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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27
MARVELLOUS JENNY LIND.
Interesting "Reminiscences Of tho Swedish
Nightingale"

Interesting "Reminiscences Of tho Swedish
Nightingale"
Among the most interesting of those
of whom John Addington Symonds gives
"reminiscences in his recently published
autobiography is Mime. Jenny Lind
Goldschmidt, of whom the image has
faded away for the present generation,
like that Of all whose power was dis
played ON the ephemeral sphere of the
stage He gives very charming &C.
count Of this simple minded. gracious
and womanly singer. who had the high
est devotion to her art, saying, 81 sing
to God, and whose home life and man
ners were those Of simple affection and
womanliness Jenny Lind had passed
beyond the bloom Of youth when Sy-
monds saw her, and her marvellous voice
was beginning to lose its power, but
her artistic method was as pure as ever,
and her expression as magical. The fol-
lowing is his impression of her singing:
mime. Goldschmidt came ON second
in 'On Mighty Peans. She was quite in
black and locked to me an old, worn
lady, with a large head and a small per-
son. She wore no crinoline, and her
dress, with its loose waist, reminded me
Of grandmamma's At the first tones of
her voice l quivered all over. 1t was
not her wonderful execution, her pathos,
varying expression, subtle inflexibility,
that surprised Inc, but the pure timbre,
which SO vibrated and thrilled my very
soul that tears came into my eyes The
volume Of tone she threw out and then
diminished to whisper, which per-
meated the room; the diminuendoes and
crescendoes, the nightingale metallic
strokes, brilliant accents and floods of
swift, successive notes l expected, but l
had not realized such quality of voice. I"
He gives charming picture of the
home Of the Goldschmidts at Oak Lee,
and this account of the aging cantatrice
singing to her bird is very graceful:
IA blackbird hung in cage outside
the door. Mime. Goldschmidt went up
and talked to it Come, pretty bird,
pretty. pretty little bird, do give us
little song. We want to hear you sing
SO much, you pretty, pretty little bird,
in such coaxing way that the bird, who
had been shy at first, got down and
came close to her and put its head ON
one side to listen. Then Mime. Gold
schmidt sang to it roulades and long
shakes and high, sharp notes which
made the bird most inquisitive. But he
continued silent until she turned to go,
and then he gave loud, shrill chirrup,
as IL to call her back. "-Cincinnatt En-.
Quirer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

If BY any stroke of fortune Tom
Reed should become President OF
the United States, he will probably
be the first accomplished linguist
to occupy that Office. Mr.. Reed is
passionately fond of the study Of
languages. His English is OF the
pure and undehled order and he is
fluent in French, German, Spanish
and Italian.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

SURE this is an eventful year i'll
Hawaii. First we have revolu-
ton and a military commission,
then a special session of the legis-
latere with the land act and cable
scheme, next a weakling of a chol-
era bacillus, with quarantine. And
four months of the year left yet.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

NOT counting Sabbath-schools it
is estimated that every year in the
United States 10000, 900 religious
services are held, and that 1000,
600 sermons are preached in
los, 600 places Of worship.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

Mr.. MOODY is SO encouraged
with the results of his evangelistic
tour in Mexico that he says if he
only had the language he would
cancel every engagement in the
United States and spend the next
six months there.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

THEY are using in England an
oil stove in which there is no wick.
By an ingenious mechanical con-
trivance the oil itself supplies the
flame without the intermediation OF
a wick. 1t is said that the stove is
not only perfectly safe, but that it
has no smell and makes no smoke.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

THERE is certainly need of send
lag cholera news to the Other
islands. THE STAR was shown to-
day a letter from Waikiki, Maui,
in which the writer said steamer
purser had told them people were
dying of the plague in Honolulu
like rotten sheep"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

How vindictive and unreasoning
an intelligent person can be on
occasion. A note to THE STAR
begins: "All the great scourges
which have fallen to the Hawai-
ians have come through the man
agement of the good missionaries.
And this nonsensical expression o.
prejudice and hatred is from g
woman. And there is much more
af L.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

