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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
A Dogs Fast Run.

Albert Gleason of Woburn owns little
fox terrier of which he has always thought
good deal, but which he now values still
more highly because of an exhibition of his
faithfuness and pluck which the little an
imal recently gave. Mr.. Gleason is the sta
ton agent at Woburn Highlands, and the
other day he boarded the train there to go
TO Boston. He entered the last car, and
when the train arrived at Cross street he
was surprised, on looking back, to see that
the dog was following it and was only Il
short distance behind. AS the train moved
on the dog continued to follow at most
astonishing speed, and at Winchester he
was only about 200 feet behind it, The
distance between the two towns is "a
miles, and the little dog had covered it in
less than four minutes. Boston Transcript
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
Costly Pieces of Altar Furniture.

The priests Of ST. Patrick's cathedral are
about to add to the art treasures Of the
church "a remarkable ostensorum, piece
of altar furniture used in eXpositions of the
eucharist. Its form is that of the sun, sup
ported by a base and column. In the cen
ter of the sun is a crystal case, in which on
public occasions the eucharist is placed for
public generation.
The material of this ostensorium is solid
silver, plated with gold 1t stands feet
high and is made in the best style of ecclesi-
astical art. For two years it has been
making in the ateliers of Lyons and has
cost about $4,000, not including the jewels
used in its ornamentation. Both money
and jewels were contributed by wealthy
devotees. Through their generosity the
cathedral will have the finest bit of gold
smith work in the country.-New York
Times
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

Germany produces more zinc than any
other country and exports between $4,000
and 60, 600 tons annually.
1t is stated that pail of water contain
ing handful of hay, IL placed in room
where there has been smoking, will absorb
all the odor of the tobacco
In the 10 wears ending 1869 the inhabit-
ants of London died at an average annual
rate of "A for levy thousand living. In
the 10 years ending 1889 that rate was
only 90.
A wire fence SO miles long, 8 feet high
and composed of IA parallel strands of wire
has been placed around the private park Of
Dr. Seward Webb of New York, in the
Adirondacks.
The grand lodge OF Masons was founded
| in Providence in 1871, and two years later
the Providence Royal Arch chapter, No. |,
| was instituted by a few Masons of that de
gree. who obtained charter from Wash
ington chapter
| ANY kind Of a ring is lawful in the Eng
| lish marriage service, and instances have
occurred where a certain ring or key of the
| church door has been used. On one occa
| sion a ring was cut from the finger of the
| brides glove and made to answer the pur
pose
The area of British India, including the
dependent states, amounts to 100000
square miles. There are20 towns with a
population of 1000 or upward and nearly
10000 villages, comprising 100000 dwell
ing places for man. The population amounts
to 2S7, 100000.
One sees Arabs coming into CONSTANT
| IL &C Nx-hi oh
they sell for francs They have come %
miles with it, sell it and next day ride the
donkey back. A meal costs them but 9
cents, the wood nothing, and the donkey
does all the work.
A Turin jeweler has made a tiny boat
formed of single pearl It's sail is to be
beaten gold studded with diamonds, and the
pinnacle light at its PROV is perfect ruby
An emerald serves as a rudder, and its
stand is q slab of ivory 1t weighs less than
half an ounce. It's price is $4,000.
A spoonful of chloride of lime in quart
of water will probably remove mildew from
your table linen. Strain the solution after
it has stood long enough to thoroughly dis
solve and dip the cloth into it. Repeat if g
first application is not sufficient, but wash
the mixture well out of the goods
Much of the costly red, white and pink
coral used for ornamental purposes is OBJ
tanned from the coast of Italy. Men 90 out
in boats and drag the rocky bottom o
streams with wooden frames or nets, il
which the coral becomes entangled, but tn,
delicate branches are crushed in this way.
A former Delawarean, now living in Chi
cago, wears a necktie made of rattlosnake'
skin. He slew the reptile in Florida, jus
as it was about to spring from its coil anC
strike him. A taXidermist cured the skin
in such n fashion that it should serve for
tie and made up part Of the rattles into 1
scarfpin.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01

