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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04
a Victim of Misfortune.

VI assure you. madam this is the first
time | ever begged, ne said. as he stood AT
the bnck door and asked for victuals or
Clothes or Casb-as h preferred, as his wife
was laid NJ and thtre was money needed
for med al attendance
seen better days have YOU asked tn,
sympathetic Mrs. Harkins. who was hllinp
basket for him.
Yes, ma'am."
How did you say your wife got hurt''
she broke her leg, madam You have
no idea how fond was of her"
81 like to see husband fond of his wife"
Then behold one, madaml As long as
she possessed her health and strength,
madam, there was no need for me to beg
She went out washing butt
Here, Nerol" yelled Mrs IIarkins But
the dog was two seconds late The man
whose wifes misfortune had compelled
him to beg passed through the gate and
closed it behind him just rs the bulldog
spring landed the animal against that bar.
rier. brooklyn Life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04

The first press copy of newspaper in
Turkey has to be read by an agent of the
censor. This is done by visiting the news
paper Office at a fixed hour, with as much
promptitude as is convenient to the visiting
official. Should there be found a news item
or a comment in the paper that might prove
displeasing to the authorities, it is prompt
ly marked of" The forms have to be
taken out and the Objectionable matter re
moved. Quite lately an Armenian pub
Usher, seeing that two columns of reading
matter were KILLED" by the agent, left the
space blank, and so issued his paper. The
authorities would not have this, as they
thought such action on the part of the pub
Usher reflected too much upon their con
duct, and publishers are now required to
fill up marked OFF, space with other mat
ter, even if it necessitates making up the
whole paper over again. Printers Ink.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04

Every instructor at Chatauqua," re-
marked a woman whose seasons at that
summer university have been many, sis re
quired to fill out paper answering num-
Der of obviously necessary and unnecessary
questions. One year there was remark
ably handsome male member of the facul-
ty in whom, it is perhaps needless to say,
all the girl students were much interested.
Is he married or unmarried" became an
all absorbing question. Finally some of
them had the courage to approach the col
lege secretary and ask if the files might be
looked over. And there, provokingly
enough, the handsome professor, anticipat-
ing perhaps some such Investigation, had
recorded his matrimonial pretentions AS
follows: Married or single?. Yes. '"-New
York Times
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04

Among the curiosities of taste the Pa
risian passion for self exhibition at the
morgue must hold conspicuous place.
The principal keeper at the morgue is said
to have had many applications from per
sons eager to figure AS corpses on the slabs
of the deadhouse. They were deferred by
the official announcement that the Uempera-
ture of the bodies was kept some degrees
below zero. If this discomfort could have
been endured for II hours, and if the au-
thorities could have been persuaded to lend
themselves to such a fraud, what materials
for coup in journalism would have been
afforded to some enterprising geniusl-San
Francisco Argonaut
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04
A pretty old custom was setting rings

A pretty old custom was setting rings
with tiny jewels, which entirely encircled
the finger instead of only forming "A crown
One given by scion of an old family to
his betrothed is now worn by their grand
daughter, and is "A slight band of gold in
which is sunken full circlet of small but
perfect pearls.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04
SIX
BUILDING
LOTS
Are Offered
For Sale.


MAGAZINE AND
PROSPECT STREETS,
On the eastern slope of PunchbOwl
That this location is choice
and desirable one is evidenced
by the many attractive homes
which have been built there
during the past few years.
More would have been built, hut
available building sites have
been exhausted.
These six lots are sub-divis-
ions of tract which has been
opened up by making street
through from Magazine to Pros.
pect streets. The prices range
from $3.50 to $3.50 per lot.
A map showing size and
location of these lots can be
seen at my Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04
Size of European Families.