IT SHOULD be clear that when a
rebel has been vanquished and sub
dued he becomes apolitical prisoner
and especially in Republic is moi
regarded as a criminal. That is the
ordinary rule, Exceptions are ex'
trenely rare.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

JUSTICE that is late but none the
less clear and vigorous on that &C
count has been done the memory OF
Edgar Allan Poe in a recent bio
graphy by George Hamlin Fitch.
The latter declares that Poe's de-
tective and mystery stories as well
as his supernatural sketches and
tales of scientific adventure are yet
at the head of their respective
classes. The best Of the French
and English writers, who have
either copied after him or derived
their inspiration from his work,
have failed to equal what he pro-
duced, Mr.. Fitch says that no man
of letters has been the victim of so
many shameful romances as Poe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

THE community is according to
circumstances a convention Of ex-
perts in diplomacy, law, sanitation
or whatnot.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

THE problem Of how to keep
cool in summer offers a wide range
of glorious possibilities, but prob
ably the most extraordinary method
ever heard of is that Of the King OF
Siam. This ingenious gentleman
escapes the torrid rays of Old Sol
by depositing himself for hours at
a time in the cooling if aqueous
embrace Of a lake. There he sits
in house of glass as comfortable
as can be, while the pond lilies
droop and the furnace-like heat
spreads itself all over his dominion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

AGAIN it may be remarked that
local conditions appear unfavorable
to the development of the cholera
germ. The pure air kills it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

The tenement and cheap lodg-
ing house will likely be watched
hereafter.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27
THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

A bold Bulgarian shepherd boy who looked %
like sheep,
SO gentle yet so sportive in his snowy shep-
herds dress,
Lay down upon the railroad track and played
he was asleep
To fool the engine driver on the Orient en-.
press.
The driver, who disdained to STAY the ram
upon the rail,
Put on the brakes, reversed the wheels and
turned his face away.
The stoker stood beside him, for It seemed his
heart would fail,
Whereat the shepherd boy stood up and
laughed and ran away.
Then came the Irish section boss the day tho
train came back
And poured about barrel o. tar between
the ties that day;
10 when the shepherd boy lay down the tar
upon the track
Trickled through the whiskers of his robe
and held him where he lay.
The driver could not hear the cry that swept
the right Of way,
The deathcry Of the shepherd, and his soul
was filled with mirth.
He opened up the throttle valve and turned
his face away;
The train bore down upon the boy and swept
him from the earth.
-Cy warman in New York Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27
BY AUTHORITY.
SEALED rtspuRs az


VIII be- received nj the Office of the
Minrtct " the lnicinf I'll ~ O'Clock
noon ~ FRIDAY, AUGUST 9oth for the
construction u concrete floor In a Ger.
tain portion " the new Fish Market
with drains connecting herewith.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at the Office Of the Superintendent Of
Public Works.
The Minister Of the Interior does not
bind himself to accept the lowest or any
bid.
j. A. KING,
Minister Of the Interior.
Interim Onice.
August %, 1895. 7i5-3t
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

SEE that the new fshmarket has
proper drainage.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

Gate City Filters can not be
improved upon and are as near
perfect es a filter can be. We
have a few left, we sold quite
a number last Saturday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

IT HAS been what is called a
"close shave"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-27

Napoleon was rude. His manners
were coarse, and when at table he ate
as fast as he could chew and swallow,
shoveling the food into his mouth with
his knife and using his fingers whenever
they came into more convenient en-
ployment When talking to his officers,
he often, as friendly favor. pulled
their whiskers or pinohed their ears
10 women he was almost invariably of.
fensiye, sometimes uttering language SO
coarse as to bring q flush of shame to
their cheeks and the tears to their eyes.
The thirteen" dinner given by Mr.. Hen
niker-Heaton, M. p. at 81. Stephens club.
Westminster, few years ago, had more
fatal sequel than that usually resulting
from social gatherings Of that unlpoky
number. Within two months two Of the
guests died .-..-.-----.---
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
NOTHING LIKE PRINTERS INK.
How 1t Once Induced James Gordon Ben
nett to Raise Pressman's Salary.

