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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27

polite society or beforera superior, Of a
woman, a pig or a Jew, it is incumbent
to make use of an apology, "Hash-ak!"
A Moor knows how to enjoy good
joke to the full, and, seated on the
floor, he bends backward and forward
without restraint in his laughter. Of
ten the teller of the story will join in
the process, too. Raising their right
hands far above their heads as they
roll back, they bring them together in
a hearty shake. There never was a
grander way of enjoying joke invent
ed. The women when happy give vent
to their feelings by a shrill ''Yoo, 700,
700, VOC, yoo yoo yoo!"-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27
THE CUBAN WATER MONKEY.

THE CUBAN WATER MONKEY"
The Cubans have domestic utensiI
called water monkey" that is to be
found in houses, hotels and offices IT
answers the same purpose as the ella
and the clay jugs in Mexico It is made
of gray porous clay and is manufact-
ured in Malaga where the raisins
come FROM BY absorption and evap-
Grafton blanket of cool air surrounds
the jug continually and keeps the
water almost as cold as if it contained
ice. In country where ice is both
scarce and expensive these jugs are in
dispensable.
The water monkeys have two atert-
ures, one about the size of a dollar,
through which the water is poured into
glass: On the opposite side is a pro-
tuberance with a small hole running
through it. From this the experienced
Cuban drinks without touching It to
his lips. When about to drink he holds
1t two or three inches from his mouth,
into which the tiny stream If water
pours. Gradually and slowly he lifts
the money away from him until it is
almost at arms length, the water cor
tinuing to flow through the monkey
down his throat. Occasionally the
drinker gulps, and when his thirst has
been satisfied he returns the monkey
toward his mouth, then suddenly tils
1t up, shutting off the stream. IT takes
considerable experience to drink out Of
a water monkey gracefully. The be-
ginner sends a stream of water down
his neck instead of his throat forr
times out of five until he has mastered
the art.-F'rom the Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27

Cumso-"Fosdick has moved from
the third floor of his apartment house
to the fourth to show his admiration
for Kipling." Cawker-"How does
that show his admiration for Kipling?"
Cumso-".Why, that's another story
Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27
Ed11rattn1I.
THE DESSAUER- TROOSTWYK

School Of Music, ISL Chapel Street.
The only complete institution of this kind
In Connecticut Vocal and Instrumental
instruction. Pupils prepared for the Mu-
steal Department of Yale. Office hours: -
to and to p. M
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
AWARDED FIRST PRIZE
Merit Wins.

One of the most attractive displays
at the Mechanics Fair this year was
the one made by HILBERT BROS,
Pacific Coast Agents for the Saint
Louis A. B. c. Bohemian Beer. This
beer was awarded FIRST PRIZE, not
withstanding it having had to COM
pete with some of the best known
brands whose names are household
words. Pale and Sparkling with an
excellent Hop Aroma, and renowned
for it's purity it makes an Ideal Fam
lily Beer. The beer is brewed from the
finest growths of Bohemian Hops and
the Choicest Selections of Barley by
the American Brewing Company, st.
Louis, Mo-, whose brewing plant is
conceded to be the model brewing
plant of the world. The Saint Louis
A. B. G. Bohemian Beer is bottled ex-
clusively at the Brewery from stock
not less than eight months old.
(The above clipping is from the San
Francisco Chronicle of late date.)
We have the exclusive agency
for this excellent article, and
are offering it at the lowest
market rates.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
GENERAL WOODFORD HOME
HE Is WARMLY RECEIVED BY
THE PRESIDENT.
There was a Purpose in Sending the
Ultimatum to Spain in English In
stead of Cipher.

NEW YORK. May S.-General Stew
ard l.. Woodford United States Min
lister to Spain. arrived on La Touraine
this morningf, and left for Washing
ton this afternoon. La Touraine also
had on board a number of attaches
of the United States legation at Ma
drid.
The administration had a purpose
in transmitting to General Woodford
the ultimatum of the United States to
Spain in open English instead of in
the State Department cipher, which
is usually employed in cable cores
pondence with diplomatic representa-
tives. 1t was expected by the Presi-
dent that the message to Minister
Woodford would be laid before the
Sagasta Ministry before it was deliv-
cred to General Woodford, and in this
he was not incorrect. as events prov
ed. The message was delayed many
hours in delivery, and Minister Wood
ford afterwards learned that the ulti-
matum had been in the hands of Sa-
gasta and had been considered by the
Cabinet long before he learned that il
had arrived. Thus it was that the
Spanish government was enabled to
give him his passport before he had
an opportunity to deliver the ultima
tum formally to the Madrid govern
ment. The fact that the ultimatum
was not presented to the Spanish gov
eminent was entirely satisfactory to
the administration. as it was in accor-
dance with the expectations of the
President
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
WAIKIKI LOTS
SALE

