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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21
NEN BOOK BULLETIN.
GOLDEN = RULE : BAZAAR
BIG FORT STREET. HONOLULU.

316 FORT STREET. HONOLULU.
With Fire and Sword, by Sienkie-
Wicz.
On the Bright Shore, by sienIkie-
wicz.
That Third Woman, by Sienkiewicz.
Malcom Kirk, by Charles NJ. Shell
don.
\ Fair Reyolutionist, by st. George
Rathborn.
Old Ebenezer, by Opie Read.
Mrs. Annie Green, by Opie Read.
In Buncombe Country, by Pool.
The Awakening of Noahville, by
North.
The Unseen Hand. by Lynch.
A Wounded Name, by Captain Chas.
King, u. S. A.
For the Defense, by Fergus Hume.
Whiz, by Holbrook.
Eat Not Thy Heart, by Gordon.
Lost Mans Lane, by Anna X. Green.
Ballyho Bey, by Gunter.
A Lost American, by Gunter.
The Damnation of Theron Weir, by
Frederic.
The Mighty Atom, by Corelli.
The Lust of Hate, by Boothby.
Four Months After Date, by TYLER.
And many others.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21
TIME TABLE
u DER STEAMSHIP COMPANY
1903.
s. s. KINAU,
CLARKE, Commander,

Msll leave Honolulu every Tuesday al
AZ o'clock a. M, touching at Lahalna
Maalaea Bay and Makena the same
aAy; Mahukona, Kawaihae and Lau'
pAhoehoe the following day, arriving
A Hilo Wednesday.
Returning will sail from Hilo every
Friday at s o'clock p. M, touching az
kaupahoehoe, Mahukona and Naval
hae, MAIZENA,, Maalaea Bay ana La,
Aaina the following day, arriving al
honolulu Sunday a. m.
Will call at PohoiBi, Puma, on the
second trip of each month, arriving
Mere on the morning of the day OF
sailing from Hilo to Honolulu.
The popular route to the Volcano is
Via Hiio. A good carriage road the
nmtire distance.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21

Same is laid out with streets
each so feet wide, each lot 4
containing $4,000 square feet,
l0Ox150 and 75x2Oo, which
we offer at $500 each, on pay
ments of 500 cash and bal
lance in monthly installments
Of $25.
Those desiring to visit the
property will be personally at
tended and conveyed to and
from same by making engage
ments at our office, where fur
Their information will be fur
nished, and where a map of
the tract can be seen.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21
THE WORTH OF OUR
GOODS MAKES PRAISE
NEEDLESS.

Our furnishings are the
latest patterns, the most
stylish, and the best.
Our clothing is widely
known for its make,
fit and wear.
Our prices are the lowest
possible for the high class
goods we carry. We pay KASH,
and sell for KASH, that is
why we can afford to'sell the
best goods at prices you
would have to pay others
for the poorest.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21
SHIPPING intelligence
ARRIVALS.
Saturday Move

ARRIVALS.
Saturday, November 10.
Stmr. j. a. Cummins, Searle, from
Oahu ports.
Gasoline schr. Malolo, Sass, from
Molokai.
Stmr. Kinau, Clarke, from Hilo.
Sunday, November 20.
Stmr. w. g. Hall, Haglund, from
Kauai.
Stmr. Mikahala, Thompson, from
Kauai.
Stmr. Claudine, Cameron, from
Maui.
Stmr. Iva, Puni, from Kauai.
Monday, November 2t.
Am. sh. Yosemite, c. o. Anderson,
from Tacoma; October 2S.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21
A SMALL ARMY.

There are five hundred clerks en-
ployed under the accountant general
of the British navy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21
Rates Of Passage are as Follows:
SINGLE TRIP.

Rates Of Passage are as Follows:
SINGLE TRIP.
For San Francisco
OdDln s.'s.''... .........p 20
European Storage ........... rs
For Yokohama
CdDln ''''.'.... .s...s... Sl0U
European Storage .......... s.
For Hongkong-
OdDln ''.'...,.... ............. S115
European Storage ............ 100
ROUND TRIP.
For San Francisco
Cabin, months .............$125
For Yokohama
Cabin, 4 months ........... 1925 90
Cabin, ~ months ........... 262. so
For Hongkong-
Cabin, months ..........$ 1862. so
Cabin, 10 months ........... 316.25
For Freight and Passage and Gener-
al Information, apply to
II. Mackfeld e Co.,
(LIMITED.) AGENTS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-21

Per schr. Concord. for Kaunakokoi
November 21-Mr. Burke.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Last Lone Tea-Dollar Note.

