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The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-14
By Authority,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. FIRST
CIRCUIT OF THE TERRITORY OF
HAWAII. In Probate. In the Mat
ter of the Estate of JOHN DE COS
Ia. late Of Kahuku, Oahu. deceased,
intestate.
Petition having been fled by Josepha
de Costa. widow of said intestate. pray
ing that letters of administration upon
said estate be issued TO NJ. G. Silva,
notice is hereby given that MONDAY.
the 18th day of NOVEMBER, A. d.
1900. at 10 o'clock a. m. in the Judi
ciary Building. Honolulu. Oahu, is APP
pointed the time and place for hearing
said petition. when and where all per-
sons concerned may appear ard show
cause, If any they have, why said petit
ton should not be granted.
By THE CoURT:
J. A. THOMPSON,
Clerk.
Honolulu. October Il, 1900
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-14

3, soo-House and lot On Liliha 81.
SKIS; 9 roomA
&, 0O0-House and lot on College St;
75x125; house contains rooms.
= .0Oe-House and lot on Alexander
St, N6x1S0.
&, 9oe-House and lot On Vineyard St,
75190.
4, s00-House and lot o. Young St.
6Ox140.
= So0-House anA lot on Young s..
10 rooms. S0x14o.
q 0O0-House and lot at Kalthi,~ TIA
x150.
q, I5o-House and lot on Alapei St;
good view.
&, 60O-House and lot on Kinau st.,
60xl00.
81, OOO-Large lot at Kalibi, S7nx160
e, S00-Houss and lot at Kalihi. 16kx
$50.
$500 Cuisines property on Fort st..
!. 47xSS.
'tS,0O0-Lodgins house h centsr Of city.
81. Reimbursement at Kewalo; month
ly income 3l10.
e4,a09-Leasebold on Berstania St: 2
large stores; 20 years to run.
N.5O0-Large lot with buildings On
Punchbowi St; brings in $50
per month.
sud large lot on Queen
street. ss s..,..-
q, 4O0-Lot on Queen St, 50x100.
4. 5OO-Lsrge lot with 6 cottages;
81 monthly income $125.
t1,s5O-Large lot at Kalihi, 1O5x1O3.
y. oOO-Elegant residence, 225 it. front,
on Makiki st.
Is .500-Residence on Dunchbowl near
Lunalilo Home. 120x150; 9
bargain.
n, on Beretania St; 80
years to run: net income $50
per month
! 0e0-Leasehold with building on
Fort St; 8 years to run.
Lot near Petessou's Lane, Pslama:
all sizes and priceA
Lots en- Austin Lane, Palama; all sizes
and pricea
Lo6 at Kunawai on LiiiAa and Judd
Sts.; all oargains.
Los at Kewalo from ss75 up. accord
ing to location.
4. 000-Large warehouse at Kewalo;
recently built
4. 000-Leasehoid Of city front lot ON
Queen St, near Fish Market |
wharf: "a years to run.
A cottage on Peterson's lane. PalamA
given on the LIST Of October.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-14
SHORTHAND LESSONS.

l am prepared to tako a limited num-
Der of pupils iHevening for Instructions
n shorthand Ben Pitman system
Apply TO CHAS. \. MAKQUEZ.
Office of The Honolulu Republican
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-14
TO LET.

Three summer residences near city.
At Tantalus. Pearl City and Niu.
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Branch theYokohama Specie Bank
New Republic Building, Honolulu, HIT.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
HISTORIC OLD ELM.
Tree with a He TT of Masonry Which
Gives IL Support.

Tree with a He TT of Masonry Which
Gives II Support.
Few cities In the United States have
more of a curiosity in the shape of a
tree than an old elm which is growing
steadily out of the Belgian pavement
of Albany street in New Brunswick,
n. j., in front Of the residence of John
e. ElmendOrf, treasurer of Rutgers
College. The old elm Is known from
one end of the city TO the other as 1.-THE
tree with the brick wall In It," 1t was
given this title because there is n solid
wall of masonry, four feet high AMI
about two feet square, in the heart of
the tree.
For more than n hundred years tho
old elm has been a landmark. Albany
street was the old post road from New
York to Philadelphia, crossing the
Rarltan River at the point where old
John Inian ferried the stage coaches
and occasionally wayfarers across In a
fiat boat. When the old elm tree was
first painted It was inside OF the curb
line, but about forty years ago the
street was wldened, and II now stands
in the gutter at the edge of the curb
stone. Two companions of the elm
were cut down when the street was
widened, because they were too far out
In the roadway.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

