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Evening star., 1898-03-04
To klOndike ON n Crufcb.
From the New York Journal.

rom the New York Journal.
The most curious outfit to start for the
klondike SO far is that of Mrs s. A.
Hicks, who left San Francisco for the
north last week. Mrs. Hicks is ffty-seven
years old. weighs nearly 2O0 pounds, and ia
slightly lame, SO that she finds it neces-
sary to use a crutch. In order to insure q
safe and pleasant Journey across the snow
fields. Mrs Hicks has provided herself
with four sturdy mules and stout sleigh
and ton and half Of provisions Her
only companion will be her son, who Will
walk and drive the mules. The party will
travel over the Dalton trail
Mrs. Hicks was a pioneer in California
when she was but three years Old and has
ever since been accustomed to frontier
life. Hers was the first white family to
cross the plains. For the last few weeks
Mrs. Hicks has been enjoying the sights
or San Francisco. wearing meanwhile the
costume she will don in the Klondike
This consists of a blouse. boomers, and q
short skirt OF brown velveteen reaching
Just below the knees. She will wear be-
meath this as many suits as she needs of
heavy woolen underwear, and If neces-
sary, she will put heavy blanket suit on
the outside. Mrs. Hicks has saved q little
money. and 1t is her intention to take up
a small claim, which her son will work,
while shs cooks for the miners.
Evening star., 1898-03-04
oLD-FAsHIeNED JOURNALISM.
The Editor Dldn't Want Big News
and Discharged the Reporter.

The Editor Didn't Want Big News
and Discharged the Reporter.
From the New York Press.
Reporters are at times too. offfcious for
their breeches, as this story will prove:
When Thomas Kinsella was editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle, bright young man in thu
city department was sent over, to New
York to attend an important meeting that
would have netted him about a stickful of
space. Down in Pearl street happening to
stroll he came across one of the great ship
Ping merchants, whose connections with
South American republicans enabled him
to get much valuable news and, being ac-
quafnted with the gentleman, asked if thers
was anything newxai'Why, yes, said tine
merchant. There's big news. The presi-
dent of Bolivia has been assassinated, and
war with Chile has broken out The whole
country is fighting. Hasn't been such a
ructton in South America in years. This
was good story, and looked as If it might
be a beat. Our reporter dropped every
thing else and went to work on II. ''-ff7 =:
Hoping. to surprise the office with an ex-
csllent account of the revolution the young
man. deferred mentioning 1t to the. city edi-
tor until he had written about two columns
when he marched proudly to the desk to
turn It in. Mr.. Kinsella happened, to be
near by. Have you turned in a report Of
that meetinS7" asked the city editor, NO,
nsce W ns the reply Il got hold hold Of big
on it all day. The meeting will be coy sred
by city press, and 1t isn't worth a. para
graph. Kinsella Clipped in: What did
you say you have been doingW Writing
an account Of a revolution in Bolivia;
president assassinated:, war with Chile.
whole country ,fighting,' who ordered
yeu to do 1t, sir? IT'S q beat 1 shappsHe
to get on" The old editor rayed. Let me
give you to understand once for all, sir,
that the people Of Brooklyn care nothing
for revolutions and murders and wars in
South America when they can rsad In the
Eagle an account Of Mr.. Mclaughlin or
Mr. Beecher or Mr. Etranahan or any other
prominent citizen slipping on a banana peel
and spratning his foot! Understand that,
sirl Don't forget it. That meeting was a
small affair, but two of the directors are
Brooklyn man, and Brooklyn readers want
to know what they did. DIN your revolu-
tion!' In his heat he tore up the story of
South America and discharged the re-
porter.
Evening star., 1898-03-04
SKYLARKs IN NEW YORK.
How the Scotch and irish Delight In
Thefr Singing.
nIu Rtrro ot,ul,a In, H.

