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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

At the alteration sale ordered by L.
B. Kerr, a good opportunity will be
offered to buy dry goods at low figures.
A mark down has been. ordered on all
goods in stock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07

Fashionable to the eye and easy to
the foot. Thompson Brothers No. 4
shoe at McInerny Shoe Store.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
FOR SALE.

A lot on Queen street in Kewalo tract
5Ox1OO All ready for building on; for
particulars, apply to
CHARLES PHILLIPS,
Merchant street
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
FALSE ALARM.

A fire alarm yesterday took the dc
partment to the corner of Maunakea
and Pau Ahi streets 1t turned out that
there was no fire and the alarm was
false.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07

Specialist for Eye, Ear, Throat and
Nose diseases and Catarrh. Masonic
Temple.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NUUANU CHAPTER, NO. 1, ROSE
CROIX.

The regular monthly meeting of Nuu-
anu Chapter, No. l, Rose Croix, A. & A.
s. r., will be held at the Masonic Tenn
pie THIS THURSDAY EVENING,
September z, 1899, at 7:30 o'clock.
All sojourning Brethren are cordially
invited to attend.
BY order of the w. M.
A. b. SCRIMGEOUR,
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07

Received ex Mohican. handsome line
of carriages and phaetons. w w
Wright.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07

II you want a new carriage or your
old one repaired call on w, w. Wright.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDER

Major Samuel NJ. Mills of the Sixth
artillery has kindly furnished The Star
a copy of the War Department order
making military reservations near Ho-
nOlulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07

MESSENGER SERVICE.
The Honolulu Messenger Service de-
liver messages and packages. Tele-
phone 37S.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
LATEST DESIGNS

In tailor made, evening toilettes
gowns, a speciality. Mrs. b
Mccall, 73 Beretania street, corner
Richard.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

At a meeting of the stockholders of
Henry May & Company, Limited, held
on the 22d day of July, the following Of
ficers were duly elected to serve until
the next annual meeting:
7. May. President and Manager
H. e. Mcintyre. ........... .Vice-president
F. T. p. Waterhouse.. Secretary
F. b. Auerback. treasurer
f. w. Macfarlane.. ............... Auditor
e. F. Bishop and E. d. Tenney, di-
rectors.
F. T. P. WATERHOUSE,
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Notice is hereby given that at a meet
ing of the stockholders of the First Am
erican Bank of Hawaii, Limited, the
following officers were elected:
Cecil Brown. President
B. f. Dillingham;. ........ .Vice-president
w. G. Cooper. r.....................C Cashier
E. M. Boyd. ................. Secretary
George +. Mcleod. Auditor
And the following gentlemen consti-
tute the Board of Directors: B. F. Dill
ingham, Cecil Brown, M. P. Robinson,
Bruce Cartwright and G. w. Macfar-
lane.
E. NJ. BOYD,
Secretary.
Dated, Honolulu, September q 1899.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-07

Owl lunch room is located opposite
Criterion barber shop, Fort street.
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

wonderfully winning creature. She has bo,
dignties. it must be admitted. She receives and
uses her husbands income as the best tnteres,
Of the family require. and the author tells us
that the great ladies Of the empire are shown,
a notable power Of organization. making nron-
erty yield its highest value and controlling
all expenditure with a good sense and
economy seldom shown by European women
unless they have had very special train
ing in the management Cf great affairs Tho
steward. who collects the rents and sees -
other outside matters. reports TO the lady q,
the touse, and not to his master. and all this
business, added 10 the entire management oi
her young chiidrens education. health and
morals makes far from idle the life Of the
japanese woman Of wealth ana position. The
least agreeable specimen Of womanhood in
Japan is the occasional mother-in-law. to whom
age may have brought intensified clinging to
tradition and something Of "crankiness' with il.
Custom Ordains that the sons wife shall serve
his mother with reverence-that no matter what
the riches Of the family the younger shall per-
form for the elder all the duties that in other
countries maids are called upon t. DO for their
employers: and this custom sometimes leads to
tyranny. But these things apart it is pleasant
to record Mrs. Frasers conviction that in real
womarliness, which take TO mean "a high CONF
bination of sense and swectne,s yalor and
humility the japanese lady ssuk5 with any
woman in the world. and passes before most %
them" The pretty and delicate little Empress
eads the women Of her nation i'm every good
work She economies AMI denies herself c1n-
stanty that she may found and maintain hos-
pitalS and schools wherein the most approved
modern methods are used and she is fire.
quent and tenderly sympathetic visitor at the
hospitals
The Emperor is a man Of intellect and force
OF character. though until he Was sixteen he
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

