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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-18
NOT SOLVED.

The position in China is very far from
solution, in spite of the head lines IN
the coast papers which speak of 1.-The
end in sight" Chinese question solved"
and so forth, neither is the end IN sight
or the question solved.
Russia has been posing lately as the
friend OF China, but she reminds one
very much Of the friend" in the game
~ thimble rig, or three card monte.
There Is always confederate in the
gang who poses as the "dupe's' friend.
Russia's friendship has consisted in
withdrawing from Picking, where the
doings Of her troops are under the eyes
OF the powers, and reported upon by
those pestilent correspondents, and in
pushing forward as much as possible in
Manchuria, where it is reported that
the old Manchu capital, Mukden, the
sacred city of the Manchus, where the
honored graves of centuries of EN-
perors lie, has been taken and looted by
China's friend. In Manchuria there are
no pestilent correspondents, and the
only news we get is rumor
In this connection attention may be
called to the rumor of the massacre of
some thousands of Chinese on the
banks OF the Amur. The basis for this
seems to have been that the Chinese re-
sidents on the Russian side of the river
We're expelled and their villages burned
but boats and RATS were provided for
them. While crossing the river, some
sized. 1t is a less horrible story, but
none the less a cruel one. In this shape
it IS a very probable one. This is the
rfriendliness" of Russia.
But the key Of the situation lies with
Germany, and Germany though she has
modified her first demands has no idea
of leaving Picking, but has established
5000 troops to spend the winter in the
celestial capital. The remainder If the
German troops will winter in Tien Tsin
and together with a strong force of
Russians will picket the line of railway
from that city TO the capital.
The position of Great Britain has 90
yet not been clearly defined. There il
every.reason to understand why that is
With a general election on hand the
government could not play a strong
hand openly, though there is every rea-
son to believe that limitations Of her
future policy have been given confident
ly to the Governments Of the United
States and of Germany. Nov that The
election has gone so over wheIu,ingly
in favor of the government, more VI.
gorous policy may be expected I. But the
fighting at the out set of the spring
campaign, if there is any, Will he chief
ly done by the Germans.
Japan is a most important factor. HeI
troops have been by far the most ag-
gressive, the best disciplined and nave
borne the heat and burden of the work
Every one who has had the chance OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-18

SO far of the situation Of the quasi
allied powers What Of the Chinese
themselves, Thart Is a vagueness about
the codrSe of the court which is tho
roughly oriental. Several of the Chi
nese Princes are to be imprisoned after
trial before certain boards. Prince
Tuan is also to be banished after trial
before the court of clans. There trials
are to be held by the colleagues of these
men and are liable to be a mere farce.
Moreover who is to be present at these
trials on the part of the powers, to see
that they are honestly conducted and to
learn whether the sentences have been
carried out. Further it is peculiarly
Chinese to state to the powers what the
sentences will be before the trials take
place.
Then there is the question of the cap
ital. The city in which the Emperor
and Empress now are is in a state of
famine and no longer tenable The
question is shall the Emperor and EN-
press return to Picking, or shall they
penetrate further into Shansi province
and establish a new capital inaccessible
to attack either from the coast of from
! Manchuria. If the court returns to
Peking there will be some chance of
any negotiations which may be institu-
ted, being brought to a satisfactory
conclusion. If the imperial court flies
| further, there is very little chance Of
anything satisfactory being brought
about
There is another danger, which Count
Ito pointed out. The imperial power has
never been very strong, still it has been
obeyed even by the most distant Cover
nors. But should the Emperor and EN-
press disappear, or should their prestige
be sufficiently weakened, a state of
things might occur such as existed in
Hindustan under the late Mongul EN-
peror. Each provincial Governor would
set up for himself and found a pretty
state, plunging the country into a set
of internecine war which would devas-
tate territory after territory. Such has
been the history of oriental Empire af-
ter oriental Empire, from the ancient
Assyrian and the ancient Persian to
the present day. The pendulum has
swung from Capitalization to disinte-
grafton and it looks like it in China
now But if disintegration comes how
about the settlement of the Western
and Japanese claims. 1t is evident the
powers have no desire for this. There
fore they must most earnestly desire
/ the presence of the Imperial court in
Picking.
There are many difficulties to be over
come before the Chinese question is
settled. In point of fact it is just pos
sible that the world is on the threshold
OF the question. One thing is certain.
/ II 1t is not settled now, it will come up
again in more serious form than ever
few years hence.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-18
WOMAN'S WEAPONS,