In an Episcopal boarding school few
years ago the scholars and teachers were
assembled for morning prayer. The read
ing and singing were over, and all were re-
Stunning their seats when one of the young
ladies, of very short and thick stature,
missing her chair seated herself with a
thud on the floor. Nobody smiled. All
were too decorous for that. The fallen one,
embarrassed into the momentary loss of
common sense, retained her lowly seat,
opened her prayer book and appeared to DO
earnestly engaged in examining its con
tents.
This was almost too much for her com
panions, and smile began to struggle on
many fair countenance when the rector
arose and began reading the first morning
lesson. He read from the fifth chapter of
Amos as follows; The virgin of Israel has
fallen. She shall no more rise She is for
saken upon her land. There is none to
raise her up" This was too much. The
voice of the rector trembled as he looked
up and saw the fallen virgin. The scholars
turned red in their faces, and the exercises
were brought to hasty close,-Sunday
School Visitor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01

John" exclaimed the nervous woman,
there's burglar in the house, I'm sure
of it,
John rubbed his eyes and protested mild
ly that it was Imagination.
mo it isn't. heard "A man down stairs.
So John took box of matches and went
down. To his surprise, his wife's suspicious
were correct. Seeing that he was unarmed
the burglar covered him with revolver
and became quite sociable.
isn't it rather late to be out of bedT
lie remarked.
"A-er-a-little bit" replied John.
You're too late anyhow, because I've
dropped everything out of the window, and
my pals have carried it off "
"Oh, that's all right. I'd like to ask one
favor of you, though
what is itY'
'Stay here until my wife can come down
and see you. She has been looking for you
every night for the last IL years, and don't
want her to be disappointed any longer -
Washington Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01

This the Greatest Bargains in Dry Goods, Gents
+ Furnishings, Etc, ever Offered in Honolulu
On many articles less than cost but our stock
be reduced and willing give time to the
public for the thirty days regardless of profit ourselves
do regard this ordinary advertisement our former
sales evidences that do just agree 1t is not
necessary to tell you that stock of Dry Goods Millinery
and Furnishing Goods large and well assorted which means
patrons good Fresh Goods Nothing will be held back
in this sale Everything will be offered the large discount
of one fourth off. yzsSP S.--1erms Strictly Cash
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

Stevenson. In Europe Mark Twain has
not had those conveniences of library and
association by which he was able to master
his moods and overcome his wayward lit
erary disposition, as was the case in his
house at Hartford. There he had room
fitted up, to which he retired almost every
day, and in which moments of despair and
intellectual sweats, so TO speak, possessed
him many days before he was able to com
NIT to paper those stories which he had in
mind to write
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
She Was Deaf.

In one of the front pews of a fashionable
church last Sunday sat richly attired
woman holding close to her ear what looked
to be black silk and lace bag. Those un-
acquainted with the woman thought she
was merely shielding herself from the
draft which came from an open window
near by.
But the regular members of the church
knew the woman was very deaf, and what
she held up to her ear was a silver ear
trumpet neatly incased in this dainty bag
Of satin and lace, New York Herald,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
NOT A MAN OF TIE WORLD.
But He Knew Enough to Come In Whe
II Rninrd.


On the train coming out Of Chicago was
addressed by an old chap of 90, who said
he lived in western Michigan and owned
and run farm. Naturally enough, sup
posed he had been to the fair and inquired
how he liked it.
ITS a gaul durned swindle" he indig-
nantly replied
How do you make that outEn
WAL, when / got in | felt powerful
thirsty and looked around for sumthin to
drink. Purity soon | found IA sody water
place and said I'd take n sIssaparlly in
mine. Sassaparilly don't bring up the wind
like some others, but it's great thing
to settle the stomach. When ia got it
down, handed over my nickel, but the
Teller says the price lisa dime"
That's robberyp says /.
Irregular charge says he.
~ never paid but 5, and I've bin in De-
troit and all over
Its 10 cents here
ut was over half froth, and I'm no hay
seed. A Teller picked my pocket of $50 in
Detroit, but they didn't try to rob me on
sody water
IF ye don't pay, I'll raise a row. says
he, trying to look awful savage.
"'Riz and be hangedp says I and started
off but poi ceman grabbed me and run
me in, and after being locked up all night
| was fined 81 the next mornin. That was
this mornin, and Pm now on my way
hum.
but you are going away without seeing
any of the fair"
Exactly. Don't want to see a blamed
thing of it, and I'll lick my son Ebenezer
fur cOaXin me TO cum"
After going to so much trouble and eX-
pense should think you would have want
ed to run around for day or two any
how" persisted.
mo, sir! When | 90 anywhere and
bump agin Teller who wants 10 cents a
glass for sody water, that settles me. /
know jest what the rest Of the show is and
GIT my feet under me, tighten up my sus-
penders and start fur hum and 20 to hoein
corn. I'm leetle old, and haint tray
eled around the world, but know huff to
come in when it rains. Detroit Free Press.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-01
Mark Twain's Struggle.

