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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-02


Morning prayer and sermon, II.
Pule Ahiahi $3.50.
EVensong and sermon, 1880.
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL-SEC |
OND CONGREGATION.
Rev. Alexander Macintosh, rector. |
First Sunday in Advent.
Holy Communion and sermon, 9:45.
Evensong and sermon, $50.
ST. CLEMENTS CHAPEL.
Rev. John Osborne, minister.
Sunday school, 10.
Morning Prayer and Sermon, HOS
Evening prayer and sermon, 1905.
Daily prayer, 6:45.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. G.. L. Pearson, pastor.
Sunday school, 10.
Morning service, II.
EpWorth League, 6:15
Evening service, 1880.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 1880.
Bible study, Thursday, 1880.
The pastor will preach in the morn
ing on the subject, Gods Promises"
in the evening on, Gods Holiness
Shown in His Works"
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday school, 9:45.
Morning service, IL.
Young peoples meeting, $50.
Evening service, 7'30.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 1880.
At the morning service the pastor
will give an illustrated Talk About
Animals" especially for the young. In
the evening he will continue his theme,
The Chain of Salvation"
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.
The Bishop of Panopolis.
Low masses, holy communion, and
Z.
Children's mass with English sermon,
High mass, with native sermon, 1890.
Rosary, with native instruction, 2.
Solemn vespers and benediction, Z.
Week days, low mass, and Z.
ST. AUGUSTIN'S CHAPEL.
Rev. Father Valentine, in charge.
Sacrament of the mass, $3.50.
KALIHI-WEANA CHURCH.
-Rev. Father Clement.
High Mass, s.
Rehearsal, 5.
Rosary, t.
TIONAL).
-Leng Shen Chong and Tong Lai
Wan, acting pastors
Sunday school, $3.50
Preaching service, IL.
Sunday school in English, $780,
Evening service, $50.
Wednesday, prayer meeting, 1880.
JAPANESE NJ. f. CHURCH.
H. Kihara, pastor, E. Tokimasa, as
sociate pastor.
Sunday school, 10.
Morning service, II.
Evening service, 7:45.
Glass meeting, $3.50.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 8.
! REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST.
C. ]. Waller, pastor; services in
| Militant Hall.
Sunday school, 10.
Preaching in Hawaiian, II and $50.
Preaching in English, 1880.
Subject of the evening sermon, Tho
Parable of the Ten Virgins"
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
Rev. B. L. Howe, pastor; meeting
place, chapel in Printers Lane.
Sabbath, Sabbath school. 10.
Preaching, II.
Sunday, Sunday school, 4.
Preaching, 1890
Tuesday, prayer meeting, 1880.
Thursday, Bible study, 7.
SALVATION ARMY.
Staff Captain Anthony Merriweath
err, district officer for the Hawaiian Isl
ands. Captain Maggie Powell in charg
of Honolulu corps.
Every night Except Tuesday,, s.
Sunday IL.
Saturday evening, 8.
Sunday, II and s.
Sunday street meeting, $780,
KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH
Rev. T.. S. Timoteo pastor.
Sunday school, 10.
Morning service, II.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 1880.
KAWAIAHAO CHURCH.
Rev. II. II. Parker, pastor.
Sunday school, 10.
Morning service, II.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cashmere shawls are made of the
hair of a diminutive goat found in Lit
tie Thibet.
1t has been ascertained that n Of
the mountains in the moon is $4,000
feet high, while several are upward Of
10000 feet.
As the supply of ivory is becoming
short, billiard balls of cast steel are
being made in Sweden. By making
them hollow the weight is made TO cor
respond with hat of ivory balls.
The blue tint in glass has its cause
In the chemical deposits formed in the
coal-gas furnace, and which, under the
action of the air, produces a blue coat
on the glass. To remove this blue tint
causes considerable trouble.
Shears no bigger than a PIN is one
Of the exhibits of the skill of n Shei
field workman. A dozen of these shears
weigh less than half a grain, or about
the weight of a postage stamp. They
are as perfectly made as shears of or
binary size.
The largest bog in Ireland is the Bog
of Allan, which stretches across the
center of the island. east of tAe Shan
non, and covers nearly $4,000 acres.
Altogether there are nearly 1900. coo
acres of bog in Ireland-that is to say,
about one~seventh of the area of ii
country is bog.
The first ~discovcrer of aluminium
which is now a distinctively electrical
product. had the reward of genius.
Pliny tells us that in the reign of Ii
berius 60 years before our Christian
era) a worker in metals presented n
beautiful metal cup resembling silver.
but lighter, to the emperor, who quls-
toned him, and learned that he had
extracted the new metal from clay.
The secret of the extraction. he tod
the emperor, was known only to him
self and to the gods.
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is NOT A SINECURE.
Mayor of a Large City Must Work
Hard and Steadily.
Our Correspondent Spends a Nay a
h Chicago Executive once
and Sees nnd Hears Many
Strange ThlnEs.
[speeIal chIeago Letter.1

