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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14

LeOng Kai Chen, the Chinese Refor-
ner, who is to visit the Islands, will be
an interesting man. The reform party
IN China has had a TREMENDOUS setback,
and whether it could have accomplished
very much, had it not had a setback is
quite questionable. 1t will be extremely
interesting, however, to have a cultivat-
ed Chinese gentleman here who can tell
what his party's aims have been in the
past, and what are it's hopes in the flu
ture. If any advance is to be made by
China it will be through men of the
stamp of Leong Kai Chen and Dr. Sun.
The native Chinese must do the work,
the foreigner will never do it. The
great change in Japan came from a
party within, which recognized the adj
vantages that it saw without
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14

We haven't the time. We have to trust
to others, and the consequence is that
we get the blame"
The Star wishes tu see the hands OF
the Board of Health strengthened AZ
much as possible. and believes that the
members Of the board are earnest IN
their desire for improving the public
health and the sanitary condition Of the
city. But when men accept RESPONSE
bility they are to blame If their sub
ordinatcs do not carry out their orders
No one expects the head of any board
to do the work himself. or the members
to do the work themselves. but they
should so impress themselves upon their
subordinates that their work must de
done their way and no other. and If it is
not so done, why they must get men
who will obey commands. 1t is no ex-
cuse for responsibility to say that or
ders are not properly carried out. They
must be carried out, there is nothing
else about it.
If orders are given to clean up the
slums, those orders should be carried
out to the letter There is certainly
need enough. If men are a menace 10
health, they should be removed. The
picture which physician paints of
consumptive Celestial sitting in a res
taurant and expectorating upon the
floor, is not an inviting one. Certainly
some effort should be made to prevent
the spread of tuberculosis by such
means. If we can remove a smallpox
patient or fever patient, we certainly
ought to be able to remove a tubercu-
lous patient But-and here comes a big
but-where are you going to remove
him to-? The hospital won't have him,
because he would be dangerous to other
patients. The quarantine station can
not be given over for an indefinite time
to one particular disease. What are
you going to do? What is done, is very
simple. Let the matter alone and allow
tuberculosis free hand That is what
is done, and it is having eminent sue
cess as the mortuary tables for the
last six months show.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14
GLOOMY OUTLOOK.

The condition of a great part of Eu-
rope is not a very brilliant one at the
present moment. Among the great pow
ers France has been on the verge of
revolution for months. The monarchists
the imperialists and the ultra radicals
are all ready to overturn the present
bourgeois republic, and the torch to set
the whole thing in a blaze is ready at
hand in the present Dreyfus trial. If he
is acquitted the aristocrats and anti
semites, will howl and desire a resort to
arms. If he is again condemned. the
radicals and socialists, and all who de-
test the bourgeois, the fat and greasy
citizen, will be ready to take up a sim
liar role.
In Spain the monarchy is in danger
from two sources. The carlists who
would bring back, if they could, even a
more conservative and intolerant gov
eminent than Spain now has, and who
promise success to the very furnished
arms of the monarchy and the repub-
licans, who would establish a form of
republicanism which would send a
"A
for it would mean a rule in which the
dagger would play a very prominent
part. Spain has also a difficult prob
lem in her army. With the return of her
regiments from the colonies, there must
be large class of idle and turbulent Of
ficers. who need employment, and who
despise civilian pursuits. sIt is a prob
lem that all history has found difficult
of solution.
Italy is also in a bad way. The coun-
try is overtaXed, and the peasantry is
discontinued. The government has to
resort to arresting the parliamentary
deputies, step bound to bring about
grave complications, and calculated
to increase, rather than to, allay the
irritation of the masses against the
classes.
Belgium is practically in the throes of
revolution. If the government is firm
against the demands of the popular
party, it stands in danger of being
swept away by force, if it yields, as
there seems every indication that it will
be obliged to, the monarchy will in all
probability be legislated out of evist-
ence.
In all states there is great discomfort
among the poorer classes. The prob
lens which face these older countries
do not become prominent in the west,
at present. The root of all the dscom-
tent in Europe must be sought in poll
tcal inequalities, in the unequal dstri-
button of wealth and in the strong So
cial distinctions. The end must be an
Immense social upheaval. There was
one at the end of last century There
was one in the middle of this century.
Neither reached the aims desired. The
time is at hand for another. Will it
merely clear the air for time, or will
is establish a permanent good which
will make the next century better and
a pleasanter one than this?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14

