Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 Sa a ee eee eee ee ee ee ene ae ae Bon Marche, 314-316 Seventh St. January Reductions In December on Coats & Capes. Not going to wait until January;as most stores do,to reduce our stock of Women’s Coats and Capes. Believe you prefer to buy them now. We have'don a big coat and cape business this fall, so are willing make concessions now to move the balance of t! stock. You will be surprised at the stylish heavy. **Box” Reefers we are selling at $s, $6, $7.50, $8.50% and $10. The three leading styles this season are thet Franklin, the English ‘Box’? and the ‘Peary’? Reef=4 ‘ers. The latest fabrics arethe Extra Rough-Cheviots,? Rough Crepons and *‘Catipillar’’ Cloths. The ‘*Frank = lin’? buttons close around the neck... Other Those Sedretontesterteontontontertententrntontenrton Soetprdetnteteind Sentontresectentonsrateetontontnesostostontontentoe’ finished with “storm” collars. Three styles of those extra Rough Box Reefer Coats that are fully worth 512.50 are being sold for $9.98. Cloth & Velvet Capes. Just in—an exquisite line of Velour Capes, richly jetted and marked $19.98, $22.48 and $24.08. y Any quantity of rough cloth capes, winter weight and full ripple, from $3.98 up. Ten per cent off Children’s and Misses’ COATS & CLOAKS. For one day only—tomorrow—we will allow a speciai discount of 10 per cent on each and every Child’s and Misses’ Reefer Coat and $ Cloak in-stock. Prices were already lower than those prevailing else- ilk Waist Sale. + 3 + = We have divided nearly our entire stock of magnificent Silk 3 Waists into 2 lots. These embrace the most stylish waists intro- ~ duced this season, in both evening and_ street colors, in stripes, = changeables, etc. Priced as follows: + Seesessonhonioeseete to shontonteetectortontontoet mie Seed Sefecfecdeos es a ee ee Waists that $5.48 and $6.00, patterns and colors. Choice, $3.79. were $4.48, $1.98, in nearly 50 different Silk Waista that were $6.50, $6. $7.00, $7.48 and $8.00, in the most stylish color effects yet introduced. * Choice, $5.48. % et ot you Athletic Women—All-wool Sweaters in navy and white and red and white combinations, $2.50 grade, tomorrow. $1.96 % ° Tw (Glove Specials. Christmas trade in Gloves already. If crowded now, what will we be during Xmas week? Why not anticipate your wants and se- lect your Gloves now? Save worry—and save money, if‘ you’ will buy tomorrow. & = srorberSertoSontonsectentonondonseesentoentontenteeSenfoncon seston ontonten ¢$1.25 Gloves, 87c. | ‘Patent-thumb’ Gloves? 2 If your friend had her choice she would ¥ z select the Paient Thumb Gloves! Don't 3 4 zs disappoint her! We ure sole agents for 3 4 Fine English Walking Gloves, four large these Gl They have revolutionized 4 {pearl buttons, black and all glove making. 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From the San Franciseo Call. Prof. L. lL. Dyche of the Kansas Univer- “There is a good story on the Examiner,” ; sald J. Ross Jackson, the ex-newspaper ity, who recently returned from the far pan sity, wiein the Peary expedition, states |man, to some friends inthe Palace re- tert he has received an offer, and has | cently, “and although I'm out of the busi- : Se Ee ri an’! ea that eas scl te go again.in quest of | Pe85, I can’t overlook its merit on that ac- Lachey count. It appears that a druggist named the nerth pole. Prof. Dyche does not state who has offered to assist him, but it is supposed that the American museum, un- auspices he joined the expedi- omething to do with it. “This Putnam was killed in Willows recently by a man named Sehorn. The telegraphed re- Fort came to the Call and also to the Chronicle. The next morning, when Man- aging Editor Hamilton of the Examiner der whos tion, hi oun KC asserts that nearly every | Was looking over the record of the day, he young Kansan fame has failed solely | discovered that his paper had been ‘scoop- previous expedition < ed’ on that particular item. He thereupon through lack of a proper food supply. He hopes to have supplies in unlimited quan- He says he does not fear the cold. “Give me plenty to eat,” he says, “and I think I can get to the north pole as easily as I got within S00 miles of it. My idea is to creep around the western coast of Green- land and never try to cross the ice moun- sent for Mr. Corey, the coast editor of the paper. ‘Mr. Core: he said, with a dignified ce, ‘have we a correspondent leok on his fa in Willows?” "Yes." “Did he send a report of that murder?’ tains of Greenland, where it is next to im-| ‘* ‘Fire him.” possible to carry provisions. As I worked i ‘How? By mall?” ks = north, | would leave provision storehouses No. By telegraph. We can’t dispose of so thick that any man who entered that|@ man like that too quickly. A corres- coun within ten y wouid be sure to | Pondent who doesn't know that a murder find plenty to eat. d would thus work | has been committed in his town fsn’t fit for ound the coast until the point was | the position. Bounce him.’ shed for the last grand dash to the Mr. Corey went to his record book of correspondents and presently returned to the managing editor. “‘Mr. Hamilton, there are certain cir- cumstances in this man’s favor that—’ “There are no circumstances that would pole by sledge or boat.” m this point it fs his desire to leave all whites behind and to rely upon Esqui- maux. When Greely stood upon the sum- mit of the great Greenland ice mountain, he caw a chain of islands away off in the | stify such an exhibition of incompetency. direction of the pole. Following his plan, ee ee eae = Prof. Dyche believes he can reach those ‘But, Mr. Hamilton, this case has no islands and the pole. Prof. Dyche is al- | Parallel. That man has a good excuse for overlooking the importance of the story.’ ““Well, what was his excuse?’ inquired the editor, becoming nervous. ““‘Well,” answered Corey, scratching his chin a moment, ‘he was the man who got ready arranging his affairs to begin prepar- ations for the trip. ee Accounted For. From Lomlon Moonshine. killed.” aptain of volunteers, who is a brewer, | “Mr. Hamilton lapsed into silence.” ed the attached note as an excuse nae ieee oa oem See from a sergeant for absenting himself The Plural. apoitinee From Pick Me Up. “June —Captain —, please ex-}| Tae Count—“Ah, mees, you climb zee © m. ttendanc-, as your ale has | Mattehorn? Zat was a foot to be proud made w stout I cannot get my clothes | of.” ton She—“Pardon me, count, but you mean “Yours, respectfully, Sergeant —.” feat.” — = The C t—“O-o-h! You climb it more Salvation Oll cures Rheumatism, 25e. zan once THE ISLAND CITY The Retrospect Marks the Progress Now Attained. HAWAIPS LANGUAGE IS ANGLICIZED oo How the Chiefs and Kings Re- formed Their Goverment. GENEROUS GIVERS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, November 20, 1895. This island city has long since fairly earned for itself a name for an exceptional degree of generosity in contributing for benevolent and public objects. Two fresh instances occur. The Y. M. C. A. have had a $20,000 building for many years. This year they have about doubled its space, in- cluding a commodious gymnasium, bath rooms, ete., at a cost of about $15,000. There was a $6,000 debt on it last week, but half the amount was raised three days ago, and the rest is certain soon to follow. Our con- tributing population is small, but includes a number of persons of considerable wealth and far more than average liberality. The second case is that of dur famous old “stone church,” which has just been reno- vated at a cost of over $12,000.. It is a church for natives. The funds were chiefly contributed by benevolent whites. Every cent was paid up and a balance over before the edifice was reopened. Two-thirds of the money was in sums ranging from $1,000 to $20. There was on the 17th a special service of rededication, attended by large numbers of natives and many whites. The preacher of the day was Rev. Stephen Desha of Hilo, a man possessing an unusual degree both of piety and eloquence. He is pastor of a native church, and accustomed to some- thing of the customary poverty and sim- Plicity of native life, although three-fourths white. His mental ability he inherits from a distinguished grandfather, Governor Desha of Kentucky. Governor Desha had a wild though talented son, who was tried for the crime of murder and sentenced to death at the time when the father was gov- ernor of the state. The governor issued a pardon for his criminal boy, at the same moment resigning his high office. The son came to Honolulu, where we all knew him under the name of Langhorne, the purveyor for many years of the Queen's Hospital. He married a half white, by whom he had two sons. At his death his real name be- came disclosed. The second son is a cap- able young business man. Stephen also has fine business ability, but chose a conse- crated life of pastoral labor for the native people. Perhaps a year ago your brilliant. Wash- ington pastor, Dr. Talmage, passed throug here on his way to Sydney, and favored with a display of his pulpit eloqu There being at that time gatherin leading natives, his talk was inte and Mr. Desha was selected to give it in Hawaiian, which he did in splendid le. When his knowledye of English failed to follow all our visitor's grand