The Berlin Anthropological society has
recently completed some curious tabula-
tons on the average size of families in the
various countries of Europe, According to
tnsse statistics the average number of per
sous in families in the different European
countries is AS follows; France, BOB; Den
mark, 3.6l; Hungary, $40; Switzerland,
a94; Austria and Belgium, 4.05; England,
4.0S; Germany, 40; Sweden and Norway,
Az; Holland, 4.22; Scotland, I46; Italy,
4.54; Spain, 4.65; Russia, 4.S3, and Ireland,
5.20.-LSt. Louis Republic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04
Great Memories.

Great men are usually said to have great
memories, but it does not follow that all
who have great memories are great men,
An idiot in Ohio was "A great curiosity
many years ago He knew the whole Bible
by heart from beginning to end, and if any
verse was read or repeated to him he could
tell exactly in what book and chapter IL
was to be found, and its verse number in
the chapter. He was considered great
marvel in this particular, but in every
other he was mental imbecile, and could
not be trusted even to feed himsel.-Chicago
Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04

Fullacash (waking with start media
nocte and hearing step sounds in his bed
m)-Who's therey Speak, Who's therey
Hoarse Whisper From the Darkness
For heavens sake, hush! There's Il burglar
Just gone down stairs Pm policeman
and if you'll keep quiet and not strike a
light I'll nab him in two twos,
Fullacash obeys, and the whisperer, which
his name is Skies, ambles down stairs and
out of back door with his booty-Pick Me
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04

any sallow faced, bilious looking,
.sxinny woman will drink pint of sweet
milk with one-fourth the quantity of lime
water every day and sleep eight hours at
ight, she will be bright looking, if not
city. In 80 days.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04

IL was the vogue at one time IN Venice 10
gild the rolls of bread and the oysters on
the supper table. The candles were also
coated with gold.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
AviIe Lie !. In the Fiiiory.

Weeks before the royal wedding it
was openly whispered that the Duke Of
York, gallant sailor and a gentleman,
had made false step, had been forget
full of his princely and knightly duties
and obligations, and had, in fact, been
secretly married and involved himself in
a mesalliance, repugnant to his sense of
honor and illegal in the eyes of the well
known statute law. That law is simple.
None of our blood royal can legally con-
tract marriage without the consent of
the reigning sovereign. Morganatic
marriages have been recognized as such,
and such love inspired sanctity as at
taches to these unions when faithfully
adhered to. The world knows all about
them and sympathizes with them. But
what said the quidRuncs; the tattlers,
the irresponsible, the chattering spar
rows who build under the caves of pal
aces?
Blankly this, that George of Wales
was married; that the name of the place
and the name Of the lady, alleged TO be
the daughter of a naval officer of high
degree, were known, and both names
and places changed and fiuctuated as the
price of scandal shares rose or fell in the
gossip market. Like Ill winds, the ugly
rumor grew apace over the dinner table
and afternoon teapot. Men talked of it
more shame to them-women muir
INJURED it with giggles and innuendo; the
very outsiders" got hold of it, and all
the time the story was positively and alb
soluteIy untrue. Think you for an in
slant that the head Of our church would
have married our prince and princess
had he not first satisfied himself, as we
have reason to know he did, that the
silly story was wholly untrue, absolutely
baseless? The question carries its own
answer. We contradict it directly with
authority. London Gentlewoman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
The Danse du Ventre.

For my part l fail to see where the
present style of kicking, or the displays
of the leg dramas, or the very decollete
bodices and abbreviated skirts of the
ballet dancer have any advantages over
the sinuous movements of Egypt. ORR
entails, Japan for example, dance with
their hands. Western peoples dance
with their legs. Look at the rigid
bodies of P, t and the American clog
dancer. France and Italy have brought
all the body into action, whereby grace
is sometimes attained.
The midorient confines dancing to
abdominal gyration, marvellous as gym
nastics and absolutely impossible to
women who have ever worn corsets.
Such development and control Of alb
dominal muscles as are exhibited by the
dancing girls in Chicago-Cairo would,
if possessed by American women, be the
salvation of the race. Invalidism would
be impossible, and children would be
born healthy. Other than as gymnas-
tics the danse du ventre has no interest
whatever. 1t has neither grace nor
Deauly, Une udHcerS are noU dJtTdCtlNS,
and their persisting in wearing French
heels denotes incapacity on their part to
appreciate the eternal fitness Of things.
Vulgar men and women who have set
up a howl against this performance
would do well to look around the
American ballroom and dinner table
and discover like food for prurient
fancy. am quite sick of Comstockian
morality -Kate Field.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
BLAcKMAlL IN RESTAURANTS.
How the System of Tipping Has Degener-
ated In Many Eating Houses.

