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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
A Modern Brutus.

While General Chan2y was command
ing the Army of the Loire, a small com
pany of soldiers got too near a largo post
of the enemy near the town of Mezange
and were driven back by terrible cross
fire. They had left their regimental flag
behind them, IA thing almost unheard OF
in that army, and when Captain Henry,
who was riding toward them on the field
of battle, noticed this loss, he immediate.
ly ordered them to follow him into Me.
zange
Ono of the worn and excited men
laughed at him, and with insults refused
to obey the officer. Captain Henry made
report of this act of INSTRUMENTATION to
General CLANCY that evening, and the
strict but just commander ordered the
soldier to be brought before court mar
tial at once. The unfortunate man was
condemned to death and suffered the exc
cution of his sentence within "a few hours.
Long after this occurrence, when Gen.
eral ChanZy was in Paris, in the seat of a
deputy in the national assembly, he was
one day informed by the usher that IA gen.
tleman was waiting in one of the outer
halls to see him on very important bust
ness.
General ChanZJ went out to see what
was WdDbcu Oh MIN anu lOullu an
who told pitiful tale of son lost in one
of the engagements just before the entry
into lie Mans. He gave his name-a well
known name-and ended:
"Can you tell me whether my child
was killed, or whether he was taken pris
onerg'
General Chanzy's kind heart almost
stopped within him. This was the father
of the unfortunate young soldier who had
been shot for INSTRUMENTATION on the field
of battlel
What could he say to him? What was
there to sayf
Finally, with emotion, the old genera
told the wTetched father just what hat
happened and how. at was necessary,
he concluded. you will understand IN,
better than any one, judge, you who hay,
SO often dictated and enforced the law"
General" replied his caller, "sinc,
my son had taken his first step away IRON
the enemy, it was better that he SHOULD
never take second. You acted well. A
father may weep for his child, but tn,
Frenchmau thanks you from the bottom
of his heart !"-Youth's Companion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11

There is much curiosity as to why the
tax on beer was made $l.44 barrel in
stead Of l.i5 or 81. 80. The rate adopted
sounds good deal as if the senate com
mittee was initiating the bargain counters
in the department stores, but there is "a
deep and important significance to the fig
ures. They were adopted for the sake of
convenience in mathematical calculations
One hundred and forty four is the multi
pie of 2, 3, /, u, s and IL, which are the
divisions used by the brewers in the sale
of beer. In estimating and computing the
taxes upon fractional parts Of barrel
81. "A is much more convenient than 81. 30
or Sl.40 or SLAB. Thus the tax on half "A
barrel of beer will be ~ cents, the tax on
a quarter of IA barrel 36 cents ON u third
of IA barrel As cents, on a sixth of barrel
"a cents, on an eighth of barrel Is cents,
Even cents and no fractions enter into the
calculation. Chicago Record
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
SAVED BY HIS FR|R'D
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HIS GRAVE
But FOR \ FRIENDS ADVICE.
y Wealthy Indiana Farmers Timely
Escape From the Malignant Enemy
That Has Pursued Him for Years.

One of the leading farmers of Rip
ley county is Jonathan l.. Weis, of
Napoleon, Ind. MIR. Weis is wealthy
and influential tiller of the soil, and
was a soldier in the late war. lie was
one of the first to enlist. and served
three years, coming home broken in
health and suffering from rheumatism
which had been brought on by the
great exposure to which he was sub
iected. Although previous to his en-
listmcnt Mr.. Neis had been strong
healthy man, ever since the war he
has been a physical wreck. being al
most a skeleton, such great destruc-
ton had that dread disease worked
upon him. Mr.. Weis for many years
was unable to work. To a New Era
reporter he stated that today he would
have been still in the same condition
physically had not a friend advised
him to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills,
which quickly and permanently cured
him, and today he weighs more, eats
more, and can do more work than at
any time since his dismissal from the
army, although at fairly advanced
age.
For years." said Mr.. Weis. INV
pains were almost unendurable and
during. damp weather they were es-
pecially severe. | could sleep but lit
tie. and as had no appetite, | rapidly
dwindled away from a large man into
almost nothing. | consulted different
physicians but none of them did but
little good. AS soon as | began talk
ing DR.. Williams Pink Pills | noticed
a difference, and by the time | had
taken few walls was completely cur
ed. Had it not been for that medi-
cine | would have been in my grave
long ago
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain in
a condensed form all the elements me-
cessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing spe-
cific for such diseases as locomotor
ataNia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance. sciatica, neuralgia. rheumatism
nervous headache, palpitation of the
heart. and all forms of weakness eth
err in male or female. Sold by all deal
ers in medicine.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
A Geographical NIisfit.

