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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

The fakir was selling handkerchief on
the street corner when reporter happened
along.
Buy a fine linen handkerchief, - said the
fakir, with familiar wink They're
worth 25 cents Of any mans money, but
you can have one for dime
"Where did you get then'' inquired the
reporter.
AN Irish friend of mine died and willed
them to me. That's how | can sell them so
cheap
rs this your first place of sellingt'
mo. | was in Toledo last week"
Sell any there?'
A look of disgust passed over the fakirs
face
That's a jay town." he said. They
don't use handkerchiefs down there except
to frame them and hang in their parlors.
Didn't you get any money out of the
town at all?'
Money" queried the fakir Money?
Why, friend, Toledo dollar is worth SIPS
anywhere else in the country, and you can't
find one except in dime museum. Go
down there some time and try to separate
one from Toledo man and see for your
self, and the fakir stopped talking to sell
dozen handkerchiefs- Detroit Free Press
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
knowledge Born of ENperience.

Judge Kellen was for many years police
judge of st. Louis. An old Irish woman
was often before him in consequence of her
too great fonduess for whisky. One Mon
day morning she was called up and the
clerk read the charge, Mary O'Brien,
found drunk in the street" What plea
do you want to enter, Nary" said the
judge. "Well, yer homer said Mary, "I'll
not be pl'adin at all to that charge. It's too
gineral; it don't say what strate." The
court had the charge amended after inquir-
ing of the policeman who made the arrest
what street he had found Mary on, and
good humoredly let her off with small
fine as a compliment to her knowledge Of
pleading, acquired by her long experience
In his court.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
Photographing wild Animals.

The Duke of Newcastle's speciality in
amateur photography is to secure portraits
Of rare wild animals in their native sur,
roundings. He is travelingin quest of these
with Mr.. Gambler Bolton, member of the
Royal Geographical society and well known
as one of the most expert amateur photog
raphers of animals in the world, The two
proceeded from the Worlds fair to Cali
fornia, where one of their chief objects is to
photograph the big sea lions on the cliffs,
stealing up to them from off shore on tug,
London Tit-Bits
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

We cannot believe that nature takes 50
much pains to organize into sort of auto
matte mechanism such large portions of
our life if that process does not tend to
stimulate the growth of the gentler alTec-
tions and to give the heart and soul lib
erty and spontaneousness of insight they
could not otherwise acquire
If even the sharp Yankee enjoys the per
fectly useless whiting of stick for the
purpose of soothing his mind with the
mere appearance of work while his active
wits are engaged in bordering the next at
tack he shall make on the witless world
we can well understand how useful occu
patton which is purely humdrum and
makes no draft upon the attention soothe,
the mind while it muses. on the growing
needs of children or friends, or on the
strange medley Of human joys and grief,
and hopes and wants.--London Spectator.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
ODDS AND ENDS.

Telescopes were first made by Jansen in
1890
Rochester has II company of deaf mute
soldiers.
Europe now imports every year 100000
tons of meat.
Ceylou has cinnamon plantations cover
ing $4,000 acres.
In the rock of Gibraltar there are 20
miles of tunnels.
The Union Pacific railroad crosses nine
mountain ranges.
The Chinese live longer than people of
any other nation.
The anchors of the steamship Campania
weigh s tons each.
Either | will find a way or | will make
one.-Sir T. Sidney.
Rembrandts father is said to have been
a miller and farmer
A teaspoonful of microbes contains over
100000 individuals.
In all countries more marriages take place
ia June than in any other month.
The queen of Corea has a lady physician
who gets IA salary of $4,000 yearly.
The most prolific of opera composers was
| Piccini. He wrote over 200 operas
| A rattlesnake in the zoo at Atlanta has
not eaten anything since last August.
| Unbearable boorshness can be changed
to bearable eccentricity by the acquisition
of wealth.
Marshal Besseres was "a farmers boy,
and after enlisting as n private rose from
the ranks.
Southern Pacific locomotives will soon
use for fuel bricks made of coal dust and
asphaltum.
Celuloid is paper chemically treated, re-
duced again to pulp and then nodded into
its final form.
Some characters are like the black bill
lard ball-not black, but called SO because
of one black spot
We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is
because we have within us the beginning
and the possibility of it.-Phillips Brooks.
A man going shopping with his wife is
usually most woebegone looking object.
His face always bears upon it the marks of
despair
Perhaps you have heard of "Spartacus to
the GladiatOrs. Its author, the Rev.
Elijah Kellogg, still breaches at Harpswell
Me, although over So
A Beverly (Mass.) man was fined s. for
slapping his wife in the face and Sl5 for as
saultng the policeman who arrested him.
There seems to be something wrong witt
the Beverly police courts tariff
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
RESPONSIBILITY.

