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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

The appreciation of Japanese music can
scarcely prove an easy requirement to Eu-
ropeans. Apart from the feebler quality Of
the tone of the instruments and its singu-
lar character, Japanese music takes ex-
tremely complicated forms and demands
the most delicate phrasing to express its
individuality. My own experience" re-
marked Mr. Pigott, has been that even in
the first grade tunes it required 20 or 80
lessons to enable one to grasp the delicate
nuances of many of the passages. He ex-
presses the opinion that unless Japanese
musicians come and play to us in England
accurate knowledge of their art and appre-
citation Of their craft can only arise in the
west very gradually.
The best way to appreciate japanese mu-
sic is to hear it performed by native musi-
clans, without prepossessions of any kind
or the prejudces of travellers, and to hear
it with ears undebauched-as an eastern
critic might put it-by the modern orches-
ira, for custom in this matter, as in 9th
ers, is somewhat of tyrant 1t is hardly
possible, indeed, that the music of the sami-
sen heard for the first time in Japanese
streets should be appreciated by the tourist
accustomed to such street harmonies as are
afforded by the cornet soloist, the piano or
gan or the German band.
japanese music should be studied, in
fact. as the youthful japanese learn it, by
the ear only and experience of the instru-
ment, for it is one of the many paradoxes
of the art that it is taught entirely by rote
and chiefly by blind professors. Women
and blind men comprise the musical
profession in Japan. 1t is odd that peo.
Pile cultivating music on these terms should
possess music books at all or be at the pains
of devising system of notation.-Saturday
Rayiaw
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

81 was travelling in Indiana" said the
drummer, land in order to make several
towns where | thought l could sell some
goods / was obliged to drive about 40
miles. / went through some of the queer
est little towns had ever seen during that
drive, and at one of the queerest of the lot
stopped for dinner
1.-The hotel was an ordinary frame house
The front room had sort of counter
across one end, and the local postoffice was
perched on that counter. There were two
or three chairs scattered about, and great
sheet iron stove, big enough to take in the
stump of a good sized tree, stood in the
center of the room. The landlord told me
to sit down in the office and took my team
and slowed it away somewhere. When he
returned, | asked him if / could get some
dinner.
al reckon he said.
"'Is it nearly readyP asked, for was
hungry as bear.
81 reckon he said again. and then he
disappeared from sight
Half an hour later good looking girl
came out and said that dinner was ready. /
followed her through a long hall into lit
tie room at one end of the building, and
she motioned me to a seat at pine table
which held few dishes and which had no
cloth. / sat down and she disappeared.
waited for 20 minutes and was just about
to leave in disgust when the same girl
came busting into the room and took
stand behind my chair. Bean soupp' she
asked in persuasive voice
mo, l said, I don't think / care for any
bean soup.
Bean soupT she inquired again, still
more persuasively.
81 don't want any, l replied shortly.
Then dinners over she said, and with
that she disappeared, and, by Jovel dinner
was over, for not another person could
get to come near me, and had to harness
my team myself. Express.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

In the olden times in Japan all the dai.
mics similar to the old English lord) had
great sport with falcons, as they went
out to the field to catch other birds with
falcons. The falcons were tanned well
and used to catch large birds, mostly
cranes. When people now go out hunt
ing with falcons, the men in charge hold
the falcons upon their fingers. AS soon
as one sees any bird he lets the falcon
rush at the bird; as soon as the falcon
reaches the bird he bites at the throat
and throws the bird down to the ground.
Meanwhile the holder runs to the place
where they are and catches both of them.
Falcons are not large birds, but as they
belong to the eagle family they are
strong and brave and never afraid to GO
at any bird to kill it, but the men in
charge of falcons of course take great
care in feeding and tanning them. -Chi
cago News-Record.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

