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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20
An Interesting Cinder.

In the repository Of the Royal artillery
at Woolwich a large cinder is exhibited,
which is very great curiosity, having
been produced by the burning of 81 Bank
of England notes when they were called In
and cash payments resumed.
The issue of II notes had been for some
time previous to their being called in at
the rate of 100, 600 daily.
To burn this immense mass of paper
money an oven was constructed, and the
process of destruction was carried on, I'M
der the direction of officers appointed for
the purpose, for - months, the issue of
notes to tho oven being exactly $4,000
daily. The cinder of the notes, which Is of
purple hue, is inclosed in glass case.-
Strand Magazine.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20
THE TURKEY BUzZARD.
Ugly as He Is He Figures In Legend of
Jamaica.


There is an odd little legend still told in
the beautiful island of Jamaica attributng
to wizard tho peculiar and ugly appear
ance of the turkey buzzard, which was
once, SO the legend asserts q bird of rare
grace and teauty.
Between this particular wizard and the
turkey buzznrds there had been feud Of
long standing, but one day the former an
nounced his intention of making pence
with his winged enemies and invited them
all to banquet to cement the pleasant re-
lations that were to exist In the future.
The turkey buzzards readily accepted tho
invitation and assembled In due time at
the abode of the wizard, where an immense
caldron, carefully covered, was boiling.
Raising tie cover, the host invited his
guests to take look at the contents,
whereat eN,h guest obeyed his invitation.
In an Instant the cover descended on the
heads of tb !, unsuspicious turkey buzzards,
who found to their cost that the caldron
was filled With boiling tar. With frantic
struggles the poor deceived birds freed
themselves from their painful positions,
for they had thrust their heads deep into
the mixture, expecting to taste unusual
daintes provided for the occasion. Home
ward they flew, smarting with pain, the
! glossy plumage that once adorned their
backs and heads remaining in tho caldron,
| to the wizards great delight.
| The turkey buzzard Is most repulsive in
appearance, its featherlcss neck having q
plucked effect which no doubt gave rise to
the legend here told. AS its name denotes,
the buzzard is not unlike turkey, but its
dusty, unkempt appearance is great con-
trast to our we'll groomed, dignified kings
of the barnyard whose namesakes they are.
The turkey buzzard has, however, one
point of beauty that deserves mention
his flight He Is the embodiment of winged
gracefulness He spreads his wings and
floats, seemingly motionless, black OBJ
| ject against the azure of the southern sky,
too far away for the watcher to note his
ugliness Without motion of the wings
he rises or ascends at will, pair of dusty
pinions resting on the sultry air. You
watch him breathlessly until he descends,
when the spell is broken for repulsive and
ungainly he stands revealed-the scaven-
ger of the tropics.
Yet this poor, ugly, ungainly bird has
his uses. Without him the south would be
n sorry victim to fevers and diseases bred
from offal fostering under the fierce trop-
ical sun. AS a scavenger he Is invaluable,
and the law protects him as he plies the
calling for which he was created. New
York Home Journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20
TWO LIZARDS.
One Was Mild and Gentle, the Other
Fierce and Untamable.

One Was Mild and Gentle, the Other
Fierce and Un,amable.
My first two lizards had been captured
one in the Spanish Pyrenees and the other
at Tarn, in tFrance, wherefore l called
them the Spanish and the French lizards,
but afterward gave them the names of
Pedro and Pierre. was surprised on the
very first day that 1 occupied myself with
their education to observe the absolute
contrariety of their characters and DISPOSE
tions. Pierre, won over at once by the
honeyed tainties 1 offered him, soon be-
came accustomed to let himself be handled
without trying to bite or run away, and to
hide himself in my clothes, preferring the
hn"b WHARF, it was warmer. Pedro, wild
and untamable, If one tried to CATCH nm,
withdrew into corner and then stretch
ing his paws in front of him, his eye glis-
tening and his mouth wide open, Kissing,
springing at the hand that came near him,
and, if he bit it, holding firmly and caus-
ing the blood to flow, revealed resolution
that even impressed the young men in my
laboratory.
made a cage for the lizards of iron
wire, open above, and having a large room
in my country house into which the sun
shone all day on three sides L put them in
it. Pierre soon learned to leave his cage,
to climb up to the windows by some rags
/ had hung 10 them, and passed from one
to another, following the sun. In the
evening he returned to the cage. Pedro,
more stupid, tried vainly to get out Of his
prison, and when l put him ON tho ledge
of window in the sun let himself be
overtaken by the shade, persisted for hours
in efforts to get through the glass and
finally went to sleep where he had been
left. Affections and Jealousies of Liz
ards" by j. Delboeuf, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20
The Mummy of a Pharaoh,

The greatest discovery of mummies ever
made in Egypt was in the year 1881, when
the remains of 80 royal personages were
brought to light at Dier-el- Bahari Thebes.
One of these was proved to be the mummy
of King Rameses ii, the third king of the
ninth dynasty and the pharaoh of the
Jewish captivity. This mummy was in a
perfect state of preservation. The mummy
case itself was of sycamore wood, plain and
unvarnished, and without a spot or stripe
of paint, something reckoned as unusual.
The case was, however, carved to represent
Rameses in the position of Osiris. The
crossed arms rested upon the breast. In
the right hand was the royal whip and in
the left the royal book. The features were
most delcately carved in the soft wood, and
the whole was surInounted with the crown
of upper and lower Egypt and surround
ed by a carved representation of tho urnus
serpent. The name of Rameses was written
in plain black characters upon the case,
which bore no other text or representation
whatever, strongly contrasting with the
exaggerated dedications noted on almost
all the other cases found in the same pit
The mummy itself was carefully wrap
ped in rose colored and yellow linen of "a
texture finer than the very finest india
muslin. In Jhe different Iolus OF tnls
linen several dried lotus flowers and leaves
were found. In the folds of one of the
bands which passed across the graveclothes
TO keep them In shape was folded papyrus
bearing inscriptions which informed the
reader that this, the mummy of Rameses III,
was concealed in the pit, where 1t was
found at time when a foreign army in
vaded Egypt. This quaint bit of informa-
ton, which was probably written ., 900 or
1880 years ago, is as plain as though it
had been penned but yesterday.-St Louis
REM bile
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20

Wife-Half past Ia declare! Rather
"a late hour for you to DO returning home.
Don't you think so, john Where have you
been anyway
Husband-I've been setting up with a
friend.
Wife, thought as much. How many
drinks did you set up, JohnS-Bostop
Courier.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20
Ten Good Reasons
why you should
Use Carter Lead

LIST. The Carter White Lead is abso-
lutely pure.
End. The Carter White Lead will cover
one-fourth more surface and
thereby save you 25 per cent.
3rd. The Carter White Lead will last
much longer and look better
than any other paint
4th. The Carter White Lead Company
is independent of all trusts.
5th. The Carter White Lead is much
whittier than any other lead
offered.
9Th. The Carter White Lead is much
finer and superior for inside or
fiat work.
18th. The Carter White Lead will take
more oil than any other lead.
Sth. The Carter White Lead is superior
in body.
9th. The Carter White Lead works
smoother under the brush.
10th Twenty-Five Test Boards paint
Z ed during the year 1896 sub.
stantiate all Of the above
reasons.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-20
LEVERS & COOKE.
CARRIERS
WHITE
LEAD
IS STRICTLY PURE.

The Carter White Lead Company
stands ready at any and all times by
practical tests to prove that the Carter
Lead will cover one-fourth more sur
face. and do it better, than any brand of
lead manufactured by what is known as
the old Dutch Process. and also to prove
its superiority in body .whiteness and
durability.
We invite practical painters to make
independent tests by carefully measuring
surface and weighing the leods to be
tested and then comparing results,
which will in every instance prove that
Carter Lead will cover one
fourth more surface
The superiority of Carter Lead is due
to improved methods and the putting
into use the very latest machinery by
which perfect corrosion is obtained,
and, consequently, when you purchase
a key of Carter Lead you get keg of
Lead that is perfectly corroded.
A key of Carter White Lead is
All Paint.
The new plant recently put in opera
ton in Chicago is the largest in the
world and the combined output of the
Chicago and Omaha factories PLACES tbs Us
orders promptly.
There is more Carter White Lead
sold than any other brand manu-
featured in the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

Lorimer are believers in postal
savings banks, as are the majority
of the Illinois delegation. Postal
savings banks are being discussed
widely by the members of con-
gress, and it is expected that there
will be several measures introduc-
edin both the house and the senate.
The western members especially
are supporting the idea, and,
while some of the eastern men are
opposing it, the measure has many
friends in that section. One hears
almost as much talk about the
postal savings bank legislation in
in the corridors of the hotels and
the places where the members
congregate as he does about the
currency, Cuba, Hawaii and civil
service reform. Chicago Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
Sealed Bids.

The undersigned City Clerk of
the City of Ely, will receive sealed
bids up to Tuesday evening, Dec.
81, 1897, for hauling the city's
coal from the cars to the engine
house for the term beginning Jan.
LIST, 1898 and ending April 1st.,
1898. The city council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids,
PETER SoHAEFER, City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

SENATOR William e. Mason and
Congressman William Lorimerwill
introduce The CHICAGO RECORDS
postal savings bank bill in the
senate and the house of representa-
tives, respectively. Senator Mason
isa member of the committee on
postofices and postroans, while
Congressman Lorimer is a memb-
er of the same committee of the
house of representatives. 1t is
the intention of these members of
congress to introduce the bill at
the earliest possible opportunity
and, as Sena' or Mason says, to
have postal savings bank law on
the statutes before tie end of the
session.
Both Senator Mason and Mr.,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

In the mail bags which went out
on the steamer St. Paul Wednes-
day were 5000 foreign money
orders, amounting to 924, 1854.
These orders are for Christmas
presents and most of them go to
Norway and Sweden.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

The report of Postmaster
General Gary, embodying as it
does, the reports and recommend
lions of the assistant postmaster
general, is an exceptionally i'm
portant document. A large part
of the volume is devoted to argu
ment, to our mind unanswerable,
in favor of the prompt institution
by this country ola postal savings
bank system. The array of facts
and figures marshaled to show the
timeliness and Importance of this
step ought to make deep impress
sion upon the congressional mind.
The enormous 0growth of the
postal money-order business is ad-
duced as showing how the people
already patronize the postal
service for the transmission of
funds. That they would avail
themselves of it to deposit their
savings is beyond question.
Within a few years the deposits
would be counted by hundreds of
millions. Time is certainly aus
picious for the adoption of this
policy of postal savings banks.
Further than that, however, it
oughtto be possible to combine
that policy with some plan for the
improvement of the currency
system. Review of Reviews.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

Rainy Lake Gold Fields via Port Arthur
and Rat Portage.
The route to Rainy Lake and Seine
River is now open via Port Arthur
and Rat Portage. Steamers leave
Duluth four times week. Rate
from Duluth to Rainy Lake City,.
Seine City and Mine Centre, S11.00..
For further information and tickets.
apply to A. Booth Packing Co.: North
west Transportation Co., Duluth, or
II. H. Larkc. commercial agent, 1926
Spalding House Block, Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

A doctor near Fegus Falls sent
women suffering from typhoid
fever on a long railroad journey to
be examined as to her sanity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

WHEAT and silver accord ing to
all accounts are hopelessly d ivorc-
ed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

A,DeLacy Wood is still publist-
ing the Park Region at Frazee this
state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

A man by the name of Damn
was recently married at St. Louis
and iuse as the ceremony was
finished the following telegram
from his father was read from the
pulpit by the officiating Clergyman:
"Accept the congratulations Of
the whole Damn family. "-Brainer
Dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15

The recently reported in Cuba,
where seSenty-two shots from 3
dynamite gun in the hands of the
insurgents destroyed every building
in the town of Guisa and killed
more than a Thousand men, is just
q fore taste Of what may happen
as this dread instrument of death
takes its place among the nations
Of the world as u part of their
military equipment. A battle
where both sides we're armed with
such weapons would be a mere
matter of Slaughter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
TAKE NOTICE.

We hereby notify all parties
who owe Bleckley & Fretwell
past due papers that owing to
the death of our senior, Syl-
vester Bleckley, that the same
must be paid at an early day,
not later than Nov. 1st next,
as a settlement must be made
with the heirs at law. Your
promptattention to this notice
and a compliance with same
will be duly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
JOS. j. FRETWELL,
Survivor Bleckley & Fretwell.
Sept Is, 1897 IL
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
Had Bees for Sale.

As I sat on the yeranda with the
farmer after supper I asked him if he
was not greatly bothered by tramps,
and his reply was:
HWall, good many Of EN- come
along and want bite to eat, and some
Of 'em are pretty sassy, but only one
man of EN- ever served me real mean
trick"
'Poison your dog p queried.
cit was meaner than that. We was
eatin' dinner one day in the spring
when hive Of bees started to swarm.
I'd bin expecting and watching
EN- and had new hive ready. When
bees swarm they will light on most
anything handy-a limb, bush or
even the pump. Jest as the bees be-
gan to pour out of the hive and circle
around along comes a tramp up the
path to ask for sunthin' eat. The
queen bee settled down o, Id hat,
and the hull swarm folle: g. In
two minits that tramp's ..,, md
shoulders was covered by bee- I
yells to him for heavens sake nvu to
try to fight EN- off or he'd be stung to
death.
"Hermust have been terror-stricken, 7"
said.
"Not bit of it, sir. He was as
cool as a cowcumber, and when l told
him he'd hev to stand in smudge
till the bees was killed off he jest
laughed. When they'd all settled
down on him and was goin to start
a .mudge he sez:
"'Gld man, what d. ye consider this
swarm O. bees wuth in cold cash I?
"'Abouo Eve dollars, sez /.
"'Are ye ~illin' to give three 2
sez l.
"'Bekase you II either pay me three
dollars or I'll walk lF with the biz
ness and sell out to son.,body else !! u
''And you had to buy him off ?" ]
asked.
"That's where the meannLs,l come
in," replied the farmer. "Then> bees
was my property, and I wasn't buying
what was my own. He offered to take
two dollars, but 1 couldn't see how he
could git away with 'em and refused
to come down. Then he starts off.
reckoned the bees would git angry and
sting him to death, but nuthin' hap
pened. He jest walked out into the
road and down the hill, and he carried
them bees seven miles and sold EN-
fur new pair O. shoes"
"And he wasn't stung p
''Not once, sir. The bees seemed
to like the smell O him, and he pad
died along the road as grand as yoy
please. AS fur tramps, I've had EN-
lie and steal and set fire to straw
stacks, but I amt feelin' hard to
wards anybody but the feller who
walked off with the bees. M. Quad
an st. Louis Republic.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15

wish to give can be as generous or as
economical as their nature prompts or
their purse allows.
The same good sense which should
direct us in choosing gifts for our
friends should guide us also In our
giving to the needy. 1t does not re-
quire any very deep thought or any
great stretch Of imagination upon our
part to know what are the most press
ing wants of those whom We would
benefit, and tie appropriateness of
our present adds much to its value.
If we are animated by the true spirit
of Christmas the gifts we make to
those who really need our help will
give us far greater satisfaction than
those we give to our friends, who can
and will give us in return. Ii we re-
member the fact that the whole world
lying in darkness and the shadow Of
death received from Heaven on Christ
mas day the priceless gift of eternal
life, if it will accept it, and that we
can give nothing in return, it should
so fill our hearts with gratitude that
our first thought will be to give hap
piness to others in whatever way we
can-,.o testify our thankfulness.
There al many to whom the coming
of Christm..>. will bring the most
mournful thoug-.s, as they remember
the loved ones who n~ye been called
away from earth since the last Christ
mas time. Would it not soften their
sorrow if they dedicated the a 'ount
that would have been spent in glats
for those lost friends to some chari-
table object? The af1iction that does
not move the heart to greater thought
fulness and kindness to those who are
sad and suffering has failed to teach
the lesson that it is intended to give
to each Of us.-Uarleston Sunday
AJo,ro
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15

