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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
4 LITTLE CAKE TALK.

Cake is cake; yes, sir; just as wa
ter is water. Some is good; some
very good; some past description
bad. Some cakes you buy are made
in an indifferent manner, of poor ma
terial and favored with what? You
can taste the Asiatic maker and his
cigar or cigarette at the first bite.
Why not buy a good article from a
clean, well conducted shop, where to-
bacco is never used and where clean
illness is practiced to an extent al
most unknown in the average bakery.
We will make you layer cake from
so cents up, tastefully ornamented,
and guaranteed good to eat. Our gin
ger snaps and ginger bread are sell
ling like hot cakes. Have you tried
them yet? Yours,
THE GERMAN BAKERY.
s33 Fort street. Telephone GIT.
The only progressive bakery in
Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28

The Spanish military papers take
the British forces have not subdued
the frontier tribes of India, and make
comparisons between the fighting in
Cuba and the fighting among the Hi
malayas. If any one will take the
trouble to read Richard Harding Da-
Wis book on Cuba, he or she can learn
They occupy the cities. Their eNpe-
ditions are made from the cities into
the surrounding country during the
day, and they almost invariably re-
turn to dinner and billiards in the ev-
ening. The Indian campaigning is of
a very different character. 1t is done
under canvas and some of it without
tents. 1t is hard fighting against a
foe that is utterly careless Of life. as
was shown by the charge of the Cor
/ don Highlanders the other day. when
half the regiment fell before the en-
envy had been dislodged. But the en-
envy was dislodged whatever the cost
was, and the remnant of the High
/ landers did not march back TO dinner
and billiards, but bivOuaclled in the
open in order to hold the ground they
/ had won. From what one can gather
of the Spanish troops they cannot be
said to have covered themselves with
glory in any way in Cuba, apart en-
tirely from the justice or injustice OF
the cause, which has nothing to dc
with the fighting qualities of soldiers
or officers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
OPENING INDIAN TERRITORY

The Railway Age says: after full
twenty years and more of effort, the
opening of the Indian Territory to
modern civilization has been assured.
and tribal ownership of the soil will
soon be ended. The treaty between
the Dawes commission and the Creeks
provides for an allotment of 100 ac-
res to each Indian citizen and for the
sale of the remainder at public auc-
ton. This will throw open 100000
acres, or 95S square miles. to white
settlers, and the treaty about to be
closed with the Chickasaws will place
ten times as great an area of land on
sale. The railways that have penetra-
ted this forbidden land will be great
ly benefited by its opening. particu-
larly the pioneer Missouri. Kansas and
Texas
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
GOOD ROADS.

1t is satisfactory, out of the mass
Big Island, to hear something In
praise of the government work. \
few days ago The Star quoted Mr..
Burners remarks upon the Hawaii
roads, but these may be regarded as
biased. There can be, however, no
bias in the remarks of Consul General
Haywood, and when that gentleman
informs the people of Hilo that they
do not appreciate the advantages they
have, he is giving them a very neces-
sary piece of advice, and information
as well. The Consul General is well
acquainted with all PARTS of the
States and is well able to compare
what we have here with what they
have there, and when he says that the
roads of Hawaii are superior to the
country roads of the United States
the citizens of that Island may feel
assured that he is stating a fact.
From another direction on Hawaii
comes words of praise for the roads
Consul General Haywood saw the new
roads of Hamakua, South Kohala and
Hilo. The road from Kainaliu to Nc
CURES in North Kona has just been
completed, and people can now drive
for thirty miles in that district,
where. ever since there has been any
traffic, a mere bride path existed,
and YOU could not tell the track from
the top of a stone wall. a stranger
there told the people at the luau
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28