The healthy growth of a church is al
ways a good sign in a community The
Central Union church has a congrega-
ton so large, that one man finds it i'm
possible to attend to the multifarious
duties which come upon the shoulders
of the pastor, The church body has
therefore determined to have two as
sistants in order to properly attend to
all the details of the church work more
thoroughly. This marks a growth Of
considerable strength in the city. When
people from abroad consider the social
conditions of a city, the churches form
one of the main items in the consider
alton. The fact that the churches show
vigorous growth, no matter what the
denomination may be, shows a healthy
and respectable development of the So
cial system. Honolulu has lost much Of
its puritanical spirit and people are
free to spend their Sundays as they
please, without remark, and the church
going is the better for that spirit having
disappeared, because those who attend
church now do it of their own free will,
and not because they are coerced by an
iron bound public opinion. The ad-
vance in Central Union is only typical
of the churches all along the line.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14
SOME CRITICISM.

The physicians of Honolulu gave a
great deal of attention lately to the
subject of tuberculosis and strong pa
pers were read and vigorous discussions
succeeded. But there the matter rests.
Nothing is done Yet consumption is
the most fatal disease in the mortuary
list of Honolulu.
That the time calls for action is very
patent. There is much of the town
which is unsanitary and which the
Board of Health does not seem able to
cope with. One of the members plain
lively remarked the other day I'VE give
orders, but they are not carried out the
way we want. them and we can't go
round and see that the things are done.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14

The Samoan difficulty seems to have
come to an end, and the commissioners
consider that the Islands can be left 10
themselves. What machinery of gov
eminent has been set up now that the
kingship has been abolished has not
yet been announced. The machinery
that Berlin treaty had to deal with was,
after all, only the governing OF the
municipality of Apia, which is II very
small affair. They have practically dis
armed the Samoans, and if the traders
can be kept from importing ammuni-
lion and weapons, it will be hard for
the islanders to again carry on agrees
.sive war. Malietoa goes to Fiji upon
some kind of an allowance, but what
becomes of Mataafa, we must wait to
hear
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14

In an article in The Star on July C.
the desirability of opera ting automO-
biles in Honolulu was urged, and the
possibility of these motor cars SUPER
seding tramcars was considered. The
introduction of automobiles is now as
sured, and a certain number will be in
Use here by the beginning of next year.
The automobile will soon become popu-
lar for private use, as we'll rs in the
form of public carriages. In France
there is perfect craze for them, and it
as there where the best machines have
been made hitherto. In the United
States the automobile is steadily push
ing its way both as a public and a pri-
Vate conveyance. Automobiles are OK
pensive as a first investment, but the
cost of operating is much less than with
a horse and carriage. There is quite an
interesting article upon automobiles in
the July McClure's Magazine, which
gives comparative cost and much gen
eral information upon the subject of
the horseless carriage.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14

A glorious send off was given at Ma
mia upon the 4th of July. The display
must have borne it in upon the minds
OF the Filipino spectators that Amer
ican institutions and American ways of
thought had started out to be dominant
upon the Islands. But the teaching of
English in the schools, opening an en-
tirely new literature, with new ideas
will have the more powerful and Ter
manent effect. The school ma am and
the school book are the most potent
weapon of expansion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14
ANOTHER
Special Sale!
Furniture
Our entire stock will be closed
out at cost.
Sale is now on.

