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the burnt house, and is untenanted, No.
900, the Irving home. and No. 21S. the
house adjoining. and where c. Muller, the
optician, lives. As far as No. 900 is con-
cerned, the interior is pretty we'll gu,ted
and the f,ont is charred to the top story.
All are frame houses.
The loss on No 22O amounts to $4,000,
while the loss on the furniture is $780,
To No. ODD, the untenanted house. the
damage is about 500. while the damage to
the Muller residence is estimated at sos
The total loss Is therefore about $4,000.
mostly covered by insurance. Mr.. Irving's
household goods we're partially insured.
Late yesterday the remains OF Mrs, Ross
and her baby were taken to the under
taking parIors of Craig & Cochran. The
funeral will take place tomorrow morning.
but it is not yet settled whether it will
take place at the home of Mr.. Ross or from
Mr.. Samuel IrviDg's home on Jones street.
The interment will be in Laurel Hill
Cemetery,
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and l followed as quickly as i could.
opened the door on the ground floor. In
stantly the flames burst in and then
closed il linking to bar them out, but
they came through the glass trsnsom over
the door and caught the walls, and in a
second The whole interior of the house was
in blaze. l could not get upstairs again
for The flames had possession of the stair
case, and SO l retreated into the rear Of the
house. The servant, Mrs. Newman, got
out the back way. My wife and the rest
GOT out of the second-story window as best
they could. There escaped that way my
wife. Miss Carrie, Oracle and Willie, my
grandchildren. who occupied the front al
cove with Mrs. Jennie Ross, Mrs. Warner
and Molly Reese. who occupied the room
in the second story back, and Will, my son,
who with Andrew occupied the room ad-
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joining mine Ny wrist was cut by the

joining mine. NV wrist was cut by the
glass.
There is no doubt in my mind that the
fire was ineendiary. 1t is the second time
it has happened, but / do not care TO say
that 1 suspect any one. The police ere
working on the case.
MY wife is seriously hurt. She is a
heavy woman, and the shock of the fall is
very great. The rear room of the top
floor was occupied by David Reed and his
son Sam. They got out safely by climbing
out into the adjoining house through the
windows.
Samuel c. Irving. man ager of tie Paraf-
fine Paint Company. brother of Mrs. Jennie
Ross. was overwhelmed with the terrible
accident.
''They telephoned me that No. 21S was
on fire, and l thought the folks had got
scared of their house catching and wanted
me to come over. l was terribly sur
prsed. YES. think the fire was the
work of some body who wanted to revenge
himself on myself and my father"
Mr.. Irving would not commit himself by
naming those upon whom his suspicion
rests. Whatever information he has was
given TO tn6 Oni6I Cl 1OiIc6 during q
lengthy interview. At police headquar-
ters- no elew was given as to who the in
csndiarists are.
Miss Carrie Irving. when questioned
about her escape. said she supposed her
sister was safe at the time she gave the
alarm. She had left the front room before
Miss Carrie did and the latter passed her
on the steps. Ii was due to the courage of
Miss Irving that the lives of Oracle and
Willie Irving, children of Will Irving. her
brother. who is a composition on the Chron-
icle, were saved. She packed the children
down. one under each arm. 10 the room Of
Mrs. Warren. in the rear. where they were
dropped TO the backyard. As may be sup
posed the grief in the Irving family is tar
ri5le. Donald Ross, the husband of the
dead woman, is beside himself with grief
A. X. Irving and his son Andrew will for
the Dresant go 10 live with Ross at his
home, 503 Franklin street.
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and for ten years toured through Germany
conducting grand opera IN such towns as Ham
burg, kiel and Frankfort.
Ten years ago he came to New York, and
was at once engaged by Seidl in whose
orchestra lie remained a prominent figure for
seven years.
Afterward Herr Schuy played with Walter
DamrOsch. When little Otto Hegner. the won
derful child pianist. came TO this country Hans
Schuy was engaged as musical director, and
toured him, conducting an orchestra OF forty
musicians.
Compositions by Herr Schuy have several
times been played by SedI's orchestra. A num-
Der of his songs, published by Schirmir OF New
York, have also achieved popularity. and in
addition 10 these he has composed number of
quartets and part songs for male voices
A suite by Herr Schuy, produced about ten
days ago by the Vienna Prater Orchestra Of
which he is member. was highly spoken of by
the local press. The Easter song. published in
lo-days issue, was composed eXprr ssly for
THE CALL.
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A Card From Professor PeIton.

