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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
Grandfather Thundcr's Family.

"rhe old man had three sons-one named
M'dessuu. lie is the baby and is very
fierce and cruel 1t is he who Stays men and
beasts and destroys property. The other
two are kind and gentle. They cool the hot
air, revive the parched fields and the crops
and destroy only that which is harmful to
the earth. When you hear low, distant
mutterings, that is the old man. He told
the girl that as often as spring returned
she must think of him and show that she
was grateful by giving him a little smoke.
He then took leave of her and sent her
home, where her family had mourned her
as one dead Since then no Indian has
ever feared thunder" | said, But how
about the Legitimacy" "Oh," said the old
woman, lightning is grandfather's wife"
At jackson, in the White mountains, |
met Louis Mitchell, for many years the In
dian member of the Maine legislature, a
Passamaquoddy, and asked him about this
story. He said it was perfectly true, al
though the custom was now falling into
disuse; only the old people kept it up The
tobacco is cast upon the fire in a ring and
draws the electricity, which plays above it
in "a beautiful blue circle of Pickering
flames. He added that it is well known
fact that no Indian and no Indian property
were ever injured by lightning. Miss Abby
l.. Alger in Popular Science Monthly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
The Bear and the One Eyed Man.

The following story was related by II
Dardistan man of the name of Ghalib Shah,
residing at a village near Aston, called Par
ishing. He was one night looking out
whether any bear had come into his from
ba" field. He saw that a bear was there,
and that he with his paws alternately took
pawful of ''tromba," blew the chaH away
and ate hastily. The man was blind of one
eye and ran to his hut to get his gun. He
came out and pointed it at the bear The
animal, who saw this, ran rou$i the blind
side of the mans face, snatched the gun
out of his hand and threw it away.
The bear and the man then wrestled for
time, but afterward both gave up the
struggle and retired. The man, after he
had recovered himself, went to look for the
gun, the stock of which he found broken.
The matchstring by which the stock had
been tied to the barrel had gone on burning
all night and had been the cause of the gun
being destroyed The son of that man still
lives at the village and tells this story,
which the people affect to believe. DR..
Leitner in Asiatic Quarterly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

like immense cords on his neck, just go
up and slip the rein off the check. | don t
care who is looking, not even the owner.
Sometimes have to meet the wrath of the
drivers, but that's nothing ! just stand
my ground and tell them how cruel it is,
and usually they believe me-"
Miss Foltz thinks she must have dropped
100 checklines in Kansas City and Denver,
and she got a letter of thanks for it from
the president of the Kansas City Humane
society. She saw peddler one day driv-
ing a jaded looking animal, tightly
checked, up hill and this is how she de-
scribes what took place:
1T was pitiful to see the wretched ami
NAL trying to drop his poor tired head, and
he almost seemed to say that he wanted to
stretch his neck. just couldn't stand it,
and | walked up and threw the checkrein
off The peGdler looked very black and
asked me what | was doing. | told him
! had taken the checkrein off. That S
my horse he said. | told him | knew it
and then asked him how he would like to
pull heavy load up a hill with his head
pulled back on his shoulders. He had to
admit that he wouldn't like it at all, and
then | showed him the eyes of the horse.
They were sore and flowing. That's be
cause you have those blinds on | said.
Well, the poor man didn't know, | sup
pose, because he said he only had the horse
three weeks
In Leadville she was out walking with
two other ladies, she says, 'and we saw Il
man about block off beating q lovely big
fellow of a horse with the butt of whip.
Do you know all the blood in my body
seemed to rush to my head, and ran the
l,..1.. CHI, l.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

In the forty-ninth registration report of
Massachusetts, OS9U the compiler presents
the statistics of 2O3 persons who were re
ported as having died during the 10 years
QSSl-90) at the age of 100 and over Ofthis
number lj3, or 15.4 per cent were females.
BY the state census of 1885 the number of
females living over 50 years of age was
nearly double that of males. The greater
exposure of men to accidents, to weather
agencies, to the constant strain of business
life, to the anxiety of providing for the
family, all tend to shorten the life of men
The deaths by accident among men are
more than threefold greater than among
women, and men commit suicide in about
a threefold ratio as compared with women.
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