His two latest novels have been written
in Europe, where he is empOrarily living
for the purpose of enabling his daughters,
one of whom inherits his literary talents,
to obtain certain advantages, especially in
the learning of languages, which cannot be
secured in this country, and those who
know Mark Twain and his peculiar habits
when he is, as he would say, delivering
himself of a novel, can easily understand
with what impotence and vexation he has
been compelled to put up while struggling
over his manuscript in a continental hotel
or apartment house.
Mark Twain's novel, the name of which
is being kept secret, and Mr.. Stevenson's
romance, which is called The Ebb Tide"
will be the literary events of the early win
ter, at least So far AS fiction is concerned.
No other conspicuously successful writer,
except perhaps Grant Allen, who is becom-
ing famous, is engaged upon or has just
completed work of fiction. Edward Egg
gleston has just completed what may be
his last novel, and there is great regret ex-
pressed in literary circles that he should
have decided to lay aside the pen of a ro-
mancer, although he does it so that he
may take up that of historian.
Some short stories are promised from the
west, Mr. Hamlin Garland, Mr.. Cy War
man and Miss Murfree being, it is reported,
engaged upon works of that kind. The
race of great nOvelists in the east seems to
have passed away, and publishers are wait
ing for new generation, believing that a
great public is willing TO accept master
who can appeal to it.
In England, so reports which are received
here assert, Thomas Hardy has for time
abandoned novel writing, j. NJ. Barrie is
busy with the drama, and only DR.. Conan
Doyle and Grant Allen of all that brilliant
company of young English novelsts are en-
gagged upon new romance.
Z. j. EDWARDS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20
FARM. GARDEN and
HOUSEHOLD.
Bits of " is,lonn.
IJpW Iidlbs5 H,,=,i,.

\ voting girl once heard a hit Of "i>-
dom from thu lips of a very aged woman-
a woman who had rounded the full term
of ninety wears. and with eNes still bright
and clear looked out upon the ifro" ling
waters of eternity. The girl MIS- I'M
pressed bN the emphasis With which the
venerable dame said 10 her. "Bessie.
never insist on having the last word.
The determination to have Tie final
word Leads To more quarrels and morn
bitterness of feeling nj home than almost
ANYTHING else in domestic life Tile fact
j., that one NAV so control her tongue
and her eyes that She may allow her
opponent the pleasure of this coveted
concluding thrust and yet placidlN retain
her own opiniol and in the homely
colloqual parlance of the np-eountrN,
where one finds Strong-N illed people
living together in great peace with the
most pronounced diversity of character
istics. do as she, a, mind to"
Another bit of wisdom may be con-
dcnscd into pithy sentence. Avoid
explanations. In some families every
decision. every new departure. every ac-
ceptancc or rejection Of an invitation,
must be- endleSslv talked and fussed over,
way lie all sorts of stumbling-blocks.
~ rule. beyond Your parents or hus-
band there i nobody Who has the right
to demand of Won explanations al eaeh
step of your onward path. Don't give
them. Establish n reputation FOR keep
ing your own counsel. Ii will sery YOU
well in many crisis. and be noend OF Il
comfort.
Again. don't hc forever setting people
right. There is a household tiend with II
memory for darcs and details. Who can
never iii still and hear papa say that he
went downtown on Monday. al eight.
without correcting the statement with
the remark that the hour MS hall past.
If mamma happens to alludr To Cousin
.Jcnucy'> visit aS having occurred last
Thursday, this Wasplike impersonation
of accuracy intcrposcS with the stale
ment that it was Friday, not Thursday,
which brought Cousin Jane. y dozen
times a day eXasperating frictions are
caused by needless corrections of this
sort, referring to matters where eXac :
ness is not really imperative, the affairs
in question being unimportant, and no
violation of truth being for an instant
Intended.
\ manifest Bit of wisdom is to refrain
from criticism of food. The sauce may
not be quite piquant enough, the salad
may be wiltcd, but in the name of de-
cency say nothing about it in either case.
Silence is golden in nearly every in
stance where defect obtains in the
home economy.
TO abstain from >uperuouS apologies
is also the habit of discretion There
should seldom be the occasion for apol-
ogy in the household, where all would
do well and wisely to be constantly gem
tie and courteous.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20
The Vegetable Garden.