For the first time in history" writes
Hon. A. W. Tourgee, 1.-THE worlds Ia
Dor is able to produce more than the
world can consume" This result has
been reached by the application OF
skilled Industry to the development OF
the ample resources of nature-the gift
of the All-Father TO His human chill
dren. Inventive genius planting har-
vesting and manufacturing by me-
chanical methods-has made It possible
for one mans labor to supply the
means of life and comfort to hundreds:
and the same inventive genius, calling
10 Its help vast combinations of capital.
has created conduits for the distribu-
ton and exchange of commodities owe
large spaces of the globe. by land and
sea. Naturally, the nations that are
most intelligent and enterprising rem
der the largest service and reap the
largest benefits. Naturally, also.
small minority Of any population be-
come captains Of industry, and direct
ors OF the great financial operations
which fill the sluices of business. and
make the mighty wheels go round.
This situation makes two things posi-
BILE. The strong and prosperous ma
tons have II in their power to crowd
and Cypress the lower or slower races
that still make up the large majority
OF mankind, and the few men whose
genius for management, or advantage
OF position, places them in the lead,
can compel their fellows to pay them
undue tributes and to depend on them
for permission to live on the planet. In
short, we have reached a condition
where the human multitudes, 10y gen
erous, equitable dealing, might live
with less exhaustlng labor and more
rational happiness than ever before;
and yet 1t is a condition where the self
ish use of power may easily create new
and cruel forms of tyranny and serf-
dom, which must be the seeds Of con-
flict and revolution. 1t is a good time
for men and nations to ponder the
principle Of noblesse oblige.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

1t had spent a hard winter IN tho oro,
air or the rainy season at Manila =.
passes on, dlsreputable brim and oil. -
workmen who, with knives as.leen ~
razors' shave Off all projecting hairs
reduce every inequality Of, the surface
and make 1t apparently as smooth as
velvet. In some factories this nrocass
Is performed by machine. which al
compllshes the result desired by revoIv-
ing the hat very rapidly while the mol
lshing Is done by emery paper. The
hat is now smooth, but by no meane
sufficiently so to satisfy the critical
eyes of foreman, proprietor and pur-
chaser, for the public has become fas-
tidious In the matter Of its headgear.
and demands a gloss on the derby little
Inferior to that on the regulation
"stovepipe." So the hat must mass
through several severe ordeals before II
is ready for sale, for, after it has been
blocked and shaved and polished. IT
goes on to the finisher, who Jams It
down on his block with turn of his
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
DIAZ A GREAT RULER.
HE IS SAID TO HAVE NO SU-
PERlOR.
mexico's President One of the Worlds
Great Men-The Rise of se1f-Made
Man-Elected to His Present Posi-
tion In the Year 1870.

President Diaz, Of Mexico, Is one or
the self-made great men of the world.
He Is derived from Spanlsh-Indian
stock, and is a native of Oaxaca. Not
many Mexicans could have done with
that country what Gen. Diaz has ac-
complished. He has ruled the impul-
sive people of the republic with the Sc
verify Of a Spartan. and he has sue
ceeded, to the admiration Of all men.
His long arm reaches out for and his
strong hand grasps every particular of
the government. His punishments are
as swift and as certain as the Cars.
He moves men as the chess player
shifts the figures on the checkered
board. But out of this almost des-
potlc dictatorship have come order and
progress for the country he sways. 1t
has built railroads and telegraph lines,
improved cities, irrigated vast dry,
dusty plains, established a compulsory
school system, and has made a noble
attempt to raise on the remains of the
Aztec people something that looks like
a modern civilized state.
President Diaz is now 60 years old.
When a youth he studied law, but be-
came soldier for the repulslon of the
enemy when the Americans invaded
Mexico, In 1S47. After peace had come
Diaz resumed his law studies, but
again he joined the lnsurrect on agai ct
Santa Ana, In 1851, and after that he
was always on the side OF the rebels
for the overthrow of the various gov
ernments that sought to rule Mexico.
When he was elected President of the
republic, in 1876, the political condi-
tons Of the country were In a state that
was little less than anarchy. He start
ed out to restore order and to place
the republic on a basis of security and
comparative prosperity, and he sue
ceeded. Previous to his election Diaz
had three times tried for the Presi-
dency and had failed. His enemies
were bitter, and twice he was forced to
flee to New Orleans to escape death.
But since his election he has entrench-
ed himself impregnably in that posi-
ton, and there is no doubt that he will
remain the ruler of his country so long
as he will consent to serve.
Nine Diaz, the Presidents beautiful
wife, is the most beloved woman In all
Mexico. She is affectlonately called
"Our Little Carmelite," and is especial
ly interested in education. To-day
there is not hamlet Of 400 people that
is without free school, where English
is taught as n compulsory branch. She
has also been actively interested in the
recent effort to place the Mexican girls
upon plane of Industrial independ-
ence, and her labors on behalf of La
Escuela Industrial has been the prl-
mary cause OF Its immediate success.
This Industrial school gives free in
structlon In needlewOrk and sewing
and furnishes the girls with a good
home when necessary. Women who
cannot afford sewing machines may
bring their work to the school, where
they may have free use of a machine
and the sewing materials they may
vtanH
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