There is no medicine in the world
equal to Chamberlain S Cough Remedy
for the cure of throat and lung diseases.
This is fact that has been proven in
pumberless cases. Here is sample
Of thousands of letters received "l
have tried Chamberlain's Cough Rem
e6y while suffering from severe
throat trouble, and found immediate
and effective relief: [ can unhesita
tingly recommend it. ''-EDGER W.
Wn1TrgNoRE, Editor Grand Rivers
(Ky.) Herald. For sale at Hill-Orl
Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

When a man reads newspaper sit
ting between two women in street
car, he always pretends that he never
bothers with the woman's page.
There are lots of woman haters that
you never hear Of because they're
married.
The proof that men are vainer than
women is that they are too vain to
show it.
A girl is never really in love with a
man until she thinks Of him when she
says her prayers at night.
A woman can never be very bad
after she has once learned that hel
little child measures its ideas of God
by her.
Men are more curious than women,
because there are more funny things
in women to be curious about.
A woman can always get even with
her husband by buying Christmas
present and having it charged.
The man that puts on nonchalant
air when he asks woman to marry
him is the same boy that used to
whistle when he went past graveyard
at night.
The first month man is married he
says my wife" every 10 minutes.
After he has been married FIVE years
nobody would ever know he had a
wife.
An engagement ring is one girl
puts on her finger to show of before
the other girls. A wedding ring is
one woman puts on to remember
something by and then forgets what it
was.
A man will dig up the whole yard
when he wants to go fishing and not
find near so many worms as he does
when he spades up one flower bed the
next day.
When a man gets beaten in an argu-
ment he always tries to act as it he
had thought that way all along and
only wanted to draw the other man
out.
Married men get to be such good
friends because they always act sorry
for each other married women never
do, because each one knows the Other
would never admit that she wished
she hadn't.
The easiest way to find out what
girl is like is to get chummy with hel
bosom friend.
A man is slave to his own opin
ion; woman is a slave to the opin
ions of her husband.
The first sign that woman want
you to love her is when she lectures
you because you smoke too much.
Marriage is generally enough t
take the conceit out of woman. l
takes lots more than that with man
One Of the most subtle kinds O
Irritation is when a man refrains from
telling another woman that he is hap
nv with his wife.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease Catarrh Is blood
or constitutional disease, and In order to cure 1t
Won must take internsl remedies. Halls CatArrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Halls Casarrh Cure
is not qnack medicine 1t was prescribed BY
one of the best physicians in this country Tor
posed Of the best tonics known combined with
the best blood purifiers acting directly on y 9
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the
two ingredients is what produces such wonderful
results in curing Catarrh Send for testimonials
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
Red is not Objectionable as a
color for woman $ hair, providing it
docsn t run into her temperament.
L write this to let YOU know wha

i write this to letyou know what
| would not do: [ would not do with
out Chamberlain Pain Balm in my
house, if it cost s. 90 per bottle. 1t
does all you recommend it to do and
morc.-J. X. WALLACE, Wallacevillc,
Ga. Chamberlain Pain Balm is the
best household liniment in the world,
and Invaluable for rheumatism, lame
back, sprains and bruises. Be ready
for emergencies by buying bottle at
Hill-O Drug 20.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
. This is the advice Of the ChicaSo

- This is the advice of the Chica5o
Tribune to those intending to go to
the Klondilse: "Acquire habits Of
self control and industry be prepared
to meet with frmness whatever dis
couragements may arise; scrape to-
gether two or three times as much
money for the journey as the best
estimates render necessary and don t
90.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15
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