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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23


The "bad lands" Il Aluskp--the ice
,apped mountain region where the Zig
glaciers arc found, and where the country
will probably never afford the means of
sustaining any but moagcr population
lie TO The north Of the Sitka region, form
nu the eastern and northern shores Of
The gulf of Alaska. This is the region Of
high, inaccessible and ctcrnally snowclad
mountain ranges. Here Mount st. Elias
marks the highest point on the North
American continent, while Fairweether,
Crillon, La Perouse and half dozen 9TH
YRS not vet named are fit mates to their
grand neighbor. Flowing to the south
ward down the slopes of this Alpine region
numerous glaciers follow the valleys and
ri ,rce through all obstacles till they reach
The inland waterways made so familiar by
tourists descriptions. The sight of these
Ice streams, the crashing of their faces as
they break and fall into the water, the
floating bergs apparently about to hem in
and destroy the steamer, all tend to leave
In the minds of people who sec only this
part of Alaska an impression of desolate
grandeur not easily eifaced.
But the glacier region of Alaska is com
paratively small. 1t is. in fact, rare in
cident, and not a type of the general to-
Biography of the country
Leaving the region just described and
steering westward, the traveller leaves all
trace Of this forbidding landscape behind.
and his first glimpse of land, some miles
west from Sitka, is of low green hills soft
Z " rounded and clothed from base to sum
nit in verdure. Patches of timber darken
the valleys and mark the course of innu
merable streams, while every islet-almost
every rock--hns its clustering growth of
/ trees. From Kodiak island westward the
timber on the Aleutian islands is confined
to the smaller species of trees. Willow
and larch thickets still cling to the lower
valleys, but all the rest of the country is
covered during the summer with an ex-
ceedingly rich and diverse growth of grass.
During the winter months the grasses
gradually die until nothing is seen except
the thick mantle of moss, which grows ev-
erywhere in Alaska. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
Books which Are Not Books.

In this catalogue of books which are
no books-biblia-abiblia-I reckon court
calendars, directories, pocketbooks (the
literary excepted), draught boards bound
and lettered on the back, scientific treat
ises, almanacs, statutes at large, the
works of Hume, Gibbon, Robertson,
Beattie, Soame Jenyns and generally all
those volumes (which no gentleman's
library should be without" the histories
of Flavius Josephus (that learned jew
and Paley's moral Philosophy" With
these exceptions, can read almost any,
thing, lbless my stars for taste SO cath
Ole, so unexcluding. -Charles Lamb
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23

learned from your letter of the ith of
July last, that Republic on the Hawa-
iian islands having been established and
solemnly proclaimed on the 4th of July
last YOU have assumed the office of
President with all the formalties pre-
scribed by the Constitution thereof
| hope You will be convinced, that My
government will always endeavour to
,ustain and improve the 9, cd relations.
which exist between the German En-
pire aad the Hawaiian Islands. am
satisfied to learn from your letter, that
you will cooperate in promoting this
friendly intercourse, and sincerely re-
ciprocate the good wishes expressed for
My person.
avail Myself of this opportunity,
| Monsieur le President, to assure you of
My most distinguished esteem.
Written at Rominten, the 4th of
October, 1894.
(Signed) WILHELM f. r.
(CountersigndD
FREIHERR Won MARSCHALL
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
viavi Testimonial.

Having received so much benefit from
the use of Niavi | am anxious the public
should know what blessing has come
to us with the Niavi Remedies
have suffered with a complication of
diseases for six years, have been in the
hospital in San Francisco but have found
nothing that has benefited me so much
as Viavi.
would recommend it to the suffering
people of Honolulu.
Any one wishing to ask me in regard
to it may call at my home on Beretania
near Nuuanu street.
MRS. SCHRADER
These remedies for sale at the office,
100 King street.
477-3mo d & W.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
WATER NOTICE.