The servant girl has a new champion
in no less person that Professor Cum!
mings of Harvard University. whose
paper on the subject is the outcome Of
much research and thought. The SER
CANT girl question is an old one; wom-
en- have tried to solve It, but in an I'M
systematic way, which has resulted
only In spasmodlc reforms. Professor
Cummings suggestion is to place do
nestle service In the line OF trade,
governed by n union, which shall reg
ulate hours and scale OF wages, and by
which the rights Of employers and EN-.
ployes shall be defined and protected.
1t Is more and more becoming a recog.
nized fact that no advance can be made
I'm domestic service until the assumed
degradation which at present attends
It Is removed. Should servants not re-
side in the house, but come daily to the
duties which begin and finish at regu-
lar hours, II would give the sense OF
freedom and independence now lack
ing and convert the alleged tyrannlzed
servant into self-respecting employee,
with a better defined social status.
Perhaps the time has come for men to
take up the solution of a problem
which women have failed to find, and
If more college men will give their
time to It, as has Professor Cummings,
we may look for n happy ending to a
perplexing controversy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

wrist, sets the machine in motion, and
the hat whirring.
He sandpapers 1t, bringing off at ev-
cry revolution a quantity of fine black
dust; he turns up a gas jet until a
faring fame a foot high spurts forth,
then passes the hat through the blaze
as the easiest method of disposing Of
the projecting hairs. 1t energies brown
and singed with the fame, and is again
treated to a dose of emery paper, this
process being called in the technical
language Of the craft Touring" a hat
makers contraction of ''velouring" or
'velveting." When partially Toured,
the hat is passed on to the curriers', who
impart to the brim the shape and curve
dictated by fashion for the season. The
curling is done by small irons, having
grooves cut in the under surface, which
take up the moistened felt, give it the
requisite shape which, after drying, 1t
retains. 1t is now ready for the bind
ers. In some factories the bindings
are sewed on by machines designed es-
pecially with reference for this work,
but in the greater portion this opera
ton is performed by girls and women
who sew on the bindings, put in the
Innings and paste in the London and
Paris labels which, no matter where
the hat was made, are to the mind of
the purchaser proof positive that it is
strictly au fait, en- regle, or whatever
ole ha fc -fAra nod 70 y oe
tive Of the regularity of his headgear.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

ed, a brass cover Is slipped over the
cone and Its felty covering, the ma
chine readjus ed, and the cone removed
and plunged in a tank of hot water.
Here 1t remains for n few moments.
and on being removed, the perforated
cone Is readily withdrawn and the
workman lifts out n conical bag appar-
emily almost as thin as tissue paper.
about four feet in length and between
two or three in diameter at the top.
This is the future hat, which, however.
bears very faint resemblance to the
form 1t is finally to assume. for many
hands must put it through almost in
Vulnerable processes ere it is ready for
the wvarer.
The first thing 20 be done Is to reduce
the size, for hat three feet In diane
ter is too large even for the swollen
eaput of spring poet, so the bag is
passed on to "felters," who are to less
en- Its dimensions. Round circular
tank Of hot water are arranged in
clined planes, and at each stands n man
who dipping the long Dag from time to
time In the water. works it, kneads It..
presses 1t, with several different kinds
OF manipulation, until finally the gauzy
bag, still retaining its original shape. is
reduced to about one-third Of Its former
Size becomes a thick felt and exactly
the shape and appearance Of the hats
worn by circus clowns.
Now, the troubles of the hat fairly
begin. They are dyed, and still further
reduced In size by this process; they
are stiifened with a composition of
rosln and shellac, then allowed to dry:
again dampened, they are blocked.
When for the first time, they begin to
approximate the shape of fashionable
tlle. Being fixed in permanent form. II
Is now recognizable as hat, in posse
rather than csse, being rough. and with
weary looking brlm which says down
here and there.
II has a right to look weary. for
whether the blocking is done by hand
workman with the arms of a prlze.
nghter' selling the brlm and drawing II
down over the block, or whether tbe
IRON fingers of a machine stretch and
uraw It into position, the result is the
Aame' the brlm always looks az though
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
THE MAKING OFAHA1
VARIOUS PROCESSES TO WHICH
1T is SUBJECTED.
The Boi1ings, Bakings, sinEeinEs anu
other Miseries Through Whieh
piece of Headgear Passes Ere ~
Comes to the Wearer. = e.