~ name taken off the list of capitalists,
and l now wish to file my application
for that purpose
After Mr.. Mccartney had gone was
very unhappy, and my guest noticed it
that evening. He spoke of it and asked
if the watermelon was hurting me, but
| told him no.
He was pretty decent man, and so !
told him all about it with husky voice.
Then he told me his own experience.
His parents had come to visit him at his
country place, and while he and his wife
were gone for an afternoon the old folks
were almost eaten up by big mastiff
while they We're trying to get at the
electric button in order to pull it.
II am self made man, said he,
''and the majority of my boyhood
friends think that an electric button
ought to be pulled As it is, l have to
work it every way on earth to keep from
frightening off my old friends, and I'm
going to have my name taken off the
list of capitalists the first hard work /
do"
So we shook hands on it,
Some of the most pathetic situations
i'll life result from these sudden changes
in fortune.
do not mind giving brief answers to
the questions contained in this letter
quoted above, however.
My postoffice address is Arden, Bun
combe country, N c., from the early
rhubarb pie season until frost Then it
is 40 Park place. New York city. My
present occupation is that of literary
buckwheater and refined cucumber fan
oier.
The origin of my fortune was due to
lucky turn in muskrat pelts at the
close of the war My prosperity since
has been largely due to unfiagging in
dustry and determination to keep ex-
penses below receipts
"Splurging" is one of the great foes
of prosperity in America. Nothing is so
un-AmeIican, yet nothing is so common
in this new and democratic country
My biography is very brief and of lit
tie interest to the public. was born
Aug 20, 1850, in Shirley, Me-, and
moved west at the age of years. Twas
expelled from Yale college in the sum-
mer of 1870 for refusing to divide a
watermelon with the faculty.
l did not take my degree, as l left in
the night, and in the intense darkness
was unable to lay my hand ON it. took
some other things, however, which did
not fit me, and they have imbittered my
whole life.
My advice to the young would be to
study my career carefully and see how
different they can be.
have a copy Of the above book of
millionaires with leather back and but
little worn-except ON the page contain
ing my portrait-which will sell for
49,
l need the money!
@AAA Xxx
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19
REMOVING A PEA FROM THE EAR.
u Had Remained There For Twenty-on'


y
Years without Causing Trouble.
Extracting a foreign body from the ear
il an operation which the physician is fire.
queutly called upon to perform. Many chill
dren seem to have decided weakness for
slowing peas, beans, buttons and various
other small articles in their ears, which in
some cases produce very serious disturb
ances An interesting case was recently
recorded in The Lancet by Dr. Prtchard.
The foreign body in this case remained
in the ear 81 years without causing any
urgent symptom. The physician said he
was called to see married woman and
found her to be suffering from case of
tonsilitis. She complained of much pain
in swallowing and of an acute pain in the
right ear. The throat inflammation quick
ly subsidized, and in few days the throat
had resumed its normal condition The ear
ache, however, persisted.
When asked as to whether she had had
any ear trouble previously, she said that
"for some years past she had suffered from
occasional neuralgia pains and sense Of
something being in the ear" She did not
think she was particularly deaf, but had
noticed lately that she had acquired the
habit of turning her left ear when listening
to any feeble sounds. She then stated that
when a child, 81 years ago, she remembered
placing pea in her ear in imitation of her
nurse, who was performing the sleight of
/ hand trick Of inserting pea in her ear
and withdrawing it from her nose. She
/ placed pea in her ear, but was unable to
/ complete the feat. A doctor was sent for,
but after repeated attempts, all endeavors
to remove the foreign body were abandon
ed, owing to her struggling. 1t was hoped
the pea would work its way out, and her
friends always believed It had done So
Her sense of hearing tested by a watch
was much impaired, and examination re-
vealed a large accumulation of wax. Warm
oil was applied on two or three occasions,
and the ear was syringed with warm wa
ter After removal of some of the wax q
daIss rounded body was distinctly visible.
Swinging failed to remove it, and a fine,
silver wire snare was carefully pushed be
yond it, and the body was dislodged, which,
on examination, proved to be an ordinary
pea. The pea was much shriveled, and a
portion of it was covered with epidermis.-
| New York World
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