Owing to the drought and scarcity o.
water, the residents above Judd stree
are requested to collect what water they
may require for household purposes be
fore o'clock a. m.
ANDREW BROWN,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Honolulu, II l., July 90, 1894.
404-tf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
ANNEXATION.

The people OF Hawaii have been
quite firmly convinced for the past
two years that annexation was the
destiny of Hawaii, sooner or later,
and the native leaders, always .
quick to take a cue from the popu-
lar pulse have almost to a man en-
dorsed this view of the evident, /
national destiny. There seems i'll
fact to be but little demurrer to the
proposition for closer political and
commercial union with the United
States except from the direct friends
of restorationists or their semi
European abettors, who have lately /
usurped to a considerable extent
the political functions of the Ha-
waiian- Americans in these Summer
seas.
There have been instances of !
doubt OF the integrity of Americans
and the Government, as far as at
present developed, outside Of the
usual Ems and outs. " of local poll
tics, but there has been absolutely
no ground for either the royalists or
the semi Americans to assert future
hopes upon. 1t is quite true that
now America rs are almost wholly
in the annexation movement, but
up to date not word Of suspicion
has been treated and probably
never will be.
Some Of the firmest friends polit-
ical liberty has ever had have been
foreigners, as have been some of
liberty's most foremost foes. In
the American ranks it has also
been charged there have been polit-
ical traitors, but since the time of
Benedict Arnold the charge of
treachery has never been placed
upon record against Americans
because, in crucial moments, none
but those of the true blue" quail
ity were placed upon guard.
At various times, where Ameri-
can honor has been at test the
half-baked' or rather half-born
American has been allowed to
WELD his vote with impunity
where he has been scrupulously
watched 50 long as a merely nat
uralized citizen, he carried an
economical musket that might be
turned against Republican institu-
tons.
The question of annexation in
Hawaii makes the duty of Hawa-
ianAmericans, at the present,
doubly responsible under some
crucial test which the political
history of the Hawaiian monarchy
may yet impose upon the defenders
of our new island liberty. Should
such a moment come, none but
Americans should be placed upon
guard, where the inapt handling Of
gun, in foreign hands, might
jeopardize the material and politi-
cal interests thus far builded up
here in competition with the politi-
cal diplomacy of European nations.
In every case let annexation and
the interests of American civiliza-
ton, irrespective of political Jew OF
Gentle, cast by misadventure
Pacifcward, be the watchword OF
the taxpayers of Hawaii, and
neither the industrial nor mechan-
ical interests of the islands will
hereafter greatly suffer, no matter
how loudly ex-monarchy bowls.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23

Mrs. Jinks-Now, Robby, it is very,
very wrong for you to tell such stories as
you do. Whatever happens, you must
learn never to exaggerate Oh, goodness
gracious See that There's "a rat foot
long under the sofa
Robby (contemptuously)-Thatf That
II baby mouse, ma boston Traveller.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
BY AUTHORITY.
FOREIGN OFFICE NOTICE.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. %, 1894.
The President has received an auto
graph letter from His Majesty the Ger.
man Emperor of which the following is
translation:
WILLIAM by the grace of God,
German Emperor, King of Prussia, etc,
etc., etc.
TO the President Of the Republic of
HdtOdii-GREAT AND Coon FRIEND:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
Navigation Taught
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.

| will take limited number of pupils
to teach them navigation. For full
particulars and terms apply to the I'M
dersigned at Scharf & Co.'S. book store,
Arlington Block, Hotel street.
PAUL V. PANNENBERG,
Mutual Telephone Gel. +. y. Box 80.
4S1-lmo
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
Thos. G.. Thrum's
Fort Street Store
has long been famous

