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The silver star., 1899-03-16
Con..nleut Clo,b,..n,,,,..

You need not have back yard;
neither Will you need to mount to the
roof to hang out your weeks wash IL
you provide yourself with one of these
convenient clothes-driers, which may
be used indoors or out. 1t may be
suspended outside any window, where
It VIII easily take any ordinary wash.
These driers weigh. according to their
The silver star., 1899-03-16
Now EEC Teatcr.

For years 1t has been the custom OF
marketmen to determine whether eggs
are fresh or not by the candle test.
They would take the samples into the
cellar or some dark closet and allow
the light OF the candle tu shine through
them. Thus they could tell the con-
dition Of each egg examined. No SIM
The silver star., 1899-03-16

The note that l wrote her I hid In her
book
Now who would have thought 1t?
Twas a library book. which went back to
its nook
Some other girl got 1t.
The silver star., 1899-03-16
rhe 1,ower oe . Cvcleue,

Careful estimates Of tho force Of a
Cyclone and the energy required to
keep full fiedged hurricane In active
operation reveal tho presence Of
nower that makes tho mlEhtiest Efforts
The silver star., 1899-03-16

WELL the rlgors of winter arc over
Yes. and spring Is here. I've already
changed one shirt waist pattern for my
wife five times.'
The silver star., 1899-03-16
w,.a Carrie. rus.s.,o..

Doctors In their fight against disease
hnvc had their attention called TO a
common. but hitherto unnoticed me-
dium for carrying infection. II 10 tho
wind. Examination shows that germs
have becn carried immense distances
by the breeze and deposited In places
where nll the circumstances were IA
vornbic for their growth and spread.
Bill-she said her face was hcr for
tune. jill - Poor thing. - Yonkcrs
Statesman.
The silver star., 1899-03-16

FROM AN ANCIENT RACE.
behind. no seems q spirit messenger
from tho strange Indian tribes who
lived In old Mexico long before history
was written or carved on stone and
pottery. A fcw carved beads. q pile
Of tcrraced blocks to mark a primitive
homs-these are all we have to give Q
glimpse Of tho man Of whom this IL
prototype.
The silver star., 1899-03-16
6ott5 Sas5abaaM
E2azl7s2SJsJ;gyy.,x

Hood. PINS euro liver u.s. the non irritating and
the only catartc TO take with uoQd.a SsrsAparilla.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
DETAINED THEIR CONSUL.
Libellous Posters in Chinatown Re-
quest for Police.

At the Board of Health meeting last
night member Of the Police Depart
ment stated that since the quarantine
was raised in Chinatown the Chinese
ccasul and Vice Consul have both had
occasion to enlist the services OF the
Marshal's Office to ferret out the author
OF some scurrilous posters which have
been placed on the Chinatown walls
and fences promiscuously, defaming
both officials by stating that they
were mo good" and their advice
should not be followed.
Both Consul and Vice Consul have
been greatly exercised over the appear
ance OF these denunciations and re-
quested the police to attempt to arrest
the perpetrators. IL is evidently the
Intention OF the enemies OF the officials
to hold them up to ridicule. and this
has been brought about since the quar-
antine was established, during which
the two officials were very prominent
I'm assisting the Health Department
ferret out suspicious cases OF sickness.
As far as learned. the authors OF the
posters have not been apprehended.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
H. R. T.& l.. CO,
The Return of Manager
BaI|entyne.
Contracts all Completed Work. to be
Rushed--The Equipment Equals
any on Mainland.