coruscations, he made it up in good shape from his own native eloquence, so that the audience was fain to applaud, if it was in a- church. Stephen gave us a noble sermon in Ha- waiian th other morning, telling how “the latter glory of th: than the forme’ Another preacher, @ pure native, made a prayer of rare impres- siveness. + Two white men made brief addresses, both of whom had seen laid the massive corner stone of the old church in 1s e was a man of sixty-four, son and name- sake of the former missionary pastor, Hiram Bingham, who founded the great stone edifice, and himself distinguished oneer missionary in the Gilbert Islands AW miles southwest of us,where he labored twenty years until privations ruined bis health. The 4,000 very wild and wretched savages of that group are now somewhat tamed and peaceable. The other speaker w a missiongry named Batley, aged e'ghty-two who is the last male survivor of the old mission before 1540. He came here in 1837, seventeen years after Hingham and Thurs- ton, but is still quite vigorous. Besides Mr. Bailey, two aged men of the old mission still survive, and three women, one of whom went from here to cannibal Nuku- Riva in 188 Another one still lingering in great feebleness is the venerable Mother Cooke, who taught the Royal School of young chiefs from 1837 to 1847. Five of her pupils afterward came successively to the throne of Hawaii. ‘The Old Grass Church. : These older people well remembered the old grass-thatcked church in the same in- | closure where stands the stone church of Kawaiahao. It was 120 feet by 50, built wholly in native style, save a few glass windows. On mats squatted the great throng of half naked Kanakas. Near the high, old-fashioned pulpit sat in state a group of high chiefs, with their attendants holding fans, fly brushes and _ spittoons. Near them sat also a group of mission- aries. Dr. and Mrs. Judd, then young peo- ple, led the singing of the rude voices of a native choir, setting the pitch with a tun- ing fork. No “ungodly kist of whistles” had then reached Honolulu, not even a harmonium. The tall missionary Bingham, then in his prime, held forth to his ‘half- Christianized audience at great length and power, while the people coughed and hawked and spat, or went to sleep. But Bingham was a great power with the chiefs and people, as well as among his brother missionaries. I may here say that these reminiscences are from a reliable source. In 1887-8 there was a tremendous reli- gious revival, and the two huge native churches here became overwhelmingly crowded. Besides the old grass church was getting dilapidated, and evidencing a disreputable condition of holeyness where the thatch was off, while the side posts in- scoted in the ground were beginning to de- cay. Except in very dry sections, native houses seldom lasted ten years. Moreover, both chiefs and people were worthily am- bitious to have a grand church edifice be- fitting the capital. In fact, some of the country districts had already erected stone and adobe churches, which put Honolulu to shame. Mr, Bingham presented plans for a stone church 144 feet by 78. The king subscribed $3,000, other chiefs $1,500 more, and the people raised it to $6,000, By the middle of 1839 a basement of twelve feet high and three feet thick had been carried up from the coral substratum of the city. In another year the massive walls were completed, and in 1842 the building was dedicated, having cost some $20,000. The walis were built of heavy blocks of corak orig cut with axes, while soft on the reef. This immense structure, though some- what barn like in architecture, after the ancient New England pattern, remains a grand and noble mcnument of the old days of royal power and missionary activity. Whatever dec: may befall it, the solid walls might well defy the ages. The in- terior had undergone occasional alterations and iinprcvements. After fifty-two years of service, last year an electrician entered the roof to wire the ceiling for lights. He soon retreated in dismay, finding every stringer and rafter absolutely riddled by white ants. When that roof was taken down all wondered that it had not long be- fore tumbled in on the heads of the congr gation. Every great timber of Maine pine, brought around Cape Horn in 1840, had been as thoroughly honeycombed by the little vermin as were ever old ship timbers in the sea by tercda. Nearly every parti building was remov of woodwork in the save doors and win- dows. It is now thoroughly and solidly re- newed. The interior is refitted.with much modern improvement of varnished ceiling and paneling, in which the very cheap Se- attle fir and Eureka redwood