This seasons stock consists
of selected orders from France,
the Eastern States and San
Francisco, to which public at
tention is respectfully called,
comprising new and attractive
Toys and Games, Dolls and
doll sundries, Rocking horses,
Wagons, Velocipedes, Bar
rows, Doll Carriages, Tool
Chests, Alphabet and other
blocks, Croquet sets, Drums
and other noisy instruments,
Rubber, wood, metal and other
Toys in variety.
New and attractive station
cry, Christmas Cards, Calen-
dars for 1895, Book | e is,
Novelties, Finest Leather
Goods in stationery and Fancy
Lines, plain and silver mount
ed, Manicure and Toilet sets,
Work boxes, Collar and Cuff
boxes, Shaving and Travelling
cases, Vases, Albums, Photo.
Frames, parian figures and
brio a brac, ETC., etc.
Next week will be added a
choice selection Of presentation
and miscellaneous books oil
latest issues from best authors;
also new styles Indian baskets
and other desirable goods.
Prompt attention to all orders,
and Goods for shipment packed
with care.
7hOs. G.. Thrum,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
MIoNoN's WISH. OR THE HACK THAT
WAITED AN HOUR.

1t was night. 1t was in Kakaako, Mignon
stood at the dOor of her f8 theirs mansion. Her
slight, girlish figure caught in the silvery
radiance of the autumn moon was like
an ethereal vision Her dark, wondrous eyes
looked out into the night, her lips parted and
she cried, Reginald !" He had already said
good night" his hand was on the gate latch
and q he hack had been waiting an hour, but
at the startled cry he turned back like flash,
and in II second bounded to the verandah and
was by her side. " 80 hat is it, dearest ~ he
gasped Don't forget the caramels next
time-and, o, say saw the lovelest little
village cart at the Hawaiian Carriage Manu-
featuring Company's, on Queen street, today"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23
IRRlGATIoN NOTICE.

Holders of water privileges, or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified
that the hours for irrigation purposes
are from Z to s o'clock a. m. and . to &
o'clock p. m,
A. BROWN,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works
Approved: j. A. KING.
Minister of the Interior.
Office Honolulu Water Works.
Honolulu, May %, 1894.
3j7-tf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-23

A choice selection of Pictures, comprising
Etchings, Photographers, Artotypes, Mono
chromes, Photographs from life, etc. etc.,
just received by the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
A TWO-W Wheeled Boat.

Every time you see the old now
ing machine beside the road useless
and a detrimenJ to the scenery, re-
member that it may be transformed
very easily into a great labor-saver.
Draw it onto the barn floor some wet
day and take it apart. Remove the
wheels and have your nearest black
smith lengthen the main axle enough
to accommodate your biggest stone
boat between the wheels when they
have been returned to their places.
Then have him make a couple of
clamps to fit over the axle and bolt
down on the reveS In attaching
the boat see that it does not balance
but has a tendency to ride on its
nose. Then when loaded and under
motion the entire weight will come
upon the wheels. This work should
not cost more than 80 to 75c, and
will greatly facilitate the drawing OF
heavy loads for which a boat is COM
monty used. A most excellent dray
has been made by putting the axle
within one foot from the real end,
and suspending the forward end to a
stick OF oak timber Xxi inches and
swinging this end under the center
Of axle No. > belonging TO still an
other old mower. These arrange
ments greatly lessen the draft. This
second axle need not be heightened.
1t is easy to fasten side Doards to this
low.down continuance by boiling
sticks to them which run through
staples fastened to the sides of the
boat. For moving sand, earth, stones,
for picking up stones, etc, it has 40
ouual.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

not reach the Senate. The next sas-
sion 1T had about the same experience,
and, in fact, the bill Jared along from
year to year with little prospect of
ever becoming a law until iS43. Yet
Pr0f. Morse had not grown utterly
discouraged.
Passed at the Last Moment.
The last day of the session of 1S43
arrived. The telegraph bill had
passed to the third reading in the
Senate, but there were 119 bills
ahead of it. Professor Morse gave
up in despair. He had spent ali his
money; he had spent his time for six
years trying to obtain the desired aid
from Congress, and now all was to
end in failure. The case seemed
hopeless. There was but four hours
remaining of the session. Professor
Morse was a Sanguine man and an
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
Reasons.

