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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-08

Roasting Schilling's Best tea
in San Francisco costs more
than other tea in China or
Japan, but it makes tea better.
You don't have to pay the
difference, though. 1t comes
out of our profits.
We make money in giving
up profits. Queerl
A Schlling a. Company
San Francisco
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-08
WILL OF MARY E. pEARLE.
A Schilling d. Company
San Francisco

The will of Mary E. Pearl, who
died on October 22d last, was filed for
probate yesterday. Her estate con-
sists of $500 worth of personal prop
erty and two lots in the Richmond dis
trict, valued at $500. The bulk of
the estate is left in trust to be used
in educating the public that the drink
ing of Rainier Beer would teach tenn
perance. Phone 1888.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-08
@ooicS.
December 7, 1897.

-
In this Climate
REFRIGERATOR
is not alone luxury but neces-
sity. We have just received a
new shipment and can supply
your wants in any size.
A good
REFRIGERATOR
soon pays it's own cost in the
saving of ice. If your old one
is worn out let us replace it
with new one. Do not ex-
pertinent with a make of which
the qualities are unknown, but
get one that has stood the test OF
time, and can be guaranteed to
give satisfaction. The first cost
may be a trifle higher, but it
pays in the end to buy only the
best.
2 1t is the same with
ICE CHESTS.
Some are so arranged that they
will keep ice; others con-
stantly need refilling. We have
the best, and in all sizes, from
the very smallest to the larg one
holding three hundred pounds
of ice.
We also want to call your at
tention to the
WERTHEIM
SEWING
MACHINE,
for which we are The agents.
There are very many different
makes of sewing machines offer
ed to the people of these ISL
ands. They are not all bad,
neither are they all good. Some
are better than others, and
among the best it has come 20
be a matter of fancy more than
anything else. We claim that
the Wertheim is
THE BEST,
and the satisfaction it has given
to our customers will substan-
tate this claim.
1t is a
TRIPLE STITCH
and we are offering them at
low prices-lower than they
should be sold; but as we are
well stocked they are to be kept
moving.
.WAIIAN HARDWARE co.
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and we are offering them at
low prices-lower than they
should be sold; but as we are
well stocked they are to be kept
moving.
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qualities and costume, vhtcn Is the same ~
that OF the Greek Ev1one regiments, were IN
cOfporated In those corpa.
When the o.cupation OF the Aria dtstrict.
the first handed over by tho Turks In 1881,
took place. they composed n large part OF the
Greek corps of occupation, and when they
found out that their own homes were net In
cluded In the territory to be taken over, their
attitude necame 20 threatening that, by order
Of Sir Edward Hamley, President OF the In
ternational Boundary Commission. they were
sent back into Greece from Menidhi, near
Arta. whence the first advance took place.
The Gulf of Arta. known in ancient times as
the Ambracic Gulf, and the neiRhborhood OF
Its entrance have been the scene of many
notable events In history. Prominent. among
them was the battle OF Actiunn. But, like the
rest OF the territories of the Roman empiio
after the fall. Epirus was wasted and depopu-
lated ly tho successive barbaric In vasions, the
last of them being the Turkish. In the inter:
sat OF civilization aud the peace of tho world
the sooner all the eastern Adriatlc coast ia
taken from the TURK and placed In other hands
the be ter, moro especially central and north
ern Albania. 1t would take many years OF
peace TO bring lack oven q tlthe of the ancient
fertility of these countries, but 1t Is to be done
and ought TO be begun. Under tho rule OF the
Turk. and as thlnge are II is impossible. Epirus
Is. above nll the provinces of European Turkey,
q living example of the truth of the proverb
that where the hoof of the Turks steod has
passed. the grnsP ceases to grow"
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yestigatlon mnst be confined To the material
damages and that the casualties among indi-
vidunls amount TO little or nothing.
Another subject OF discussion IL why did the
French and italian vessels abstain from firingi
For some IL Is an indication that France and
Italy form n separate band; for others, France
has not forgotten Navarin, and does not wish TO
break tho classic and romantic bonds that bind
her TO Greece. More reasonable people simply
say that the positions Of the French and italian
ships in the line of battle loft them to play q
minor part. No doubt they could have gone
closer inshore and placed themselves In a good
position: but considering the small risks OF the
battle there was no necessity to give an OK
hibition of too much zeal; and II Is easy to see
that the French and Italian Admirals were not
reused TO enthusiasm in an attack upon open
doors.
Tho agreement among tho powers. which, Is
made and unnlado morning and evening in this
Turkish cafe, will not DO disturbed by this at
fair. NEVERTHELESS, it is doubtful II tho states
men In Europe agree together as well as the
naval officers that represent them here, These
officers display an admirable and singular tenn
permanent. They are, a sort of heroic and devil;
may-Cnro fellows who go wherever tho wind
drives them, without asking any explanation
md without being astonlshed at anything. In
this town, still smoking in It's ruins. they seek
adventures. and perhaps they find them; and IN
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sTRANGE THINGS At SEA.
Tho story OF the CIoud-Crndled FROG Suggests
Another Marine Incident