Manager G. G. Ballentyne, of the.
Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land
Company, returned by the Warrimoo
on Sunday morning from the mainland
where he has been engaged for about
two months on business connected
with his company. In an interview
yesterday Mr.. Ballentyne said:
The contracts for the plant of the
Rapid Transit Co. have been com
pleted, and the entire material is now
in process of construction. Some of it
well advanced toward completion, and
in the near future, the first considera-
BILE portion of the equipment will ar
rive in Honolulu. At the present time
two consignments are now in transit
by way of the Horn, and will arrive in
the course Of the next six weeks or two
months.
The construction of the Power
House and car-barn is under way.
Work will now be pushed as rapidly
as possible, so that we may have the
buildings covered in and the founda-
tons for the engines and generators
all completed, that they may be placed
in position Immediately upon arrival.
1t is fully expected that by the end OF
the coming year, at least ten miles OF
the road will be constructed and i'll
full operation, and by the middle of
the following year. the entire system
about twenty-one miles in length, will
have been completed"
Mr. Ballentyne expresses himself as
entirely satisfied with the position of
the Rapid Transit Compar y, and said
that las the Board has very wisely
decided to put in only u first-class
modern plant, the people OF Honolulu
will have a road equal in point OF
equipment and construction to any
road in the United States.
THE plant is to be all high class, anu
the cars are specially designed ito suit
this climate. Only cross seat cars with
center aisle will be used, the small
est car having a seating capacity for
thirty-two people. Each car is de-
signed so that within the short space
of a couple of minutes, 1t can be closed
and made absolutely waterproof. Pas
sengers have ingress and egress at the
ends of the cars, during wet weather,
while, during dry weather, egress can
be had through the sides. Every car
is fitted with vestibule at each end,
with movable glass fronts, so that in
case of wet weather, it may be closed
and made perfectly dry"
Mr. Ballentyne found business mar
velously good everywhere during his
tour, and up to the time of his de-
parture from the Coast, no cold wealth
er had been experienced. The season
has so far been remarkably mild. The
rim down by steamer was most I'M
pleasant. Head winds accompanied by
driving rain kept passengers confined
to the saloons until the day before ar
rival when pleasant weather was eN-
perienced to port.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

The O'Clock opening idea does not
take with the pupils Of the Royal
School These young Hawaiians earn
something in the morning in various
ways, many Of them by selling papers.
The latter class must be on the street
about a. m. when people come down
TO business. They say they neither can
nor will be at school before 9. AS the
present hour suits nearly every school
boy and girl better than the one pro-
posed we see no reason why there
should be any change especially as the
new scheme OF opening would disorgan-
I've every household in the suburbs
where there are children to be reused,
dressed. breakfasted and provided with
a noon lunch, all by 1880.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

tmfis ftH asiaHe ts isHNfi
aasmniiaf uH st fh
ftl o., YHT hef HH deH
simas aHa .bruafh aih Boz tu.
nhipth fb sH Hiil
efwmta aad provide Fm
osrt AN hmr hinm nH n mai
ier r looa hf'auw We mHa f
thtm mumiHf rHH ihe ltr .auft
Is uH n lNHf ou of hs umnr
municipality by nta ipn COL tHa wiu o
b1nda-bu bolfh coming vhel .F Tbs
municipality dua That depends ou
the Processes of Congress
We think tho Hawaiian representa-.
Uyea a Washington should u pre-.
sing Tor Dee need OF mry nc0.un on
She Cmlom-uI. uHl mako sflag
point W this sanitary Rtcrreenun.
The United States needs To have Homo
lulu in such shape that the city canno.
produce "a plague nor easily harbor
one Il may express that need official
~ very soon I'm the form % a Federal
quarantine. but ID cannot achieve
satisfactory results until it gives Ha-
wall the undoubted and unchallenged
right to manage It's own domestic az
fairs. At present we apparently can
not do what the health Of the port re-
quires; we can only do It when Con-
gress passes the Territorial bill.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
HEALTH AND TERRITORlALlTY

While most people who discuss the
question with the Advertiser agree
that 100000 could be well-spent in
putting the town in better condition
to resist a plague, there is doubt that
the Council of State, now that Homo
lulu has received clean bill of health
could so on and provide the money.
The powers of that body TO appro-
PIRATE depend upon the existence of
WAT, invasion or peStilence We are
at peace with all the world and this
pesfilence which lately ran its course
has been officially laid away among
unpleasant memories. This being true
the declaration rhat the Council OF
State has no right to appropriate
100000 or any other sum is stoutly
maintained and cannot easily be gain
SAID.
The matter is one for the Legisla-
lure 10 take up, but the title of the
Legislature 10 meet is involved in
some doubt. This journal believes
that, under the terms of the Newlands
resolution, the Legislature still exists
but there are many who do not and
who. If that body should convene and
pass an appropriation bill, might ap-
peal TO the courts and cause no incon-
siderable delay. Meanwhile the town
would have to stay as it is, in a state
Of arrested sanitary development, with
all which that implies OF i'll to its own
inhabitants and to passing vessels
running TO uninfected ports
We array these postulates mainly
10 point out one of the difficulties
which the present anomalous state of
political organization here has bred,
Delay In giving us the Territorial form
OF government is sndangering not only
the health of this city but possibly
that OF other places with which Homo
iuih Is in accommodation To be
sure a Federal quarantine may CONS.
IL may, as DR.. Carmichael says, extend
its jurisdiction over vide area-but
that means supervision and not the
creation OF permanent material safe
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
BUTLER is BADLY BEATEN


