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Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-11
Hnncunrement.
The Christmas Holiday Number.
Cash Prizes For Original Stories.

THE WEEKLY intends making effort produce,
in its Christmas Edition. publication beyond anything yet
adaptable only for home reading but send abroad
Xmas aoha friends and relatives and show them the
the size of the will be enlarged and will TEEN with
graphs Tales Of Hawaiian folk lore and articles of literary
interest will fill the pages feature will be the offer of the fol-
lowing prizes for Original Stories be of spooky and
generally Christmasike flavor
First Prize. 5000 in Gold
Second Observation-Disclosures. 1000 in Gold
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS.

The following are the officers of Cen
eva Parlor No 107, instituted by Deputy
Mrs Emma Lille at Comanche on the
25th of last month, after it had been or
ganized by Mrs. L. Pardoe and Miss Ag-
nes Raab: Past President Mary Duffy;
president, Alice Mulgrew; first vice pres
ident, Lizzie Pardoe; second vice presi-
dent, Belle Holman; third vice president,
Mamie Tierney; recording secretary,
Agnes Raab; financial secretary, Louise
Weithoff; treasurer, Carrie L. Petty;
marshal Mamie Whiteman; trustees
Nettie CharrouX, Aida Ringer and Lett
tie FitZsimmons; outside sentinel, Ber-
tha Gooding, and inside sentinel, Sarah
MulgreW There were thirty-one names
on the charter list and twenty-three of
the signers were present at the institu-
San Luisito Parlor No. 10S organized
by Miss Maude Scott, was instituted at
San Luis Obispo by Grand President Mrs.
Lena H. Mills assisted by volunteers of
the order. The new parlor has forty-three
charter members, and the following are
the charter officers: Miss Maud Scott,
past president; Mrs. Mary Bowen. pres
ident; Miss Lena Call, first vice presi-
dent; Miss Mossie McHenry, second vice
president; Miss Carrie Barnes, third vice
PRESIDENT. Miss Eva Ballou, financial sec
retary; Miss Nellie Thompson, treas
urer; Miss Callie Sloan, marshal; Miss
Rose Egan, inside sentinel; Mrs. Maggie
Johnson, outside sentinel; Mrs. Harloe,
Mrs. Jones and Mrs Shipley, trustees;
Miss Dicie Graves, organist and Drs. Sea-
On the night of the 1st inst. Golden
State Parlor No. so was visited by Past
Grand President Miss Mae B. Willkin and
District Deputy Mrs, GeneyieYe Baker,
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FRATERNAL NEWS

which is to meet in Salinas on the oath
of April, and the rest will elect their dele
gates before the close of the month. The
great contest will be for the office. of
grand trustee There are already a few
candidates in the field
In the death of James T. Rucker Palo
Alto Parlor No. So has lost very active
member. He on a number of occasions
represented his parlor in the Grand Parlor
and served on a number of the important
The Library and Reading Room Associa-
ton will meet next Friday night, when q
number of contemplated improvements
will be offered for approval. w. H. Stan
iels has been elected librarian.
From the Semi-annual reports to Grand
Secretary Lunstedt it appears that the to-
tai membership is 9491.
A number of the grand officers accom-
panied Grand Trustee ]. K. Hawkins on
his visit to Mount Diablo Parlor in Me-
tinez, and they We're received WITT
hearty welcome by the members OF that
and other parIors in the vicinity. The
ritualistic work was performed to the en-
tire satisfaction of the visiting othcer.
After an instructive address by the vis-
iting grand trustee and addresses by 9TH
ers there was an adjournment to the ban
uuet hall, where there was feast OF
good things in the way of edibles, music,
songs and speeches.
Last Monday evening Sequoia Parlor
admitted six strangers by initiation, and
several applications received were re-
ferred to committees. Several members
were nominated for delegates TO the next
Grand ParIor. The election will take
place at the next meeting.
When Grand Trustee H. r. McNoble
visited Mission Parlor few evenings
welcome fer which that parlor is noted.
The grand trustee was accompanied on
his visit by Grand Secretary LunStedt'
District Deputies rem, Ndn ee,I, 49,,
Lansing and NUMBER VI iieii1DDi' ~
ioC%f Grand orator Frank L. Coombs will Off
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12