A search of a years record of cases,
according to the Literary Digest, in the
police courts of Chicago throws some
interesting light on domestic warfare.
1t was Artemus Ward who said: MY
wife is one of the best wimin on this
continent altho she isn't always gentle
as a lamb with mint sauce; and it was
Lord Byron who inquired
But o we lords of ladies intellectual,
Inform us truly, have they not hen
pecked you all?"
1t has remained for the Chicago Tri-
bune, however to tabulate the list OF
weapons which '1ovely woman" uses
when she feels that way. From this list
it would appear that a woman with a
rollingpin is more than twice as likely
to assume a belligerent attitude as a
woman with mop while a woman with
a broom is 1856 times as dangerous as a
woman with lamp or a nursing bottle.
Here is the list:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-18

DR.. Kinyoun is making the port of
San Francisco a by-word as far as
quarantine matters are concerned. His
treatment of the passengers on board
the Coptic was simply outrageous.
There are some classes of physicians
who when put in power behave more
like Eastern tyrants than civilized
Western gentlemen. Such an attitude
of mind is not confined to DR.. Kinyoun
of San Francisco, but can be found
among some of the physicians Of the
Territory OF Hawaii.
, 1900-11-13
Does It Pay to Buy CHEAP

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want some
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results of
throat and lung troubles. What shall
you do? Go to a warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, If possible; If
not possible for you, then in either
case take the only remedy that has
been introduced in all civilized coun-
ries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "Boschee's German Sy-
up" 1t not only heals and stimulates
the tissues to destroy the germ dis.
ease, but allays Inflammation, causes
easy expectoration, gives a good
nights rest, and cures the patient. Try
one bottle. Recommended many years
by all druggists in the world. For sale
by G. G. Green. Woodbury.. New Jer-
sey. F. H. Eggleston, druggist.
, 1900-11-13
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
The Utterly Bare LII, of the Chinese
Nice Picker.

The Utterly Bare Life of the Chinese
Hice-Plrker.
The well-fed American, says Mr..
Henry Briggs, who was a trader in
China for twenty years. can have no
idea of the utterly bare life of the Chi
nese rice picker. 1t is. at the best.
perpetual semi-staIvation. In years
when the crop is short these men grow
into the likeness of skeletons. Infant
female children are smothered as a
religious duty, to save them from the
pangs of death by famine. Yet in the
midst of this hardship and want they
are cheerful and kind and Considerate
neighbors, helping and nursing each
other with much tenderness. Mr..
Briggs says that n autumn, in a year
of famine. he ven with two English
travellers to shoot ducks in the vast
rice swamps. They lost their way.
and after wandering for hours. met a
Chinese of the lowest class. who con-
Quoted them after two hours of hard
blowing through the mud OF the
swamps. back to their starting place.
The man was thin and weak. and was
pale with exhaustion when he turned
to go home. Hence it was a liberal
handful of money which they offered
him in payment-more han he could
earn by W. years OF labor. for wage
in China are almost incredibly low.
To their establishment. he refused to
accept any reward whatever. The
reason he gave was that COnfucius had
ordered his followers to show kindness
to their brother men. We are so
poor" he said. that the chance rarely
comes to us to obey him. No such
chance as this has ever before come to
me. will not lose it," MOI las
this a solitary case says Mr.. Briggs.
at is the habitual temper OF the peo-
pie" Such incidents as this lend
weight to the statement SC often made
by those most familiar with China,
that continued seizure of territory by
foreigners ard the interference with
domestic laws and customs have rOus-
ed the Chinese to fury quite at vari-
ance with their usual temper.-Iouths'
Companion.
, 1900-11-13
SAFETY DEVICE.


