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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Little Miss Mu6et,

Little Miss Muffet discovered a tuffet
(Which never occurred to the rest Of
And, as twas a June day and lust about
MONDAY,
SHE wanted to at-lik the best of US.
Her diet was whey. and 1 hasten to say
1t Is wholesome, the people grow fat
on it:
The spot being lonely, the lady not only
Discovered the tuffet, but sat on it.
A rivulet gabbled beside her and babbled,
AS rivulets always are thought to do,
And dragon-flies sported around and ca
vorted,
As poets say dragon-fies ought to do;
"hen, slancing aside for a moment she
Spied
A horrible sight that brought fear to
her,
A hideous spider was sitting beside her.
AND most u~navoidably near to her!
However unsightly, this creature politely
said: Madam, L earnestly VOW to you
I'm Penitent that I did not wear my hat.
Should otherwise certainly bow to you"
Though anxious to please, he was so i'll
at ease
That he lost all his sense of propriety,
And grew so inept that he clumsily slept
In her plate. which is barred in society.
This curious error completed her terror,
she ~shuddered. and, growing much
paler, not
OHiy ielt luIet, Dut dealt him a buffet
Which doubled him up in a -ailor knot.
II should be explained / this he
was panied;
He cried, Il have veXed L, no doubt
of It'll
Your fists like a trun You're
still in my lunche.-
was all that she answe.--; "Get out
of it,"
And the moral is this-be it madam or
miss
TO whom you have something to say;
You are only absurd when you get in
the curd,
But you're rude when you get in he
whey.
Guy Wetmore Carve.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
A Bad Habit.

1t makes me shudder to see a woman
nine women out of ten take that way
of shipping OFF ends when they sew.
The dentists have come to recognize
teeth which have been put to such use,
and have christened them thread
teeth" The biting of thread is one Of
the worst abuses to which a tooth can
be subjected. Just why the habit Is
formed would be hard to say, because
every work basket worth the name
contains a pair of scissors, and only
the merest fraction of time is lost in
using them. What would matter the
loss of whole minutes when the well
fare of things which can " be re-
placed is considered? The persistent
biting is literally saving the enamel
off the teeth, and nothing can take its
place; yet 1 venture to say that every
one of the thread biting women would
stoutly maintain that she takes the
best of care of her teeth, and cannot
understand why she is forced to pay
such frequent visits to the dentist. He
will not tell her what is the matter,
because he has undoubtedly grown
weary of giving good advice which no
body follows. He will repair the dam
age as far as his skill goes, and pocket
his fees like a sensible man. Never,
never expect in this world to get n
atom of sympathy for the results Of
your own foolishness, for 1t will not be
forthcoming.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Franks Visit to the Quartz Mill.

A few days after Franks visit to the
mine, his father took him through the
large quartz mill, where the ore was
crushed and the gold separated from
the rock. Frank had often stood put
side, listening to the o of the ma
ch1nery but now that he was shut in
with the noise, he found 1t much louder
than he had expected. He could hard
ly hear his own voice, and could not
catch half that his father said, al
though he tried hard to do so. They
went first to where the ore was emp
tied from the cars into a large bin
with a slanting floor. From there it
slid into the rock-crusher, a machine
with two great iron jaws, which
opened and shut, breaking the large
Jumps of ore into small pieces. 1t was
fascinating to watch this machine
Chew rocks" AS Frank said, it
looked exactly like the mouth of a
hungry crocodile" Next they went up
several flights of stairs to an immense
bin where the broken ore was stored,
and from whence it was slowly fed to
the stamps pounding away below. The
stamps were heavy iron hammers,
fastened to an upright iron rod, which
worked up and down in an iron frame.
Each stamp weighed over six hum
dred pounds, and eight Or ten of them,
going at once, made the building shake,
as you may well suppose. Little
of water ran under the stamps,
washing ou0khe finely crushed ore and
carrying it to gently sloping copper
plates, covered with quicksilver.
Franks father explained tina the
quicksilver caught and held the gold
that was washed owe it, but allowed
the dirt to wash away. This dirt,
however, was too precious to lose, for
it contained a good deal of gold COM
b1ned with other minerals. 1t was
therefore dried, put into sacks, and
sent away to go through other pro-
cesses, by which the gold was obtained.
AS it was now nearly time to quit
work for the day, the stamps were
stopped, and the combination of gold
and quicksilver, called amalgam, was
scraped from the plates into small can
vas bags and taken to the amalgama-
ton room. Frank followed to see what
was done with it, and found that the
bags were pressed until the free mer-
curry ooZed out. The amaigam was
then heated, and the quicksilver
driven off in the form of vapor. And
for which men and machinery had
labored SO long. Frank was given a
tiny bit of the pure, glittering metal,
and also a piece of amalgam, fCr his
cabinet. Nina c.. Kyle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
O WOMEN HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.

