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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16

8. No privy-vault. sink or oesspool
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16

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Numerous other articles to make our
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16
BYAUTHORITY
SANITARY REGULATIONS OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR HO-
NOLULU DISTRICT.

The following regulations shall APP
ply to, and be in force within, the por-
ton of Honolulu described as follows;
Beginning at the seashore, at the
west corner of Loko Kuwili near the
east corner of the Kapalama Detention
Camp and running mauka, along the
Waipilopilo road to the old line of the
Oahu Railway, thence along Oahu Rail-
way to the boundary of Maunakea,
thence mauka, along the Mo-
kauea boundary and the Ka-
lihi road to the survey station
at the lower end of Mokauea ridge,
thence in a straight line to the survey
station above the north end of Wyllie
street, thence along the central line Of
Wyllie street to Nuuanu street, thence
in straight line to the forks of the
Manoa road, thence in a straight line
to the corner of the waialae road and
the Kapahulu road, thence down the
Kapahulu road and along Campbell
Avenue to Monsarrat road, and thence
in a direct line over the summit of
Diamond Head to the seashore at high
water line, and thence to the initial
point
pECARnTNG RTTTIDTNGS AND
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16

c. B. WOOD,
President Board Of Health
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16
THE hawaiian HARDWARE CO

FoRT ST., opp. Spreckels' Bank.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that MESsRS.
w. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD, have
this day been appointed RESIDENT
AGENTS for the Hawaiian Islands of
the following insurance companies
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, of
LIVERPOOL.
ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY
of LONDON.
SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL
INSURANCE COMPANY of EDIN-
BURGH.
ALLIANCE MARINE AND GENER-
AL ASSURANCE COMPANY of
LONDON.
MR.. JOHN S. WALKER will contin-
lie to be associated with the business of
the above named companies.
r. c. MEDCRAFT,
General Agent and Attorney.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16

%. All cesspools or piivy vaults
when abandoned and the use thereof
discontinued shall be at once entirely
emptied of liquid and solid contents,
and shall be disinfected and filled with
earth, sand, ashes, or other such clean
materials; and the wooden curoing
about the same removed to a depth Of
at least four feet below the surface Of
the ground. In no case shall refuse,
garbage or any unclean material be
used in filling such privy vault or cess
pool.
2S. All buildings and premises which
do not conform in every respect to tire
requirements Of the foregoing regula-
lions are hereby declared nuisances
and dangerous to the public health.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-16
AIR SPACE UNDER BUILDINGS

4. Every building shall have on an
average at least twenty inches of clear
space for the circulation of air between
the floor timbers and the ground, and
shall have sufficient openings for VEN
tilation in the outer walls to admit a
free circulation of air; but, in case this
air space cannot be secured without
reaching ground water level then
there shall be no air space, but the floor
shall be of concrete or masonry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
Nautical Miles and Kpots