The following story, the work of an i'm
aginative correspondent, comes from Colo
RADIO; Two hunters, coming to the edge of
d glade, saw 60 bears in consultation. One
was lying bound with grapevines, two were
watching over him, and another was MAX
inga speech, Presently the big bear stopped
talking, and all the 63 growled an assent.
Some of the bears threw a grapevine loop
about the erring bears neck, led him to a
limb, threw the vine over, and six big bears
walked away with it. In 10 minutes the
bear was dead, and the others went solemn
ly away, The hunters secured the lynched
bearskin without bullet hole in it by
way of proof"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
How Tryon Eloated the Shin,

The late Admiral Tryon was very big
man. Apropos of this fact, the writer of a
biography of him tells droll story, The
admiral was once, apparently from his own
ship watching an attempt that was being
made to float another ship which had
grounded. BY some mischance he fell over
board. just as he did so the ship which
had gone aground floated. Accordingly
the sailors afterward held that Tryon had
not fallen, but thrown himself into the sea,
and that his object was to raise the level of
the water so as to enable the stranded ship
to come off. This object they declared, he
had undoubtedly achieved London Tit
Rite
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
Not Enough Trees For All.

During the late war a regiment of volun-
teers was posted along the front in heavy
timber As soon as the firing began in
earnest, arecruit limped off TO the rear, but
soon struck Il gait that would have made
Maud 5 tremble for her record. He was
halted in his flight, and when asked what
was the matter said, ~ just couldn't stand
out there in the open all by myself" He
was then asked why he did not get behind
a tree. He was puzzled "A moment, and
then said, There amt only enough tor the
officers. San Francisco Argonaut.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
SHE UNCHECKS THE HORSES.
The Humane Crusade Inaugurated by Miss
Trella Foltz-Toland.

Miss Trella Foltz-Toland of San Fran
cisco, a clever little actress, has evidently
been reading that interesting and popular
book called BLACK Beauty, the Autobiog
raphy of Horse" At any rate, animated
by n very humane sentiment imbibed some
where, she has started out on a sort of sin
gle handed crusade against cruelty to
horses which has already won her thenick-
name "Checkrein Trella" and astonished
the people of some of the western cities in
which she has been acting. Miss Trella
considers checkreins and binders on horses
positive instruments of torture and makes
practice of slipping the check off every
horse she can reach and persuading the
drivers to give up the use Of binders
She does not think any one can doubt
that checkline causes a horse to suffer.
"Of course it does she says "and espe-
cially in city where there are hills and
there is heavy load in the wagon. It's
simply awful, and | can't stand by and see
it go on. Whenever l come across a poor
suffering brute with his great, handsome
head jerked back until the veins stand out
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

err to the kaiser,
but was much bet
ter known to the
German people as
a politician and
legislator and as
the originator of
the anti-Semitic
crusade of the
Christian Socialist
party, which has
since become an
important ele-
ment in German
politics. The no
toriety which at
tended his agita-
ton against the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
No Pews In spanish Churches.

The custom of having no seats or pews in
church continues in Spain. Each person
has rush bottomed sort of priedieu ch-r
called in Spanish a reclinatOrio, The name
of the owner is painted on the back, and all
the chairs are kept in the sacristy or stacked
in a corner of the church Most heads Of
families send their servants on Saturday
evening to arrange the chairs for Sunday
morning. st. Louis Republic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
Coral Fishing In Sardinia.

Coral fishing is gradually decaying in the
island of Sardinia, That fact is attributed
by some to the exhaustion of the old coral
reefs, while Others say that it is due to the
competition in the market by the selling of
coral of inferior quality, fished in enor-
nous quantities on the coast Of Sicily and
sold at an extremely low price,-St. Louis
Rpnnblic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

Seven hundred and forty tanks of one
mile each make long row, but 40 rows,
each with 40 tanks, begin to total up,
while 40 piled up floors, each with 40 rows
of 40 tanks, get big enough to hold even
the entire sea.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
THE BEeGAR's DREAM.