We are not in the furniture
business, but want to be lead
ers in Crockery, Glass, Lamps
and Housefurnishing Utensils.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14
Timely
Topics


w HOnoIuIu, JUNO I, ISVV.
Settled conditions in the manage
ment and working force has been ac-
complished and in looking over the
stock the following articles are found
which deserve special mention, as be-
petitive prices.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-14
CULTIvAToRs, WOODEN OK BOWS,
CANAL and GARDEN WHEEL BAR
ROWS, PAN AMERICAN, STEEL
TRAY WHEEL BARROWS,
GALVANIZED IRON BUCKETS,
assorted sizes 9 to 16 inches.

Also large invoice of general Mer-
chandise to arrive by the return Aus
tralia.
Give us call and examine for your
self. We sell at lowest market rates.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-02
PRESSED FERNS.
some Points OF Interest 10 Those
who Are Fond of Cali
Letting.


1t is now the proper season to begin
pressing ferns for decorative pArposes.
The ferns should each be pressed when
they are at their prime, that is just.be-
fore they begin to ''spore-" The fruit
dots make the ferns heavier, and there
fore they are not so delicate after dry
ing. In some species the ferns are
quite disfigured by the process.
The maidenhair curls up the edges Of
its leaves at this time, and must be
gathered now, before this change be-
gins to take place. The pretty trian-
gular "beach" ferns are now in perfect
condition for pressing. The Dicksonia
or fragrant hay fern is one of the most
delicate in color and outline. 1t is also
one of the most common ferns we have.
1t should be gathered at once. SO should
the spleenworts, the prettiest of which
are somewhat rare. The aspidiums, or
shield fern, and the rarer ferns, like the
climbing fern, the cliff and the other
delicate varieties, should all be gath
cred as soon as possible. Press them
under heavy weights. Do not attempt
to use the larger ferns. Many of these
measure three or four feet in length. A
fern over foot long is large enough to
use conveniently in bouquets or for
wall decorations.-N. Y. Tribune.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-02
intelligent Monkeys.

A few days ago gentleman from
New York was sitting in the lobby OF
one of the hotels talking to Detroit
man, when the subject of pet animals
was brought up. Il once had pair OF
small monkeys that exceeded in intel
ligence any animals that ever knew
Of" said the easterner. "We brought
them up from babies, and always all
lowed them the freedom of the house.
One day my wife and ! went away, and
when we came back we could not get
into my study. Finally I forced the
door, and such a sight ! never before
beheldl Those little monkeys had
locked the door, and then proceeded to
destroy things. They tore the pie
lures from my best books, opened the
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-02

Englishmen msy now spend u fort
Iuight in Paris or switzerland for S35, or
enjoy Norwegian tour for $50.
Underground London contains $4,000
miles OF telegraph wires, s,Oo3 miles OF
sewers. 4,5sO miles Of water-mains, and
1900 miles of gas pipes. W
In the agriculturalpalssof Ireland
1925 week is the highest wages paid
to d labJr6r in regular work. On the
coast of Dungloe women can earn $3.50
a week curing fish.
Throughout France there were in
1880 drinking shops TO the number OF
s56,s6s, while to-day the number Is Just
10000 is TO say, half shop Tor
every so Inhabitants, leaving children
out of the question.
At Weissenfels in Germany l%year-
old shop girl committed suicide after
being dismissed on account of,a trifiing
theft. and her 1s-year-old sister fol-
lowed her example ON account OF the
disgrace.
Clocks are manufactured in various
parts OF. the empireof Japan to such an
extent that the Importation of all but
the very cheapest kind has been
stopped. American movements are ex-
actly initiated, but the springs are inn
ported from the United States.
An. extraordinary occurrence hap
pened the other day in Brussels. A
milkwoman with her cart, drawn by
two dogs, was passing through street
in the center of the city, when OF sud-
den the roadway opened and the cart
and dogs disappeared. Investigation
showed that the roadway had been un-
dermined by rats, which swarm in the
neighborheod. - Independence Beige,
Brussels.
Details of revolving crime per-
petrated by the keeper OF the public
cemetery of small Bohemian town,
near Prague, have just been discovered.
This official conceived the idea of ex-
cavating the older part of the vineyard,
and selling all the old bones he could
find for industrial purposes, as he found
that certain manufacturers paid more
| for human bones than for those of an
imals. The cemetery official had been
earning money in this way for several
years before he was detected and sus
! pended from his post.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-02
WHEN Folks MARRY.
According to This Authority Bache-
lors Are mt the Danger Point When
20 and spinsters at "a.