How 1t Once Induced James Gordon Ben
nett to Raise Pressman's Salary.
James Gordon Bennett is very erratic
in his movements. He 'sdrops in" upon
his branch offices in Paris or London
without any notice being sent Of his
coming, and delights to surprise the
clerks by overhauling their books and
examining their accounts. On one of
these occasions, says the Utica Observer,
one of the pressmen, man who had
worked for the elder Bennett, and was
an excellent workman, though guilty
of an occasional lapse from sobriety,
had q bad black eye and was in a
quandary as to what excuse he should
offer If Mr.. Bennett noticed it. Act
ing on sudden inspiration he seized
an ink roller and rubbed daub Of ink
on the side of his face completely con-
cealing the discoloration of the skin.
Presently Mr.. Bennett came into the
press room, and with the superintend-
ent, JOHN Hays, went carefully through,
crlticisiLg every detail, and looking
sharply at each employe. When about
to leave he turned suddenly, and,
pointing ttN the besmirched pressman,
he said:
''Mr. Hays, WHAT is that mans name?
The culprit qualSed in his shoes until
Mr.. Bennett said, slowly:
Il want you to give that man three
dollars per week more wages; he is the
only man in the room who looks as If
he had been working"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22

outer ranks turned on him. They came
at him in such force that he was uu-
able to fight them off, and after brief
attempt to hold his ground he turned
and fled. fastening back to the house
he drew the buclxshot from his gun and
loaded it with fine shot. Returning to
the pen, he gave the great body of rats,
shooting along the side of the pig SO as
not to injurc it, the charge of both bar
rels. Many of them were swept down
before it, but their places were quickly
taken by others. Karns fred five times.
The rats that were left still held their
ground.
The shots had attracted the attention
of the neighbors, who ran to the place
to see what was going on. This arrival
of reinforcements alarmed the rats, and
the survivors retreated, scampering
away in all directions. The pig was
dead. The flesh had been stripped from
it clear to the bone in many places. Its
eyes had been plucked out, and its
heart half eaten in two. A half-bushel
basxetfu1 of dead rats were taken from
the pen. Where the rodents came from
so suddenly in such great numbers is
not known. None of them has been
seen since.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
More Pathetic Thaa Hamorous.

An aged couple living south of
Brazil, Ind, who had devoted their three
score and ten to rural life and the
making of farm, sold their posses
sions for the snug sum of sixteen thou
sand dollars. When the purchaser
called with notary to close up the
deal by taking the deed of title, the
husband having signed and passed 1t to
the wife, she positively refused TO sign
without consideration, saying she had
spent her life in making the farm, and
hnd never realized anything she could
call her own and now was her oppor-
tunity. The husband failed to satisfy
her and secure the signature. Then the
purchaser asked to know what she
would take and sign the deed. fearful
that she would be oxacting beyond his
inclination to comply. After a good
deal Of hesitancy she said she thought
she ought to have two dollars, which
he promptly handed her, and she
signed the title. She turned over the
silver dollars time and time again,
laughing over her good luck. She said:
We'll, well, this is tho first money
] have ever had in my life that could
call my own and spend it IS may wish
70 do 70 suit myself
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
FREE.