show beauti- fully. Few woods make handsomer panels than dark, wavy redwood from the butts. The old organ shows well in its new re- cess. The electroliers glitter gayly over the aisles. The platform was a lovely mass of flowers, ferns and graceful palms. The natives will be proud of their quasi-new and beautiful church, made so mainly by the beneficence of their white friends. The latter have a great aloha for the old stone church, and hope it will stand as a me- morial of the worthy past for more than another generation. I have made use just above of a native | word, which means love in the sense of warm good will. It is in constant use as the form of salutation—a salaam. It is to be noted that no form of jargon lingo has grown up in Hawaii as a medium of inter- course between the diverse races, like house shall be greater | “pidgin English” in ‘C) on ‘he northwest “For one thing, Hawalians were always very slow fn ac- quiring any foreign;,words. Their tongues refuse to Pronouned? our harsh and hard consonants. It was’ afways much easier for the white or theChinaman to learn the native; and the native tongue itself forms the common théitium of intercourse between different ricés. Whether with a French priest, a Chi: trader or a Japan- ese, I can always get‘on comfortably by .talking the familiar, Hawatian. A Mixed: Langange. Although we have So Chinook lingo, most foreigners used to ‘miirder the Hawaiian in their common use, nipst atrociously, and the yielding and imitative native would copy the foreigner, se‘that in the seaports even a missionary Would find the people talking to Ifim in very ‘¢rooked shape. Some of the grammatical ttlunders mad2 by. eigners became widé$ptcat¢ amortgz native and quite fixed in general use. In fact, thi language, like all other toagues of uncul- tivated peoples, is in constant flux. Just as the English tongue of the thirteenth cen- tury is now puzzling to us, so the language of old Hawaiian meles or odes, iating cen- turies back, is nearly unintelligible to the uninitiated. Sixty years ago the mission- affes hud nearly completed: a trarsiation of the Bible. They made this with great care and exactness. Every translnter em- ployed as a “pundib” some high chief of exceptional intelligence to give him pre- cisely accurate forms of expression. Thus the printed Bible embodies purely Choice Hawaiian of the thirties, sixty years ago. To some extent this set and crystallized the language. Notwithstanding this, many changes are apparent in reading a common Hawaiian newspaper: of today, in which words and idioms are changed quite as much as our English of today is from King James’ version. There are a few native words which have a tendency to become adoptel into English. At least two such have become naturalized in our dictionaries. Tattoo is the Poly- nesian tatau, to inscribe or write. ‘Taboo is the Polynesian tabu. prohibib, used es- pecially for the numerous and severe pro- hibitions in their religion. Certain words are now constantly used by white residents in ordinary conversition. Perhaps the most common is pai (pow), meaning done, finished. Another convenient word is, pili- kia, which applies to any kind of difficulty, strait, obstacle or perplexity, large or small. Such a term of indefinite latitude is highly convenient in this world of trouble. Maikai (mye-kye) gcod, everybody knows. Makemake (mukky-mukky) is equally fa- miliar, meaning to wish. But the old days of native speech are begining to pass away. Half the natives now have a smattering of English, and most of the more youthful can speak it in- telligibly, and can make out the meaning of an ‘English newspaper. Of the hun- dreds of country day schools only two are now taught in Hawaiian, and those will speedily disappear. English will become the common speech of the native people in another generation. We have been bitter- ly accused of stealing their government be- cause we gave them a better one than their rotten monarchy; their country, because we seek to introduce Hawaii as a partner in the glorious American Union. They might with more truth charge us with robbing them of their language, which we are really and rapidly doing, although with their own most eager consent and assist- ance. ‘fo recur to the subject of the old stone church. That edifice was formerly the scene of many great ceremonials. Having been erected largely by royal contributions and by labor called out by the chiefs it was revarded as in some sense a royal plece of worship. It was, moreover, in the Vicinity of the palace. Hence its spacious audience room was’ often used on great state occasions. Sever4! royal funeral were conducted