vent Collisions
An ingenious device for protecting
the end of trains against collisions
at night has just been patented by a
st. Louis man. The invention consists
searchlight. mounted on the root of
the cab. pointing always to the rear
OF the train. Therefore he calls it a
"hindlight.' and the chief object OF
the invention is to protect the hind
end Of the train from being run into
by any train that may be following it.
The "hindlight' rests upon the roof
of the cab and is attached to end of a
lever. about eight feet long long, and
Is steadied and controlled by two
parallel rods. By means Of a simple
arrangement of cylinders and com
pressed air it can be elevated siA or
seven feet above the roof of the cab
or swung around at right angles to
either side of the train. Intense dark
ness. rain, snow or fog simply renders
the light more prominent. The engiu-
Ger can instantly change the light to
~ VI NJ ho bN'hNAol may require
BY moving a single lever above his
head the engineer can sweep the hUri-
zOn in a half circle to the rear of the
train with a powerful burst of light.
flashing it back and forth to attract
train with a powerful burst Of light.
across the country. when he happens
to be stopped on a curve, lighting up
the track, the sides of IA cut, or any
prominent object. such as a rocky
bluff. a house, barn, or clump of trees.
Owing to the elevation of the light
and its great power it will be practi-
cally impossible for a rear train to
get within a dangerous distance of
ahead Of it without seeing the
warning light. There are many oC-
Casions on every trip when the hind
light" can be used to great advantage,
such as in taking coal and water. in
backing into a siding. in case of an
accident of any kind. in locating
tramps or robbers. in lighting up the
depot and platform when a train
stops at a station. and many others;
in fact. it would seem that once in use
wonder would be how they ever
get along without it-at least. that is
the history of the s%earchlights on
steamers.
, 1900-11-13

nection with Frankfort and Berlin
bankers, and in 1873 returned to the
United States. buying for the German
bondholders the property of the Oregon
and California Railroad company and
the Oregon Steamship company, being
made president in 1875. He acted as
II of the receivers of the Kansas Pa
cifc Railroad company and later
bought up the bonds of the road. He
became interested in the Oregon Steam
Navigation company and the Oregon
Railway and Navigation company, of
which he became president, and then
formed the Oregon and Transcontinen-
tar, with which he merged the two
companies to a so-called blind pool
with the Northern Pacific, being chos-
EN- president of the latter company.
A few years later the companies in
which he was interested became so in
volved that there was a collapse in
which Mr.. Willard suffered very heavi-
ly. Returning to Germany. he found
new financial relations which enabled
him to re pair his fortune, and, coming
back to this country, he started in once
more as a capitalist. In 1890 he pur-
chased from Thomas B.. Edison his
electrical manufacturing interests and
the Edison Lamp company Of Newark,
N. j., and the Edison works of Science
tady. N. Y, as a basis. organized the
Edison General Electric company, of
which he became president, serving in
that capacity for about two years. In
October, 1889, he became chairman Of
the Northern Pacific board of directors,
but the panic Of 1893 again %occasioned
the loss Of most Of his fortune and led
to his withdrawal from railroad man
agement.
, 1900-11-13

I fear you will laugh when l tell you
what I conceive to be about the most
essential quality for a free people
whose liberty is to be progressive. per-
manent n on a large scale; 1t is
much stupidity. Though not an en-
liventng quality in general society, it
is natures ~favorite for pre-
serving steadiness Of conduct and con-
sistency Of opinion: 1t enforces con-
%csntration; people will learn slowly.
learn only what they must. The best
security for people doing their duty Is
that they shall not know anything else
to do; the best security for fixedness
Of opinion is that people should be in
capable Of comprehending what is said
on the other side.-Walter Bagehot on
the French Coup d'Etat.
, 1900-11-13

One of the duties of Dr.. Temple. the
archbishop OF Canterbury. Is to ex-
anime young curates who come 20 him
for license. One day o young curAt.
was asked by the archbishop % resd =
few verses from the bibls thai the
examiner might judge Of his ntncss
for conducting public worship. Not
loud enough" was the criticism of the
bishop when the young man had lin
ished. "Oh, I'm so sorry to Fear that
lord" replied the curate. a lady
in the church yesterday told me I could
be heard most plainly all over" All.
Are you engaged" suddenly asked DR..
Temple. Yes. my lord" The bishop
smiled grimly, and said: Now listen
to me, young man. While you are en-
gagged. don't believe everything the
lady tells you; but he added with a
deep chuckle, after you are married,
believe every word she says."-Buffalo
Commercial.
, 1900-11-13
MINING LAWS.

