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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-12-14

had had quite dangerous 1ali on the
Boulevard Poissonniere, which was
slippery with frost. Robillard, who
happened to be passing, had carried
her to the nearest drug store and had
afterward brought her home. Through
gratitude she could not do less than
invite him to remain to dinner. This
explanation treasured me. / hoped to
be soon rid of this hero.
The man was no fool. He represented
himself as interested in an extensive
coal business that obliged him to travel
all over Europe. War, he said, had
brought him back to Paris, whose safety
claimed his presence. AS to his valor-
Gus deeds in the suburbs, at the head
OF the Enfants Perdus, as one may
believe, they surpassed all belief. Nine.
Dutailly listened to his enormities
with complaisance. Dutailly had diff
Guilty in resisting his desire to believe
them. Gertrude was entirely indiffer-
ent. AS to the meek little clerk, small
er than usual in his over large coat,
afflicted besides with cold in his head,
he seemed completely crushed by the
neighborhood Of this great fellow, who
made no attempt to hide his scorn for
Brichaut.
| invented pretext for leaving i'm
mediately after the coffee, weary of
the boasting of this Gascon. to whom I
thought I was bidding adieu forever.
In this l was deceived, however. The
following Sunday found him in the
same place; Thursday also; finally his
plate was laid at all our meals. The
Dutailly household was fascinated. The
captain had conquered Nine. Dutailly
by his good humor and that almost ten
der courtesy to which no woman of her
age is insensible; he had won NJ. Dbl
tally by the interest he seemed to take
IN the military operations of the Temps.
Anatole, whose cold steadily grew
worse. visibly lost ground at every
repast.
His discredit was especially notice
able after the Bourget affair, in which
the poor fellow bravely did his duty,
and came back to us wounded in the
| arm. He told us the details of the en-
gagement-of the death of Baroche,
killed beside him. the retreat and
the melancholy end of this he.
roic combat-with such lamentable
discouragements that had he not
feared to offend his host the cap:
tain would have tainted him with being
deserter and coward. He insinu'
ated as much, and with noble indigna.
ton he showed US that if the Enfant.
Perdus had been there the affair
would have taken a different turn
Then, warming with his subject, hi
worked Dutailly up to 1.igh pitch Of
enthusiasm by outlining plan of e.
cape through the besiegine lines
Meanwhile, poor Inundated Anatole
was suffering from his still bleeding
wound, unheeded by any save Ger
trude and me.
The next day fever compelled Bri
chaut to keep his bed, and he was ab
sent from our repasts for severa
weeks. The captain now boldly es
tablished his pretensions to Gertrude,
hand, and the attitude of her narent,
! was not dscouraging. On the ia,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-12-14
Worth the Making.

Good resolutions at the beginning OF
a new year, are VIGOROUSLY iu-kept,
although perhaps they are not SO i'll
kept as notoriety declares. / In any
case they are still worth the making.
Even if one stumbles i thousanS
times, yet for the thousand and fir. :.
time he should endeavor to walk
wright. Companion.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-12-14