come to visit for week or so when you
are entertaining u nabob or two. You
can't put the old neighbor down to the
table with the servants, and yet you are
fidgeting all the time if he should be at
table with an aristocrat.
Let us consider for moment the ex.
IRENE misery Of an effort to reconcile at
times the nabob and the neighbor.
Years ago in moment of exhuber-
ance l told Elias Mccartney to come
and see us. =" | said l was living in the
country and took it easy during the
summer, so that it would seem like old
times if he and Mrs. Mccartney would
come and stay week He pulled me
out of millpond when | was young.
ster, the summer after l was expelled
from Yale.
He was good, plain man, with a
clear honest eye, and his wife always
cut his hair for him,
He thought it would be nice trip to
Just hitch up his own team and drive to
my country place, with his horse feed
in the back end of the wagon. He got a
new thimble skein wagon made and
started out to drive to my estate. He
took off his coat during the middle of
the day, and Mrs. Mccartney had al
ways been opposed to corsets, even 80
years ago
They drove up to our back door on a
hot June day, accompanied by q sweet
little collie that had been born ON the
road.
w, ,,.,,, ,,t tl,a t;,,a aot;nc 1,,prb
with guest whose name is in the book
above referred to.
My wife and Mrs. Mccartney had
never met before. They had not ex-
changed calls.
Mr.. Mccartney left his wife on the
back porch and drove on out to the barn,
whistling "There'll Be No More Sor-
row There. He was engaged i'll tying
his team to the hind wheel of his wagon
and feeding there under large shade
tree when my coachman, Colonel Fred
erick Douglass, pounced on him.
Mrs. Mccartney knocked at the
kitchen door, but the chef said briefly
that we did not want any more vege-
tables and shut the door
You know how well trained servant
can sometimes ostracize plain person.
Mrs. Mccartney asked for me after
awhile, however, and was told by the
girl to please wait till was done with
my lunch. She sat in the hall tanning
herself all through our long, chatty
lunch and had chance to compare her
| clothes with those of the help.
presume that during the time she
sat there she had made up her mind to
cut down her visit good deal, for when
l learned the situation, and Mr.. Nc
Cartney, hot and hungry, had settled
his trouble with Colonel Frederick
Douglass and come up to the rear door,
kicking imaginary mud from his dura-
BILE kip boots and wiping them on the
lawn, the wide smile on his face had
| faded good deal,
Toward sunset, in spite of all that
| could do, they started home. He said
that they only "calc lated" to stay a
little while, but / noticed that he had
horse feed enough left to last fortnight
when he started home.
After they had disappeared through
the big gate resolved that would have
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19


India Linen and Persian Lawns,
Embroidery, in 8 yard pieces
Roman and Guipure Embroidery,
Oriental, Platte, and other Iaces, In
white, cream and black,
Chiffon Lace, all colors,
45-in. Lace Net, cream and black.
Striped and Check Dimity,
Wide Japanese Crepe, white and c0lr'd
White, Cream and Black Surah Silk,
White and Cream Silk Crepe,
Navy and Cream Serge,
Suez and Tennis Flannel.
The Jenness- Miller "Equipoise" waist
Prima Donna and P. d. Corsets,
Ladies' Black Hose.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19
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A Great Longing.

Mrs. Dingler - Humph / always
knew that Miss Oldgirl wanted man,
but | didn't think she wanted one as
badly as that.
Dingler-As badly as what?
Mrs Dingler-This paper says she
has gone for tramp. Buffalo Courier
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

The Young Man-Gracie, what is it
your father sees in me to object to,
darling?
The Young Woman (wiping away a
tear)-He doesn't see anything in you,
Algernon. That's why he objects. Tit
Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19

Don't you think Miss Comingirl a
trlfie mannish?"
"a trifle? When girl has her bloom
ers made with two pistol pockets, call
her more than trifie mannish. I'm,
dianapolis Journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19
Higher Prices for Hides.

n July, 1898, owing to the f.
u nancial depression, in the
United States. or other causes,
hides declined in price to the
lowest point ever known. Hides
that in May brought 5 cents per
pound, in July brought only 3
cents. But prices had been
steadily declining for two years,
now change is coming. In
July last prices again started up,
and in the small space of two
months jump from 81 to ~
has taken place in San Francis
co markets. These prices are
for the average Hawaiian hide.
This will be cheering news to
the Island butcher, as for the
past year it has hardly paid him
to salt and ship his hides.
All who have hides to sell
will please remember we are
paying the highest prices for
green sailed hides.
M. w. McC HEsNEY Sons.
October I, 1904.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-19
MILLIONAIRE . re.
HE MuRMuRS BECAUSE HE is AZ
FLlcTED WITH WEALTH.

