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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
UNCLE SETH As A coNsoLeR.


Priceless Philosophy From Man who
Earu. go Gents Every nay.
Wal So yr bed yer loig sawed of in o.
sawuiu. did vpf S.Wui urhtoT two inches
abo,e the kuDys Wal tstuy best thing yer
could do Hold yer hors,- Hold up' Don't
say % world ! came down here ON purpose
to console ye AN nov don't gu to- gettin riled.
! tell ye a man ought to be happy who Is
lucky enough TO get his laig sawed oil.
Hold on, now; don't yer see I'm cousolin
YEP Wen n fellcr's tryin 60 say sweet words
VI comfort an peace to ye, It's plague-ou pro
Vokiu TO hcv We 90 an r'ar mp about it. |
tell We, Ab'rum it's the biggest thing We
ever did wen yer went an he'd that ar laig
sawed of It's money in yer pocket, an it
would ha' been more money in yer pocket TO
he'd yer other laig sawed of too-ou'y in
that case yer wouldn' had no pocket to put
yer money into. IIel hel
Oh, so you can't see any use in any SIGH
fool, lol-dp-rul nonseuseY | tell We it's
Jest rs true rs Scripter mixed with the cen
sus report that every experience u man has
is worth 81 to him Any mis- rable, every
day experience is worth - to him if he Is
the right kin er man. We know young Bob
Perkins who couldn't earn his salt fore he
lost his right laig Then he went circusing
roun to all the shows in the country as the
one IolE'u ueS ',tr ~" NIT $50 III o.ie
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an ne H'"ue Hl''goo ~ O.ie UP - 20 ~
quicker on one laig than yer can ON two,
an ye can kotch it walkin on yer hands in
no time You know oil Cy Perkins, who
wuz born up here at the Bean placer A
reg lar iuu'Ii'lN' a. ne "yn. 20 w. " a.,
an us "i1 ''-' '- ~
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
why Women Live Longer Than Men.

In the forty-ninth registration report of
Massachusetts Gs9O) the compiler presents
the statistics of 2O3 persons who were re
ported as having died during the 10 years
(1SSl-90) at the age of 100 and over. Ofthis
number 1853, or 75.4 per cent, We're females
By the state census of 1885 the number of
females living over so years of age was
nearly double that of males. The greater
exposure of men to accidents, to weather
agencies, to the constant strain of business
life, to the anxiety of providing for the
family, all tend to shorten the life of men.
The deaths by accident among men are
more than threefold greater than among
women, and men commit suicide in about
threefold ratio as compared with women.
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

The following story was related by
Dardistan man of the name of Ghalib Shah,
residing at a village near Aston, called Par
ishing. He was one night looking out
whether any bear had come into his from.
ba" field. He saw that IA bear was there,
and that he with his paws alternately took
pawful of "tromba," blew the chaff away
and ate hastily. The man was blind of one
eye and ran to his hut to get his gun. He
came out and pointed it at the bear The
animal, who saw this, ran roUSi the blind
side Of the mans face, snatched the gun
out of his hand and threw it away.
The bear and the man then wrestled for
time, but afterward both gave up the
struggle and retired The man. after he
had recovered himself, went to look for the
gun, the stock of which he found broken.
The matchstriug by which the stock had
been tied to the barrel had gone on burning
all night and had been the cause of the gun
being destroyed. The son of that man still
lives at the village and tells this story,
which the people affect to beleve.-Dr.
Leitner in Asiatic Quarterly
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