that Anatole rejoined us, convalesceni
and thinner than ever, it seemed to
me that the girls eyes we're red, and
l fancied that there had been Skin.
mish between her and her mother, the
latter being more infatuated than ever
with her Robillard. I decided that il
was time to interfere in the inter.
ests of the poor children. It was the
last Sunday in the year, and we natur.
ally spoke of New Years, which We
were to celebrate together.
by the way, my dear Mime. Du.
tally" exclaimed the captain, 81 must
prepare surprise for your New Years
gift"
Which gave me the idea of prepar
ing one, too.
On New Years day Dutailly re.
ceived US with open arms. The STRAIT.
egist of the Temps had just whipped
Prince Charles in the neighborhood
of Evreux, after having decoyed him
there by sham retreat; the engage.
feats of arms of modern times.
For his gift, Anatole brought a
rabbit caught with a snare in the
devastated isle of Saint Denis. AS fol-
the captain, he presented Nine. Du.
tally with large bag of sugared
chestnuts in a German helmet.
'Madame," he said, smiling, sit only
depended upon myself to be able to
offer you the owner Of this helmet"
"What!" exclaimed the worthy lady
Ibid you kill him?"
I'm order to be able to offer you this
bonbon box, which, if l do say it, is
not at the door of everyone"
I will spare the reader the nara.
ton of the adventure, of which no de-
tail was omitted. Hidden in a cask
he had waylaid the wearer of the he'll.
met, an isolated sentinel. and in a
hand-to-hand struggle had strangled
him, not wishing to attract attention
by the use of revolver. Oh, how
mean Anatole's poor little. tame rab-
bit, strangled, too, looked beside this
glorious trophy!
"As for me-" I remarked. ~ would
not attempt to rival the captain, but
1 have my little surprise, too. 1t has
not come yet, and If you are willing
we will dine without waiting for it,
We took our places at the table, and
the repast was gay one. A porke,
had been bled for the occasion, and
| the black pudding was a great sue
cess. We were at the coffee and were
| lighting our cigars when a domestic
informed us that an artillery man hac
just brought my gift into, the salon
We went at once into the room, where
we found the object lying on thu
table, wrapped up in glazed paper ani
tied with blue ribbon.
"What is it?'' Inquired Nine. Du
tally, curiously.
Don't examine it too closely, ma
dame; it is shell."'
| "a she'll" =
~>"Dutailly has several times .ex
pressed wish to have she'll, rea
one, so at my request, friend of min.
has sent me this one, which wa
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-12-14
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The Old, Old Story,

Now that the New Years with 10,
We hear the same old cry,
OF the man who foots the bills
For the things he didn't buy. /.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-12-14
A NEW YEARS GIFT
By YictOrien SardOu.

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

- = M 81 - 90
The worm that Is eating the inside
out Of the woodwork in the Judiciary
building is familiar presence in Ho-
nolulu, where it has succeeded in
making shell and a sham of a good
deal OF timber that has the outward
,ook Of solidity. This worm, which is
said to have been brought here from
Australia, has left a trail of devasta-
Ion across the centuries and into the
Ear domain of legend. The ancient SUI
perstition that Solomon died leaning
1poE his staff while watching the con-
5truetion of the temple, and that he
stood until an insect, creeping up from
he soil, ate the center out of the staff,
causing 1t to collapse and bringing the
lead monarch to the ground, undoubt-
IDLY refers to the industrious little de-
;troyer that has done so much damage
here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Every man is said to have the ma
terial In his own life for a good novel
but few. even In this cosmopolitan
land. can call up from their per-
sOnal experience so many stirring in
cidents an could the late George Har-
dy OF Honokaa. A seaman In the Brit
ish navy, with many European and
African adventures; the slayer of
Turks at the battle of Beirut; an en-
listed man on an American warship
at Havana; hand on one of the ia
nous racing steamboats, of the Missis-
sippi before the Civil War; a veteran
Of the Mexican war; a California pio-
neer and a drift miner en- the aurifer-
Gus rivers; an immigrant in Hawaii
and the familiar friend of Island
Kings, Mr.. Hardy had a life replete
with stirring romance. His biography
faithfully written. would be more in.
teresting than half the books of the
period.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