solutely Indifferent to suffering he ana MS
Young townsmen were obliged to rise from their
warm beds between 3 and / on winters morn
ing and go in a single robe, bare OF head anu
bare OF foot to the fencing ground where n'""y
n hard blow was dealt. and the young pioou'
warmed by the fight. threw off the rlgor Oh tle
lev cold. and knew that it had won one Victory
moro over sloth and weakness. He was quite
accustomed to this terrific regime when ne was
eight years oldr' The samurais one law was
that of honor. whether he was merely a private
soldier or a man Of family with retainers ol MS
own: and while this class was long ago us
banded as a whole, the name. the principles the
race and its most important customs SURVIVE
and are at the root Of all that is noblest IN
nodern Japan In an Occidental country the
author complains the schoolboy must be un-
made before there is room for the gentleman
or the soldier TO appear In Japan education
avowedly goes to the production OF botn ana
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

without robbng childhood OF a moments bright
happiness can clothe little children OF every
condition with this garment of perfect courtesy.
There apparently no seedlings or punish
ments in Japan. The children are adored, but
not spoiled; they are never frightened into lies.
and they bring all their troubles and joys to
father and mother to be healed or shared.
When they reach the mature ages Of five or six
they drop whatever baby tyrannies they may
have, and are as ready as their elders to pet
ard guard and teach the younger brothers and
sisters
or japanese women both the mobiles and their
humber sisters. Mrs. Fraser gives a picture as
attractive as is that of the children. Perhaps
the leading characteristic of the softvoiccd lit
tie Japanese wife is her exquisite unsenshness,
and while it cultYatcs. no doubt the reverse a
he quality in her husband it makes Of her u
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

country and sense OF duty. in which she sees a
bright promise for the future
The japanese may well be patriotic. Our
author tells US that from the time the children
begin to understand anything. axioms of honor,
kindness. fial duty and above all patriotism
are repeated and explained to them with pro-
found good faith and sOlcmnity. To the question
Of the nursery catechism. what will you give
the Emperor" the little japanese answers. "All
my best toys and my life when he wants it,"
In the training Of the Japanese boy the rever
ence for truly great men and things goes hand
in hand with physical exercises that mean
strength and courage The "samurai"- the
name was applied long ago to the class that
had a right t. carry arms and their descendants
must all learn t. fight and Mrs. Fraser thus
quotes Japancse friend on this subject: I'm
order to harden young boys and make them alb
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

was kept by the reigning Shogun IN the most
dernoralizing inactivity II is even said lha'
until he reached that age he was carried from
room 10 room. that he never stood On his feet
nor fed himself; but, released from TINS de'
grading tutclage. the youth showed himself able
and resolved to rule alone. and the aDoluo"
OF the Shogunate began the new era Of progress
for his country He is greatly beloved by MS
peorle and has just enough trouble Win
fanatics and turbulent young haiers oi iore's"'
ers to prove the real loyalty OF his suDJec'S
But with all this love and loyalty there IS
steadfast adherence to the new Constitution
among his supporters and this, If We may De-
Iieye Mrs. Frlser the sovereign IS not allowed
to forget Enraged at the assault upon 'ne
Cesarevitch to whom he had promised speclai
protection the Emperor sent word to the )u's's
that the criminal must be executed at once
The Judges replied: Your Imperial MaJes.s,
may remember that YOU have graciously grah.ee
a Constitution in which IL Is promlseu - -
criminals shall only be judged anu coh cohue I'm
according to the laws which nave ho" ,his
promulgated: in those laws such a case a. nIv
vas MOI foreseen and therefore we can u on!
award to this man the punishment lh'utlVa or
one who assaults and wounds any ON %o'i', -, can.
OF any class whatever We regret ma ishes
not carry out your Imperial Majesty "Io "s"
Tsuda Sanzo will undergo term oI Nhpl'SO"
ment" ,t,,r,nt
"Tsuda Sanzo will be executed the ihusn1""'
Emperor replied. Let il be seen ID a' ohSy ov,rr
..rben " said the courageous Judges. lour
Imperial Majesty will dispense with our poYr pOUr
services. and find some one o. eaiTy ot' 99sth
august commands who has not taken ~, 1ne CON-
to administer the laws accordihS 10 '"'
stitution.' ., n see
But the Emperor was too upright no' 20 ,Sat
thai they were in the right. and II is sdlu % '"'
he was pleased with their justice 'N' '0"''
Like all other foreign residents in Japan ~, w.,
Fraser chants tina praises of the huii0''
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

