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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-05
NEW BOOK BULLETIN.
THE GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR
s1s FORT STREET.

"In Circling Lamps"-by Attsheler.
'Resurrection'-by Count Tolstoi
1.-THE Road to Paris''-by Stephens
"The Banker and the Bear"-by Web
ster.
unto the Heights of Simplicity"-by
Reimers.
"A Mans Undoing'-by Mrs. Lovett
Cameron.
"Our Presidents and How We Make
Them"-by Mcclure.
1.-THE Sledge"-by Risley.
Bob, Son of Battle''-by Ollivant.
1.-THE Black Terror-A Russian Rom
ance'-by Legs.
"Boy'-by Marie Corelli.
1.-THE Waters of Edera'-by Oinda.
RED Blood and Blue"-by Harrison
Robertson.
1.-THE Touchstone'-by Edith Wharton.
and scores of others just as good, and
something to suit the taste of all
classes of readers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-05
NOT WHAT HE HAD PLANNED.

1t looks as If Gen. Butler were fated
to spend nothing but unpleasant Christ
mas holidays.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
Condensed Reproof.

Occasionally there is to be found a proprietor of a secondhand book store who is something more than the nature of his business would seem to indicate. He regards his old and rare volumes rather as a collection than a stock of goods, and experiences pang when he parts with one.
 A f1ippant young man dropped into a secondhand book store kept by a man of this kind.
 Taking down several choice old books from the shelves, he fingered them carelessly and replaced them. They happened to treat of abstruse subjects and did not appeal to him.
 "Are any of these books for hirer' he asked, carelessly.
 ''No, young man," sharply answered the proprietor. "They are for lore."- Youths Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
Not Unusual.

Are women given more to supersti- ton than men? Truly they have their full share of it. There's one woman known to the writer who never dreams of a young child without shivering and shaking for days after, in fear of some dreadful thing happening to her. She has not consulted a dream book on the subject, and she doesn't know how in- fant and bad luck became connected In her mind, but nevertheless, after she's had a visitant of this sort while sleep Ing, she says prayers of unusual length and then makes up her mind to be pa tient under af1ictions sore.
 She's an intelligent woman, mind you, but she doesn't attempt to explain the terror that besets her at this par ticular dream. She doesn't call herself superStitious-of course, no woman does, not even the one who won't walk under a ladder-but her friends laugh at her until she exposes some fetich of theirs, when the subject is carefully avoided afterward.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
His Wish Gained at Last.

After his speech on the colonial test case had been delivered in the Su- preme court the other day, and he had received the congratulations of many members of the bar and prominent Senators upon his success, Attorney General Griggs told me of his first visit to the Supreme court chamber. It was years ago, when he was a young and struggling lawyer. He knew no one in Washington except the Congressman from his district. This Congressman took him to the Supreme court room, and as the slender young lawyer sat and looked at the nine black-robed Jus tices and realized that they constitut- ed the greatest tribunal on earth, he says he heaved a sigh and said to him. self: Before I die I want the honor of standing just once before that court and addressing it upon a case of law" Little did the young lawyer then think that he was going to have the great privilege not only of addressing the court, but of speaking to it as the rep resentative of the United States gov ernment upon the most important ques- ton the court has considered in a gen. eration if not n its Golfers Weekly
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
Disarmin0 Jefferson.