The Jewish Spectator proves very
conclusively that Moses is not myth.
There is no historical basis and no
satisfactory proof for such a hypothe-
sis. Even the most radical critics of
the Bible do not cast any doubt upon
the fact that Moses existed DR.. Kue-
men, of the Leyden School, is generally
recognized, and justly so, as one of the
alb est and most radical opponents of
Biblical history. In both of his works,
1.-THE Religion of Israel" and THE BIZ
BILE for Learners" while the legendary
character Of some Of the narratives
concerning Moses is fully recognized, ;,
yet the personality of Moses is never
called into question, and the SUPPOSE
tion that Moses is a myth is never en-
tertained. The most exhaustive work
yet published on Hebrew Mythology"
is that of DIR. Godfather Very few
scholars are willing to accept the radi-
cal presentation of the subject by that
author, yet even he, though declaring
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob mythical
characters, recognizes Moses as a his
torical parsonage. Furthermore, in
Professor Steinthal's essay on the
Legend of Prometheus," published in.
the appendix to Goldziher's work, in
speaking of the analogies between the
| legends of Prometheus and those of
Moses, Steinthal is careful to say: 81
speak here not of the historical, but of
the mythical Moses, and hope the
reader will be inclined. to distinguish
the two as clearly as we distinguish
the historical and 1.-THE Legendary
Charlemagne." In addition to those
views expressed the most eminent
Psychologists have discovered snffi-
eient corroborative testimony in hero
glyphic records to establish the fact
that Moses is not q riyth.-Jewish
| Progress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Fumigation proves to be failure in
cases where suspected goods are close
y packed. Bacilli were put into the
folds of a bolt of silk and they sur
viyed the ordeal of burning sulphur in
4 series Of thorough tests made under
he auspices of the Board of Health.
All that has come of the fumigation of
packed merchandise is the cleansing
Of the outer surfaces, where very little
danger Is presumed to exist. The only
way to get results inside the bales and
boxes is to open such containers, ex-
pose the contents separately, and give
The sulphur fumes a fair show at ev-
erything. Even then chances must be
taken.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Such fanciful Gallo projects as a
tunnel under the Mediterranean might
come 70 something practical were 1t
not for the prodigious financial waste
of modern ornaments. II the Cars
idea OF truce of Cod for the space
OF i've years could be realized there
would be surplus enough in the
worlds treasures to tunnel the Gibral-
tar narrows. build the Baltic and Mic
aragua canals, gridiron Asia and Afri-
ca with railroads. plant cables In every
sea and enter upon vast schemes OF
education. The United States, in its
lnexeusable war with Spain. wasted
enough money In three months 10
build the Nicaragua waterway and lay
the Pacific cable besides-projects that
Il did not dare risk going into before
hand. All over the world construct.
i've utilities are held in allegiance be.
cause Of the cost Of maintaining de
s'ruetive organizations. It is a grea
folly. but one to which nations seen
hopelessly committed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

The advent of the plague in Hllo is
not surprising, although it is much
TO be deplored. Luckily, the rainy city
has been taking sanitary measures for
weeks past and Is in better shape to
deal with the Asiatic scourge than
was Honolulu on December 18th. There
Is. OF course, danger that the plague
will spread to the plantations, though
no more, probably, than exists here.
where a successful quarantine has so
far been maintained.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
FILTH AND PLAGUE.

The relation which filth bears to the
/ bubonic plague is apparent wherever
the malady breaks out. The first cases
occur in the dirtiest parts of any gwen
/ city; the subsequent cases are usually
traeeable in one way or another to the
same spot. We have never heard of the
plague originating or getting a foot
hold in clean town. At Alexandria.
az Oporto, at Tiflis, at Hongkong, at
Kobe, at Honolulu and now at Kahului
the locality where the plague first ap-
pears and where its ravages are most
severe is that which had long since
been under the ban of sanitary intel
ligence-the locality where smells had
been most noisome and the conditions
of daily life most unwholesome and dis
reputable.
Whether filth breeds the malady or
whether imported bubonic germs find
in it a nourishing and propagating
agent cannot be decided The vital fact
remains that where the plague starts
and where it stays longest there filth
most abounds. Cleanliness means
immunity and this irrespective of the
facts Of climate. A city may be on a
cold belt like Tiflis and yet succumb to
the ravages of the black death or it
may be under the equator like Singa-
pore and succeed in combining the
plague to a few sporadic cases or in
wiping it out altogether. The whole
issue is one of cleanliness. Take the
worst pest hole in the world and make
it clean and it may laugh at the bu-
bonic plague; take the most salubrious
place on earth and let it get as foul as
Honolulu was before Chinatown burn
ed and it stands in continual danger
of bubonic visitation.
The progress of Honolulu towards
complete cleanliness has been marked
by the abatement of the plague and
now the cases are few and far between.
We are getting the better of the
scourge. Fortunately for the other ISL
ands they have an instructive object
lesson in the experience OF this city
and can proceed to deal with tue con-
ditions about them without danger of
making the mistakes which were so
common in Honolulu when the plague
began. They know from what we have
taught that fire and clean water and
disinfectants and the abolition of the
cesspool are the only means of safety
and that men who are most radical in
the use Of these agencies come the
nearest to doing what the crisis de-
mands. In a phrase their work is cut
out for them. Hilo and Kahului, where
the plague has now appeared, have only
to act as Honolulu has done to get the
better of 1t. The means of rescue are
revealed in five words-get clean and
keep clean!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
swrnburne petu-ed to Haln.