Editor CoIt-SIR: With your kindness
through the columns OF your widely circulated
Journal beg TO express as far as words at my
command may do my deep and sincere APP
probation OF and thanks for past Eindnesses OF
my generous aud noble friends in this city and
iu other portions of the state, whose names and
also especially grateful and / beg 10 express
my very earnest thanks 10 some ind though
unknown friends who by thoughtful and on
perfume graluiIies have been sending cheering
sunbeams into our bumDle home at 53514 Lin
den avenue. Ii in some small degree deserve
much Kindness then, thanks to God, life.
with all It's unhappy episodes has not been
altog. tner failure. So l say, "GOd bless my
friends" j. q. PELToN.
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Beneath the steps is cellar with a door.
The door to the ground floor is opposite
this. The Irvings kept little or nothing
in this cellar. yet it was here that the fire
began. Then kindling-wood was found in
the corner of the cellar nearest the street
and the presence of kerosene was plainly
distinguished. In fact, the kindling found
was not only steeped in Kerosene. but the
oil had been sprinkled all over The wooden
walls of the cellar TO make sure that the
wood would burn. The fire broke out at
the time the patrolman would not be at
that part of the beat 1t burned and
smoldered beneath the steps for a full
quarter Of an hour before it caught the
house, and it was shrewdly calculated to
gain a good headway before the alarm
could be given.
Then Andrew Irving declares that when
he descended he found the lower front
door unlocked, which Mr. Irving, the
father, is positive he locked, as is his in
variable custom before he retires for the
night
Captain Comstock of the Fire Patrol, As
sistant Chief DOugherty and Fire Marshal
Towe are positive from the character Of
the fire and the evidence mentioned that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
Marshal Towe said yesterday: Il ex-
amined the place carefully and could not
come to any other conclusion. The thing
was planned with devilish skill. 1t was
not a tramp who did it. but some person
anxious 10 crafty his revenge. Every
thing about the front steps was thoroughly
saturated with petroleum, and even alter
the fire was extinguished the odor was
still very plain. By starting the fire there
tue incendiary cut IF every avenue Of
escape for the family. The house is so
CONSTRUCTED shat except by the front door
the only way out was by a narrow
stairway to the basement. When the flames
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A BIG FAILURE.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Worth of
Dry Goods at Auction.

One of the heaviest failures that has ever
taken place in the dry-goods trade was that of
the James Il. Walker Company of Chicago, the
news OF which startled the financial world one
day last fall. Visitors 10 The Worlds Fair viii
remember the gigantic building at Market and
Adams streets. IN which the James II. Walker
Company did an immense wholesale ana retail
business, and In which for the past few weeks
lively scenes have been enacted.
For many days the monOtonous cry OF the
auctioneers and the eager bidding of buyers
from all parts OF the county filled the great
warerOoms. Nearly three-quart- rs of a mjIjo
in all kinds of merchandise under the auc-
tioneers' hammer. Then the sellers aud buyers
left the great store 10 the shipping clerks
pack ers, pnrters ana draymeD. and graaually
one OF the finest stocks Ia Chicago was divided
up and shipped away in all directions
California was Represented pv bur one firm al
the greatest auction sale ever held IN the
West-the Hale BrOs.-who bought llberally
and announce the special sale of their put
chases fiom The James II. Walker Company
stock for this week.
RICHARDS Co., druggists, 4o6-S CLAW.
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HERR IL. SCHUY.
Who Composed The Calls
Easter Song.
A Pupil of Ferdinand Hiller-One of
the Prater Orchestra Who Is
Well Known in New York.