Having spent ole day with the MAJOR
Of Chicago, l believe he earns ms sfa.-
600 a year salary. OF course there
are lots of people who believe
they can run the city much better
IN anyone else, just as there are
lots of people who are sure they can
lun a newspaper a great deal better
tina the editor. We have all seen these
people, and we all know them. We ali
know that in theory things look much
better than they work out IN actual
practice. Now, the man who thinks
that running the city of Chicago Is n
sort of haif-holiday picnic never made
a bigger mistake in his life. Ii doesn't
make any difference whether the mavor
Is a republican or a democrat. Il all
amounts to the same thing when il
comes to ~transacting the business of
the city. The work may be done poor
~; the streets may be dirty; the gar
bage boxes may not be properly emp
tied, but there is a certain amount of
work to be done-good. bad or indiffer-
Cnt. and somebody has to dire ct II all.
That is the mayors business, and he
has his hands full.
If they would let him do his work
quietly, 1t wouldn't be so bad, but some
body is after him all the time. Il. II
isn't the politicians. it's the refcrrE RS.
or the women representing diverse and
Numerous organizations for the propa-
cation of all sorts of propositions, so
it doesn't make any difference; there
Is always somebody knocking at the
private door.
To get an idea Of what the nay has
TO do put in a day with him not long
ago. | arrived at his office a little in adj
vance of him, His private secretary,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

large things, like fate of battles and If
nations, hang. The Cap'n saw his IA
miliar company B come steadily, swift.
ly forward. He laughed in childish
glee. He blew his bugle. He called In
a shrill, childish treble, and then
whats that?" the Cap'n had sunk
back into his saddle; his bugle fell 20
his side, and then a baby form was on
the ground and the blood of the !nno-
cent was upon the clover and green
grass. A stray bullet from an enemy's
rife had struck him there.
1t had mot needed this to win the bat.
tie. The baby's bugle call had settled
that.
But now company B fought like
tigers, remembering the little. form
upon the ground. Each man had the
strength of ten. Somehow some way,
they blamed each individual opponent
with the firing of the shot when struck
the Cap'n, and dealt with each accord,
ingly. No enemy could stand before
an onslaught like that of company B.
There was resistance, of course. There
was a sharp fight, a hand-to-hand strug.
gle within the thicket, but For the
Cap'n's sake!" was the cry with which
the enemy was driven from the field.
Two hours later the soldiers came
slowly back to camp. The Cap'n lay in
the ambulance wagon white as the
sheet which covered him. HIS little
hand held a silver bugle. A smile, wan,
like a real smiles ghost, was on hia
face. His black nanny hung over
him, and the old regimental surgeon
stood by with anxious look. Suddenly
the pathetic little figure stirred. He
was speaking.
SISTER, tell the boys I'll play for
them Tomorrow; I'm tired now,' ne
whispered. His blue eyes closed. The
Cap'n was asleep.
He did not die, though for days his
life hung on a thread and his voice was
almost gone. Through all his illness
he held the bugle, and would raise il
to his thin, parched lips and try 10
blow a charge, but could not. To this
glad hour the glory of company B il
the battle which they fought and won
that summer morningl And if you
ask them, each member of company 3
will tell you twas the Cap'n who saved
the day.-Saturday Evening Post
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
AN AGED ROYAL R R
Du"ky, of the Princess Of Wales
Household, Was More Than
125 Years Old.

