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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
has a full line OF
School Goods,
such as

School Tablets in the 8 and 10 cent
sizes; exercise and composition books,
3, 10 and Is cent sizes; Students Note
Books, and 10 cents each; States, all
sizes and prices; Slate Pencils. IN
wood, fancy colors; Boxes of twelve
Colored Drawing Crayons, 90 cents;
Boxes of six Colors, for 10 cents; Ink,
and 10 cent sizes; Spencerian Copy
Books, and the best grades of School
Pencils, with extra Rubber Tips, for
cents each, and everything else that
the student may require.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
The Irony of Fate.

"shortly before his death," says
the London Chronicle, edmond de
Goncourt met at dinner M. Ra.
mond Poincare, the well known
French advocate and politician. Nj.
Poincare was thinking at the time
of abandoning politics and devoting
himself exclusively to the bar. He
discussed his intentions with De
Goncourt, who protested: What
You mean going back to that wretch
ed barrister businessi' M. Poincare
defended his projects, but De Con
court was not to be persuaded and
ended by saying, 'Avocasser, avo-
casser, that will be nice way of
spending your time!" The irony of
fate willed it that it should be M.
Poincare who defended Edmond de
Goncourt's will in court and secured
its valuation. -
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

Lincoln resting on his shoulder and
the blood t1ickling down the sleeves
and the back of his shirt. The pres
ident was carried down stairs and
across the street into Mrs. Peterson IS
boarding house, directly opposite
the theater. AS Mrs. Lincoln was
for the moment without an escort.
I gently grasped her arm and led
her from the box. She was nearly
hysterical, crying and sobbing bit
terly. We followed the men as they
carried Mr.. Lincoln across the street.
He was placed on bed in room
on the ground floor, where he died
the following morning.
"The proprietor of the saloon who
carried Mr.. Lincoln from the thea
ter subsequently informed me that
John Wilkes Booth had spent few
moments in his place just before
the close of the second act of the
play. While there he drank nearly
a glassful of brandy. New York
Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

as at the foot, especially if she
IS personally attractive. In truth
the fixed order of English soci-
ETY., if occasionally social con-
venience, is also yoke, and there
is sometimes a positive willingness
to relax it and act as if there were
no such thing. Just as in English
country houses the almost EXCESSIVE
formality of the dinner is balanced
by the utter informality of the
breakfast, where the servants are
excluded, and every man guest
jumps up and gets whatever he
pleases from the sideboard, so Eng
lish people seem to have rather a
liking for the somewhat novel flavor
of Americans, and readily pardon it
when the order of precedence proves
a matter too complex for our intel
lects to fathom. And it is also to be
remembered that the society which
is apt to attract American visitors
the most is that of English authors
and artists, who usually have very
little connection with the order Of
precedence in any way.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
The Prejudices Which Exist Between the
Two Countries.

The Prejudices Which Exist Between the
Two Countries.
1t is a lamentable thing that many
Americans lose much of the pleasure
Il English travelling by greatly ex-
iggerating the differences in char
acter between the two nations and
by assuming that the English, as
such, are more reserved, cold and
unsocial than Americans. During
three visits at long intervals to this
country, and while associating with
"all sorts and conditions of men," l
have never been able to find any
authority for this impression. Haw-
thorne told the whole story when
he pointed out that any mutual dis
like between the two nations was
collective and not individual; that
the individuals were apt to frater-
nize we'll enough, but that each re-
tanned avague prejudice against the
whole body of the other nation.
English people are apt to like the
Americans whom they know, but to
retain the impression-no doubt
sometimes justifable-that there
are great many others whom, if
they knew, they should not like,
and this is much the way in which
Americans feel about English men
and women. The distrust is generic,
while the liking is individual. Per-
haps it would be pleasanter if the
distrust were nonexistent, but it is
something to feel that each may do
something to overcome it and to
help later travellers by making the
liking more general. 1t is true that
on the continent of Europe English
people are or were apt to appear at
disadvantage; to regard themselves
as being sheep in the midst of pos
sible wolves, which, indeed, they
often are. But on their own ground
the instinct of personal hospitality
is traditional, and they are especial
ly disposed to regard Americans as
friends-a confidence often mis-
placed, regret to say, among the
unscrupulous or ungracious.
The very fact that such marked
distinctions of rank exist among
themselves makes them incline to.
ward Americans. who offer no such
extreme complications Indeed it
sometimes happens that an Ameri-
can lady, like bride, may be given
precedence over others simply be-
cause, having no definite rank, she
NAV as well ~ 5==s at the. head
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
Kamehameha,s War Cloak.