AS state Turkey is heterogeneous
assemblaPe of peoples under the absolute
sway of the sultan. 1t is n government
lacking altogether sense for the right Of
q community to choose concerning its own
government. 1t thoroughly represents the
oriental idea whereby government is trans
cendent, power above and outside the
people, and not immanont, IA power with
in the people And herein lies the appli-
cation of the occidental oriental antthesis
to political institutions. The occidental
conception of life us active and creative,
inhcring in active and self moving, aviln-
omous personalities, begets the political
idea of what we cal self government. The
idea which represents personality as self
directed in the fnllllment of its own pur-
poses becomes when applied to politics tho
idea that communities shall be self gov
erned in things belonging to themselves.
This is the political upshot of occidental
ism. The opposite thereto is the UIshot
of oriontalism. A potentatc seated on II
very high throne under "a very broad can
opy and loaded with very costly jewels,
with PROSTATE subjects bowling in Obei.
sance before him-that is the tableuu OF
oriental government.
Tureky is thoroughly oriental, repre-
sentatively oriental in its political spirit.
Its location upon occidental soil is geo
graphical mislit historical anuchro-
nism. 1t is stranded wreck, left high and
dry beyond the sea walls by n reccding
tidal wave, but no one undertakes tn clear
it away because the land on which il rest :
is in litigation.-Denj J. Wheeler in
Atlantic.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
We Know a
Thing or Two

that is never out of place to mention.
For instance it is never wrong TO
call your attention to the condition of
your house, the wood work that needs
touching up on the outside with lit
tie fresh paint; on the inside with
paint or hard oil. Then again the
mating on your floor may be sufIi-
GENTLY soiled or stained to warrant
being relegated to the back rooms.
Dust stained or faded window cur
tains give the room a neglected up.
pearance that spoils the otherwise
homelike and quiet effect so much de-
sired.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
Suspicious.

Gentleman an railway train)-How did
this accident happenY
Guard-Some one pulled the bell and
stopped the train, and the boat express
ran into us. 1t will take five hours to
clear the line for us To go ahead.
Gentleman-Fiye hours / was TO be
married today.
Guard Ga married mani sternly-Louk
herel Are you the chap who stopped the
train?-Lnndon Tit-Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
EIest BE the "Ties."

A railway contractor recently advertised
for 800 wooden sleepers. BY return Of post
he received "a letter from u neiRhboring
Clergyman Offering him the whole Of his
congregation on reasonable terms. Lon
don Saturday Review.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
Where Princeton Got Her skyrocket Cheer.

On all public occasions student cnthu-
siasm finds expression in the well known
Princeton cheer, the "skyrocket, as it
has been called Undergraduates of today
may think it has come down from time
whereof the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary" But this would be an
error. All college cheers are of modern
date. Princeton's Is among the oldest.
Nevertheless, 26 years ago it was unknown.
Where did it come from? Who invented
it? These are momentous questions and
are answered differently by different men.
A member of the class of go declares
that the late DR.. Woolsey johnson of New
York of that class first sounded the
"hooray, hooray, hooray, tiger, siss boom
all Princeton" in one of Professor
Schenck's recitations. But Chancellor
Alexander L. McGill of the class of CT
says he remembers quito distinctly when
the Seventh regiment of New York went
to the war and how nearly the whole col
lege went down through the Potter woods
to the old depot by the canal at midnight
to greet it as it passed through. The
cheers Of the boys were responded to by
the Seventh with the "skyrockets, " which
so impressed the youthful mind that it
was INDUCED in at first as borrowed prop
erty, and later, as time advanced, was
adopted as the college cheer.-James ".
Alexander in Scribuer's.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-11
WOman's Part.