which was held i'm celebration of the
completion of the work that It was
greater occasion for rejoicing to the
people of Rona, than the Queens iu-
bilee was to those of England.
The fact is that when the work
now done upon the roads of Hawaii is
thoroughly realized it will be found
that no administration has ever done
so much for the Island as this one has.
The opening up of Hawaii roads for
wheeled traffic is the very life blood
of the Island. 1t enhances the value
of the lands already in cultivation and
opens up countless acres of virgin
land. If you have main artery of
traffic it is very easy to construct the
cross roads, and lands which were be-
/ fore inaccessible are now open to
| cultivation.
| People want things too quickly. \
: system of roads cannot be construct
ed in a day. You can take no fairy's
wand and make graded carriage
road along the sides of Maulua, Ka-
walii or Laupahoehoe gulches, but
with time they can be made. That
within few months the Island of
Hawaii will he girdled with a road
along which either wagons or bicy-
Giles can travel is assured. When that
has been accomplished. the energies
/ of the Executive can be put to open
ing up the Koolau portion of Maui.
The Koolau portion of Maui is the
/ least known and visited district upon
the Islands, and vet there are fine
stretches of land which would support
a large population. There are deep
valleys. a fertile soil and abundant
water. All that Koolau needs is good
roads At present one travels
| through the district at the risk of
ones neck. But the engineering diff
! ficulties to be overcome are no great
er than those already overcome on
| Hawaii, and Hawaii roads having been
put in good order, the others will nat
urally follow. If the government on
! ly keeps steadily on with the roads
| its members will have established for
themselves record for which future
generations will hold them in remem-
brance, even if they have done nothing
! else
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
@imeRy @oloicS'
October 20, 1897.

AS this is the time of the
year when all the Rice Plant
ers and Plantations are busy
blowing, or getting ready to
pillow, we feel it to be our
bounden duty to speak of our
Plantation Implements.
First and foremost is the
Avery Advance Double Fur
row Plow, which has given
great satisfaction wherever in
PRODUCED, and those on the
Islands who have tried these
Flows speak highly of them on
account of the adaptability to
the soil Of Hawaii.
We also carry the Perfect
Breaker Plows in all sizes
the Double Mould Board
Rice Plows from 6-inch to 13-
inch; Harrows and Iron Gage
Cultivators.
The Avery Sugar Land I'm
Elements, such as Cultivators
Fertilizer Distributors ano
Stubble Diggers are all stand.
ard articles and need no fur.
ther comment.
That we have the most
complete stock of Plantation
Implements in these Islands is
a conceded fact, and our prices
are such that no complaint is
ever heard on that score.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
ENCOURAGING SIGNS.

The antl-anneNatiOniStS in the
States have seen that the campaign
of education which has been so Wig
orously carried on by those in favor
of annexation is bearing its fruit, and
that the Importance of the Hawaiian
Islands to the United States is being
realized by ever increasing numbers
of voters. 1t is plain to them now
that the question cannot be pooh
hooded, and failing in argument they
appeal to sentimentalism. This is
the line the San Francisco Call and
the Argonaut indulge in. Pen pict-
ures of Hawaiian meetings are put
forth, in an effort to show that the
very idea of annexation. But there is
nothing in them, they are but the
baseless fabric of a writer sent here
to make out a case. How poor the
anti-anneXation cause is when it has
to fall back upon such an argument
is only too patent to any one who
gives the matter a moments careful
consideration and applies reason to
the analysis of hysteria.
Another section of those against an
neXation, recognizes the cogency of
the arguments of the anneXatiOnists
but does not wish to take the respon-
sibilities of annexation with its adj
vantages. This section advocates a
protectorate. But as Lorin Thurston
says in his pamphlet, under such cir
cumstances the United States would
''assume the responsibilities of owner
ship without the power of control,
and would have Hawaii as IAN incu-
bator of international friction" One
would think that the lack of success
in the matter of joint protectorate
in Samoa would quite sufficiently sat.
isfy any one that this sort of semi
control is neither good for the protec
tor nor for the protected.
But it is satisfactory to see how the
annexation yeast is working. The
very fact of the anti-anneXationists
being driven to the use of such argu
ments shows the strength of the an
neXation cause, and is one of the heal
thiest signs of its progress. Senti
ment is not argument, and when pit
ted against cold. clear facts mel 5 away
like the ''snow off a dyke as the ole
Northumbrians say. Half measure:
will never appeal to the American PEG
pie as strongly as straightforward
whole souled measures. When the de
bate comes on in the senate be it in De
cember or in January, it will be founC
that the six months delay far from
injuring the cause of annexation ha
improved it, that its inherent advant
ages are better understood and APP
preciated by the American people, ant
that the desire to annex the Islands il
. now based on far stronger argument
than were used last July and August
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
Odds
and
Ends.

Our offer to sell ffty-cent
glasses at twenty-five cents
per dozen met with a ready
acceptance ofthe people. What
was the result! In less than
two hours we had sold out the
fifty dozen tumblers. People
are beginning to realize that
our store contains the greatest
bargains ever offered in Homo
lulu. If one line goes to you
cheap, why not another? We
are offering for the balance of
the week a line of Pressed
Glass SO nearly resembling the
most Of Cut Class that the
effect is genuine. Here are
the leaders:
Pickle Dishes, five cents;
former price fifteen cents.
Finger Bowls, ten cents.
Milk Pitchers, fifteen cents.
Toothpick Holders, five cts.
Goblets, ten cents.
Fruit Plates, fifteen cents.
Many other articles in this
line, the prices of which have
never been equalled.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28
GROUP 90-CLASS 567.

Exhibit: Artistic Sewing Machine
Cabinets. BY Authority of the U. S.
Award. Excellence of ornamental
ton, both in carving and metal. Be
cause of the good workmanship in
construction, the convenience of GER
tain contrivances and the superior
finish of the whole" B. Bergerson,
Agent, Bethel Street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-28

In an article upon Government
Lands, published yesterday, the line
should have read valuable building
lots in Honolulu and Hilo." The state
ment of building lots only in "Hilo"
is of course incorrect.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Harry-'You say Maude sings like
an angel. Why, never heard her sing
at ALI" Penelope-''True; but did. you
ever hear an angel sing ?"-Harlem
Life.
Mrs. Dahlgren-"Ah, Mr.. Phipps, !
saw you in church last Sunday" Mr..
Phipps-"Yes, it rained, you know,
Was that the reason you were there,
too ?"-Cleveland Leader.
Reason TO Be Thankful.-"Was your
office-seeking trip to Washington a sue
cess?" "Yes; in way" you got a
place?" mo. But my present en-
ployers didn't dock me for the time it
took to make the journey."-Washing-
ton Star.
81 may have bitten off more than
can chew" remarked the boa constructor
as the young gazelle disappeared with
in its capacious jaws, "but, thank for
tune, 1 don't have to chew!" And it
curled itself up for six weeks nap
Chicago Tribune.
Thou art fairer than the day!''
he cried, with a poets fervor. The
warm color suffused her cheek. "Fairer
than the eight-hour day?" she asked
eagerly; for she had been taught to
think that very fair indeed to all parties
oncerned-Detroit Journal.
In Doubt have strong sus-
picions," said the very susceptible
young woman, that he is a nobleman.' y
"Where's his title?" asked her father,
in accents of suspicion. 'He is travel
ing incognito." Perhaps so. It's either
case of 'incognito' or alias can't
quite make nut which. h."-Washingt
Star.
-"I think" said the man who had
bought season ticket to the opera,
whispering to his neighbor, that I'll
try to have my seat changed. Every
night that girl sits in front of me
with that same huge hat on and
Excuse me-" said the girl, turning
round Indignantly, ''it's different hat
every night. Truth.
in Glasgow car was an aged Irish
man, who held a pipe in his mouth. The
conductor told him he could not smoke
but he paid no heed. Presently the
guard came into the car and said, with
show of irritation: Didn't tell you
you couldn't smoke in this carp" "Well,
Dim not smoking" you've got pipe
in your mouth $50 Oh have me feet
in me boots" replied Pat, "but Dim not
walking Nights.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
BICYCLES in Esxpt.

The bicycle has become wonderfully
popular in Cairo during the last two
years, and there are many more ma
chimes ridden by the members of both
sexes to be seen in the city and in the
suburbs than anyone is apt to suppose.
This is not surprising, all things con-
sidered. What is called, the Ismailiya
quarter is all new and pretty, with wide,
smooth streets for practice, and there is
rain only just often enough to prevent
one from saying that it never rains.
The climate let's one wheel every day
in the year.
1t is a delightful spin to the pyra-
mids. Leaving the busy streets of the
city, you cross the great Nile bridge,
skirt the lovely park of Gluzeh, and then
run straightway for five miles down the
perfectly level tree-shaded avenue to
the things to eat and drink. The dis
tance is eight miles, and before one
starts back he has plenty of time to
climb the big pyramid, shake hands
with the sphinx, and use the tomb of the
priest as dark room to change his
camera plates.-London Cyclist.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
HINTS IN MEDICINE.
Words OF Advice for the Careful
Housewife.