Nautical miles and knots are again
in state of confusion. This is the
natural result of the SCATTERING of the
maidenrecord by the steamer Deutsch-
land. We are told that she steamed
3,044 knots, when. as a matter of fact.
she traversed that number of nautical
miles. A nautical mile is not knot.
The latter is the mark put on a log
line to show the rate of speed at
which the vessel is proceeding. When
a certain number of knots run out
on the line in 20 seconds it demon
strates that the vessel is making hat
many miles an hour. The knot is pro-
portional to the mile, but it is not a
mile. 1t is AZ feet and fraction. No
sailor man would speak of a vessel
travelling so many knots, though he
would speak of her going at the rate
of so many knots an hour. This is one
Of the little things that betray the
difference between the seaman and
the landsman.-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An up-to-date junk dealer in James
street hangs out this sign: Il Am a
Buy Metalist. Town Topics.
An Up-to-Date Breakdown-"Yes,
they eloped in an automobile" That
was nice" "Oh, L don't know. They
came back in a hayrack, dragging the
auto after them Plain
Dealer.
Seeing and Hearing-A boarder
down east" accustomed to the noise
of city square, writes back that The
stiffness is so great at night you can
hear it. The darkness also is visible
Boston Transcript.
How 1t Worked.-Mrs. Hix-''I don't
believe in these faith cures brought
about by the laying on of hands,"
Mrs. Dix-"Well, do. j cured my lit
tie boy of the cigarette habit in that
way."-Pearson's Weekly.
Urgent.-A Winfield lawyer received
letter from client the other day
urging him to hasten a certain collec-
ton. Il am hard up" concluded the
writer, land need the money bad.
Hoping this will find you the same,
L am yours" etc.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
"Stop!" she cried, as he attempted
to kiss her You must" He, having
had but little experience in this sort
of thing, was inclined to take her at
her word. She noticed it and fastened
to repeat: stop! You mussed-my
hair" Then he resumed, but mora
neutrality-suspicious. Standard.
Deficiency in the Attic.-'I am a
self-made man." said the proud indi-
vidual. "Well, you are all right, ex-
cept as to your head" commented the
other part of the conversation. How
is that?" The part you talk with is
out of proportion with the part you
think with. Baltimore American.
Druggists -Druggist-''Peo-
pie think they are very funny when
they talk about the eXorbitant prices
asked by apothecaries. Customer
$50 there is nothing in it, eh?" Drug
gist-"No. indeed. | consider my
prices quite reasonable. l never ask
for an article anywhere near as much
as | should like to."-Boston Tran
script.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20

carry. AS seen in the picture, the
shade is furnished by parasol in the
upper portion of which is placed a
revolving fan with slanting blades,
which drives a current of air down
on the head of the person carrying
the parasol. The fan is rotated by a
simple and light mechanism, consist
ing of reciprocating rod suspended
in brackets parallel to the handle, the
upper end of the rod connecting with
gear wheel pivoted on the frame of
the device. This gear wheel meshes
with one revolving around the umbrel-
la handle, which turns the fan and
produces the breeze. To operate the
apparatus it is only necessary to in
sert one finger in me ring at the tip
of the rod, giving the latter a recipro-
eating motion to revolve the wheels
and bring the fan into action. The
fan blades and other parts of the de-
vice are so arranged that they fold
inside the parasol when the latter 10
closed.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
A STORY WITH TWO SIDES.
Police Court Scene which Reveals
the Awful Heartlessness of the
Saloon Business.

A woman stood at the bar of Justice,
and by her side two stalwart police
men. Her name was called and she
answered. Then the judge asked the
clerk to read the charge against her.
"Disorderly conduct on the street
and disturbing the peace" read the
clerk.
''Who are the witnesses against the
woman?" asked the judge; and the two
policemen stepped forward to be
sworn.
Now tell the story" said the judge,
and one of them began:
Il arrested the woman in front of a
saloon on Broadway on Saturday,
night. She had raised a great disturb
ance, was fighting and brawling with
the men in the saloon, and the saloon
keeper put her out. She used the foul
est language, and with an awful threat
struck at the keeper with all her force.
| then arrested her and took her to the
detention house and locked her up"
"The next witness will take the
stand" said the judge, and the other
policeman stepped up.
81 saw the arrest, and | know it to be
just as stated. l saw the woman fight
ing as the saloonkeeper put her out on
the street. l heard the vile language
she used in the presence of the crowd
that gathered in the street"
Call the saloonkeeper. What do
you know of this case?"
81 know dis vomans vas, maxim dis
turbance by my saloon. She comes
there und she makes trobles und she
fight nit me, und L puts her the door
oud. 1 know her all along. She vas
pad vomans."
Turning to the trembling woman, the
judge said: This is a pretty clear
case, madam; have you anything to
say in your own defense?'
Eyes, judge" she answered, in
strangely calm, though trembling
voice.
81 am not guilty of the charge, and
those men standing before you have
perjured theirso to prevent me from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
FOLLOWED THE SCRIPTURES.
Sad Fate of the Boy who Played Foul
in the Game of Fight
ing.