How the Scotch and Irish Delight In
Their Singing.
John Burroughs In the Century
/ have never yet seen a Gagged bird that
wanted-at least, not on account of its song
nor wild flower that desired to trans
fer to my garden. A Gagged skylark will
sing its song sitting on a bit Of turf in the
bottom Of the cage; but you want to stop
your ears, 1t is so harsh and sibilant and
penetrating. But up there against the
morning sky ana above the wide expanse
Of fields, what delight we have in it, 1t is
not the concord of sweet sounds it is the
soaring spirit of gladness and ecstacy rain
ing down upon us from "heaven's gate"
Then, to the time and place, If one could
only add the association, or hear the bird
through the vista of the years, the song
touched with the magic Of youthful MEM
cries!
land sent me a score of skylarks in
cage. 1 gave them their liberty in field
near my place. They drifted away, and
l never heard them or saw them again..
But one Sunday a Scotchman from a neigh
boring city called upon me, and declared
with visible excitement that on his way
along the road he had heard skylark.
He was not dreaming: he knew it was a
skyiark, though he had not heard one
since he had left the banks Of the Doom,
a quarter Of a century or more before,
What pleasure 1t gave him! How much
more the song meant to him than it would
have meant to me. For the moment he
was on his native heath again. Then I
told him about the larks had liberated,
and he seemed to enjoy 1t all over again
with renewed appreciation.
Many years ago some skylarks were lib
Grated on Long Island, and they became
tablished there and may now occasionally
be heard in certain localities. One sum-
mer day a friend Of mine was out there
observing them. A lark was soaring and
singing in the sky above him. An old Irish
man came along and suddenly stopped as II
transf1xed to the spot. A look of mingled
delight and incredulity came into his face.
Was he indeed hearing the bird Of his
youth? He took of his hat, turned his
face skyward and with moving lips and
streaming eyes stood a long time regard
ing the bird. "Ah," my friend thought.
'if I could only hear that song with his
ears" How 1t brought back his youth and
all these long gone days on his native hills!
The power of bird-songs over US is so
much a matter of association. Hence it
Is that every traveller to other countries
finds the feathered songsters of less merit
than those he left behind. The traveller
does not hear the birds in the same re-
ceptive, uncritical frame Of mind as does
the native. They are not in the same way
the voices Of the place and the season.
Evening star., 1898-03-04
Fortune In Ginseng.
From the New York World.


Georse Carpenter of Sempronius. N. Y.
claims that he has discovered a way to
cultivate ginseng successfully. The root
Is valued very highly by the Chinese. read
hy commanding from 50 to "a a pound All
attempts made here before to cultivate the
plant have failed.
The plants will be raised from hothouse
clippings. of which Mr.. Carpenter has sew
eral thousand He says:
II Will place the plants four feet apart
each way and expect to harvest from sixty
TO a hundred pounds an acre. I have six
ceres of ground that / have prepared for
the cultivation OF the plant and I believe
that these six acres should net me 5000
worth of the roots. Last season I har-
vested ABOUT fifty pounds from plants
which i set out I'm the spring. 1t Is one
Of the most difficult herbs in the world to
cultivate. and it took years of experiment.
ing before l was able to raise the root by
cultivation
Evening star., 1898-03-04


Although 1t was originally intended that
only the electrical parts Of the locomotives
for the trains OF the. new electric under
ground railway in Central London were
to be made In the United States. the trucks
and the superstructures for the motors be-
ing constructed here. It ID said that the
whole of the locomotives have been order
ed from New York, where they viii be
made by the General Electric Company.
These locomotives will weigh forty y-hve tons
each, and will be provided with 600 horse
power They would differ from the ordi-
nary engines by being very much lower.
and to accomplish this the wheels, 1t IL
said. will be brought up In the cab. The
power provided IL three times that Of the
steam engines In use on the Manhattan
railway Of New York, and the trains when
loaded will weigh $50 tons. or twenty-five
tons more than the hve-car trains on that
line, and the speed win be at least two
miles an hour faster than that on the ele-
waited. The order placed s for thirty-two
locomotives.
Evening star., 1898-03-04

The Hobo anhdhe Maine Disaster.
From the Charleston &sand Courier. '22 '@'es
The genuine thing In the shape, OF real
hobo has Just made, it's, appearance in
Charleston. He may ihave been here before,
but twas in songa other guise. This chap
is ragged, even unts hts face. His hair has
been shaved, and he walks, or rather drags
himself along. like 6hake.
Saturday afternooA the hobo paid his
respects to the cilErks, around the United
States courts and sxpkined that he came
to them because he once served Uncle
Sam. He might hAvea served the govern
mept at Columbus Ohio. The story the
tramp told should make him, with a few
e0ceptio rs, the langItof the Charleston
mars. de said that he was coal pasSer
on the Maine. anH was on the ship when
the great explosion tore the warship In
to mnders down In the harbor OF Ha-
vana OF course thei hobo was slightly In
1ursd. His head was singed and one Of his
legs was twisted into q dozen shapes. The
bum said he was taken to Key West, and
being tired of the navy decided to escape.
The story was told with every effort to
make 1t appear straight, but 1t might ~
wei have been told to . deaf man. The
fellow wanted to raise enough money to
take him to his old homo IN Maryland.
WnM 70 surprise my wifi" he sid.
as sne thinks I went to the bottom Of
the sea-" It win besa sed day when Will.
lie reaches his wife. IT'S long walk to
Asryiand and the woman VIII escape Tor
q while ct least.
Evening star., 1898-03-04
AMERICAS LOCUST KILLER.
Prof. Bruner il Destroying Insects in
Argentine.