Out of the window my bird doth ny,
Far beyond reach Of my visions strain,
Boldly he sails to the bright blue skyW
Yet will he come back TO me again,
Back to my loving and outstretched hand,
Back to my nurture and my command.
without a sigh
| see him ny.
He will come back TO me by and byl
Out from my bosom n thought doth fly.
Over the ocean IL sails atar,
Where blooming shores In sweet rapture lie,
Through the wide heavens from star to star
or midst the shades of the silent strand,
Yet heeds my bidding and my command.
ask not why
II seeks TO fly,
II will come back to me by and byl
Out from the precious and scanty dole
Time measures me, golden moments fly
Swift they speed to their destined goal,
Bearing each lost opportunity.
Flown are the winged aud shining band,
Never to hearken to my command.
Shall ask why2
We must, for aye.
Meet in eternity by and by.
-Zitella Cooke in Youths Companion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
Agricultural Implements For Europe

The export of agricultural implements to
European countries is steadily ON the in
crease To Great Britain and Germany
there is an increase of about 20 per cent
within two years To the Argentine Re
public the exports have quadrupled Our
reapers and self binders are lighter of draft,
heater and about % per cent cheaper than
the English article, In plows the English
makers do not properly chill the points,
and this renders their iron brittle. 1t is
said that Americans could extend their
trade in plows if they would adopt the iron
beamed style so much used abroad. Wag
ons and buggies cannot be sold abroad un.
less they have an ''undercut." Otherwise
we make the correct article. Hardware
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
AUNT MAsle, THE SNAKE WOMAN.



There has recently died a well known
character of this neighborhOod known as
Aunt Masie Higgins" or the snake wo-
man" who lived an isolated life with
snakes as her only friends. She had built
herself hovel, composed of branches OF
trees, clay and other debris, which, though
often washed down by the rains, she would
build up again. This novel residence is
said to have been fairly alive with snakes
of every local variety, hanging from over
head, living under foot and creeping from
the chinks in the wall The woman sub
sisted on the products of a small garden
near her cabin, which she cultivated her
self With the exception Of the necessary
intercourse with those from whom she pur,
chased the few things she required, she was
never known for over 30 years TO have held
anv conversation with any human being
She could often be met after dark walking
through the town with her strange com
panions twined about her arms, her neck
and nesting in her BOSOM with their ugly
heads protrudng, kissing at every one that
passed
On these occasions, however, when hailed
or questioned she would make no reply
Once some boys of the neighborhoOl prowl
ing about her cabin found several Of the
snakes on the outside and killed them, and
before they were aware of it AuA, Masie
appeared in the doorway armed with a shot
gun, which she let fly at the crowd, None
of the boys was killed, but one OF them
was shot through the ear, and the rest scat
tered in a hurry That the woman's mind
was affected there seems little doubt Her
only son while out hunting in the woods
was bitten by a rattlesnake, and days aft
erward his swollen and discolored body
was found. This appeared to craze his
mother, who left her home, saying the
the snakes were calling her to come and
live with them and that they would give
her back her boy.
She is said TO have come of a good fam
lily and to have been well educated. When
discovered she had been dead for days, and
the snakes were crawling over the body,
but fed on the appearance OF strangers and
have not been seen near the cabin since, BY
those who have seen her surrounded by her
queer adopted family it has been estimated
that there must have been at least POO Of
them, numbering among them several ven
omous varieties, The woman did not claim
to have charmed them. as the saying ~Des,
but it is probable that her perfect fearless
ness tanned them.-Okolona (Miss) Cor
Philadelphia Times
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

Mr.. w. W. Ouless, r. A., tells capital
story of the time when he was painting
John Bright's portrait.
One day John Bright said to him when
sitting: Nov, what does it cost to set an
artist up in businesss suppose 80 or
ego note would do t2'
Mr. Ouless replied "Oh, yes"
"Well," said John Bright, ~ think you
ought to consider yourself a very lucky
young fellow to earn $1,000 or cocoa year
on goo plant. - London Tit Bits
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12
Wants Some Satisfaction.