The great war cloak Of Kane
hameha ! was the work of years.
During the reigns of eight preced-
ing monarchs it grew beneath the
hands of cunning craftsmen, until
in all it's fair proportions it became
the property of Kamehameha the
Powerful, the outward badge of the
sovereignty which claimed sway
over all the surrounding islands.
This cloak, made entirely of yell
low feathers, is 4 feet in length and
nearly ~ around the bottom-about
the same size as the one in the Ma
tional museum, although this last
is trifle more than half composed
of red feathers from more plebeian
bird which science has aptly named
Vestiaria coccinea, or clothed in
scarlet. :" The cloak was once the
property of the powerful chief Ke-
kuaskalami, who forfeited it, to-
gether with his life, in a rebellion
having for its purpose the restora-
ton of the ancient religion of Ha-
waii. 1t next came into the hands
of Kamehameha III, by whom it
was presented to Commodore j. H.
Aulick, and finally it was deposited
in the National museum by tn
commodore's grandson, Mr.. R. O..
Aulick. Frederic A. Lucas in st.
Nicholas.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
Raindrops In the Sea,

Those who have observed the
smoothing down Of turbulent sea
beneath pelting of rain will be in
terested in an English scientists ex-
PLANTATION of the phenomenon. Each
drop, he says, sends below the sur
face certain quantity of water in
the form of rings, which, with grad
ually decreasing velocity and in
creasing size, descend as much as 10
inches below the surface. Therefore
when rain is falling on the sea there
is as much motion Immediately be-
meath the surface as above, only the
drops are larger and their motion
slower. Thus, unseen by the human
eye, the water at the surface is BE-
ing made to continually change
places with that beneath, and in this
way the wave motion is destroyed.
New Yc,,l: In,,,.nnl
Dentist: Bishop at Extra every day
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

The Bicycle Crowds Out the Accordion.
A decline in the sale of accordions
and some other musical instruments
in this country is attributed to the
introduction of the bicycle. It is
said that persons who would other
wise have bought an accordion or
some such instrument have bought
instead a bicycle, even if they have
had to do it on installments. To the
same cause is attributed a decline
in the sale of sheet music. Teach
ers accustomed to buy for their pu-
pills buy now less than they did, the
pupils devoting less time to the pi-
ano and more to the bicycle.-New
York Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

we come to consider the case OF a
reporter OF editor of newspaper.
While conceding the importance of
the press as a factor in the unearth-
ing of wrongdoing, it would seem
to be exceedingly inexpedient to
permit it to take shelter behind
question of privilege.
Where newspaper articles have
been published injurious to charac-
ter the person libeled should have
a right to find out at whose instiga-
ton and upon whose author they
might happen to have been} ritten.
The doctrine of privileged commu-
nication should never r "a y
hide the Vaccinations
enemy, simply becau
choopsto direct his att;.
the medium of the publ. ,. -. =.
can hardly be said that public Off
cial (this is cited merely as an illus
tration) against whom a charge of
malfeasance in office has wrongfully
been brought, should be restricted
to his remedy against the newspa-
per itself in a libel suit and not be
permitted to obtain the name of his
true accuser.- University Law Re-
view.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
The Sphinx.

