The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-01-10

prihslhs what were two years ago
prices for Inside" holdings.
| Inc Board OF Agriculture is under
taking considerable work at one time.
but has a membership that Is able to
handle good deal. II the Board
| iringes the new Beach Road with trees
and along with other things establishes
camphor growing as an industry in the
Islands, the Board will earn several
sets Of blue ribbons.
Two Of the big San Francisco dailies
endeavor TO conceal famine in that
State. The third leading paper sends
relief TO the sufferers. The distress
follows a long season OF drought In
certain districts and 1t should be min
istered to without regard to the remote
fear that publication or knowledge OF
the truth will in the slightest degree
injure the reputation OF the State.
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from foggy San Francisco, having be-
fore that lived in the half-frozen, half
bllstering east, he thought he was sure
enough in foreign country. He
decked himself out in proper tropical
costume and reyelled in Waikiki pleas
ures. Frank was the manager for
Nance O'Neil and the Mckee Rankin
Company and had diamonds big as
kona oranges. Curtis was blithe
individual, always, even II Mrs. Frank
was still in the States. And Mrs.
Frank is a delightful little body well
known as leading lady. To meet
Curtis every day, one would think he
had come TO Hawaii for the especial
purpose OF buying Island curios for
his wife. He did make a heavy cOllec-
ton. But to the Passing Hour, Frank
did not suspect that Hawaiian In the
group could speak word OF English
and to facilitate business with the
curiO shops he bought a phrase-book,
which like a university education to
a rich mans son, Is never any good on
any possible occasion. The first time
Frank tried his phrase-book native on
people OF the soil 1t was funny as
whaling mate at full dress ball. He
had the book right along and made no
bones Of reading from ii. The Hawai-
ian women and girls in the place
thought crazy man was visiting.
They laughed, then became serious as
Curtis continued to jabber Curtis be-
came excited and tossed in few words
OF German. Then one of the daugh-
tiers Of the land, a handsome and grace
full lady who had been educated
abroad, realized the situation. In soft
tone and better selection of words
than Curtis was accustomed to hearing
outside the theater, she suggested that
perhaps they could get along In Ger
man, but that English would be prefer
able. Curtis meekly said he would do
the best he could in English and then
he made dozen purchases without
asking for any figure but the total.
Prof. A. Rochelle has lately acquired
a side partner. Prof. A. Koebele is the
big bug man. He Is world-famed in the
scientific line and personally Is as good
chap as ever reached this coral
strand. His running mate just now Is
Mr.. Campere from Southern California,
quite a different thing from being of
Northern California. Mr.. Campere was
sent by his county TO collect informa-
ton on blight fighting and was lucky
to find Prof. Koebele at home and at
work. which are one and the same
thing. Campere has had considerable
experience in planning against the enc
mics Of fruit, but recognizes Prof. Koe-
belle as the chief of the tribe making a
speciality of this line of work. But the
story is about the cigars these chums
use. They both smoke light steam
boats. The smoke they blow forth |
sends the most vigorous and active in
sect into stupor in an instant. The |
cigars are said to be from Mexico |
The weeds are blacker than a cargo |
OF blind cats. The aroma from one of |
them for two seconds furnishes enough |
perfume for a half score conservation |
services at a Chinese Joss house pat |
ronized by Mandarins. The odor |
stunts plants. 1t insures privacy TO |
Prof Koebele and Mr.. Campere for 1t |
is worse than knockout drops in stale |
beer, and no ordinary individual can
stand II a minute. 1t drives microbes |
from the atmosphere and outdoors |
clouds the atmosphere like grasshop-
pers in Kansas. The murder-in-the-
first-hegree feature of the case is that |
Prof Koebele and Campere will in
good faith offer these cigars to friends
who are not immune. II Is believed
that the smokers are filled with pOis-
onous wood that has been ground fine |
and soaked in raw sulphur and brine
from orp,v contract nickla1 haaf The L
wrappers, 1t Is thought, are pieces OF
Indian blanket, discovered in some wet |
caves in Old Mexico, Attempts have