From the Philad .lphia Record.
Swift the dear, delicious dimples come and go when
MaSie smiles:
Swifter still my hearts humping she spins her
gracious wilrs;
But the swftest thing l know of in this world of
heeting folk
Is the yoer money leaves You when your last
lone ten is broke.
Sadly slow it quits your wallet. back there comes
lot Of change
Ever watch the summer lightning playing the hor-
IONS range?
Ever try to time the fancies of maden-any one ::
These are lame and halt apd distanced by the
those dollars run.
Reasons why maid smiling, reasons why
maiden frownod--
Mortal men these mysteries have given up too
profound;
But deeper, darker question: Where's the sage or
saint who knows,
Or who has the dmnlest notion where the 'foresaid
money goes?
1 be- Niasie that she darent-we1, I'm happy that
l lost;
Yet won--none Of your business, none of mine to
count the cost;
She shall have the gloves this evening. though l go
through flame and smoke!
Anyhow, III see those dmples-though-m last
ten's-broke.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
4 kissing Nation.

From Iit-HtS
In no other part of the world is kissing
so much in vogue as in Russia. From time
immemoral it has been the national salute;
indeed, it is more of a ting than a ca
rcsS.
In public affairs, as in private the kiss
is an established custom. Fathers and sons
kiss; old generals with rusty mustaches
kiss; whole regiments kiss. The emperor
kisses his officers. on a reviewing day
there are almost as many kisses as shots
exchanged. If Hliputian corps of cadets
have earned the imperial approval. the i'm
peTial salute is bestowed upon the head
boy, who passes it on with a hearty report
to his nelghbor, he in his turn to the next,
and so on through the whole juvenile body.
On holiday or fete day the young and
delicate mistress of house will not only
kiss all Ler maid servants, but all her men
servants, too, and if the gentleman does
not venture above her hand, she will stoop
and kiss his cheek.
To judge. also, from the number of sa-
lutes, the matrimonial bond in these high
circles must be one of uninterrupted felic-
ity. gentleman scarcely enters or leaves
the room without kissing his wife, either on
her forehead. cheek or hand.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
The Chinese Chopstick.

From Appeton's Popular Monthly.
With the evidences of Asiatic contact sup
posed TO be so strong in Central America,
one might have imagined that so useful
device as the simple chopsticks would have
secured footing. These two sticks, held in
one hand and known in China hasten
ers, or nimble lads are certainly the most
useful, the most economical and the most
efficient device for their purposes ever in
vented by man. Throughout that vast
Asian region, embracing a population of
500,0o0,0 900, the chopstick is used as sub
stitute for fork, tongs and certain forms of
tweezers Even fish, omelet and cake are
separated with the ~chopsticks. and the
cook, the street scavenger and the watch
repairer use this device in the form of iron,
long bamboo and delicate ivory.
The bamboo chopstick was known in
China 100 B. c., and shortly after this date
the ivory form was devised. Its use is
one of great antiquity in Japan az attested
by references to it in the anctSM records
of that country. One may search in vain
for the trace of any object in the nature of
a chopstick in Central or South America.
Knitting needles of wood are found = the
work baskets associated with ancient Peru
Wan mummies, but the chopstick has not
been found. Curious pottery rests for the
chopsticks are exhumed in Japan, but even
this enduring testimony of its early use is
yet to be revealed In this country.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
SueZ Canal and the PeSs;miS.s

From he Engineering Magazine.
1t was shown that from an engineering
point of view the Suez canal was inDos-
SIbie, While from a commercial point of
View it was proved, up to the hlt, that.
even If the canal could be made. it would
so far as traffic went. be failure as mel
anchoiy to the philanthropist as it would
be disastrous TO the investor.
Ihe great authorities who spoke with so
mueh assurance are all dead, and it is well
Tor their comfort that they are.
IN lNb9 trdfhc between the west and tLe
east Via the Cape of Good Hope was about
.,'"'lEo tons. In 1897 the traffic through
the Suez canal was 1.S9S9s1 tons. while
mat round the Cape of Good Hope was at
least a.I=ab D0o tons
In other words. one direct result of the
construction Of the Suez canal has been
that in twenty-eight years the commerce
OF the world has been increased 5000 Oo0
tons annually.
1t Is hardly necessary to add 7hat the
return to the investor who risked his
money in what seemed to so MANY TO he
a hare-brained project has been. to say the
least OF 1t, of fairly satisfactory charac-
ter.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
THE PARIS NEWSBOY.
Generally Speaking He is More of a
Man Than a Boy.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