from the time the child knows his own name
clean ideals are set before him. Girls as well,
are taught this high sense Of honor and pa
triotism Ii was one odd illustration OF the
public grief and humiliation that after an in
sane fanatic had murderously assaulted the
Cesar6vitch while the Emperor's guest the lit
lie daughter Of ViscOunt AOki, Minister for For
eign Affairs, vas found lying on the floor in an
agony of sorrow and shame. moaning: Il am
Japanese, | must live with this shame | can
not-I cannot, | cannot bear it,. The behavior
of japanese children is an unmitgated joy to
the foreign visitor. Gentle or simple. their man
ners are perfect with that perfection which
seems to arise from kindness and consideration
OF others; and the reader cannot but agree with
the authors feeling that there must be a great
deal to say for a system of education which
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

"Ihc Author wcarcs not Of wcldOing. and
this has. on the other hand. wearied some of
its readers who think that it ought not to be
so persistent in its crusade against the seamy
side Of the Publishing business But Sir Wal
ter BeSant is not to he dauntcd. He has made
up his mind to keep the literary craftsman
from being defraudcd, and instead OF softenng
his charges he goes on repeating them with
yigor. Also he bids the author beware of the
literary agent that pillar Of society VINO las
for some time been looked upon with almost
passionate admiration and faith. What will
Sir Walter do next? NO author. TO begin
WITH" he says should employ an agent with
out having thoroughly reliable information as
to his honesty and to his capacity in placing
authors MSS. before editors and publishers"
This is reasonable advice surely. But cur
mentor proceeds as follows: "If an author then
decides 10 employ an agent he should De rs
careful in entering into an agreement with him
H. he would be in entering into an agreement
with publisher" Poor human nature. What
OF the letters of recommendation sent 10 one
agent by his clients and printed by him not
long ago in = neat pamphlet for iudiciouS cir
CuIaiiOn? Is the sweet state Of affairs implied
hy that collection no longer 70 be observed!
one Of Sir Walters correspondents tells
chastity tale Of misplaced confidence. His lit
crary agent. ana there were several Of him."
was anything but a boon Plainly The
Author" has a job on It's hands
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26
LIFE IN JAPAN.
A WOMAN'S SYMPATHETIC RECORD.

t,,rTrps FROM Japan. A Record of Modern
Life in the Island Empire. by Mrs HuSn
Fraser Two Volumes, octave, pp. o?i-do'' l"c
Macmillan Company
These letters were written by the wlte OF the
British Minister to Japan during the three years
following the proclamation of the Constitution
in that country-three most important years lor
they saw the Island Empire casting aside the
traditions of centuries conquerinS stubborn
neghbor and asserting herself as modern ma
ton Those who know Mary Crawford Fraser
as the author of "Palladia" and "a Chapter Of
Accidents need not be told that these letters
are vivid. graceful and piquant; that they show
forth not only the customs Of strange and in
teresting people but also the inner spirit Of the
race. and that they are unmarried by Occidental
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

prejudice The japanese. our author says wrap
themselves in colorless cOnyentionalites THAT
which you expect from them is that which they
would wish to show YOU and very likely all that
you will ever see. But if any shared emotion
suddenly draws you closer together then the
veil is rent away: you behold the springs of
action, and To- they those which have swayed
you in the best moments Of your life: and II you
are honest and humble minded you will say in
your heart: BrOther | misjudeed thee. Perhaps
thou art a. near To wisdom and To love as !.
In this receptive and kindly mood Mrs Fraser
appears to have remained during her sojOurn
in this fascinating land. and it is natural that
so gentle an observer should have called out an
answering gentleness in her Oriental friends.
She writes with delight Of many fundamental
virtues in the people especially Of the love of
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26
ILLUSTRATED srPPLEMEN