One of the lOngest-lived birds on rec.
ord died recently in London. 1t was Il
parrot named Ducky, the property OF
the prince of Wales, and its age was put
at more than 1875 years. Ducky was
a native of the United States of Colom-
Ha, whence he was transported to Eng
land in 1888 and bought by Prime Min.
lister Pitt, who in 1890 presented him to
his master. George Ill. From this date
on the bird was recognized as part OF
the royal household. with quarters at
ST. James. Ducky. however, developed
amazing conversational powers, unac-
comPanied with the proper leaven OF
discretion, and in 1850 he was SEN
tenced to Punishment from St. James
on the charge, it is said. of divulginy
family secrets. In his new dwelling
place, Windsor castle. Ducky acquired
even worse habits. Windsor accommo-
dates a small garrison, and the parro;
was quick to acquire the vernacular Of
Tommy Atkins. The result was con.
sidered unsuitable TO the weIl-known
1ecorum OF the British court, and sen.
tence of Punishment to Australia was
passed on the offender. The amiable
princess of Wales. however. came to the
rescue, and Ducky was removed to
Sandringham. where he remained until
the day of his death. Great age though
Il be. 1873 years is not considered by
scientific men as the absolute limit or
4 parrot, So reliable an observer as
Humboldt. whose statement IN this
matter is accepted without question by
Darwin. tells of a parrot that must
have lived 200 years. The naturalist
same across the bird in South America.
md his reasons for crediting ii with
such extraordinary longevity were hat
ae heard it use some words of a lam
guage spoken only by a tribe of In
dams which had been extinct more
:han 200 years.-N. Y. Sun.
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idly as possible under the fire. But the
attack came with such swiftness and
force that the regiment was borne
back. Slowly they retired at first, and
then the orderly retreat became a rout.
Down the hill the panic-stricken SOL
diers went. Officers tried to rally them
in vain. They rushed hither, thither,
everywhere, seeking only to escape the
shower of lead which the enemy poured
furiously upon them from a neighbor-
ing thicket.
AS the missiles few the thickest, out
from the long lane into the opening be-
tween the contending parties 4 new fig
ure came into view. 1t was the Cap'E,
on his pony, wholly unconscious of the
hell into which he rode. Dressed in his
uniform, with shining sword dangling
at his side, he rode on. He looked
around. The camp was in confusion.
Smoke from many guns filled the air.
The crack of musketry sounded sharp
and clear. Through the thicket he
could see a strange flag tiutterIng, and
down the hill he watched for a few mo-
ments the fleeing forms of the MEM
bers of company b.
The Cap'n was greatly puzzled; he
could not understand it all. He thought
it must be a sham battle, a mimic war
fare that he had once seen. He won
dered why he had not known of if.
And what were all those soldiers lying
down for? And why did no one come
to meet him? He would call them. He
raised his bugle to his lips, and over
the crack of muskets and the other
noise of battle sounded the bugle call
to charge. Louder and louder he blew,
until his whole strength went into the
inspiring summons.
The enemy heard the bugle call and
were puzzled. Had reenforcements
come? They saw the little figure
perched on his pony's back and won
dered more. Was it a trick to divert
their attention? They could not fire
at children, and there came the Cap'n's
little sister trudging along in the dust
after her big, five-year-old brother.
Company b heard the bugle call az
the soldiers tumbled rather than ran
down the hill. At first it awakened no
response. Then the frightened soldiers
stopped in their wild, mad fight, one
here, one yonder. \ corporal turned
and looked. Through a rift in the
smoke, blown by a passing b.eeze, he
saw the pony and its rider. Boys, it's
the Cap'n. He's calling us!"
The bugle rang out again. Twas the
only note the little fellow knPw-thP
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clans wanted his honor TO speak at
turned loose, and all the time the
mayor was skimming through his mail.
sending for clerks in the different de-
partments, asking questions and an
swering them.
He glanced at his watch and saw that
II was II o'clock. He went into the big
general office TO which everybody has
free access. and took a seat at a desk be-
hind a long railing. This desk is called
at the city hall the "altar of duty"
Here the mayor receives the public
from II a. m. till l p. m. Everyone is
welcome. The people from all parts
of the city come here to see the mayor.
They present their petitions TO him.
They ask for his advice. They ask him
for assistance in all kinds Of projects.
Some ask for aims. All receive a hear.
ing. This "altar of duty" is one of the
most interesting features of the city
hall. One has but to note the hetero-
geneous mass of people assembled
there TO learn a lesson in human ma
ture. The old, the poor, the halt and
the blind are there. Faces pinched
with poverty and faces scared with
crime peer over the tall railing at the
mayor. At the "altar of duty many a
poor soul receives the word Of COM
fort that is needed to cheer and help
him. 1t is the best thing that Mayor
Harrison has originated. and now that
il has been inaugurated it is likely that
it will be continued by his successors.
At 1870 p. IN. the mayor went t lunch
and was back again promptly at $3.50.
In the afternoon he endeavors to keep
out general visitors that he may de-
vote himself to examining city reports
and attend TO municipal business. I'm
til $3.50 and sometimes $3.50 p. IN he de-
votes himself TO the city work. The day
| was with him he worked like a hired
man, only stopping when interrupted
by some politician or determined per-
son whom the private secretary could
not keep out.
There is n day when nobody-nO
matter whether big or little-cau see
the mayor. That is on Monday. Nom
day his door IL closed tight. and he de-
votes the entire day TO a personal exam
nation Of each order and ordinance
that is before the city council. The
council meets IN Monday night and the
mayor wants TO be perfectly conversant
with every measure that comes before
that body. He goes through each docu-
ment and either approves of or vetoesit
Sometimes the aldermen override his
veto, but in important measures he is
pretty crafty in providing against that.
1t was a quarter past six o'clock when
the mayor shut down his roll-top desk
and babe me goodnight.
Through at last said l.
Through ?" reiterated he. 81 guess
you don't know much about this lob.
| have to make a speech tonight to the
Young Mems Go-Ahead sociEty in the
Thirty-fourth ward"
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
PHILIPPINE
Some of the Strange GeOErapn-
lea Names Have Been
Derived.