The Northern Pacific Farmer,
Published at Portland Oregon, now
in its twenty-frst year, is the best
and in fact the only truly weekly
agricultural paper published In the
Northwest. 1t is edited by Frank
Lee, the granger editor, assisted by
scores of correspondents, and con-
tains from Is to 80 pages weekly,
of agricultural, horticultural, stock,
poultry, Western market reports,
childrens, household, and other
TENS of interest that no one who
has any interest in the farm or the
Northwest can afford to be with
out. At 81 cash in advance per
year for this large weekly makes it
the best and cheapest paper in the
United States. To all new sub
scribers who will pay one years
subscription to THE Press in ad.
vance. and oil old subscribers who
will pay their back subscription
and one years subscription in adj
vance to THE Pass will receive
this great Northwest journal free
for one year. No one can afford to
be without it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22

while rings of inferior quality, made
from Swedish iron, are manufactured
in Alsace. / don't know that the steel
in the French rings is any better than
that used by the Sheffield manufac-
turers, but the Frenchmeni in this, as in
SO many things, have got the hang of
making their things look we'll The.
Sheffield rings are polished with oil
and emery, and that gives them dull
stecly look, while the French rings are
polished by the dry process, with what
they call 'crocus powder a sort of
coarse rouge"
What are the extremes in size of
split rings?' the man was asked.
s'The smallest that ever handled, !"
he replied, "were three-sixteenths of
an inch across. They are gilded when
they reach this country and are used in
cheap jewelry. The largest key rings
l ever sold were two and half inches
in diameter, and those sold to the
wardens at Sing Sing. In fact, they
are called prison rings That key ring
with the two little knobs or bosses
through which You slip the key, is also
a French manufacture, and indeed I
have never seen an American key ring
except that clumsy little thing where
you have to move around small round
double plate with a notch in it, and
then spring out the open end of the ring
through this notch. must say" con-
cluded the little man, musingly, 'I
often wonder why we don't make
rings over here. Even now there's a
forty-fve per cent. duty on them, and
they could be sold at half their present
price and still bring a good profit.
Why, just think, sell over one hun
dred and fifty thousand rings year,
and there must be millions of them
handled every year in this country"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22

Tilghman's island, q part of Talbot
county, Md, and connected with the
mainland by bridge, is famous in the
Chesapeake region for it's canoes. The
island is about three square miles in
area, and is densely populated by q
hardy race of eastern shore men, who
gain their living in the waters of the
bay. When ice or the laws of Mary
land interfere with their ordinary pur-
suits, the Tilghmans islanders build
canoes, and do it admirably well. The
true Chesapeake canoe isstill a dugout.
Sometimes two or three logs are hol-
lowed for the purpose and joined to-
gether. The result is remarkably
stanch boat, good in all waters, and al
most indestructible.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
MAcHINE.MApE SPEECHES.
Turned Out with Marvellous RapIdlty by q
Recent English Invention.

Turned Out with Marvellous RapIdIty by q
Recent English Invention.
There is no doubt that both the type
writing machine and the phonograph
are very ingenious and useful inven-
tions, but the chief difficulty with
them, says the New York Times, is
that they cannot be made to act auto
matically. 1t is in order to fill this
want that distinguished inventor,
whose name is for the present with
held, has invented an automatic writer,
and, judging from the private exhibi-
tion of the machine which was recently
given in London to committee of
members Of the Royal society, it bids
fair to prove the greatest invention of
this or any age
In appearance the machine is said to
be not wholly unlike a typewriting
machine. 1t, however, is provided with
q sort of hopper, in which are placed
blocks of type metal, each one Of which
is provided with o complete word, in
stead of a single letter. When this
hopper is filled and the small electric
engine which furnishes the motive
power of the machine is set in action it
instantly begins to print. Of course,
what is printed depends in good de-
gree upon the selection of words which
are placed in the hopper, but it is un-
derstood the machine can be used for
almost uny sort of composition.
At the exhibition already mentioned
the hopper was filed with supply of
words relating to the English political
situation, and in ten minutes after the
engine had been started the machine
had eprinted two.full columns. each of
about the length of an ordinary coli
umn of newspaper. When these were
read they were instantly recognized to
! be a speech on home rule in the general
style of Mr.. Gladstone. The hopper
was next filed with choice selection
of the very finest words in the lam
guage, and the machine thereupon
printed what was at once perceived to
be an essay after the manner of Mr..
RuslSin on political economy. More
words were added and three pages of
what any critic would have unhesi-
tatingly accepted as q passage from o
new novel by Mr.. Meredith delighted
the committee. The last experiment
was made with the hopper filled with
words taken from the Slang Diction-
ary and the result was story in dia-
lect which was held to be superior to
almost any dialect story hitherto pub
ishad.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
DOWN IN A CRATER.
Wonders Witnessed by Q Noun
tain Explorer.
Indian Legends OF q Famous Extinet Vol
canO In the West = Strange AMI
malls Found In the Subter.
ranean Cavcrns.