The farmers who have made provision
for starting seed under glass will have
the earliest and the best gardens. With
the aid of holbed or cold frame. or both
all the vegetables that will bear trans
planting (and most of them are all the
better for it will be greatly advanced.
The garden ought to have south or
southeastern exposure and be well drain
ed. The practice of rotation is an im-
portant matter in the vegetable garden,
As rule, never let the same crop VI
kind OF vegetable occupy the same bed
or spot two years in succession. Pota-
toes. onions and few other things may
form an exception to this rule, but it i
nevertheless better to keep up the rota-
ton. Every year these beds must b'
warmed up by a liberal coat of manure,
which should be thoroughly mixed witt
the soil Grow everything in drills ol
straight lines. Larger crops from Ii givel
surface are grown in this Nay, and cult
walton becomes simple aud comparative
~ easy,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20
Variety in Pasture.

Farmers do not either for meadow or
pasture seed down with sufficient variety
Ia make the best feed. Only amateur
wealthy farmers SOW the sweet-scented
yernal grass. Yet who has been over
field that had even little OF this in hay
ing time, who mas not been delighted
with its fragrance. 1t is good. too, in TIE
hay NOV for the sweet perfume permeateS
the entire mass, and stock Of all kinds eat
it better. Besides, with a variety OF grass
there is sure to be a good stand, one sue
cceding where another has failed. 1t
far better to have variety OF the grasses
in pasture than a scattering OF timothy
and clover and all the bare spaces filled
with weeds,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20

The milder forms OF sore throat are apt
to be very common at this season OF the
wear. because of the frequent changes OF
the weather, sharp and chilly at times,
with shrill north winds and damp, and re-
Taxing again with soft thaws. The sudden
changes also from brisk outdoor air to
stove-heated rooms are also pretty likely
to produce irritations of the throat mem
branes, which, without being positively
dangerous, may become so by neglect,
and are in any case unpleasant enough to
make prompt remedy very desirable.
For these cases, where no severer
trouble is at the foundation, there are one
or two remedies usually at hand and gen
orally effective. Where the throat trouble
arises from common cold, such as may
readily develop into quinsey, the simplest
remedy is gargle made OF chlorate OF
potash and cold water. There is no
danger OF using too much potash in this
form, as chlorate of potash is drug
which makes what chemists call sat
urated solution Where the throat Is
very much inflated, the gargle should be
used at l,a,i once an hour, or may be
aternated M..h u.d-fashioned salt and pep
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT'S
THE KIND THAT CURES
Sheep in April.