there, where the remains of the great chiefs lay inUsthte, watched by at- who medsutedly and solemnly waved over the great kahilis (fly brush rising and falling in turn. These ina_or ‘Chinook’ funerals were condftttd with much pom: and tong processions The ‘high falques yould be surrounded hy monste kahilis, berne ‘aloft, ihsignia of royalty. The last one was that. of Kalakaua, foaf years ago. : Tomb of & King. In the great churgh yard is an inclosure strrounding a handsome mausoleum, where repose the remains ‘f King Lunalilo, the last of the old royal,Jiné. King Kalakaua had caused to be remeyed to the royal mau- seleum in Nunaru valley the remains of his father and mother, ‘who were chiefs of low. er than royal rank, Hence Lemalilo’s sui viving father (he haddnherited through the mother) would not Jeaye his son's remains with them, and Caused them to pe removed to Kawalahao churchyard. I was present cn the occasion. There was a pompous pro- cession, but the king would not permit the usual minute guns during the long march of two miles. He said. Lunalilo had already had the due honor at his first funeral. It is the native superstition that stormy weather always attends the funerals of royalty. Strangely enough an extremely violent thunderstorm, a most rare occurrence, sud- denly broke out over the city and flooded the streets. It held up raining in time for the procession at 2 p.m. Very curiously |, during. tae whole hour of marching, there was a quite regular succession of low thun- derings, which the natives regarded as tak- ing the place of minute guns. But the strangest circumstance of all was that at the Instant when the catafalque arrived be- tween the gateposts of the church yard, there burst from a clear sky overhead a blaze of lightning, and one of the most ter- rific crashes of thunder that I ever heard. That was the last sound of the storm. The incident was so strange that I almost hesi- tate to write it down. It was witnessed, however, by the entire population of Hono- lulu. The facts stated will be verifi any one residing here in November, 1875. had been pa ularly noted that when Ka- lakaua’s parents were removed thé weath- er had remained pleasant. Kalakaua’s own funeral In 1891 was attended with bright weather. I also witnessed in 1864 a very striking ceremonial in the stone church. it was the opening by King Lot Kamehameha V of the constitutional assembly called by him to make a new constitution for ne dom. A number of the old royal chiefs were then still living. The chureh had become well filled. After we had waited for some time, observing the large empty stage which had been prepared, there came slowly pacing in at short intervals, two and two, the ponderous old chiefs. Their grand state liness was most impressive as they marche up—men and women—and seated the elve on the stage. Perhaps the stateliest couple was the dowager queen Kalama, and the Princess Ruth Keelikalani, who ‘paced up the aisle together. Last came the king, and after he was seated an irsignificant Angli- can bishop tripped hastily up the steps and mumbled a prayer, in ludicrous contrast to the dignity of the men and women who preceded him. Log’s constitutional assembly proved a failure, The people had taken alarm at the proposed change and fancied their rights and liberties were to be infringed. Lot and his minister, Harris, had a new constitution ready, which they endeavored to get adopted article by article. The king presided in person. After a few days’ in- effectual labor, the delegates proving recal- citrant, the king abruptly dissolved the convention, and a couple of days later pro- mulgated on his own authority a constitu- tion under which we lived until 1887, when the whites refusedrany longer to tolerate the abuses which hatbgrown up and exacted from Kalakau a constitution by which he was shorn of a large part of his arbitrary power. its Those sessions of :the convention were held In a hall ir thethen government build- ing, which was sacked by a mob ten years later, when the legisiators elected IKala- kaua to the vacantiithrone. Since then ‘were built the whilom government building, now the “judiciary™bullding,” and the new palace, now “executive puilding.” These are commodious edifices, each in its own spacious grounds. They form a triangle with the old stone church, also in its own roomy yard. ‘ An interesting feature of the church yard is at the rear: or east end of the church, where is a small inclosure contain- ing a large number-of graves of old Amer- ican missionaries and: some of their chil- dren. The earliest interments were in 1822 and two infant sons of the pioneer Bingham, who