The most dangerous age for a bache-
lor is under 26is. to be accurate 26.35,
as the registrar general dryly puts It in
his statistical return just issued. The
most joyous and delightful age for
woman is something over 24h-24.59-
That is to say. that it was at those pre-
else ages that the average bachelor OF
last year and the average maid became
one.
The bachelor, however, grows more
wary year by year. He was older in
1895 than in 1897 when he fell into the
tolls. The average bachelor was mar
ried in 1897 at 26.3O years OF age, quite
.05 less. The girl, too, has to wait long
er now than she used to. She was .05
Of year younger in 1897 when she be-
came wife than in 1898. As for the
people who marry as minors they are
rapidly becoming vanishing number,
among men at least; s4 out of every
1,o0O husbands in 1874 were married
under the age of 21, and SO were 227 out
of every 1000 women. The boy hus-
bands have come down to 81 per 1000
now; the girl wives have dropped to 10
per 1000. There have not been so few
boy and girl marriages at any time
since 1851.
OF the total marriages in 1898, 42,751
persons were minors. OF these there
were two girls. IA; ten, Is; 15S, 16; five
boys, 16; 664 boys, II; 1,196 girls, II,
and 3,30s boys and 6,294 girls, Is; over
is the girl wives run into tens of thou
sands and actually nearly 10000 youths
of 20 were married.
There has been decided slump in
widowers and widows of late. In 1871
1888 husbands and 100 wives in every
1000 were widowers and widows re-
spectively. Things have changed since
then; there were but 9S widowers and
60 widows in every 1000 marriages In
1898. The widower, by the way, is OBJ
viously more dangerous to the suscept-
ible heart of the opposite sex than the
widow. 1t is TO be noted, however, that
when the widow selects bachelor as
a husband she takes man nearly two
years her junior; when she chooses q
widower her husband is nearly five
years older than herself. = Chicago
Times-Herald.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-02

dcsa 5ruxers. uoi o,it ,a vliuabie pn-
rers. 1ore them Into asrnu Pieces i'nd
scattered them all over she'tnble. Then
they took ihe iniSaIid spripkled itoser
Ire entire waste mass Inever saw such
i sight putthe strange part o. = was
that we couldn't iinS The culprits.
Finally. after hunting through every
thing in The room, J Unopened 70 look
up. ana there they were. perched on
The very Top Of the chapdeuer "
course. couldn't afford TO have that
performance repeated, SO took them
10 CeniraI park and left them. The
poor little things died not long after
the keeper said of broken hearts,
Detroit Free Press.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-02
H,. Inst Place.

The Manager-How came you TO
leave your last place?
Applicant was discharged Tor gooo
behavior, sir.
discharged for good behayior'
That's unusual, isn't it?"
.Well, you see, good conduct took
nine months off my sentence."-Ilt-
Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED.
viii be Enlisted Right Along and
10000 Rushed to Manila.

As result of conference between
the President and Secretary Alger, it
has been decided to begin the enlist
ment of volunteers for two years ser
vice in the Philippines. Orders to re-
cruiting officers to this effect have been
sent out. 1t is proposed to arm and
equip at once three brigades, or about
10000 men, and then to continue the
work until the whole 35, 600 authorized
by the law are secured. There will be
no call upon the States The regiments
will be organized as United States vol
unteers. Officers will be appointed by
the President and assigned to regiments
without regard to State lines.
The maximum Of the regular army Of
1000 men has been secured, and now
enlistments will be for the provisional
army to make up the total strength OF
lOO,O men. Gen. Otis has 29,3OO
men on the ground or under orders, and
volunteers will be rushed to him until
he has an efficient force Of 80, 900 men.
In the enlistments for the United
States volunteers, veterans of the late
war, including those Sho did not get
beyond the home camps, but were sea-
soned, will be given the preference. and
the same will be true of the officers. A
brigadier general for every three regi-
ments aud major general for each dl-
vision Of three brigades will be appoint
ed. They will be part regulars and part
volunteers, and Gen. Joe Wheeler will
he among the number.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
THE PARDONING POWER
Coy. McSWeeney Exercises it in Sew
eral Cases Others Refused.