cod nailt dathea b, iht fm
Ffau
"Af itaf one misht b minsfierHa
Hnfe end dfenHth sofn ~ ihtse
Aarp Ones ~ hruHnl fos H
1Ifnr nHafi rHnlnf HH
HnNhnN end h.uhOHIht m th0 Nl
70 IHIr Wh0 Wae tNiUiF ttYinr
Nun bach hls ptuifG rs uutfa'
There brave fiicmau bad bitten uH
hlE tongue while Eeiztd bF spaems
saw three Dr four men die within arm
length 81 me ono suddenly fpss
jumped high ln the alr and fell h h
dead
Outside OF the hospital tents Pound
Beers lying on coats ndeeting around
their nrms and murmurnR What
the use, let's retreat and hack lt
them
Here was a whole row OF dead
sharpshootcrs. disposed in excellent or
der. with their officer In the center,
evidently struck by a volley as they
themselves were oboyiug "A command
20 shoot An overturned battery
there, the pieces OF ordnance buried len
the sand. parts of human and horses
bodies in pool OF blood. Many of the
sead had their faces turned in the di-
rection of the sinking sun. Their
spirits were sinking at the same time
I reckon"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
Sudden Death.

Captain a. Christian, who for some
time past has been in charge at the
Diamond Head lighthouse. died of GER
ebral hemorrhage at Queens Hospital
yesterday. a few hours after admission
10 that institution. Early Saturday
morning after attending TO tho lights
he was suddenly seized with a paralytic
stroke near the foot of the ladder and
became absolutely blind. Leaving the
house he wandered toward Camp Me-
Kinley, where he was taken in hand by
the soldiers and afterwards sent down
10 the hospital In hack.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26


Tbs johnson rifl a. issioi q desi T..
ho pIpHur Iho mptums la ha. ,isa
sore uu11ulted--uf ai imsl We ao
given to nnders1hd tha sncb Ia he
fne by the reputable physician uho
performed the autopsy Added ,a .bls
case We have those of Two Young
Cinnamon whose deqths occurred on
Inc McCuny tract and Bt Palma On
This city yesterday ono of them
brought his sickness from Kaneohe. On
the other side Of Che island. though he
may have carried % there IN the first
place from Chinatown or got DC in
Oriental food sent from that quarter TO
Kaneohe.
What now? For one thing il would
seem as If communication between
both extremes Of the island by rain ana
the Pail road Shout be guarded We
think IL desirable that servants should
still be kept at home. Drinking water
should be boiled, Oriental provisions
carefully inspected, a quarantine estab-
lished wherever needed and the Coun-
ell Of State convened for the purpose
OF considering whether or not the
emergency does MOI justify the $780,
900 appropriation asked for by the
Board of Health.
Another thing: XIII your rats. If
you have any in your house or place Of
business set traps or poison for them
and get them out of the way. Nothing
spreads the plague like rats and II is a
fact, attested by eminent physicians.
that when rats take the disease they
carry 1t for days before they expire
and during that time, after brief re-
tirement TO their holes, they seem TO
court the society OF human beings. The
terror of the plague overcomes their
natural instincts of caution and they
run about, among people, spreading
bubonic germs until they die.
Another precaution, winch was sug-
gested some days ago by the inspectors
OF the Board of Health, Is the burn
ing OF buildings where the plague has
shown itself. This purifying remedy
Is not always practicable but medical
opinion concurs in dne view that where
it Is practicable it ought to be used.
There Is an Old rule OF law that what
ever is necessary to save a State from
anarchy is absolutely necessary; and
surely, anarchy Is no worse than pesti-
lence. Fire may be costly but nothing
is too costly to be used in Jobliterating
the plague We demonstrated THAI
during the epidemic of cholera
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

The Eastern files show a marked
abatement in the criticisms OF General
OTIS The manner IN which his cam
Daign Is being fought out proves that
Otis, given sufficient men. can do as
well as the next General II he WINS
no great battles that is because no
considerable enemy will risk the
danger Of fronting him. He has to
meet guerrillag, the most difficult of
ali antagonists. but he is keeping them
on the run at a minimum OF loss to his
own men.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
Hoodse DiIIe cure al LAYER us and
ttOON - fitS Sick Headache. &c.