o many thousand impressions of
palms have been forwarded to this
department for reading that 1t has
= been decided not to receive any
more until those on hand are an
jw9red. This is done in justice to the
paImist and to those who might forward
impressions and be obliged to wait long
time before a careful reading could be
made in this column.
MRS. T. M. Ban erratic nature; ex-
travagant and impulsive; fond of good
eating; Indifferent to public opinion; great
independence of character; several short
illnesses, one severe attack about 40. You
will have your greatest prosperity after
middle life, through the influence of a
friend You will take long voyage,
which will bring you money.
MISS ANNIE CA sensitive, nervous,
weak constitution; great ambition, yet
lack force to carry out your designs; you
will have one great disappointment in
love, and will not marry until nearly 30;
YOU will be troubled with defective circu-
Iation and intestinal troubles; you must
take more exercise and more nourishment.
JAMES R., Oakland-An easy-going,
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lacking logic; you are too fond of the
opposite sex; you will experience two Sc
rious financial losses through mistaken
judgment; you will be assisted in busi-
ness by a relative at the age of %; sew
eral short trips in the near future.
DOROTHY-You have a very f1irtatious
disposition; you will marry twice once
for love. and the second time. for money;
you will be a widow in both instances;
there is an attack of brain fever shown
in your head lines, caused by loss OF
money; you will travel on one voyage;
you will narrowly escape drowning.
MRS. w. c. LA nervous. restless ma
ture, your life line shows many slight ILL
nesses. You are sensual, but not affec-
tionate; you are aggressive, yet cautious.
There are too many influences in your life
from strong attachments. You will lose
money twice through speculation. Many
changes.
MRS. L. M-This is the hand of a just,
generous nature. intellectual, fond of good
living, affable, independent. You are tall
ented and have good commercial ability.
You could speculate with success. You
are lucky. Two marriages.
MISS ABBIE Can affectionate. hon
est, straightforward nature. Your heart
has caused you much sorrow. You have
had one grave disappointment. You will
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12

who sits and looks straight out of car
window instead of looking ahead, as he
would if he sat with one shoulder to the
window, as in American cars, does not
get such an alarming impression of ter
rife speed.
Mr.. Behr has been quietly operating
the trains on this new line in Belgium
for some time past, and he has put 1t
to the severest and most exacting tests,
such as operating the trains under a
speed of $50 miles an hour around sharp
curves and of dropping them down steep
grades without any diminution of veloc-
ity. The Tervuerne road is three miles
long, built in the shape of an eclipse.
That is to say, there are two straight
sides, Joined by curved ends, the curves
having radius of 1900 feet. The track
proper is a stout trestle laid upon ground
sleepers. On top of the trestle. there is
the single bearing rail, and at either side
of it, lower down, guide rail-
How the Road Is Constructed.
That is not so very wonderful, but
YOU cannot say so much of the car itself.
1t is a sort of double-decker, sixty feet
long, and dual lengthwise as we'll as YER
tically, throughout its lower half. This
double lower portion houses the main
wheels, the guide wheels, and the cleo
tric motors, which receive their power
from a conductor laid along the track
There are four of these motors, weighing
three tons each. They are attached to four
of the eight carriage wheels. With 600
revolutions per. minute each motor deVel-
ops $50 horsepower. That gives a speed
Of a hundred miles an hour, which can
easily be doubled.
Besides the eight carriage wheels there
are thirty-two guide wheels, which run
upon the guide rails and preserve the
equilibrium. Thus even at three miles
a minute there is no possibility of de-
railment.
The upper half, the car proper, seats 100
passengers, and has besides compart-
ments for the electrician and conductor.
In the electricians cabin there are two
air brakes, one for stacking speed, the
other for actually stopping the train.
Electricity comes from power-house
in the Tervuerne park, which has a ca
pacity of about 1000 horsepower. The
dynamos have a working strength of $50
volts Electricity is fed to the line by a
copper cable properly connected to the
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
KNIGHTs OF PYTHIAs.

There will be an open meeting of the
knights of Pythias under the auspices
of California, Damon and Golden Gate
lodges in Knights of Pythias Hall on the
night of Friday, the oath inst. Grand
Chancellor c. L. Patton will deliver an
address and there will be singing and
.recitations, and refreshments will be
served.
Ivy Lodge No. 65 has consolidated with
Golden Gate Lodge No. 3.
shaffner Company, No. %. y; r., was 81 in
stituted on the 4th inst. at Ukiah by Col
onel j. P. Abbott, assisted by Brigadier
General c. F. McGlashan, Brigadier Gen
eral H Shaffner retiredl, Colonel T. A.
Nerney, Colonel w. ]. Kidd. Colonel w.
w Moore (retired) and Major p. O'Kane.
The officers of the new company are s. A:
Mcdonald, captain; A. Marks. first. and
6. A Keller, second Lieutenant; r. l..
Crane, recorder. 49,
Another company of the U. r. will
shortly be instituted at Auburn.
Within few weeks there will be
pilgrimage of the D. of <. K. to Sacra-
mento.
There was a caucus last week in Los
Angeles of the representatives of the
lodges in the lower part of the State 70
discuss matters that are to come up De-
fore the Grand Lodge meeting in santa
Cruz on the 18th of May.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
AMERICAN GUILD.