Joseph Jefferson had once in his en- ploy a plausible sort of man, half va- let, half factotum, grossly incompetent and unsatisfactory, whom he desired to get rid of. It was certainty that the man drank. Wine from the cellar would disappear and gradually go down in the decanters, but there was never any ocular proof, says the Ladies' Home Journal.
 "And," said MT. Jefferson in telling the story to a friend, there l was. What could I do? However" he con- tinued, lone day as l was sitting in my library, whom should see but William come reeling up the walk, drunk as a lord There was no doubt of it. My opportunity had come after many years. 1 waited for him. 1 would tell him how drunk he was. He would deny it, of course. He would insist that he was perfectly sober and that 1 was the one who was drunk. But l should have the calm consciousness of right on my side and my excuse for sending him away would be sufficient. So, when William appeared in my room l gazed at him with all the severity that I could summon and said:
 William, you are drunk!
 "He returned my look with perfect imperturbability. MT. Jefferson said he, T am more than that-I am very drunk, sir
 And" continued MT. Jefferson, twill you tell me what I could do? He took the wind out of my sails. He proved himself perfectly truthful man."
 And you finally got rid of him? asked the man to whom the story was told. Just then some one came in to light the lamps and the comedian look ed at him quizzically. "NO," he an swered with a smile, "that was Will jam who just came in. 1 couldn't dis charge a man for telling the truth, cOuld I?'
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06

Machinists in all parts of the country are preparing to begin the nine-hour day. The organized employers are fa- Vorable to the new move, but they in- sist that the independent concerns should be organized, and the machinists are working valantly to bring the non- unionists into line
 $. E. Wilkinson, former grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, is dead. He was at the head of this order for eleven years. In the last two years he had been connected with the immigration service at Ellis Island, until transferred recently to the h. terior Department as special land agent.
 There are 732,3S9 people employed in the factories of New York State, 16,52S in bakeries and 5,595 in mines, the lat ter being all males. In the factories there are 51O,742 males empoyed, of whom 21,64S are under IS years of age and 8,O12 under 16. There are 221, ,647 females employed in the factories, of whom S,229 are under 16
 Two hundred Chinamen who were employed in clothing firm in Los An geles as cutters, tailors, and operators have been discharged and replaced by members of the United Garment Work CTS of America, as a result of the anti Asiatic labor agitation, and the strong demand for union labeled goods recent Iy developed in California.
 The owners of the Vesta Cotton Mills in Charleston, s. C., have decided to abandon the property and move the tex tile machinery to new mill at Gaines vile, Ga. They declare that the two years experiment of negro labor in the cotton mills is a failure. The eXperi- ment was practically the first made in the South, and was watched with inter- est by mill people.
 Governor McSweeney, of South Caro- against child labor. He admits it is dangerous to interfere with family gov ernment by legislation, but he declares that the situation becomes alarming when little children are not protected from vampire parents who spend their time in idleness and live on their chill dren, that are required to work in mills, without the advantage of schools"
 The following-named unions in Hor- nellsville, N. T., have secured better conditions the past year: Cigarmakers, agreement by dealers to handle only union-made goods; retail clerks, to close stores at o'clock five nights in the week; barbers, close at o'clock; glove makers, abolished charge for power to run machines; plumbers, nine-hOur day with ten hours wages; brewers, union ized brewery, and gain nine-hOur day with increase of $3 to $4 per week; and the butchers have secured the Sunday closing of meat markets.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
COAL IN LUZON.
LARGE DEPOSITS FOUND IN THE
 ISLAND.
Gold and Iron Ore-Recent Discoveries Show Mineral Resources to Be Great Twelve Hundred Prospectors Now at Work in the Archipelago.