April is a critical season OF the year III
the care of sheep. As the weather
grows warmer and the fields bare, the
sheep become inpatient of confinement :;
their appetite for dry feed grows deli
cate. and unless extra care and skill are
given them they will hardly hold their
own in condition. At this time too, the
ewes usually have Il lamb at side which
is double draft on their vitality, while
if the dam is not kept in good thrift the
lamb viii not have II good supply of
milk. and will fail to make that rapid
growth which alone can give an early
value.
Just how and what to feed at this par
ticular season becomes an important
matter. The appetite must be kept up.
Roots in this State are out OF the ques-
ton: farmers do not grow them.
For meal feed we have never found
ANYTHING quite equal to linseed meal, as
a part ration at least. 1t is loosening to
the bowels and tends to keep the organs
of digestion in a healthy condition. 1t is
therefor good appetizer, while at the
same time it is a good milk producing
food. This mixed with equal parts of
oat meal and fed in connection with fine
early cut hay. clover the best, is about
as well as can be done on dry feed alone.
Ewes in moderate condition of flesh,
with lamb at side, will require about one
pound of this mixed meal feed per day
given in two feeds. Well preserved
corn ensilage, if one has it, may well
take the place of a portion of the hay.
Ate tn same time the quarters of the
sheep should be kept dry and clean, and
above all things, well ventilated. On no
account should the sheep be allowed en-
posure to storms so long AS they are
kept at their winter quarters at the barn.
The grain feed should be kept up for n
few days before the sheep run to
pasture. - Maine Farmer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20

per gargle The familiar household rule
Tor the latter is two teaspooniuls OF II {
salt, two tablespoonfuls Of vinegar d
aud half teaspoonful cayenne pepper, all
dissolved in quart OF boiling water.
1t IS 4 good plan to give some simple
home remedies which will produce per
SEPARATION, and also to keep the patient
indoors for several days As soon as
such cold is broken up a good tonic
should be obtained from the family ply
sieian. Al colds are now believed to
come from a degenerlted condition OF the
system. which in itself shows the need
of A tonic.-.lfs, lWk 2j1bHqf.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20

The apparent causes of discomfort are
numbeess. Some who seem 10 have all
that earth can bestoW-A calth, station.
education. friends and talents, are the
least satisfied, TrilleS diSconc"rt them.
\ wet day, an ill-fittng garment, bro
ken engagement, II slight disappoint-
ment, DESTROYS their peace of mind, and
renders them slaves to veNation and
chagrin. The real cause of discomfort
however. is always to be found within.
1t has its origin in scltislIncss. When
we forget ourselves in our effort for
others. we strike at the root of all dis
content. The truly benevolent, loving
man, is seldom tormented by vain regrets
at his own Gil cumstances and he who
inwardly repnes and chafes at his situa-
ton, and who is harassed by the spirit
of discomfort, will generally find "A sure
way to free himself from the chains that
enslayes him, by turning his thoughts
and energies to some good work for
others.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20
S25, 900 in Premiums.

Ollercd by LIggctt and MeYers Tobac-
co Co. of St Lolis, Mo. The one guess
ing nearest the number Of people who
will attend the Worlds Fair gels 81 900,
the second 81 10000, etc, Ten Star To-
bacco tags cntitle you to Il guess. Ask
your dealer for particulars or send for
circular .}mol6
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-20
No Cold Milk For Calves.

Ks the weather becomes warmer there IS
apt to be less care in warming thoroughly
the skim milk fed to calves. Considering
how much heat of the little animals body
is required to warm UP its feed Of five or
six quarts OF cold milk to blood heat, it is
hardly to be wondered at that such treat
ment results in giving them scours. This
is the worst blow that can be given diges-
ton, and in a young animal ii is an injury
that is often never wholly recovered from
decaying vegetables. or the Winter-killed
heritage in the fields, to cause sickness
and death among them. The cold storms
and the thawing, and therefore damp,
days of the early Spring, are often more
dangerous to health than the severe but
more constant cold OF the Winter. Cattle
turned out for exercise in seemingly
pleasant day are apt to work themselves in
to a perspiration, and then to lie down in
some sunny place, which is almost sure to
be a damp place, and with the cold earth
saturated with snow-water beneath them,
the sunshine does not keep them from
getting up with colds, rheumatism, garget,
pneumonia or inciplent tuberculosis,
which the owner lea MS of only when it is
too late to effect a cure. Sheep in good
condition are better protected by their
feeces, and horses have not the same in
clination to lie down upon wet ground,
so that there is not as much danger with
these animals.-iW. CHhi50foI.