81 don't know what to make of that
boy of mine" said the fond father.
who is always talking about his son,
getting his friend in a corner where
he couldn't escape. says the Philadel-
phia Bulletin. when l went home
last night my wife told me that he
had been fighting with one of the
neighbours boys, and needed a talking
to, so | summoned him and said,
sternly:
"'What have you been doing, my
son?
Fighting he answered, shortly,
looking me straight in the eye.
$50 | see, said l, looking him over.
Giles bigger than Z he flashed,
with a ring in his voice.
"'Who?
Jimmy Jones'
$50 you have been fighting with
Jimmy Jones?'
Yes he said.
"'Son, said l, sternly, have you for
gotten what 1 said about tighting?'
He hit me on the cheek shouted
my boy, with kindling eye.
"'Oh, son, son. said I, don't you
know what the Bible says about turn
ing the other cheek?'
- remembered it, pop-honest. I
did-and turned the other cheek, but
instead of hitting me there, he
smashed me on the nose! Say, pop,
wasn't that a foul?'
at looks like it, son. said I, trying
hard not to laugh.
That's what 1 thought. he en-
claimed as quick as a wink, so L
sailed in and licked the stuffin' out of
him! 'Tain't no use, pop interposed
the boy, quickly, forestalling my re-
marks, he's been to Sunday school
just as much as | have and knows the
proper thing to do as well as dol
Now. what could l say to that" ex-
claimed the fond father, beaming with
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20

governor, A. H. Reeder, who owned
land there and was a good deal of a
Spectator.
The town association built the cap
itol, stone structure two stories high
and 40XS0 feet in outside dimensions.
They laid out the streets and boarding.
houses were made ready for the first
meeting of the Legislature. Then, in
1855, the governor called the legisla-
ture to meet there, and the solons de-
cided that they would not assist him
in his plays.
They went from eastern Kansas in
prairie schooners, long procession
that wound its way $50 miles out on the
prairie, the travellers growing more
angry that the governor had selected
so distant place. They had provi-
sions for the trip, and when they
reached Pawnee not one of them went
to the boarding houses, as had been ex-
pected, but they cooked in their wag-
ons and lived on the edge of the town
site.
On the day for the opening of the
Legislature they went to the new stone
building and held session, which con-
sisted of organizing and adjourning to
Shawnee mission, in the eastern part
of the state, where, despite all the eff
forts of the governor, the remainder of
the session was held.
Pawnee did not make town. The
cholera broke out the next year a Fort
Riley and the people fled. The state
house stands out on the plain. deserted
the roof gone and the interior place
for the hiding of coyotes and sandhill
owls. The state has been asked to pur-
chase the old ruin and preserve it for
future generations, who will doubtless
appreciate it as a reminder of the eff
forts of the first-comers to make this
great city, and for time it seemed
likely that they would succeed
Kansas has seven capitols, ending
with the present handsome building at
Topeka, not yet completed; but none
has more romantic history than the
old Pawnee statehouse, and none ap-
peals more strongly to the lovers of the
picturesque.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20

music for the rider of the wheel and
his companions, in order to break the
monotony and give advertisement dur
ing long and tedious runs.
The mechanism, which is quite sim
pie, is mounted on an iron frame made
to fit into that of the machine. On this
frame are stretched piano wires, b,
while on the cross piece, A, are some
small hammers operated by pins on
the cylinder, c, and made to strike the
wires. The cylinder is rotated by
worm gears placed at its left-hand end
and driven from the crank shaft by a
cord and pulley.
The inventor has foreseen the case
when the riders should tire of the
music, by providing a small lever for
throwing out the gears and thus stop
ping the cylinder. The tune may be
varied by putting in new cylinders,
and the time of any air may be quick
ened by increasing the speed of the
wheel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
A TRANSVAAL HEROINE,
Carried an Important Message
to Gen. CrOnje.

One of the bravest women of the
Boer war is in San Francisco. She is
dressed in the garb of a widow, for her
husband fell fighting the British in
South Africa. She is dainty and young,
a girl barely out of her teens, and she
is i'll as a result of the fatigue, excite
ment and sorrow she has been called
upon to endure.
Alice Van Aarndt is the heroine of
the Transvaal. 1t was she who, during
the terrible siege preceding Cronje's
surrender, rode over the veldt for 30
consecutive hours and gave the alarm
to the general that resulted in the
retreat of his brave but depleted army.
Mrs. Van Aarndt is a woman of re-
finement and culture. Her mother
was formerly lady in waiting to the
queen mother of her little majesty,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
Coffee, Alcohol and Tobacco.

