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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
CONSTITUTION OF ARMY.
REGULAR ESTABLISHMENT OF
UNCLE SANS TROOPS.
Different Departments Which Have to
Look After the Boys in Blue"-De-
sire to Increase the Present Force.

The United States army as regu-
lar establishment was limited to 25,-
600 men exclusive of departmental
corps, before the recent act of Con-
gress increasing it to over 100000. At
its head were three major generous
and six bragadier generals. The Sc
Nor major general, Nelson \. Miles,
is commander in chief. The others
and the brigadiers commanded de-
partments. The adjutant general and
his staff conduct all correspondence,
keep records and have the general
management of recruiting. The in
spector generals department is charg-
ed with supervision of every branch
of the service, and responsible for its
efficiency. The quartermaster gener-
al has control of the clothing, forage,
transport, quarters and everything
necessary for an army in the field,
except what is eaten by the men, or
needed for the care of the sick and
wounded.
\ regular subsistence department
feeds the army, and does it in such
businesslike way that according to
Secretary Stanton. this branch of the
service never failed" during the four
years of civil war, when it disbursed
something like 1862. 100000. The med
ical, pay and ordnance departments.
the engineering bureau, organized on
plan that renders them capable of
almost illimitable expansion in emer-
gency.
The engineer corps. which dates
from the time of Washington. may
claim to be the source of all military
organization in the states. 1t found
ed West Point, the best military aca-
deny in the world, and managed it
until the rebellion of 1861 led people
to think that engineers with their
extra caution on the side of safety"
were not the men to cope with the ac-
tive and dashing leaders, who did not
stop to count costs when they had an
object to attain. In it's present form
the engineering department is excel
lently qualified by scientific acquire
ments and practical training for ev-
cry duty that may be demanded of it
in the field.
In addition to all this there is the
militia, which is capable of being
raised to mighty host numerically
in time. but it cannot be counted up
on for the first shock of war. Gen
eral Wesley Merritt has given it as
his opinion that though the militia
of the United States will answer well
the purpose of a second line in case
of emergency, sit is not now and it
never has been in the first days of
| a war fit to take the field" He holds
as a good patriot should. chat there
is not an army in the world that car
defeat an equally strong American ar.
my prepared with proper drill and
discipline. But these take time, and
, neither Ukase of Gar, Bull of Pope
nor Act of Congress. can make an
army without them"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
VIM. G. IRWIN
CLAUS SPRECKELs. WIN. G. IRWIN
Claus SpreCkeIS & Go
CLAUS SPRECKELs.
B a N * 10 R - e.

ID ~ ~ n ~ TX -
HONOLULU HI.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada Bank
of San Francisco.
LONDON-The Union Bank of Lon
don, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Merchants National Bank.
PARIS-Comptoir National d'Escomp-
tie de Paris.
BERLIN-Dresdeu Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-Th
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank of New Zealand.
VICTORIA 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 Issued. Bills of Ex-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
HAD MANY AILMENTS.

"For years have been taking med
icines for liver complaint, heart trou-
BILE and nervous prostration, but three
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla have
done me more good than any other
medicine have ever taken. hearth
ly recommend it to Others" Mrs. S. A.
Judd, Vernon, Michigan.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05

ON THURSDAY, September /, 1898,
at 10 o'clock noon, at the front en-
trance of the Executive building, will
be sold at Public Auction, the lease
of the premises and building now oc-
cuped by Messrs. c.. Brewer & Co.,
Ltd, on Queen street, Honolulu.
Term-20 years.
Upset rental, $1,000 per annum.
Payable quarterly in advance.
The sale of this lease is upon the
condition that the lessee is to cut the
Queen street end of the building off
to conform with the street line as laid
down by the Government Survey De-
partment, and put modern iron, or
stone and glass front in same, rebuild
the wall at the makai corner if found
necessary, take out all windows and
doors and replace same with plate
glass and new frames in the lower
story, put in a new floor raising the
same to proper level, put in fire proof
vault in the building and to thor
oughly renovate and repair the prem
ises, and place a six foot stone walk
and curbing around the same. The
total amount of expenditure to be
not less than $4,000.
j. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, August /, 1898.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
Made
From
Hawaiian
Fruit.

