forward them to Washing-I
ton the next day by the Peking. They
must be in the hands of the postoffice
department by January 8.
This service will go Into effect on
May 1. giving the contractor sufficient
time between the awarding of the con
tracts and the date of the commence
ment of the service to get his wagons
ready.
The wagons are very neat in appear
ance. 'The roof of the top must be wa
terproof, the front and sides must be
covered with strong wire screens, with
adjustable black waterproof curtains.
Panel doors protected by wire screens
are to be placed n the rear -of each
wegon. permitting the easy handling of
the mails.
According to the terms of the con
tract the wagons must be new and are
to be kept at all times in a condition
suitable for the proper performance of
the service, affording protection from
the depredations, inclement weather or
other injury. The postoffice department
will allow no' lettering on the wagons
except "United States Mail," together
with an appropriate number.
The routes in the city to be covered
are as follows:
From the general postoffice to Oahu
Railway & Land Co., four trips daily.
ten minutes each; Brewer's dock, eight
minutes: Oceanic S. S. dock, eight min
utes; Inter-Island S. S. Co., nine min
utes; Wilder's S. S. Co., ten minutes;
Pacific Mall dock, twelve minutes.
The contractors will be required to
perform quick service between the rail
way station and the steamship docks
and between the steamship docks and
the general postoffice. This will also
include the United States Naval clock
as well.
The old wagon now in use by the de
partment will be discontinued. No
mail will be allowed to be carried ex
cept in the wagons contracted for, and
these will be kept securely locked while
In transit so that there Is not the
slightest opportunity for mail bags to
be lost or stolen.
With this service and with all the
Improvements which have been added
to the office paraphernalia and the
coming free city delivery, Honolulu is
rapidly 'acquiring the metropolitan
aspect which Uncle Sam's various pub
lic services give.
This city route will be known as No.
40.001 for the period commencing May
1. 1!M)1. and June 30. 1902. The bids
must be accompanied bv a bond of
$3,000.
Mr. Carr has made all negotiations
for the carrying of Inter-Island maiis
and will forthwith submit his recom
mendations to the Second Assistant
Pcf-tmaster General at Washington to
arrange for the service according to the
ieaerai regulations.
As to railway mail clerks and clerks
to accompany the Island mall steamers
nothing has been done as to them so
far. This service will be established
later.
The star routes for mail service in
Hawaii Is now in the hands of the de
partment at Washington and the
award will be made soon.
j with a rough surface, and a few passes
over it with th knife produces a good
edge. The man who rubs and manipu
lates a carvlngr knife for five minutes
! against a steel before he begins to
j carve and thinks that now he. has it all
right and may send the steel away
makes a great mistake. He should
keep the steel handy and pass the knife
over it a few times after .every cut or
two. And even then he will accomplish
nothing unless he knows how to use the
two Instruments.
HOW TO HOLD THE STEEL.
"A carver must be held at an angle of
20 to 25 degrees on the steel. One must
be careful to have the angle the same?
on both sides, otherwise the knife will
be made dull instead of sharp. The
knife should be drawn on the steel
from heel to point against the edge
and the pressure should be very light-"
CUTLERS' RULES IN CARVING.
Cutlers have certain rules for sharp
ening razors, pocket knives, etc., as
well as pocket knives. A razor must
be held flat on the hone, because it is
hollow-ground and requires a fn.e edge.
But a pocket knife requires a stiff
edge, and the moment you lay it flat
on a stone, so as to touch the polished
side, you injure the edge. It must be
held on an angle of 20 to 25 degrees and
have an edge similar to a chiseL
Keeping these fact in mind there
will be very little difficulty in keeping
in good order the edges of the blades
in every day use, and there will proba
bly be no greater satisfaction In a
"good edge" than at the daily dinner,
where the carver will feel assured of
success because he understands the re
quirements of the carving knife.
To Restrict Sale of Toy Weapons.
Recently it was reported that a do
mestic servant residing in the Parra
matta district. New. South Wales, had
shot herself accidentally while exam
ining a toy pistol. The pellet entered
her eye, and passing through her head,
fractured the base of the skull. The
Jury empanelled to inquire Into the cir
cumstances attending this case recom
mended mat tne sale of these toy
weapons to youths should be restricted,
in view of the number of fatal or se
rious accidents that had occurred re
cently,- The Colonial Secretary has
now received a report from the In
spector General of Police with regard
to this matter. Mr. Fosbery Is of odn
ion that in any Bill which it is thought
desirable to Introduce dealing with this
and kindred subjects a clause applying
to such sales might be introduced with
advantage. Auckland Weekly News,
MISHAP TO MAN'S OBITUARY.
She wept. "Oh, you editors are nor
tid!" she sobbed.
"What is the trouble, madam?" in
quired the editor.