1.-The old man had three sons-one named
Mdessun. He is the baby and is very
fierce and cruel 1t is he who Stays men and
beasts and destroys property. The other
two are kind and gentle. They cool the hot
air, revive the parched fields and the crops
and destroy only that which is harmful to
the earth. When you hear low, distant
mutteriugs, that is the old man He told
the girl that as often as spring returned
she must think of him and show that she
was grateful by giving him a little smoke
He then took leave of her and sent her
home, where her family had mourned her
as one dead. Since then no Indian has
ever feared thunder | said, But how
about the lightnng?' oh" said the old
woman, lightning is grandfather's wife"
At Jackson, in the White mountains, |
met Louis Mitchell, for many years the In
dian member of the Maine legislature, a
Passamaquoddy, and asked him about this
story He said it was perfectly true, al.
though the custom was now falling into
disuse; only the old people kept it up. The
tobacco is cast upon the fire in a ring and
draws the electricity, which plays above it
in beautiful blue circle of Pickering
flames. He added that it is well known
fact that no Indian and no Indian property
were ever injured by lightning. Miss Abby
l., Alger in Popular Science Monthly
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

The use Of separators about power plant
is said by "a mechanical journal to be get
ting more and more general and for many
purposes. Among these, as enumerated is
the placing of them between boiler and en-
CINE to remove the entrained water from
the steam and thus increase the power and
efficiency OF the plant-to be safeguard
against foauiing or the sudden lifting of
water from the boiler, thus avoiding the
common cause of the breakage of engines;
also, between the high and low pressure
cylinders of compound engines, to extract
the water due to cylinder condensation and
work done in the first cylinder, this often
amounting to from IL to42 per cent of the
total amount of steam entering the cylin-
der; again, between the engine and con.
denser, To relieve the air pump and in.
crease the efficiency Of the condenser and
remove the oil, so that the tubes remain
clean, and the boilers can be fed with hot
water free from grease from the hot well;
and between the engine and heating sys.
| tenn, on evaporating apparatus, on long
| lines of pipe, on superheaters, Us steam can
be easily superheated when dry, but when
/ it contains moisture this has to be all
| turned into steam before Il single degree OF
| superheat can be obtained.-New York Sun
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

A certain New York millionaire club
man, famous for his dinners and sayings,
is just now relating good story against
himself. He has recently returned from II
years absence abroad and has naturally
forgotten a few names, placing those he
remembers, as a rule, on the wrong person,
so that his attempts at hearty recognition
have been somewhat dangerous, yet anus
ing.
He was going down Fifth avenue the
other day when he caught sight of figure
which in the distance he seemed to recall.
Increasing his somewha measured walk
he presently passed the man and then re
traced his steps.
A glance at his face was sufficient He
knew him and recolected as he advanced
toward him a cozy little dinner by the
window in the club dining room, where he
had listened so attentively to the stories
with which the man now before him had
deluged the conversation.
The stranger looked up as, why, my
dear fellow, I'm very glad to see you" fell
upon his ears.
A look of keen humor lighted up his eyes
as he clasped, apparently reluctantly, the
speakers extended hand.
you are very kind" he murmured,
Every kind, sir"
why, what nonsensel Here, I'm just
going to lunch at Delmonico's. You must
come with me and tell me some more of
your French stories"
"Storiesl What storiesi" gasped his old
friend.
Don't you remember that dinner on the
night before my departureS Why, you sim
ply reeled them of"
"Oh, yes | served that well, eh'" he re-
piled, with a slowness that portended a
double entendre.
At that moment the porch of Delmonico' s
was reached, and in they turned.
An hour was passed over delightful
lunch whereat the multimillionaire. related
anecdotes of his years travel.
The bill had just been presented and re
ceipted rs he said;
'rm devilish sorry, you know, but Pm
awfully bad at names I've quite forgotten
yours. am Jack - of c. club"
And |, responded his guest, Ppm Jen
nings, the c. clubs steward. New
York Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

Dr. John Erskine, well known Scottish
divine, was remarkable for his simplicity
of manner and gentle temper.
He returned so often from the pulpit
minus his pocket handkerchief that Mrs.
Erskine at last began to suspect that the
handkTChiefs were stolen by some of the
old women who lined the pulpit stairs. So
both to balk and detect the culprit she
sewed corner of the handkerchief to one
Of the pockets of his coattails.
Half way up the stairs the good doctor
felt tug, whereupon he turned round and
caught hold of the hand of the guilty old
woman, saying, with great tenderness and
simplicity;
mo the day, honest woman; no. the
day. Mrs. Erskine has sewed it in."-
Spare Moments
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
A story About Colorado Bears.

