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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

John and Peter and Robert and Paul
God in his wisdom created them all.
John was a statesman and Peter n slave.
Robert preacher. and Paul was a knave.
Evil or good, as the case may be,
White or colored or bond or free,
John and Peter and Robert and Paul
God in his wisdom created them all.
Out of esrth's elements, mingled with flame,
Out of life's compounds of glory and shame,
Fashioned and shaped By no will of their own
And helplessly into life's history thrown;
Born by the law that compels man to be,
Born to conditions they could not foresee-
John and Peter and Robert and Paul
God in his wisdom created them all.
John was the head. and heart of his state,
Was trusted and honOred, was noble and great.
Peter was made meath lifes burden to groan
And never once dreamed that his soul was his
own.
Robert great glory and honor received
For zealously preaching what no one believed,
While Paul of the pleasures of sin took his fill
And gave up his life in the service of i'll.
It CHANGED that these men, in their passing
away
From earth and its conflicts, all died the same
day.
John was mourned through the length and the
breadth Of the land;
Peter fell meath the lash in mcrciless hand;
Robert died with the praise of the Lord on his
tongue,
While Paul was convicted of murder and hung
John and Peter and Robert and Paul
The purpose of life was fulfilled in them all.
Men said of the statesman, "How noble and
brave!"
But of Peter, alas, "He is only slave."
OF Robert, Ills well with his soul; ii is WE'LL.
While Paul they consigned TO the torments Of
hell.
Born by one law, through all nature the same
blamel
John and Peter and Robert and Paul
! God in his wisdom created them all.
Out in that region OF infinite light,
| Where the soul of the black man is pure us thu
white;
Out where the spirit, through sorrow madC
wise,
| No longer resorts TO deception and lies;
| Out where the flesh can no longer control
| The freedom and faith of the God given soul,
| Who shall determine what change may befal
John and Peter and Robert and Paul?
John may in wisdom and goodness increase;
| Peter rejoice In an infinite peace;
| Robert may learn that the truths Of the Lord
Are more in the spirit and less in the word,
| And Paul may be blessed with holer birth
| Than the patience of man had allowed him OIL
earth.
| John and Peter and Robert and Paul
| God in his mercy will care for them all.
| Burlington IIawkeye.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05
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should know what blessing has come
to us with the Viavi Remedies
l 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.
Iwould lecvmmend it to the suffering
people of Honolulu.
Any one wishing to ask me in regard
to it may call at my home on Beretanis
near Nuuanu street.
MRS. SCHRADER
These remedies for sale at the office.
100 King street.
417-3mo & W.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

The country bride and bridegroom,
with clothing creaking new, walked
lovingly hand in hand down the broad
hotel dining room, two souls with but a
single thought, and blindly oblivious to
all things else but each other ON this
great, happy earth of ours. Almost
crowded on one chair, he fondly fed her
as the parent bird its little chick.
Darling he murnuringly chuc.
killed., "shall skin ye pertaterH"
mo, deary she gurgled; I've one
already skun Tit Bits,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05
GE MS IN VERSE.


Ye boundlcss prairies of the westl
OF all earth's lands love you best.
Your grassy hills and how'ry dells
Are gentle as the oceans swells.
They stretch away till skies descend
And with your l,ne of beauty blend,
And all their sunlit glories rest
Upon the prairies of the west.
The gentle zephyrs as they pass
Are softly whispering to the grass
OF tribes now sleeping meath the sod
Which once your velvet hillocks trod.
love In solitude to go
Where roamed the deer and buffalo,
And where the pillow has not distressed
The virgin prairies of the west.
No walled-in mountain home for me,
But prarics, endless, broad and free,
That stretch In beauty all around,
Unclaimed, unbroken and profound
Above, the blue; below, the green;
Unbending beauty spread between.
OF all earth's lands | love you best
We boundless prairies of the westl
Nixon Waterman
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05
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IMPORTERS
Hardware
and
General
Merchandise.