The Guava, like the Mango,
a fruit which furnishes food
for many a people throughout
all tropical countries, possesses
medicinal virtues which are
certainly beneficial. A fam
Gus English writer, in treating
on the subject, stated that the
Almighty might have made a
better fruit, but if so it had
not been discovered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
A ROYAL RESCUE.

On May ~ Emperor William rescu-
ed a woman bicycIist from death in
one of the busiest streets of Berlin.
He jumped out of his carriage TO as
sist her, and caused the cabman
who was responsible for the accident
to be arrested. He also sent an aide
de camp to accompany the woman to
her home.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
Guava

Within our shores we grow
a bountiful supply of these
fruits, and as their value is
we'll known the introduction Of
the name is sufficient to insure
the endorsement of most all
who have INDUCED in eating
the fruit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
COrrects.

Most bowel correctants pro-
duce unsatisfactory results on
account Of their constipating
tendency, Guava Cordial will
not constipate.
Put up in 25-cent bottles.
Ask your druggist for it, and
take no substitute.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-05
Cordial

We have prepared a Cor
dial from the fruit Of the
Guava which cannot be sur
passed for correcting bowel
troubles. A sure panacea for
dysentery and summer COM
plant. Safe to administer to
children. The taste is quite
pleasant.
The Republican., 1898-02-17

of which a sort of wooden box stall had
been constructed for his accommoda.
ton. Though this case was entirely
comfortable, Tobie did not like it. Wait
ing until no one was near, he put his
shoulder against the side of the boz
and pushed it fiat on the deck. Then he
made his way down the companionway
and suddenly appeared, to the conster.
nation of all who were there, in the
saloon of the first-class passenger He
was dragged out and placed in a newly
constructed cage on the deck.
But the very next day he upset the
new cage and, taking look at the
ocean, he made his way to the galleys,
where dinner was being prepared.
Here he proceeded to help himself to
all the salads and vegetables he saw in
sight.
This time a cage was built so solidly
that Tobie could not break it down. He
was compelled to stay in it until the
ship arrived at Marseilles. Here it was
necessary to take him off by means of
stout belts around his body and der
rick
The Republican., 1898-02-17
Are Not Afraid of Sharks.

Honolulu natives have no fear of
sharks, and actually hunt them in the
water. They are unsurpassed swim
mers and divers, and with knife can
dispatch almost amy shark, if the water
is deep enough to dive beneath the fish.
1t is even reported that the natives
have been known to lasso sharks with
a strong cord. They carry down the
moose and slip it over the sharks tail.
The upper end of the cord is held in a
boat above, and at the first jerk the
shark is hauled up, tail foremost, and
then dispatched with knives fastened
on poles.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
TIMELY FARM HINTS.

Clover hay is the best for the milk
cows and the ewes with lambs.
Plan this winter to reduce the mum.
Der of waste places on the farm.
Manure can often be hauled out
when there is snow on the ground.
One of the best places to apply wood
ashes is on the patch intended for po-
tatoes.
Especially fattening foods should be
excluded from that supplied to the
growing colts.
Generally the more compact in form
the farm produce is sold the better
the profit.
1t is the amount of fat that cream
ing and churning will get out that de-
termines the value of milk.
There is no surer destruction to q
herd, however good, than that OF
breeding to an inferior sire.
Keep well up with the manure haul
ing; it will save much time in the
spring when work is pressing.
There is nothing like a good supply
of milk to make the work of the lamb.
ing season light and pleasant.
Rye starts earliest and grows faster
than the grasses on the farm and is
well adapted for early pasturage.
High feeding, drying up premature
ly or milking irregularly, weeds out,
clogs and contracts the milk of cows.
1t is not always the question of i'm
mediate returns which should govern
us but the question of permanent gain.
Farmers Union.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
A TOOTHBRUSH TALE.
An Old Story and One That Is Brand
New.