A White Muslin Frock for q Giri-A
Plaid Cloth Dress-A Cheap Pretty
Bed Valance-Ostrich Plumes and
Rembrandt Hats.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
FL PAsO DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1899.
hand lovingly, as II to acknowledge the

hand lovingly, as II to acknowledge the
condescension, and they started off.
cit seems to me-" said mamma to
Betty, when they sat OIL the porch later
with their fancy work, "that Teddy and
Victor have been gone a long time"
They're coming this minute, NAM
MAJ murmured Betty, peering through
the Keeper.
why Ted, how flushed o look!
Charge, Victor! That's right. Did he
have a COO swim, dear.
did he?" cried Ted, excitedly. Then
his round face sobered. Mamma" he
said, how strangely things happen!
If 1 had not promised to play the S
why, you see, mamma" he cont1n-
ued, breaking off and plunging into the
heart of his story, when we got down
to the water, there was Patrick's old
father trying to swim for his straw hat,
which had blown into the river. He's
so dc and feeble, 1 thought it queer he
should be swimming for his hat so
wildly, with all mis- clothes on. So 1
sent Victor in for it, and what do you
think?"
"What?" cried Betty, breathlessly.
HE never e near it, but straight
LII dIllS . dIACI AhoSOoN,
brought him to shore. A wise thing,
too, for the old man had given u L
pulled him ashore, dripping, and then
away went Victor after the hat, n
brought that! The poor fellow grabbed
it and pulled a ten-dollsr bill out from
under the leather. He had drawn 1t
from the bank and thought he had lost
it, and they're so poor! He cried over
the money! Vic and I took him home,
and his sick old wife cried over him.
Oh, 1 tell you twas a wet time" he
finished, winking oddly himself.
Mamma and Betty both looked sus-
picious also, and Ted said, Come
here, Vic, till 1 apologize. You darling
old dog, I am proud to wait on you,
sir!" and he buried his arms in the
damp fur of the noble fellows shaggy
neck. Lillian l.. Price.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
A Cheap Pretty Bed Valance.

OAOoH
Brass beds are incomplete without a
valance of some kind as a finishing
touch. and this should harmonic with
or be Of the same material as the other
trappings of the bed. There is a fad
now among fashionable people to
drape beds in heavy effects and rather
dark colorings, a Persian or Indian
shawl being considered most desira-
BILE; but many of us still retain the
prejudice in favor of inviting white
beds, especially where n is not
obliged to make the one piece serve as
q divan by day and a bed by night.
Cleanliness is a necessary adjunct to
bed fittings, and these should be SO
constructed that they may be frequent
ly removed, shaken O laundered, and
easily replaced. The simplest way of
adjusting q valance is to spread
smoothly between the spring and the
mattress a fairly heavy cotton sheet;
to this is basted the valance, which is
already cut and finished to the right
depth; also fulled on a coarse drawing
thread. 1t should be slit up and
hemmed at the corners to admit of its
passing smoothly around the posts of
thO OSoSICoo, LIN Al " w. ~
need be on but three sides of the bed,
as the head is generally against the
wall. After being basted firmly it is
stitched by machine, when it is in con-
dition to be removed and lone up al
most as easily as an ordinary sheet.
Shield-pins holding it to the spring at
each rne keep it in place during the
daily process of turning the mattress
above it. The fullness allowed should
be almost once and a half that of the
measurement around the bed. The pa-,
terials selected may be ~cratonns, linn
ity or any goods preferred that is ap-
propriate to whatever style OF quilt
and shams or pillow roll may be in
use. A simple and pretty one with an
ordinary Marseilles spread is of tam
bour curtain muslin, costing but 25
cents per yard Though more expen-
sive qualities may De purchased if de-
sired). It is quite heavy, and the en-
broidered effect is good. 1t also has
the advantage of being finished top
and bottom, requiring only the work
of hemming the corners instead of
making the whole thing, unless it is
too deep, when the top may be turned
over, or some tucks put in to shorten
it and really add to the effect. A sin
gle sham two yards wide of the same
material is stretched across the pill
lows, the whole giving a fresh, clean,
and pretty appearance for very little
work or money. Twelve yards of the
tambour is sufficient for both sham
and valance, at a cost of S. for the en-
tire outfit, the sheet being generally
obtainable from the spare stock of
partly worn household bedding, or cas-
lily secured for, at most, fifty cents;
the whole will be found dainty and
practicable and preferable to more ex-
pensiVe and less washable YaIances
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
A Plaid Cloth Dress.