There are 10Y Choice Lots
for sale at Waikiki, right
mauka of the end of the
tramway line. Several lots
are facing the Makee Island
band stand.
This is one of the best
locations nea- the Sea Beach.
The ground is as .ovel as a
billiard table.
For prices and terms apply
To
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17

Many old soldiers now feel the eff
fects of the hard service they endur-
ed during the war. Mr.. George S.
Anderson, of Rossville, York county,
P0nn, who saw the hardest kind of
service at the front, is now frequent
ly troubled with rheumatism. ST had
a severe attack recently" he says;
"and procured a bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. 1t did so much
good that I would like to know what
you would charge me for a dozen bot
ties" Mr.. Anderson wanted it both
for his own use, and to supply it to
his friends and neighbors, as every
family should have a bottle of it in
their home, not only for rheumatism,
but lame back, sprains, swellings,
cuts, bruises and burns, for which it
is unequalled. For sale by Benson,
Smith &c Co., wholesale agents. All
druggists and dealers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
SUGAR FLEET ARRIVES.
Have Trouble With the Quarantine
Officers at San Francisco.

san FRANCISCO, May Eleven
Honolulu packets have sailed in
through the Golden Gate within the
past two days. They all left various
Hawaiian ports at different times.
and encountered various degrees of
weather, but all reached here in II
bunch. The schooner Muriel, which
arrived Thursday afternoon, made the
last days run in good steamer time.
All of the boats brought sugar and
every one of them was stopped in the
quarantine grounds and anchored
there. There was not much room in
side the quarantine boundaries, and
very poor anchorage, for the reason
that it is so exposed. a stiff gale of
wind was blowing Thursday night.
All the captains declared yesterday
that their first night in port gave
them more anxiety than the whole
voyage, and they all gave DR.. Rose
nau. the federal quarantine officer, the
credit for having placed them in SO
perilious a position.
Ever since Dr.. Rosenau assumed the
duties of federal quarantine officer he
has been heartily disliked by the
shipping men of the port, but he has
now developed into a positive menace
to the safety of vessels arriving from
foreign ports and an obstruction to
the commerce of San Francisco. He
distinguished himself yesterday by
importing the safety OF six Honolulu
packets.
The six vessels that arrived yester-
day came in one after another. BY
the time Dr. Rosenau had finished
with one the next was in sight, but
instead of going to meet it he return
ed to the wharf, waited until the YES
sci was almost at the limits of the
quarantine grounds, and then ordered
the anchor dropped. When the schoo-
ner Robert Levers arrived DR.. Rose
nau was not at his post, and when he
finally showed up the vessel has pass
ed the line. He ordered her about, al
though, owing to the other vessels be-
ing anchored near by, he just manag-
ed it at the expense of several hal
yards and narrowly avoided running
ashore on Alcatraz Island. The school,
ner had to jibe twice while waiting
for the doctor, and when he finally
arrived he forced her captain to come
to an anchor, although all was well
on board and the anchorage in all the
quarantine grounds is poor. Shippers
have come to associate the federal
doctor with lost anchors.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest safest and really
On the long run, the cheapest and best light
for use in the family residence, is the mean
descent electric light. Safe; nothing could
be safer. A few days ago prominent gem
Sleman of Honolulu came rushing down to
che office of the Electric Company and said:
~Give me figures for wiring my house, and
want it done at once; no more lamps for me.
Last night lamp tipped over and it came
so near setting fire to the house and burning
my children and l take no more risks"
This is the sentiment of quite number in
the past few weeks, who have ordered their
houses fitted with the perfect light.
Just think it over and make up your mind
chat you want the best and safest light; send
Cor the Hawaiian Electric Company and tell
Ghem what you wall.
We have a complete stock of everything in
Ghis line and have just received lot of the
very latest designs in chandeliers
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
ALMOST GONE

That most delicious spring beverage
Book beer, which has been on tap at
the Criterion saloon, is almost all sold
out. Those who desire to indulge in
a last drink can do so for a very linn
tied time, at the Criterion saloon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
AFTER POPPLETON'S RENT.

Attorneys argued points of law in
the case of McChesney d Sons VS.. j..
II. Fisher in Judge Perry's court yes
terday afternoon. This matter grew
out of the filing of claims against the
Poppleton restaurant some months
ago. After the lawyers have finished
with the court jury will be impan-
nelled and the case will be submitted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17

Pictures of warships of the Ameri-
can Navy in The Star portfolio, 10
cents and one coupon for each part.
Sixteen pictures in each part.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-17
HOP HONG,
Tailor.

A Fine Assortment OF American,
English and Scotch Cloths on hand
Good Work and a First Class Fit
Guaranteed. Clothes Cleaned and Re-
paired.
No. 40 Nuuanu Street. Honolulu, Fl. I.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-09
CYCLES OF PROSPERITY.
ditions Affect the Great Food
Staples.
c. Wood Davis. in seIf Culture.