How the System of Tipping Has Degener-
ated In Many Eating Houses.
Complaints Of the tipping system, OF
rather want of system, are growing more
and more common. 1t is the opinion Of
those who are In the habit Of getting
their meals here and there and patroniz.
ing the cafes about town that insolence
among walters has visibly increased.
Everybody who knows anything about
New York knows what that means-an
exceedingly disagreeable state of affairs.
1.-THE evil is worse In proportion to the
responsibility of the place" says a man
about town. "In other words, the more
expensive the meal the more liberal the
tip, and the more insulting the walters
If it does not come up to their ideas Of
what the amount of the tip should be-"
have been making some personal In.
vestigatsons In this line myself and un.
hesitatingly indorse the above opinion.
have found that in every instance the
waiter expected tip whether he had
served well or not. and that this expecta,
ton is made SO BADLY apparent that the
attention Of everybody In the vicinity Ii
called to the fact to bear unwilling wit
ness as to the extent Of your hberality
Also that too small tip will subject
you to more pronounced insult that none
at all; that any effort to correct abuse
Of this character by reporting the serv.
ant is more likely to multiply your bad
treatment than to reduce It,
If the executive clerk or proprietor
does not recognize In You valuable Gus.
toner of the place, the chances are two
to one you will be received with more
contempt than You got at the hands OF
the waiter. No one man In 500 thus Of
Tended ever complains-he simply doesn't
go back. Most city men and travellers
are not easily offended by walters. Fa-
miliar with the ways of the waiter, they
either pay up or ignore the intended Of
Tense. 1t is the sensitive man who Is the
more readily blackmailed, or who, re-
sisting the levy, feels more keenly the
insolence OF the mental.
In my experiments, conducted at six
different respectable restaurants, found
that the poorest walters, the men who
gave the poorest service. were the most
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10

An excellent steward of this worlds
goods is Augustus Hemenway, retired
farmer of Canton, Mass He invited all
the public school teachers of that town,
26 in number, to take a 10 days trip to
the Worlds fair at his expense.
This is practical philanthropy of a
kind that warns the heart and increases
confidence in the goodness Of human
nature. It is an easy matter to advise
every one to visit the exposition, but
there are thousands of people anxious to
follow the advice who are confronted
with the perplexing and discouraging
problem Of ways and means. Underpaid
schoolteachers, struggling clergymen,
men and women to whom the expendi-
ture of $100 for an outing means serious
sacrifices for the remainder Of the year,
may be found in all parts of the eoun-
try, longing to go to Chicago, but re-
strained by financial considerations.
They are not suffering or destitute; they
simply can not afford to indulge in the
luxury of trip TO the fair. To this
class, intelligent and appreciative,
friend like Mr.. Hemenway is friend
ndeed.-Rochester Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10

Apropos of Marion Crawford's remark
about our mustached buffers, that they
amused him after the shorn ones of Eng
land, why won't somebody say that our
butlers-our American butlers-wear
mustaches, and we, when abroad, find
it amusing to see the English buffers
smooth shaven, and wonder why their
masters do not insist that their mouths
be covered. Will the time ever come
when we will dare to be Americans?
There are great lessons to be learned
from the older nations of the world,
great models to be studied and wisdom
to be got from the experience which is
the accretion of centuries, concerning
which the taste Of one cultivated COM
munity is as good as that of any other.
New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
Crops Saved by Frost Torches.