With the plague still in evidence az
Kobe and the yellow fever landed al
Astoria, the need Of the utmost pre-
cautions IS sin pressing upon the
Board Of Health. There are yet some
dirty spots which ought to be cleaned,
especially The Government quagmire
AT Queen and River streets. The Por-
tuguese quarter should have more at
tenion. Money enough is left out OF
the $4,000 to make everything spick
and span.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

The plague il not stranger 10
Siberia where the people live in moro
filth than they do in China itself The
Russian moijik owing 70 the fact that
for several months in the year his
bathing streams, II he uses any, are
frozen up, soon comes TO regard dirt
as one Of his comforts OF life. People
who have Travelled in Siberia speak
with bated breath OF the sanitary con-
dition Of the peasants. The Manchu-
rians who are now building railroads
there wear the same suit OF sheep
skin or dogskin clothing all winter,
night and day, and so do not improve
matters much. As Siberia will soon
be in daily communication with Eu-
rope there is real danger that the
plague originating there will have wide
dissemination.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

Every British defeat in South AZ
RIGA increases the danger that Russia
and France will begin to- press for
British concessions. There are re-
newed rumols that Russians are ad-
vancing On Herat and that France will
demand the evacuation of Egypt. The
next files from the Coast are not IN
likely to bring news Of a powerful CON
centration OF the British fleet in the
North Sea as well as the Mediterranean
and a closer drawing together Of Great
Britain, Germany and Japan.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

Edgar Caypless, first equerry IN
waiting to General Bob Wilcox and ,he
newly-found Princess, is out in Sc
attic paper with two columns OF
proof" that Hawaiian labor can be
performed by Americans. Part OF the
proof is in the shape OF plantation
photographs which are supposed 10
give a fair idea OF the climate Cayp-
less argument is that as japanese
women work in the cane fields here
American men could do Il, II plea
which might be made TO go further
and prove that as negro women work
in the cotton and cane fields OF tho
Gulf States white men from Connect
cut and Kansas could 40 the same
We are not going To dispute Mr.. Cayp.
less on these points, He may be right
But II he can find Americans who want
the jobs at any price now held by III,
Japanese on these Islands he will Dc
service to planters who have beer
looking these many years for lust sncl
people
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
rnRlslMAs.

he thrsmas 1. English ,nd Ger
man literature s observed n a way
suggested ly ihe northern climate
The myth OF Santa CLANS So an emana-
ton Of the SHOWS. ihe yule Jog c1mas
~ the natural concomiant of evening
cheer in lands whore the frosts crus
the windows and the packed drIfi
crcaks under The hlsly fo1tsiep The
Christmas holly might AS easily have
been the Christmas rose, only In Eng
land nature supplies no roses in winter
and the holly ia the only bright growth
to be had In these obseryances there
are but few points Of contact with tss
frs, Christmas. Instead the north
erners have a curious mixture Of
Christian and Pagan rites and folk
lore customs, the only symbols of the
Nativity being the religious exercises
and music and the making Of gifts.
Their Christmas has become a sort OF
winter festival.
Christmas in warm ATTITUDES, how
ever, brings the atmosphere OF the
Judean day when the shepherds watch
ed their flocks in the open air and
where the eyes of the newborn child
opened uron a land of springing gras-
SEES and browsing palms. 1t is easier
in Hawaii or in Southern California
where physical resemblances 10 tbs
Holy Land are surprisingly close-to
imagine what the first Christmas was
try. There was no snow in Judea on
that December night nearly 1900 yeaxs
ago save upon the mountain peaks.
The rains had come, freshening the
tops of the date trees, bringing out the
yellow blossoms of the mustard plant,
making the rills musical and carpetlng
the land with verdure. The lark and
nightingale were singing in the dark
and dawn; there was all around the
open-air life of the semi-tropics. the
presence of spring, the exuberance OF
reyiving nature. 1t is easy to mag
inc the angels singing of peace on
earth and good will TO man in that
fragrant ard pellucid atmosphere; but
wlSo could think of them as dropping
down into the regions of the earth IN
the crisp December midnight of KrisE
Kringle land!
We OF the tropics, therefore, can i'm
bibe the physical spirit OF the first
Christmas better than those whose
forms of Christmas ceremony we rath-
er painfully initiate. Ours is the Land
of myrrh and frankncense; theirs the
sad and bleak domain of the raging
spirits of the wind and storm. Yet
after all there is community OF
spiritual interest between them ana Il
is an impressive thought that the OBJ
servance of Christmas day reeks
nothing of the geographical zone and
that, wherever civilization has spread.
there the day is remembered and
celebrated.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