From the Nebraska State Journal
A letter received Saturday from Prof.
Lawrence Bruner, now in Argentine Re
public says that the merchants commit
tee there wishes him to put in six months
in addition to the year he contracted for
to study the locust plague and devise rem
edies. y
In the Buencs Ayres Herald of Decem-
Ler "a appears an article taken from Prof.
Bruner's preliminary report 10 the mer-
chants committee Some extracts are giv-
en- to show what the American scientist
has accomplished in his important work:
THE destruction Of the winged insects as
carried on by the government commissions
during the past four or five months has
been very satisfactory in its results AT
near as can judge from the reports plac-
ed at my disposal. Allowing 100000 in
Sects to the ton, this would give a grand
total of II 600, 600, ,000 or sufficient to cover
400 square miles of surface so thickly that
there would be ten locusts on each square
yard. If in estimating We allow one-half
to be female and each female to have de-
posted 100 eggs, tnen sufficient locusts
have been desu Dyed to have covered a
possible 10000 square miles. To this de-
struction of winged insects We must add
at least 10000 eggs that have also been
destroyed.
p 10 say that all tnlS reuuctlOn In tne
number of locusts in the country means
nothing would be ridiculous in the extreme.
Why, if this same class of warfare csn be
kept up during the next few menths-end
! cannot see why IL cannot-the pest will
be nearly or quite In the power of its nat
ural enemies inside of another year. This,
too. without disease.
But this Is not enough. We should see
that 1t is not only brought within the con-
troll of fts enemies. but that 1t is entirely
extermineted from the country, so that its
natural enemies cEn devote their attention
to some Of the other locusts or grasshop-
pers that are showing a tendency to in
crease In yarious parts Of the republic, and
of which six or seven kinds have already
come to my notice"
From the study of the habits Of the To-
Gusts, Prof. Bruner has recommended that
the destruction be actively carried on when
the young are just hatched as they then
pile up about roots Of plants on the ground
Wire brushes, whips. fails, paddles and
shovels are quite effective as also are
torches Of rags saturated with OIL or SIM
liar appliances. Driving fiocks of sheep
or horses over q field filed with the young
insects or even older ones il also prac-
tfced- Barriers OF zinc and smooth SUBJ
stances that the young Iocusts cannot
climb and trenches and traps for catching
them to await destruction are also recon-
mended.
The professor also says that the natural
enemies of the locusts-the birds, frogs.
flies. wasps ahd beetles-must also be en-
and not destroyed. The profess
sor is also experimenting with three dis
eases which attack the locusts and which
may by propagation help to thin out the
pests
Evening star., 1898-03-04
A Worried Dives.


One Of the pitiable persons in New York
just now is gray-headed millionaire, a
man in high society and known to nearly
everybody. running his legs on for pro-
fessional opinion on war news. He spends
the day fitting from ONCE to ONCE in Wall,
Broad and Nassau streets and Broadway,
and has made himself an insufferable bore
Of this?" What do you think OF that?''
.'WMl there be WARP" 'sHey." "What?''
How Being large borrower. he IL sim
ply scared cut Of his wits. He'd better 70
to bed.
Evening star., 1898-03-04
this volume, which bears upon so important
period In the life of the poet.