The Story OF the CIoud-Crndled FROG sugrests
Another Marine Incident
From the Morning Orepontan-
A remarkable story about the American ship
Iroquois picking a live frog of a cloud in mid
ocean excited a murmuT OF comment along the
water front yesterday, and, had the story como
10 port with almost any other man but Capt
Taylor. it might have boen doubted. Taylor's
reputation for veracity Is well established In
Portland, 80 the strange story was taken with
out a grain of salt, and with only q few drinks of
whiskey. An unusual tale Of tho sea always
brings TO mind another, and tho frog story Of the
1roquois was no exception.
There's strange things happen on board ship,
sometimes" said Al Belts. the well-known river
pilot, land scraping frogs of the clouds with a
topmast is not tho strangest / remembe an
occurrence on board the old clipper Plumduff
which was SO remarkable that l am frequently
accused Of handling the truth in q careless man
from Calcutta for the Columbia, in ballast, and
/ was first mate under Capt. Timbertoes. Among
| cat behaved very well for the first week or two.
but when We got over on the equator she made
the night hidcous with her incessant yowling.
Old Tilnbertoes had the govt, and did not sleep
well anyway. and this inaiction nearly made him
crazy. so one night he came out, and finding tho
over into the sounding sea-
The only witness to the deed was a lascar
Ballot az lLe WItcl. anu, "uen ne toIC tHc rest OF
the crew, we almost had a mutiny on our hands.
as they prophesied all sorts OF bad luck would
happen to the ship. Nothing came OF 1t, how
ever. and as we were in good ballast trim we
! came flying along in rafting shape, and about
ninety days after leaving the Ganges our mud
hook went down In Astoria harbor. In due sea-
son the custom.house boat came out, and when
the officers clambered aboard Denny Curran, tho
boatman, Stacked away on his lanyard and his
boat dropped around under the stern. A mo-
ment later we heard q yell, ana Denny was COM
ing up the ladder hand over hand as though the
devil was after him, and in his boat, maxi ng q
unitod chorus OF 'meows,' was our old Maltese
cat and FIVE half-grown kittens"
"When Denny recovered his breath he stated
that, 40 his boat swung around under the stern,
the animals Immediately sprang or the top OF
the rudder, and the unusual sight nearly fright.
enet him to death. We then went back and
made an examination of the rudder, and found
that with her claws the abandoned cat had
scratched a cavity out OF the top OF the rudder.
and, while the lascar sailors had beech mourn
ing her death, she was engaged in rearing a
family. The ruddcr being high out OF the water,
of course prevented her getting wet very often,
and a number OF fish bones still reposing in the
cavity indicated the diet which. had kept her
alive. She was taken ashore, and l think Scott
Johnson. the Astoria stevedore, has some OF her
descendants yet, and TO this day they will eat
nothing but sea fish"
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THE CRETAN QUESTION.
TINE STORY OF THE INsURREOLT0N
RETOLD FROM ATHENS.