II IS Interesting TO note the sautary change
phch has come over the poetry of the day. 1t
is stiil copous, it is stilI-but we will not men
ton all the characteristics it still retains
What is worth pointing out is that it IS making
much lees noise than it made only year or
two ago Mr. Yeats is appreciated. but lie IS
~. being landed in season and out of season.
NJ William Watson publishes collected cdl-
ton of his poems and the fact is calmly chron-
ic.rd where twelve months earlier it would
have caused many busy writers to produce
rcams OF critical" prose Mr.. John Davidson
Siirs up a certain amount Of excitement. but
rot too much. and Mr.. stephen Phillips has
for the time subsidcd. The announcements OF
the publishers contain the titles Of some new
books Of verse, but the only things in the list
That arouse any real interest are the new
editions Of Tcnnyson and Omar Khayyam, the
former in one volume cheaper than any
hitherto printed, and the latter in the Golden
Treasury Series. 1t seems almost too good to
be true but it is just possible that at the end
Of the century common-senSc is coming 10 the
rescue and is recOnciling the minor poet to the
place in the world that he deserves. His little
Doom" is not exactly collapsed, but it has
dundcd to more natural proportions Does
his abatement prcsaec the exercise of a better
sense of measure among the supporters Of
other unmportant tribes: We observe that
the minor cssayst also is today Il little less
conspicuous than usual But we must not be
too sanguinc. This may be only the lull before
the storm.
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

The literary Symposium continues 10 Hour
ish in some quarters. in spite of frequent
castigatiOn at the hands of the authors who
justly feel a contempt FOR that sort Of thing.
Nevertheless there are signs that it may work
uut is own destruction through the sheer ab-
surd:ty which is more and more often charac-
tcrzing this expcdicnt for the production of
"c0py" "Thc London Academy, for example
which is in 50 many ways such an admirable
journal that its action in this matter is quite
incxplicablc given pretty nearly the last
scntatives TO make inquiries among people
whose degree of acquaintance with Mr.. Kip
lng's work seemed worth ascertaining. Who
were these people? They included bus
driver. a tObaccOnist, fruitcrer II man-scr-
want a cabman a Polish waiter, a charwoman.
n barber. 4 chceSemOnger club porter sol
dcr and a policeman. We would not dream of
impugnng the taste of London charwOman
or the scholarship of 4 London checscmongcr,
but why in the namc Of all that is drOll "Thc
Academy" should think il worth while 10 in
tcrview them. unless il was simply b use Mr..
Kiplings name as peg on which 10 hang
"copy" we cannot guess. OF course, there is
the hypothesis ihat it was all joke, but 4
joke 50 silly would lit better into "rit Bits"
than into professcdly "litcrary' journal. The
only virtue in this transaction lies in the fact
that it may have a fatal effect upon the practice
Of filling columns with the precious opinions Of
every Tom, Dick and Harry the editor can
draw.
New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

NEW LOVE AND Old LOVE.
Tir,o brought me many another friend
That loved me longer,
New love was kind. but in the ehd
old love was stronger.
Years come and go. No New Year yet
Hath slain December. =,
Aud oT that should have cried, Forget!
CrGcS but-Rcmcmber!
The Green Forest tribune., 1899-11-16

Harrison, Ark. Nov. 10, 1899 A sufficient contest affidavit having been fled in this office by Albeit S. Hobbs, contestant against Harlow c Palmer, entry No. 235777. made Oct. 2 22 , I594 for Nv Nv, See 29, Ne Ne, See 30, T IS, x t 22 N, by Harlow C. Pal mer, con,es tee, in which ii is alIedged that said contestee ilas wholly aband oned said tract of land, and failed to reside thereon formore than four years last past. Said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock. a. m. on Dec 2I. 1899. before the Register and Receiver al the United States Land Office in Harrison, Arkan- Sas.
 The said contestant having, in a proper affidavit. filed Nov. 10, 1889, set forth facts which show that alter due diligence personal service of this no. tice cannot be made, 1t is hereby order- eG and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication.
 John l. Wnrthlng ton, Regis ter.
 F. $. Baker, Receiver.
The Green Forest tribune., 1899-11-16
THE FIFTH CENSUS OF THE U. s.
Qualifications, Duties and Compensa.
 ten of Census Enumerat0rs.

