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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09

been stopped and all persons are warn
ed not to negotiate for same.
Mr.. Griffin, formerly with The Star
and Advertiser, who has been rusticat-
ing at Oahu plantation, is recovering
from a severe attack of malaria.
On Tuesday and Friday of next week
Jas. f Morgan will hold an auction
sale of Turkish and Persian rugs. Sale
commences at 10 a. m. each day.
VIII E. Fisher has a bargain in a
house and lot on Makiki street The
house contains seven rooms, nice large
lawn with abundant shrubbery and
trees.
Ladies of the Methodist Church will
hold a fair next Tuesday afternoon
and evening on the grounds of the
parsonage at Miller and Beretania
streets.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09

Telephone $50.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09
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Why not keep your valued photo
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Then, again, one of these albums
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09
AUCTION SALE
OF
Delinquent Sugar Stock
ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH.
AT y O'CLOCK NOON,

Al Il OCLOCh NOUN,
At my salesroom, SO Queen street, Ho-
nolulu 1 will sell at Public Auction,
as Rain Walker. the following certifi-
Gates of stock in the McBryde Sugar
Co., unless the delinquent assessment,
with interest thereon, is paid before
the day of sale.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BY AUTHORITY.

BY AUTHORITY.
Auditor Generals Office .......Page 1
AUCTION.
Jas. F. Morgan .,......,.....,...Pa Page .
LOST.
Bishop & Co.'S Certificate... Page l
NOTICE.
w. G.. Irwin ..........,........P Page l
VIM. G.. Irwin & Co., Ltd.......Page /
FOR SALE.
r.. X. Nlda Observation-Disclosures 80 d5S 4
MISCELLANEOUS.
T Honp e. Page Z
wall Nichols Co..............Pa Page s
Will r Fisher Page D
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09
FOR SALE.

$4,000 House and Lot at Punahou
consisting of Bed Rooms, Parlor
Dining Room, Kitchen, Etc.
Size of Lot 75X125. A bargain.
$1,000 Lot at Kalihi, S0x150.
$3.50 Lot at Kalihi, 75x15O.
$500 Lots at Kalihi, 50x100 each.
Apply to
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-09
Hawaiian CuriOS

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.KADa, Calabashes Leis, Native Hats,
.HULa Skirts, Niihau Mats, Fans,
Shells, Seeds, etc Homemade Poi
constantly on hand. Mendng done
neatly and Cut Flowers furnished by
TEiE; WOMAN'S EXCHANGE
;TI3v- Jotel and Union Streets Honolulu
Telephone $50
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
AWonderfuI Appetite.

The digestive power of the heron is remarkable. as we'll as its capacity and ability to swallow large fish. says For est and Stream. The neck seems to ex- pand as if made of india rubber-the fish slips down, and the bird is ready for another In eating beef, large bones are swallowed intact. On one or two occa- sions after feeding beef this way. great alarm was felt. as the birds showed signs of great distress. but the uneasi- ness was soon calmed when the bird threw up large bone. clean and white. the meat having been thoroughly digest ed
 In eating catfish they instinctively pierce it with their strong beaks. until there is no question in their simple minds but that it is harmless. If in their hurry to swallow their food. it goes down the throat covered with sand or trash. they immediately eject it, carry it to the water and. having rinsed it we'll. swallow it again.
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No Reason.

The Michigan Tradesman suggests, in the course of an anecdote the reason why a certain old-fashioned tradesman came to jail. When one of his credit ors reached the place, after this catas- trophe, he found the merchant work ing hard to figure 1t all out.
 Land! but I don't see why I should failr' he kept on saying. "Mebbe, though, I didn't collect sharp enough" You have a heap of goods round here," said the other. looking about him.
 "Yes. more or less"
 "When did you take the last invent oryY
 inventory? Take everything downT "Yes"
 And make out list?"
 "Yes."
 And dust off the shelves and mop the f1OorY
 That's It."
 "And clean the windows, and paint the front of the storeY
 "Yes."
 "I never went into that. was going to. one day about fifteen years ago. but they had a wrestling match In town. and forgot the inventory. Mercy on me! but ' can't understand why 1 Should faiIr'
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RememhArad.

