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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

that time three rescues have been placed
TO the credit Of the heroine, making 10 In
all.
One medalist who was not a man, nei-
ther a woman, but mere girl, was placed
on the noble roll ahead of Ida Lewis, This
was Edith Morgan, silver medalist of
1880 Three other girls wear the silver
medals. Two women have received the
gold medal since Idas was awarded and
several have received the silver medal, but
the brave girl life saves, according to the
last report, number but five
Edith Morgan the very first medalist Of
her sex, was living at tho life saving sta
ton at Grand Point au Sable, Mich, where
her father was keeper, in the spring of
1873. On the esd Of March, during north
eastcrly gale, when the sea was breaking
heavily on shore, two men We're seen out
in the lake, clinging to a capslzcd boat.
The navigation season had not opened, and
the life saving crew was absent from duty.
The only persons at hand were Captain
Nor an, one son, grown to manhood, an
othe who was but lad and his daughter
Edith, then in her teens. These four put
of IN common fishing boat, which the
boy s5eered while the men and Edith stood
20 the oars. The united strength of the
three could not force the boat through the
brcaEers, and the crow reluctantly put
back 20 shore The oldest son then went
away for help, and Edith went to work
with her father to clear path for the
heavy surfboat through the mass of drift
wood which blocked up the beach. Heavy
logs and timbers were rolled out Of the
way, and when help reached the scene all
was ready for speedy launch. Then Edith
took her place again at the oar, and after
desperate struggle with the breakers res
cue was accomplished just in time The
weather was intensely cold, and the men,
struggling in the icy lake, were chilled al
most to "A point of helplessness.
The next girl medalist was Edith Clark,
a pupil at the convent in Oakland Cal.
At the age of 10 she rescued "A schoolmate
IN "A situation calling for remarkable cour
age and perseverance, A party Of girls
were wading in the narrow edge of Lake
ChabOt, deep mountain tarn which
serves as a reservoir for the city of Oak
land, when the loose earth Of the hank
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

An Englishman salutes his friend with
SHOW do you do? Goodby Farewell. "
Similarly the Dutchman, "Vaar wei, 4"
and the Swede, "Farval." A Frenchman
says, "Bon jour Au plaisir' d. e., de
vous revoir'O. An Italian, "Buon giorno
Addio 4 rivderci" A Spaniard, Buen-
os dias Adios Hasta la vistap French,
"Au revoir''.) The Turk folds his arms
across his breast and bows his head to-
ward the person whom he salutes. The
common Arab says, "Salem aleikum"
C'Peace be with your. He then lays his
hands on his breast in order to show that
the wish proceeds from his heart.-Lan-
der und Volkerkunde.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

Since they who live must eat, though sore be
stead,
What time had she to weep-what breathing
space7
Poor even in words, she had no fitting phrase
Wherein to tell the story of her dole,
/ But stood, like Niobe, a thing of stone,
4 Or mutey went on her accustomed ways
/ Or counted her small gains, while her dumb
SOUL
Shut in with grief, could only make its moanl
Julia c. II. Dorr
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

The sky is dark Still thou shouldst not repine,
For after darkness always cOmeth light,
Aud soon by contrast twill seem doubiy
bright
When once again on thee the sun shall shine.
Thy path is rouRh2 Still press thou firmly on.
Sooner or later smoother it will grow.
Then in the end thou wilt more plainly know
How easy Is the way, for hardship's gone.
Thy friends are few2 But faithfully employ
All thy best qualities Of heart and mind,
And thourt abundant friendship surely find.
Past loneliness Will then enhance thy joy.
William Rossiter Dewey.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

While the water crosses slumber,
While the bird are few in number,
Spring is busy Mt her loom,
Weaving for the time of bloom;
For the trees, bright green awning,
For the time OF yerual dawning;
With a warp Of living green,
With weft Of fowery sheen,
Bright the wrcaths to deck her pillow
Hanging from he oak and willow
Soon her roBes Of living green
In their be -uty will be seen.
Watch the swiitness of her fingers
Weaving, where the sunlight fingers
In the messy meadow nook,
By the gently purling brook.
Soon we'll see the sweet unwilling
OF the pink arlutus trailing;
Then the snowurops will peep up
And the yellow buttercup-
When the days are soft and hazy-
Smile beside the nOdding daisy,
And her shuttle she will ply
Meath sunny, azure sky,
Till her welt and warp she closes
With the blooming of the roses.
Boston Globe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