Mrs. Arthur Paget, who is getting
up "masque" to be presented shortly
at Her Majesty's Theater, London, for
the benefit of the soldiers in the South
African war, wanted no less a person
age than Swinburne, it seems, to write
the poem for it. She accordingly visit
ed the poet and insisted on seeing him
even after he had refused to receive
her. When the lady made known the
object of her visit, Mr.. Swinburne de-
clined very CURLY to help her. saying
that the whole thing was being very
greatly overdone and that he did not
approve of the methods society women
had adopted to aid the war.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
Rin Was TIE y v.

The Birmingham Daily Mail tells of
the departure of one of the reservists
for the front, showing the sublime con-
fidence which British soldiers wife
has in the prowess of her spouse. AS
her husband left in the train from
Snow Hill Station woman was to be
seen weeping bitterly. Full of sympa-
thy, a bystander tried to speak words
of comfort to the grief-stricken wife,
when he was met with the following
answer: "Oh, it amt i'm I'm troubling
about; it's them poor Beers I'm "a
thlnkin' of. Bills such a terror when
| e starts"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

This Is st. Valentines day, date in
the calendar which is more honored
in the breach than the observance.
Time was when importunate SWANS
made plentiful use of it, but their ar
dor subsidized when the caricaturists
and doggerel writers got after them.
For the last few years st. Valentine
has been the sponsor of tolerated libel
and impertinence. AS such he could
hardly be expected to have kept his
popularity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

What comes Of cleaning up the town
IL shown in a decrease Of general NOR
tally. From February l TO IL the
deaths from all causes numbered but
forty. This Is a good comparative
showing. and IL we had sewers and
altered water 1t would naturally be
better yet. Honolulu has its physical
salvation in its own hands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Hilo has done handsomely by Homo
lulu in the matter of financial relief
foe tts plague sufferers. The sum Of
SI.165 win go a long way to relieve the
INDECENT Hawailans and it has been
put In good hands for that purpose. AS
Hilo itself is now in trouble, our phil
anthropic people should see that her
generosity to this city does not lack
for proper recognition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
An Old Controv r-y

The following verses, showing that
the century controversy is perennial.
have been discovered by contributor
10 the New York Nation in the Con-
necticut Courant for January 1, 1901:
Precisely II o'clock, last night,
The eighteenth century took its fight.
Full many calculating head
Has rack'd its brains, its ink has shed
To prove by metaphys.c s fine
A hundred means but ninety-nine:
While at their wisdom others won
der'd,
But took one more to make a hum
dred
Thus, by an uneXampled riddle.
The worlds divided in the middle.
The century, waking from its bed.
Finds half mankind a year ahead:
While t'other half, with lingering
pace,
Have scarcely started in the race.
Strange! at the eighteenth century's
close,
When light in beams effulgent CLOVIS,
When bright 'illumination's' ray
Has chas'd the darkness far away.
Heads filPd with mathematic lore
Dispute If two and two make four.
Go on, ye scientific sages,
Collect your light few more ages;
Perhaps as swells the vast amount.
A century hence you'll learn to count:
Whilst We more usefully employ'd
VIII traverse back the mighty void.
With keen, researching eye discern
Some lessons for the world to learn.
Nor will we venture far to stray,
Lest in the dark we lose our way:
A single year, perchance, or so,
Is all the length we mean to go
A year, that nowhere does belong
Shall be the subject of our song"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Among the good things hoped for
in the newspaper mail budget OF the
Australia is a report of progress upon
the Nicaragua canal bill. That meas
ure, to every ones surprise, is showing
a vitality which warrants the pleas
ATTEST auguries. The chances seem
more than even that the canal will be
built. If it is, Honolulu will probably
get more benefits from it than any 9TH
er city on the American Pacific coast
save possibly San Francisco.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