The following story, the work of an i'm
aginative correspondent, comes from Colo
RADIO: Two hunters, coming to the edge of
glade, saw G5 bears in consultation. One
was lying bound with grapevipes, two were
watching over him, and another was max
inga speech. Presently the big bear stopped
talking, and all the 63 growled an assent.
Some of the bears threw a grapevine loop
about the erring bears neck, led him to a
limb, threw the vine over, and six big bears
walked away with it, In 10 minutes the
bear was dead, and the others went solemn
ly away. The hunters secured the lynched
bearskin without a bullet hole in it by
way of proof"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

During the late war a regiment of volun,
teers was posted along the front in heavy
timber As soon as the firing began in
earnest, recruit limped off to the rear, but
soon struck a gait that would have made
Maud 5 tremble for her record. He was
halted in his flight, and when asked what
was the matter said, 81 just couldn't stand
out there in the open all by myself" He
was then asked why he did not get behind
a tree, He was puzzled a moment, and
then said, There amt only enough tor the
officers. San Francisco Argonaut
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
The Little Rninmnker.

as curiouslike," said the tree toad;
I've twittered for rain all day,
And got up soon
And hollered till noon,
But the sun hit blazed away,
Till just climbed down in n crawfish hole,
Weary ut heart and sick at soul.
"Dozed away for an hour,
And tackled the thing ag'in;
And | sung and sung
Till | knowed my lung
Was just about to give in,
And then, thinks |, if il don't rain now,
There's nothin in singin anyhow
"Once in awhile some farmer
Would come a-drivin past,
And he'd hear my cry,
And stop and sigh,
Till just laid back at last
And hollered rain till thought my throat
Would burst wide open at every note.
And fetched her! Oh, fetched her!
Cause little while ago,
AS kinder sit with one eye shut
And a-sinsin soft and low,
A voice dropped down on my fevered
brain,
Sayin, If you'll just hush, I'll rainr"
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
Down the Stream.

Love! 1t began with glance,
Grew with the growing of flowers,
Smiled in a dreamful trance,
Rocked not the passage of hours.
Our passions flood rose ever,
Flowing for her and me,
Till the brook became a river,
And the river became sea.
Grief 1t began with word,
Grew with the winds that raved;
a prayer for pardon unheard,
Pardon in turn uncraved;
The bridge SO easy to sever,
The stream so swift to be free,
Till the brook became a river
And the river became a sea.
Life! 1t began with a sigh,
Grew with the leaves that are dead;
Its pleasure with wings TO fly,
Its sorrows with limbs of lead,
And rest remaineth never
For the wearier years to be,
Till the brook shall become a river
And the river become sea.
Lord Houghton.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

When Mr. Vanderbilt was purchasing his
100000 acre tract of land in North Caro-
lima, he found right in the center of it Il
acres owned by an old negro named Jerry
Collins. The remainder of the land was
easily secured, but Jerry was not to be
thrown out, He finally named price which
was $500 more than Mr.. Vanderbilt had of
fered him and about 800 times more than
tue land was really worth. His price was
at first refused, hut at last when Mr. Van
derbilt came to Uncle Jerry's terms the
neglo refused TO sell at any price, remark
ing that the greatest desire of his life had
been good neighbors, and as he was now
Mr.. Vanderbilt's nearest neighbor he should
decline to sell and move into a less aristo-
cratic neighborhOod Mr. Vanderbilt has
had the lot fenced in, but of course he is
compelled to allow Uncle Jerry an outlet
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
Life.

