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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-26

A great many large business houses
have an apparatus attached to their front
doors so that when the porter leaves at
night and locks the door he at the same
time shuts off the water in the main pipe
leading from the street and SO prevents all
danger Of flooding if some careless person
has left cock turned on up stairs.
That apparatus is the invention Of Mr..
Oscar Hammerstein, who tells an iniar>
estirg story Of how the idea came to him.
81 owned big warehouse down town, ="
he said. "the upper part of which used
as n printing Office for paper | was run
ming then, and rented the lower floors as
n tobacco warehouse. Well, one night
the printers went away and left the water
running. The next morning was called
upon to pay $500 for the damage done my
tenants stock by the Good. paid, and
then | began to think. At last an idea
came to me. had plumber bring the
main water pipe of the building up right
beside the front door. Then | connected
cock in this pipe with the lock 50 that
when the door was shut and locked the
water was cut off. In the morning, when
the porter came and unlocked the door,
the water was turned on again.
"The plumber who did the work for mt
was struck by the idea and asked how
much I'd take for it.
"'Tifteen hundred dollars, | said
"'All right said he.
Gle had it patented and has made {
| good bit of money out of it. l made jus
an even thousand by the deal. New
! York Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-26

By MARTHA M'oULLooH WILLIAMS.


Not for tie world, my dau ghtec.
Honor forbidn. Fate has made you tie
active head of our house. A fri md, \
relative even, you might leave TO the
care of servants. The stranger within
our gate is another matter all the more
when he comes Of alien or hostile race.
So put on yoIlr brightest face, your new
est plumagc, and let these two Sec
what | doubt not will be new expert
ence for them--how perfectly the obli-
CATION of mobility can mask and put
aside the natural human resentment Of
ali their Sanaticism has ma,.e us suffer.
MvounJarily Bertram bowed low to
the invisible speaker. Tanning laughed
low and clear, saying half under his
breath: Evidently we have hit upon a
sprig Of the chivalry, full blown, if
sadly the worse for wear. Really it is
better than comic opera, such mouth
inzs in contrast to this" looking about
at the big bare room, each of whose
four curtainlcss windows framed sep
arate picture OF tangle desolation.
II should say tragedy full OF most
infinite pathos. This blind man is kept
by loving subterfuge in a FOOLS para
disc" Bertram said, Thought sharply.
Fanning went ON unrufied:
81 like his attitude. The high and
mighty condescension of it is delicious.
No doubt it will be charged in the bill,
not explicitly, Of course. Poor wretch
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-26
viaVi TeStim CniaI.

Having received so much benefit from
the use of Viavi | am anxious the public
should know what q blessing has come
to us with the ViavI 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 OH 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, 1895-01-26
{ COOKE
IMPORTERS
Hardware
and
General
Merchandise.

Tacre are great many homes.
having Zinc lined Bath Tubs
that are in good condition with
this one exception, they lack the
features of a porcelain lining.
How to overcome this without
going to the expense OF getting
a new tub has been a question
that has worried a good many.
One pot OF our WHITE
ENAMEL PAINT will do the
work, forming as it does a
GLOSSY SURFACE almost
equal in hardness and durability
to that of Porcelain itself, being
at the same time hardly distln-
euished from Porcelain.
Consult with your Physician
and he will tell you by all means
to paint your Bath Tub with
ENAMEL PAINT.
The KEY STONE EGG
BEATERS are little gems, try
one if you want your Eggs
quickly and thoroughly beaten.
We also call your special atten,
ton to our economical BARREL
and CYLINDER CHURNS,
they are easy workers, have all
sizes and prices.
We have a handy CLOTHES
DRIER having ten arms made
to fasten on the wall, when not
in use, by a simple pull these
arms fold up like fan, thus TAX
ing up but little room.
Remember we sell Standard Oil Cos
Pearl Oil at $3.50 per case c. o. d. de
livered to any part of the city free.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-26
TAe KITCHEN OF THE FUTURE.
when Cook WIN Touch the Button
Electricity DO the Rest.