Employer are late again this morn
ing.
Tardy Clerk--What difference does it
maker You say do nothing all day.
Employer-Yes but | want you to do it
here. Boston Transcript
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

A little Buffalo girl visiting in the coun-
try was stung by II bee. She didn't seem
to mind the pain so very much, but as her
disposition was sensitive she ran sobbing
to her mother with the statement, ~ don't
see what he did it for, cause hadn't done
thing to him. buffalo Courier
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

The first government document ever is
sued from a printing press in Siam was an
edct of the king in 1899 prohibiting the i'm
portation Of opium.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

Among the articles of diet relished by the
natives of Siam are snails, crocodile eggs,
ants, silkworms and horse beef
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-12

In the early days of the ice trade in Lon
don most of the ice came from Wenham
lake, Massachusetts, and it is still known
by that name, though it comes from Nor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
ALBANY BOATS.

Steamers DREW ana DEAN RICHMOND ieaev Oh
excepted Dire, connection with express trains =
Saratoga Lake George Adrondacks, Thousand ISLANDS,
UIohneld Springs, Niagara Falls Sharon Springs. and
Coorerstown SATURDAY night steamer e9esets Win Sum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
STOCKS EXTREMELY DULL.
THE SPECULATION LIFELESS.
4 CONSIDERABLE LOSS IN SPECIE IN SPllE
OF HEAVY GOLD ARRIVALS
TIE BANK STATEMENT.

SALES or BONDS IND BANK STOCRS.
NOM Al 7 & S Z Is aOa 10000 MebNOh 6 ~ 4, -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

The next officer to be retired is Adjutant-Genera
Robert Williams on August 81. and then follows
BrigadierG General William =. Carin on November
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

l S OF twice the number Of appointments which
grades would be preferred for the vacancies in
the second lieutenancies OF the Army. and the
cthers, having rad free education md n trai,ing
OF the best sort. would probably stand better
chances Tor getting employment elsewhere OF the
pest class III the recommendation TO raise the
standard OF qualification for admission should be
ad0pted there would not be SO many reflections for
would be graduated every wear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

Inc Army does not expect much to be done for IL
by the extra session of Congress: but II IL possible
That the ten-year service law will be discussed,
especially az desertions have increased materially
since IL went into effect 1t Is declared that many
OF theSe assertions are Of men who enlisted to
MAKE the Army their future employment and
nome ana who. becoming discouraged by the act.
wrn deprives them Of all the privileges OF the
retired list or the Soldiers Home in their old age,
and increase of pay for length of service have
taken 'he quickest way of getting out of the Army.
IieutenantColonel John IT, Janeway, OF the
Medical Corps, deputy surgeon general broke the
lu In retirements yesterday. He had spent thirty
TWO years in civil life and thrty-two years in the
Army. and henceforth will rust away the re-
tired list. The retirement of Surgeon General
sutherland and the promotion OF Surgeon Stern
berg gave to DR.. Janeway his promotion to deputy
surgeon general only recently But he was brev
eted for gallantry in the Civil War; especially at
me battle or Olustee, Fla, up TO the rank of
lieutenant colonel
The case of Paymaster J. W. Wham has been
considered by the Paymaster- General and instead
OF being court-martialed he is to be confined to
the limits of Vancouver Barracks under medical
observation for three months. The charges of will
IuI Indebtedness preferred against him Will be Sus
pended meanwhile.
Lieutenant Thomas c. Patterson. of the list Ar
tilery. the headquarters being at Fort Hamilton
has received a thirty days leave of absence. with
the privilege of applying for extension. ION
ton of his examining surgeon"
The next officer to be retired is Adjutant- General
Brigader- General William p Carln on November
"A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

- the operations Of the New-Yors Sub Trcas-
ury in the week ended last night which included
payments of S2Gl,3 6s for purchased bonds and
deposits Of 100000 for payment at other points
the associated banks gained S5,5Ga.IOO. The
weekly bank statement published to-day showed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