To own yacht, l think, would be pure bliss;
To have horse would suit me TO a dot;
To have n cottage would not come amiss,
Fen though it stood upon some backwoods
lot.
To have n store of bonds would suit me quite;
TO cut off coupons would be Jolly fun;
I sometimes think would be pleased TO strike
A bit of venison If I'd gun.
A shelf or two of rarest books would please;
A mantel holding bric-a-brac likewise;
| wouldn't mind a hammock and n breeze,
with naught to do but gaze up nj the skies.
Yet, while dream by day and night Of such
And think their ownership would be i'm
mense,
Twould also please me much if | could touch
And call my own u paltry fifty cents
Carlyle Smith in Harper's Bazaar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

Goust, the smallest separate and indie.
pendent territory in the world, is situated
in the lower Pyrenees, about 10 miles from
Oleron, between the boundaries of France
and Spain. The people speak a language Of
their own, a cross between French and
Spanish.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

At summer resort "A young man was
heard discoursing on snakes. Among other
pieces of information was this, Whenever
a miner dies in coal mine the rattlesnakes
that live in the mine entirely consume him,
leaving nothing but his bones"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12

In Paris the rattrap does not kill the rat
They catch him, not to drown him, as here,
but to utilize him. The rat is set to work
TO eat the flesh from the bones of carcasses
When he has done that thoroughly, then his
slaughter comes His fur is used for trim
ming, his skin for gloves, his thigh bones
for toothpicks and his bones and tendons
for gelatin wrappers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
SEEN AT THE ORIENT.
JAPANESE IN THEIR OWN HOMES AS
OBSERVED BY AMERICAN EYES.

People who Have No Supporters In Many
of the Arts--EHquisitc Results of Their
Handiwork In Carving, Enameling and
Embroidery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-12
AN Ex.cOuRT PREACHER.
Interest In DIR. Stoecker Revived by His
Wat to This Country.

Few men were more talked about in Der
lin five years ago than Rev. DR. Christian
Adolf Stoecker. lie was then court preach.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
A BaIaklaya Warrior,

There has recently died in London, in
the person of Trumpet Major Henry JOY,
late of the Seventeenth Lancers, another
of the small band of heroes who took
part in the famous Balaklava charge and
afterward lived to tell the tale. TO Joy
belonged the honor of sounding the or
der for the heroic charge. He entered
the army on May 13, 1888, joining the
Seventeenth Lancers as q boy in the
band, serving in the same regiment %
years. He vas appointed trumpet major
on Sept. %, 1S47, and was present at the
head of the band at the funeral of the
Iron Duke.
On the outbreak of the Crimean war
he sailed with the regiment for the Black
sea and was present at the battles of the
Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and Sevasto-
pool. He received a testimonial from
General the Earl of Lucan, commanding
the cavalry brigades in the Crimea, in
which it states that Trumpet Major Joy
was his trumpeter on the day of Bala-
klava. In a letter from Sir George Womb
well (who was present at Balaklava),
written only a few days ago, occurs the
words, IT heard him JOY sound the
order for the Balaklava charge" joys
bugle is in possession of his family at
the present time. At Balaklava he had
two horses shot under him and came
Out of the fight mounted on q Russian
horse.-London Million.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
The Question of Chaperons.

In this workaday world, if women
must be wage earners and bread win
ners, SO far as they are concerned chap
erons are impossible alike in England
and America. In most factories, work
shops and salesrooms, in America at
least, the women are as carefully guard
ed against insulting approaches Dr. de-
grading entanglements as they would be
in their own homes. So, therefore, there
is no reason in the world why in Amer
lea we should, sc far as these girls are
concerned, bother ourselves as to whether
they have chaperons or not.
If there is danger to this class of girls
in England because they cannot have
chaperons, it might be well for those
having the social condition of themother
country at heart to study the methods
almost universally in use in the United
States, I'd, to the extent of adopting
these methods, Americanize the working
girls of England. But so far as the
wealthy classes are concerned, either in
Great Britain or the United States, there
is no essential difference, nor likely soon
to be any. The presence of older women
in every company adds to the dignity
and variety quite as much as to the de-
corum and propriety.-Harper's Maya
zine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
The Syringe and the Pipe.