As fine display of fireworks as could
be desired might have been witnessed
after midnight the other morning in the
mountainous farm lands covering the
northern portion of Saratoga county, N.
Y. Frost comes early thereabouts, and
three years out of five damages or de-
stroys the corn and buckwheat.
A Swedish farmer on Hadley hill sug-
gested the use Of frost torches" in time
of danger, and explained that Scandi-
navian agriculturists made them ofpetro-
leum soaked peat. Peat is not handy
in the locality of Hadley hill, but pine
is plentiful, so in odd times during the
summer a number Of farmers cut stakes
3 inches in diameter and feet long
and provided themselves with kerosene.
At 8 o'clock the other evening the
thermometer fell to 80 degrees, and the
experimenters put their stakes to soak.
AT midnight they set them up, so to the
acre, in the buckwheat fields, and by l
a. M. had them blazing and smoking.
Every man who tried the plan saved his
crop. On other farms, where nothing
was done, the probable yield is reduced
at least two-thirds. The frost torches
cost in all half cent each.-New York
Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
For Strangers Only.

II stopped at small town in West
Virginia not long ago." remarked the
drummer, land as l stood on the plat
form at the station looking for somebody
to tell me something about the place a
native passed along"
''Is there hotel in this town. in
quired.
THAR amt" he replied quite to the
point.
isn't there any place for strangers to
stop at?'
well, yes" he said hesitatingly,
''thar's boardin house whar nobody but
strangers stops. Anybody that knowed
anything about it wouldn't stop thar"
The drummer sighed.
II tried it." he said in conclusion,
''and the native was right. Detroit
Free Press,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
A Woman Who Got Along.

The ability of woman to get on alone
in the world is sometimes questioned by
her big brothers. But there are plenty
of instances where women have been
left in circumstances which would try
the powers of the stoutest hearted man
to the utmost and have come out tri-
umphant. One of these was mentioned
to a reporter the other day in connection
with a rough side hill farm in a remote
part of an inland town. "There," said
our informant, pointing to the place,
Lived Aunt Abby S. when her hus-
band died. She then had three small
children, and another was born soon
after. The farm was in poor condition
and had about all the mortgage it could
bear. Her husbands old father, feeble
and fussy, was left on her hands.
"Did she send the old man to the poor
farm, think you? Not bit of it. She
kept him a year or two, and he was 50
fussy she couldn't live with him. Then
she hired neighbor to take him, and she
paid his board 10 years, when he died.
She raised her children and brought
the farm into good condition. She paid
the mortgage, and when she died she
left a good property free and clear of all
debts. The boys hadn't the old lady's
spunk, for there's a mortgage up there
now, and nothing in the world but lazi-
ness did it. They had everything left
ready to their hands and amt had no
drawbacks, 'cept losin their mother, but
somehow the weeds have got the start of
'em, and l guess they'll keep it."-Lew-
iston Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
A Dardistan Legend of a Bear.

Two women, mother and her little
daughter, were one night watching their
field of Indian corn-''m akai" against
the inroads of the bears. The mother
had to go to her house to prepare the
food and ordered her daughter to light
fire outside. While she was doing this
a bear came and took her away. He car
ried her to his den and daily brought her
to eat and drink. He rolled big stone
in front of the den whenever he went
away on his tours, which the girl was
not strong enough to move.
When she became old enough to do
this, he used daily to lick her feet, by
which they became swollen and gradu-
ally dwindled down to mere 1nisshapen
stumps. The girl eventually died, and
the poor bear, after vain efforts to re-
store her to life, roamed disconsolately
about the fields-Dr. Leitner in Asiatic
Quarterly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10