C. Wood Davis. in Self Culture.
There is very generally held belief. IL
entirely baseless, that cycles of prosperity
and cycles of hard times" follow each
other with foreordained regularity. and
to those entertaining such belief facts
are of as little value as to those who be-
lieve that as men exist without their own
voIition. the power that brought them into
the world will provide the requisite food.
Notwithstanding such beliefs it Is demon
strabIe that the recent over-abundance OF
the great food staples of the temperate
zones, and consequent low prices and world
wide agricultural distress, are results that
necessarily followed variations, in a par
ticular direction, of atmospheric conditions,
although, within certain well-defined limits.
such conditions are among the most stable
of natural phenomena. This Is evidenced
by the fact that. taking a field as wide as
the regions Inhabited by the bread
populations of European blood, the last "a
wheat harvests have given acre yields
averaging 12.T bushels. and that from this
median line acre yields have varied but
II per cent in the downward direction
and 11.9 per cent in the opposite one.
while in but one-third of the q years has
the yield varied as much as . per cent
from the mean.
The law OF averages being inexorable.
we may, when we have determined the
average. safely assume that the future
will for periods long enough to @ sauin-
brate climatic variations. produce like re-
suits in soil production. although Elch re-
suits may be modified very slightly by
improvements in culture and fertilization.
Sucn improvements must. from the very
nature OF the case. be confined TO an IN
fnitesimal portion of the fields of the
'bread-eating world during the coming
% years. and are quite certain TO he onset
in whole or in part by a somewhat myth
ical deterioration of the worlds acres
when cropped without fertilization Both
these factors are too Insignificant to be
worth considering but q small portion
of the bread-bearing areas are either
within the sphere outside the Central Ash
attic regions where the earth is being des-
located by profound climatic changes
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-09
CEDAR CIGAR BOXES.
spanish Cedar, Which Comes From
Cuba, Is the Best for This
Purpose.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
There are something like 100000 cigar
boxes used in the United States annually,
and about nine-tenths of that number are
made in this city. where the trade rivals
the clothing industry in point of capital
invested and the number of people en-
ployed, said a leading cigar box manu-
facturer in New York to the writer yes
terday. The material out of which the
best boxes are made comes principally from
recent war with Spain has shortened the
supply and increased the price of the drti-
Gle to such an extent that many boxmakers
whose stock of cedar was small early last
spring. have been compelled to use a cheap
er and less desirable grade of wood for the
purpose.
..One New York firm has been experiment.
ing with timber from the unexplored Par
aguayan forests. which are said to contain
the finest cedar wood in the world. They
have, however. experienced considerable
dificulty in selling their boxes. as cigar
manufacturers and connoisseurs insist that
II spoils fine cigaH to put it in any box
latter wood always retains the flavor of a
good cigar. Indeed, some people claim that
it improves the flavor. The reason given
Is that it grows in the same localities as
the best Havana tobacco.
Attempts made to use cedar grown in
the United States for cigar boxes have not
been very successful The Florida an and
gum that melts when the wood is ex-
posed to the heat OF a store or house. and
thus the labels and sometimes the cigars
in a box are spoiled. OF course. the smok-
ers of cheaper brands of cigars are less
particular about the quality of the wood
used for their boxes, and a veneered cedar.
made from peculiar sort of cedar that
grows In Mexico. Is often substituted for
the Spanish article. But it cannot be done
without the cigar dealers finding it out;
and the consequence Is that even a good
cigar when packed in such a box sells at a
disadvantage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-09
Mr. Letter and the Price of Wheat.
Wood Davis. in Self Culture.

C. Wood Davis in Self Culture
The falls in the price of wheat. so con-
tinuous from 1882 to 1896. as well as declines
in prices for other food staples. have been
natural and inevitable. as have the ad-
yances obtaining during the last two years.
Therefore we need not attribute the pros
perity of the farmer. and the resulting pros
perity of the nation. to such an ephemeral
incident as the operation of Mr.. Joseph
Letter upon the Produce exchange. Such
operations were impossible without such
shrinkage in the worlds wheat supply as
occurred in 1897. Mr.. Letters operations,
and the rise in price enormously attributed
thereto. resulted from a wheat crop which
gave an aggregate outturn of but 10000
900 bushels from the areas inhabited by the
populations of European lineage as against
aggregates from the preceding five harvests
averaging 2lS0. coo. 600 bushels. That is. the
"bread-eating worlds" the world inhabi-
ted by bread-eaters of European blood out
turn of wheat in 1897 was 2s0Oo1,CO bushels
below the annual average from the same
fields in the preceding five years and more
than 900 eco 900 bushels below world require
ments Under such conditions material
advance in price was inevitable. was
the entire dissipation OF all reserves. and
the making Of large drafts upon the har-
vests of 1893 at an exceptionally early day:
these conditions Indicating that the grain
harvested in 1895 must cover the con-
sumption of more than twelve months.
With such conditions obtaining Mr.. Letters
operations resembled those of the late Ia
mented Mrs. Partington on the oceans
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-09
Women Three Centuries Ago.