He Gives the Result of His Experience
when an Old Friend Dropped In to See
Him and Moves That Ills Name Be
stricken on the List.
copyright, 1894, by Edgar w. Nye.l
Below | give the substance Of cir
cular letter issued to the millionaires of
the United States for the purpose of re-
vising n book containing a list of these
financial freaks, together with biography
and portraits. The book was issued two
years ago, but in that time many Of our
leading millionaires have changed their
addresses, died or removed to the poor
house.
Therefore it is found to be necessary
that the book should 90 through proc
ess Of revision, and hence we are asked
The evening world., 1894-04-12
SWINDLER CAUGHT.
Man Who Worked" Brooklyn Ar
rested in Philadelphia.

Supt. Robert ]. Wilkin. OF the Brook
Ign Society for the Protection OF Cruelty
to Children. was notified by the Phila-
delphia police to-day of the arrest OF a
man believed to be the swindler who OPP
Grated successfully among wealthy peo-
pie in New York and Brooklyn recently
and got away with several hundred dol
lars.
The prisoner gave his name as Thos.
Linton Plucker, though he says his real
lame is j. Dallas York. and that he
lives in New York City. In Phlladel-
phia he posed as Lord Lionel Harcourt
Hamburg and as j. u. Stuart, a nephew
of Mayor Stuart, Of that city.
He was first heard from in Brooklyn
| about two months ago, when he secured
possession of several subscription books
OF the Children's Society, the Brooklyn
| Bureau OF Charities and the Brooklyn
Association for Improving the COndi-
ton of the Poor. He operated among
wealthy people living on the Hill"
Among those who gave liberal sub
scriptions to him were David NJ. Stone.
of the New York Journal OF Commerce.
According TO a despatch from Phila-
delphia Plucker was operating in a sim
liar manner In that city when he was
CAPTURED. He was arrested at the STRAIT
ford Hotel and placed under 81 DJ bail
for examination. The Philadelphia po-
| lice claim to have learned that his work
in New York and Brooklyn Melted him
over 1880.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
FURGUESON TO LOSE HIS JOB.
Shore Inspectorship Repeal Bill
Passes the Assembly.
"The Evening World" Saves $27,.
600 q Year to Taxpayers.

The Assembly last night passed the
bill to abolish the office of State Shore
Inspector. The Senate having passed the
bill some time ago.. il simply remains for
Gov. Flower to sign the paper, and Boss
Cornelius Furgueson. of New Utrecht.
who has been getting 2 1000 a year for
eight years from the State, will lose one
of his fat Jobs.
THE Evening World" some two
months ago discovered the frauds exist
ing in the Office of Shore Inspector Fur
gueson. AS a result of the exposures in
THE Evening World" a bill was intro
duced into the State Legislature abolish
ing the office. Furgueson and his friends
fought the bill at every stage, but with
out success.
At the office of the American Brother
hood of Steamboat Pilots in South street
his morning there was much satisfac-
ton expressed by members OF the or
ganization that the Shore Inspector
ship had been abolished. Furgueson and
his officers have long annoyed the local
pilots, and they are delighted at getting
rid Of him,
The work heretofore performed by
State Shore Inspector Furguason, is now
thoroughly covered by the United States
Government. Lieut.. Delahanty, the local
Harbor Inspector. has a large force Of
men and two steam tugs at his COM
mand and performs the work which Fur
gueson's opera bouffe organization has
been making a pretense OF doing, and for
which the State paid s27, 700 per year.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
BLOWN into THE RIVER.
Woman Collecting Firewood When
Carried Off the Pier.
Rescued Unconscious, Aged Mrs.
Mueller VIII Probably DIE.

Mrs. Charlotte Mueller, seventy-six
wears old. of elO East Seventeenth street.
49, go. 80. 49,
was pio"h INTO inc East river ut 'he
foot Of Eighteenth street at 9 o'clock
this morning She was unconscious
n., .ara,a
"hFh rescued
The wine blew a gale along the river
front at that hour. The waves beat
htuh o,ar ,ha nior, an, ,au rn .,o,,ors
hish over the piers ana fell IN "
upon 'longshoremen whose duties drew
them there
49,. ,,.,,.u u,. -. ~ A.,
Nrs' Muel'er iEes VIII hhel So" Nu-
gust, who Is a prosperous photographer.
Although she Il old and quite feeble. she
.sa - -, la, - oouo,, a.
goes alhnost every uhg 10 c"''ect IRE
wood along the river front. That Is what
she WIS doing this morning
- :, -
The evening world., 1894-04-12
NO ARGUMENT WAS NEEDED.
The Snyders' ALE atoms, Al
though Denied, Were Explicit.
Sensational Divorce Suit Brought in
Brooklyn Court.