HOW It BEGAN, How It Was Continued-Eu
thusiasin Tor War In Greoco-'n we Fail,
the Greek Esnoe IL Lost Forever.n
ATHENS, March Sin September, 1895, tho
powers forced Turkey to determine upon certain
reforms for the island of Crete. 1t is only re-
Gently that any substantial stops have boon
taken toward carrying out these reforms. A
commission sent to Creto for the purpose of or
ganizing the gendarmorio, met with constant
opposition from tho Porte. The Christian popu-
lation became impatient ut the delay; tho Mos
lens, on the other hand, were exasperated at tho
attempt to introduce into actual practice tho
paper reforms which they had every reason to
believe would never DO carried into effect. They
wero justified in this view by the attitude of
the Sultan, who, with every means in his
power, endoavored to misinterprct the pro-
posed changes in the Cretan Government
and to prevent their actual application. In tho
mean time the island was left TO manage
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fore the palace and shouted, amid waving OF
flags, for war.
Tho King did not appear, and the. crowd made
. rush for the door OF the palace. For a moment
II looked as II something serious might happen.
Luckily the Crown Prince came out at the most
critical moment and spoke a few words to tho
mob. He assured thom that the Government
was in sympathy with the people, and after
thanking them for their enthusiasm, asked them,
considering the gravity of the situation, to go
homo and leave the King In peace.
There had been n feeling OF hope hero that
Greece was secretly backed by one OF the
powers" This feeling has now given way to
q determination to stick tho fight out TO the end.
and Ii necessary to forco tho hand Of Europe by
throwing the army across the Macedonian
frontier. Four more classes of reserves have
been called out; this makes ten classes that have
been called. Each class contains twelve thou.
sand men. There are already sixty thousand
Greek troops on the frontier.
IL seems inevitable now for King George to go
to the bitter end, otherwise he would run tho
danger OF being driven out Of Greece. Every
thing has boon staked. The money reserved
for paying the interest on the debt 10 being used
in preparations. In case of failure not only does
national bankruptcy stare them in the face, but
national dishonor, from which the Greek people
will not recover for long years. A common OK
preston heard on the street is, "If we fail, the
Greek race is lost forever"
If Greece has come to an understanding with
Bulgaria and Servia, the nONt two weeks may
SEQ the beginning OF O European war. After all,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21
DAXaER FROM NEW CHEMICALS.
Gasns and Compounds Lately In Commercial
CEe Placed Under Restrictions
FroBa the Lancet,

Several moro or less dangerous articles of
chemical manufacture arc becoming so largo
ly employed for o variety OF useful pur-
poses now that some restrictions as 10 their
sale, conveyance, and storage are, in the inter
est OF the public safety, Imperative. Certain
substances that wero previously regarded as
chemical curiosities have ceased to be so, and
arc now important commercial commodities and
made Oh Il very large scale. Thousands of gal
Ions of liquid" carbonic acid gas in steel cylin-
dcrs under high compression may now DO seen
every day being conveyed In carts from place
to piuco, and similarly other gases arc stored
under pFssSgrs in n, ttTGes;1 as 70, for example,
Solid bricks Of metallic sodium. again Kept
from port to port as part OF a ships cargo, and
very serious accidents have occasionally arisen
passage upon the packages. The trade in Cyl
inders OF Gompressed geses has already been
substance of comparatively recent dis,
covery is now SO extensively used AS
Home otico order being recently Issued.
We refer TO carbide OF calcium, which ON simply
becG3Ining moist gives Of he ehcsedinE!y ini'am-
on simply placing t in wafer it evolves pure
Illuminating power. Tho employment OF this
method Of generating a gaseous iuuminant for
optic lanterns, for Photographic purposes, ana
for lighting private. dwelling houses, has
some restriction should DO placed upon the
sale and storage OF this substance. which Is
now being manufactured on IA large scale, and
which simply in IA moist atmosphere gives of an
intiammable gas, which with air. forms an ex-
plosive mixture. Carbide of calcium IL now To
DO brought under the lith section OF tho Petro,
loum aci, 1871, and, after April !, 1897, 1t will
| be unlawful TO keep carbide Of calcium except
In virtue OF IA liconce TO he obtained from the
local authority under the Petroleum act. Doubt.
less tho recent accidents that have been reported
from time 10 time by Lle employment OF accty,
| lcne in this way have prompted the Home ONCE
to issue this order, together with a memoir
Rndum showing the character OF the risks to be
the nature OF the precautions likely to DO most
~etfcCtual for securing safety.
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worlds supply or Cotton.
Erom Tho Atlanta Contribution.