The relation which filth bears TO the
bubonic plague is brought out very
clearly by the Kobe Chronicle In its
story Of the current epidemic In thai
port. The Chronicle says: Now, as
every one In Kobe is aware, the out
break occurred in the most neglected
aud uncared-for part of the town,
where the streets are merely narrow
passages, the houses are close together,
and the drains are more noticeable for
the efiiuyia they give on than for their
efficacy In carrying away the polluted
water that comes from the dwellings.
The people living In this quarter are OF
tho very poorest elass--men and
women who manage 20 exist on the
coarsest food and with the most
wretehed accommodation, crowded to-
gether in summer and winter under
conditions that not only preclude de-
cency. but even the most elementary
sanitary considerations" As every
case so far occurring in Honolulu is
tfaceabls tD a neighborhood Where Nth
abOunded--or abounds-lt needs no
special argument TO show that Homo
lulu's safety in future depends upon
the ylgor and continuity Of the cleans
fng process.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

The need Of thorough house-to-hous
inspection is increased by the fear in
spired among the natives and Chinese
about the cremation Of the dead. Both
classes are now cOncealing their sick.
Natives have been heard 70 say that
they will not call a doctor any more as
their ailing kindred might then be
fried As for the Chinese they see
that there is no chance to send the
bones OF the inciHerated dead back 20
China and 50 they do all they can do
shield the sick from sight. The only
way to keep the run Of vital statistics
now is to put district inspectors AT
work and back them up II necessary.
with display OF force.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
Well Made
Make : Well

haafF safssfHfiiis D. pfsfarei hs "a
uFluneod pharmacists ~ tudHt, = isN hsge
bfnuFhi a. ths production "a this great
medicine iho l4si results ~ fu.iieai ~
search noois sar.apariiia y = rnodefn
meaioius, containing iuHi thoss vegetable
ingredients whirh NoFe seemingly in.
tended hy Nature horssIt fof the siieyis.
ton q human lls. u purihss and en-
riches be blood, tunos the stomach and
digestive organs and creates sn sppoiiiei
II absolutely cures all scroiuls erupi ions.
boiis, pimplcs, sores, salt fheum. end
every form ~ skin disease cures liver
complaint. kidney troubles, etrengt hens
and buiide np the nervous system. u en-
tirely ovsrcomcs that tired feeling. giving
strength and energy IN place 81 weakness
aud isnguor. u wards on malaria, ty-
phoid fever. and by purifying he blood u
keeps the " hole system healthy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
Coroner's Inquiry.

The death of C. E. Lake, which took
place on Sunday at his residence ON
Queen street near Richard, will form
the subject of coroner's inquiry this
morning. Deceased. 1t appears, was
an old sufferer from asthma and was
in the habit OF taking pills to relieve
him. On Sunday he despatched his son
for supply of the medicine, which
the young man, it is said, secured al
All Leong's store near by. The father
took some of the pills and died shortly
afterwards, exhibiting symptoms or
opium poisoning. DR.. Burgess was
summoned. and, after examination, re-
ported the matter TO the authorities.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

Hilos new post office plans have
room for a postal savings bank. In
view OF the coming Territorial change
the space may as well be. allotted TO
something else. There is no. room I'M
der the United States laws for postal
savings banks and judging from the
ease with which the banking interests
get what they want from Congress OF
either party there never will be.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

As the bulk OF the United States
Army is in the Philippines and the
West Indies a proposition has been
preached to increase the standing
force by 25,000 men for home duty.
We may safely count upon the defeat
of this scheme inasmuch as Congress
Is on the brink Of Presidential cleo
lion with imperialism" at the fore Us
an issue. Nevertheless a foreign COM
plication would be rather awkward
now, though II Congress will accumu-
late arms and ammunition enough It
can probably draw back into service
for an emergency the 100000 State
volunteers who We're lately disbanded
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26

The tourists VINO have flown in
alarm will probably feel safe when
they reach the United States but their
chances of good health there will be
much worse than here. The sudden
exchange Of the emollient climate Of
trade wind island for the raw fogs
Of San Francisco or the SHOWS Of the
country farther East cannot but put
these people in the way OF the grip or
Of some of its kindred maladles. And
the grip kills its hundreds where the
plague slaugbters its tens. Imagine
the state Of mind which prompts a
man 10 leave here where there have
been six deaths from something re
sembling the plague and go TO greater
New York where there were $4,000
serious cases OF grip last winter, =
large proportion OF them fatal.