himself died twenty-five years ago in New Haven. Here lie the bodies of the well-known missionarie: Armstrong, Chamberlain, Bishop, Andrew Cooke and others. Many others of the same society lie in the large cemetery in Nunanu valley. The earliest death of a member of the mission was that of a Bos- ton woman, a missionary’s wife, in 1828, whose bones lie among the rugged lava rocks of Kailua but a few rods from the ruined walls of a house where died the old conqueror, Kamehameha. Seaward of that house, within living memory, stood a plat- form of rocks, where stood a row of gigan- tic modern idols, caricatures of the human form, with gaping shark mouths. These were favored survivors of the idols de- stroyed by Kaahumanu in 1819, before Christianity was introduced. Some similar idols may now be seen in_the Pauahi Bishop Museum, KAMEHAMEHA. QUICKLIME TO DYNAMITE. Changes in Methods of Mining Noted by an Expert. From the Helena (Mont.) Independent. Few mining men in Montana are better known than is William Hall of Butte, who was for a long time the superintendent of the Alice mine, but is now operating in British Columbia. Mr. Hall is an English- man and a practical miner. “There is no profession in the world that has made the rapid progress in the last half century that mining has,” he said the other day, being at that time on his way home from an expedition to British Co- lumbia, and referring to an observation that came naturally in a discusion of min- ing matters in a general way. “I can re- member the time when there was no such thing as a steel drill or a steel-faced ham- mer. Safety fuse wasn’t known when I was a younster, and, as for the rest of the improvements, why, no one would have be- lieved you if you had predicted the half of them. “When the steel drills came out we looked upon them with a reverence that amounted to awe. The iron drills that had been used up to that time were dull things, and the hammers were of the same metal, so that when the miner struck the drill with the hammer it gave out a dull, heavy sound like the falling of lead on lead. The steel rang out as clear as a bell, and it was real music to our ears. There was a time when we made it a rule to carry out a piece of cloth to lay the drills on when they were not in use, but that feeling grad- ually wore off, and in time we came to throwing them around just like any other tool. But it was not all at once. “Then came the safety fuse. It was a wonderful stride, we thought, and we were not prepared to believe that science would ever go a step further. We carried bits of rags in our pockets to wrap around it when we put it into the hole. But in the course of time we learned that it, too, was made to be useful, and that it would stand as much tamping as a squib. “What is a squib? In the olden times we ran a long needle made of Norway iron down the hole when we tamped in the charge. Then the needle was drawn out and in the hole was inserted a squib. It was made by splitting a straw and charg- ing it with powder, with a bit of a greasy Tag on the end. The straw was greased well, and the tallow was worked into the powder, so that it was one of the most in- flammable things you could imagine. The miner would light the end and run. When the fire came to the squib there was a flash and the explosion came. “It may surprise you to learn that I have blasted many a hole with quicklime. It is done by putting in first a bit of the lime and then a squirt of water, then ancther bit of lime and another squirt of water. The whole was tamped down solidly as quickly as it could be done, and in time, as the lime slaked, the rock was rent asun- der. It was slow work, as work goes now, but it was considered pretty good in those d ‘In my boyhood days the miners of the old country used to think they were doing well if they sunk seventy-five feet of de- velopment shaft in a year. Now they do more than that in this country in a month. I have myself sunk a three-compartment shaft one hundred feet deep in twenty- seven days. ‘There was no such mining in England half a century ago. And the im- provements in mining and mining ma- chinery are kept up with the movement of the world. I have only spoken of a few of those that seem to show the strongest con- trasts.” A NAVAL WONDER. A Russian Wor Vessel the F From London Fn: Very few vessels that have yet been built have excited more interest than the Sokol, the latest addition to the Russian fleet. The guaranteed speed of twenty- nine knots was alone sufficient to account for this, it having been two knots in ex- vess of anything promised at the time the contract for the vessel was madé. ‘It may be