"What part of speech is woman pap
"Woman ism l part Of speech, my son,
She's the whole speech. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
THINGS ABOUT MANKIND.

The liver is a most wonderful organ
containing facilities Of several kinds
But perhaps the most wonderful thinl
in it is that part set aside to look on
for and arrest poisons.
Who would think that in his eye
there is block and pulley, or "tackle,
as the sailors call it, as complete an6
efficient as that with which a ship
HOSTS her mainsail ? There 1t is, how
ever; and whenever you look at the
tip ofyour nose the muscle that move:
your eye-ball works in it. There are
several of these pulleys in the body.
So inventive was nature when con.
structing our body that the difficulty is
to stop enumerating her clever ideas
She saw that we would very soon grow
tired if we had to hold up two heavy
legs by means of muscular effort, SO
she made the hip joint alright, and
tine pressure Of the air alone keeps the
leg in its place.
Adams apple, if it was once that
fruit that brought into the world all
our woe, is now useful organ. 1t
serves as sort Of storage cistern of
the blood for the brain. When the
heart sends up too much blood
Adams apple intercepts it, or part of
1t; and when the direct supply from
the heart temporarily runs short,
Adams apple gives up its store.
Most people know the use of the
epiglottis, which saves us from immi-
nent death every time we swallow a
bit of food. At the back of the mouth
the air passage and the food passage
cross each other, and, whenever we
swallow food, it would inevitably go
into the wlndpipe and choke lis, only
that this little body pops down and
covers the entrance. 1t is like the
policeman who regulates the traffic
where streets cross.
The semi-circular canal, for CEN
turles a physiological puzzle, are an
extraordinary device for enabling us
to keep our balance. They are little
channels, followed out, in connection
with the ear, in the bones of the head,
and partly filled with fluid lymph. AS
our head or body sways the fluid
moves, acting like spirit level, and
informing the brain whether we are
standing in the perpendicular or at
angle.-AnSUeyS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
The Plucky Bluejay.

My raspberry patch Is fifty
feet square. surrounded by a wire
fence. So many birds make their hom,
In the wooded rooms within ten feet
that 1t Is necessary to protect this patch
by netting. which is supported by wire,
strung overhead. The net hangs owe,
the sides of the fence three or four feet
Occasionally bird gets inside, espec.
ially the blue Jay. We catch them and
let them go unharmed. Yesterday nv
man and myself were near and saw 3
blue jay in there with a ripe raspberry
in his bill, fluttering against the net
My man went inside and chased hin
from one side to another three times
and FINALLY got his hands on him al
where the fence rail and the net met
but the bird managed the slip through
his hands down between the net and
then outside of the fence and gained
his liberty. All this time he hung onto
the berry and few away with 1t. That
certainly is a good illustration of bird
pluck.-Mechan's Monthly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
Auctions In japan.

There is little chance for fraud or
complaint In the matter of conducting
auction sales In Japan. Although there
are not nearly so many sales held
there as in this country, officials Of
the cities have way of conducting
them much similar to our method of
voting.
When an auction is to take place,
the goods or property is advertised for
two weeks ahead. On the day of the
sale each bidder writes his name and
address and the amount of his bid for
each lot on slip Of paper, which he
carefully places in box. When all
the bids are in the auctioneer opens
the box in the presence of the specta-
tors, and, after examining, all the
goods are declared the property of the
highest bidder. By this system the
American custom of owners bidding
in property on goods would almost en-
tirely disappear.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08

What the Shakers of Mount Leba-
non know more about than anybody
else, is the use of herbs and how to be
healthy.
They have studied the power Of
food. They nearly all live to a ripe
old age.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial is
prepared by the Shakers from herbs
and plants with special tonic power
over the stomach.
1t helps the stomach digest its food,
and digested food is the strength
maker.
Strong muscles, strong body, strong
brain, all come from properly digested
food.
A sick stomach can be cured and
digestion made easy by Shaker Diges-
tive Cordial.
1t cures the nausea, loss of appe-
tlte, pain in the stomach, headache,
glddlness, weakness and all the other
symptoms of indigestion, certainly
and permanently.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10
cents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
SILK FROM the spUacs TREE.
Great Care Used In the Process Of Making
the silk-Like Fibrea.