The act of March 8, 1899, under the provisions of which the Twelfth Cen sus of the United States is to be taken, provides for the superintendent super vlsors of census, one or more 10 each state and territory, the District of Col umbia, Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, to have general supervision within their respective districts of the enumeration to be made in June, l900 One of the duties imposed by the cen sus act upon these supervisors is the designation suitable persons to be employed with the consent of the Director of Census. as enumerators within their respective districts. 1t IS further provided that such persons shah be residents of the enumeration districts for which they may be aP- pointed, and that they shall be SC lected solely with reference to fitness and without reference to their political party affiliations.
 The appointment of eapmerators will be made with reference to physical ae- tivily and to apthess, neatness, and accuracy III writing and in the use of figures. The census requires active, energetic persons of good address and readiness wiih thepan. Only such can do the work with satisfaction to the government or rproft to the govern ment or profit 10 themselves.
 Each person seeking appointment as censns enumerator mustmake a writ ten application 10 the supervisor for the district of which a resident, giving the christian name and surname in full; whether citizen of the United States or not; present legal residence; sex and color; aee; place of birth; the principal facts of education and of professional or business experience, including a statement of all national, state, eonu tY or municipal offices held at any time; nature of present occqpa= ton, if any previous experience in census work physical condition, and knowledge of English and other Ian- guaees. This application (see form 7-2l71 must be made in the handwrt- ing of the applicant throughout, and must be certified to as such.
 The enumeration required by the census act will begin on the first day of June. 1900 and must be completed within two weeks in all lies for which 8 ,000 CT more were reported in l890, and in all other districts on or before the first day of July next thereafter.
 it WiIl be necessary of each ennmera- tor, before entering upon hls duties :, to receive commission, under the head of the supervisor of the district to which he belongs, and to take and
The Green Forest tribune., 1899-11-16
Sold llY | K, RAMSEY.

subscribe an oath or fiirmation that he will faithfully discharge all the duties required of him under the law.
 Underline provisions of secti on : of theeensas act, the enumeration in June, 1900, i5 restricted 10 the inquiries re. latine to the population, to mortality, aud to the products of agriculture and of manufacturing and mecha nieal es- tahIishments, and, by the same sec ton, the schedules of mortality and of manufacturing and mechanical es- tablishments may be withheld from the euumerators, gin the discression of the Director of Census. In nc eas e, there. fore. will the schedules of inquiries to be made by the census enumerators exceed four in number and in this respect the work of the enumerators at the Twelfth Census will be much more simple than that required of euumer- ators al preceding censuses.
 The compensation 10 be paid to enHmerators is fixed by section Is of the act of March 3, 1899, and a maxi mum late of two cents fer each living inha6itant, two cents for each death, l5 cents for each farm, and twenty cents for each establishment of pro- ductlye industry is provided for all subdivisions where such allowance shall be deemed sufficient In other subdivisions where higher per capita rates are to be paid. according to the difficulty of enumeration, the maxi mum rate will not exceed three cents for each hying iuhabitaut, three cents for each death, twenty cents for each farm, and thirty cents for each estab lishment Of productive industry, while in subdivisions where per diem rates are established, having reference fo the nature of the region to be canvass ed and the of sparseness of tllement, CT other considerations pertinent there to, the compensation will be not less than three nor more than six dollars per day of ten hours actual ftid work each. Except in extreme cases, no claim for mileage or travelling expenses Nill be allowed to any enunerator, and then only when authority has been previously granted by the Director of the cenel;8.
 Any enumerator, without iustifiahle cause. neglects ar refuses 10 perform the duties of his position, after accept ing an appointment and qualifying for the work. CT who carro98niaates 10 any person not authorized to reeelye fhe same any information gained t'y hi'n in the performance of his duty, will hp subject tn a frt. af Gre hrndrei dollars, aa provided io section 2i Of the census act.
 The provisions of thr act of March }, l9q9, which relates to the appointment, duties, and compensation of eunmera- tors are appended for the information of all concerned
 WILLIAM R. MERRtAM.
 Director of Census.