When cooking is done by electricity, Co.
Herr Sheen of Austria says will be the
case in few years, the kitchen Of today
will have taken its place along with other
old fashioned affairs. Does madam want
a cup of tcag She attaches "A tiny rope of
cotton to Il vessel of water, and in three
minutes the water is boiling. This cot
ton rope has IN insulated wire in its cen
ter that is connected with the nearest cleo
trio Ii hit ~ ant, and little lever smaller
than tl' saNl st glove buttoner turns
on or .. ts OF the power Ia it desired
TO prepare IA soup Then two or three, or
maybe four, Of these little levers turn on
an Increased degree of heat. Does the
family want n substantial dinner? The
small cotton rope is attached, and another
one ike it is fastened on each side OF az
oven and the levers turned on.
4 current of electricity of 30 amperes
can b. ;t this oven in 10 minutes, and the
cost / be IL cents an hour, according
to the rates Charged in Chicago. With
three amperes CT power breakfast for SIX
can be prepared at a cost Of 9 cents. A
dinner for six people requiring six am
peres of power would cost cents, and
there would be heat enough for this mon
ey to cook "A soup, roast, vegetables, neat
watCr enough for tea or coffee and Tor the
usual culinary purposes besides. The
| same wire that transmits the heat foi
/ cooking bv simple device cHn also he
/ made to furnish light for illuminating
purr oscs Mt Il diminished cost. And thi'
/ is the kitchen Of the future, to be lightet
and heated without fire at a cost less THAI
the price Of candles would be in the goot
old times.-New York World.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-26

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,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN ei1cctually, dispcls colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
caly remedy of its kind ever pro
duccA, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ccptsble to the stomach, prompt in
lis action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, It's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
POPULAR remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 90
cent bottles by AT 'sading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have IL on hama VIII pro,
cuge 1t promptly for any one who
wishes to Try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
cALirCRViG .sYe Strip 60.
lCwamls, ~ GE@ rcaN, ME
HODROL, DRUG co.
svnOGrsusc Agents.
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523 For ST Honolulu. 5i3- If
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-26
a Recipe For a Day.

a Recipe For a Day.
Take little dash of water cold,
And a little !eayen of prayer,
And little bit of sunshine gold
Dissolved in the morning air.
Add to your meal some merriment
Add a though for kith and kin,
And then, as a prime ingredient,
A plenty of work thrown in.
But spice it all with the essence or love
And little Whit OF play
Let a wise old book and glance above
Complete the well spent day.
-iIousckec per.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
WEAR SLIPPERS INDOORS.
Some Reasons Why IL IL Prudent to Have
Many Pairs of shoes.

some Reasons Why IL IL Prudent to Have
Many Pairs Of shoes.
Do You put on pair of high shoes in
the morning, wear them TO breakfast,
! to shop. TO walk, and all during the
/ evening? And do you add to this folly
| the crime of considering yourself an
/ economical person because YOUR shoe
box is not filed with all manner Of
frivolous foot covering? Read this
and learn that you are more extrava-
CANT than the woman who numbers
her shoes by the dozen, more un-
hvgienic than any one ought TO be in
this enlightened age, and that you arc
not dainty This last is. of course, the
worst feature in the case.
You have been told that nothing can
stand a constant strain. and that rest
is good even for iuanimate things like
sewing machines and pianos. SO 10 IL
for shoes. Shoes which are worn every
day and all day last about one-third az
long as those which alternate with an
other pair. The woman who has
slippers for various occasions, and who
wears them, saves her boots and her
feet A change Of shoes for the feet -
as much of rest for them as change
OF occupation is said 20 be for the
mind.
Shoes which are designed 20 tramp
over city paving-stones and country
ruts are necessarily not adapted 10
hardwood floors and Persian rugs
They scratch the one and tear tho
other. Damage amounting % a good
deal more than the price Of another
pair of shoes may DE done by wearing
one pair all the time.
IL when you get up in the morning
you don pair Of slippers, light OF solo
and soft. your feet will no. be tired
when you 90 out at eleven O'Clock.
Neither will you have worn out fifty
cents worth Of carpeting or seventy
five cents worth OF high polish. IL
you don your heavy walking shoes
only when you have 10 walk you viii
be wise. When yod come ia from
walking. take of your shoes and put
on slippers a9ain-this time pair 20
match the pretty house frock with
which il il your duty 20 replace your
street suit Your feet will feel cooi
al rested; your boots wiz have
chance 20 rest also. your slippers will
look well and your floor will be spsrs5
much unnecessary wear AID tear.-3
/. World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
THE OCEANS. SIZE"
Figures Relating to tho Cubicsl Extent Z
the Water OF the Globe.