The famous sphinx near the pyr-
amids of Gizeh was thoroughly in
vestigated by Professor Erman, who
at recent meeting of the BERN
academy delivered a lecture about
its probable age. Careful researches
show that it could not have been
built previous to the soealled Sn S
die kingdom, or about 1000 B. C..
Between her front claws there was
originally the image of deity, all
traces of which have at the present
time disappeared. For the building
of the colossal work more than 20
years must have been necessary,
even if 1900 men had been employ
ed all the time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

walked away down the street whis-
Ting Sweet Rosie O'Grady.' >"
Yes, but you had the comfort of
telling him all about it at breakfast
this morning" said the teacher con-
solingly.
Eyes, had, and that's why 1 am
out shopping now" returned her
friend grinly.-Chicago Times-H Her
aid.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
Nervous Headaches
a Tumor L't>e scrofu'ous Bunch
on the sa} ck-Pa1nfu' and Trou-
bIesome-tHow It Was Cured.
NJ z7

"My first trouble began with nervous
headaches which would last for two or
three days. The doctors could not do
anything for she, and advised a change of
location. Atstthe age Of IS tumor formed
on my spins, which was very painful but
did not rise or discharge. The doctor
thought best ITO cut it out, but objected.
1t finally bro Ike and discharged great
deal. The doctors said they could do
nothing for lit. received no benefit at
the Springs wi hich 1 visited, and the tu-
NOR finally hbegan to rise inwardly and
discharge. Seeing an advertisement of
Hoods SarsaHparilla thought would
try it. BeforSe had finished taking one
bottle foundd was much relieved, and
when had tsaken two bottles the rising
began to bre,ak inwardly. I continued
the use OF Hoods Sarsaparilla and after
l had taken 10 bottles I was entirely
cured" w. up. FORE, Gillian, Missouri.
You can getS Hoods Sarsaparilla at all
druggists. 81 4; six for S.. Get only Hoods.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
WHY SHE WAS OUT SHOPPING
She Had Hidden In the Closet and Heard
What He Said.

She Had Hidden In the Closet and Heard
What He Said.
They met at the remnant counter
in one of the big dry goods shops.
One of them was evidently married
and the other looked like teacher.
"You look sort of haggard today,
dear" said the teacher. Didn't
you sleep well last night"
"Um-no," was the reply. Ct
we'll, you see, James went to his
club right after dinner, and I knew
he meant to stay pretty late, because
he told me so carefully that he ex-
peoted to meet a Minneapolis man
with whom he hoped to do nice
little stroke of business. He also.
unnecessarily mentioned the fact
that I should have the p1ettiest new
frock in Chicago if he succeeded
"Oh!"
"M'hm! Well, as it happened, I
was going out myself. 1t was the
evening for my card club, and
didn't really mind his going, too,
though, of course, l told him not to
stay late."
Eyes. Welli"
II reached home at 1890 and
found, to my horror, that he hadn't
come yet. The truth is that had
let both of the maids go to ball,
and
'But thought your husband told
you never to do that"
He did. But a mans place is at
home with his wife, anyhow. Be.
sides, l knew that even if he found
out that I had doneit he would only
scold a little, while if I refused to
let Alma go she would probably
leave and coax Christine to give
warning too"
"Oh, I never thought of thatl"
mo, dear, they don't seem to
teach girls how to be wives and
housekeepers at Vassar. When
found that Fred hadn't returned yet,
was awtully frightened. Nell and
Tom brought me home, but they
were so anxious to get off and begin
to quarrel about the way she trump
ed his ace and how he frowned at
her publicly for it that they slipped
away as soon as my key turned in
the lock. And there I was, alone in
that big house at nearly O'Clock,
and my lawful protector at his club
playing poker T.
1T certainly was not very pleas
ant experience"
1t was not at all pleasant, and
waited an hour and a half, getting
madden all the time. The worst of
it was that I knew he'd meet my re-
proaches with the story of the Min
neapolis man and the promise of the
new frock."
well, didn't you want a new
My dear, ! meant to get the frock
anyhow-a man can't let his wife
wear rags. AT $3.50 I heard him
coming up the street with that hor-
rid Mr.. Wilde, and I just determined
to give him fright. I turned down
the gas and slipped into the little
closet under the stairs where we
keep the coats. Then I waited, with
the door opened about an inch, to
hear what he would say when he
found the house empty and the
woman he had sworn to love and
cherish probably robbed and muir
de1ed."
eyes and what did he dor" asked
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
The Journals Clubbing Rates.
HE SAW LINCOLN SHOT.

