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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-03-09
CASTLE & COOKE, LIMITED
Commission Merchants.
SUGAR FACTORS.

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AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Co.
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Co.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Co.
The Koloa Agricultural Co.
The Onomea Sugar Co.
The Fulton Iron Works, St. Louis,
Missouri.
The Standard Oil Co.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life In
surance Co., of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Co., Of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Co., of Lon
don.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
ANIMALS CAN COUNT.
The Horse, However, Is the Nest CAL
culntOr Among Them, According
to an Old Observer.

An ornithologist, after many expert
ments on parrots, holds that they can
count up to four. A Russian physician,
DIR. Timotietf, extended these expert
ments to birds, dogs, cats and horses.
He concludes that crows can count up
to ten, dogs to "a, cats only to six, but
horses carry off the palm as calculators.
In village 81 the government of Po-
kow, DR.. Timofeff studied a horse be-
longing to peasant, and found that the
horse always stopped at the end of its
twentieth furrow. 1t did not stop when
tired, but only after every 20 burrows.
1t was so exact about this that its mas
ter reckoned the number of burrows
that he had made by the numtSr of
times that the horse halted. The ami
NAL counted for the man. In another
village DR.. Timofeff saw a horse that
calculated the versts (Russian miles,
by the number of posts on the road, and
the time by the striking of the clock.
One day this physician was going to
Naldai, when at the twenty-second
verst one of the horses hitched to the
u UNA Nd NIlNt-llAlHtAl SIOD-
ped suddenly. The driver got down
from his seat, gave some proven
der to the horse and drove on. The
horse had been trained by its master
when very young to get food at every
rs versts. There can be no doubt that
the horse kept count by the posts along
the road. 1t had made mistake this
time of three versts, but it was not it's
fault. Along the road there were three
other posts besides the telegraph posts
which looked very much like them.
Hence the error of three versts.
This same horse was accustomed to
get it's food in stable near whic} he
town clock rang at noon. DIR. T;moaeff
himself saw the horse prick up its ears
and listen, but droop its head dissatis-
fed when less than 12 strokes sounded.
On the contrary, it manifested all kinds
of satisfaction when it heard the
twelfth stroke of the bell, neighing for
its provender.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
STRONG DRINK IN HISTORY.
Attitude of Humanity Towards
the Use of Alcoholics.

In GreCian history we read that
XerXes left as his most striking epi-
taph that he was able to drink more
wine than any man in his dominions."
Alexander the Great organized drink
ing contest, offered a prize to the man
who could drink the most. Promachus
took the prize, after drinking ii quarts
OF wine, the others coming near to him;
but a cold wind springing up, the Win
ner and 40 of his companions died be-
fore morning; and Alexander himself,
whom our young fancies exalted as a
sort of demigod, died at 80, after
drinking bout that lasted two days and
two nights.
Rome passed through a session of un-
bounded intemperance before its down
fall. We read of one man who was
knighted under the name Tricongius-
Three-gallon man-oecause he had
been able TO drink u quarts of wine
at a single draught. The intemperance
of our Saxon ancestors, on mead and
metheglin, is sufficiently indicated in
such books as KingsieyS "Hereward;" :"
and in England drinking habits, from
king and court down, were universal.
Only the fact that Intoxicating drinks
were very costly saved the common peo-
pie from ruinouS debauchery; but in
the century that brought the Pilgrims
to our shore the common people learned
that alcohol could be made cheaply
from grain and in Switzerland. France
and Holland immense amounts of gin
were poured out from mammoth dis
tilleries, and the nation, which had
moderated its drinking under Crom-
well, went back to more than its for
mer eXcesSes under the Dutch William
and in his reign the production of gin
was stimulated as an encouragement
to agriculture.
The effects were so disastrous as to
give pause to all thoughtful people.
The price of this intoNicant was ridicu
lousy low. and shops could be seen in
London placardeI: Drunk for pen
ny; dead drunk for twopence; clean
straw for nothing" Previously people
had used beer, which was less destruc
tive; but now parliament became
alarmed, and parliament passed Il law
in 1896 prohibiting the use of gin.
The law was ~ unpopular that it
ceased to he enforced after two or hree
years, and at the end of seven was ma
terially modified. While the lover
classes were thus being ruined by gin
drinking, an almost equal havoc was
being effected among the aristocracy
by strong wines from Portugal, that
The Republican., 1899-08-10