In its report on the mineral wealth of the islands, the Philippines commits sion says:
 According to the chief of the mining bureau there are now some 1,2OO pros pectors and practical miners scattered through the different islands of the archipelago. Of these probably 90 per cent are Americans. They are pushing their way more into the inaccessible regions, furnishing their own protec- ton and doing prospecting Of sort and to an extent never before parallel ed in the history of the Philippine is- lands. The result is that our know ledge of the mineral resources or the group is rapidly increasing. When all due allowance is made for prospectors' congregations 1t is not too much to say that the work thus far done has demon started the existence of many valuable mineral fields. The provinces of Ben- guest, Lepanto, and Bontoc in partic- ular from a district of great richness.
 "Lignites are known to exist in Lu- ,on, Batan, the island, not the province), Mindoro, Masbate, Negros, Cebu, Min danao, and other islands. Some of the deposits are very extensive. As yet they have been worked at or near the surface It is therefore remarkable that the samples thus far obtained should prove to be as good as is shown by actual analysis.
 Testimony is unanimous to the fact that the Philippine coals do not clinker nor do they soil the boiler tubes to any such extent as do Japanese and Aus tralian coals. Some of them have been given practical tests in steamers en- gagged in the coaling trade of the archi- pelago with very satisfactory results as regards their steam-making proper ties.
 "The extensive fields near Bulacacao, In Southern Mindoro, are within four to six miles of harbor which gives safe anchorage throughout the year and which has water deep enough for the largest ocean-going vessels. Some of the Cebu deposits are also convent ently situated with reference to harbor facilities. It is to be confidently ex- pected that the coals will play very important part in the future develop ment of the archipelago.
 "The outlook as to gold mines grows more favorable as the operations of prospectors are extended. Modern gold-mining machinery has never been used in the Philippines. Igorroto min FITS in the Benguet-Lepanto-BOntoc dis trict discard all rock in which there is not visible a considerable quantity of free gold. Prospeetors in this region claim to have located very extensive deposits of low grade, free milling ore, which will yield large and certain re- turns as soon as concessions can be se- :ured and machinery put in place.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
A Sympathetic Memory.

In a western Massachusetts town lived young woman who is blessed with both discrimination and tact
 The first of these admirable quail ties she has displayed by her two mar riages. Her first husband was a min ister-a most delightful man; he died. and after a LIpse of five or six years she was united to his only brother. who was a successful lawyer in New York.
 On her library desk stands picture of the first partner of her joys and sor- rows, and one day curious caller ask ed whom the photograph represented.
 'That," said the hostess. with evil dent emotion, ''is picture of my hus- bands brother, who died eight years ago, and who was very dear to us bothr
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
Not Clipped.

A naturalist says that the squirrel tribe is increasing all over the wooded districts of England, and in the Scot tish Lowlands. In some parts of Scot land, notably in the north, the little creature is unknown.
 It is not so long ago that a Scotch judge was trying case which had to do with the escape of squirrel from its cage, and the question as to wheth- CT 1t had been stolen.
 "Were it's wings clippedT' asked a witness.
 But, my Iord," interposed the coun- sel, ''it is quadruped."
 "Quadruped or no quadruped," said his honor, sternly, ''if its wings had been clipped it could never have es- caped."1
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
CATCHING CICADAs.
How Certain MaIays Obtain . Curi-
 Ous DeIicacy.

How Certain MaIays Obtain . Curi-
 ous DeIicacy.
 Certain natives of the Malay peninsu. la catch cicadas and eat them and that as considerable luxury. To eat a ci- cada seems distinctly curious, says the London Daily Mail, when we reflect that this insect is in reality a glorified member of that insect group which contains as Its most prominent repre- Sentative the diminutive and swarthy creature which shall be nameless here for evermore.
 The way in which the Siamese pro- ceeds was related to the Geological so- ciety the other day by naturalist who has spent some time In the Malay pen insula observing men as we'll as in- sects. At night, when these insects fly, the native sallies forth armed with a torch and but little raiment The torch is deposited in a convenient place, and the swarm of natives proceed to clap their hands in perfectly regular fash ion so as to produce a considerable sound.
 1t is the combination of light and sound that allures the cicada from its haunts to its destruction. The insects come also In swarms and settle upon the bodies of the applauding natives, whence they are easily detached, pre- served, cooked and eaten.
 The Greek sage remarked that happy are the cicadas in that they have voice less wives. It Is apparently the lady cicadas who are attracted by what they fondly believe to be the love cry of the male and are thus lured to their fate by that most dangerous of pas eions.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
Oy@ Set
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Two hundred and twenty-four gallons of fresh water weigh a ton.
 Potatoes brought into Russia first in 1769 caused fearful riots, being called devils apples.
 Holland has nine miles of canal for every one hundred square miles of sur face, 2,7OO miles in all.
 More steel Is used in the manufacture of pens than in all the sword and gun factories in the world. A ton of steel produces about 10000 gross of pens.
 When the smoke bells are suspended over gas burners to shield the ceiling, it Is better to have them come as low as possible, but not closer than twelve or fifteen inches to the flame.
 Various beautiful colors are of anil nal origin-for example, Indian yellow, which is derived from the camel. Sepia Is the inky secretion of the cuttlefish, carmine is derived from the cochineal Insect, Prussian blue is obtained from horses hoofs, and ivory black is made by burning ivory chips.
 The American coal fields are thirty seven times as great as the English. Coal is profitably and somewhat large ly mined in twenty-eight States of the Union: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Ken lucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsyl- vania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vir- ginia, West Virginia, Wyoming. Though our coal fields are thirty-seven times as extensive as those of Eng land, she produces more coal than we, 1S0,OOO,OOO tons, but we are very close to this.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
BEGGAR KINGS OF CHINA.
One Way in Which Certain Mon4oli-
 ans Become Rich.