San Francisco Chapter at its meeting
last Wednesday night had work in the
ber of candidates III prospect. After the
close of business, which was presided ever
by Vice Governor G. l.. Pierce, the mem
bers engaged in a game of progressive
whist. Deputy Supreme Governor McGar-
vie announced that prize of a sewing
machine would be given to the member
who, within stated time. would bring in
the greatest number of members into the
chapter. high-class bicycle to the one
bringing in the next greatest number and
other prizes for others who will exert
themselves.
Art s. Newberg. secretary OF Petaluma
Chapter. is a candidate for the once or
City Clerk of Petaluma.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
ANCTFNT ORDER WORKMEN.

On the evening of the 18th instant Old
Friends Lodge will be instituted and it
will be the beneficiary feature of the So
ciety of Old Friends. After the institu-
ton there will be a banquet in Stockton
street restaurant.
Last Friday California and Occidental
lodges held q joint meeting with Dawn OF
Hope Lodge of the Degree of Honor and
there were a number of speakers, the
principal orator being Past Grand Master
Barnes.
her Of the members of the order to the
lodge in Alvarado.
Deputy Grand Master Danforth has re-
turned from a visit TO Fresno and selma
AT the latter place there was an exhibit
ton drill by the A. o. y. w. and the d;
Of H. team at the public meeting held
there The hall was crowded and the au-
dience was entertained by addresses by
The deputy grand master, Grand Foreman
Collins and District Deputy Biiby.
At Fresno the degree team initiated
twenty-four candidates for the lodge
there secured by Deputy Well. The two
teams went to MADEIRA and there twenty
four signatures were obtained to pc
tition for a Degree of Honor lodge at that
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
NATIVE SONS.

One Of the features at the recent ami
yersary ball given by Stanford Parlor No.
56 was a schottische. an original compost
ton written for the occasion by ]. j. Ler-
man, prominent member of the parlor,
snd dedicated TO II by the composer. 1t
IS a production that has a great deal of
merit. for Mr.. Lerman is a first class mu-
sician. and 1t is one that will always
please dancers when they hear it in the
bali room.
Santa Cruz Parlor has been requested
by many of the prominent citizens of
Santa Cruz to ask the next Grand Parlor
TO select that city as the place in which
10 hold the celebration by the Native
Sons of the forty-ninth anniversary of
the admission Of California into the
Union A committee of the parlor con-
gjsting of r. 8. Miller r. H. Pringle and
George staler Jr is siready 36yy at d4y work to
Grand Secretary Henry Lunstedt is a
very busy man at this time: in :boa HE is get
A number OF the parlors have ALREADY
elected delegates to the GEaFRl98 PeIlor.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
DEGREE OF HONOR.

Last Tuesday night at the meeting of
Silver Spray Lodge in Excelsior Lodge
Mrs \. G. Crawley, the retiring chief OF
honor, was presented by the lodge,
through Mrs. NJ. ]. Stewart. with a hand
some badge of her rank. The event was
followed by q supper
wv Lodge OF Oakland has appointed
Mrs Eva Cogan, Miss Alberta Llttlefield
and Mrs Helen Hall a committee on the
entertainment of the delegates to the
Unity Lodge Of Grass Valley initiated
eight candidates during FEBRUARY Star
IF El Dorado Lodge at FL Dorado initi-
ated several candidates during the same
month.
Stockton on the 81 inst. by Grand Chief
of Honor Mrs Mayon. This was organ
lied by Mrs. A 4. Wood, D. G; 9; Of n: H,
Oakland 1t is expected that before the
Grand Lodge meets on the 9Th Of April
new lodges will be instituted at MADEIRA,
GiIroy Santa Clara, Haywards, Placer
Vile and Shingle Springs.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
TWO MILES 4 MINUTE ON SINGLE RAIL.
Naw Pan-Enq s

