The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-05

about moving the Government
powder magazine, which petit
TONERS have made plain is a
menace to life and property
In St. Louis one time a powder
mill went up. Halt a score of
men were hoisted, but escaped
without serious injury. The
superintendent locked them for
the time used in the air and re-
covering from the shock. He
was mean as the mule-train
freighting magnate who charged
the men for ammunition they
used in repelling an attack by
Indians.
What a grand field ,Formosa
is Just now for those who have
mastered the trade of statesman
ship. On that island there are
100000 people and republic
is proposed for them. Perhaps
10000 have an indistinct idea
of what a republic is like. About
nineteen-twentieths of the re-
mainder don't care and the
other twentieth is ready for
any excitement or adventure.
But it is a rich country. The
Chinese have undertaken to de-
liver it to Japan and must turn
it over in good order, Perhaps
Japan will assist in the repairs.
Perhaps Russia and few other
countries, both interested and
disinterested will say: "a re-
public is a sacred thing and all
hands must be kept off" Then
Japan will get mad. The pros
poets for a pretty big racket OF
some sort are very good indeed.
1t is peculiar spectacle afforded
in all the heavy guns OF the
silver forty oratorical battery II
use in Colorado, Nevada anc
other white metal States. Why
don't their managers send then
to people wanting to be con
l WINGED -?
f We propose to talk abou
lamps this week. Coal oil lamp
of every conceivable sort anc
description.
We will start at the entrance
of your house. Does your hal
have a hanging lamp, or a lamp
t of any kind to brighten 1t W
evenings and make it agreeable
for your guests and family? Oul
1 hall lamps are beautifully made
: the incest kind have B & +
burners improved. One of oul
hanging lamps ought to suit yol
-, even if you are very fastidious
: If your hall is a large one you
! need a chandelier with two o.
more lights. We have some yer,
S unique designs and late styles
with Bradley & Hubbard tounts
they are in enameled brass anC
t hammered iron. All sorts o
e pretty globes and shades go will
the hall lamps and chandeliers.
When you reach the parlor O
drawing room you must have ;
e lamp there. For large room
S one of the chandeliers is needed
0 and tor one smaller a tasty anC
neat hanging lamp. Our ban
quet and stand lamps are alsc
very attractive. These stands
, are trimmed in brass, niCkle
plated and hammered iron, are
in many designs of glass, anc
China, and have detachable
founts and with the improved
: B & II burner. Speaking of this
: new burner-in lighting the
lamp you SIMPLY push up par
of the burner, raising chimney
without smearing the polished
glass with your muist fingers
and should the lamp blow Out
you are not obliged to wait unit
it is cool to. prevent burning
your fingers. OF course if you
have a piano you must have {
lamp to go with it. Either the
stand lamp we have just spoken
of or regular piano lamp, is the
thing The piano lamp is o
various designs and resting on al
extension rod is very easily
! raised and lowered. To go witt
the stand and piano lamps W.
| have some OF the prettlest sill
, shades you ever saw. The color
are pleasing; they are made II
many shapes and dalntily trim
med with fine lace, making thu
lamps when finished with one o
these shades one of the most al
tractiye features of a room.
For the dining room we have
the banquet lamp and you car
use some of the same designs al
for the drawing room in hanging
lamps and chandeliers.
After talking so much about
, our elegant lamp fixtures, we dc
not wish to slight the old relia
BILE Rochester lamp.in brass and
nickle. These lamps have been
so long before the people that
they have become one OF the
household words and as we
always keep a large stock we can
suit you in any pattern.
Have you bought set OF the
Clauss bread and cake knives
yet. we have told you about them
often and you must must kno "
that they are indispensable arti,
Giles in the kitchen and dining
room