GlSHgeS hciBt.nB TO th6 CQO1CSI [sxteDt OF
the Water OF the Globe.
John Murray, of the Challenger ex-
petition, has shown that the cubical
extent Of the water of the globe is IA
times that of the land above the sea
level: arG Capt. Wharton. hydrog-
rapher 90 the British admiralty, con-
siders that this very bulk, compared
with that OF the visible land, gives il
an Importance possessed by no other
feature on our planet. The Pacific
ocean alone covers $1,000, 600 of the
earth's 1ss, ZOO, 600 square miles, while
the Atlantic extends over 81, OOO, 900
square miles, and the Indian ocean 25,-
OOO, 900 square miles. These three great
oceans alone account for 123, O0O. 900
square miles, in addition to which
there are the Mediterranean and other
inland seas and great lakes to be reck-
oned.
The Pacific averages depth of 2.4OO
fathoms in the north, and $500 faith
oIns in the Southern ocean; the Allan
tic has mean depth Of 1900 fathOms,
and the Indian ocean a mean depth of
1000 fathoms. Vast areas of the ocean
are yet unsounded; but as far as in
vcstigation has been carried up TO the
present time it discloses the remarkable
fact that the greatest depths are not
obtained, as might be supposed, in
midocean, but rather in spots COM
paratively near to the land. The deep
est sounding yet obtained is 1865 faith
oms, at ITO miles from the Kurile is
lands, while within 20 miles of Porto
Rico the next deepest-4,56l fathoms-
has been obtained. Every drop of this
vast bulk Of water is now known to be
in constant movement, and its infiu-
ence upon the physical conditions of
the land is tmmeasurable.
The surface currents of the ocean
form the most obvious phenomenon,
and it has been tablished that the
prime motor of these currents is the
wind--the trade winds which blow
constantly over great areas and the
westerly winds that prevail in higher
northern and southern ATTITUDES being
the most current factors In the produc-
ton of ocean currents. Differences Of
temperature and of specific gravity
have also a certain influence; but the
effect of these is slighter than in the
case of the wind, and is more marked
in the under circulation and the verti-
cal mixing Of the waters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
NEFF'S SHOE STORE. " ~ MAJ,

There are many hundred niles n
neglected navigation or the charming
small lakes of New York The lakes
of the Adirondack region are moro
and more used by pleasure seekers,
but the tour of the lakes In northern
and central New York is not unsual.
Seneca lake is 80 miles long, Cayuga 40
miles, Crooked lake IS miles, Lake
Canandaigua 20 miles, Otsego Is miles,
and Oneida 20 miles. Here are nearly
$50 miles of lake navigation, besides
the inlets, bays and arms
English heads the list OF the Eu-
ropean languages spoken in the world.
with 10. 00O. 600 persons who use il. OF
these SIS, 600. 900. more than half, live in
the United States, while IS, 500, 600 only
live in the British isles Only eighty
years earlier. in 1901, the total number,
of English-speaking persons in tho
world was 20, 100000. Those speaking
French have increased in that time
from 81, 500. 900 TO 81. O00, 900. those Ger
man from 10000, 900 to rs, 000. 900. Rus
sian the same, Spanish from ID, 900 0oo
to $4,000, 600, Italian from 1900, 900 to-
33, 600, 600, and Portuguese from $500, 900
to l3,0O0,OOo. Out of the 81, 1000. 600
speakers of French, 5000. 900 live in
Europe; of the $4,000, 600 Germans,
though 1000, 600 live in the United
States, there is only 500, 900 10 be found
outside of Europe; while of the ~, OoO,-
600 speakers of Spanish. %, 500, 900 live
i'll non-European countries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
MISS CUsHMAN.

in business at Castle Dome. She Is as
adventurous in pushing forward to a
new region as any nomadic miner. No
sooner does she hear Of a new camp
than she starts for it. She has had SO
much experience that she almost in
varfably turns it to good account, get
ting town lots, placer sites and lode
claims for next to nothing and unload
ing at big profit. At first she did not
get out Of the camps soon enough. Con-
sequently she has been many times
rich and poor.
"She has indomitable pluck, though.
and if she goes broke in one place she
soon makes a turn and gots up again.
1t is phenomenal how nonchalantly
she takes a reverse. She is Just as
level-headed, self-contained and serene
as if she had made fortune. 1t makes
no difference, SO far as appearances go.
Miss Cushman is a rather tall, dark
eyed girl. She is somewhat angular in
appearance and has brown hair. Going
about among the mines, or climbing
the hills for outcroppings, she wears
heavy shoes and strong boomers, usu-
ally covered with cloak She Is a
rapid walker and a quick talker. She
is considerable of a reader. She was
the first woman in the camp Of Harqua
Hala, where there were over fifteen
hundred men and no other woman"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
Pleasant for Criminals.