From a western point of view there is
one great drawback to opium smoking
it takes too much time. Western hurry
seems, however, to be gradually per-
meating ven the vices of the east, and
now the morphine syringe rivals the OPT
UNI pipe, if we may believe a report
which reaches US from Hong Kong. The
practice has been known for some time
in Shanghai, and some six months ago it
was brought to Hong Kong. where there
are now some 20 houses in which a regu-
lar trade in it is openly carried on. Each
house has on an average so clients, who
call in the morning and the evening and
take their doze.
An injection is much cheaper than a
smoke, and primarily, no doubt, that is
the reason of its rapid popularity. Curl
ously enough, the pretense is that it is
used as a cure for the vice of opium smok-
ing, to which, however, it would seem to
have about the same relation as a whisky
bar has to a beer saloon. The immedi-
ate happiness of an injection, which can
be had without the loss of time, the pub
lie exposure or the loathsome associa-
tions of the opium den, is a far more dam
gerous temptation than the more slowly
acting and more expensive pipe. Truly
In this matter John Chinaman is jump
ing out of the frying pan into the fire.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
Wales and His Shooting.

His royal highness Albert Edward,
prince of Wales, is not a brilliant per-
former with q shotgun, but he enjoys
shooting. 1t is necessary for the credit
of the nation that he should make a
showing, and with that idea Sir Henry
James usually accompanies him on gun
ming expeditions. His royal highness
blazes away all day, rarely hitting a
bird, while Sir Henry lets go both bar
rels right and left and seldom misses.
At the end of the days shooting Albert
Edward gets credit for the dimensions
of the bag, and Sir Henry winks the 9TH
er eye as in duty bound. He'll be a
duke some day.-Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
A sHIPLoAD or SCORPIONS.
Uncomfortable Experience of the Crew of
Vessel With a Cargo of Bones.

Uncomfortable Experience of the Crew of
Vessel with a Cargo of Bones.
The schooner Wallace j. Boyd, Cap
tain Godfrey, arrived here early yesterday
morning from Montevideo with a cargo
of bones, which were gathered from the
plains Of that locality, and the voyage
will long be remembered by Captain
Godfrey and his wise as well as by all
the sailors. The ship became infested
with scorpions, which arose from the
cargo and penetrated every available
quarter of the ship. The seamen's rest
was disturbed, and for weeks at a time
the unfortunate men dared not rest
themselves in their hunks for fear Of be-
ing stung by one of the creatures.
Every effort to rid the ship of the
plague was unsuccessful, and even on
Monday night, while lying at the upper
quarantine, the decks and cabins were
alive with these creeping insects. Gil
matte changes had no effect whatever on
them, and those of the crew who enter
tanned the belief that they would disap-
pear as the northern ATTITUDES were
reached were disappointed.
Captain Godfrey is at a loss to know
how they found their way out from be-
meath the matches, which On board YES
sells are regarded as ever alright, yet
they arose in thousands and made life
horrible on board tho ship. Five and
six times a day all hands were forced to
change their clothing. When the vessel
reached her pier yesterday, the sailors at
once left, and nothing could ever induce
any of them to again ship Oh a bone
laden vessel.
Captain Godfrey said yesterday that
they sailed from M~ontevideo Aug. II,
and up to the 9Th of September no YER
min appeared. The day in question was
very warm and the atmosphere was
heavy and damp. About noon around
the main hatch large green bugs were
seen coming up from inside the comb
ings, and toward evening the ships decks
were alive. The next morning they
found their way down into the forecastle
and drove all the sailors out. The same
night the after cabin was invaded. Since
that time this unfortunate condition of
affairs has existed, and the bugs were
thrown overheard by the bucketful ev-
cry day since. When the wind was blow
ing fresh the air was full of the unwel-
come visitors, and in Gains they lay
torpid on the decks. The bedclothing,
tablecloths, and even wearing apparel
became full of the insects, but fortunate
ly none of the crew was bitten by any
poisonous insect.
Captain Godfrey says that the bones
which he has on board were principally
brought from the extreme upper regions
of the river Plata in lighters. They
were gathered from the plains, where
they had probably been for ages. Many
whole skeletons of horses, sheep and oxen
are among the collection, all of which
will be ground up at this port. While
lying on the plains they no doubt be-
came infested with these bugs, and the
extreme heat of the vessels hold drove
them up on the deck.-Philadelphia
Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
Priceless Relics.