early in the last century were admit
ted under such tariff regulations as
to be comparatively cheap. The taste
for these spread rapidly, and the let
ters and diaries of the time present pic
lures of revolving dissipation among
the land-owning governing class.
Drunkenness was the t0-be-eXpected
condition. and the man who could car
ry'' the largest amount OF port was the
man of mark and won the plaudIts of
admiration. The most brilliant Of Eng
lish statesmen were incapacitated or
died at 80 or 40. The better habits of
to-day have much to do with the length
ened lives of such men as Brougham,
Palmerston and Gladstone. No doubt
the national health was impaired by
the national habit of dissipation. Read
the novels of the last century and see
how the feast was not thought to have
been worthily appreciated till man
had drunk his three bottles and was
snoring in beastly uncOnsciousness un-
der the ble,-Independent.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
THE DREAMER AND THE DREAM,

a dreamer. spurred by thought, yet not
asleep,
Scanned unspanned future space with eagle
sweep,
Pierced murk and mist with vision clear and
keen,
Saw what the uninSPired eye hath not Seen,
And concentrating millions of sunbeams
Into white light rich with glory-gleams
Saw visions wOVe of Heaven-illumined
dreams.
lie saw the day when needless strife shall
And man love man in realms of perfect
peace;
When none hurl hate nor hurt a fellow
man,
But all on earth live on the lovelit plan
OF doing all a kindly mortal could
To curb all evil and promote all good
Avoiding sham and shame as all men
should.
All castles and class distinctions dead and
gone,
The millionaire and mendicant as one,
Employer and employed kindly whole
Swayed not by sefshness, but heart and
soul;
No churl to covet what might poor ones
But swift to minister and serve at need,
And crush to earth false pride or grovelinG
greed.
Then far from warm hearth of happy
home
No anxious toiler seeking work shall roam,
But honest toll shall there find honest pay
Nor lengthen needlessly it's dole nor day:
No millionaire will fiaunt his unearned
wealth.
BY devious ways acquired or stony
stealth
By coming human blood, lost hopes or
health.
No more shall base assassins haunt the
dark,
No more incendiarism speed its spark
Nor men care less a hundred thousandfold
For human sorrow than for sordid gold
But all men hopeful, honest truly wise
Shall read of present ills with pained sur
prise,
AS equals worshiping meath happy skies.
l. EDGAR JONES
The Republican., 1899-08-10
VIII Use Cor Hereafter.

There is long standing dispute
whether got" or gotten" is the
preferable participle, and the recent
experience of a college professor may
throw some light on the subject. He
telegraphed to his wife: Il have got
ten tickets for the opera tonight. Meet
me there" The telegraph operator
rendered this into 'Have got ten tick
cts" etc. Mrs. Professor was delighted
with the opportunity of entertaining
her friends, and accordingly made up
party of eight beside herself, and
they all met the professor in front of
the opera house that evening. We may
imagine the feelings Of the unfortunate
man, and no one knows how he eX.
planned matters, but we may be sure
that he will not use gotten" again in
a telegram
The Republican., 1899-08-10
NOTES OF REFORM.

Take no thought for the morrow does
not mean that you shall destroy the in
tellect with whisky.-Sling.
Sixty thousand tons of corks are used
each year for the bottled beer sold and
drank by the people of England.
The temperance people of Birming-
ham, Ala. have by agitation compelled
the saloons to close on Sundays.-Leyer.
The old false and foolish notion that
lager beer is a comparatively harmless
drink has been effectually exploded
Christian Work.
1t is stated that the banks in Kansas
have been larger deposits in proportion
10 population than any other state in
the union except Maine. Kansas and
Maine are prohibition states.
Temperance resolutions count for
nothing; some of the most ringing eX-
pressions against low down drunken
ness have come from liquor organiza-
tions.-Wayne County CO., Herald.
The Chicago Tribune, having kept a
record of crime for ten years, declares
that the saloon business of the United
States is directly chargeabe with a to-
tai of 53,436 murders between 1856 and
1896.
a movement to exclude liquor deal
ers from church membership has been
started in Louisville. KY, by Rev. T. T.
Eaton. D. d., pastor of one of the
wealthiest churches in that city. Reso-
lutions were passed urging them 10
give mp their business, and allowing
one year in which to abandon it or leave
the church.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
SNAKES CATCH RATS.
Useful Purpose in Some of the
Philippine Islands.

