The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-15

he ultlmatum OIL Russia, bCI-
many and France by May 7, The
European powers and the Little
}rown people may now be on
he very best of terms or the
ripple alliance may be moving on
apan like a dragon, Russia in
he lead. The protesting nations
object to the acquisition OF terri
.ory in China by Japan. The
situation is odd and interesting
in many views. The combined
navles of Russia, France and |
Germany make a strength at
least five times greater than
Japan's power at sea. The latter
country can possibly muster an
army of half million. Russia
has available in Europe alone for
military duty 100000 men,
with its hordes of subjects in
Tartary and Asia to draw upon.
Russia is a terrible fighter. Eng.
land was going to wind up the
Crimean affair in a few winter
months. She was two years at
it, being half Of that time before
Scbastopol. Japan is glorious at
battle, but will enter such a con-
fliCt as is IN prospect with dis
couraging odds against her.
After the Paris demonstrations
against Germany few months
ago it is surprising to see the
two in combine. Nations are
but big families after all. l hey
say that those great good friends,
Great Britain and the United
States are going to take hand
in this affair. England is the
friend in a way of China and
from policy the opponent OF all
other European nations. The
United States and Great Britain
are friends because they like
each other pretty well and each
has a pretty high opinion of the
cleverness of the other. II trOu-
Die ensues. as outlined above,
Hawaii will be the greatest stor-
age and trading point on earth
and everybody will have money
to burn a wet dog as Chimmie
Fadden says. And all this talk
of fighting and eagerness to fight
and preparation to fight and
instinct to bully and cheat and
grab after 1000 years OF trium
phant Christianity. Truly, mar
is slow student.
While there is plenty of water
we would advise the people who
like a lawn that is bright ano
green to come in and examine
our Lawn Sprlnklers. We have
a nice, compact, neat, nlcke
plated, revolving sprinkler calico
the Mikado, not made in Japar
though.
1t throws steady sprays, anc
thoroughly and evenly vets
large circle of grass plot. The
old reliable California Lawl
Sprinkler with its four branch
ing arms is too well known b,
the people here to need an,
praise for its work. We can re
commend either sprinkler a
being hrst-class.
Do your screen doors slam
, and make you nervous whel
they open and shut? We hav,
a device that we put on screel
doors called the Caldwell doc
spring. 1t closes the doc
effectually and noiselessly, N
matter how mad you are whe
you go out, or how hard yo
Slam the door, it shuts SO quietl
you can not waken the baby
and your wife can smile an
have a good laugh instead of
good cry. These are air springs
The door partly closes an
and then stops, and shuts tn
rest OF the way as slowly an
easily as the breath OF gent
Zephyr. With these spring
screen doors ought to last twic
as long. Come in and see hoy
nicely they work.
"A range day for over tw
years" Don't that speak vo
umes for the merits Of stove O
range? That's what we hav
been doing with the Pansy Stove
| This stove is built on the rang
pattern and we have sizes No
6, 7 and 8. They burn eithe
wood or coal. These stove
have such a reputation amonj
the housekeepers of the Island
that it is hardly worth while t
praise them, but there ar
always new families coming her
and for their benefit we max
the above statements. VIVA
more can we say when we tel
you we sell a stove a day.
A gentleman has asked us to SCI
for him training bicycle. Thi
machine is Tor use in the house
You can go as fast as you pleas
and yet not move an inch. 1t |
: used a great deal as a muscl
developer and by cracker jack
e when training Tor race.