Three society girls sat in the newly dec
grated boudoir of the blue-eyed girl The
brown-eyed girl remarked that she wished
some one would remind her to buy tooth
brush the next time she went downtown.
Then she laughingly asked:
Girls, what would you call toothbrush
-one of the amenities of civilization?"
Il would call it a necessity" exclaimed
the blue-eyed girl. THAT reminds me,
girls" she continued, "of story my Uncle
James used to tell / always had my doubts
about this story of Uncle James, but will
tell you what he said.
He was going from Boston to New York
one time on one of the new Sound steam
ers, and he shared his stateroom with a
strange NAH. When morning came, Uncle
James got up first, dressed, and went on
deck. Presently he came back to pack his
travelling bag. He remembered that he had
left his toothbrush on the rack On looking
for it, he discovered his roommate using it
vigorously. Supposing that mistake had
been made, he said:
II beg, your pardon, sir, but that is my
toothbrush
Indeed said the man, you must ex.
cuse me; | thought it belonged to the boat
oh! OH OH" exclaimed the gray-eyed
girl, waving her hands frantically, that is
the same story my Uncle Robert always
told. 1t didn't happen to either one Of
"Of course not" assented the blue-eye6
girl, laughing. eve have caught both oul
uncles in ibs now, haven't we?"
The brown-eyed girl looked at her frinedi
In disgust.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
IN ALI, SORTS OF WEATHER.

He tried the best physicians but without
Icing benefited and has used several specific
rheumatic cures, but was, not helped;
About one year and six months ago he read
in this paper of a case somewhat similar to
his which was cured by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box he felt some
pains entirey disappeared, the dizziness left
him, and he has now for over year been
entirely free from all his former trouble and
enjoys better health than he has had since
his boyhood.
He is loud in his praise of Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate the above statements. His post
Office address is Lorenzo Neeley, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in con-
densed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
THE STRAP PUZZLE.
After Reading This Article You Will
Know How to Solve 1t.

After Reading This Article You Will
Know How to Solve 1t.
Your minds have, 10y much practice,
been trained to solving problems and
working out puzzles and tricks, but do
you think you could possibly olsen
tangle these loops and coils without
help? To be sure, the illustrations are
very clear, and you might follow them
and learn how; but lest your patience
give out and my little boys and girls
grow cross, it will be, perhaps, wise to
aid you. To make the puzzle. provide
two pieces of leather about two inches
square and one long, narrow strip of
flexible leather, which any shoemaker
can furnish. Now cut a slash across
two, sides of each square near the edges,
which for identification we will call the
top and bottom, and likewise a long
slash in each end of the strap. The
problem is to loop the straps ON the
squares, as shown at figure No. 1, and
then take it off again. You will find it
easy with the strap entirely free to
make the loop shown at the top of fig
ure No. 1. Having done so, pass the
free end of the strap down through the
other slash and one end of the puzzle
The Republican., 1898-02-17
TO Denver in Less Than IS HonrS--
Only One Night En- ROutA-Nxhc
Colorado Special"

70 Denver I'm Less Than IS Hours--
Only One Night En- ROutA-~xhc
Colorado Special"
Beginning Feb. 9th, new train was
placed in service between Chicago and Den
yer via the Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line, which will make the fastest
schedule ever maintained between Chicago
and Colorado's Capital City.
This train will be known as "The Colorado
Special and will leave Chicago via the Chi
cago & Northwestern R'y at 1000 A. M.
every day and reach Denver at l:30 the fol-
lowing afternoon. Eastbound, this train
| will leave Denver daily at $3.50 p. NJ. and
| reach Chicago 8:45 the next evening Con-
neetions will be made in the Union Depot
| at Denver to and from trains of all the Colo
RADIO lines.
Train will be vestibuled throughout,
| lighted with Pintsch gas, and will consist Of
Drawing Room Sleeping Cars Free Reclin-
| ing Chair Cars, Buffet, Smoking and Lii
| brary Cars, coaches and Dining Cars serving
| all meals en- route. A feature in connection
with the service of this train, which will be
| appreciated by tourists, is that it will afford
| an opportunity for a daylight ride through
the progressive and thickly settled portions
of Illinois and Iowa, which has been i'm
possible heretofore, as all trains for Denver
have left Chicago in the evening
| Daily service to Denver via The Pacific
| Limited leaving Chicago 1920 P. NJ. viii
| be continued.
The Republican., 1898-02-17