Crater mountain is one of the Una
tilla Indians great spook depots from
ancient time, says the Baker City DEM
oerat. Bucks that are now white with
The hoary frosts of many winters rec
,ilect hanging in the trees tightly
strapped to their nursing boards, while
taeir mothers roamed the forests in
search of game for the lords of crea-
Liln or wood, for the tepee, and from
;..fsncy love to relate how the great
spirit spoke to them with the awful
voice of terrific thunder in the bowels
III the earth. Many are the stories and
lcycnds of Indian lore told of Crater
.aauntain. One of the favorite ones is
told of great war between the
Shoshones and Umatillas. When the
Umatillas had conquered their foes
taey proceeded to slaughter old and
Young, regardless of sex. One beauti-
mi Shoshonc maiden, seeing that
;catl. was inevitable from her pursu-
80 foes, plunged headlong into the
burning crater, and instantly the vol
caaic eruption ceased, much to the
CONSERVATION of her pursuers, who on
tie following day found, on looking
down the chasm Of inlxy darkness, 3
rcsplendent light with the form Of the
;aashone maiden in the midst of the
,,Srition They told it to their duslSy
.,..rriora-and to this day Crater noun
S;.ia is looked upon with reverence
from an Indian point Of view.
The following Is from the diary of J.
A. Wright: Crater mountain is located
some eleven miles from the Camp cS
Cornucopia, on the south side of the
range whose caps are tipped with
eternal snow. Many chasms and tis-
sures have in the misty past cleft the
mountains and left them In the most
fantastic shapes. Vegetation ceases TO
grow after certain height is reached.
and close under the base Of one Of the
gceat peaks Is the famous extinct vol
cano. Ashes and lava arc founa in
;,reat pr fusion and in such iE,sescrib-
\ lie masses that it malSes the ascent
,.s.e ii peril and great difi atty. low
eycr. cAee AZ the top, q pae's sassa into
t.s- hlanl. iathomlessa abyss applies the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
ronnaer I'D tho .Iannneaa Navy.

The founder of the Japanese navy
was an Englishman named VIII Adams,
who went to the eastern seas as pilot
of Dutch fleet in 1893, and was cast
AWAY in japan couple of years later.
lie became u japanese noble and con-
structor Of the navy to the tycoon, but
was never allowed to return to Eng
land. lie died about twenty years aft
erward, very ingeniously leaving half
of his property to his wife and family
in England and the other half to his
wife and family in Japan. After his
death he was deified. A few years ago
his tomb and that of his Japanese wife
were discovered.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-02-22
I1e S0A0 Ape

Letters from the African traveller,
Oscar Neumann, at BulSoba, says the
London News, contains many interest
ing things that Neumann learnt from
the Manyemas. One is that the Soko
ape is very common and much feared
in Manyamaland between Nyangwe
and the northern shore of the Tang
anyilSa. Some time ago an Arab
wanted to take Soko which he had
captured to the coast, He succeeded
in reaching ugogo with his prize.
There he died, and his Sons, who
attributed the death of their father
to the enshantments of the wicked
wood demon hastened to retransport
the supposed origin of their misfortune
to its native place, and the interesting
specimen was thus lost to science,