All mon wear hats, but all men DO not
,.ro,, thot the manufacture Of these IN
disnensable articles Of dress IS one 0.
The most curious in the whole line Oh
industrlal employment. The process
~ batmaking begins with the trapper
NJ the Hudson Bay region, with tne
hunter of Alaska, with the fur trauer
Of Siberia. even with the small boy Oh
mr. rnrsl districts, who, with shotgun,
soIl,es ont directly after the falling OF
tbo e-st snow to hunt the festive and
nro,ifc rabbit. for the sine qua non OF
the modern felt hat Is fur. NO rur' no
hat Is the rule in every factory for
without fur hats cannot be made eA-
cont wool hats. straw hats and stove
pipes. -,
Beneath the long hairs which give
character and color to every KIND OF
peltry there grows a fine, soft FUR
VARYING In length from a quarter to a
third of an inch, which forms the real
protection of every animal from the
cold. and this, the underwear" OF all
Rur-bearing animals, heavy In winter
light in summer, is the basis OF every
felt hat. Complicated machinery snears
It from the skin, performing this opera
ton as dalntily and almost as closely
as the well-trained barber shaves the
face of customer particular about his
personal appearance.
The sheared fur is thrown into a ma
chine which, by a complicated system
Of rollers and travelling belts, complete
ly separates every long hair, every par
ticle Of dust or other impurity from the
fur and passes on the latter perfectly
clean, a soft, feecy, almost impalpable
mass, ready for the hatter's use.
When ready to serve as the basis Of a
title" it is weighed, two to four ounces
being allotted to a hat, each portion be-
Ing placed in a little box, and large
trays, containing a number Of boxes,
are carried to the room where the hat
making begins. Before each machine
sits a young woman who, with her fin
gers, feeds. into an orifice in the top Of
tuc lhSShdhlom lhS Aul oAiOeSSN ANA SAS
hat. 1t disappears from view and
what happens to 1t then is this: Just
below the orifice through which the fur
passes there is a toothed cylinder
known in hat-maker's slang as 'the
devil" Turning at a rate of over 5000
revolutions per minute, 1t seizes the
fur, scatters it throughout the interior
Of a large chamber and permits 1t to
fall evenly on perforated cone below
to which 1t adheres, being drawn partly
into the tiny or.fices by a strong sue
tion current. When the fur for one hal
Is thus distributed, the machine is open
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

write. Wyoming Is second, with a
percentage Of 3.41; Iowa third 1851,
and Kansas fourth. 800. Compared
with this the percentage of illiterates
in Massachusetts is 500, exactly
double that Of Nebraska. In New
York State it is 5.53 and In Connecticut
a little less, 5.2S. In Ohio it is 5.24 and
I'm Illinois 5.25. This is due chiefly to
the foreign population in the large
cities and In manufacturing centers.
The farmers Of Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa never fail to send their children
TO school, while the slums Of Boston,
New York, Chicago and other large
cities are filed with BOhemians. Huns
garians. Italians and other immigrants
who do not value education, and cam
not read and write.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
library Rooks

at could stock museum with the
uuer things l have found in oui
books" said a librarian. These arti'
cles include all kinds Of bills-grocery
bills, gas bills and every variety Of bill
under the sun; hairpins and hair orna'
ments Of every design, and material
love letters galore, locks Of hair DIS
of lace, dress samples and watch
chain charms; pen and ink pencil cray
on and water color sketches; money or
ders and postage stamps, and l have
also a dried human ear, which l founo
in q book on surgery. borrowed by
medical student probably, as they car
~ all sorts of uncanny things ABOUT
with them. Photographs, too figure
largely in my collection. l once found
an insurance policy In a book, but IL
was quickly claimed. The husting ad-
vertiser cannot let even library DOCKS
alone Somebody is an agent for GER
tain patent medicine. He takes out haIr
n dozen books, not to read Them but
simply to insert a circular"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
The AppIe,s Hardness.