According TO the best sources Of information.
tho worlds supply of cotton in 1880 aggrc-
gated 100000 bales, or {, ESQ. 900, 900 pounds.
produced in the United States; 100000 in
India, and 63I 900 In Egypt. The remaining
bales were produced in the various parts OF Ihu
globe. In different countries different standards
oi measurement obtain, and In no two countries
Is tho weight of a bale, OF cotton exactly The
saInc. The American balo averages 1870 pounds,
tho Indian baio 400 pounds, and The Egyptian
bale III pounds. some idea Of the vusl extent
Of the worlds cotton area may be gathered
from tho fact that in The United States alone it
covers over 20, 900 900 acres.
In 1880 thU worlds total output OF cotton ag.
gregated only 636 900, 900 pounds or eleven
times less than inlS95. within u single doc,
AIDE. however. the product almost doubled,
amounting in 1910 TO l,l92, OOO.O 900 pounds.
Since then Tho worlds product has been AS rOl-
lows: 2,3yl 900, 900 pounds in l-GO. ! .o39,OOO,'
900 pounds in 1880, and z, ESQ, 900 900 in 1895.
From these figures some idea OF the vast i'm
portance OF the cotton plant as u factor in the
worlds growth and progress may DO obtained.
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YANKEE SHIPPERS WERE DANDIEs.
swell shore Toys OF American Ship Oncers -
fifty Years Ago.

Tho officers Of American ships about fifty
years ago." said tho old skipper. were. as
class, tho best dressed men in the country. Their
apparel, when ashore, was without foppery as 10
was understood III those days. ofcourse they had
foreign countries to draw upon for their figured
silk waistcoats and their embroidered shirt
fronts, which might be thought a little extreme
In these unromantic times OF steam and SCOT and
grease. The frock coat in those days was cut
with a short skirt and was buttoned at the
waist Thu waistcoats were cut low, exposing
an expanse of immaculate shirt bosom, and tho
trousers were cut large at the bottom and BOB
neatly over the instcp.
II can SEQ now one Of tho old-t!me Yankee
sailors, a first or a second mate OF n China clip
per or an Atlantic packet, walking up tho
shilling side of Broadway-say between Canal
and Blocker streets-on u pleasant afternoon.
You could discern no difference between his
shore togs and tho dress of the regular Broad
way swell. either in cut or quality. and YET
every ono knew the mariner, because he had the
air Of he traveller. and. perhaps, a suggestion in
M Mere si itth t' gray ray or mG iayende mt his l." coat dark blue.
and his waistcOat maroon or winc-colored SILK,
heavily embroidcrod. lie sometimes affected a
light rattan or whalCbOno cane, ami also wore
the. tall silk beaver hat inshlohabl9 at thai
period. His cravat was always sky,blue, and
w tsrne .i't ihs y" y sns D' Rn"t'' Tna sseo'RR White Lab
WAS in favor with our sailor s~ol.s; IN tact, they
intfOuu'cu. IL INTO lliS cpHNlFy iOhb Dcioio Iho
'KOssuth' became common.
"rhc first mates OF our ships lived ashore
when in Liverpool, a. 10 fires were allowed
aboard ships when they Hcro in dock there.
TAuy lived we'll, and separate from the sCaIncn
OF Other countries. They we're welcome every
whuIa, and IN no part o. the Eiobr more than In
Liverpool. Scores Of American ships were load
inx and unloading in tho docks all the year
round. The men were ClanHIsn and strOll0d about
lhr city in squads. What old Bheliback doesn't
remember Williamson square,, that classic
ground OF tap rVOnsl Here The Yankee tars got
t,gtIIIT around the tables, nISSDu The can, and
SAM in chorus until the rtttcrs rang.
THE old limc Yankee sailor loved his pro.
fcssiOn, hut he vas too scntCGl to talk shop
on ship. unlGsu in tho company OF none hut his
shlphatcs,, When nc VS. ashore for a holiday,
perhaps, his DronIcd face aud slnewy hands,
indicated tlut he Was Il tOilGr of the sea-"
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FROM TIE BA1r1cr TO ruEB1AcKsEA.
A ship Canal . Thousand HiIea Long Projected
to Connect Them.