AS the writer was sitting out under
the broad piazza at the restaurant, TAX
ing coffee after dinner, his eyes hap
pened to be turned upward. About ten
feet above his head there was a broad
beam, probably 1s inches square, the
horizontal support of the second story.
Directly above, looking down at the
group below, was the head of an i'm
mense snake, ten feet away. The end
of his tail was carelessly hanging over
the beams side.
The writer gave one jump, landing
six feet away, eXclaiming: Good heav
ems, PARTRIDGE" (our consul then at
Manila, temporarily in charge of Amer
lean matters at Iloilo).
where is it?' he asked not moving
from his comfortable American cane
seated rocker.
"Why, just over your head"
"Sit down here" he said to me. THAT
snake came here when this house was
put here. There are three or four 9th
ers of his kind here besides. Without
these snakes this low-lying town would
be about uninhabitable. They keep the
house absolutely clear and free from
rats, mice, reaches, waterbugs, an oc-
casional tarantula or scorpion. He
scents a stranger as quickly as would
detective. He knows you are one.
But as you are with me it will be all
right. He and | are acquainted"
And then Partridge called up some
thing to him in Tagalese and in few
moments he moved away.
Bite? Oh, yes, and viciously, too.
if fooled with. He can infict serious
wounds with his fine, sharp teeth. But
he has no poison fangs."
Two or three evenings after that I
witnessed how he operated. A great
coal-black rat was coming along on
beam just below the one occupied by
his suakeship. AS he came opposite to
me a big serpent's black and yellow
spotted head shot out four or five feet
away He seized that rat as a cat would
between his teeth. Next day as l
passed this snake fast asleep in the hot
sun l noticed a ratlike enlargement or
expansion on his diaphragm. l knew
where that rat was.-Iloilo Letter in
Washington Post.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
She Guessed the Answer.

A little girl, who had just entered
school, jubilantly announced to her
father that she had beaten all the girls
above her in the arithmetic class and
gone to the top. THAT was clever of
you," said he, encouragingly. "How
was it?" ''Well, you see, the teacher
asked the girl at the head how much
was and 5, and she didn't know, and
said ~, and the next girl said 9, and
the next one said II, and the next one
said IA. Such silly answers! Then the
teacher asked me, and l said 13, and
she told me to go to the top. Course
it was 49," That was nice" said the
father. II didn't think you could add
so well. How did you know it was
1872" "Why, guessed it. Nobody said
H."
The Republican., 1899-08-10
AN OK ON TRIAL.
Ex. 21:2S-29.


knew an old farmer who kept a big OK,
He ate a great deaA but worked not
stroke;
Men put him in pound as tight as box,
And placed on his neck a big iron yoke;
They fed him whole fields of the best of the
corn,
But he pushed like the dell with the point
of his horn,
And oft from his pound and his keepers
he broke
With a terrible rush the pavement he'd
take,
Or sweep with his horns the thick
crowded street;
All barriers and fences to check him he'd
break,
And hood and run over whomever he'd
meet;
His nostrils were red with the blood that
he shed
His pathway was strewed with the dying
and dead,
From the thrust of his horns or the tread
of his feet.
OF this horrible OK the townsmen all spoke,
OF his pound and his keepers and victims,
forlorn;
Some said he was safe for he wore big
yoke.
And others said not because of his horn.
The Republican., 1899-08-10

The creature, some said, deserved TO be
killed;
Some argued, his pound men higher should
build,
And instanced the market he made for
the corn.
In spite of his yoke and his keepers twas
found,
Since the owner paid license and bought
up the corn,
That respectable" men would open the
pound,
And let out the OK, with the terrible horn;
If some would complain of terror and pain,
And point to the victims the monster had
slain,
They were laughed at as "cranks" and
hooted with scorn.
A wise man, at last, with this wickedness
veXed,
A volume, wel-worn, from his side pock-
ct drew;
Hear, townsmen," he said, "Ill read you
text,
Which tells with the owner and OK what
to do
He read, and the people with merciless
stones
Crushed in the ox-monster, his horns and
his bones,
Then righteously slew the oX-owner, too.
Joel Swartz, in National Advocate.
The Republican., 1899-08-10

enormous strength, and the few cap
tured have had to be kept in close con-
finement. Sally seems to have been
born with better temper than most of
her kind, for so far she has shown none
of the wicked traits that have distin-
quished other orang-outangs.
. She is an educated animal and eats
her meals with a knife and fork, sitting
at the table with a napkin tied under
her chin, looking to a near-sighted per-
son for all the world like and ugly and
very hirsute old man with large head
and an intelligent habit of bending too
far over his plate.-Philadelp Press.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
ORANG-OUTANG SALLY.
A Simian Pet Who Lives in More Conn
fort Than Most of Her Human
NeighbOrs.