One Way in Which Certain MonRo1i-
 ans Become Rich.
 If you want to grow rich in China become the head of guild of beggars, thieves, or lepers. Ranking, Pekin, and Tien-Tsin are the headquarters of :he most powerful of these guilds, and their rulers are wealthy and respected. The king" of clan of Chinese vaga- bonds of these classes derives his in- come from a tribute rendered him by his wetched subjects, and also levies a sort of blackmail on traders and mer- chants by undertaking to keep their shops, stores, and houses free from par ticular pests which he controls.
 From these two sources he realizes a large income, and Is enabled to live in large house and keep up a great style in his mode of life. Each clan has a particular district of the city given over to its operation, beyond which it's members are forbidden to stray.
 Horrible self-mutilatiOns are prac- ticed by the beggars of China in order that their deformities may excite com passion and lead to profit. On certain days the beggers go about in gangs from 50 to 150. On these occasions shopkeepers are only too glad to con- ply with the kings" demands for black mail, in order that his subjects may be kept out of their shops.
 A king of Chinese thieves knows everything that goes on In his district. He knows who committed certain thefts, and where the stolen property is. He like his brothers of beggars, has a double source of income. A large percentage of the profits made by his subjects is claimed by him. If A foreigner is robbed he generally can, by paying the "king" certain sum, re- cover his property. Property stolen from Chinamen Is never brought back.
 Every Chinese city has leper-house outside it's gates, and most of them have two or more. AS in the cases of the beggars and thieves, there is an executive hand, called the "king of the Iepers," who controls all lepers, and makes rules and compacts, which must be observed. These unfortunates are numerous throughoutthe empire. When in the first stage of the disease they are brought to the leper-houses. Good care is taken of them as long as their relatives can meet the demand of the king"
 But no matter how wealthy their families may be, the "king" eventually drains them of every penny. and both the leper and his relatives often have turn beggers.- Philadelphia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
Tagged Fish in the Ocean.

It seems rather an odd idea to fasten metal tags to marine fishes and then let then loose in the ocean with the idea of identifying them as individuals in case they happen to be caught at fu- ture time; but this is what the United StS tes fish commission is doing just now with cod, 1,5OO of which have been duly tagged and released this year.
 No two tags are alike, the markings on them being stamped in series of letters and numbers, record of which is kept in a book in such a manner that if a tagged codfish turns Hp, a moments reference to the memoranda will furnish the history of that par ticular specimen, with date of libera- ton, weight and so forth. For exam pie. a cod wearing tag with the
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
A MAYORS MIRACLE.
He Made the Blind See, the Deaf
 Hear and the Lame Walk.