Thousands of little apple trees, some
already five inches high, have been
found growing on the western shores
of the islands of Null and Iona, on
the Scottish west coast, just above
high-water mark. and the crofters are
transplanting them to their gardens
The seedlings have grown from the
apples cast ashore from the Dominion
line steamer Labrador, wrecked last
fall. The London Daily Chronicle
calls this "a practical demonstration
of the hardness and vitality of apple
pips," but whether the hardness con-
sists IN resisting the sea water or In
enduring the climate Of Scotland it
does not say.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

Cunninghame Graham, himself a
saucy Scot, thus gives the genesis Of
the modern Englishman: Saxon sto-
1idity, Celtic guile, Teutonic dullness
and Norman pride. all tempered with
east wind. baptized with mist. narrow
ed by insularity, swollen with good
fortune, and rendered Overbearing by
wealth, have worked together to pro-
duce the type" Not by any means a
good-natured sketch, or a strictly
truthful one, but II moral and mental
heredity is insisted upon, the multlplex
origin of English character must ac-
count for what Is strong and good in It
as well as for what is weak and bad.
AS for EnglishAmerica, the daughter
nation, it has become the great ANAL
gamator Of the world, absorbing almost
every strain of Gentle blood. Yankee
character is British plus two hundred
and eighty years.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
Took Away His living.

1t Is well known that missionaries In
China do a great deal in the way of
alternating suffering among those who
can not obtain the services Of a doctor.
Quite recently a Chinaman lost his
sight and some sympathetic neighbors
came and enlisted the services of the
local missionary on his behalf. The
missionary found his patient suffering
from cataract and succeeded in remOv-
ing it and restoring sight to the China
man. The oblging neighbors then,
however, represented to the mission
airy that he had robbed the man of the
means of earning his living Che was
a "blind" beggar), and that in future
he would be expected to take him into
his service and keep him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
by the use of the garden

extinguished by the use of the garden
hose.
When It was finally decided that the
old landmark was dying and would
have to be cut down, Mrs. Elmendorf
hit upon a novel plan to save its life.
At her suggestion the interior Of the
tree was built up solidly with masonry,
which keeps out the weather and fur
nished the remainder Of the trunk
with a solid support. That was four
years ago, and still the elm shows
signs Of considerable vigor with the
return of each successive spring. Those
who live in the neighborhood of the old
elm are greatly attached to It, and
hardly person would consent to have
the old landmark disturbed so long as
It continues to show the slightest signs
of life.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18
The Humor of Negotiating a Loan

The HumOr OF negotiating Loan
A young Irishman, In want of a S.
note, wrote to his uncle as follows:
Dear Uncle: If you could see how I
blush for shame while 1 am writing,
you would pity me. Do you know
why? Because l have to ask you for
a few dollars, and do not know how to
express myself. 1t is impossible for
me to tell you. prefer to die. send
you this by messenger, who will wait
for an answer. Believe me, my dear
est uncle, your most obedient and af-
fectionate nephew, JACK.
"P. S.-Overcome with shame for
what l have written, have been run
ming after the messenger in order to
take the letter from him, but cannot
catch him up. Heaven grant that
something may happen to stop him. or
that my letter may get lost"
The uncle was naturally touched, but
was equal to the emergency He re-
piled as follows;
my Dear Jack: Console yourself.
and blush no longer. Providence has
heard your prayers. The messenger
lost your letter.
your affectionate uncle, .
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-18

The story that comes from the Klon-
dixie is not so rose-cOlored as were the
stories told about this lei Dorado when
the boom was on. The gold product Of
the last year is reported to have been
only $1O.OO0,OOO, or one-half the amount
estimated, and sickness and destitu-
zion are thinning out the adventurers.
The gamblers are apparently the only
successful gold seekers in the region
The statement that reports from Alas
ka Indicate that more gold will be
found there than viii ever come out
OF the Klondike may. however. only
mean that the transportation com
panies reaching Alaska are endeavor-
ing to work up boom for themselves
at the KlOndike's expense.