Ieh Valley .......3l 3la- Ph & r q NJ l. GIls G2i2
I.eh Coal 4 SaV. ar, I'h f. 1st pf y 81, -
Northern pac..-. g.. l'h & /: 81 M - liz -
Prnnsyvana RRi9s 80 IN 4 X 81 NJ 5sl3 1872
PM g. Ere - =, Met TfIctioI ...-..S sd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
EXCURSIONS TO WORLDS FAIR VIA WASHINGTON

j. y. *. II
srecia train Of vestbulc coaches Will leave jersey
Cena station, foot OF Liberty sireet New-forh :Jo
a m August ,. and Is. arrive Chicago 4 30 y.
m next day. ST. 90 round trip; good ten days.
Tickct Offices. 172. AIS and LAO Broadway. =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13


The Clearing House statement was as follows {:
For to-day-EXchanges. Si3,l3l ,3l4: Dalan,'s,
S3.155y4s For last week-EAchanSes, 9iiS,-
s21,431: balances, S23,09s,s,3.
WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.
While speculation was lifclc,s, the market was
not without interesting features to-day. lie total
business WAS only about $1,000 shares ana IN
Chicago Gas, which tn. most active stock,
transactions fell short of 1900 shares. In these
circumstances the variations were not important
A decline Of nearly per cent in Northern Pacilic
preferred, however, with corresponding weak
ness IN the bonds OF the company revived rllhOfS
of rcccivcrship. These were denied promptly
by the president of IlIc company, but IN spite 81
tbs official assurance the last prices Of the stocks
and bonds nearly the lowest. The selling
was understood 10 be principally for account OF
Berlin holders. The trading III Mon Pacific was
on an exceedingly small scale, but the final loss
was l.? per cent. The granger shares were
quiet and heavy at declines, Oh an average, oi
about per cent, but in the general list the losses
were usually fractional. The closing wa, an, ted
by the publication of the bank statement AMI was
fcvcrishly weak. Exceptions to the general move
nent were furnished by Erie. New York and New
England, aud Distlins aud Cattle Feeling, which
scored small gains.
There transactions in Government
bonds at the Stock Exchange, but the market
WAS steady without significant change at tles'
quotations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
George H. Prcniiss IL Co.. 40. 81 William-st
quote local securities ~ follows
STEFFT RAILROAD STOCKS, ETC.
\ I,AILEDAD : TO
tNcw-York.l

tNcw-lorkJ
fr9GNgy and seventh Avenue IL. H.. -. $50
biOGWpy aud Sc, zenith Avenue LIT moft.nGe - iOO
Bfuadway and seventh Avenue ID mortgage ls 100
Irosdvav etr.,,e I.t tnortgagr - ........ 100 ..
lrOa1way surface I'd tgaec J~..-.-...-- W -
h~ckcr Street and Fulton fciiy ..----..:-. ~
eat al ~ =. Io.n w. ............ 40 go.
t'htF" Cross Town IL mortgage 10 *.
Central Park North and East River $3.50. 90 I4J
C,rtial 1arE Notth ard fas- KiV'r ls mort liz ;
NLri'tophrr and Tent steer. 80 i5o
christopher ana Tenth Street Isl - o. oli - I''
Dry Dock, East Broadway ana l!att'Ey ~ l"o
Eighth NN,nue '''"' wv ,-........ go -.
Eight, ,,c.,,' a. l0I 80.
l0ty>er0ni aud t,fanI Street Ferfy..;.:.. 60
70 tr-.ccond street. ManiatfarVilc AMI 81 -
Nicholas Avenue X. E.........;. -. W
Forty sccond Street. Manhaitlnvile ana d. ,oa
=, Nlchola- Avenue IL mOrtlarc Is. ,'... ioo
Forty second Street Maahaftanville and 81 a..
Nicholas Avenue I'd mortgage Os....... az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