The papers In the suit for n decree of
separation, brought by Mrs. Margaret
Snyder, against John w. Snyder, were
submitted without argument to Justice
Pratt, in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn,
this morning.
Snyder is associated with his father.
John H.. Snyder, in the undertaking and
livery business at IL, "A and l6 Powers
street, Brooklyn. He is reputed to be
wealthy.
He was married to the plaintiff ten
years ago. They have two children.
Mrs. Snyder charges her husband with
cruel and inhuman treatment.
She alleges that in August. 1886. her
husband struck her in the eye and
called her vile m In the Summe OF
1887 shes avs he threatened to kill her
with n carving knife. She says that dur
Ing the same Summer Snyder took a
woman named Ida to a hotel in Fair
haven. N. J..
September 10, 1898. Mrs. Snyder says
her HUSBAND kicked her out of bed an
called her vile names, and that IN many
occasions from 1856 TO the present time,
her husband has abused her shamefully.
''' 'hS Nhol i' tluS'h W IblNt HtT
money and has neglected her in many
ways.
Mrs. Snyder alleges that In January.
1892, her husband was found in a room
in his own house, 5l7 Grand street. with
a woman named Phoebe. His children
were also present. She also says that
at different times ne has been unduly
intimate with women known as Ma
Frances, ""'!"ef hoebe.@H '" S,Ida," " Dora
and "Aneta."
Snyder denies all of the allegations.
He charges her with unwifely conduct
and says that In 1898 she pulled n
chair from under him when he was
about sitting down to the dinner table
with guests.
About the same time, he says, his wife
tore his shirt off his back and cut up
twelve panrs of his stockings.
He says that while at a concert with
mis- children and other friends, on March
p last, his wife move all the goods
out OF the house and abandoned him.
He says she does not take proper care
of the children, but puts them to bed
in the daytime and absents herself some
times for the entire day.
He declares that she also stays out
late at night, and did not return on one
occasion until 4 o'clock the next morn.
Ing.
Justice Pratt will probably render a de.
cision In the matter early next week.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
SLUMP IN TOBACCO STOCK.
The Only F'nlivening Feature Of
a Dull Market.
Big Shipment of Gold Ordered for
Saturday.

The industrials were the feature NJ
speculation this morning, but the trad
ms even in this group was light. The
dealings are s;ill characterized by
strength, and tho bears are unable TO
cover their outstanding short lines.
Whenever they make the attempt prices
are quickly advan ed.
IA sterling exchange keeps firm there
is talk OF gold shi, ments by Saturdays
steamers, but the street takes the mat:
ter philusophicelly. and Il Xpnrts should
really be made It ia doubtful whether
they would have more than a passing
influence on speculation,
The decision Of Attorney-Ceneral Ma.
loncy IN the Chicago Gas quo warrant
proceedings Is awaited with II good dea
Of interest. N tie uncertainty tends tc
hold business in check The operations
tor London were insignificant
Ear silver in l.ondl IN Is unchanged at
rs IA d. per ounce. Commercial bar here
Is steady at 60 SO. but Mexican dollars
declined to II.
Money lent at | per cent. on call.
Foreign exchange is firm, owing to the
llght supply OF bills OF all kinds. ActuaI
rates are n shade higher, bankers sixty.
days selling at 4S7 Ia a 4S liz, and
sight bills at Ass - a ass "a
one of the gold exporting houses has
made application TO the Fourth National
linuk for t7Jo,0c0 to be shipped b.
saturdays steamers.
Tho only cnlivcn!ug incident OF thu
STOCK market was II sudden slump II
American TohaCCo from Of ia to SO rs
II vas reported that an effort had beer
made to market long stock. and a hreat
Immediately followel In the absence o.
uutPidc demand Tho general list re
acted fraCtiunally.