"Why, I boo boo I sent an obitu
ary of my husband, and boo boo and
said in it that he had.been married for
twenty years, and you oo oo booboo
your printers set it up 'worried for
twenty years." "
She wept. But the editor grinned.
An excellent remedy for Insomnia
will be found lr the famous old Jesse
Moore "AA" Whiskey taken at bedtime.
Valuable
Residence
Property for Sale
House of 8 rooms, all improvements;
stable, two box stalls, carriage, feed
and servants' rooms.
Lot 75x200, on two streets. Fine
location and neighborhood, $9,000.
Another house 12 rooms, all im
provements; lot 125x200, on two
streets, $18,000.
Another, $18,000.
Fine corner property, $20,000.
Islau d Realty Co.
Office: 204 Judd Building.
Telephone Main 310. '
hristmas.
I ri si Pi i
i&!uUtt& (VIEWS)
Something New in
High Class Color Works.
ITJOTANTANEOUS PORTRAITS
0AHU ICE &
ELECTRIC CO.
ICE DELIVERED
To any part of the City.
Hoffman & Mark ham
Telephone Blue 3151. P. O. Box 600.
Office: Kewalo.
. IRIDIUMS,
BASS RELIEF,
CARBON and
PLATINUM.
Special attention given to COPYING
.ENLARGING, MACHINERY, etc
PHOTOGRAPHIC Co.?
LIMITED. -
tott-3.rdth Building. Corner of rm
and Hotel Streeta.
'Kead the Advertise
r.
THE CARVING KNIFE'S EDGE.
The amateur carver may encounter
many difficulties before the "art of
carving" is mastered, yet it is a consol
ing thought that the majority of the
difficulties may be overcome by keeping
the carving knife in good repair.
"If you can't have tender beef, the
next best thing is a sharp knife," said
a hotel proprietor, "and a sharp knife
and poor beef an much better than the
best beef and a dull knife. I know that
from years of experience."
The conversation turned the subject
to carving knives and the veteran said
mat carvers" were harder to keep in
order than the ordinary table knives,
because the one who carves does not
make use of the steel as much as he
should.
"It may be an acid in the beef or it
may be the moisture, or the heat, or all
three." said the expert, "but there Is
something about hot roast beef that
takes the edge off a knife and makes
it rip where it should cut, and the fact
that the knife is not affected that way
by mutton or ham makes me think that
the dullness is the result of the action
of beef Ingredients on the blade."
USE THE STEEL.
This view was confirmed by the pro-,0r-
SaId: "r have handled
at . il1 ve8 as a manufacturer and
thJTJ le fr many years a" I know
The V?? n hot roast bf un
cut ThI I ! USed after every few
roueh I Y Ut- The Steel need be
some Pe.B magine: in fact,
a well-worn steel better than one
J. LAND,
OUTFITTER AND FURNISHER,
Fort Street, near King.
l DEPOT FOR
THE BOSS OF THE ROAD OVER-
ALLS, JUMPERS, CARPENTERS.'
COOKS' AND WAITERS' APRONS.
NEW 'LINE OF
HATS and CAPS (In straw and felt),
WHITE and GOLF SHIRTS, CLOTH
ING FOR MEN AND BOYS, TIES,
30CKS. etc.. etc.
Fsr Sale.
Twenty lots In Kallhi, from J7S0 to
$1,000 each. ,
A four-inch water main runs along
the street facing these lots.
For particulars and plans, see
JESSE P. MAKAINAI,
S760 At W. C. A eh! A Co's Office.
of a pure, old-fashioned whiskey,
mashed in small tubs,
distilled from selected grain,
positively pure and aged,
a food for the tissues,
a tonic stimulant,
an -aid to digestion.
Sour Mash Whiskey
H. Hackleld &. Cg Lw.
A Fresh Supply of
eerl
Beer!
ARRIVED
Per Bktne. Planter and Scnr. Aloha.
3 Grades, brewed by
THE FAMOUS
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n
i
In Cases and Barrels. Quarts and Pints,
to suit all tastes and purses:
Budweiser. Pale Lager.
Premium Pale.
Now For Sale By
H. HACKFELD & CO., Ltd
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
For Christmas
Presents
AT
Hawaiian News Co.,
Toys, Gift Books, Books in Sets,
Music Folios, Games,
Dolls, Gold Pens,
Standard Books, Calendars,
Late Popular Diaries,
Novels, Pocket Books.
A FINE LINE OF
Standard Cloth Bound Book
AT 25 CENTS EACH.
All English and American Xmas Periodicals now on Sale.
.jfgqij
WHITMAN & CO.,;Ah..-.
OHIA WOOD FOR SALE
In any quantity. Apply to
W. C. ACHI & CO.,
10 West King Street.
July 20, 1900.
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"SALE
Ex. ELIHtT THOMSON
Seattle
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. . . FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS