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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
HER GLOVE BUTTONER.
The omoious Chappie and His Reward at
Beauty's Hands.

She had boarded a street car up town,
coming out of store with her gloves off,
for some reason or other best known to
herself Possibly 1t was IA glove store
Whatever IL was, she had her gloves off,
and it was proper and correct for her to
have them off, or she would have had them
on. There We're not more than eight or
ten people in the car, and when she had
taken scat she began to put her gloves
on. When they were both on, she took out
of her pocketbook a dainty little silver
glove buttoncr and proceeded to button
the one on her left hand. In doing so the
buttoner slipped from her fingers and fell
to the floor of the car.
Immediately chappio looking young
man with the rock of Gibraltar in his face,
stopped to pick the buttoner up, and hav-
ing got 1t in his hands, he rose, smiling,
nnd much to her surprise, offered to but
ton the glove. For an instant she acted
about as the average girl would have done,
and then the Washingtonian genius came
20 her aid, and smiling kindly, she held
her hand out to him in compliance with
his request. She sat perfectly unmoved as
he took about twice as long to 1t as there
was any need of, and as soon rs he had fin
ishcd it she calmly held out the other. He
had his nerve with him, and more smiling
than ever, he took her hand in his and but
toned the other glove.
Taking the button hook from his unre-
sisting fingers she took out her pocket
book to replace it, and finding in it n
nickel, with the most innocent manner in
the world, she handed it to the young
man. With all his nerve he couldn't stand
this, and he promptly returned it, at the
same time making some kind of a protest,
which she did not pay any attention to-,
but took the coin back and proffered a
dime in its stead. This he also returned
with quite q show of Indignation.
"Why," she exclaimed, with that same
beautiful artlcssness, 81 never give more
than 10 cents at home to have my gloves
| buttoncd.
Everybody in the car heard her say it, of
course, and before anybody had stopped
laughing the gallant glove buttoner had
escaped from the car and disappeared
| Washington Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Speaks strongly in favor of it's
use as a toilet article.

The dry atmosphere causes
dandruff to form and the fall
ing out of the hair naturally
follows.
The use of KATHAIRON
will eradicate dandruff, there
by preventing the hair from
falling out, and will beautify
and will restore life and vigor.
1t will not do impossibilities,
such as turning grey hair in a
single night, but it is beyond
doubt the best preparation on
the market to preserve and
improve the hair.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
THINK IT OVER.

Have you ever heard of medicine
with such record of cures as Hoods
Sarsaparilla? Don't you know that
Hoods Sarsaparillla, the one True
Blood Purifier, has proved, over and
over again, that it has power to cure,
even after all other remedies fail? If
you have impure blood you may take
Hoods Sarsaparilla with the utmost
confidence that it will do you good.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest safest and really
in the long run, the cheapest and best light
for use in the family residence, is the mean
descent electric light. Safe nothing could
be safer. A few days ago prominent gen
tleman of Honolulu came rushing down to
the office of the Electric Company and said:
"Give me figures for wiring my house, and
want it done at once; no more lamps for me.
Last night lamp tipped over and it came
80 near setting fire to the house and burning
my children and l take no more risks"
This is the sentiment of quite a number in
the past few weeks, who have ordered their
houses fitted with the perfect light.
Just think it over and make up your mind
that you want the best and safest light; send
for the Hawaiian Electric Company and tell
them what you want.
We have a complete stock Of everything in
this line and have just receive a lot OF the
very latest designs in chandeliers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
PRETTY BUSY NOW,

Many patrons waiting to be meas
ured for their suits, but we will be
buster later on. The best work, the
freshest goods and the lowest prices
draw the crowd here. You can't af-
ford to get along with that old suit
we can't afford to let you. 1t will pay
both of us to do business together.
We think our stock of suitings are
the prettiest evcr woven. Come and
see what you think. examination
free"
Our suit clubs are drawing card.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
The Plain Truth.

Mrs. Housewife (sternly)-Bridget, hy.w
do you explain the fact that four times
have come upon you unawares in the kitch-
en- and found you kissing n policeman?
Bridget-Well, am, 1t must be on
account of your felt slippers, ma am
New York Journal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
LIES TOO SHORT

To make underwear when you can
buy night gowns for SOC, chemises 70:
35c, corset covers for 6Oc, skirts for
soc, at N. S. Sachs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29

She-Our minister does not jump at
conclusions.
He-I should say not I never knew
him to reach u conclusion in less than an
hour.-Brooklyn Life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29

The Parson-Did you hear that sermon
of mine last Sunday?
The Deacon--Yes, did I'm not near
as good n sleeper us l used to be.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
Strange.

"What strikes me us strange" says the
sage, sis the fact that Mckinlcy's major
ity was o-small, in view of the fact that
all these folks who want offices voted for
him. "-Philadelphia North American.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
Information Desired.

PAW. Say, paw" little Johnny began.
"Now, what do you WANT" asked his
suffering father, with the emphasis on the
"now."
"Will my hair fall off when it's ripe,
like yours?'-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
His Opport unity.

She-What is the difference between n
trust and ring?
Miss-dcar Mabel, if you can only
trust me- will get the ring tomorrow
morning. -Detroit Free Press.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
CLAUS SPRECKELs. WIN. G. IRWIN
Claus SpreCkelS 4 Go

IL "A ~ * h 1S -.
HONOLULU H. l.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCC-rhe Nevada Bank
of San Francisco.
LONOON-The Union Bank of Lon
don, Ltd.
NEW YORK-Amer' can Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
MISUNDERSTANDING National Bank.
PARIS-Ccmptoir National d'Escomp-
tie de Paris.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA -
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Banh of New Zealand.
VIC1 ORA AND VANCOUVER-Bank
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issue. Bills of Ex-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
Suited Either WAY,

please sir, pa sent me over to borrow
your dress suit, but if you d prefer to let
him take your wheel he'd just rs soon go
for a ride "--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
Her View.

Jack Dashing-Undcr the constitution
all men are born free and equal.
Penelopc--Yes, but they get married.
Truth
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29

HOODS PILLS assist digestion. 25
cents. Hebron Drug Co., wholesale
agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
A Cruel Girl.

She-What are you thinking about?
He-Oh, nothing!
She-How egotistical Yale Record.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
COUNTRY ORDERS.

These receive our most careful at
tention at all times, but now the warm
weather is upon us our facilities for
the prompt shipment of fresh grocer
ies-our careful packing-will explain
why we increase year by year this
class of trade.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-29
HOLSTER DRUG co.
SOLE AGENTS.
Special Summer
Notes for Our
Out-Of-TOW
Patrons.
CAMPING ESTIMATES.

CAMPING ESTIMATES.
We shall be pleased to make up esti-
mates for any number of our patrons
who may purpose taking cottage
by the sea or camping. If you will
state how many in the party and the
number of days or weeks for your
outing, we will quote on anything
from the bath soap to the after dinner
cigar. Wherever you may be rusticat-
ing we can serve you with the same
attention as if you were at home in
the city
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

two suits-good suits-for less than I
used to pay for one suit.
Its the same with shoes and other
things. L bought n pair of shoes OF a
well-llnown make the other day for two
dollars that used to sellat eight dollars.
Well, when things are so cheap, people
won't pay so much to ride ON the rail-
roads. Travel is less and railroad earn
ings less, and there is an enormous
shrinkage in values. Only the other day
i had letter from one of the railroad
commissioners of Iowa asking if the
Iowa Central would not make a lower
rate or corn. I've been president of the
Iowa Central for 20 years. He said the
corn was rotting because it would not
pay to haul it at the present prices, and
he wanted the railroads to name rate
which would make it possible for the
farmers to ship it out of the state. He
showed that in Is years the production
of corn had expanded from 100000 TO
300,000,000 bushels a year. Last sum-
mer there was hog cholera, and they
figure that in the loss of hogs and the
loss of the sale of corn it cost the state
of Iowa $15,000,0 600. Well, there are no
is piling up and going to waste because
there is no one to use it, and they can't
get it out of the state. Much of it is in
the ear, too; and that is the way to keep
corn unless you can turn it over. There
is so much moisture that if you take it
off the cob it sweats and spoils unless
you turn it over regularly until June.
Well, he wanted to know if it wouldn't
be good policy in the railroads to cut the
rate in half and so help the farmers
out. But 1 wrote back and told him
he'd better consult the general man
ager of the road, and reminded him
that we had transported free the lum-
Der to make the storage sheds along
the track in which the corn is stored !;
and asked him if he didn't think it
| likely that If we made a low rate in
April, 1897, it would be brought up
against us before him as railroad com
missioner in April, 1898, and April, 1899.
Thirty years ago." said Mr.. Sage,
getting into a reminiscent vein, 81 made
the first and only purchase of corn I
ever made. 1 bought million bushels
in Chicago and shipped it east. am
interested in an elevator company in
Chicago now and we made 35 per cent.
last year. We won't make more than
ten per cent. this year. Think of it
! only one-quarter as much. That shows
you how things are going. Well, corn
was down to 12 cents then. 1t was so
cheap that they were using it for fuel
on the railroads, and very good fuel it
made. I thought it pretty cheap and
I bought million bushels. was out
in st. Paul and Minneapolis good deal
about that time, giving instructions
about the building of some railroads,
I told them bought the grain to make
business for my road. got pretty
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

cases of Siciliau brigandage to our
STATE department. The account was
published in the consular reports, and
there was trouble at once. The consul
had TO leave Sicily, but brigandage
stayed. 1t is there yet as it is and al
ways has been in Thessaly.
The proximity of Thessaly to the
border is one reason why bandits have
continued to thrive there, while in the
PeIoponnesus they have ceased opera
tions entirely. 1t is so easy to slip
across the frontier and return laden
with booty from town on the other
side, and perhaps a prisoner or two,
that both Turks ard Greeks have con-
tinued the practice; and this is one rea-
son for the bitterness displayed by the
Turkish Albanians against their blood
brethren the Greek Albanians in the
recent war.
Medieval ways of looking at things
still prevail in Greece. Men often carry
guns when they go abroad, in the
wilder parts. The courier with whom
travelled in Greece last February car
ried n murderous-looking sheath knife.
/ asked him why he did not use re-
volver instead, but he said he was
afraid to handle one, though he had
served his time in the army. Towns
are placed for defense against attack,
not for convenience, exactly as they
were 1000 years ago. One of the
largest villages in southern Greece
is Dhivri, which lies away up among
the snowy hills, so hidden from the
main road through the valley that dur
ing the war of liberation two or three
thousand Greeks hid there and were
never found by the enemy. Converts
are like forts. l stopped one night at
the great convent of the Megaspelaeon,
which is perched 1900 feet above the
valley, built into cave in the face of
sheer cliff. This strong point was
never captured by the Turks in 1S24-27.
The monks tucked their long gowns in
TO their boots, and with consecrated
cannon sent Ibrahim Pasha's troops
flying down the valley. The monastery
of Meteora, in Thessaly, is holding out
now in similar fashion against. the
Turkish invasion of 1897, rolling rocks
down on them in the good old-fasbioned
way, Prior Kallistratos Papageorgios
of the Megaspelaeon told me, while he
showed the firmans of many q dead
and gone sultan, that the monks were
really better off under Turkish rule;
but blood is thicker than water.
1t is just as easy for party of brig
ands to find cave and fortify 1t as
for body of monks. The war of lao-
Grafton was fought in large part by ex-
brigands, who by success became ma
tional heroes and now have their pic
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

Greece, which permitted it. These un-
disciplined bands were made up of men
of reckless character, who from the
very first could not be restrained from
taking to pillage, with warfare as IL
secondary consideration. Supplied with
rifles and plenty of cartridges, many of
them will not go home until their am
munition is gone, and meanwhile things
are pretty lively. The field correspond
ents of the English newspapers were
fired upon more than once during the
short campaign By these gentry.
Indeed a more convincing lesson than
Greece is receiving upon the wisdom of
counting the cost could hardly be i'm
agined. Even if her authority in Thes-
sally is fully upheld by the powers, it
will be some time before she can wholly,
arrest the consequences of irregular
warfare.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE.
Ono Of the Deplcrable Results of
the Turkish War.
Increase of LHwiessness on the
Frontier-Rich Merchants Held
for Ransom by
- Bandits.
ICopN riEht, 1871

One of the most lamentable conse-
quences of the disastrous appeal to
arms recently made by Greece is the
sudden outcropping of lawlessness and
brigandage in the north, due TO the
unsettled condition there. 1t is re-
ported from Athens that several rich
merchants from Thessalian towns, who
fed to the mountains to escape the
Turks, are held for ransom by bandits.
If they had stuck to their shops and
trusted to the moderation of the Turks
they would have been all right, but they
could hardly escape being "rattled"
when the entire province was stamped
ed by panic fright.
The increase of lawlessness is pre-
cisely what might have been predicted
by one knowing the habits of the peo-
pie. Brigandage is in the blood along
the frontier, and it has never been al
together suppressed. 1T is true that in
Greece, as in Italy, there have been few
recent attacks upon travellers. 1t was
in 1870 that brigands made a daring
raid upon tourists about six miles from
Athens as the crow flies, and finally
murdered an Italian and three English
men because Of somel difficulty about
the ransom. Nothing Of consequence
has been attempted against travellers
since. Tourists usually 90 in parties
and armed. They are invariably accom-
panied by horse-boys and generally by
an armed dragomar, so that Il small
band of road agents might hesitate
about attacking them. A more power
full incentive to letting travellers alone
however, is the fact that raid upon
foreigners always causes a sensation
and leads TO more strenuous attempts
TO break up the business. 1t is safer
in Thessaly, as in Sicily, to prey upon
natives, about whose misfortunes the
outside world cares little.
a consul of the United States once
got into serious difficulty by reporting
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

lures in the gallery in Athens. Odys
seus was brigand, who had been de
puted by Ali pasha to put down The
bandits; he did it by enrolling them
under his own banner. The late Capt.
Trelawney-an English associate of By
rcn-who married Odysseus' daughter,
described the bandits fortress in
terms that might be used to-day in
speaking of some of the mountain
strongholds to which rich merchants
may have been taken.
I'm one of the precipices of Mt. Par
nassus," he says, there is a cavern, at
an elevation of 1000 feet above the
plain. This cavern Odysseus had, with
great ingenuity, managed to ascend and
convert into a place of safety for his
family and effects during the war. The
only access to it was by ladders bolted
to the rock. The first ladder, AS or so
feet in length, was placed against the
face of the rock and steadicd by
braces; a second, resting on project
ing crag, crossed the first; and a third,
lighter and shorter stood on its heel on
q natural shelf in the fractured stone.
This third ladder led to a trap door, the
bolts and bars of which being removed.
you entered vaulted guurdroom.
pierced with lancet holes for musketry
This opened on a bread terrace, so feet
in length. screened by a substantial
parapet wall, breast high, with en-
brasurcs mounted with cannon" With
in were storerooms and magazines. and
a neyer-failing cold spring tricl;ling
down from sources among the eternal
SHOWS.
Doubtless none of the modern brig
ands have quite such complete and
cumnodious quarters as this redoubt-
able freebooter, but they still rely upon
Withdrawal to inaccessible noolts of the
mountains where they are supplied with
food by the tributary toilers of the
plain. Modern cannon could batter
down any Of their defenses, but modern
cannon eau neither shoot around cor
ners nor be taken up rough mountain
sides without some trouble. 1t is easier
! to let the banditti alone or catch them
by artitice.
| In the present luwless state of the oc-
cupied province, young men in whose
hands guns have been placed are join
| ing the bandits in considerable num-
bers. There isn't much else that they
can do. The practice of vaging war by
| "irregulars," too, is reacting against
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06

io letters are going to touch Mr.. Sage's
heart any more quickly than they will
reach other mems, because MIR. Sage is
too busy to investigate every call made
on him. if he investigated one he
would have to investigate oil; and so
he investigates none. Mrs. Sage has
her charities, but they are along lines
with which she is familiar personally;
and writers of begging letters to either
Mr.. Sage or Mrs. Sage who are not
known to them personally might as
well save their postage stamps. Their
letters will bring no results-not even
a reply.
asked Mr.. Sage what he thought
was the outlook for prosperity under
the new tariff, but he told me that
where men were so divided as to the
probable effect of this or that feature of
the tariff bill it was unwise to express
an opinion. Besides, the new tariff has
not been shaped yet. When it is, doubt
less Mr.. Sage will have something in
teresting to say about it. He was a
member of the ways and means com,
mittee of the house at Washington
nearly 40 years ago, and he is thor
oughly familiar with the subject.
Apropos of the depression of business,
Mr.. Sage said: MEN think hard times
are due to a lack of money. They are
not. They are due to the enormous
shrinkage in values-35 to so per cent.
in railroad stocks alone. There is
plenty of money, and money to-day will
buy more of almost any product than
it ever would before. You can get
twice as much for a dollar now as you
could 90 years ago. L passed store
just below Cortlandt street to-day
where you can buy a suit of clothing
for S3.67. There was quite crowd of
men there. Just think of it--a suit of
good clothing for $3.67. 1 often have
occasion to go into the big dry goods
stores because | am interested in the
banks from which they get credit, and
l want to see the men in their own
stores and observe how they do bust
ness. Well. 1 was in one of these places
the other day, and they had line o!
clothing from some manufacturer who
wanted money, and they were selling
suits for $6.75. I looked at them, and
| they were as good as any suit I used tC
pay SIS and $50 for. bought two, not
that I wanted any more clothing, for
, had eight or ten suits at home-but be-
canse I wanted to say that I'd bought
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
d. SAGE ON CLOTHING.
Hard Times, He Says, Are Due to
Shrinkage of Values.
Begging Letters Follow Interviews
Looks for better Business-A
Transaction in Corn--Mr. Snge
and President Lincoln.
copyright, 1871

New York; went up in the elevator
with Russell Sage to his new Offices on
Nassau street the other day. He said
-Four" to the elevator man as he got in.
At the fourth floor he got out ahead of
me and went on to his office. He walks
with as firm q step as middle-aged man,
though he is so years old. There is
nothing about him to suggest his age
except a slight nervous affection of the
right eye, and a slight deafness, as
found when 1 talked with him later.
The entrance to this office is through
a small lobby Aboard partition reach
ing to the ceiling shuts in the office.
You can see the anteroom through a
wicket and the cashiers room is visible
when the cashier opens a trap window
to look out. There are no heavy bar
riers to keep out cranlls. In Mr.. Sage's
old office iron bars were put up after
the experience of the millionaire with
the crazy Norcross and his bag of dyna-
mite. That Norcross affair, by the way,
is favorite jest with the men who call
to see Mr. Sage.
perhaps he would see me if you told
him l had no bag to drop" they say
with grim Righteousness.
While l waited heard Il customer dis
cussing a business transaction with the
cashier. 1t concerned two loans aggre-
eating more than S1,75O,O00 and the rate
of interest the customer was paying on
them. NIillion-dollar loans are not un-
common things in Mr.. Sage's Office. He
is the millionaire who keeps his mil
lions on hand. Though he has large in.
terests in railroads, banks and other
corporations, he always has half mil
lion or so in cash where he can get it
on five minutes notice.
The anterooln of Mr.. Sage's Office is
small. There is table in one corner
BY the door of the inner office stands a
ticker" bringing the market news
from the stock exchange. The inner
Office is about 16X24 feet. 1t is we'll car
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-06
JOHN LANGDON HEAToN
Facts About Liquid Air.

Liquid air looks very much like
water. It's temperature is 3S5 degrees
Fahrenheit below zero. An alcohol
thermometer thrust into it will be in
stantly frozen. An ounce of whisky,
though continuing to emit its usual
odor, will become frozen like q stone
when a tablespoonful of liquid air is
poured over it. A handkerchief dipped
in this liquid will dry almost as slowly
as if soaked in water. When dry the
fabric will be found so charred as to
be useless