The Republican has Just completed
the publication Of the mining laws Of
Wyoming and Of the United States. to-
gether with the regulations Of the gen
eral land once. and offers the pamphlet
for sale at 40 cents per copy. postpaid
to any address. The pamphlet con-
sists of 81 paess and q cover. includins
index, and IL . very complete and use
full guide to those interested in mining.
There has been for some time an urg.
emit need for q work Of this character.
but this ID drst attempt made to supply
tho demand.
, 1900-11-13
COL. C {.


Blum Character who Was Famous IN
the West.
Col. Eye was a famous character in
the early days. Although living in
Doniphan county. he was often in At
Gibson. followed by a pack Of hounds.
He was a heightened southern gentle
man with a kind heart One day while
across a man whose wagon was stuck
in the mud in Independence creek bot
tom. Col. Eye at once started in to
help the man pry ont his wagon with
a fence rail. While both were working
away Eye became angry and yelled to
the man, Lift, You son of a gun. you
are not lifting "A pound The man
picked up the end gate of the wagon
and split it over Eyes head. laying
him up for three weeks. Eye had his
hat off when he was struck and was
so bald before going to Kansas that
he was known as the Bald Eagle Of
Maryland. Eye always carried a pistol
and was always trying to shoot through
somebody's hat without hitting him.
One day, at the Independence creek
ferry, he shot at a man, but aimed a
little TOO low and creased him. But
Eye was always a gentleman: he took
the man into his home and tenderly
cared for him until he recovered
New York Press.
, 1900-11-13
WILLARD IS DEAD
GREAT RAILROAD MAGNATE AND
FINANcIER SUccUMsS
TO DISEASE.
Began His Career as a Denver Report
er-Had Acquired Great Riches
The Distinguished New Yorker
Dies Suddenly at His Country
Home.

New York, Nov. 12.-Henry Willard
the railroad magnate and financier
died at his summer residence al
Dobb's Ferry early today. Mr.. Willard
had intended to return to New York
about the middle of last month. nu
his condition was then so %precarious
that his physicians advised him to re,
main at his country home until he
could have regained more strength. a
week ago he caught a heavy cold and
since then his condition had been grad.
ually growing worse. Two physicians
had been with him constantly for a
week past.
Was Born in Germany.
Henry Willard was born Heinrich Hill.
gard in Speyer. Rheinish Bavaria, on
April II, 1885. His great uncle. Theo.
dore Gather of Julius Hilgard. who be,
came superintendent of the United
States coast survey, led a migration
of the family connection to Belleville,
H., in 1885. His father, Gustav, was in
the judicial service of the Bavarian
government and ended judge of the III.
preme court at Munich.
Young Hilgard was educated at
schools in Zweibrucken, Phalsbourg
and Speyer. but In October. 1853.
broke OFF his university studies and set
out for the United States, intending to
join the colony Of his relatives at Belle
Vile. His fathers opposition to this
step made him borrow the n of
a French schoolmate at ~Phalsbourg.
and he became Henry Willard.
Arrived at BeIIeviIIe.
Arriving at Belleville, he became a
newspaper reporter and continued In
the profession until 1868. During these
years he served as a legislative CORE
spondent in Indiana and Illinois; a po-
litical reporter, reporting the Lincoln.
Douglas debates. the Chicago conven-
ton which nominated Lincoln, the Lin,
coin campaign. and later as a war cor.
respondent and a European CORE
s%pondent. The papers he served in
this period were the Cincinnati Com,
mercial, the New York Herald. the Chi,
cago Tribune and the New York Tri'
bune, and part of the time he was at
the head of the news bureau at Wash.
ington. Early in 1881 Mr.. Willard &C
quired the New York Evening Post and
the Nation.
In January, 1866. in Boston, he mar,
ried Fannie, the only daughter Of Will
lam Lloyd Garrison. In 1868 he was
chosen secretary of the ne~wly-founded
American Social Science association,
having its headquarters in that city,
and did not ~relinquish the post until
1871,
It was in the latter year that, while
on a visit to Europe, Mr.. Willard began
his railroad career. He formed a con
, 1900-11-13