In the Memoir of Lord Bramwell is telling illustration of the fact that reputation clings to us, even after many years. The great jurist as lit- tie lad became pupil at pr. Reddy's school, where the late Baron Channel. three years his senior, was head boy.
 Channell read for the law, and the two school friends scarcely met again until, years afterward, MT. Channel held brief in a certain case at Maid stone assiZes.
 Consultation with the solicitors showed a flaw in the pleadings drawn by them. It was of a sort which in those days would prove fatal to the case. The solicitors could only hope that 1t would not be discovered.
 'Who is against usT asked Chan nell.
 "Oh," was the reply, "a MT. Bram, we'll. Nobody ever heard of him be. fore"
 "Then, gentlemen" said the advo- cate, we're done. was at school with that gentleman"
 He was right. Bramwell was too clever for them, and they were "done," indeed.
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pany to-day. It is rather curious in- from its incredulous position of fifty years ago. Science is sometimes spoken of as 1nsettling belief; it is just to say that 1t has shaken the foundations of unbelief. Twenty-Five years ago the idea of flying machine was invariably ridiculed; it's eternal impossibility was regarded as demonstrated. To-day vast fortunes are being spent in the effort to make a practicable airship. Then the medieval notion of the transmission of metals would have been scoffed at by the most ignorant. Now Professor Emmens has merely to cite few mys- terious chemical "analogies" and put his claims in the Sunday papers to find thousands of fairly well-educated read CTS ready to believe that silver has been ing gold from sea water was no less en- ticing, and, on the whole, the time seems ripe for carrying out Dr. Swift's project for extracting sunshine from cucumbers. In the popular mind there is sort of awe of the astonishing achievements of recent science and difficulty in drawing the line between the possible and the impossible. If we can see through opaque bodies, hear music across the continent, bottle up the voices of our dear friends, tele- graph without wires and light rooms without visible connections why not make things go of themselves?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
RENTAL AGENCIES
For London Houses Have Been Estab-
 lished in New York.


 Ambassador Choate's difficulty In se- curing a London home derives an ele- ment of humor from the fact that MT. Choate regarded this as possibly the most easily settled question of his Lon don experience. A few days before he sailed for England he said in an inter- view that all his preparations to begin work In London were complete save for the selection of a house. That. he said, would be matter of only few days; indeed, he seemed to consider II most trivial matter. Subsequent events have shown the fallacy of that idea, and the American ambassador was at last accounts homeless. One feature of London house renting which has recently attracted attention Is the advertisements of London owners In American newspapers. Several large London establishments to let for the season have been advertised here, ana there are said to be several New York agents who have London houses on their books. Whether or not there are American tenants enough to make su"n attempts worth the while here has nev- CT been proved yet, as the fashion of putting these establishments on the New York market is a new one. One real estate firm had last year house boat as we'll to dispose of. An Ameri- can seeking some economical way to spent summer thought of the house boat idea and applied to the agent. It was disillusiOnizing to hear that the rent was $4O,00O for the season. and that less would not be accepted. This offer was regarded as out of the ques- tion, even in view of the additional rec ommendation that the boat had stable facilities for six horses.-New York Sun.
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The nondescript tongue known as 'pidgin-English" Is almost the only medium of communication between for eigners and the Chinese, and nine tenths of the enormous business done in China between the English. Germans and Americans and the Chinese is done through this groteslCe gibEerish. Ches- ter HOleombe, in his Real Chinaman." !" gives two amusing anecdotes to show how absurd 1t is. 4 young foreigner who called upon two young ladies. also foreigners. was informed by their Chi nese servant. That two piecey girlo no can see. Number one piecey top side makee washee. washee. Number two piecey go outside. makee walkee. walkee." He meant to say that the elder of the two was taking a bath up- stairs. and the younger had gone out. When King Kalakaua, of the Hawaiian Islands, visited Shanghai, he occupied a suite of rooms up one flight of stairs at the Astor House. Two American gentlemen called to pay their respects one morning, and meeting the proprie tor. Inquired if the king was in. 'I will sec" replied the landlord, and shouting to Chinese servant at the head of the stairs. asked. Boy! That piecey king top side, had got?" "Hab got" laconic- ally answered the servant "Gentle- men. his majesty is in. Pray walk up." said the landlord.
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MarteIlo Tower. I'm England.