fi"iH the NslZette.
Strictly speaking, he is not a newsboy,
but a newsyouth or newsman. The au-
thorities in Paris do not approve of the
street arab in a business capacity, and in
consequence the streets are not filled with
that aggressive pest. AS he is debarred
from that means of making a livelihood, he
has to seek others, and the result is not al
ways to the advantage of the community
Most Londoners know Whitefriars street
and the motley crowd that collects therein
between 2 and pm. Imagine, if you
please street about half the length, with
the publishing offices of dozen evening
papers, and you will have an idea of the
confusion that prevails in the Partisan
press district every afternoon. From 10
until 1 pm. three policemen are sufficient
TO keep order; from until 5:3o O'Clock six
are stationed there. Passage through the
street is almost impossible; a dense crowd
blocks up the narrow footwayS and the
whole of the road. Every one talks at the
top of his Voice, and the guardians of the
peace stroll to and fro in pairs good-hu-
moredly chatting with those whom they
recognize. Many of the crowd OCCUPY their
leisure when they can ind a small open
space by playing pitch-and-toss The be-
nevolent interest of the police in this game
is rather startling. Several times l have
seen a big bobby shoulder his way into
for them.
This is but leisure, however; presently
the wicket of one of the newspaper offices
opens, and a fresh edition is ready for
distribution. rush takes place, and the
onlooker instinctively thinks of the charges
a. the gates of a foot ball field when d
big match is If there were noise be-
fore, there is tenfold now; and the at
tempts of the authorities to regulate the
mob are hopeless as home rule. One
by one, however, the laden news-venders
emerge from the crowd. and dart away
bawiing the name Of the paper in voice
much more musical as a rule, than that
with which the London boy announces his
wares. The price of these evening papers
varies from sd. to Is. Sd. per hundred. AS
they realize As, there is a very reasonable
proiit at first sight; but il takes a long
time to sell hundred, even with SEN
sational headline or two.
One of the curious characteristics of the
Partisan newsboy is that he frequently
Identifies himself with the opinions of the
paper he sells. AS a rule, your Partisan
vender sells but one paper and is devoted
to it soul and body-unless he can make
more money out of another.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
A TREELESS REGION,
surses That Follow the Denudation
of Forest Lands,
From the Atlantic.

From the Atlantic
Any one who has travelled through the
comparatively treeless countries around
the Mediterranean. such as Spain, Sicily
Greece, northern Africa and large portions
OF Italy, must fervently pray that our own
country may be preserved from so dismal
that is to be dreaded. but the loss of agri-
cultural regions now fertile and populous
which may be desolated by the foods that
rush down from bare hills and mountains
bringing with them vast quantities of sand
and gravel to be spread over the lowlands.
travelling "a few years ago through Tunisie
came suddenly upon fine Roman bridge
or stone over a wide. bare, dry river bed
1t stood some thirty feet above the bed of
the river. and had once served the needs
OF prosperous population. Marveling at
the height of the bridge above the ground
asked the French station master If the
river ever rose to the arches which carried
the roadway of the bridge. His answer
testihed to the flooding capacity of the
river and to he strength of the bridge
lie said, 4 have been here four yeilrs and
three tunes l have seen the river running
over the parapets Of that bridge That
country was once one of the richest gran
aries of the Roman empire 1t now
yields scanty support for sparse end
semi-barbarous population The whole
region round about is treeless. The care of
the national forests is a provision for fu-
ture generations, for the permanence over
vast areas of our country of the great in
dustries OF agriculture and mining upcn
which the prosperity of the country ulti-
mately depends. A good forest admnistra-
ton would soo1 support itself: bur it
should be organized in the interests of the
Whole country, no matter what il cost.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Women in Arabia.