Hans Schuy, The member of the Vienna
orchestra who composed the Easter anthem for
The CALL. is a musician of established repu-
tatIOn, both In the East and in Germany.
Born at CobenZ, on the Rhein, he received
his musical education at the Conservatory OF
Cologne, where he studied the violin with Won
KOnlgslow and harmony and counterpoint
with The renowned Ferdinand Hitler. After
completing his studies at the conservatory he
joined grand opera company as conductor,
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THE IRvINGs' STORIES.
How They Escaped by the Second
Story Window.

VI knew nothing until awakened by my
daughter Carrie" said A. K. Irving when
telling his story of the fire. 'My wife and
myself occupy the rear room. and join
ing 1t is the room occupied by my sons,
Will and Andrew. Ny daughter Carrie
awoke me and the boys by rushing into
the room. Andrew got downstairs first
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AN INCENOIARY'S WORK.
DastardIy Revenge by an Enemy Of
the IryingS.

Iucendiarism was without doubt the
cause of the fire.
Many things point to this. In the first
place the fire began in the most unlikely
corner for a fire. The front steps at 300
Haignt street. like all the houses on that
row, run up to the door on the second floor.
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Losses bY tie Fire.

The burnt house is the property of
George n. Lswler. He owns No. 224.
where he resides, No. 222, which adjoins
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red embrace of the flames at the top of
the narrow stairs, just one short step
from safety.
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WORK OF A FIEND.

The irving Home Fired by
an Incendiary.
MOTHER AND BABE PERISH.
Mrs. Jennie Ross and Her Child
Burned to Death.
A STEP MIGHT HAVE SAVED HER.
Mrs. Irving and Others Injured by
Jumping From a Second
Story Window.
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RICHARDS & Co.. druggists, 4oe-s Clay.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

A remarkable list of royal perquisites
might be made out, and it is very evident
that our gracious sovereign sdoes not re-
ceive In the annual course of events one
tenth of the articles to which she is enti-
tied She might not know what to do
with them, but that is another matter
There should be, for example, coming in
every year a tableeloth worth shillings,
two white doves, two white hares a cata-
pult, a pound of cumin seed, a horse and
halter, one pair of scarlet hose, a curry
comb, a pair of tongs, "A crossbow, n coat of
gray fur, nghtcap worth a halfpenny, "a
lance worth 9 shilliugs, IA falcon, a silver
needle from the royal tailor and one very
good and one very bad knife.
Such are few of the numerous and
whimsical perquistes once claimed by the
sovereign, another curious one mentioned
by ancient writers being that when a whale
was captured on the coasts it was to be di-
vided between the king and the qneen, the
former taking the head and the latter the
tail The reason of this division was stat
ed to be that the queens wardrobe might
be furnished with whalebone for the due
stiflening Of the royal garments
Whales do not frequent these parts to
any great extent nowadays, but every stur-
geon brought to land belongs by right TO
the queen. One of these royal fish, caught
in the Thames, figured at her wedding ban
quet,-London Tit-Bits,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

1t is becoming well understood that
it is the fat in the food that has th,
most value in the nutrition of animals
Of all kinds, and thus it becomes an in
teresting matter closely related to the
making and eating of cheese, for cheese
is essentially a food rich in fat. and
more so as the fatty bodies in cheese are
considerably increased bv the curinr
in which process some of the protein
matters are changed into fatty sub.
stances that have a most important
value of nutrition. So the dairvman
should have a clear understanding of
cheese in both these relations and make
as much as he can of it for his own MS,
and more for sale, and all interested in
the welfare of this great interest and
that of the community as well should
do all that may be possible to encourage
the making of the widest variety of
cheese and the large sale and use of it,
For domestic use as well as for sale
there are many kinds of small cheeses
that may be made of both full and
skinned milk with advantage by those
who have the milk In European coun.
tries, where cheese forms more FIRE.
quent article of diet than meat, there
are considerably more than a hundred
varieties of this kind of cheese made of
such sizes as may be eaten at one meal
by family or by one hungry person.
And as we consider this subject il
should be with the knowledge that one
pound of cheese has far more nutriment
in it than pound of meat There is no
waste, as of bone, in it, as there is in
meat and it is more digestible, and at
the same time it acts us an aid To the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14