From Golfers Weekly.
The time was, then, when women were
liable to the ready and. as ii We're the
handy reproach that they had the spirit
OF the fury. Other handy reproaches We
all know of as in use in later times: there
Is waning age. for example there is lack
OF beauty, there is-in lighter veiT-jeal-
ousy and there IL the Joyous joke OF their
reluctant celibacy: there is always canity.
or some other fact of very nature. But
800 years ago. and for some time onward,
there were the outbreaks of irresponsible
iil-temper. Man. master of himself. rail-
lied or rebuked the woman therefor; but
he also awarded to her offense the. toler-
alton which is implied in chasttfement.
For. after all. when you punish thing
;ou do endure condone and admit IT. Man
accepted the woman's violence. confessed
il. and-in the words of the mothers of our
pOpulols streets-';let her know.
He let her know. and no doubt there
was temporary peace. Katharine in time
might il is true. rise again. doUbly fired
by the memory of the unjustifiable pro
cesses of her capture and conquest: but
of that chance. too. man armed with a
whip, was indulgently aware. He was not
exacting. He did not ask improbabIities-
habituai self-control. for example--eXcept.
perhaps from heroines of legitimate trag-
edy E-IiZabethan woman. and woman of
the century succeeding, had her temper
ament''-had il out comparatively unmo-
Tested For what is the molestation in
jshrnent OF repression compared with that
of a tur6ening attribution of RESPONSE
biiitV? Nothing What is a box on the
ears compared with such a wound to liv-
ing and tender vanity as is caused by the
sense that public and private opinion holds
you cheap for your ill-temPer? Opinion in
those violent times was singularly good
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-09
WATERED HIS OWN GRAVE.
Why the Grass Was Always Green
AbOut "Marse Henry'S"
Tomb.

From the Atlantis Constitution.
1t Is not often that genuine ghost con-
descends to come out of obscurity and
work among mortals, but there is a story
about a spirit that found time to water its
own grave in broad daylight.
The story is told by Uncle" Ben CHS
holm. an old negro who was u slave before
the war, and who now lives several miles
out Of the city on a small farm that was
left to him by his former master.
When | wuz Marse Henry's boy, befo'
an endurin' of de war I heered i'm say
many an many time dat wen he died
he wanted lis grave kept green. an dat If
dey warn't nobody ter sprinkle hit dat
he'd come back ter yearth an do il hisself
heered i'm say dat myself. an l b'lieved
dat he meant hit. too.
Well, Marse Henry died soon after de
war an wuZ buried in de ole family bury
in ground an den went over ter Ala
grave twell long time awfter. Marse
Henry left me dis piece er groun when he
dltd. but 1 nuver had no use fer it tweli
az, awfter T los los nah haa,, wife. an den fought
nah farm. When i got back dey had
turned de old buryin grOun inter simon
terry an ! got de job er diggin' de
graVeSes.
Il nuver knowed which WIZ Marse Hem
ry y, cause dey wuz so many jus like
but soon forn' out an 1t mos skeered de
fer a man what died of de fever one day
an somehow | jes' feel dat somebody wuz
walkin down de parth. an when | looked
up ter see who twuz. / mos drapped dead
in nah tracks. fer it wuZ Marse Henry
Jes as natchel life. He had a ole tin
waterin pot in is han AN he nuver said
wurd, but went right straight ter "a little
grabe what WIZ covered wild grass an
commenced ter water hit.
Il knowed hit wuZ Marse Henry's ghost
de very mint put nah eyes on hit. cause
l could see clean through ii. an. awfter hit
got trough waterin' de grade. hit les
walked up de path an outen de gate an
nuver see hit again fer a week / arsked
one of de men at de simonterry whose
grabc dat wuz, an shore nuff it turned out
ter be Marse Henry's.
DE grass on dat grabe wuz de greenes'
in de whole place an people used to won
der bout hit. but, dough / knowed de
reason. l amt nuver let on tall Well.
awfter dat used to watch fer Marse Hem
rvs sperret mos constant an hit allus
showed up on time. cause he wuZ a VERY
punctillious man when he live, an I know
he amt goin' ter drap de habit Wen he
dead. Den de coffin wuz dug up an de-
simonterry moved ter 'nuther place an
dough I go to de new grade / amt neber
see de ghost no more frum dat day ter dis
Marse Henry shore WIZ pertickler bout
havin his grabe KEEP green. an dat wuz
whut made he sperret come back wild de
Waterin' Dot