Plaid cloth dress, with an overskirt
reaching but half way, bcrdered with
pale yellow to match the stripe in the
cloth. The revers are also of the same.
Mousseline de sole of deeper yellow Is
shirred into a yoke, and falls graceful
ly in front. The belt and collar are of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

in an appearance, and bid TAR TO DE
very fashionable the coming autumn.
Their elegance and novelty depend
chiefly on the way in which the feath-
ers are set in.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
O BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

Franks Visit to the Quartz Miu-What
Victor Did-Dewey as He Is-An Ac-
quaintance Talks About the AdmiraI's
characteristics.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
The Lace Stole.

A lace stole is as popular as the lace
jacket. The little garment is generally
made with the w long ends falling
from a lace yoke. One exhibited with
the Ascot gowns was of malines, over
a roc Of pink mousseline. The frock
was quite simple, trimmed only by
several ruffies at the bottom. 1t had
tight sleeves with a full ruf1e at the
elbow. On the front of the stole, be-
tween the two ends, was a rosette OF
black tulle, with a straw center. These
same little garments in black lace are
pretty and useful.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
Dewey as He Is.

Many pictures of Admiral Dewey
have been published in the last few
months, but very few of them show
much Of the man as he is. Most OF
them show a rather long, narrow face,
with high, slightly receding forehead
and Roman nose. AS a matter of fact,
there is more breadth and less length
to the face than these pictures show.
1t is a square face, and its most prom
inent feature is the rugged under jaw.
The eyes are wide apart and set well
back under heavy brows. The fore
head is high, broad n bold. The
nose Is large, and the mouth generous,
but firm.
Most of his pictures show more Of a
mustache than the admiral wore last
summer. Mustache n hair are al
most white. The complexion is dark,
as are the eyes. He is not a big man
physically, but he is a~stonishingly quick
in his actions. His shoulders are so
square a1d his broad back so straight
that many a man, much his Junior,
might envy him them. His step is
quick and springy; his whole bearing
is one Of alertneSs and readiness.
IlS mSuIdl plOICcS 10 ~
He thinks like a flash, n goes all
around his subject in less time than
many a man would take to study one
side. Yet he doe not jump to con-
illusions, and there are times when he
is very deliberate. He reasons to his
determinations, and, whatever his per-
sonal preferences or beliefs, or feelings,
he can dissociate them entirely from
his work. His logic machine is abso-
lutely sound and in the finest order. 1t
turns out conclusions with mathemat-
ical precision. The sharpest critic he
has can hardly find n point in the
long record made in Manila bay where
he can put down his finger n say
There Dewey made a mistake"
The admiral has a peculiar trick of
thinking out loud, and sometimes when
he is pondering some subject he viii
argue with any man whom chance
sends along. On such occasions he
will advance as his definite conclusion
whatever side Of the question happens
to be uppermost in his mind and stand
ready to defend it with considerable
warmth.-McClure's Magazine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

II the house is to be left for the
summer, stop up the crate fue with
crushed newspaper. This will prevent
the SCOT from sitting int the o
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
NEW STEAMERS 70 HAWAII
BIDS ASKED FOR TWO 1000 TON
VESSELS.
Are for the British American Line to
Ply Between Seattle and the Islands.
The Bloemfontein Bought.