BY busy physician it is stated that
at least two-thirds of his practice
comes from excessive use of coffee.
The excessive use of tea and coffee, as
well as the use of alcoholic liquors,
often almost wholly obliterates the
sense of taste. The same may be said
with regard to the sense of smell with
snuff takers. Numerous observations
prove that the use of tobacco is a po-
tent cause of disease of the eye. To-
tai blindness from degeneration of
the optic nerve has been traced to this
cause. Recent observations point to
tobacco and alcohol as the great cause
of color blindness, and this accounts
for the fact that it is much more COM
mon in men than in women.-Nash-
vile American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20

so far we could not protect from the
awful firing, nor the wagons.
'At night the men dug one grave,
as long as they could, and others laid
into it those who had died during the
day, and when we stood by we all
knew that any of us might soon be
among the ones who lay so still on
the ground, and not among those who
tried to sing last hymn to the dead.
Zone morning my husband babe me
good-by. All day l sat by him in the
crowded trench, holding his dear, dead
hand.
at was the day after that little
group of Britishers with a white flag
came into camp, and we had short
rest from the firing. The general
sent word that he wanted to see all
the women, and we went to his quar-
tiers.
Kitchener says he has not begun
to fire on us yet and wants the wom-
en- and children to go away to a safe
point. viii you go?' he asked.
Not woman answered, but we
looked at each other. We were as
dirty as the ground itself, each grimed
by the sand and yellowed by the
green fumes from the lyddite which
hung all day over our trenches.
"'Will you go?' he repeated; and
then one woman said no. Then he
called us each by our names and asked
us separately, and everyone said mo-
That is your answer, but l thank
your general he said to the messen-
gers.
Zone morning a stone fell on
trench close to the edge of the bank
and it was followed by leg with a
Scotch shoe and stocking. The leg
was riddled in a second but it was
followed by more legs and bayonets,
and l knew the end had come, and
wondered what it would be. 1t was
barely light enough to see. but there
was no firing, and 1 came to the edge
of the trench again, and then l could
see that the general was sending a
message out by half dozen men, and
l was told he had surrendered
Il could not bear to stay after I
was given my liberty at Cape Town.
I always thought we would win,
though it might be a long fight But
ever since that morning when the SOL
diers came singing to my farm have
been afraid for my people. 1 do not
see how they can stay there if Eng
land wins. st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
GLEANINGS.
-Covington Sun.

One of the worst cases of neuralgia
ne ever saw, claims DR.. Brodie, presi-
dent of the Royal society, was caused
by tobacco using, and ceased with the
habit.
A man in Scranton, Pa, who sold
liquor illegally, was for second Of
Tense sent to Jail six months and
fined $500. Others were sent three
months to Jail for first offenses and
fined $500 each.
The Iowa legislature has passed a
law making it a misdemeanor for any
person under 16 years of age to use
tobacco or smoke cigarettes, under
penalty of fine of ten dollars for
each offense.
Anybody knows, who thinks about
1T, that it would be far better for the
public morals for a given quantity of
whisky to be sold surreptitiously. or
even i'll open violence of law, than for
the law to be debased to fit vicious
tendency of the people.-John G.
Woolley.
The Mount Vernon CHI saloon keep
ers who kept open their saloons after
the village had voted local option,
claiming that the bylaw was invalid
have lost their case before the court.
and have closed up their places. Judge
Pierce sustained the validity of the
ordinance, holding the submission of
the question was not a delegation of
authority by the city council
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
WERE STANDING AT THE BAR.