Talking about the Bubcock test an
old fellow said, THAT Babcuck test can
beat tho Bible in making people hon
est | have tricd both. Itmakes man
honest to his noishUor and it makes the
man honest toward the COW and honest
toward himself 1t makes him feel like
shouting, What shall | do to be
tayed|' and he begins to place the dairy
business i'll the line of intelligence, and
the result is we are doing what never
saw the like Of before. The Babcock test
is simply this:
We take lIG ccndmetlrs Of milk in
u small bottle shaped for the purpose,
certain number Of contimeters Of sui.
phuric acid aud turn il into the milk.
This Is metric portion If 100 pounds
of milk. This il put into u whirlor and
whirled about Thousand revolutions
The bottle has a liitl0 neck TO it, and the
whirlcrs scparates the fat from the caseiu
and leave, the fat on top. A little hot
water is turned into it, and the fat
comes into the neck of the bottle, when
it is measured in tonths by a scale on it,
aud You find in liG cCntimeters of
milk yOu have so many tcuths of butter
fat That indicates the per cent of but
ter fats in every 100 pounds of milk. If
man brings me 100 pounds of milk,
with per cent of fats, all right, Or if
only per cent all right-he gets just
that much TO his credit, aud no more,
no less. If he waters his milk, he wa
ters himself, and he doesn't water his
ncighbur at all, as bv the old cooper
nive process. The system is delight
ful, and the effect upon the intelligence
of tine people is grand. Plenty of farm
ers' boys use it, They go around testing
cows for 50 much a head. One boy vi
lG years tests any number of cows for
cents head. And now they are begin.
ming to cut the boy down too. The milk
can be tested at any time.
We had great deal of difficulty in
starting II certain number of our patrons.
There are always set Of kickers, you
know. These objected SO strongly that
we laid this scheme before them. We
had two vatS--Uue called the jersey
vat, into which we put all milk having
30 per cent Jersey blood--fur we could
never have got the Jersey herds un.
less we had done this. Finally we said.
Here is n system Of absolute fairness.
All you kickors who don't want yoar
milk tested we will pool together, and
all those who want theirs tested we will
pool IN separate vat. Thus you who
don't want your milk tested can pool
your milk as you did the old way. We
Will have two vats-one the test vat,
the other the pool vat-and all those
who are suspicious of each other will be
put in the pool vat, and all men VIII,
are willing to be judged by the deeds
done in the body shall go in the test
vat" 1t would have amused YOU to
have seen those men balkod out Of that
vat They didn't want to pool with one
other, and SO the argument was quickly
turned on them. They didn't believe in
their own honesty. - Ex- Governor
Hoard.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14
SPECIMEN PRECIOUS STONES.
They Are Gems Of the Utmost Perfection
and Are Very Rare.

They Are Gems Of the Utmost Perfection
and Are Very Rare.
Before the existence of Specimen stones"
becomes, through the drain Of them to
America, a thing Of the past for u.s. it may
be well to say few words about things
which very few people have ever seen and
henceforward have little chance of seeing
The word specimen stone explains that
it is gem of the utmost perfection. but
few know how rare and precious it is and
how little it differs to the eye of any but
IN expert from an ordinary example of this
kind. Specimen stones are masculine lux
uries. They are never set, because even
the most delicate setting might hide de-
fects which would make them compare
lively valuoless. The desire to possess
them constitutes the last infrmity of no
blemen for not only are they the most con
centrated possible form of property, but
the appreciation Of them is most exclusive
form of culture.
1t may seem strange, but it is true, that
there are probably not 80 persons in Eng
land who can tell "a diamond worth el00
a carat from one worth e25, and of these
80 not IL dozen are jewellers. The trade in
specimen stones is wholly in the hands Of
four or five great firms, and minor Dealers
VINO nave no custom Tor TINS class or gems,
know almost as little about them AS the
laity. 1t takes years of practice, with such
rarity of opportunity as the mark gtaiTords,
to train the eye to recognize exactly the
orthodox color of the ruby, emerald or sap
phire, and to distinguish brilliant of the
first water from an ordinary fine stone"
demands Il delcacy of vision which most
persons could never acquire.
Stones may be divided into four distinct
classes. Poor stones obviously bad in color
and full of clouds" flaws" and "feath-
ers" may be bought lone marvels who buys
them) at comparatively exceedingly low
prices. The value of two rubies Of the
same size, for example, might be severally
FL and el 900 per carat Then come ordi-
nary stones-stones which lady may wear
without discredit-their flaws and the pow
erty of their color not being such as to be-
tray them in the wearing except to prac
ticed eye. OF such stones consist 90 per
cent of those worn even by rich women.
Fine stones, being of thrice the value, are
only to be seen on the persons of those who
are fastidious as well as rich, for though
a commonly good judge can detect the diff
ference at once there il too great u tempta-
tion with most women to put unconspicu-
GUS quantity before unconspicuous quail
ty for the latter to prevail. Pail Mall Bud
get.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