steel contact rail, which is carried on
| china insulators, made fast to the sleep
ers This contact rail feeds especial COL
lectors, which in turn pass the power TO
the motors.
| This line has harper curves and
sleeper gradients than are likely to oc-
cur on any commercial railway. And 1t
! has itself been most severely and impair
| TALLY tested under the eyes of commits
sioners specially appointed by the Gov
| ernments of Belgium and Russia. So it
| is worth while to hear what those big-wfg
official gentlemen say of 1t:
"a single-rail line on trestles, with a
bearing surface for the vertical pressure
Of the rolling stock, and supplied with
guide wheels to resist lateral pressure, Of
| fers fewer chances of derailment than the
ordinary railway" says one. A second
| comes in like an echo: "a single-rail line
| with curves of the radius common upon
express routes can be Travelled over much
more rapidly and more safely than an or
| dinary track
Curiosities of the New Line.
! One of the curiosities of the Ter
vuerne line is the method of crossing
country roadways, of which there are
several through the park at Tervuerne.
| In order to maintain such a speed it
would be fatal to have to slow down for
| a crossing. Accordingly, Mr.. Behr has
| rugged up a marvellous drawbridge for
roads. This drawbridge is worked auto
matcally so that when the train ap-
proaches the two sections of the bridge.
parting in the middle, fly up. allowing the
train to pass at full speed.
Mr.. Behr expects in the future to use
his new invention not only for short dis
| tances between densely populated cities,
but for long distances through the coun-
try where the passenger traffic is large.
If his line now projected from Liverpool
TO Manchester is entirely satisfactory
think of the possibilities for still longer
ones For instance, a travelling man
might go to bed in the evening in a train
in New York and wake up fresh for busi-
ness in Chicago the next morning. 1t
would be perfectly feasible to go to Flor
ida for a Sundays outing, leaving Satur-
day night and coming back on Monday
morning, and, according to Mr.. Behr, this
could be accomplished with even greater
safety than that attained in the swift
running double-track trains of to-day.
Cost of Single Rail Lines.
The question of cost. of outlay and
possible returns, is of course crucial.
Mr.. Behr is frankness itself there. He
sets down categorically estimates of
first cost at from $4,000 to 100000 to the
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
KNIGHTs OF HONOR.

The ninth reunion of the term was held
on last Monday night, when Yosemite and
Confidence lodges visited Liberty Lodge.
There were also visitors from all the To-
cal 10 lees. After the regular business the
doors were opened to number of guests
who were ir waiting, and they with the
members of the order were entertained
with choice programme and an address
by Past Grand Dictator Barnes on the
subject of fraternity.
The Past Dictators' Association at it's
last held meeting admitted six new mem
bers in the presence of a large number
of members, including Supreme Repre-
sentatives c. F. Curry and John w.
Rourke. The association is preparing to
banquet the Grand Lodge representatives
on the 21st inst.
Saxon lodge was visited last Tuesday
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
INDEPENDENT FoREsTERs.

The board of deputies at a meeting held
last Wednesday night completed the ar
rangements for the grand entertainment
TO De given in Odd Fellows Hall on the
Sth Of April under the auspices of the or
der A fine musical programme has been
High Chief Ranger McElfresh.
A new court with thirty-five charter
members will be instituted at Asuza on
the 18th inst by w. r. Huber, D. s. r.
Deputy Supreme Rangers Duckworth
and Bickford have been at work In san
Mateo and Santa Clara counties recruit
the past week secured thirty.
Deputy Supreme Ranger L. a. Jacobs
was in Grass Valley and Nevada CITY
last week and while there secured thirty
five members for the courts there. He
found the membership in both placs very
, NIL IN al ati
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
Special to the Sunday Call.

Il 7 HILE railroad operators are
n / boasting of making their sixty
NM miles an hour an English in
II VI ventor has quietly built a line
~ of railroad on which the trains
run regularly at the rate OF
= hundred miles an hour, and frequently
attain a speed Of from two to three miles
4 minute And it is a practical achieve
nent. with full-sized cars capable OF
CARRYING a hundred passengers zach, so
practical, indeed, that F. B. Behr, the en-
eineer and inventor, has just formed a
syndicate in London for constructing a
line on his new system between Liverpool
and Manchester. He calls it, very truly,
the Lightning Express Railway 1t will
regularly make the distance of about
thirty miles in twenty minutes, includ-
ing stops Between stations the cars Will
frequently attain a speed of two miles a
minute.
The character of the new road is as
strange as its achievements. The trains
run on a single rail set several feet
above ground on a trestle-work, and the
motive power is furnished by electricity
The cars somewhat resemble a bis OBJ
long bun, turned upside down, with
wheels set thick along the part that
answers for the bun crease, and hedged
about with guide wheels so that it. can
not lump the track along which 1t is pro-
PEELED.
Wonders of the New Road.
Work on the Liverpool and Manchester
road Will begin within a few months. The
first line Of the kind built by Mr.. Behr,
in Tervuerne, near Brussels, Belgium,
has been in operation for some months,
and has been found to be remarkably sue
cessful. 1t crosses bridges and roads,
ii circles around short curves, it climbs
steep grades. It enters and leaves its
depots by means of what are probably
tho most curious switch arrangements in
the world and it gives its passengers a
new sensational sensation of a speed Of
propulsion hitherto unattained in any
contrivance invented by man for the
TRANSFORMATION of passengers.
Indeed it IS said that the curious
lengthwise arrangement of the seats with
in the cars was to prevent the full effect
of the appearance of swtftness on the
passengers. Mr.. Behr says that a man
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
THE ODD FELLOWS.