telling the truth. 1t was they and not
[ who violated the law. / was in the
saloon Saturday night, but I'll tell you
how it happened.
"My husband did not come home from
work that evening, and feared he had
gone to the saloon. l knew he must
have drawn his weeks wages, and we
needed it so badly. 1 put the little
ones to bed, and then waited all alone
through the weary hours until after
the city clock struck 12. Then 1
thought the saloons will be closed. and
he will be put out on the street. Prob
ably he will not be able to get home,
and the police will arrest him, and lock
him up. l must go and find him and
bring him home. I wrapped a shawl
around me and started out, leaving the
little ones asleep in bed, and, judge,
have not seen them since"
Here the tears came to the woman's
eyes, and she almost broke down, but
restraining herself she went on:
81 went to the saloon where thought
most likely he would be. 1t was about
20 minutes after 12, but the saloon,
that mans saloon"-pointing to the
saloonkeeper, who seemed to want to
crouch out of her sight-"it was still
open, and my husband and these two
policemen" pointing to those who had
so lately sworn against her. "were
standing at the bar with their lips still
wet with drink and the flecks of foam
not yet settled in the empty glasses be-
fore them.
Il stepped up to my husband and
asked him to go home with me, but the
men laughed at him, and the saloon
keeper ordered me out. / said: No,
want my husband to go with me- Then
| tried to tell him how badly we needed
the money he was spending, and again
the keeper cursed me and ordered me
to leave. Then 1 confess 1 could not
stand more, and said: You ought
to be prosecuted for Nolating the mid
night closing law
AT this the saloonkeeper and the
policemen rushed upon me and put me
out into the street, and one of the po-
iiSSAhShi as ping Ill IihC d VICE,
Kissed in my ear: I'll get you a 30
days sentence in the workhouse, and
then see what you think of suing peo-
ple.' He called patrol wagon, pushed
me in. and drove to the house of de-
tention, and, judge, you know the rest.
All day yesterday L was locked up, my
children at home alone with no fire no
food, no MOTHER
1t was well that the story was fin
ished, for great sob choked her utter
ance and she could say no more.
Dismissed" said the Judge, in a
husky voice, and the guilty woman who
had so disturbed the Peace passed out
of the courtroom.
But what of the saloonkeeper who
had violated the law by keeping open
after ~ o'clock at night? And what
of the policemen who violated their OBJ
legation by drinking while on duty, and
who threatened an honest woman with
sentence in the workhouse if she
dared to tell the truth! Oh, nothing at
all. They were too guilty to be prose
cuted.-Cincinnati Living Issue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
Out of the Ordinary.

II think we ought to give this wed,
ding display head on the first page"
said the editor.
sour of the ordinary, is it?" asked
the managing editor.
swell, / should say it was" answered
the city editor why, there was no
bower OF roses no floral bell,' no
'wide-spreading canopy no 'blushing
BRIDE nothing beautiful in it's simple
ity,' no solemn strains to the wedding
march, no"
Enough" cried the managing ed
itpr. Double lead it and give it a scare
head. It's the only one of the kind.'-
Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
No Greater Work.

Rev. Canon Murnane, of England,
in closing a speech during the worlds
temperance congress, in Exeter hall,
London, said: 'Thefe is no work you
can do for God-I say it with perfect
seriousness and thoughtfulness about
what / am saying-there is no work
you can do for Almighty God, for
religion, for the welfare of the peo-
pie at large, for your own selves, that
will compare with this temperance
work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
KANSAS FIRST CAPITOL.
II Is All That Is Left of Pawnee, Once
the Seat of Government of the
Sunf1Ower state.

One of the ruins that Kansas pro-
poses to guard from the ravages of time
is the first statehouse of Kansas, one
of the few relics of the early days, when
the settlement of the west was just
beginning.
1t stands near Fort Riley. in the
central part of the sta IT,, and, according
to the Philadelphia Press, is all that
is left of the town of Pawnee, the first
capital of the state.
The town was started by boomers
who stood in" with the territorial
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20

'Do you believe in the theory of re-
incarnation" asked the mystical
friend.
We'll" answered Mr.. Sirius Barker
dyspeptically, 81 don't suppose there
is any way of getting positive proof.
But | will say that I've got neighbors
who remind me of Herod and Caligula,
and Nero and Henry VIII. and Judge
Jeffreys and lot more of those old
timers. "-Washingt Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20

Mistress-You say you are well rec
commended?
Maid-lndeed, ma am; l have 80 ex~
cellent references.
Mistress-And you have been in do
mestic service?
Maid-Two years, ma'am.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.