The war in Luzon must have cost
about as much as the war with Spain,
yet It would take an expert to show
that Uncle Sam has won single val
liable trophy there
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
An Automobile Ambulance
Where Existence Is Fxpens,va.

A one-tfme wen-known American
Just PACK from a long stay across the
water, says that Greater New York is
me most expensive city on earth in
EHIGn 10 i've. He was asked by an
Engllsh gentleman to price rooms at
one OF the great hotels, a suite of
apartments with private table and
waiter. For these the charge was $40
DAY, with board $50 more, and for
one private waiter, $21 per week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

This is a good time to make settle
ments with fire claimants. little
money now will go further than
large sum might a few months hence.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Cleveland tries to solve the expecto-
ration problem by putting euspidors in
the streets. If nothing contagious en-
ters them the cuspidors may be a good
thing. But If the street splitting is in
sanitary at all, we do not see that the
presence Of open containers for the
fluid would help matters much.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Governor Cleghorn suggests that
Punchbowl would be an acceptable
site for park. as Il would meet Pro-.
fassor Lyons requirements OF noun
tain and ocean vistas. Without deny
Ing the merit of Professor Lyons
choice of the Allan Herbert block on
Beretania street, the Advertiser quite
agrees with Governor ,Cleghorn that
for general park purposes the volcanic
mound that projects into the residence
part OF the town is not to be surpassed.
Laid out as a modern pleasure-ground
Il would, in the course of a few years,
be one OF the scenic attractions OF
Oahu. AT present the United States
claims title to the crater, but when
Honolulu begins business as a munici-
patty It could probably secure trans
fer of the property.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

The statement that the Republican
party Is responsible for the shooting
of Goebel f. absurd, even IL some indl-
gidual Republican did the homieidal
deed. No party is responsible for the
crimes Of men whom politics drives in
sane or who permit the passions of a
canvass or those attending a recount
of votes TO make them bloodthirsty.
In the case Of Goebel the latest advices
do not reveal the identity or politics
% his assailant. For all any one
knows to the contrary the latter may
have been a gold Democrat. But what
n ne was? The main fact in point is
TIN there is too much whiskey and
too many pistols in Kentucky. and
that the combination is bad one in
times OF public excitement of any kind.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
Strike For Your Affairs
and Your Fires.

Patriotism IS afqvays COM
mendable, but In every breast
there should be not only the
desire to be- a good citizen,
but to be strong, able bodied
and queu fitted for the battle
of life. To do this, pare
blood IS absolutely neces-
sary, and Hood Sarsapa-
rtI1a is the one specific qvhich
cleanses the blood thorough
[y. If acts equally eueH fo~
both sexes and all ages.
Hun1or =" When need Blood ptrt
fier take Hoods Sarsaparala. IT cured
my hu7,or and is excellent as nerve
tonic Josie Eaton, Stafford Springs, CT.
d6od1 SaadqbmM
1z:ssz:2Ea.s llS1rlgp
Hoods Pills cure liver ills the non-rritatiny and
only catliartic to. take with Hoods sarsapariila.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
Electric Railway.

Contracts have been let for material and the WORK
OF construction equpping and installation placed in the
hands of competent electrical engineer to be fully COM
plant we prepared to furnish electric po en- for
lighting heating and other purposes to our home build
ers at most reasonable rates. 80 81 800.