Last Tuesday evening Golden Gate
Lodge had a very interesting meeting,
witch was a pleasurable one to members
and visitors who were present in large
numbers The matter of the approaching
golden jubilee TO which the lodges are
contributing handsomely, was discussed
at length. There was an initiation IN the
amplified form, which was rendered IN
most admirable manner. After the reg
;llar bu sin ass tn ere was a good pro-
gramme of music, songs, recitauons ano
speeches.
The jubilee celebration committee re-
ports that it is receiving great encour-
agement from the subordinates.
Grand Master Karl Breuck has returned
from his southern trip. On the 18TH INST.
he will visit Auburn, where there Will be
a district meeting and a special session
Of the Grand Lodge. He will be accom-.
nanied BY Grand Warden Robinette ana
Grand Secretary Shaw. He will then
make visits during April as follows: April
G. to Fresno; 18th TO Germania Lodge,
San Francisco: 14th to Sargent Lodge,
same place: 18th to Alemania Lodge, san
Jose; 18th to Harmony Lodge, san Fran
The election for delegates to The. Grand
Lodge will be held at the last held meet
ing Of the current month.
Arrangements are being MADE Tor a PIC
mic to be given by the order in aid of
the home at Thermalito and the home at
Gilroy on the 26th of April.
On the 9th inst. Loyal Rebekah Lodge
Will tender a reception to Miss Eunlce
Melville, the lecturer.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12

mile, but asserts that the operating ex-
penses are so moderate that the single
rail- lines can carry passengers at a less
rate than is now charged upon fast trains
and still pay dividends upon their capital.
He says, too, that he sees no likelihood
of interfering with freight traffic, nor
even of monopolizing the passenger busl-
ness What he advises is the conStruc-
ton of single-rail systems along some OF
the great trunk lines, possibly In connec-
tion with them, so that impatient travel
ers, or timid. ones, or those under stress
Of business, may be whisked away as by
magic, leaving the Pullmans and vesti-
bule trains to those who have luck and
leisure.
Evolution of the Single Rail.
The genesis of this Tervuerne line is most
interesting. 1t is as much an evolution
as 1t may work a revolution. VARIOUS ana
sundry other single-rail lines have ex-
listed in various and sundry parts OF the
world. Some ran by mule power, some
by steam power. The Tervuerne line is,
however, the first to run by harnessed
lightning. It's immediate prototype is the
single-rail trestle line running from Lis
towel to Ballybrennan, in Ireland, which
is in itself somewhat notable. Its length
is nine miles and a half, 1T has run for
eleven years odd, without having car
wheel once leave the track or passen-
ger or employe make a claim against
it for damages. This, though II is ope-
rated by steam and runs twenty miles an
hour-not an astounding rate Of speed,
but very sufficient one under the cir
cumstances.
Mr.. Behr built it, as later he built the
Belgian experimental line. The ListoWel
model was a line put up by French en-
gineer out in Algeria. At first he built
a double track line on the ground, but
the sandstorms covered up his tracks
faster than he could uncover them, so he
had recourse to trestle construction along
which cars were drawn by mules after
the manner of boats on a canal. Happen
ing to see it, Mr.. Behr.decided that it was
a good scheme and proceeded to initiate
1t upon the Irish coast. From steam and
twenty miles an hour the transition has
been more natural than rapid He has
gone slowly and surely to the end that
later he might be as sure of helping the
world to go very fast.
Possibilities of the Invention.
Speculation is idle, but prospects such
as these invite it. Single-rail lines may
help to solve many social problems. For
one thing it is evident that they put the
flying machine out of court for at least
a century Two or three miles a minute
is faster than flight, save indeed the flight
of wild swans and reed birds. Reed birds
have been shot in New England with
crops full of Carolina rice, which they
must have pilfered less than eight hours
before The coast line is something like
sixteen hundred miles-hence it appears
that the swiftest of all feathered things
barely equal the speed of the new cleo
trio car.