said at once that the interest shown by engineers and naval architects in the pro- gress of the vessel has been more than justified The vessel is 190 feet long by 18 feet 6 inches beam. She Is, of course, a twin- screw vessel, and has three-stage com- pound engines of the type ordinarily fitted by Messrs. Yarrow in vessels of this class; having cylinders 18 inches, 26 inches and 89% inches in diameter by 18 inches stroke. The boilers are eight in number. They are of the well-known Yarrow type, and it may be stated that boiler arrangements are similar to those of the Hornet, the vessel built by this firm for the English government, but which was about two and one-fourth knots slower than the Rus- sian vessel. It will be remembered that at the preliminary trial the maximum mean speed of 30 1-4 knots was obtained as a second mean of three runs, with and against the tide. Since then the official three hours’ run had been made in the presence of Prince Oukhtomsky, naval at- tache to the Russian government, and chief of the Russian commission; Capt. Behr, who will command the vessel; Mr. Poretchkin, engineer-in-chief to the ‘com: mission, and other naval representatives. The mean speed on the six runs was knots. As the mean revolutions per minute of the six-mile run was 405.15, the true mean speed of the vessel for the three hours was 29.762 knots. The coal burned during the three hours was ten tons seven hundredweight, with an average air pres- sure of 1 3-8 inches. It will be seen, therefore, that the palm for the swiftest’ vessel in’ the world has once more reverted to the Poplar yard, and the British navy once more loses the supremacy in speed which it has held for some time past. The remarkable success of the Sokol has not been due to a mere exercise of what may aptly, if not correctly, be termed the brute force of horse power. The maximum power exerted did not reach 4,000, Ex- actly what it was we are not aware, but, a line through the spots obtained y progressive runs on the preliminary trial, it could not have exceeded the figure named, In the case of the Sdkol, aithough she had been steaming about thirty knots for three hours, the paint on the four chimneys was as fresh as when put on. That Holds Im for Speed. incering. Himself Again. From the Reims Theatre. “What, you, an inveterate smoker, act- uelly refuse a cigarette?” Voicikitepate—“The fact is, my doctor has forbidden me to smoke."’ A month later D. meets his friend V. with an erormcus cigar in his mouth. D.—‘‘I say! Didn’t you tell me your doc- tor had cidered you to give up smoking V.—“Certainly, but you must know—he died last week.” A PREVALENT DISEASE. Not Necessarily Dangerous, but May Become So, American men and women suffer from a very gea- era discase—dyspepsia. Dyspepsia many ple are generally dy wptoms. ‘Thin, pale peo- eptic. Hollow cheeks, bad breath, acid eructations, palpitation of the heart, hot and cold flushes, headaches, nausea and yomit- ing, all these are symptoms of dyspepsia. What does dyspepsia mean? In two words, im- perfect digestion. How can we remedy ‘t? Not alone by rescrt to drugs. We must rest the stom- ach, For this purpose we must put into it a food which is already digested, and which will aid the digestion of ofher foods. We must take Shaker Digestive Cordial, for this is just such a prepara- tion. It contains food which will be absorbed at once. It also contains principles which will assist the digestion of other foods, while last, but not least, it contains a combination of those drugs in the cult.vation of which the Shakers have been so successful, and which act by stimulating the liver and bowels. Imperfect digestion is often caused by overwork of the digestive spparatus, too much food, food exten too quickly, nervous worry, ete. ‘The Shaker Digestive Cordial is the most suc- cessful remedy for indigestion that has ever been made. A single 10-cent bottle will afford relief in mest cases, although this small quantity cannot be expected to effect a perfect cure. If you find ft suitable in your cwn case, con- tinue ite use. All druggists keep it, and can supply you with an Interesting descriptive pamphlet. If you wish to learn the state of the weather, you must consult a barometer. If you wish to know the state of your health, your body is a natural barometer. - a If you seem to lack energy, and feel tired, there if something the matter with your circulation. If you are bilious, constipated, dyspeptic, nervous,..you need some- thing to tone up your digestive or- gans. If you feel a sudden cold or chill, bear in mind it may lead to pneu- monia. 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