Professor Blackie was lecturing to q
new class, with whose personnel he was
imperfectly acquainted. A student rose
to read a paragraph, his book in his left
hand. "Sir," Numbered Blaclie, 'hold
your book in your right handl"-and as
the student would have spoken" No
words, sirl Your right hand, l sayl"
The student held up his right arm, end
ing piteously at the wrist. "Sir, haze
nae right hand" he said. Before Blackie
could open his lips there arose a storm
of Kisses, and by it his voice was over
borne. Then the professor left his place
and went down to the student he had
unwittingly hurt and put his arm around
the lads shoulders and drew him close,
and the lad leaned against his breast.
MY boy" said Blackie-he spoke very
softly, yet not so softly but that every
word was audible in the hush that had
fallen on the classroom boy, you'll
forgive me that l was overrough2 l did
not know did not known He turned
to the students, and with look and tone
that came straight from his heart he
said, "And let me say to you all, am
rejoiced to be shown am teaching a
class of gentlemen" Scottish lads can
cheer as well as hiss, and that Blackie
learned.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10

According to Mohammedan belief. the
first copy of the Koran, or Alkoran,
their sacred book, was brought down
from the highest to the lowest heaven
by Gabriel on the mysterious night of
AL Khade in the month of Ramadan.
This wonderful book, written in heaven
and bound in satin, jewels and gold, was
communicated to Mohammed at differ
ent times during period of % years.
This was done, according to Moham-
medan belief, either by Gabriel in hu-
man shape or by God himself. When
Gabriel acted as translator and conlmu-
nicator, he did so with great sound Of
music and bells" God appeared either
''veiled or unveiled during Mohammed's
waking hours or during dreams at
night. st. Louis Republic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10

1t is to be remembered that, notwith-
ing all we hear of the vast superiority
of machine over handwork, this ma
chinery must itself possess as great, if
not greater, accuracy and refinement
than the product manufactured by it.
No machine can in this respect be SUI
perior to its maker. 1t can only produce
sufficiently accurate and good work at
a lower cost than if made by him. The
first sewing machine of kind, built by
skilled machinists or toolmakers, is at
least as good and as accurately made as
any subsequently manufactured by ma
chinery, and the same men can dupli-
cate it more exactly than. can any ma
chinery, but machines built thus would
cost far more than people could afford to
pay for them, and that is all there is to
the talk of the substitution of the ''cer-
tainty and accuracy ofmachinery for the
uncertainty and inaccuracy of hand
work. -Scribner's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
ESTABLISHED 1879

splendid records on the Ohio. She was
21O feet long and 81 feet beam. Another
fast steamer was the Allegheny. She was
not so large as the Pennsylvania. but
was almost as speedy. Some of these old
Cincinnati Packet line boats were sunk,
a few burned, and the others wore out in
the river service.
Besides the Cincinnati company's pack
cts there were several steamers, most of
them owned by Pittsburgers, which ran
down the river and which had no regu-
lar trades, but made trips whenever and
wherever there was occasion for their
services. They were chiefly to st. Louis
and New Orleans, the trip to the last
named point being completed in about
20 days. There were few boats run
ming up the Monongahela and Allegheny
rivers. Brownsville was as far up as
the slackwater Improvements extended
on the Monongahela, and Franklin was
the head Of navigation on the Allegheny.
-Pittsburg Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10

No better hearted man ever lived than
Uncle Dick Hooley Richard NJ, Of Chi
cago. More than 30 years ago he owned
and managed Hooley's Opera House in
Brooklyn, where minstrel performances,
vaudeville, burlesque and variety enter
tainments were given. He made a great
deal Of money and went to Chicago,
where he owned and managed first
class theater in first class style. doubt
if he ever did mean or an indefensible
act. In his home life he was charming,
in business his word was as good as his
bond and in every circle he was well
coined because Of his genial manner and
his hearty participation in all the ongo-
ings of the occasion. Joe Howard in
New York Recorder