DA LEWIS, her
oinc, isthC waya
standard cyclopc-
dia of famous
American women
introduces one of
its 1,470 lifo
sketches. Tho re
manning /, 400 BIZ
ogrHphios tell
about actresses,
poets, authors, re
formers, lecturers,
teachers, preach
crs, doctors, law
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Pegg-Sometimes the absolute faith my
boy has In my wisdom makes me almost
ashamed Of myself.
Potts-You need not worry. 1t will
average up all right. By the time he IL
20 he will think you know nothing at all.
London Tit Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

The snake worm is the name of small
creature which when alone has almost 10
power of locomotion. Large numbers of
them, by forming a close, ropelike process
sion, move with ease from place to place.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14

A woman says that man can walk 40
miles day and arrive fresh at the end Of
his journey, but he cannot take care of a
baby half an hour without complaining
that he is utterly worn out.
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GE MS IN VERSE.


The city woke. Down fhe long market place
Her sad eyes wander. d. hut 600 tears they shed.
In her bare home % little child lay dead
Yet she was here, with white impassiye face,
Aud hands that had no beauty and mo- grace,
Selling het small wares for q bit Of brcadl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-14
FIVE BRAVE GIRLS.
THEY RlSkEO THEIR LIVES TO SAVE
OTHERS From DROWNING

Ida LOWS, Americas Tirst Heroine Two
Ediths who Wear Uncle sans Medals
Tor Bravcry--A enid of Ten and Another
Of Thirteen rs Life savers.
tCopyright. 1894. 10y American Press Associs-
ton Book rights rcservcdl
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-14

In Vermont the republicans at the re-
cent election made q gain of ID per cent
of total vote over 1892, while the demo-
Gratis lost IA per cent, making a total set
back to the democrats of q per cent.
Such is the weighty condemnation OF
two years of democratic rule. In Maine
at the recent election as compared with
two years ago the result was nearly as
demoraiizing to the democratic party.
1t lost nearly % per cent of the total
vote In two years. Such reverses have
not been known in fifty years of Ameri-
can history.
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Disappearance OF the ..old salt."

The typical ''old salt" who uses
strange oaths, wears a long knife in
his belt and bitches up his trousers,
is fast dying out, but he viii not be
missed in the navy, for there is no
further need of him. The fashions
of the sea, like the fashions of the
land, have changed, and the sailors
of the future must be machinists, car
penters and boatswains, sailmakers
and masters. Even the guns are
handled by machinery, and even the
lights at the topmast and.in the bows
are lighted by touching a button.
The condition of men-of-warsmen Is
SO changed that one-third-perhaps
one-half-of the crew of such ships
as the Columbia, or the New York.
or the Minneapolis are employed be.
low in the engine and boiler rooms,
while the ordinary sailor has nothing
to do but to swab the decks and keep
the brasswork shining. The machin-
list speaks of him with contempt and
calls him a chambermaid - Chicago
Record.
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#~#E#& hOhSES FOGNU 6IALI nAhNESCED %E-a
was a part was licked up. A wagon In
which q family was fleeing for safety
lost one wheel only by fire, and the
horses were found still harnessed after
it was all over, while the fugitives who
fed from the vehicle when it began to
blaze were lost. They took refuge in a
neighboring water hole and were smooth
cred, as were SO many others IL these
had remained by their wagon, they
would probably have been saved.
The forest fires of 1871, the year Of
the great Chicago fire, were as wide
spread and as terrible in their grandeur
as those of 10 years later, but they did
nothing like a much damage, because
they were not located in such thickly
settled regions. 1t has been claimed that
the loss OF life was greater, but as TO
that it is hardly possible to speak with
certainty. 1t must always indeed be
difficult to accurately estimate in such
cases either as to life or property, for
the burned over regions are always re-
mote, and many lives areslost of which
the world mover learns. The response
of the charitable to the appeals of the
suffering both years was instantaneous
and liberal to q degree. I'm 1881 the
Red Cross society, under the direction
of that good woman, Clara Barton,
served the nation admirably as a me-
dunn for the distribution of the peoples
givings, as it has always i'm such times
ever since its organization.
Other years memorable for great for
est fires were l848, 1854, 1884, 1887 and
1889. None of the fires OF the earlier
years was so serious as have been those
OF the later ones for the obvious reason
that not 50 much damage could be done
in q new settlement al In an older one,
but they entailed great suffering and
hardship nevertheless. In 1884 the
spoke was carried to great distances
without being dissipated, and some very
curious effects resulted. The fires were
earlier and more prevalent east that
year than they have been this year. I'm
May they ragged with great fury In
Pennsylvania, and one day the smoke
from the burning pine woods of the
Keystone State fairly settled down on
New York city, making the streets Of
the eastern metropolis D dark that Ii
was necessary TO light the gas for an
hour in order to continue business,
while the smell of burning pine was
quite apparent M / DEXTER.
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At the regent state meeting OF the w.
c. L. U. at Aberdeen, a resolution was
passed by a positive vote scoring Gov.
Sheldon for recently pardoning q seduc-
or in order to ave the criminals citizen
ship, and as advance on past legislation
on this subject the following resolution
was passed: whereas we believe it is
just and right that our state MAKE it as
easy as possible for everyone to do right
and as difficult as possible for everyone
TO do wrong; Therefore, be it resolved,
that We ask the repeal OF the law govern
ing the age of consent for our girls and
that a law be passed making 1t a crime
for either sex to lure each other to ruin.
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Saccharin.