TINS vofume, which bears upon so important
a period In the life of the poet.
WHEN LOVE LAUGHS BY Tom Hall. author Of
R. Herrfck & Company. Washington: VIM
Ballantyne & Sons.
The style and nature Of this well-prepared
book of verse are cieverly pronounced by
the author in the course OF a characteristic
Introduction. which deserves repetition. He
says: "A few of the verses In this volume
have already appeared in print: the great
majority, however are here published for
the first time. The author shamelessly ac-
knowiedses that he has not dipped his pen
into the boiling crater of Vesuvius, nor yet
endeavored to write upon the blue vault of
heaven Neither has he attempted to per-
petrate any poetical fifteen puzzles by
hiding his thoughts in ellipses and inver-
sions. In fact, he has merely tried to create
few fancies for people who have not time
to do so for themselves" These fancies are
handsomely dressed. The book part of the
enterprise is well achieved The verses are
quantity clever and sprightly.
KLONDIKE; The Chicago Records Book for Gold
Seekers. Illustrated. Chicago: The Chicago
Record Company.
This is one of the most notable of all the
Klondike books that have appeared since
the first rush to the Alaskan gold fields
began. The Record has produced not only
a full and presumably accurate guide for
the purposes of those who may be plan
ming expedition into the north i'm search
of fortune, but 1t has given to the general
reader an interest work on Alaska. its ap-
proaches, its resources and its picturesque
features. Much information regarding gold
mining is likewise conveyed. Illustrations
of a high order are numerous. Incidental
to the work are extracts from and copies
of mining laws of both the United States
and Canada. The information as to the
various routes by which the gold fields are
to be reached is exceptionally clear and
explicit.
SOUTHERN SOLDIER STORIES By George
Cary Eggleston. author Of "A Rebels Recolec-
tions," etc. Illustrated by X. f. Zogbaum.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT; And Other Stories.
By Annie Eliot Trumbull. author of White
Bir6 hes "a Masque of Culture, etc. New
York: 4. s. Barnes Co.
POETICAL SERMONS: Including the Ballad Of
Plymouth Church. By William e Davenport
New York: G. p. Pufnanls Sons. Washington
Brentano's.
WHERE THE TRADE-wIND BLOWS; West In
dian Tales. By Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
New York: The Macmillan Company.
LOVE LETTERS; A Romance In Correspondence
By Harold r. yynne. Zfmmerman's Pocket Ii
THE CELEBRITY: An Episode. By Winston
Churchill. New York: The Macmillan Company
DAUGHTER OF TWO NATIONS By Ella Gale
McCleland. Chicago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
Evening star., 1898-03-04

From the 81. James' Gazette.
Mr.. David Christie Murray. who inter-
viewed Nine. Dreyfus In Paris gives the
following description of the w1fs OF the
prisoner Of the Ne du DlabIe: .-she n tan
and graceful, with features Of an extreme
ly delicate JeW1sA cast. her hair u black
and hstrous, and her eyes stre a. beautiful
~ they ara uouxnfully ssslgned She \
stt1i and my yet be for many years Q NO.
man of universal beaHty."
Evening star., 1898-03-04

Tho annual production of salt In the
Bnfted 8tAtes, according to the moet re-
cent figures, b ahout 14.O00.0 go b4rrels Of
80 pounds each.
Evening star., 1898-03-04

The most ancient coin IN Europe, the
ducat. was flrst struck In the mint Of ven--
tce In the year 128A Ths building = still
In existence.
Evening star., 1898-03-04

den and Wm J. Tucker. with an Introduction
by Rossiter W. Raymond. New York: Fords
Howard 4 Hubert. Washington: VIM. Ballan-
tyne Il Sons.
This is more than memorial volume,
dedicated to the honor Of the great preach
er or to that of the church with which his
name Is identified. 1t Is a contribution to
the literature of theology. DIR. Abbott's
discourse on ''Thc New PuritanIsm" gives
a running history of Calvinism and its
gradual notifications. especially In Amer
lea. DIR. Amory H. Bradford of Montclair
sets forth the essential principles of Purf.
tanism. their effect in history and the
urgent need of their emphasis In the mod
ern world. DR.. Charles A. Berry of Wolver-
hampton. England, eminent as a pulpit
orator, and the official head of the Con-
gregational Union Of England and Wales,
as well as of the International Congrega-
ticnal Council, gives an account Of Beech
er's Influence Upon Religious Thought In
Old South Church in Boston discusses
.'The Theological Problem for Today" Dr.
Washington GLADDEN. of Columbus brings
brotherhood as the solvent of 1.-The So
cfal Problems of the Future" President
William J. Tucker OF Dartmouth College
presents his view Of 'The Church of the
Future" and, from the origin, along the
who whole "a history y of the church, f he shows the
fearless use Of truth, insistence upon the
| social conscience"
THE wOUND-DREsSER: series Of letters, writ
ten from the hospitals In Washington DUR
ing the war Of the Rebellion. By Walt Whit
man. Edited II Richard Maurice Buckle n. D.
one sf Whitman's Literary executors. Boston:
Small, Maynard Co.
Walt Whitman was a familiar figure In
Washington in war times. He was one Of
the most indefattgabie workers among the
sick and wounded gathered here from
every battle field and camp. Unoficially,
unostentatiously, cheerily he went about
his self-aDpointed task OF helping the suf-
fering men and boys along to health and
strength. His ministrations aided In many
cases the complete recovery Of sufferers
who had nearly abandoned hope. In the
letters to newspapers and the members
fof his family that form this volume the
details OF this work are given, In char
acfeffsttc terms and without any effort
after effect. The cruel Ditiful tale OF the
wards - told a. few can tell It. These
letters reveal Q side Of Whitman's nature
that = evidenced by hts other works. HIS
love OF humanity stands forth prominently
In. them. He appears ~ q lover Of life
and health and his 'swound-dfeasfngs" were
merely the methods Of his great heart Ia
tts expre0iOn ef Pity for those stricken by
sicleness or the b0lleta of the enemy The
Whitman boOkshelves NpuId have been
sadly fncompiste without the addttt1n of
Evening star., 1898-03-04