Physicians constantly see patients
who would be horror-stricken at the
idea of being devoted to the whisky or
brandy bottle, but who seem to- think
that there is no possible harm in re-
sorting to wines of cocoa or kola with
or without other ingredients. In many
instances these wines contain such a
large quantity of alcohol that in addi-
ton to the stimulating effect of their
medicinal ingredients they produce an
effect equivalent to that induced by a
drink of whisky. They should, there
fore, be employed only under the direc-
ton of a physician, and should ply
sician order them the prescription call
ing for them is not to be renewed in
definitely, excepting under his advice.
The,same objections exist against the
employment of all those preparations
of bromide and caffeine which are hti-
Lied under different combined names
in the treatment of headache, and very
much the same objection exists, too,
against many of the so-called headache
powders or tablets which are now
placed upon the market for the use of
the unwary. 1t s.true that they do re
heve headache in many cases, but they
should be used with caution. You
should remember that headache is a
symptom, not disease, and that 1t is
a symptom of many diseases, ranging
all the way from so serious affections
as Bright's disease and brain tumor to
the headache due to lack of sleep. The
removal of the symptom headache" in
IL person suffering from Bright's dis
ease may give such temporary relief
that the patient will ignore the condi-
ton of his kidneys and go to ply
sician only when his state is so serious
that his headache cannot be put aside
by these means, and when it is perhaps
too late for him to gain any benefit
from treatment. In many instances Of
nervous headache, quiet, rest, a suitable
amount of sleep and a proper regula-
ton of the diet are what the patient
needs, and using headache powders is
simply postponing the evil day, with
compound interest to pay in the end.-
H. A. Hare, M. D., in Chautauquan.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
DEATH DUE TO FALLING WIRES.
More Persons Killed by These Than
by Railroad Accidentss

More Persons Killed by These Than
by Railroad Accidentss
We have recently had an opportunity
to examine a batch OF newspaper clip
pings giving accounts of accidents due
to the falling of electric wires. These
clippings cover the months from May
to September, inclusive, but it is not TO
be supposed that we have found in them
reports of all or nearly all the acci-
dents of that character which have
taken place. We have found enough,
however, to show that the matter is u
very serious one.
We find in the five months reports of
122 accidents due to falling trolley
wires. In II of these accidents 12 per-
sons were killed, and in 2S of them 81
persons were injured and in IS of them
"a horses were killed. During the same
five months we find reports of 40 ac-
cidents from falling electric light and
telephone wires, showing that 0 per-
sons were killed in accidents and 27
were injured in % accidents, and Z
horses were killed.
The nature of the accidents is very
familiar; that is, broken live wire
falls into the street and a passer-by
steps on it or picks it up and gets Il
shock which is often fatal. We thus
find, during this period, total of 21
fatalities resulting from falling live
wires of all kinds. AT this rate of NOR
tality, if it were kept up, so persons
would be killed in the year. In 1895
there were 3S passengers killed in
train accidents on all the steam
railroads of the United States, so
far as we have been able to as
certain. 1t appears, therefore, that
more. persons are killed by live wire
accidents than are passengers in rail
road train accidents, and the difference
might be still greater if complete sta
tistics of the former were obtained.
r There have been widespread and per-
sistent efforts made by the public in va
rious ways and for many years to mini
mize train accidents by legislation and
by agitation in the press and by invcs-
legations and recommendations on the
part of railroad commissions, but the
serious mortality due to live wire acci-
dents does not appear to have attracted
much attention from the public. There
are simple and obvious means, which
we suppose are not very expensive, for
preventing accidents of this class; but
until the public realizes the serious
ness of the situation and the practical
bility Of remedying it probably little
will be done. We suggest this subject
as an interesting one for the daily
ncwspapers.-Railroad Gazette.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
THE DAILY CAMERA.
An Unkind Remark.