sing the formula for such a very valuable
remedy."-W. II. LAWRENCE, Editor, The
Ohio Farmer, Cleveland. Ohio.
Keep bottle of DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral handy, on the desk, in the office, on
the shelf or in the closet at home, and you
will have at hand remedy that is capable
at any time Of saving you suffering, money,
and even life. There is no malady so
prolific Of evil results as a neglected cold.
There is no medicine so prom pity Elective
in curing a cold and absolutely eradicaiing
its effects, as DR.. Ayers Cherry Pecto-aL
Every traveller should carry it. Every
household should keep it. 1t cures every
variety of cough, and all forms of lung
and throat trouble. Asthma, bronchitis,
Group, and whooping cough, are promptly
cured by it, and it has in many cases over
come pulmonary diseases in aggravated
forms, when all other remedies failed to
help and physicians gave no hope Of cure
Those who for convenience have wanted u
smaller sized bottle of DR.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral, can now obtain il of their dealer
in half size bottles, at half price-so cents
Send for DR.. Ayers Curebook, and read
more of the cures effected by this remedy.
The book coutsics ISc pages, and is sent
free, on request, by the ]. c. Aver Co..
Lowell, Mass.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
POULTRY FOR PROElr.
No Danger That There VIII lie an
Over Supply of Eggs.

ONer supply OF EEEss
There are very few farmers who
realize how much money comes from
the poultry and eggs that are produced
on the farm. If they study the matter
up they will find that the hens in the
barnyard pay more for the food they
consume than almost anything else, in
fact, except the indispensable horse,
whose value is hard to compute, being
so much depended upon, so says writ
er in Poultry Tribune. The farmer can
keep a hen for less than so cents per
year. This has beef proven time and
again, and it is poor sort of a hen
that will not produce ten dozen eggs
year. The average price is about ten
cents a dozen. Allowing the cost of
keeping is so cents, and that eggs aver
age but ten cents dozen the year
through, it will be seen the income is
100 per cent. on the investment of keep.
If he keeps his poultry as he should
the average price will be nearer 20
cents dozen than ten cents, for he
will get eggs in the winter when prices
are high. With all the increase in the
products of the poultry yards of the
country there has never been a year
when we did not import eggs, and this
has not fallen off, except
as the tariff effected it, and the tariff
of five cents dozen did not cut off i'm
portation entirely. The United States
is fast becoming a nation of poultry
and egg eaters because the wholesome
ness of poultry and the relative cheap
ness of eggs as compared with meats
are becoming better understood all the
time and the result is that the demand
for poultry and eggs grows nearly as
fast as the supply is increased, and the
average rises slowly year by year. No
one need hesitate about going into the
business of raising poultry from any
fear that there will be an oversupply. A
low price always meets an increased
demand, and this fosters an appetite
for eggs and poultry, which is satisfied
when eggs go up again, and the business
keeps on growing. 1t will keep on in
definitely, for poultry can and will be
kept with profit when the country is
much more thickly populated than it is
now
The Republican., 1898-02-17
MOCKlNG-BIRD COURT.
Butcher Bird Was Found Guilty ana
Executed Promptly.


While out in an orange grove the 9th
er day John Jones, of Sanford, Fla,
was attracted by the twittering of a
large number of mocking birds and
others around a thicket in the lower
part of the grove. Proceeding cautious
ly, he was enabled to get close to the
assembly of birds without exciting at
tention or causing them any alarm.
Peering through thicket, he beheld
dozen or more mocking birds that
were arranged in a half circle, all twit-
tering and talking as if they were hold
ing council of war or political meet
ing. In the center lay big butcher
bird, its brown plumage bespattered
with blood, while one wing hung help
less down by its side. On each side was
mocking bird holding the wing of
the prisoner, for so it seemed to be, in
its bill. The butcher bird, by the way,
is deadly enemy of the mocking bird
and many others. 1t is a vicious, saw
age, bloodthirsty little wretch, always
lighting, and it has the most cruel ways
of securing its food.
1t would seem that the mocking birds
had combined and caught one of their
enemies and proposed to deal summary
vengeance. For several minutes the
mocking birds twittered, some angrily
some noisiiy and others more quietly,
as if engaged in very grave discussion
as to what should be done with the
butcher bird before them. The latter
lay in the grasp of its enemies, its
bright, undaunted eyes rowing from
side to side, as if seeking to escape
just as the final conclusion seemed to
be reached it made plunge to get
away, but the mocking birds were Wig
liant, and they held on to it.
AT the signal the mocking birds all
pitched forward, fiercely attacking the
heartless butcher bird. The latter
fought tiercely, but he was overpow-
cred, and in few moments he was
literally picked to pieces. Its feathers
were scattered on all sides, and soon
nothing was left but the bloody car
cass. Three of the mocking birds
pushed it off the stump and the others
brought few twigs, which they cast
over it, showing that they would deign
to bury the body of their enemy-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
THE STRAP PUZZLE.