There 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
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One pot OF our WHITE
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guished from Porcelain.
Consult with your Physician
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ENAMEL PAINT.
The KEY STONE EGG
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We also call your special atten.
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they are easy workers, have all
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We have a handy CLOTHES
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Remember we sell Standard Oil Cos.
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livered to any part of the city free.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

Statistics prepared in Paris show that
the proportions of novels to serious works
read in the public libraries of the munich
pality is less than SO per 100. OF /, 5S3, 900
volumes circulated from the district library
rooms only ST., 600 were novels. Alexan-
Dire Dumas works are the most called for.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

czarOwitZ of Rus
sia, and half the
courts of Europe
are beaming with
CALCULATIONS over
the happy ar
rangement where
by apetty German
princess Is to be-
come the consort
of the young man
who, II he lives,
will one day be
car of all the
Russias and lord
paramount of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

1t is not generally known that when a
person falls into the water "A common felt
hat may be made use of as life preserver,
and by placing the hat upon the water,
rim down, with the arm around it press
ing slightly to the breast, it will bear q
man up for hours.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

y Rs- For sale by HOLLISTER DRUG co.
52l For. St, Honolulu. bi3 If
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05

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 cffectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
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its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in %
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
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wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
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Wholesale Agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-05
A FAIR pssslAN.

Princess AK May Some Day BE Empress
OF Russia.
Princess Alix Of Hesso Is to bc married
some time in the coming autumn to the
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08

showing that many vessels We're near hv.
The CAPTAIN ordered. Therefore that rockets
should be sent up at regular intervals to warn
the craft 10 keep out Of the Elhe's course II
was near to six o'clock and the Elbe was
some fifty miles of Lowestoft. coast Of Su folk
England. when the lookout man sighted a
steamer of small dimensions approaching He
gave the word. and. as a precantiOn the mum
ber of rockets was doubled and they wert, sent
up at short intervals. The warning was
without effect. The steamer came on with
unchecked speed. and before the Eihe could
chTnge her course OF reduce her speed nota-
h'v. there was the terrific crash of the colli-
sion.
The Elbe was hit abaft her engine room.
When the smaller steamer wrenched away an
enormous hol" was left in the Elbr's side.
The water poured through and down into the
engine room in a cataract. The room filed
almost instantly The engines We're still and
the big hulk began to settle.
The passengers were in bed. The bitter
cold and rough sea hal prevented any early
rising. and none except the officers and crew
on duty was on deck when the ship was
struck. The shock and rash reused every
body. The steerage was n a pani" in mo-
ment. and men. women and children. half
dressed or in their night clothes came crowd
ing up the companion ways.
They clung together in grOupS facing the
cold and storm. and cried aloud for help or
prayed on their knees for deliverance. The
officers We're convinced that the ship was
ABOUT to founder and gave orders to lower
the boats. In short time three boats
We're got alongside. bat the seas
were breaking over the steamer with great
force and the first boat wa, swamped before
anybody could get into it. The other two
boats, lowered at about the same time. We're
filed quickly with members of the crew and
some passengers. but the number was small.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08

| watched the boat closely. Her occupants
seemed to think was going to leave them. SO
waved my hat. II took us half an hour to get up
our traWlinR gear, and i'll the meantime the
boat was drifting away from us. When We
got close to them | east them a rope, but
they were so cold, wet and numb that
they couldn't make il fast for some time
We pulled them around to the side of the
smack and about half of them jumped
aboard. but the strain caused by the
heavy sea parted the rope and the remainder
once more drfted away Eventually we
made another line fast and four more Of the
unfOrtunates Were dragged in, leaving wo-
man and four men in the boat.
''rhe woman lay in the water in the bot
tom of the boat. She wore a long cont, but
had on neither boots nor dress. Pilot Green
ham helped her to get on board the smack
Just as all had boarded the smack the
line again parted and the lifehoat was
lost. | got the woman below, and
asked all the others to go to the engine room
while she took off her clothes and wrapped
herself in dry blankets. / am sure another
hours exposure in the boat would have
killed some of them. for there were six
inches of ice on my deck"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08