And all lives are a poem; some wild and cy-
clonic,
With verses of cynical buster Byronic
And some still flow on in perpetual benison,
AS perfect and smooth as II stanza Of TeDny
son;
And some find huge powders their currents to
hinder,
And are broken and bent like the poems of
Pindar;
And some a deep base Of proud music are
built on,
The calm ocean swell of the epic of Milton;
And some rollic on with n freedom completer
In Whitman's chaotic, tumultuous meter.
But most lives are mixed like Shakespearean
dramas,
Where the king speaks heroics. the idiot STAN
mers,
Where the old man gives counsel, the young
man loves hotly,
Where the king wears his crown and the fool
wears his motley,
Where the lord treads his hall and the peasant
his heather
And in the fifth act they all exit together
And ise drama goes out with its pomp and its
thunder,
And we weep, and we laugh, and we listen and
wonderl
IS. w. Foss.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
Sleep.

Sleep is the kind physician
Forever at our call.
To comfort is her mission,
Whatever woes befall.
In hovel or in palace,
Where terror reigns or malice,
She holds her sacred chalice
And seals the eyes of all.
Sleep is as sweet as summer
And comes as falls the dew;
No snares can overcome her,
To man she's ever true.
She stills the strife Of foemen,
She soothes both prince and yeoman.
Her breast is barred to no man,
Her favor mortals sue.
Sleep is high born maiden,
Queen almuner of night;
Sweet dreams with which she's laden
Put all our cares TO fight.
Her face is dark, yet tender,
Grit with supernal spleudOr,
Into her arms surrender
The weary, worldworn wight.
She brews for all potion
Wherein we quench our woes:
Majestic, mild her motion
As round the world she goes.
The sick all wait her pleasure,
Tie poor man dreams of treasure,
The busy man has leisure;
To all she brings repOse.
Sleep hath gracious garden,
There asphodel doth blow,
Pale peoples plead for pardon,
Rare herbs, rich spices grow.
Here, freed from each days burden,
With ioy and ease for guerdon,
We rest as blithc as bird ON
The leaves that linger low.
Snug refuge from the daytime,
Safe shelter from the storm,
Our dearest dreams have playtime,
Our fancy range takes form.
Like rain to thirsty flowers,
That drcop for pearly showers,
Sleep shields us through dark hours
And guides us, safe and warm.
Large gifts she lends the dreamer
His genius then holds sway;
And high I'll bards esteem her
And prefer her to the day.
Good luck attends the lover
His lady's face will hover
In fancy, while stars cover
The earth that's grim and gray.
Sleep queens it DER the water,
Her sway is DER the land;
Death claims her as daughter,
The fairest of his band.
Serene, benign, immortal,
BY her fair, ivory portal,
She waits for every mortal
To grasp him by the hand
james T.. Einsella
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
GEMS IN VERSE.


q thou archchcat, with bright illusion shod
Thou shameless herald Of fictitious JOY,
Full many an hour my trusting heart did toy
with thy delu.ive hopes, deceitful god
Aud many mile with thee fondly trod,
Expecting rich delight from promise broad.
But now | know thee for a lying boy
And swear thou shalt not any more annoy
My daily peace, nor coniure In my breast
Sweet hopes and fancies that can never be
Converted into fair reality
10 get thee gone. false imp, and let me rest,
Content to wait unmoved and patiently,
Since joys We look for least oft prove the best
L. +. r. Barry.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

Coral fishing is gradually decaying in the
island Of Sardinia. That fact is attributed
by some to the exhaustion of the old coral
reefs, while others say that it is due to tn,
competition in the market by the selling of
coral of inferior quality, fshed in enor
nous quantities ON the coast Of Sicily and
sold at an extremely low price.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

Goust, the smallest separate and indie
pendent territory in the world, is situated
IN the lower Pyrenees, about 10 miles from
Oleron, between the boundaries Of France
and Spain. The people speak language Of
their own, cross between French and
Spanish.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16

Seven hundred and forty tanks OF one
mile each make long row, but 40 rows,
each with $40 tanks, begin to total up,
while $40 piled up floors, each with 40 rows
OF 74O tanks, get big enough to hold even
the entire sea,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
Truth.