Many an Arab lady never leaves her
house from the time she is married until
she is carried out to be buried. a woman
of the middle class is allowed more liberty.
and occasionally goes out for walks, ac-
companied, as a rule. by a servant. The
poor creature is enveloped in masses of
white drapery. which make her look like a
walking bundle, and in front of her face
she arranges large black scarf, embroid-
cred with blue, red and white flowers. 1t
falls low in front, and even by holding up
the ends she cannot see more than foot
or two of the road before her. l often Won
der that she does not get run over when
she goes out alone. for | am sure she needs
a dog to guide her quite as much as any
blind man. Servants and other women of
the lower classes wear pieces of black ere
pom wound tightly round their faces, leav-
ing just a slit for their eyes to peep
through, and they are equally muffied up
in white draperies- Seen from a distance,
they might be men with masks or thick
black boards, as in Arab countries it is by
no means easy to tell man from d woman
at first sight. The older and uglier wo-
man is the more prudish she seems to be
about covering up her face, which, after
all, is rather conSiderate on her part. Even
the greater number of negreSseS wear the
vashmak, but the Bedouin women never
do. Indeed, | am told that in the interior
there is one Arab tribe whose men wear
wells and whose women go about with their
faces uncovered These are probably the
new women" of Arabia.
Evening star., 1898-12-31

just time for another trial of the ripping
kirkend- Fishing down the Scottish side,
hold a fish for a moment or two, and he
is off. Over to England again; perhaps the
cleaning has brought some of the fish out
of the kitchen into the brisser water. Ha!
there he Is. sure enough; marry! the heav-
lest fish l have felt today. He runs strong
and deep, perhaps it is that forty-pounder
which / have been toiling after for nearly
as many years 1t is almost dark when
the question is decided. and 1t is a little
Disappointing to find he Is only another
twenty-pounder. Had I lost him he would
have figured in this chronicle of far more
formidable weight.
The day is done, and as I wend my way
home through the shadows disappointment
has share in my reflections for many
good fishing days produce less than ninety
eight pounds of salmon.
Evening star., 1898-12-31

NOT moral Early In our stay at Selkirk
traded new pair of trousers for Carl
bou skin, that We might sleep the more
comfortably at night. Ii took the Injian
nearly two hours TO complete the bargain,
and he had thumbed over the trousers In
the meanwhile till they looked as IL they
had had a weeks wear, and discussed
something like hundred permutations and
combinations with all the other articles of
our property he could see or imagine. He
got nothing to boot that way. however.
The next day an entirely different Indian
came to the cabin with the trousers OF his
arm and a very serious expression on his
race. He turned them over and over. and
hnally pointed out some very minute flaws
in the cloth, and, solemnly shaking his
head, said: No good,''
Then he laid down the trousers and walk
ed over TO where the caribou skin hung,
ard made motion to pull ii down. Mac
promptly interfered, and ii looked as If
there was going to be fight then and
there, for the Indian seemed bent on repu-
dating the exchange. Thinking, however.
ne had carried his biuff far enough, the In
dian suggested that Macs hat suited him
very well, and intimated IL we would give
him that he would overlook the defect in
the trousers. 1t was fiim-fiam game, rure
and simple, and we showed that Indian the
door in way that surprised him.
The Indians have one uniform business
rule in their dealings with white men. They
raise their prices when opportunity offers,
but they never come down. Snowsboes al
the Pelly are now $40 a pair, because
white man with more money than brains
tired TO buy from an Indian woman pair
which did not belong to her.
He offered her SO first, and when she
said, mo sell um,' raised the price by fves
TO $40, and then the woman told the other
Indians that white men give $40 for snow
shoes, and the price has been that ever
since.
We had previously bought two pair Of
snowshoes for S25, and the Indians came
around and tried to collect the difference.
When We refused to pay and turned them
out they seemed to think they had been
cheated.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Jonathan and John.

Charles G. d. Roberts in the Century.
Should Jonathan and John fall out
The world would stagger from that bout;
With John and iona than at one
The worlds great peace viii have begun.
With Jonathan and John at war
The hour that havoc hungers for
viii strike, in iun of blood and tears
The world Set back thousand years.
With John and Jonathan sworn to stand
Shoulder to shouitler. hand by hand.
Justice and peace shall build their throne
From tropic STA to frozen zone.
When Jonathan and John forget
The scar of an ancient wound TO fret,
And smile to think of an ancient feud
Which the God Of the nations turned to goCd
When the bond Of a common creed and speech
And kindred binds them each to each,
And each in the others victories
The pride Of his own achievement sees
How paltry a thing they both will know
That grudge of hundred years age
How small that bemish of wrath and blame
In the blazohry of their common fame!
Evening star., 1898-12-31
No Leap Year Until 1904.