into il and supposed that he had remained
ny my side. hut just as the boat was lowered
| found that h" had disappeared. He had
heen torn away IN the rush and scramble for
places. | tred 10 get hack. but the boat
went down with jump and the moment
reached the water the sailors pushed OF.
Miss Buerker the only woman saved. said
in an interview: Il was in bod when the
steamers struck. | was aroused by great
crash. followed 10y shouts aud the trnmplinc ~
feet on deck. 1t Was dark when | reached the
top ot the stairs leading to the deck. |
found that two of the lifcbcats wcr' being
lowered and ran to one Of them. The
steamer was sinking gradually. One side
was already low in the water. Some men
showed me into the boat, which was then
lowered. We had hardly reached the water
before the boat upset and all were thrown
out. A. that part Of the Eihe partly
submerged. most Of the others managed
To get back on the steamer. | went
under and when l came up clutched the
bow of the capSizrd lfrhoat l chung to il
desperately until another lfehoht that had
been launched picked me up We suffered
terribly until the Wild Flower rescued uS. l
lost all my clothes, hut l saved my money
and watch, which | had in the belt around
nv waist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08
CAPTAIN AND VESSEL.
The EIbe's Commander Fine Sailorman
History of the Lost Liner.

Captain Kurt Won Goessel, the commander
of the ElDe. who went down with his ship,
was born in RatibOr. PruSsian SilCsia. forty
three years ago. He a splendid speci-
men of the TeutOnic SailOrman. He was six
feet two inches tall, was brOad-chested
erect blue-eyed and blond-bearded. He had
the reputation of being one ofthe most careful
shippers in the North German Lloyd service
He had received more premiums than any
other commander of the line for his swift and
economical voyages. Captain Won Goessel
on several occasions stood upon the bridge
for thrty-six hours at a stretch, and each
time his pet cat. Peter. remained with him in
the toughest weather. Every one who has
made a trip upon the Elbe in recent years
knew Peter as the Captains pet.
The EIbe was probably the slOwest OF the
big North German Lloyd fleet plying between
New York and Southampton and Bremen.
She was built in 1881. and was the first of
what is called the express steamers OF the
line. She started on her maiden trip from
Bremen on June 26, 1881. She usually covered
the distance between SOUTHAMPTON and
Sandy Hook in somewhat more than eight
days. She was a fOur-maSted vessel and
originally had a barkentine rig; that Is, She
had yards on her fOremast. Her rig was
changed for economical reasons, and She had
none but fore and aft sails, like the big yes
sells of the recOrd-breaking lines. She meas
ured 45lO tons, was 42O feet long, AS feet
beam, 36.5 feet deep. She was propelled
by single screw. Her engines, of the
compound type, with cylinders of 20 and
"a inches and a pistOn-strOke of 36
inches were of $500 horse power. She was
compared with the Campania and Lucania.
in point of tonnage and speed, not strictly a
modern merchant ship. but she had good
passenger accommodations probably as the
best of the greyhOunds. She was considered
a first-claSs passenger boat. and in the season
always had A large cabin list. 1t is surmised
that the cargo of the Elbe was not worth less
than $500 900. It consisted chiefly of silks,
woolens linens, and cOttons.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08
LIST OF PASSENGERS.
Names of Those who Occupied First or
Second Class Cabins on the Elbe.