Life IN the French penal colony at
New Caledonia has been pictured as SO
agreeable, both by reason of climate
as well as the leniency with which the
convicts have been treated, that trans
portation seems to have lost most of its
terrors- Criminals do not conceal their
preference for long sentence in the
beautiful Pacific island to a much
shorter term with hard labor in one of
the penitentiaries at home. and when
perpetrating a misdeed have sought,
as a rule. to render their offense cs
serious as possible, SO as to entail
transportation if captured. 1t Is with
a view to putting an end 70 this seDti-
ment that the French government has
now decided to stop sending convicts
TO New caledonia, and is making
arrangements 20 deport them instead
20 the Gaboon, the fever-stricken and
most pestilential Of all districts OF
French Congoland. In Africa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12

Characterized as the best fra y. mai
while daylight lasts He has but one def.
cheney; his sense of smell is SO infinites-
imal that water goes for altar Of roses
His faithfulness may always be placed
at one hundred. Tell q bulldog 10
watch thing-ani,nate or iranimate-
and he viii watch it with a degree Of
care unknown TO the policeman. lie is
always ready to lavish affection upon his
master. except in the dark. In the dark
he must be approached. even by his
master, with circumspection- This
idiosyncracy should not be considered
o fault II should not be expected
that an animal possessed of such a
nose could smell How the first bull
dog got the nose Is matter controver-
sial as well as scientific, but il is gem
orally supposed that the first bulldog
was baying the moon and staring
straight at it when he was hit on the
end of the nose by an aerolite. which
drove the nose into the face, where il has
remained until this day. Bulldogs are
much in favor with married ladies. No
married man who possesses a bulldog
can remain outside OF his domicile I'M
I'll two a. IN. without the knowledge of
his wife. He cannot enter his house at
such an hour without calling the dog
by name, unless willing TO risk the loss
of leg or some other unhandy part OF
his person. No human being who en-
ters a house stealthily in the dark is
considered friend by bulldog. AT
such time his master is an enemy I'M
less the said master rnises his voice.
The dog will recognize the voice, but
he cannot smell the owner; therefore,
as rule, bulldogs are seldom owned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
SHE is AN EXPERT
Kiss Cushman's Varied Expert.
ences in Arizona
At One Time She Was the Only Woman
in . Mining Camp OF Fifteen Hundred
Men-Instances of Her Indom-
liable Pluck.

"Arizona has the only girl mining e1>
pert In the world" said Maj. John
Rawlins, of Phoenix, Ariz., to a New
York Sun correspondent For years
she has followed up all the new camps
and passed judgment on mines. Her
name Is Nellie Cushman. Just now
she is making a pull for the Harqua
Hala mines She has just been In Los
Angeles and bought restaurant outfit
for the new camp, and while her en-
ployes serve bacon and beans to the
fannel-shirted miners at one dollar
apiece, she will make her locations and
begin mining as usual.
"She is wonderfully plucky girl. It
is about nine now since she first came
to Tucson. She was from Dodge City,
Kan, and could not have been more
than seventeen years old. She got to
examining the ore as it came out of the
Tucson mines, and was soon as good
judge OF its value as her brother Jim,
who was foreman and mineralog;st in
one of them. The boys in the Tomb
stone locality soon began betting on
her Judgment, and found that she was
a wonderfully good guesser, and hit it
close about every time. Her fame
spread, and miners who, as you know,
are always superstitious, got an idea
that to have her around and get her
good opinion some way brought luck.
She knew where to dig for ore, too,
and some of the ore in the Contention
was found By following her advice in
running a drift.
over in Graham county she made a
hit one day on copper, and when she
went to Tombstone afterward she
passed her judgment on some mines
there. Bill Virgins sold the Excelsior
and Grand View mines on her advice,
and the only dividend they ever yield
ed was the $4,000 he got from them.
Other mines were bought after she had
examined and reported favorably on
them. They are good paying proper
ties now.
I'm Tucson, Bisbee, Tombstone and
other camps Miss Cushman has con-
Quoted general stores and big lodging
houses for the miners. She was also
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
JOHN JACOB ASToR-