Gov. McSweeney Wednesday acted
upon a number of applications for par
don.
4 pardon was granted John Dill con-
7icted in March, 1895, in Spartanburg,
of manslaughter and sentenced by
Judge Withersspoon to seven years i'm
prisonment IN the penitentiary. The
pardon was recommended by the judge,
solicitor and jury.
He also pardoned Robert Wither-
spoon, now in jail at Lancaster. His
sentence would expire in October The
county physician certified that the man
is dying in jail and the solicitor asked
the pardon.
The governor refused to interfere in
the case Of T. E. Thackston of Green
vile, who is serving sentence for kill
ing a negro woman with whom he was
intimate. This was the second time
Thackston had killed a person in
baEdy house, his first victim being a
man. The governor could find no miti-
eating circumstances.
General Evans Davis, who was con-
victed in October, 1896, in Clarendon
Of manslaughter With viii. 9 -scoommenda-
ton to mercy and was sentenced by
Judge Benet to serve four years at hard
labor in the State prison, got a pardon.
Davis was mere boy at the time and
the killing occurred at general row at
negro hot supper. The deceased
struck him and he used his knife in de-
fense. The Judge and solicitor both
sad they thought the ends Of justice
had been met.
A pardon was given Dave Murdock
Of Marlboro who was convicted Of as
sau!t and battery in November, 1897,
and sentenced to two years on the
changing. His term is not out and
he recently assisted in preventing the
escape Of prisoners. He is in bad
health. He assaulted his father-in-law
in family row. Solicitor johnson
and the Marlboro Delegation endorsed
the application.
The communication to six months in
the case of Irving Williams, Richland
county, heretofore mentioned, was
granted.
The governor refused to pardon Rob.
ert Crockett, convicted Of larceny Of
live stock, although the prosecutor
asked it. The main reason pardon
was desired was the use Of Crockett as
witness in another case. The solicit
or said he would need the testimony
State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
WILL FIGHT TIE TRUST.
The Farmers of Texas Organize Against
the Round Bale.

The Farmers Antitrust Union was
organized in Navarro county, Texas, In
May. The aim and object Of this union
is the mutual protection of the farmers
and cotton raisers against the bllghting
influence and power of the round bale
cotton trust in particular and other
trusts. monopolies, syndicates and COM
bines Of whatever name, character or
formation, the workings Of which are
detrimental to the interest of the pro
ducers of the products Of the soil,
which constitutes all wealth, and tends
to destroy honest competition and trade
in commerce. Section 4 Of the agree
ment declares that call persons who are
opposed to trusts and monopolies in
any and all forms, and who believe in
honest competition in trade, and who
believe in the inalienable rights Of man
to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness as guaranteed the citizens of this
great Republic by the Constitution, and
who are willing to subscribe to the
obligation hereinafter set forth, are
eligible to membership in this union.
The following is the obligation:
I'VE, whose names are hereunto
subscribed do most solemnly obligate
ourselves not Co encourage, support
or patronize the round bale cotton
system in any way, shape or form: and
we further agree to patronize our home
gins and giDners with the fat bale, pro-
vided that our ginners will reduce their
presses to conform to the uniform or
standard bale Of q by 81 inches. and
we further agree that we will not insist
or require our gin men to use or put in
any more cotton than is necessary to
make an average weight bale OF 500
pounds"
The obligation was signed by nearly
every man present. R. j. Wright was
elected president; R. F. johnson, vice
president; Sam C. French, secretary
and treasurer. A committee consisting
of J. S. Ponder and R. J. Davis, was
appointed to organize the Negro farm
ers OF the precinct.
This organization is not temporary
affair, but will continue in existence as
long as there is trust to fight or, un-
til the State officers shall have enforced
the constitutional laws Of the State.