Following Is a list of the American passon-
gers on the Elbe in the first ard second
cabins when the i'll fatcd vessel sailed from
Bremen. First cabin: Mrs. Hermine San
ders. Falmouth, Mass; Mrs. Anton Fischer,
Washington; John Il. Vincke, Saint Charles.
Mo; Charles WiX. New York; Mrs.
NJ. c. Connors, South Dakota; Ernst
Heeren New York. Second class: Mrs.
Louise Kue:,n. New York; Jacob Frank, Buff
fao: Mrs. Sophie Rhodes Washington; Eu-
gene Rhodes. Washington; Carl Hofmann,
Grand Island Neb.: Anna Hofmann, Grand
Island. Neb. H. Hofmann, Grand Island. Neb.;
Adolf IslauD. New York; Ernst Maseburg.
Louisiana; Kurt Klenschmidt. Helena, Mon
tana; John Gerlich"r. Winona, MINT Jan
Vevera, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr.. Lock hart, New
York.
Dispatches from Germany say that Bremen
is in a state Of CONSERVATION and the whole
country is excited by the news Of the wreck.
The passengers came from all parts of the
Empire.
Fortunately, the tide of immigration from
Germany is now at an ebb, and the cabin
passenger traffic. as it generally 1t Is at
this season, is somewhat dull The
loss of life might have been double
if the accident had occurred in May,
when tie influx Of German immi
grants is Strongest. The Elbe might have
carried 120 first cabin passengers, l30 second
cabin passengers. and 1000 steerage passen-
gers In the busy season she has a crew, in
Guiding walters, of about 50 men and women.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08

An Ohio man. who happened to be dressed
sion. says the time was less than twenty
minutes from the striking of the blow till the
ship disappeared. 1t was only after three or
four hours of severe exposure that the
boat load was rescued by the smack Wild
Flower. The place where they We're picked
up is about fifty miles southeast Of Lowest0ft,
almost midway between the English and
Dutch coasts.
The. Elbe carried 240 passengers and 100
officers and seamen. Twenty-Five survivors
We're landed. though it was thought few
others might be afioat in a lifeboat. All tn"
others were lost. Captain Kurt Won Goessel
went down with his ship.
Twenty Of the survivors are:
Cabin passengers: Carl Holman. Euffen
Schlegel. Jan Nevera. Steerage: Bothen.
Miss Anna Buecker. Tn. StOllberg. third Off
Ger: A. Neussell. first engineer: ". Wefer
purser; SchultejsS. Linkmeyer and Sittig
sistant pursers: koebe. chief stoker; Fuerst
stoker: Wenning. Finger. Sibert, DresOw and
Boetke, seamen: Deharde, German pilot:
Greenham, English pilot
Hofmann's home is in Nebraska. His wife
and boy went down with the snip. The pas
sengers were only half clothed. Their few
garments were frozen stiff. their hair was
coated with ice, and anxiety and effort had
exhausted them so completely that they had
to be helped ashore. The officers and sailors
were fully dressed but their clothes had been
drenched and frozen and they had been al
most paraIyzed with cold and fatigue.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08
A NeW Cur2 for HiCcoI1hs

Samuel A. Hochkin. of West haven. Conn,
was hiccoughing his life away at the home OF
his nephew. Charles L. HOchkin. Newark, n.
j.. until DR.. Bailey was called in. The pa
tient is seventy-three years old On January
5 he began hiccoughing violently. The usual
remedies We're prescribed, but Mr.. HOchkin
grew worse
At this time DR.. c. II. Clark, of Plaintieid
was afflicted with the malady, and the reme-
dies used in his case without avail were
tried. DIR. W. o. Bailey was called in. DR.
Bailey saw that the aged sufferer could
live long unless the throat spasms ceased
There We're intervals of half an hour Of rest
when the hiccough returned. Mr.. HOchkiI
had given up the battle for life and told his
wife, who accompanied him from West Haven
that he proposed to settle up hi earthly af
fairs.
Late that night DIR. Bailey bethought hin:
of the musk" cure, and prescribed moschus
in ten grain doses to a drachm, giving one
drachm every three hours. The ej
feet was electrical. The throat spasm:
ceased and Mr.. Hochkin was pro
nounced ont of danger and gained strength
rapidly. The remedy in this case fpr.
wardcd to the physician attending D.. Ciar;
at Plainfteld in the hope of saving the la
ter'S life.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08
Amputated His Foot Himself.