Mills AppriNsed the Guards and Helped
Mrs. Lbncoln From the Theater.
James NJ. Mills of Brooklyn says:
II was born in Brooklyn in 1916,
SO that at the outbreak of the war
was unde1E is years of age. want
ed to go til the front as drummer
boy, but Nshen applied to the Off
GERS Of Regiment called the Brook
Ign PhalaEnx, afterward known as
the First Wong Island regiment, they
told me 1 was too young. after
ward maqle my way to Washington
without smy mothers consent and
enlisted ais a drummer boy in 1862.
l served In the Army of the Potomac
for three wears, and during the clos
ing days OFF the war was a clerk in
the war department.
ION thle might of the assassination
OF President Lincoln attended the
theater TO see Laura Keene in Our
American Cousin. The theater was
packed. There must have been 1000
people mp the house, every one de-
slrous off seeing the president and
General Grant, who was also expect
ed to be present. After the president
took hiss seat in the box and the
cheering, ceased the crowd was alb
solutelyf still. / can account for
their silence by the fact that it was
cosmopolitan crowd, representing
about EVERY regiment located near
Washington and including travellers
from evdsry state in the Union.
General Grant did not attend,
and Mr{ Lincoln, accompanied by
Mrs. Li4ncoln and Colonel Rathbone
of the United States army, made up
the presidential party. They occu-
pied thes right hand box on the dress
circle.
1.-The third act of the play had be-
gun and Harry Hawk, an actor in
the com lpany, had just appeared on
the stage from the left, when there
was thte report of a pistol shot.
Looking over at the presidents box,
l saw al man standing and gesticu-
lating INT the occupants. An instant
later the man jumped from the box
to the bstage, turned, looked at the
audientbe, and then disappeared. He
mutteIse something as he looked
towards the audience, but I have
never been able to recall just what
he saidl
Instantly the audience arose as
if spes abound, the whisperings of a
momeEnt before became a roar of
voicesk ard when it dawned upon
the audience that the president had
been agssassinated the confusion was
indesclribable. l made my way to
the hesad of the stairs as quickly as
the CROWDED condition of the house
wouldE permit, and, passing out into
Tenths street, gave the alarm to the
provost guards. These guards, by
the why, were stationed at all thea
tiers tD examine the passes of SOL
diers in uniform who were in the
city after nightfall. The guard l
spoket to ran around to the alley en-
trance of the theater on F street and
entered the back door.
4 returned to the front of the
theater and made my way to the
dress circle and to the private box
of THE presidential party just as Mr..
Lincoln was being carried out on
the shoulders of two men. One of
these, was the proprietor of Il saloon
adjoining the theater. He was in
his shirt sleeves, the head of Mr..
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
A Little Mistake.

"The meanness of some people is
too aggravating," said the paper
hanger as he viciously slapped the
paste on the length of paper. "They
seem to want to do everything
themselves nowadays instead Of
giving workmen a chance to earn a
living. People cobble their own
boots instead of paying to have 'em
done decently, and some women
will smother themselves and every
thing in whitewash trying to do
their own ceilings rather than pay
half a crown and have it done by an
expert"
Some people are always grum-
bling" said the mistress of the
house, who had entered in time to
catch the last words. Didn't l give
you enough beer just nowi"
cts about the meanest thing I've
known" returned the indignant pa
per hanger. You have me in to do
one room, and all the while your
husband is doing the other himself. {"
who says soi''
"You wouldn't have two men do
ing the same thing at once, and l
know you're having the next room
papered, because l can hear some
one scraping the walls. You might
ha' given the job to me-"
"a lot you know about it, retort-
ed the lady with fine scorn. "That's
my husband shaving himself. -
Strand Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
The Journulist In Court.