Whatever may have been the defen- sive value of martello towers century ago it has entirely evaporated now There are good many of them on the coasts of Essex. Suffolk, Kent and Sus- sex. These massive round towers. some 40 feet high. were regarded as and very likely were splendid defenses at the time they were erected. but they have long been used only for coastguard pur- poses. Their name is derived from the Italian coast towers which were erected as protection against pirates Warn ing that suspicious craft was in sight was given by striking a bell with 8 martello or hammer. It was the power ful defense made in 1794 by Le Tellier at the tower of Mortella with only 3S men against 6 simultaneous sea and land attack. led by Lord Hood and Ma jor General Dundas. which brought them into favor in this country It was thought that they would be splendid defense against ''Boney
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The surprising news comes from Que bee that the Plains of Abraham have been surveyed for building lots, and that already nine streets have been laid out across them. It is added, and no wonder, that every historical asso- citation in Canada has protested against the dissertation. The land ought to have been purchased long ago by the Government, which has preserved the famous site so far through the pay ment of a small rental. It was a case in which there was no need to take any risks, and there would never have been any doubt about the desirability of maintaining the grounds as near as might be in their original condition. Nowhere on this continent is there a place of greater historical interest or one that explains and re-enforces so clearly what is told on the historic page With brief outline of the facts in his mind the writer can himself fill in the details. Going to the ramparts above he realizes at once the desperate
 
 manding position of the upper town seems to preclude the very idea of an attack from any point higher up on the river. No book makes 1t so convincing ly evident why the French were con- tent with a careless guard upon the Plains. Then a walk out of the city and across the very grounds to the spot where the indomitable redcoats ap- peared intensifies the first impression. Horatius at the bridge in the brave days of old had no heavier task than did those EngliShmen. The steep banks towering over the river are for midable enough to the curious traveller who carries neither arms nor ammuni- ton, and has no foe to fear. It looks as though one proper man might stop a host in that perilous path. That an army could reach the summit seems fairly Incredible. But interest does not cease there at the brink. A superior force was to be met and conquered on the Plains, and every foot of way thrills the nerves and appeals to the imagination. The disposition of the troops can be readily figured out, and the whole course of the battle can be closely followed tiit the supreme mo- ment, when Wolfe fell and the shout of victory was borne on his ears as the routed French fled pell-mell for the city. From any but the numerical the battle was one of the most important in history. It deter mined not only the fate of Canada, but that of the whole Northwest, and all the inheritors of British institutions in the region of the great lakes are its So much the Plains of Abraham stand for, and they should remain to tell their story to the end of time.
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Miss Cayley's Adventures" story by Grant Allen, which has been run ming as a serial in an English maga- zine, will soon be published in book form.
 'The Queens Garland" is a hand somely bound volume containing some of the choicest poetry of the Elizabeth an age. The poems have been carefully selected so as to suit the requirements of pocket edition.
 Tolstoi has completed a new novel entitled Resurrection" which Is to be published during the present year. The proceeds of the sale of the book will be devoted to settling the Doukhobors in their Western homes.
 Lady Randolph Churchill has made arrangements with John Lane to pub fish her "gilt-edged" magazine. which is to be edited by her sister, Mrs. "Jack" Leslie. The price for each number will be one guinea.
 An important work on Westminster Abbey; Its History and Architecture" is about to be issued. The illustrations consist of seventy-five large collotype plates reproduced from recent photo graphs, many of which have been taken expressly for this work.
 The late Lewis Carroll wrote a diary of some pleasant Oxford days spent with his fayerite niece, Miss Isa Bow man, and 1t is about to be published Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll" published in England a short time ago by Fisher Unwin, has reached d sec ond edition.
 Catherine Gladstone" Is new book, which is a tribute to the grand old mans wife. Due recognition Is given to the wonderful devotion of Mrs. Gladstone to her great husband through long and happy but very re- sponsible married life; and perhaps even too much prominence is given to her own political work, seeing that her interest in that was always a subor- dinate one, and that she was rather a useful symbol than an influence.
 Except 1t be John Keats, there Is perhaps no English writer of this cen tury to the sum of whose known liter ary productions an addition deserves a more gracious reception than Charles Lamb. Some newly found between him and Rob ert Lloyd, the cratic brother of Charles Lloyd, Is soon to be published by the Lippincotts. It will deserve reading for a better reason than mere curiosity about the writer's personal affairs. Ella had the faculty of talk Ing about nothing in such a way that he made 1t worth more than the some thing of other people.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
TRAVEL IN GUATEMALA.
Primitive Means of TransN ort Yet in
 Vogue in Central America,