Two years ago Robert Galbraith. aged
seventy-four, farmer of Payne Township,
Indiana County. Penn, fell from load Of
hay and injured his left ankle and foot. The
injury has caused him great suffering ever
since and the family physician has long in
sisted that unless the foot was amputated the
farmer could never be any better. Galbraith
stubbornly refused to have the operation
performed.
One morning recently the farmers daugh-
ter went into his room.
Della" said he, the jobs done. The
foot is amputated.
On the bed by his side lay the foot. On
the other side was a razor The old farmer
had amputated his own foot with his razor,
and had done it neatly, too, at the ankle
joint.
Although he is seventy-siX years old, Farm
er GaIhraith is not even suffering from shock
from his self-amputating operation. and the
doctor saws he could not have taken the foot
off more neatly himself.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08
SAD STORIES OF SURVIVORS.
Men, Women and Children Were Panic
Stricken and Ran About Wildly on Deck.

Carl HOfmann, who came ashore in the
Wild Flower, said in an Interview
MY home is in Grand Island Neh. l had
my wife and boy of seven with me on the
Elbe. | am utterly wretched. for | became
separate from them. and hardly dare hope
that they have BEEN saved. | have been
abroad to visit relatives in Germany.
and during tn" last four months was
ACCOMPANIED by my wife and boy. We left
Bremen on the Elbe for home. l was asleep
in our stateroOm when noise ike gun
shot woke me-. | Jumped out of bed and
spoke to NY wife. who had Deen aroused
as suddenly. l asked her what she thought
the trouble was. bat she seemed to
pav little attention to il. | wa- not
greatIy alarmed. although l heard -cufling
feet and hoarse shouts on deck. ! hurried
into some of my clothes. however. and went
70 the upper deck. Men. women and chill
dren were running about madly. the women
screaming with terror and every man get
ting in the others wav. The darkness
increased the confusion and fright.
Suddenly l heard snrll despairing cries
from he women: There are no more boats
/ then saw the uIen AZ the davIts. | noticed
that the ropes were frozen 80 hard or were 80
tangled or something Of the sort that the
sailors had 70 chop them frauticalIy to get
the boats clear. Meanwhile the steamer
was settling Perceptiblv. l took mp
boy into my arms and got into
the second boat. My wife was close behiny
when somebody shouted: All women and
| children go on the other side Of the ship L
believe the Captain gave the order. My wife
started to run across the deck. and that Is
| the last l saw of her. ] clung t. my boy,
bUf some men seized Us and dragged US out
Of the boat. and my place was taken by one
OF the crew. This boat got clear of the
steamer. Before the men at the oars could
get full command of her big wave almost
dashed her against the steamers big fore
mast. which had gone by the board al the
time OF the collision. 1t was almost mircu-
lCue that the boat was not swamped. An
9theI boat was got out. took my boy
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08

as the boats held only twenty persons each.
The boat carrying the twenty-one persons
who were landed at LOwestOft put off in such
haste from the sinking steamer that nobody
in it noticed what became of the other boat
The survivors believe, however, that she got
away safely They say that they tossed
about in the heavy seas for several hours be-
fore they sighted the Wild Flower. The lit
tie smack bore down on them at once and
took them aboard. They We're exhausted
from excitement and exposure.
Miss Anna Buecker. the only woman in the
party. was Frustrated as soon as they got
clear of the Elbe. She lay in the bottom of
the boat five hours with the seas breaking
over her and the water that had been shipped
half covering her body
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-08
Victims of Cowardice.

When asked concerning the actions OF the
other vessel Mr.. HOfmann one Of the sur
vivOrs. said:
Had the vessel which cOlided with tts
Ellie stood by and assisted. il is my belle
that the majority Of the passengers and crew
would have been saved The vesse
which caused the collision simply
backed away. and that was the last saw
OF her. Until that time order was main
tanned. and then all became confusion" Rep
resentatives Of the North German Lloyd dis
credited the stories Of cOwardice on the par
Of the Elbes officers and crew. The reports
of the survivors TO the effect that the captair
of the Ellie gave orders. a. soon a
the collision occurred. for the women anC
children to be saved first and that the entirs
deck watch went down at their posts. re-
lieved somewhat the disagreeGble impression
arising from the fact that 80 large portion
Of the people rescued were officers ane
sailors Of the steamer.