Saccharin is regarded by a French
writer as a valuable a~ntiseptic. A
strength of ] to 500, as an addition
to mucilaginous and other solutions,
prevents the formation of low organ
isms. Thus a valuable, inexpensive
dentifrice may be prepared by SIM
ply dissolying saccharin in water to
the proportion of i per cent. A tea
spoonful of this in a half pint of wa
ter forms an admirable a~ntiseptic
mouth wash. In cases of malignant
and other diseases of the stomach,
requiring the washing out of that
organ, a solution of saccharin of the
strength of 2 per cent will be found
very suitable Tcrann Lancet.
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THE BLAZING WOODS.
THIS DEMONSTRATION THE WORST
SINCE THE HORRORS or 1881.

to an Earthquake or q Volcanic Erup-
tion, a Great Forest Fire Il In Appearance
y the Most Striking of Natural rhenomena.
Some Strange Details.
Forest fires rank among the most i'm
pressive, most destructive of natural
phenomena. Some of those wild riots
of the elements that we call cyclones
and tornadoes, and sometimes foods, do
quite as much damage to the works of
man, but there is no manifestation
which equals the forest fire in terror in
spring grandeur unless 1t be . volcanic
eruption or an earthquake. There are
forest fires in the United States every
year, and every year the losses of prop
arty are considerable, but nothing ap-
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Notice.

#N44@ KN0NlSEs A.EE A&%E%@ &###.#G
State of South Dakofa, county OF Lake, 81. In
cirenit court, second judicial circuit. IN the
matter OF tho voluntary assignment o. John
Huecker, insoiRent, To Samuel Bass, for the ben.
eft of mis- creditors. To the creditors and all
persons interested In the properly and effects of
John Huecker, insolvtnt: Notice is hereby
given that on the 19.h day OF September, 1894,
ct Zen O'Clock In the forenoon Of that day, at the
court house In the city OF Madison, In Lake
county South Dakota, the above named samuel
Bast. assignee for John Huecker az Aforesaid,
will make an application TO the circntt court OF
Lake county, south DAk0ta, for an order per-
hitting him, the said samuel Bast, 10 sell and
dispose Of said assigned property In bnlg and
that all persons interested I'm said property as
creditors or the said John Hneckeg. are notified
TO appear at said time and place, and then and
there TO show cause, IL any they have, why this
court should NOT make an order permitting him,
the said Samuel Baet, assignee as aforesaid, 70
sell said assigned property In bulk.
Dated at MAdie0ns Lake county, South DakO-
SAMUEL BAsT,
FL. S0PER, Assignee.
Atty for ASSIGNEE.
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NJ. ]. McGilLrray.
How spidera won.