A Ship Canal . Thousand Hilea Long Projected
20 Connect Them.
Now that the trans-Siberian Railway is far adj
vanced toward completion, tho Russian Govern
ment is planning another great scheme. which
will o~utrival in political Importance tho Kiel
Canal. 1t has always been considered by tho
Russian strategists as a source OF great weak
ness that the naval forces OF tho empire
should remain divided in such u way that
one-half only, either the Baltic or the Black
Sea feet, could DO available at one time.
Between the north and the south there
is no way for q naval concentration, communica-
tons being blockaded in the north by climatic
and in the south by political distractions In
his dealings with his grandmother's Govern
mont his Majesty the Car is never 80 warm
and conciliatory rs when the Baltic Is frozen
To this actual thermometric condition may DO
ascribed his present desire for peace in the East
There Is a motto in maritime affairs that
nothing can be improvised: everything has to DO
forcsGcn. 1t was with n clear understanding OF
this truth that the late Gar, Alexander III,
gave instruction TO his engineers to study tho
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possibility OF q maritime canal to connect the
Baltic with the Blaok Sea; this canal TO DO con-
structcd witt dimensions sufficient for the tran
sit OF the largest war vessels. After a thorough
study OF the various possible roads, ono has
been selected as tho most practical, running, AZ
It does, entirely through Russian territory. On
the plan selected there arc no great difficulties
of Lowell to bc overcome, although the Euro
pean watershed summit has TO be crossed, but
this last takes place at ono of Its lowest points.
The proposed canals entrance will he on the
Gulf OF Riga, at tho mouth OF tho river Duna
1t will follow tho course OF this ri Yer up to a
point above Dunabourg. Then. leaving this
valley, It reaches the Berezina River by n
straight cut and passes through Babrouisk. This
brings II into the Dnieper. and, following this
natural declivity, 1t reaches tho Black Sea, open.
Ing into u magnificent roadstead below Kerson.
The total length OF this colossal waterway will
be something like ] 800 Kilometres about ! 900
metres lnbout 81 fcct). This will allow the
largest ironclads to navigate 1t freely from ono
end 70 the other; The estimated cost is SHUTDOWN
lis strategic Importance docs not need demon
s%tration; Hy the selection OF q course running
back Of tho Russian forces stationed IN Poland
an unassailable, base of operation. Fully pro-
tected already by q whole network Of f%9rtihca.
ns a feeder for all the war material. Az TO tho
concentration of the whole itissian fleet in the
Illck Sbil, llla Hluins an l'oululo COnITOl OF
Constantinoplc and The Straits.
But II this enterprise is Of almost Importance
In . military point OF view, IL will also prove un.
questionahly very beneficial to the agTicultu ral
and Industrial interests of the country. II places
vast grain producing regions in cheap communi-
cniion with Odessa, the chief point OF export,
while the immense coal fields OF southern Russia
will come into easier connection with the indus
trial districts of Poland. There are reasons,
too. TO believe that new factories will develop
along tho canal on account or tho Cheapness of
this new mode OF transport. II this scheme
has been adopted, there ID no doubt that the
Russian ~tsnacity viii bring 1t " successs
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graph. the official establishments and the mis-
sions are guarded. Twenty marines surround
float upon the fortresses; but the Greeks adj
vance. nevertheless. little by little. They cap
ture forts and redoubts, and II this thing con-
tinucs, although they may not enter Canea, all
the same they will Ne the masters OF the island.
send also a photograph which describes tho
street in the Christian quarter OF Canea after
the bomhardment. Nothing remains but the
chnrred walls and a heap OF ruins: and in front
OF II, on guard in the name OF Europe. stands \
sailor with tho gray Jacket and little cap that
represent peace and civilization.
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MODERN B%oMBARDMENTS.
THB EFFEOT OF TEN ArINUTBs'
SMELLING OF OANEA.

An Eyewttneas,s Account OF the Explicit OF the
Fleets on Cretc-A Dreadful Display OF row
er-women witnessing the Bombnrdment.
Non the Figaro.
You have no idea what an insignificant thing
a modern bombsrdment Is for people who wit
ness It at a short distance, but who take no part
in it, of course, except as spectators. II is prob
able that l would argue from q different stand
point IL the entire city of Canea had been BON.
barded but from the place whore I stood, in tho
midst OF a crowd that was massed along tho
quays, 1t seemed TO mo that ] was looking at q
14th of July celebration in the harbor of Toulon
or Cherbourg.
The people suspected that something was go.
ing to happen on account of the numerous sig
nails that were exchanged between the warships.
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one may say that tho powers are entirely re-
sponsible for the situation. They failed to dis
pose OF the Cretan question when they had the
opportunity, and now that Greece refuses to
stand aside and watch n repetition Of the iiasco
uncompromising OF diplomatic notes. The ono
thing most dreaded by the powers, ID the raising
Or the Macedonian question. Should Greece
Scrvia follow suit in Macedonia. tho situation
would be beyond the control OF diplomacy. II
looks as II Greece would take this decisive step
II she Is sumlnarily forced out OF Crete.