Robert Bonner went to the New
York Herald one day, and asked the
business manager, MI. Elliott, if he
could have a page of the Herald for
next morning. MI. Elliott said:
"Certainly-two if you like" "Then
I'll take four" said MI. Bonner. "All
right. You can have four" "Then
I'll take eight" was The prompt re-
Spouse of Mr.. Bonner. After con-
sultation with Mr.. Hudson, the ed
itor, 1T was arranged that Mr.. Bon
ner was to have eight pages, but no
more, as to give him more space
would tax the resources Of the COM
posing-room. "Oh, you won't have
much to set up" said Mr.. Bonner; 81
want only this siX-line advertisement
in small type, set in the center of
each column" 1t was so printed next
day. 1t was the announcement of Il
new serial Observation-Disclosures story
by Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. The morning
the advertisement appeared. Mr..
Bonner's minister rushed to his Office
to demonstrate with him on the eX-
travagance and absurdity Of paying
f%Orty-eight times for the insertion of
the same insignificant announcement.
snow, why did you do it?" the min
lister asked. Il had two reasons"
Mr.. Bonner replied; 81 was not going
to be bluffed by Joe Elliott, and l
wanted to find out if you read the
Herald. l see you do"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

clever. And again, 1 was unable 60
bug or make manure enough IT, 20
over more than a few acres. A art
OF the clover field was MANFRED aid
a part was not This gave a chance
to notice the effect of clover. Well,
after a few years l began to get my
e:es open in regard to the true value
of clover on the farm. Treated
properly, it is the important crop for
me. l would not buy manure in
town as a gift. l cannot longer af-
ford to keep stock in competition
with the great West and make a per-
feet slave of myself taking care of
them creeping dairy as my neighbors
do). l can do better. feed my clover,
what is not wanted byOur you horses
and one family cow, directly back to
the land to grow wheat and potatoes.
There is no bill to pay for fertilizers,
either."!
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

The next morning, March 4, lS43,
while Professor Morse was yet sleep
ing, a knock came at his door and
awakened him. Upon going to the
door he received the card of a young
lady, Miss Annie G. Ellsworth, daugh-
ter Of his old friend, who was then
commissioner of patents. AS soon as
possible he dressed himself and went
to the parlor to meet Miss Ellsworth,
who, with great enthusiasm. gave
him the news that his bill had
passed.
"The Lord be praised; He has an
swered my prayer" replied Professor
Morse. LAST night when l left the
Senate l thought there was no posi-
bility of my bill being passed. came
to NV room and left it all with the
Lord, and here is the answer to my
prayer"
Miss Ellsworth explained to the in
yentor that her father had remained
in the Senate chamber until the last,
and lust five minutes before the mid
night hour-the time of adjournment
he saw the opportunity and pro-
cured the help Of a Senator at who's
side he was sitting. This Senator
1890 <bo poccaUo of the hill for hi.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
OUR RURAL READERS.
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.
Care and Attention Sivould BE Given 70
the Corn CrOp-HOw tn Make "A Two
Wheeled Stone B~Oat-ClOver as Manure
~-Dehorning Calves-NOtes.
Drilling in Corn.