MFR. q. III. Dixon has been studying
the locomotion Of insects and spiders by
means Of instantaneous photographs.
He finds that the limbs move together
in diagonals. In insects the first and
third legs ON one side move with the
second on the other, the antennB NOV
ing with the first leg ON the same side.
In the case Of spiders, which have eight
legs. the fret and third on n side
move with the second and fourth ON the
other.
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Lycorafngss Early Judiciary.

Fair Play Men was the title given
to a part of Lycoming county, Pa,
now densely populated and dotted with
prosperous towns and cities. The pro-
prietary government, with q view to
protecting the Indians from intrusion,
had forbidden the survey and settle
ment Of the region, but some hard treat.
ed and hard handed Scotch-Irish pic
neers found their way into the forbid
den territory, and being outside the i'm
mediate Jurisdiction Of any properly
constituted tribunal they chose three Of
their number to settle disputes and call
ed them fair play men. The decisions
OF this tribunal. especially rs to bound
aries, were enforced by the whole com
uunity and came in time even 10 be re-
spected by the courts. When D chief
justice OF Pennsylvania asked one Of the
first pioneers what were the features Of
the fair play code, the pioneer il re-
ported to have answered that since his
honor's court had found Its way into
the region fair play had fed end law
had taken it, place. - Philadelphia
Press.
Or. Prices Cream Baking POwdei
Awsresd Gold Msdd Afidwiatas Fair. San Francisco.
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their behalf that has been declared heretofore,
and which has been 30 industrlously promoted
by South DakOta's representatives OF that party
In congress-.
10. We congratulate South Dakota upon the
admirable manner In which the present admtnis-
tration has conducted the affaifs of the state.
maintaining the public credit ut all times, ana
conducting the affaire OF the commonwealth at
the expense per capita amounting to only about
one.haif that OF states surrounded by conditions
similar to ocre.
II. Feeling assured that the principles. OF the
republican party afford the best possible OASIS OF
government, we cordially invite all good citizens
to rally to the support thereof, guaranteeing TO
them that IL is our purpose to promote every In.
terert which lie calculated to secure the greatest
good TO the greatest number, and also to oppose
whatever may be TO the best inter
ests Of the people OF this state and nation rs II
tVtaia a...
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preaching the fires that have this year
laid waste parts of Minnesota. Michigan
and Wisconsin, wiping out Hinckley,
Phillips and other towns, has been suf-
fered since the memorable Michigan
confiagration of 1881. Even that catas-
trophe did not come with such awful
suddenness, and it is doubtful IL there
was IS great loss Of life.
1t will probably never be known how
many lives were lost in the fierce woods
blazes of 1881. Some estimates placed
the number q high as /, 600, while 9TH
ers held that 800 would be nearer right.
At all events, the experiences of those
who were inhabitants of the burned over
district were of the most horrifying ma
ture, and the destruction of property
was so great as to seriously put hack the
development of the Badger State. The
fires broke ont a little earlier than this
year. Portions of five counties, all lying
north of Port Huron and covering q ter
ritory 70 miles long, were swept by the
flames, but Huron and Sanilac suffered
most. There had been q severe drought,
extending over q large part Of the coun-
try, for weeks. This drought had been
worse perhaps in Michigan than else
where.
Here and there small fires broke ont
during the last weeks Of August; but,
81 the woods had not yet become thor
oughly dried, these early blazes were ex-
tinguished without much dificulty, and
no great alarm was felt till about Sent.
4. BY that time the smoke from the
burning forests had spread over nearly
every part of the southern peninsula of
Michigan and portions OF adjoining
states and Canada. On that day news
was received for the first time that
there had been loss of life. Just where
it had occurred was not reported, but
the story was not doubted, for the smoke
got speedily so thick as to make it nee
essary to suspend business in some places
many miles away from the location Of
the fires. I remember very well that 4
desired about that time to go from
Cleveland to Buffalo by steamer, but
was obliged to 60 by train, because che
boats were laid up, pending the lifting
of the dingy pail that overhung the
shallow waters of Lake Erie. Through
this smoke the suns rays struggled with
difficulty as far east as Rochester and
Pittsburg, and to add to the general
feeling Of depression which naturally
accompanied such a manifestation the
heat, that had been oppressive for days.
grew more intense. In some localities