Johnnie Masher, an eligible young
man, was making call at Chaffie man.
sion, and Miss Nellie Chaffie was en-
tertaining him. They were discussing
tine subject of flowers. Mr.. Masher
said:
'"The flowers that bloom in the spring
are all right, but admire the .chrysan-
themum more than any other flower"
That's very natural" replied Nellie;
''it is so much like you"
"In what way is the chrysanthemum
like me?'' he asked
'1t is like you because it comes late
ana has no scents to speak Of"
And he never came back any more
Tammany Times.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
'THE CREDIT MAN"
An Important Person in the Com
merciRl World.
His Duties Are to Protect Large Con
Germs from Imposition on the
Part of Unknown Gus
toners.

The functions of credit man are not
generally known to the public, but he is
in many respects the most important
person employed by mercantile con-
Germ Briefly, he is supposed to be in
formed concerning the commercial
standing of every firm or individual
! with whom his own house has any deal
ings. He is kind of walking Brad
Streets" and the firm for which he
works has the exclusive benefit of his
Investigations, his knowledge and his
experience. 1t does not trust to him
alone, of course, because in the case OF
a large house there would be rather
more than he could attend to. The regu-
lar mercantile agencies are depended
, upon for a certain amount of informa-
ton, usually that which concerns the
oldest and richest corporations, about
whose solvency there is commonly no
question. The credit man may, however,
if his employers suspect necessity for
it, be called upon to probe still further
than the regular agencies go, i'll order to
make assurance doubly sure.
When would-be buyer from some re-
mote part of the country presents him
self to firm to which he is entirely un-
known, he is introduced at once to the
credit man. The latter receives what
ever credentials the stranger has to
offer, and if he is satisfied that the
house will run no risk in selling to him
he states the fact, and his judgment is
accepted. Various considerations de-
termine the amount of security which
new customer is required to show,
and not infrequently it is stipulated
that he shall have real estate backing
which is known to be responsible. The
credit man also figures out at once the
largest amount of credit which can be
granted to the new buyer, this being de-
termined according to the figure at
which he is rated.
Subsequently, as he runs up bills for
goods, they all pass under the credit
mans watchful eye, and if it is found
that the customer is close upon his
credit limit the last purchase is often
held until it is proved to certainty that
it's delivery will entail no loss to the
firm. This process of keeping track of
every buyers limit imposes never
ending task upon the credit man, and
it is one which requires delicate hand
ling, too. While great caution is nee
essary, there must be as few needless
suspicious as possible, for these are
often the means of driving away per-
fectly trustworthy customers, who feel
themselves insulted by the reflection
upon their financial methods.
In cases where there is good ground
for believing that a customer will bear
watching the credit mans investiga-
tions are very thorough. He inquiries
as to the private affairs of the buyer in
question; finds out as nearly as posi-
BILE the, amount of his income, and how
his money is invested, and keeps an
eye as well upon the way in which he
lives and spends. With every precau-
ton, however, there are many losses,
and it is the business of the annual con-
vention of credit men to discover bet
ter ways each year of protecting mer-
camille interests.-N. Y. Tribune.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
He Knew.

1t was shortly after they had moved.
"Why are you so sure that there are
no loose tacks lying around on the
foor?" she asked.
Because" he replied, Il thought
lessly went through the room in my
bare feet last night, and when pulled
the tacks out of my feet l very careful
ly put them away."-Chicago Post.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
NeirhhOrlY Joys

"Your house and Jackson's will be
finished about the same time
''No; we are holding off until his
house is done so we can make our
porch wider and handsomer than his"
Chicago Record.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
What She Meant.

"She gave me beautiful nickel
platedcyclometer the last time called -
he said, joyfully. What do you sup
pose she meant by that?"
keep moving" was the heartless ex-
PLANTATION.
And everyone who knew the recipient
of the gift felt that lit had been prop
erly mterpreted.-Chicago Post.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
The Cheerful Idiot.

IT had the inflammatory rheuma-
tism so bad once" said the elderly
boarder, that they had to call in a
consultation of four physicians.'
Sort OF joint commission, eh?' asked
the Cheerful Idot.-Indianapo Jour
nal.
Daily camera., 1897-07-01
What He Had in View

Mr. Crimsonbeak-Id don't believe a
man ever stole anything but he lived to
regret it.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak - You stole my
heart once, John.
"Yes; that was what was thinking
abOut."-Yonkers Statesman.