According to Mallet, the island OF
Luzon was so called because its Span
.sh conguerors observed that in front
Of the cabin of every inhabitant there
stood a large cylindrical wooden NOR
Jar, which, in the language of the
ragelas, was called "A losong, and IN
which was pounded the rice that
formed, and still forms, the staff of life
IF these people.
The name Manila Tor Manila as it has
been spellled) is supposed to be COM
pounded of the two Tagala words, ma
an appropriated form of marion,
'(where) there Is" and Mia, the name
Of a shrub (IXora manila of the order
Cinchonaceae, which grows in great
abundance on the shores of the bay of
Manila.
The name Cavite is a very slight al.
teratiOn of that of a native village.
which was so called from the shape OF
the bay upon which il stood. the Tag
ala word cavit meaning a hook" OF
bend"
The Visaya or CentEal Philippine is
lands derive their name from their IN.
habitants, who, at the time of the ar.
rival of the Spaniards, had the custom
Of painting their entire body in differ.
emit colors. The Spanish name is from
the native word "bisaya," meaning
painted Notwithstanding American
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

spread out on the desk. Harrison looked
up and said:
"Why, this fellows in for wife beat.
ing"
"0h, l don't know" said the alder
man, twisting in his chair. for he knew
the mayor was down on wife bCaters.
"Well, l know" continued Mayor
Harrison, land that settles it. No wife
beaten will ever be pardoned from this
Office"
The alderman walked out, and the
mayor turned TO his man again. Thee
Lahiff stuck his head in at the door and
said:
"A lady wants to see you. Mr.. Mayor"
"All right" said the mayor, "let her
come in"
Ag~ood-looking woman neatly dressed
in black went straight up to the
mayors desk in a business Ike way.
MIR. Mayor" she began, Il should like
to have you buy a ticket for our church
rattle, It's only so cents"
Harrison reached far down into his
trousers pocket, brought forth n bright
half-dollar and handed it to her. She
thanked him. and as she softly closed
the door he sighed.
"If / subscribed to everything that
l i'm asked to subscribe to-" said he,
sit would cost me $4,000 to 500 0 a
year; but ! couldn't refuse that wom-
an-she was so easy about it,"
Then he picked up a letter. There
were three minutes OF silence. The
private secretary announced o delega-
ton of colored men from the First
ward. They wanted more representa-.
ton on the pay rolls at the city hall.
Before the delegation got away a man
who had slipped in the outer door
edged up to the desk and said he wanted
a free peddling permit to sell campaign
songsters. Then an old man came in
and asked for transportation for his
son who was stranded down in Kalama-
ZOO. He VAS followed by a young girl.
who begged the mayor to sign an end
less chain for the relief of the heroes OF
FL Caney. After that they came string
ing along for all sorts of things. Wom-
en- wanted to get their Sons pardonei
from the bridewell for drunkenness,
mer wanted jobs sweeping the streets,
presidents of big corporations wanted
more privileges. three West side politj
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