Cary Eggleston, author of "A Rebels Recollec-
tons etc. Illustrated by X. f. Zogbaum.
New York: The Macmillan COMPANY.
Evening star., 1898-03-04

POETICAL SERMONS: Including the Ballad q
Plymouth Church. By William Z. Davenport
New York: G. p. Pufnanl's Sons. Washington
RrsntanoS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-11
COMMITS Suicide.

Drs. George Herbert and Humphris
were summoned to the Insane Asylum
last night to attend Chinese patient
who was found hanging to the bars
of the door by two pieces of cloth. All
efforts to save him proved fruitless.
The suicide was blacksmith by trade
and worked last on Maui. He has
been insane about four months, two
of which he has been confined in the
asylum. Business troubles are sup
posed to have caused his derange-
ment.
Deputy Marshal Chillingworth went
to the asylum this morning to inves-
tigate the matter. Joseph Costa, the
guard, said that when he made his
rounds at 10 o'clock last night the
Chinese, All Young, was apparently
sleeping on his bunk. An hour later
when he again made the rounds, he
found All Young hanging as describ-
ed, dead. There was no one else in
the cell. Under the circumstances il
was decided that an inquest was not
necessary.
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BYAUTHORITY
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

On Wednesday, August 3rd at 10
o clock noon, at the front entrance of
the Judiciary Building, Honolulu, will
be sold at public auction tract OF
land at Aiea, Kona. Oahu. containing
total area of oS acres, lying on both
sides of present main road.
The Government main road to the
width of so feet is reserved from this
sale, and the reservation is further
made for a road so feet in width from
main road to the upper land of Aiea
over line to be approved by the
Government.
Upset price, 100000, cash, in L.
S. Gold.
j. +. BROWN,
Agent Public Lands.
July II, 1898.
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CHANGE OF LOCATION OF GOV
EMINENT POUND.

In accordance with Section of
ChapterNNNN of the Session Laws of
1883, | have this day changed the To-
cation of the Government Pound, in
the District of Hamakua, Hawaii. to
an enclosure on the east lower portion
of the northeast corner of Il. p. 54O5.
Land Commission 1923, Mauia, about
Pr feet on the lower side of the Gov
eminent Road, Honokaa, Hamakua,
Hawaii.
j. \. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office. July Il. 1898.
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TENDERS.

Tenders will be received at the
Foreign Office until Wednesday, July
goth, noon, for printing 10000 copies
of an illustrated hand book of the
Hawaiian Islands.
Specifications and specimens of
illustrations may be seen at the
Foreign Office.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs
does not bind himself to accept the
lowest or any bid.
HENRY E. COOPER, .E
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Office, July 6, 1898.
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EXECUTIVE NOTICE.

The President directs it to be mott
fed that
MR.. HENRY CLAY MEYERS
has this day been commissioned Dep
uty Auditor General
GEO. C. POTTER,
Secretary Foreign Office.
Honolulu, July s, 1898.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-11
FOR RENT OR LEASE.

New cottage, adjoining Hawaiian
Hotel, on Richards street, containing
four rooms. Suitable for a physician
or dentist. Possession given June ~,
1898. Apply to
n. E. GEDGE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-11
THE POWER
OF HABIT

certain groove easily fallen into; due the fact of unconscious
action Many will peom sameIact repeatedly not thinking that
change might make matters beneficial Habit
is caused by lack of interest people through habit often miss
opportunities advantage Thpacce of buying without consider
ing is fault due to Many dollars could be saved people
less inclined to stay in the old groove.
change constantly and artistic at the pre-
sent than ever before Do you pair of shoes? Think We
have them and at proper prices.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-11

than the most learned disquisition on
gold or silver.
81 have come to study with you;
not to teach. | want to study with
you the ever varying problem of con
dtions, and with you to seek to ap-
ply the great pedagogic principle of
adantatiOn