A journalist stands on very diff
ferent plane from the advocate, the
physician or the priest of church
whose tenets prescribe confession.
The immunity of the first has al
ways been recognized both in the
Roman and common law, although
ono GILLIAN thought that an advo-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
English Soldiers yersu. civilians.

In Great Britain the position of
the private soldier has one advan-
tage over all other trades. At the
age of 80 he can retire on pension
OF from SO cents to $1.12 a day.
There is no business that secures
such a provision fora xorkingman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
Always Superior.

Shelf woman is mixed up in
anything foolish, men always say,
isn't that just like woman7"
He-Yes. What of it7
She-And then if she does any
thing unusually clever men say,
well, no one but woman would
have thought of that. Chicago
Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

we would. GlVe us something
hard next tilns.-Strand Magazine
THE CRY OF THE LOON.
How weird to you in the light of the moon,
My little lads, is the cry Of the loon,
When quiet lies over valley and hill,
And wood and mere are uncannily still!
But listen, lads! There is something to know
A tale oft told in an age long ago
By wigwam fires that no torch can renew,
A tale that ends with the saying. "Kwemoo
El-komik- too.a jul Gloocapal''-
The loon is calling on Glooskap!
Glooskap was God to the untutorcd mind
Lit by the lights that i'll nature we find;
That heard this tale and believed 1t throughout
As something "twerc sacrilegious to doubt.
And once he saw from the marge of a Lake
flock Of looms DER the wide water make
Thrice for the land, as in circles they flew.
So runs the tale with the saying, "Kwemoo
El-komik- too ajul Gloocapal-
The loon Is calling on Glooskapl
Then up the marge, in line from the lake,
He saw them come who approached him ant
spake
'Be near to us who have sought after thee!
Be near to US who thy servants would bel"
Nodding he said, "I will teach one and all
What shall know rs n prayerful call"
And 30 he taught what is heard lads, by you,
And hence arose that old saying, "Kwemoo
El-komik.too-ajul Gloocapal"-
The loon is calling ON Glooskapl
Glooskap was good, and methinks you will find
If you, my lads, keep this legend in mind
That faroff cry, which is only a prayer,
Will sound less weird in the pale, moony air
Or makes less wild and less grewsome the night
When all it still over valley and height.
But, howso'er it may be, lads, with you,
Where'er you hear that long cry say "Kwemoo
El-komik too-ajul Gloocapal'-
The loon is calling on Glooskapl
Ralph H. Shaw in New York Ledger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

If you stand palm in the window,
be careful that you turn the pot around
every day, SO that one side of the plant
does not get the sole benefit Of the
suns rays.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
The Proper Way.

Miss Spinster-I think it very i'm
polite for gentleman to throw
kiss to lady.
Miss Flippant-So do I. He should
deliver it in person.-Ohio State
Journal,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

The hottest part of the globe is the
great desert Of Africa, where the ther-
mometer registers $50 degrees e.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
Easy.

"Take away woman, asks writ
er, "and what would follow2"
We would. Give us something
hard next time. Strand Magazine
THE CRY OF THE LOON.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28

Dentist: Bishop at Extra every day
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-09-09

will assure them that in extending it.
their fellow craftsmen will get Il re.
ccption equal To that customary in
other towns Within The next few
days, before The delegates 90 la
Idaho Falls, there should be an on
tcrlainmcut fund arranged fnr on the
part Of Weisrr. The gentlemen who
represent Weiser lodge can then act
inlelligently. There are M expenses
"r hotel bills 10 pay for delegates To
the Grand Lodge-simply Il matter
of courtesy to see that funds are
secured to give n banquet aud enter
tain and welcome The distinguished
visitors III proper manner Weiser
can well afford to do this, rs tho nc-
casion would bring about $50 of the
representative men of the slate with
in our gates for period of four
days, To he well pleased. duly at
iractrd to our section and ready Ia
talk of and praise itafiprwari. Such
incidents are great factors in the
advancement of live towns. and those
IN whic such occurrences are FREE
qucnt are never left Ivy the wayside.