the mercury reached 100 degrees and
over, and it was realized generally that
unless relief in the form of rain came
soon the situation must speedily be most
serious. III before the rain came, il was
pointed out, the wind should arise.
there must be great losses, and the en-
tire nation seemingly waited in breath
less suspense. Would it be the blessed,
saving rain or the scorching, destroying
wind?
The question was answered Sept. 4,
when q fierce gale arose, driving the
flames before it with the speed Of an ex-
press train. Nothing could hold it's place
before the leaping, savage fire; nothing
slower than steam could ontrun Id, and
there were many instances of trains Just
barely escaping. The situation OF num-
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Inter Ocean: The merchants of Mem
phis show they are in earnest in de-
nouncing the murderers Of ike six help
less black men bound with chains and
in the hands of the sheriff. They not
only denounced the crime and the crimi-
nails in a mass meeting, but subscribed
$1,000. in money for the relief Of the fam.
lilies OF the murdered men.
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The administration is now holding out
the delusive hope to the Louisiana sugar
planters that the sugar bounty will be
restored by the next session OF congress
aud there is no need to go over to the
republicans. This "taffy," in view OF the
past broken pledges of the democratic
party must be very reassuring to the
planters.
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heaps Of smoldering ashes or blazing
furnaces of fire. Some families, more
fortunate, managed 10 makes start On the
road toward safety with wagons laden
with such household goods ii conld be-
hastily gathered up only to be overtaken
by the greedy flames before they had gone
a mile. Wives whose husbands failed
to come to their aid hastily gathered
their children in their arms and ran to
the nearest water, whatever that might
be. I'm more than One instance the fam
lily well, resorted to as the only place OF
safety, became q tomb for the refugees,
the fire drawing the air from the depths
and the victims s~uffocating from inhala-
ton of mephitic gases.
Hundreds, like the wretches who were
caught near Hinckley this year, rushed
into ponds end marshes. Some saved
themselves in this way. Others died
miserably, immersed in mud to their
nostrils, bat smothered 1t last by the
fires consuming breath. Some escaped
almost miraculously, but MANNED. One
poor fellow lost both eyes and both feet,
yet saved his life, an almost useless
thing. One woman's face was actually
baked by the flames, so that the flesh
fell oil. leaving her c~6untenance in ap-
pearance like aghastly grinning deaths
face, yet il was said that she would nj
timately recover. The loss or life was
not nearly SO great in the vicinity Of
the shore Of Lake Huron as elsewhere,
for those living there could find q safe
refuge in its sheltering waters. though
the sufferings of some who saved them
selves in that manner were almost be-
You'd recital. They were obliged to stand
as far ont in the lake as they could,
every now and then completely i'm
mersing themselves In order to keep
from being burned by the sparks and
brands that were constantly falling
about them. Some there were who lost
their lives from exposure and some
from drowning. Many who were left
alive by the fire died afterward from
nervous strain and physical exhaustion,
and there were not o few who became
insane after their danger was past, as
have some who passed through the fires
of this year. Nor were there lacking
cases Of heroism every whit as striking
as that displayed by Jim Wood, the en-
gineer Of the train that fed from the
flames that were destroying Hinckley;
bat, rs is usually the case, these brave
mems names are mostly preserved only
in the memories Of their friends, instead
OF being held mp forever before the
world for its admiration.
Fire always plays queer tricks when
it gets beyond human control. and the
strange freaks of the blazes of the Michi-
gan fires of 1881 were such as would
pass belief IL theyswere not vouched for
by unimpeachable witnesses. In one vii
lage that was surrounded by the woods,
as was Hinckley, every building but the
church and the saloon was destroyed. A
field Of grain was left intact near the
town of western Michigan, though ev-
erything else ON the farm of which it
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Too Natural.

Playwright-Is her acting natural?
Manager Observation-Disclosures
Why. when she appeared as the dyiny
mother last night, an insurance agent
who has her life insured for $20,0 GO
and who was in the audience actually
tainted. -Pearson's Weekly.
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One populist orator asserts that the
country is going to the devil; another Of
the same school most positively afirms
that the Pops win be in full control
after 1896. Putting this and that to-
gether an inference may be drawn.