TT0W london lAnsWerS
The familiar rule that leap year is every
calendar year with a number divisibie by
four will be broken in 1900, which fact need
not be regarded as an Indication that even
then il will be time for a change. This rule
of the almanac may account for the proven
bal activity of the new woman at the close
OF every century. Then there is no leap
year for eight years. February. 1905, will
have but twenty-eight days, the extra day
not appearing from 1896 TO 1904. Centen-
airy years are not leap years That year
will be broken in the leap year 20OO, when
the interruption may be regarded as an in
uicatlOn that it is time for a change. Cen
tenary years divisible by 400 are lea ID years
consequently there were twenty-nine DAYS
in February. 1000, and the same number of
days Will be given to February 20OO. and
again 20 2iua. The object of this rule is TO
make the calendar year coincide with the
solar Nelr.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
ALASKA INDIAN FINANCIERS.
They Generally Succeed in Not Get
ting Left in a Bargain.

They Generally Succeed in Not GET
ting Left in a Bargain.
From Forest aud Stream.
The Indians had plenty of money, for
they had earlier in the season sold meat
and dogs at exorbitant prices In a general
way they knew its value but they priced
silver a good deal above the 16-to-1 ratio.
w hen they wanted to drive a good bar
gain they always specified that the price
was to be paid in silver money" and sim
larry they hated to part with their PUNK
ers. They seemed relieved when we ac-
cepted their gold pieces at par, and when
they got silver money in change they tried
hard TO conceal their satisfaction for fear
We would lind out the mistake we were
making in parting with it.
There are very few pennies in circulation
on the Yukon, the bit being the unit of
value, and the Indians have not vat learned
how to place them.
One of the Indians named Bailey tried 70
purchase rife with six cents he had in
some way accumulated
The Indians are suspicious in their bar
gains, and afraid of being cheated and in
our desire to do the square thing by them
we suffered financially. Instead of getting
many times the value of the article sold
the price received for the better class of
things, as rule, was below the real yalue
The Indians are honest in their way, but
Evening star., 1898-12-31
THE TELEPHONE IN LONDON.
Its Use in That Great Capital is Very
Limited.

From Electricity.
Several rather sensational articles have
lately appeared in England condemning the
manner in which the city of London is
lighted, and claiming moreover that it is
the darkest capital in Europe Whether
this is so or not We leave Our technical con-
tempOraries on the other side to decide.
several of them were apparently eager to
pick up the gauntlet throw down. What,
however, is more surprising to US. and
doubt will be 20 our readC s, is that the
police department of London does not make
use of the telephone. According to one of
our English contemporaries, there is not a
police station in the whole of that great
metropolis equipped with an instrument
that has become almost as common and as
necessary in New York city as the electric
light. The absence of the phone in one of
the most if not the most important
branches of the citys service is due so it is
alleged, not to any fault of the local tele-
phone company. but rather to an unusual
conservatism exhibited by the authorities,
who have repeatedly declined to avail
themselves of the privilege. In this respect
the authorities of London are apparently
showing the same spirit which prompted
many of the banking houses to decline to
nave telephone installed on their premises
on the ground that ''it was not quite re-
spectacle"
How the police department in city such
as London, can get along without some
speedy method of communication, such as
only the telephone can supply is incompre-
hensible 10 the ordinary mortal on this side
OF the Atlantic In New York city in the
event OF a chlldS becoming lost or a person
disappearing every police station in the de-
partmcnt is notified to that effect by tele-
phone in less than half an hour from the
time the news is received. We should like
TO know how this sending out of a general
alarm and description is Accomplished in
London. Possibly a dozen messengers are
dispatched TO make the rounds of all the
stations. or the telegraph IS made use of
As contrast to the methods adoDted in
London II may come as a surprise to some
pl our EngIish readers to learn that during
civil ana military paradeS in New York
Guy boothS are erected along the route the
procession Will follow. to enable the chief of
ponce at headquarters to be constantly kept
informed as to the wI.erea bouts of the
parade or told of any unusual disturbance
Inc hfe department of London, in contrast
70 the police department, has telephones in
all the hre houses, but the arrangement is
Such that when fire call is sent by tele-
plOHe II Is Obllged to pass through several
exchanges entailing considerable loss of
Naluapte time This objectionable feature
could be overcome by an expenditure of S,n
a year for each station, but small as the
cost would be it is apparently considered bv
the authorities wilful extravaganza ana
matters are left as they are In New York
arrangements have recently been completed
LOT aItdcnlhg telephones to every lamp post
HdNihS the ordinary signal box so that
cohlmuhlcatlon may be established between
the location of the fire and Headquarters