E. NJ. Lahiff, was in the outer Office
sorting the mail. There are stacks and
stacks of letters waiting for the mayor
every morning. All private letters are
laid aside for the mayors personal peru
sal. The others the secretary uses his
discretion in answering or turning over
10 the mayor. That saves the mayor
time. To get rid of this mail is a days
Job in itself. There are communion
lions on almost every imaginable sub
ject. One man wants TO know why the
city doesn't have a double board of al
Germcn, so that one would be "A check
On the other. and keep the paving
blocks from being stolen off the street.
Another man asks the privilege of sell
ing cracker-jack on the east steps of
the city hall. Another wants a job in
the water office. Another wants his
honor to go around 10 the gas house
end tell them if they don't II down
their bills he'll shut them off. Another
suggests a congress of religions &c be
held here next Fourth of July, A young
lady from away out west somewhere
writes in for an autograph. The pres
ident of the Woman's Society for the
Good of the Earth wants the mayors
opinion on the advisability of eiectipg
cid women for sheriffs in towns OF the
fourth class. Then. there are all kinds
OF complaints. The man who has no
business of his own makes it his hhsi-
ness 10 see to il that other people do
their work right. There are several of
these men in Chicago, and when they
are too busy looking after the affairs
CT some one else to give everybody
proper attention. they call on some of
their friends out of town to help them.
There is never a dearth of complaints
awaiting the mayor when he comes
down TO the Office. No matter how triv-
ial these complaints may be, &c exam
ines and investigates every one of them.
If against a certain department. he
calls in the head of that department
and probes the matter to the bottom.
Some of these complaints, perhaps the
majority of them-are ~groundless,
and many of the grievances are imag-
mary, but the mayor looks into every
one of them and replies to them person
ally.
Mayor Harrison reaches his office
at about $3.50 every morning. He
doesn't vary five minutes either way.
He goes at once to his desk, where his
mali Is all laid out for him. He had
hardly got down to business the day
/ was there when an alderman came in.
The alderman wanted a pardon for n
constituent who had been sen to the
Eridewell.
What's he in for?' asked the mayor.
"Oh. just some little thing-I don't
know exactly" said the alderman eva
sively. Then he added: Hes a good
fellow, you know, and a handy man
around primaries"
Wait till see the record. said the
mayor.
In anO her minute the papers were
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
GunrdIng AgaInnt Irwin Germn.

A village clergyman tells this story: He
was walking through the outskirts of his
parish one evening, when he saw one Of his
parishioners very busy whitewashing his cot
tage. Pleased at these somewhat novel
signs Of cleanliness, he called out: "Well,
Jones, | see you are making your house nice
and smart" With a mysterious air Jones,
who had recently taken the cottage, de-
to the hedge which separated the garden
from the road. That's not 'xactly the rea-
son why I'm a doing of this ere job" he
whispered, but the last two couples az
lived in this ere cottage 'ad twins; so | says
to my missus, III take an whitewash the
place, so as there mayn't be no infection. Ye
See, sir, as 'ow we got ten children already"
N-Cornhill Magazine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
AOOd's PILE cure OniOusnsss, Indigestion
NOT GOOD AT QUOTATIONS.
He Was Called Down for sprInEInR
Something He Didn't Know the
Authority OF.
He came home in a bad temper.

- - S1N NNAAAHNAH
Jane" he grufiiy asked, have we such a
thing as the constitution of the United
States on the premises?"
why, yes, William" she cheerfully an.
Bwered; IN get it for YOU"
She came back presently with a thin vol.
unme and handed it to him.
lie took it up, glanced at it, and flung it to
the floor.
There you go, too" he snarled. That's
the declaration OF independence! By Jove!"
he bitterly added, here l came home to
study up the constitution, and the wife of
my bosom tries to palm off the declaration
Of independence on mel"
What's gone wrong, William" she asked.
why, this very morning" he angrily
cried, Il was quoting at length from the
constitution, as / supposed, when a fellow
yelled out: That amt tn constitution
This took me aback, but l rallied and cried:
mean the declaration of independence
: Tain't that, neither, he roared. What is
it, then" | howled. It's the Bible!' he
shrieked. Say, Jane, have we got a Bible in
the house ?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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she HoIdn Many TIue.

The duchess of Devonshire is. per.
haps, the most enviable of all the
queens of society. She'is chatelaine OF
six Of the most palatial houses in Eng.
land and Ireland, of a town house
whose rental value is equal to the year.
ly salaries of half the British cabinet
of a chateau in France, and a "lordly
pleasure house" on the Riviera. She
has won two ducal coronets by mar.
riage, has borne ten titles of peeragt
and is a French countess. Although sht
is still regarded as one of the lovelies.
women in society, she is grandmother
of a duke, who is himself meditatina
lnatTimony.-N. Y. Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How Sho
Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for
Advice, and IL Now Wen.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Before using
your Vegetable Compound l was .
great sufferer. I have been sick for
months, was troubled with severe pain
in both sides of abdomen, sore feeling