Among the relics donated last year to
the British museumin London is a green
basadt weight inscribed with the name
bf Nebuchadnezzar II. The weight is of
the denomination of one mana according
to the scale of Dungi, king of Babylonia
in $500 B. G..
Other contributions include marbles
and terra cottas from excavations at
Porta Portese and Civita Lavinia, and q
plate of the rare enameled German ware
of the last portion of the fifteenth ceat
tury.-Jeweler's Weekly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27

By Brander Mathews, setting forth in clear
and simple form the main biographical facts
and the chef literary qualities of famous men
in American literature, including Irving,
Cooper, Bryant, Hawthorne, Emerson, Low
ell, etc.;
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
MOSQUITO Netting Curtains.

Do you know that mosquito netting
not mosquito bar but the net which looks
like coarse brussels net-makes simply
lovely curtains for bed, sitting or dining
room windows?
It coQes two yards wide, at about 80
or 40 cents a yard, with alittle fly fringe
or a broad hem.
With a white ribbon run through, or
even without, it is really beautiful for
the purpose, and, as it washes like a
handkerchief and can be done up over
and over again, it is very cheap.-Polly
Pry in New York Recorder.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
"TOM SAWYER ABROAD"
A Serial Story by Mark Twain,

In which the great humorist's famous crea-
tions, "Tom Sawyer"and "Huckleberry Finn, 20
visit the eastern hemisphere lin a hying-ma-
chinel: a series on
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
IL CONTINUED
bs AND ENDS.
b.G00 sailors.

P.G00 sailors.
nobility 10 per cent
Knights of Labor viii try
Re first made at Bayonnc.
Fepa secretif two of them
hklin.
fried by Emperor Charles
Led 81 pounds.
bg dresses, put paper be-
! to prevent creasing.
bould be like angels visits
at least-few and far be-
{ Turner, the painter of
#," was a barber and hair
hmber of telegraph mes
Britain amounted to TO-
Ooch is appropriate witha
dress that is nottrimmed
Fb says, IF you listen at
t advice of q woman, not
les of the parrots bel1
t most birds are able TO
pr actual use carry hand
per. which are immedi-
be justly said to be all
(ere is a certain percent
discoverable therein.
tch out their necks and
b assemble in the corner
eir heads to leeward, look
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27

have already had either eleven or twelve cars of 15a nd $50 barrels in
each car, and have been out of flour about half of the time, | will now try
and keep it on hand at all times. | have just unoaded Two Cars. One the
old White Satin that I used to sell for years for my best Flour. l did sell
it for 1925. [ will sell it now for s. so, and this is NJ low grade flour, but
a good frstclass Flour, and 1 will warrant every barrel o suit you or you
can return it. [ have just put in a ar of Ides best Snow Flake Flour of
st. Johnsbury. They told me they sold it at both the Hotels there and also
put it out for their best trade, and they sell it there for $3.50. 1 sell it here
for So $50, and warrants it extra.
I have got half a carload of that Ceresota coming that / have been selling,
which is the best Spring wheat Flour made in the world.
It cannot be denied by any of my competitors it's the BEST BREAD FLOUR
MADE. This [ will not be undesod on. | have Two cars of the Snow
White, like what | sold lin the Spring, coming that l will sell for 1919.
Every one knows what that is and it is warranted besides. If you want
any flour, come and zee m lie. Do not take any cheap -four that my competitors
say is s. good as Grows, for J sell the best. / buy it close and sell at a
very small profit. Because L am selling Flour cheap it is n o sign L am sell
ing a poor flour. Because L can get you a Fair flour from So 65 to $500 a
barre, if you wish, but 1 want to sell the best.
keep a full line of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-27
Every Sunday.

|bstone Every Sunday.
eccentric man, a stone
died at Barrow-On-Soar,
Fcently. On the death
.years ago, he engraved
hitch read as follows:
memory of William and
10 departed this life in
century" The stone
at the end of his wife's
II that time until his
It on his way to church
London Tit-Bits.