FOREIGN COMMERCE. OF NETWORK
IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE AT NEWYORK.
1871 1892. 1898.
my oooas - 80 ~. lGl 50 SON s2.IlG C33
General merchandise 500 2G3 IOj2 3O7 9 l6i $50
Toal for tho week 50 9l7 i23 B:9GS72 ~ pr iG5
Since Ian 'gS so 1916 H5o,:f9j 4ci 49, ,5I7 ,SS1
IMPORTS OF SPECIE At NETWORK.
r. ,.o ,ook so3oIgjO s,s 5si s13 2oo G37
rincs Ian 37Gl $3.50 7.5io.j93 20.2jl4 3
EXPORTS or SPECIE At NEWYOEK.
- ,h, ,,eot ~ "SOrppJ - oJ2, 43l 200
SSt g., ~ i," NJ ocJ $50 60 g9j. $40 81. 7G1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

an average loss in cash OF $2,7l3,OO0. While
the result may not have been widely different from
what had been expected, the statement contained
one surprising feature. In view OF the large ar
rivals Of gold from Europe in the week the loss
OF S",30j,O00 in spcrie amazing. These re-
ceipta exceeded SlJOoO,0o0, and while, Of course,
they might not count in the averages for more
perhaps, than S2,j00,000 it certainly was en-
pected that they would affect favorably the
specie holdings Of the city banks. The statement
consequently jistiiies the suspicion that very
little Of the gold has gone into the discount banks
A large part of il undoubtedly has been shipped
10 inferior points in urgent need of currency Of
some kind and another portion Las been absorbed
by savings banks other changes reported were
OF little importance There was a further cXpan-
zion in loans by S307s,20o, and in the aggregate
they exceed tine deposits by over :;30,jo0,00O.
The result Of all tn, changes was loss in reserve
Of S2,j21,51J, and the deficit under the - per
cent rule is now SlG,34j,3ij AZ the same time
a year ago the banks held a surplus OF Slj.1i4,-
40, and in the preceding year one of 81 ',Gl 12?j.
Tie following are the comparative statements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13


State issues continued TO De neglected and there
were no sales OF city bank stocks
There vas virtually no demand for railway
bonds Erie second consOs exceptionally Were
IL per cent higher AZ 90, and Oregon Improve
mcnt Is advanced per cent 10 A.. otherwise
the movement of prCcs was downWard Atchi
son general IA lost J.: per cent at 80 IL ana
SECONDS closed the SAM. traction lower AT 80 y
he speculative tissues OF the Northern Pacific Rail
road relatively active ~ falling prices
Chicago and Northern Pacific ilrsts declined 10
Is II and rallving IL pr cent suffered loss
Of 4 per cent, while Northern Pncllic consol ~
dropped per cent to - and cl0scd without re-
action Several other issues were tracflonally
lower reference Is made 10 our fall report Ot
Rates for money on cell were nominal as usual
on Saturday, but snul business was done at
The Sub-Treasury was debtor at The Clearing
House SCI O.292.
TIE WEEKLY TREASURY STATEMENT.
The receipts from customs reported from wash
ington to-day were SIl6,V'9; from Interhal lel-
cnue S3GJ.O7O and from miscellaneous sources
sG3 100 The Treasury received SS4,O13 VA
tional bank notes for reicmption and the receipts
on this account for the week ended TO-DAY
note circulation il holds SlJl, ,'uC In these
bonds:
Currency 6, y t t9i 's e5o
r"ur S f ncr cent. extended per cent S $50
pords deposited for circulation during the week,
SG.gj3sjO bonds held 10 $cur. circulation WIN
drawn $4,000: National bank circulation out
standinq-currcncy notes s,JJ' .Oo2 g0ld hO,'s'
SOS G61 against which the Treasury hoids S-V
2ss.3js lcgal-tenGcr money for the redemption VI
surrendered circulation.
I'm London British consols were trliir lower
AZ o. IS for money and % for the account In"
K,n, Of England gained f2Ij.0O0 bullion on
balance I'm tine open market money was firm al
about 4 4 per cent for discounts. and easier al
2ap /? yer cent Tor balances. lar silver was
nominal al "a I'D. an ounce American railway
md firm
chances in prices At Paris French J per cents
were slightly lower AT Js.92 l-2a9S9,, sight "N-
chang, on London remaining abOT" I'll" gold c\-
porting figure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

Wo,t TT. 15t '0F 'Of II" IT - . 7'77
UNLISTED STOCKS.
AZ % So RET q; H. 81 - T.. 8 'fss
D D" S. So 4 Xt -. 49,. ~- q "a 49,
x do TT cad .. "a % q %. - 900
N at n nr$ 5S,. 5S'. So. 53'. 60 81 Fl:
Total shares for the day o''
seller 10
SILVER.