7
Is like the second hand upon clock.
We see it fly while the hour hand of truth
Seems TO stand still, and yet it moves unseen
And wins at last, for the clock win not strike
Till 1t has reached the goal.
-Iongfellow,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-16
WEEKLY

WEEKLY STAR is satisfied if you will pay ont
quarter, in ado'auce, of course. A common, ord
U. S. or Hawaiian dollar, sometimes called
wheel and sometimes the Almighty" will pay
three months subscription to the WEEKLY STAR
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-16

reaux gave communion dinner in
honor of their eldest son. The
guests present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G.. Bailey, B. X. Whitfield,
Miss Rose Duhon, Mr.. Boudreaux
and Mrs. S. l.. Bailey.
Three public schools near Du-
son will unite and give a basket
picnic at Mr.. Ford Hofpauir's
beautiful grove On the IS, instant.
Miss Addie Collins, of Lake
Charles, is spending some time at
Duson the guest of Mrs. J. r..
Davis.
Rev. ]. NJ. Beard, of Lafayette,
spent a few days in and around Du-
son last week, and the little band
of christians seemed more than
pleased with their presiding elder.
| Mrs. S. A. Bass, of Duson, is
spending this week in the country
the guest of Mrs: Eula Koch.
| POrATO DIGGER.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-16

MIR. Lafareue addressed the House and
discussed the proposition. He thought
that the motion to indefinitely postpone
premature and that the bill should he
printed and the members given an oppor-
unity to make themselves familiar with ITS
provisions. He said that the people OF
Avoyelles We're in favor of railroad construc-
ton, but that he in favor OF com
mission and would vote ''no' on the mo-
ton to postpone ,v
rant the printing Of same; that he was not
familiar with its provisions aud would vote
ssno'' on the present motion; would not
vote for any measure which would initiate
against the operations of the railroads.
MIR. Sanders made strong and eloquent
argument al,nst the motion to postpone
and after more discussion the vote was
taken to indefinitely postpone, as follows:
Ytas-Mess-s. ANTI. Blaffer 1soggs,
Bonnafon, Burmeister, Caldwell, Cayolle,
Deibcl, Dollut, Ducros, Dudenhefer, by
| nond, Elau,. Faulkner, Elandry, Gehlbach,
! Greel, Grnage, Hans, Harris, Herbert'
Him, Jackson, lun,el, Kennedy, King
Koch, Murphy of Madison, Perkins, Fey
! ton, Robertson, Rogers, Simms, Snyder
Todd, Wade, Ware, WATSON, Weleli
Wyly-+o:
Boone, Bourgeois, Buoillion, Dawkins
Decker, Dupont Gates, Guidry, Hancock
Harmanson, Harp, Hill, Hinson, Hyams
Hooper, kilbourne, lafargue, Lewis. 10
max, Mathis, Meekcr, Michel, Mills, Moore
N1outon of Lafayette, Murphy of st: Ian,
many, Mcbride, Nelson, CNeill. Pulford
Rehnl, Richardson, Sanders, Shelby, 1ros
clair, Turn5ull-So
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-16
Two Warnings.

To the Editor OF the Lafayette Gazette.
Already two warnings from the
fiery monster! Let us beware; we
do not know. how near in the future,
will be the doom of our little city,
for, doom it will be. Where is our
water supply; where is our means to
combat the fiery fiend? Let us
unite, why not. give fair for the
benefit of the fremen; we have in
our midst men of high standing,
who with good will, could 1naugu-
rate a thing of that sort, and also
we have our ladies who would cheer
fully give helping hand and make
this thing a success, for Mr.. Editor,
you know full we'll that the ladies
of this town have always made a
success of their charity; work, ano
in them we should put our trust,
and in them only lies our salvation.
Hoping this will find favor with you,
and that you will insert it in your
estimable paper,
| remain, as ever,
! A CONSTANT READER.