1t seems to me that corn is being
raised with the least thought and
many times with the least care OF
any Of our main farm crops. l have
had considerable experience in rails
ing it. and think there are many
points in favor of drilling it in rather
than planting it in the old way.
With the aid OF a boy or mar l can
drill ten acres in m day. When the
corn is up two or three in. with a
smoothing barrow l 20 over it
lengthwise Of the rows. This is dis
couraging work for a novice, but in
TWO or three days you will be sur
prised at the RESULT will have
Strengthened up and grown SO much.
In a week ! repeat this work by
dragging it again, which loosens up
the ground. 1t seems to no more
good than can be accomplished with
a cultivator and in much less time.
Last year l left about twenty feet
which did not drag and the differ
ence could be plainly seen during the
whole season in the summer grass liz
the row.
The difference in cutting hilled or
drilled corn is greatly in favor of corn
planted IN the hill. 1 pay 81 per
acre for cutting planted corn and
81. so for drilled corn. A reaper will
work very success sfully cutting drilled
corn, as the knife never has to cut
but n or two stalks at a time. OF
course the reaper cannot be used
when pumpkins are raised; but the
main difference is when the crop is
harvested l can get a much larger
yield per acre of grain and fodder. l
have often heard my neighbors say.
IL should drill my corn this year If l
had my drill arranged just right. but
l cannot arrange it so as use it salts
factorily."
The change is a simple one. In
the first place, put a narrow strip on
the frame O. the drill in front of the
wheel, say n in. by two in, large
and long enough to reach by the
wheel far enough to let the wheel
return in the track made by the
marker to make the row wide enough.
We attach a small chain to the end
OF this projecting piece with an iron
weight attached to the other end Of
the chain sufficiently heavy to make
the mark to follow. For instance l
use a tooth drill with the teeth seven
in. apart. Row with the second one
from each wheel; that leaves the
rows forty-two in. apart, which is
about the. right distance. Inow fit a
board in'the grain box. each side of
the cup that sows the grain, or. if
you prefer, place the iron plates
over the cups, except the mes used
for sowing. / prefer to remove all
the teeth not used. l prefer to use a
little phosphate in the row, and one
tooth each side. This can be ar
ran ged the same as for sowing the
grain. O. MunSOn, in the Farm
and Hn,na
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

lhc wild dream Of ocean cables never
entered his mind at that time. He
reasoned that his enterprise was a
proper one for Congress to aid, and
Ahally, in 1887, he made his appeal
ior an appropriation of $50, 900 to en-
ao!e him to construct a line and put
II In operation.
The application to Congress was
met with derision and jeers. One
Congressman moved that one-half OF
s'e sum asked for be appropriated
ior experiments in mesmerism. Rep
!eSentative Sam Houston suggested
mat "Millerism" was equally entitled
~ recognition and aid from Congress,
anu Congressman John White, OF
~Ne'ltucky, who occupied the chair,
seNiarked, amid great laughter, that
II would require scientific analysis
~ determine how far the magnetism
VI Mesmerism was analogous to that
70 De employed in telegraphs." There
was but little faith in the reliability
81 rrof Morse or his proposition, but
nuaily after the bill had passed from
one committee to another and had
Seeh plgeon-holed time and again 1T
uIa pass the lower house along to-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

earnest Christian. During his strug-
giles he had been filled with hope, and
that hope had urged him on to the
contamination of his cherished OBJ
ject. He had done all he could, he
had eXerted all the influence among
his friends it vas possible for him to
exert, and so he determined that so
far as he was concerned he could do
no more. He went to his room in his
hotel not knowing what to do-Only
to give up all hope. He had prayed
often to God to help him, and now he
thought the only chance for success
was from omnipotence. He after
ward told an old college friend that
in this extremity he knelt down
alone in his room and brought the
matter in prayer to God. Then, re-
solving to worry no more about the
matter, the inventor went to bed
and slept.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

perfect it SO that it could be operated
for three or four years thereafter.
Even then, being a poor man, he
found it impossible to put it in OPP
Grafton. After he had exhausted
every resource within his power to
enlist capital in the enterprise, the
thought came to Professor Morse of
presenting the matter to the
United States Government and
asking its aid. He fully be-
lieved in the value of his in
yenti0n and felt convinced that if
he could only get a line in operation
the telegraph would at once take a
foremost position as one of the great
inventions of the age. He fOresaw
That in a few years the lines would
be extended and instantaneous COM
municatiOn would be established be-
tween the cities Of this country and
would extend over Europe, though