The area in northeastern Penrsyl-
vania from which practically all our
anthracite comes embraces only $50
square miles, while our total coal de-
posts thus far discovered underlie an
urea of over a half Million square
miles; and yet the value of the anthra-
cite mined in these few counties Of
Pennsylvania in 1898 was SIS 900 900,
considerably more than half the value
of the bituminous coal mined in the
entire country. No anthracite is mined
in any other part of the world except
in Wales. which produces annually less
thar one-twenty-ffth as much as we
produce.
Our anthracite lies mainly along the
banks and in the valleys of three riv-
ers: Along and near the SnsquehInna.
with the largest centers of the indus
try at Scranton and WilkcsbarTe:
along and near the Lehigh. with the
region around Mauch Chunk rs the
most prominent field: and along tie
%Schuylkill, and POttsville as the chief
shipping point.
, 1900-11-13
When You Get a Headache

don't waste a minute but go to your
druggist and get a box of Krause's
Headache Capsules. They will prevent
pain, even though your skull we're
racked. They are harmless. too. Reao
the guarantee. Price rs cents. Sold
by c. N. Settele. Pioneer druggist.
, 1900-11-13
HAIR WON'T FALL OUT
II You Kill the Dandruff Germs With
the New Treatment.
agement.

John N. Fuller, a well known citizen
OF Colfax, Wash, says: Il had dand-
ruff so badly that it caked on my scalp.
Herpicide completely cured me-"
George H. McWhirk of Walla Walla,
Wash. says: "Herpicide completely
cured me of a bad case of dandruff of
80 years standing" They took the
only really sensible treatment, a rene
dy that destroys the dandruf germ
Newbro's Herpicide. Stop dandruff,
hair won't fall out. but will grow nat
urally, luxuriantly. Allays itching in
stantly and makes hair glossy and soft
as silk. At druggists. One bottle will
convince any doubter of its merits.
, 1900-11-13
Krause's Headache Capsules

will instantly cure headaches OF any
kind. Being purely vegetable they
are harmless and leave no bad after
effects. We offer $500 reward for any
trace Of antipyrine, morphine, chloral
or any Injurious substance found In
them. Price 25c. Sold by Charles N.
Settele, the Pioneer druggist.
, 1900-11-13

II you have ever seen a child in tn
agony Of Group you "a realize how
grately mothers are for One Minute
Cough Cure which gives relief as soon
as It is administered. It quickly cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles.-Laramie Drug company.
, 1900-11-13

You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cough or a cold to develop
into pneumonia or consumption. One
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat
and lung troubles quicker than any
other preparation known. It Is an In
fallible remedy for Group. Children
like it and mothers endorse Tiara
mic Drug company.
, 1900-11-13

Bless They SLY NrII Cody kissed
other night.
Jack That's tue.
Bess- How 30 you knU'"'
Jack ! had If from hri lips
p~hilaN.IuLL- n-nss
, 1900-11-13

Many people worry because they be
lieve they have heart disease. The
chances are that their hearts are al
right but their stomachs are unable to
digest food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure ,
gests what you a and prevents the
stomach press against the heart. The
will cure every form of indigestion
Laramie Drug company.
, 1900-11-13

Old papers CSC per hundred 4 The
dollar per year when paid In advance.
, 1900-11-13

=. II. EooLEsTON, DRUaoIST.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
Risked His Life I'm a Canoe.

A young Frenchman named Felix
Chauchois, Partisan student, about %
years of age, was given an enthusiastic
reception on the sands at Calais upon
his reaching shore after an adventurous
voyage across the channel from Dover
in small canoe.
NJ. Chauchois. who had been staying
at Dover, left the English shore on Sun
day morning at o'clock in canoe be-
longing to the Dover Rowing Club, Of
which he was temporary member. 1t
is an exceedingly frall craft, measuring
about IA feet in length and 2 feet wide,
covered at both ends. The we'll in
about 20 inches wide. She was in the
same condition when he started as
when used for ordinary pleasure pur
poses, the only protection he had to
keep the water out being the ordinary
weather boards.
There was light northwesterly wind
as he started from Dover, but later in
| the day the wind veered to southwest
and freshened, and, there was quite an
unpleasant ripple on the water. Chau-
chois was at first carried away on the
flood tide good deal to the eastward,
but he had the advantage of having his
course for Calais given him by Captain
Delahaye of the cross-channel mail
packet lie Nord. 1t appears, however,
that he drifted manys miles out of his
course, as the tide turned westward,
and it was not until 1870 on Monday
that he reached Calais. He was unac-
cOmpanied throughout the passage
London Chronicle.