TACOMA CWash.), October 1.-The
Waterhouse Steamship Company is
calling for bids for the construction of
two 2000-to steam schooners for the
British line plying between
the Sound and Honolulu. Contracts
will be let during the fall. In addition
the company has chartered the British
steamer Bloemfontein to take the place
of the Port Albert, formerly on the
Tacoma Honolulu run, but now in the
service of the United States Govern
ment as a transport.
The new vessels will be fine ships,
especially designed for trade between
this coast and the Hawaiian Islands
They will be built of wood and steel,
with modern engines and a speed Of
101a knots. They will have passenger
accommodations. Manager Water
house believes that steamers can be
built on the Sound to better advan-
tage than anywhere else, although the
bidding will be open to all the ship
building concerns on the Coast. The
vessels will cost about 100000 each.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
MOSSMAN WANTS LAND.
MANY PEOPLE OCCUPY SAME
ADVERSELY.
Asks Court To Restore To Him Tracts
In Koolau, on Maui And On Hawaii,
Now Held BY Others.

Thomas r. Mossman, a clerk in w.
himself this morning by filing a num-
Der of suits against various prominent
people of the city to quiet title to differ
ent pieces of valuable land. The police
were busy several hours serving the
papers.
The first paper was against Emily p.
Judd Charles II. Judd, Julia Swanzy,
f. NJ. Swanzy and Helen Farley. 1t
was to quiet title to the big piece of
land in Koolauloa occupied by the
Judds. The complainant claims this
land under a fee simple title.
The next. suit was against the trus-
tees and heirs of the Widemann estate
and George w. Fowler About twenty
defendants are named, some of them
being j. NJ. Dowsett, H. r. Macfarlane,
w. LantZ, Mrs. &. O. Berger, f. w.
MaCfarlane and others. The land is
also situated in KoOlau, and contains
about forty acres. 1t is very valuable.
AS in first case MOssman claims it un-
der fee simple title.
There are two suits of precisely the
same kind against Colonel Samuel Par
ker. The first piece of land mentioned
is a valuable lot in town of Wailuku.
This case is returnable before Judge
kalua. A second suit is for large
tract on the Island of Hawaii, return
able before Judge Gardner X. Wilder.
Complainant claims to want all of this
property under fee simple titles and
asks the respective courts to quiet de-
PENDANTS titles thereto.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
IN HONOR OF KAIULANI.
Exercises at the New School in Palama
This Afternoon.

Exercises We're held at Kaiulani
School, in Palama, from 1890 to 1870
this afternoon in honor of the birth
anniversary of the lamented Princess
whose name the institution bears.
Present We're members of the Board of
Education, officials and a few patrons.
Principal Armstrong Smith had charge
of the program.
The principal features We're recita-
tions and singing by the pupils and an
address by Rev. II. H. Parker. A. spe-
cial piece written by one of the teach
ers of the school, eulogizing the Prin-
cess, was sung. While this was going
on large portrait of Kaiulani, in the
room, was decorated with leis. This
ceremony was particularly pretty. Mr..
Parker referred at length to the beau
tiful life of the young Princess and
gave valuable and encouraging advice
to his youthful auditors.
On Monday general holiday will be
observed by the school in honor of the
twenty-fifth birth anniversary of the
Princess
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
IN hawaiian IDOL

The Bishop Museum is in a fair way
to get a treasure it has long sought
genuine Hawaiian idol. One was
found few days ago in a rice field
in Eva. 1t was bought by A. l.. C.
Atkinson and is now in his office. Mr.
Brigham of the museum is negotiating
for it's purchase. He says there is no
doubt of its genuineness, and that it
was probably buried where it was
found about the time of breaking of the
tabus and the abolition of idolotry. 1t
is a hideously carved piece of wood
about five feet long. Many people, es-
pecially natives and antiquarians have
been at Mr.. AtkinsOn's office to see It,.
Mrs. Wilcox says she is satisfied it is
one of the household gods of her
fathers family 1t is a rare antiquari-
an find.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
TWENTY-ONE ON TRANSPORT
RIO.
All Saw Service in the Spanish War
and one Was With Kitchener in the
Soudan.