Residents of the eastern town of Ban
galore are daily treated to the eXtraor-
dinary spectacle of an enormous
ourang-outang being wheeled through
the streets like 4 baby. The accom-
panying picture, from photograph,
shows the big brute, whose name is
Sally, comfortably seated in her car
riage of state, with a look of wooden
contentment on her face.
Sally is about five feet in height and
weighs about 100 pounds. She is high
ly intelligent animal and has always
shown the greatest affection for her
dusky attendant, whom she allows oc-
casionally to take her place in the wag-
on while she does the pushing. The
orang-outang was reared from a baby
by a government elephant catcher
named Sanderson, and is one of the very
few of the species that have proved
tamable.
The orangs are usually ferocious
brutes, possessing in their long arms
The Republican., 1899-08-10

tions show how very small the pony
really is. The carriage to which it is
yoked is child's mail cart, and it seems
big enough for it. The little lady who
holds the reins is Miss Rhoda Hunter,
and the pony's name is also Rhoda.
This small yet perfectly formed speci.
men of the pony breed belongs to Mr..
Peter Anderson, Lerwick. 1t is three
years old, yet stands but 80 inches in
height. 1t is black in color and is in
the same shaggy condition in which it
came out of its native hills. It's owner
has refused big price for this rarity.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
TINY SHETLAND PONY.
Although Three Years Old, Yet 1t
Stands But Thirty-TwO
Inches in Height.

Here is the smallest Shetland pony
living. At first sight one would imag-
inc the man on the left of the picture to
be a giant in stature, but it is only
"Willim," the park keeper of the pub
lie park at Lerwick, who is of medium
height. His relatively huge proper
The Republican., 1899-08-10
Never Satisfied.

Fuddy-Joggles has moved out &c the
suburbs. He says he does it for the ex-
ercise that working about the place
will give him. He bought Shandy's
place. Shandy has moved into town.
Duddy-What induced him 10 sell?
''To get rid of the work about the
place. boston Transcript.
The Republican., 1899-08-10

The telephone service of Germany ia
controlled and managed by the de-
partment for posts and telegraphs.
The rates are low. the charge for 10.
cal telephone being $3.50 per annum,
including the rental of the instrument.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
Bennties of the Wheel.

when | get utterly low-spirited,"
said the nervous man. 81 find spin on
my wheel does me world of good"
1T is the exercise" said his friend.
81 think not. | am so glad to get
home alive that | feel good all the rest
of the day."-Indianapols Journal.
The Republican., 1899-08-10
THREE WORTHY WORDS.

My lad, three lessons would I write,
Three words upon your heart engrave,
Through all your life, to guide you right
Be true, be kind, be brave.
Be TRUE, whatever may betide;
Speak, act the truth a any cost;
Of little worth is all beside,
If trust in you be lost.
Be KIND, another's feelings heed;
Slight no occasion you may find
For gentle word and loving Decd
'Tis noble to be kind.
Be BRAVE, with courage true and strong
Mind neither ridicule nor sneer;
To dare to do the weak a wrong
But proves the basest fear.
If you, my lad, these lessons three,
These simple words your motto make,
Esteem and honor yours shall be,
With fortune in their wake.
Philip Burroughs Strong, in Golden Days.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Draper at it Again.

Pryor Creek is to have lots of things.
Last nights Wichita letter to the
Globe-Democrat gave that town an
asylum, to cost $4,000, for the fami-
lies of outlaws living and dead
mostly killed by one "Jm Jenkins, "
the founder. What with jenkins and
Whitaker the unfortunate in that
section ought to receive very good
care.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Probabilities.
Fair tonight and Wednesday.