Primitive Means of TransN ort Yet in
 Vogue in Central AmCrica.
 The. primitive means of transport on the high table-lands and mo untainous districts of Central America will exist till railway running north End south, midway between the two oceans, will introduce modern and more convenient contrivances. When the Spanish con- querOrs took possession, they found no beast of burden as they had found the llama in Peru. It was the tan, muscu- lar Indian of these mOuntainous re- glons who was the beast of burden then. And so he is to-day. 1 leather thong, with pad over his forehead, keeps the load of from six to nine stone in its place. A callous growth on the forehead and the disappearance of the
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
IT WAS NOT TOO LATE.
A Story of European Diplomacy and
 Our Civil War.

A Story of European Diplomacy and
 Our Civil War.
 The Outlook gives an interesting story of the Spanish administration, when, during our civil war. the Emperor Napoleon formed the ingenious plan of uniting European nations in a change of the international law governing blockadea The admiralty law of the world at present extends the jurisdic- tion of any nation for one marine league from its shores. If. therefore. any block ade runner could get within three miles of Jamaica. Cuba or Porto Rico, he was safe from any interference from our blockading fleet.
 Napoleon proposed that, instead of one league, the limit of local sovereignty should be extended to three leagues from shore. and he persuaded the Span- ish minister to come into his plan.
 Such an extension of neutral limits would have greatly hindered the opera tions of our blockading fleets All the negotiations were conducted with great secrecy, but orders were sent from Spain to the West Indies, instructing authorities there to extend threefold the range of their dominion over the sea. These orders had already gone when HOratio Perry, the American secretary of legation. got wind of the treachery of our ally
 MT. Perry told his wife. She told the Duchess of Montpensier, who hated Louis Napoleon. and the duchess told her sister, the Spanish queen. Then the queen sent for Mir. Perry and asked what it was all about.
 "You are injuring your best friends. said he after explaining the matter, tat the solicitation of this in- triguer whom you have reason to be- lieve is your enemy"
 The queen regent sent for her prime minister and interrogated him. He re- piled that her majesty had signed the order on such a day.
 ''But no one told me what it meant said Queen Isabella. ''No one told me that this is heavy blow to my Ameri can allies
 No one had told herl The minister was sorry if her majesty disliked it. but it was too late to help it. Why was it too late2 Because a steamer had gone to the West Indian fleet with the orders which changed one league to three.
 Then said Isabella. ''It is not too late for me to accept your resignations.
 But the senor don did not want to re- sign, and the other senores dons did not want to resign. So they found fast steamer to take out orders resembling the other orders. and the blockade was maintained for the next year
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
The Intelligent Jury.