is finished. Then pass the free end of
The strap up through the first slash of
the second square and down through
the second slash.
All plain sailing so far, but how to
make the second loop? Figure No. 2
shows you. Bring the free end of the
strap around the lower slash, slip it
back through the upper slash, stick the
upper square, loop and all, through the
loop in the lower end of the strap, pull
the strap back until it forms the loop
shown in the lower end of figure No. l
and there you are. In taking the
squares off the loops this process is
simply reversed. Easy enough, don't
you think?-when you know how
Eutterick's Delineator.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
CLOVER CUTTER.

the box, as shown in the cut. The cut
ter is pestle-shaped affair, square al
the lower end. To this are attached
three sharpened steel plates, as sug-
gested. Set them into the wood and
bolt securely. Any blacksmith can
make these plates, and they can be
sharpened on the grindstone. With
this, one can cut up clover as the house
wife chops meat in her tray, but few
moments being required to cut sutf-
cient for a large flock. American
Agriculturist.
The Republican., 1898-02-17
An Old War-HOrse of journalism Dis
covers the Virtue of New
Medicinal Variety.
Onlv a, few of them left

There are only few of them left.
Since Chas. A. Dana's death, Joseph Me-
dill, the war-horse of the Chicago Tribune,
is the chief surviving representative of the
old school of vlrile, aggressive editorial
giants.
To have mud thrown at them was part of
the profession at all times, but to find health
in mud is rather modern innovation. That
is what Joseph Medill has been doing of
late.
Mr. Medill is an investigator and when
the stories of the miraculous Magno-Mud at
Indiana Mineral Springs began to spread
over the country, the great editor became
interested and eventually decided to try this
mysterious substance on his own rheumatic
limbs and weigh its value. He was accom-
panied by his private physician, young
Armenian scientist of high attainments.
The great editor was mud mummifed daily
for several weeks and gained visibly in
weight, strength and vitality.
The final result of the experiment was an
unqualified success. Mr.. Medill went
back to Chicago in September, and wrote an
editorial about Magno-M with his own
hand. Next, he sent his sonin-law for a
little of the mud-treatment. In November
he went down again, and since the new
bath house is completed he expects to be a
regular visitor four times year.
This mud-treatment in which Mr.. Medill
found so much virtue, is peculiar, yet logical.
After all, every form of life springs from the
earth, which is the great destroyer and assim-
ilator of dead and effete matter. At the
Indiana Mineral Springs is a beautiful little
natural amphitheatre, the slopes being
grown with magnificent oaks At the foot Of
the converging hills, a big Lithia spring
gushes forth at the rate of 1900 barrels day
and floods the soil, which consists of a rich,
black porous loan, fed by the deciduous
foliage of the oak trees. This peculiar soil
saturated with mineral salts for ages is as
soluble as sugar, and being devoid of clay is
not sticky in the least. 1t is not, therefore,
in any sense related to the conventional mud
of the roadway, of the Chicago street or to
the variety which clings to your heels.
The mud is applied to the patient on cot
the subject being entirely encased in the
uf~tance, steamed to proper temperature
1t then acts as q poutice, stimulates the
skin, superficial blood vessels and nerves
opens the pores and Initiates the blood, dis
solving all uric acid deposits. Nothing can
be simpler or more rational.