The leading cigar is the "Sunburst."
Mrs T. G. Cowan is quite sick with
grip.
Lake Moore is down from Fairland
today,
For the best coffee in town 60 to
Grays.
Special sale this week at Burns
Racket.
The best cigar in vinita is the
"Sunburst." 24jan
Today week the agreement election
takes place.
John Ward returned to his home at
Chelsea today.
Mrs. Badgett wants a white girl to
do housework.
Ribbon cane syrup in five gallon
kegs at Gray's.
"sunburst" cigar is sold by the
Peoples drug store. "a
Try the "Sunburst" cigar. at the
Peoples drug store. "a
w. J. Bnrnett went on a business
trip to Sapulpa this morning.
Dick Kilgore is now running the Al
Lynch Stable, on the east side.
Large line Of granite ware at one
half the regular price at Burns.
Miss Sayde Hill will entertain a
number of her friends this evening.
A grand exhibit of woolens in the
piece at Badgett's Thursday, Goth.
Fine line of paper back novels at sc;
nice line Of other books at Burns
Racket,
B. r. Edwards and brother and w.
NJ. King, of Nowata, called, this
morning.
Most everybody was agreeably dis
appointed at the temperature this
morning.
j. S. Alfrey is assisting in the dry
goods department at Badgett's for the
present.
Felix Cowan sells all kinds of feed
and produce. Try him for prices.
Phone p 100
Sam Cobb is again employed in the
grocery department at Cobb & Nc
Glasson's.
Il. S. Davis, representing the Car
penter Paper Co., of Omaha, is in the
city today.
J. NJ. Daugherty went to Tulsa this
morning aud will probably return on
the evening train.
L. B. Frayser had six head of cattle
killed by a Katy train last night a
mile north of town.
Have your measurement taken for
suit or pair pants by an expert. Will
be at Badgett's Thursday.
w. H. sheehan and family are at
San Antonio at present but expect
very soon to go on to Laredo.
Suits to order $40. and up; pants to
order So. and up; a perfect fit guaran-
teed at Badgett's Thursday, 26th.
Wanted, competent white girl for
family work-one who wants per-
manent place. See Mrs. W. R.
Badgett.
Miss Jennie Heath received word
from Sloan Springs this morning
that hermother is quite i'll and leaves
for home this evening.
Several persons would like to build
good houses "if we had waterworks."
That obstacle must not long be al
lowed to stand in the ways
Tom Byrd received a telegram Mon
day, stating that his cousin, Tom
Byrd, of Charleston, Mo-, was dead.
He was just the age of Tom.
Have your clothes made by Ameri-
cas- leading tailor Strauss Bros. A
large line Of woolens in piece to select
from, at Badgett's. Thur
Miss Carrie Fayant leaves Thurs
day for Lebanon, Mo-, for short visit.
Before her return she will go to st.
Louis to select her spring goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Pickerell, Of
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
nission Work.

The Congregational folks are en-
gagged in mission work proper, now.
Mrs. Swain and Mrs. Blakeney have
recently beel out and gathered up
eighteen children, belonging to no
other Sunday school and part Of whom
had never been inside church, and
the aid society has undertaken to sup
ply the very evident need of most Of
them for clothing.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24

How can you expect clear COM
plexion when your liver is torpid and
blood full Of impurities? Simmons
Liver Regulator restores the liver to
healthy action, enabling it to drive
all impurities from the system. II
take Simmons Liver Regulator as
liver corrector and blood purifier and
concede it to be an excellent remedy.
/ keep Simmons Liver Regulator on
hand and take it in preference to any
other remedy."--S. NJ. Hysell, Middle
port, Ohio. Peoples drug store agents
Vinita.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24

The Fortnightly Whist club has
changed its time Of meeting to Satur-
day nights, and the husbands OF the
members are now expected to be
present.
Auction sale Of books. All kinds Of
standard works of fiction. Bibles,
dictionaries, aliases, etc. Sales . and
Z p. M, daily. Opposite the post
office. "a.
The cake walk at the opera house
Friday night will be the event of the
season. There will be 20 people on
the stage at the same time, twelve OF
whom will be in the walk.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Destitute Family.

A family named Bailey, living in
the south part of town, is in need of
immediate assistance. The man is
sick with typho-malarial fever, and
there are five children beside his wife
and mother. He will not be able to
work in many weeks and they need
coal and wood and provisions. The
family came here some weeks ago
from about Ft. Gibson
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Expected Mrs. Pumphrey

Z. Pumphrey came in from st.
Louis this morning, where he had
been with shipment Of cattle, eX-
pectng Mrs. Humphrey, who has been
visiting at Bellaire Ohio, would meet
him here, but was disappointed. Mr..
Pumphrey is at present shipping from
Pine Bluff, Ark, where he is feeding
cotton seed.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Good Judgment.

F. A. Nelson. of Claremore, in
sending in a subscription, and who
knows good thing when he sees it,
says of the Daily Chieftain, ''if it's as
good in proportion as the Weekly, it
must be about all right"