Twenty-one female nurses are on
board the transport Rio de JaneirO,
bound for Manila, where they will re-
port to headquarters for assignments
to duty. The ladies are all experienced
nurses, every one of them having seen
service during the Spanish American
war, either at Siboney or Santiago, or
in some other cuban Porto Rican or
state hospital. They were all booked
to come on the Relief but were kept
at the Preside in San Francisco when
the Relief was condemned. Major H.
O. Purley the commander of the Re-
lief, is also on board the Rio.
Miss Jones, one of the twenty-one
nurses on the vessel, was with General
Kitchener in his recent campaign in
the Soudan. When the American war
with Spain broke out she crossed the
Atlantic and nursed the sick and
wounded in Cuba, leaving there to
offer her services when fighting began
in the Philippines.
The other nurses on board are Chief
Nurse Miss Porteous and the Misses
Barnes, COnuves, Duncan, Foote,
Jones, McGee, Moore, TAFT, Wiedman,
Gottschalk, Sgsbee White, Winslow
Moshive, Niehoff, Robbins, Stokke
Welsh, Tullis, Heing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13

HOW RECENT HARBOR ORDER
WORKS.
Transports Sidetrack Mail Steamer
and Consign Sailing Craft to the
Stream to Wait.

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
BUSINESS MEMS MEMO,

Friday, October 13, 1899.
Five per cent (S1 per share) assess
ment is due and payable on the assess
able stock of the McBryde Sugar Co.,
Ltd. on August Is, 1899. Five per cent
($1 per share) on October l, 1899 and
per cent ($1 per share) on January l.,
1900.
Fifth assessment of 10 per cent or $40
per share on the assessable stock of
Waialua Agricultural Co. Ltd, due Sep
tember Is, 1899, and 10 per cent addition
al on November Is, 1899, and every two
months thereafter up to and including
May Is, 1900.
Two and one-half per cent assess
ment on the assessable stock of Olaa
Sugar Co., Ltd, is due and payable
October 1, 1899, and 2h per cent addi-
tional on the 1st of each succeeding
month, including July, 1900.
Third assessment of 8 per cent ($1 per
share) on the assessable stock of Ka-
malo Sugar Company, due September
18th and delinquent October 18th.
Fourth assessment of 10 per cent on
the capital stock of the Honolulu Rapid
Transit & Land Co. due October 1st,
deliquent November 1st.
Third assessment of 10 per cent on
the assessable stock of Maunalei Sugar
Company, due September 18th delln-
quent October 18th.
Fifty per cent assessment on the
Capital Stock of the Orpheum Co.,
Ltd, due October 10, 1899, delinquent
November 10, 1899.
Fourth assessment of 10 per cent on
the assessable stock of Kihei Planta-
ton, due October 1st, delinquent No
vember l. 1899.
Fifth assessment of ten per cent on
Kona Sugar Co., due October 1st; de-
linquent November 1st.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
FOOTBALL SERIES.
University Of California Team Coming
To Honolulu.

Manager Charles Crane, of the Towns
football team, has received a letter
from |. j. Muma, manager of the
champion University of California foot
ball team, asking what the chances
are for championship serise i'm this
city about the last Of December The
Californians say they will come down
If their expenses are guaranteed. This
proposition is considered all right aud
will most likely be tkane up at once.
Prospects of series of games with
the champion coast team will imme-
diately revive interest in football Lo-
cal men feel that they Will, by Decem-
ber be able to put a very strong team
in the field. There is lots of good ma
terials in town. Fred. Church played
on the Princeton Varsity team, Frnd.
Mills on the Harvard Varsity and IT.
NJ. Ayres on the University of Chicago
varsity. There are probably some
other Varsity players and a great
many who have played in college class
teams and with other good playing or
ganiZations.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
MAN AND A BIKE.

A newcomer named F. Lawrence was
arrested yesterday afternoon for steal
ing a bicycle of the value of $50 be-
longing to Sam Johnson. In Police
Court this morning he said he was un-
der the influence of liquor and took
the wheel, but did not intend to steal
it. He did not ride a wheel, and the
act was purely a foolish lark due to
his condition. Lawyer A. S. Hum
phreys stated to the court that he was
impressed with the statement of the
young man and would volunteer to de
fend him. This was agreed to and the
case was set for tomorrow morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13

To satisfy the anxiety of the many
who are looking forward to the coming
of the Boston Lyric, and the opera sea-
son, Mr.. HarknsOn states that their
appearance in Honolulu is a positive
fact. That all arrangements and the
selection of state rooms for the com
pany have already been made and set
tied for on the steamer Australia
which arrives October %, and that, not
the least apprehension may be felt for
the failure of the musical season.
The sale of seats will commence
Monday, October 23, at Wall, Nichols
& Co.