SILK OF excellent quality IL being
made from the spruce tree in Europe,
and a movement is on foot to establish
the industry in this country. 1t Is said
that the cost Of making silk by this
process is one-fifth that Of the spinning
from the silk worm cocoon. The fibre
takes dye as readily as the animal pro.
duct, and can be woven as securely and
as rapidly. 1t is also claimed that the
tensile strength of the fabric is as
silk. In trying to hit upon the partic
great as, If not greater than. the real
ular chemical process that the origl
nal fibre went through before 1t was
spun as silk by the loom, he found that
after the fibre had been separated II
needed the chemical action Of certain
form Of glucose. In the new treatment
the tree is crushed, and the resulting
fibre is mixed with glucose and then
placed in deep metal tubs. A disk,
somewhat like a steam piston, is then
forced down on the mass by hydraulic
pressure until 1t is compressed into
very heavy gum. At the bottom Of the
tubs are tubes terminating in tiny
glass nipples, with exceedingly small
apertures. Under the hydraulic pres.
sure the mixture Is forced out of these
glass nipples in silk-like fibres, which
are so fine that the girls who are en-
ployed in this portion Of the process
are obliged to wear highly magnifying
glasses in order to distinguish when
any of the tibres break. The mate.
rial is then carried over electrically.
heated drums, which dry the ether and
the alcohol out Of it. 1t is then plunged
into iced water, dried, and spooled for
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
All the People

Should keep themselves healthy and
especial care should be given to this
matter at this time. Health depends
upon pure, rich blood, for when the
blood is impure and impoverished
diseases of various kinds are almost
certain to result. The one true blood
purifier is Hoods Sarsaparilla. By its
power to purify and vitalize the blood
1t has proved itself to be the safeguard
Of health, and the record of remark
able cures effected proves that it has
wonderful power over disease. 1t
actually and permanently cures when
all other preparations fail 10 do any
good whatever.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
THINGS WE OUGHT TO KNOW.

That it is never economical to buy
a cheap soap.
That coffee is one of the best disin.
fectants known.
That health and happiness depend
greatly upon the condition of the
skin.
That salt or ashes are useful for
removing discolorations from coffee
cups.
That stains on the children's
aprons may be removed by the use of
alcohol
That the chest may be greatly
strengthened by the daily use of cold
water.
That ink stains may be removed
from marble by the use of lemon
juice.
That Japanned trays should not
be put into hot water, as it will cause
the varnish to crack and peel.
That bronzes may be cleaned by
careful rubbing with sweet oil, then
polished with chamois.
That two parts of sweet oil to one!
of lime water will prove soothing
when sunburned.
That soft cloth, if dipped in lin
seed oil, will prove efficacious in pol
ishing tables, etc.
That Javelle water will remove ink
stains from carpets.
That dry paint may be removed
from glass by using the edge of a
silver coin.
That little sweet oil put on the
hinges OF a creaklng door will prevent
the unpleasant sound,
That all pieces Of old linen should
be carefully saved and sent to the
nearest hospital.
That only inferior sauce can be
made from inferior fruit.
That hot bread and cake can be
smoothly cut by using hot knife.
That eggs will cook much more
easily if covered when frying.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
VARIETIES

Mrs. ]. II. Mills is President of the
State Bank Of Cromwell Mich, one OF
the directors of which also is a wo-
man.
Rev. George A. Hubbell of Vineland
N. j., recently lost the sight of his
right eye by the detection into 1t OF
the sun ray upon striking a crystal
inkstand.
The Berlin municipal authorities
have granted license to a society to
erect In public places and squares
where children are In the habit of
playing automatic machines for the
sale Of condensed milk.
DIR. Murray. the editor of the great
English dictionary now in preparation,
says that "disproportionablen IS
now the longest word in the English
language, but that "anthropomorpho.
logically if not the longest, is the
longest that has yet appeared in his
dictionary.
In times of famine bread has been
baked from "wood-bran." or sawdust.
This wood bread Is made by selecting
the sawdust of the least resinous wood
the beech, for example-and adding
little flour, some yeast and some wa.
ter. When baked it resembles in or.
binary appearance and taste the com.
mon brown bread of the bakers.
The First Secretary of the American
Embassy In London gets $2625 year,
the Second Secretary $1,000. and the
Naval Attache only his navy pay. These
salaries do not suffice to pay the house
rent, and therefore our representa-.
tives are usually, OF necessity, men OF
private means
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08