He said that he led the german with a
Boston girl once, and she asked him what
he thought about 'esoteric Buddhism"
and if he believed in the "transmgration
of souls. He told her that his thoughts
upon the former subject were too deep for
adequate expression, but he assured her
that he believed in the transmigration Of
souls, if she would let him spell it sole, as
he had just had a new pair of patent leather
pumps stolen and would like very much
TO know in which direction they had mi
grated After that his partner from the
Hub" hardly deigned to speak to him, 50
disgusted was she by this flippancy, her
only rejoinder being that puns were not
considered very elevated kind OF wit in
Boston. New York Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

Full moon on the 12th at Q hr Is m p. m.
Time Whistle Blows at Ill.,, 2Sn., 3is. pm. OF
Honolulu time. which is the same as l2h. Om.,
Us. of Greenwich time.
For every 1000 feet of distance of the OBJ
server from the Custom House) allow one
second for transmission OF sound, or 5 seconds
to n statute mile.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

The weight Of expert opinion is wholly
against the notion that the use Of tomatoes
has anything to do with the producing Of
cancer. From time to time the notion finds
expression, % be combatted by the best Of
testimony and professional judgment The
cultivation of the tomato has produced fine
varieties, aud they are not only a valuable
addition to table delicaoies, but perform a
distinct medicinal Office, acting especially
aud beneiicially upon the liyer.-New York
Times
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

and only such, take your time
piece to
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14
FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE,

Steamships will leave for and arrive from
San Francisco on the following dates, till the
close of 1894
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

Both the method and results when
syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
] iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
t3m eiiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
c1nstipation. Syrup of Figs is the
clly remedy of its kind ever pro-
Cuced, pleasing to the taste and ac.
o'ptable to the stomach, prompt in
Is action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
lazy excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gifts. Any reliable druggist who
Iay not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

In the best managed creameries it is
said that two or three pounds Of butter
IN every hundred are lost in the butter.
milk. More than that is lost in the pri
gate dairies. 1t is because Of imperfect
'hurning Some better way of getting
The butter from the milk must be in
rented
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14
PAINTING.

In all its branches.
WALL PAPERING, ETC. am pre-
pared to contract work, and will bid
on any sized job.
UPHOLSTERING in all its brar ches, all
work guaranteed first class, will make
lowest prices.
O. HENERY.
Corner Fort and b, rstania streets.
Mutual Telephone No. 2s4.
492-6mo.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14
SALOONS.
For Sale.

Torner lot at PunahoulUU by 200 feet House,
" contains parlor, dinning room, three
bed rooms, bath room-hot and cold water
etc. stable and carriage house, etc
The grounds are well laid out in fruit and
trees.
For particulars, address A. b., this office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

Mrs, Paryenu-Do you enjoy opera'
Mrs Nurich (who has "a box by the sea-
sonl-Very much II il weren't for the hor-
rid playing aud singing they keep up on
the stage. Chicago Record
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-14

A certain thin man sent shilling in post
age stamps To an advertiser who promised
for that sum TO impart trustworthy infor
nation how to get fat and received the
message ON a postal card, Buy 1t at the
butchers sri-i. london Tit-Bits