Law court stories were especially at tractive to Hicks, and he told many of them His great story. which was al- most dramatic sketch. was of the ac- quittal of a Cornish doctor who was l charged with the murder of bis mother in-law by mixing arsenic with dish of rabbits and onions. which he gave her for supper The setting of the court. the swearing of the jury. the speeches of counsel. and the judges charge were all related by Hicks with marvellous hu- nor
 The climax to the fun was the con- fabulation of the jury as to the verdict they should give. and their individual reasons for returning a verdict of ac- quittal-from the juryman who didn't hold with old oman eating rabbits and onions for supper, to the juryman who declared that ''it wasn't a ha both of odds to him. and twas but an old 'om- an "-Cornhill Magazine.
 Some Queer Trees.
 The breadfruit tree of Ceylon is very remarkable Its fruit is baked and eaten as we eat bread and is equally good and nutritious In Barbutu. South Amer ica, is tree which, by piercing the trunk, produces milk. with which the inhabitants feed their children. In the interior of Africa is tree which pro- duces excellent butter It tresembles the American oak, and its fruit, from which the butter is prepared, is not un- like the olive. Park, the great traveller. declared that the butter surpassed any made in England from cows milk. At Sierra Leone is the cream fruit tree, the fruit of which is quite agreeable in taste
 At Table Bay. near the Cape of Good Hope. Is a small tree the berries of which make excellent candles. It is also found in the Azores. The vegetable tall low tree also grows in Sumatra. in AL geria and in China. In the island of Chusan large quantities of oil and tall low are extracted from its fruit. which is gathered in November or December. when the tree has lest all its leaves The bark of tree in China produces beautiful soap. Trees of the sapindus or soap berry order also grow in the north of Africa. They are amazingly prolific, and their fruit contains about S8 per cent of saponin. Ladies Home Journal
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The Philadelphia Record makes the very good point that a marked defect in official and unofficial reports con- cerning deliberations of food and drinks Is failure to give the names of the parties putting up or vending the adulterated goods. The names are what the people want more than any other fact, when they are told of the frauds being practiced at their ex- pense. And there is no more reason for shielding the men engaged in passing off spurious articles of food than there is for shielding the maker and vender of counterfeit money.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
Betrayed.


 "John," she asked, "did you get that pair of shoes for little Bessie to-day ? Poor child, she will have to go to school barefOOted pretty soon unless you at- tend to the matter"
 "No, my dear," he replied, q have been too busy to-day to think about shoes. I can't let such matters distract my mind from business. You ought to attend to that yourself"
 After brief silence she said: "JOhn, do you know Mrs. Wildman says her husband is one of the best bowlers In this townf"
 Pooh! He's nothing of the sort" the man declared. 'I've been bowling with him nearly all afternoon, and he simply isn't in it with mer
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AesuARes Her Grief.

Barnes-You keep that parrot to re- mind you of your poor husband? Why, never thought that Shedd was partic- ularly green.
 The Widow Shedd-No; but you should hear some of Polly's conversa- tion. It is awful, but then 1t is so like Toms-Boston Transcript.
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Extreme old age has its compensa- tons. The celebration of a birthday, the latest in a series of remarkable length, was the occasion of the com ment by the genial recipient of natal honors: ''I am congratulated by all; en- vied by nOne." Is 1t not a distinct achievement to have outlived envy?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10

The citizen who Is bitten in his ven lures in trust stocks will not get much sympathy. No trust has been organ ized for benevolent or sanitary pur- poses, and the fact is quite well known fo avprvhodv
The St. Johns herald., 1899-06-10
The Pyramid Builders.

The laborers who built the pyramids did not work under such disadvantages as have long been attributed to them Recent research shows that they had solid and tubular drills and lathe tools The drills were set with jewels and cuy into the rocks with keenness and accu- racV
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Actor-When l stand on the stage I Zee nothing and am conscious of noth- ing but the role am playing. The au- dience disappears entirely!
 Friend-Well, can't blame the audi ence much for that!-Unsere Gesell- schaft.
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The man who killed his children be- cause he didn't want them to be like his wife's folks probably entertained the regulation opinion of his mother in-laW.
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Aluminium Huts,

The latest in the building line Is the aluminium hut for Klondike miners. When packed for carriage It weighs no pounds. It Is composed of four sides and a roof of thin sheets of alu- minum, and when put up 1t contains 190 cubic feet.