The fox terrier is now officially reg.
istered as a transparency, the X ray
shining through him like a candle
through a Chinese lantern The ex-
pertinent has been tried on an animal
Of this species which had swallowed
a diamond ring, the trinket appearing
In it's midst, visible as a goldfish in a
glass vase or a fly in amber. The util-
tiles Of this penetrating beam may ex-
pand till it will show up other than
the paltry pilferings Of a terrier, per-
haps even the sway of the political
boss, Notwithstanding the opacity Of
its bulk and origin.-New York Tri-
bune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08

CATARRH FOR TWENTY YEARS AMI
CURED IN FEW DAYs.-Nothing toe
simple, nothing too hard for DR.. Ag.
news Catarrhal Powder to give relief
in an instant Hon. George Taylor,
of Scanlon Pa, says 81 have been a
martyr to Catarrh for 20 years, con.
slant coughing, dropping in the
throat and pain in the head, very
offensive breath. tried DR.. Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder. The first applica,
tion gave instant relief. After using
few bottles all these symptoms Of
Catarrh left me. 1t is great remedy"
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
VARIETIES.

A school teacher at Port Allegheny
N. Y. the other day received the fol,
lowing nOte:. MY boy tells me that
when l trink beer der overcoat vrom
my stummack gets too thick. Please be
- kind and don't interfere in my fam.
lily affairs"
The mischevous little sparrow
brings up more young ones in the
course of the year than any OF our
birds. 1t generally lays from March
until September, broods being brought
up with scarcely any interval. The
nest contains, on an average, five eggs.
Sylvia Du Maurer, one of George
Du Hauriers daughters, apprenticed
herself to Mrs, Nettleship, a noted
kondon dressraaker for a year. and
went through ali the work of dress
msking from the beginning to the fin
lab
The German traveller Won Ihering
has discovered In Brazil a species of
ants which have regular summer and
winter resorts. In winter they hive
On the ground, in summer In big nests
constructed on trees, In order to escape
the danger of inundation when the
SHOW melts and the rivers rise.
1t " said that young woman once
asked Chief Joseph If he had ever
sosipsd ANY one. When the question
weA translated to him Joseph looked
af the fair questloner intently, then
walked around behind her and viewed
tie kA& OF hair only half hidden by
iHr bosnst Tell her," he said to the
'ssavnessr, that have nothing in my
cVs1ectiaG ss nae as that"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
First Meeting with Mosquitoes.

Two Irishmen just landed In Am
erica, were encamped on the open
plain. In the evening they retired to
rest, and We're soon attacked by
swarms of mosquitoes. They took ref
uge under the bed clothes At last
one Of them ventured to peep out, and,
seeing a firehy, exclaimed In tones of
terror:
Mickey, it's no use; there's one of
the craythers searching for us wild a
lantern. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
Half Rates to Toronto via Pennsylvanis
Railroad on account of hpwortb
League Convention,

For the Epworth League Inter
national Convention, to be held at
Toronto, Canada, July IS to is, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell special tickets from all points on
Its line to Toronto and return at rate
OF single fare for the round trip. These
tickets will be sold and good going
July IA and IS; good to return
leaving Toronto not earlier than July
I9 nor later than July "a, 1897, and
will be good only for continuous pass
age from Toronto on date stamped.
For further information apply to
ticket agents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
DRopsy CURED WITH ONE BOTTLE.

DRoPsY CURED WITH ONE BOTTLE.
"A great cure and a great testimony.
" For ten years suffered greatly from
Heart Disease, Fluttering OF the
Heart and Smcthering Spells, made
my life torment. was confined to
my bed. Dropsy set in. My physi-
clan told me to prepare for the worst,
/ tried DR. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart-One dose gave great relief,
one bottle cured the Dropsy and my
heart. Mrs. James Adams, SYRIA
cuse, N. Y.
Sold by c. A. Klein.