and slid and tumbled and scraped from
morning until night Mrs Aston did
not have to sit up nights mending his
clothes, because Mrs. Aston has maid
and Mr.. Astor has a valet and sew
eral other things which 90 with $780,
COO. 600 or SO.
Mr. Astor is taAl, laaky and thin.
His arms, according to the New York
Advertiser. are wonderfully long, his
legs are nlaTvcls in their way, and lie
has altogether q magnificent physique
for a tennis player. Mrs Astor is
plump. She is having golf links built
a. Rhiaecliff. where, with a 'hinkey"
and ''linly- and "caddie," she may
lid herself Of her imaginary superAuous
flesh But tennis is Mrs. Astor's favor-
lie game. She graciously permitted
the champions 20 be presented 70 her
q; the grand Newport tournament last
summer, and for some time after had
the lengthy John jacob mp betime in
the morning 20 practice with her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12

bearing the Observation-Disclosures upon
1t at the time. The genuineness OF
these relics is thoroughly established
Betty Lewis were given by these la.
dies to the daughter of the latter
namely, Betty Carter (who was. as
above stated, the favorite niece OF
Washington. The latter gave them,
along with a parcel of her own hair,
to her daughter. Otway Anna, who
married DR.. William Owen. From DIR.
William Owen and his wife the treas
ured parcels came into the possession
of their SON. our weil-known fellow.
townsman, DR.. w. o. Owen, who died
two years ago.
1t may not unlikely be. indeed it is
most likely. that there is not in exist
ence another lock, another strand. Of
the hair of Washington's wife, or of his
sister, or his niece.
Martha Washington hair here pre-
served does not bear the bright hazel
hue of the tresses of the blooming
young widow, Martha Gusts. on that
autumn day in 175S when. at Mr. Cha IN
berlayne's on the Pamunky, it first
caught the gaze of the handsome Col
Washington fresh from the fields OF
his fame in the French and Indian
wars. 1t has just the color of hair,
originally hazel, that has become al
most, but not entirely, gray.
1t is difficult TO overestimate the in
terest that attaches to such a relic as
~
ISOLATION does IT connect us. after the
lapse of a century, with the dome stie
life OF the father of his country.
A few years ago, in moving some
books that had lain unhandled for
more than two hundred and fifty years
in the library of Penshurst castle, in
England, the seat of the Penn brokes, a
volume was found that had belonged
TO Sir Philip Sidney, that peerless
Bayard who may so well stand for
Cphelia's picture in Hamlet-'the
courtier's soldier, scholars eye, tongue,
sword" The countess of. Pembroke
was mis- sister. Upon opening the book
there was found between TIE leaves
folded paper containing lock of
EliZabeth'S hair, with some verses of
Sir Philips recording how the virgin
queen had graciously given it to him.
This relic created great excitement,
q prodigious sensation, throughout the
British empire. But, to our way of
thinking. a more reverential regard
attaches to this memorial OF the virtu.
Gus consort of the illustrous Washing.
ton than to that relic of the naughty
queen with a shady charter.-Lynch
burg (Va.) News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
A Saving Dress Reform.

A new effort at wOman's dress reform
is being made by the managers of cot
ton mills 1t Saco. Me. Because of the
accidents that have occurred through
the hair or dress of operatives
being caught In the machinery it has
been ordered that girls shall not wear
their hair hanging down. but must coil
It close TO the head. and the waist and
sleeves Of their dresses must be close
fitting, the latter, of course. being op-
posed TO anything and every thing at
present stylish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
Who Was the Goosec

II, before beginning a sentence, peo-
pie would stop TO see just how they are
coming out, they would often put what
they have to say in different words
A lady had been looking for friend
FOR long time without success Fin
ally she came upon her in an unex-
pected place.
Well" she exclaimed, 1--WE been on
a perfect wild goose chase all day long;
but thank goodness, I've found you at
last"