Hear and the Lame Walk.
 From the many anecdotes of Ramp fylde Moore Carew's rogueries in Ar thur Montefore Brice's essay on that Amazing Vagabond" we quote one in which Carew and his gypsy crew who had rigged themselves up as cripples and gathered at Bridgewater fair to plunder the junketers came oil second best
 When the mayor of Bridgewater heard that this motley group of crip- ples had arrived, he announced to some of his friends that he was possessed Of 6 power they perhaps little suspected that, in fact, he could make the blind see, the deaf hear and the lame walk. Bets were freely made that he could do nothing of the kind, and thereupon the mayor had the gypsies arrested and immediately brought before him and, after hearing their narrowing tales, or in the lookup.
 About 10 o'clock at night, however, the municipal surgeon entered with a lantern and announced that he would examine them all in the morning in or der to report to the mayor whether or not they really suffered from deformity of one kind or another, and he went on to say that those who were found to be impostors would be treated by the mayor with severity so extreme that, moved to pity. he would allow any such misguided wretch to escape there and then from the lookup on condition that he immediately left the town.
 At this intelligence a great commo- ton arose, and in less time than 1t takes to write 1t the whole crowd surg cd out of the lookup, flnging away their crutches and wooden legs, patch es and bandages, and made of down the town at topmost speed, the blind leading the way with unerring steps, the dumb crying aloud their fears, the deaf replying to them, and the lame sprinting along at a rattling pace. Now, just opposite the lookup, on the farther side of the street, stood the wit ty mayor and his friends, convulsed with laughter at the success of his scheme.-Argonaut.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06

raised inscription IS 10O'' has cons- plete identification card, so that she cannot be mixed up with any other fish entered in the commissions led ger.
 Only ''brood fish''-that is, spawning females are tagged. They are bought from fishermen, stripped of their eggs at Woods Holl, Mass, and liberated in the waters of Vineyard sound, af- ter having the tags attached to them. The tag is a small piece or copper, securely fastened by a wire placed through fin near its juncture With the body. It does not matter which fin is chosen, though back or tall in is best. The tag is very light, ana It's attachment in the matter describes does no harm whatever to the fish:
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-06
MAKING NEWS.
Arthur Brisbane Gets John L. to Spar
 Before the Prince of WaIea.

Arthur Brisbane Gets John L. to Spar
 Before the Prince of Wales.
 ''The layman who is unacquainted with newspaper methods may be inter ested in knowing just how one goes about making piece of news. The best illustration of this, perhaps, is Arthur Brisbane's arrangement for John L. Sullivan to box before the Prince of Wales. At this time MT. Brisbane was London correspondent for the New York Sun. It should be understood that the competition among the London representatives is just as keen as though they were serving their separate papers on Park Row, and. though living in an atmosphere of less aggressive journalism, they never, for a moment, forget their American educa- tion. In this matter MT. Brisbane was actuated by no other motive than to triumph over his rivals with a legiti- mate beat, and he found the great American bruiser but too glad to second the idea on the percentage of free ad- vertisement. The Sun man worked quietly, quickly, and so successfully that the night for the performance came without any one knowing of 1t ex- cepting the Prince, his friends and the members of the fashionable club that sheltered the twelve-foOt ring.
 "At the moment when the referee stepped out to announce the fighters the Princes equerry discovered that there was present an untitled person, and, what was more deplorable, news paper man. AS the result of this dis covery, Mir. Brisbane was ordered to leave the club instantly.
 But he objected, I am responsible for this whole thing. You are not going to put me outY
 'The equerry would not hear him, and MT. Brisbane, desperate and angry, played his last card. Well, John, he said turning to where the champion stood toying with one huge pickled paw, I've got to go. Whatu you do"
 That's what I'll do,' replied the champion of the world, picking up his coat and glaring savagely at the eQuer- ry. If that young feller goes, then I'll go, understan' and the audience was dlsmayed to see fighter and reporter abandon the ringside. It would not do, however, to disappoint His Royal High ness so disgracefully, and the equerry and Mir. Brisbane finally compromised by the latter promising to write the ac- count only for the American press. The Sun, of course, had great beat next day, and every newspaper in America and England quoted the anecdote of John LIS reception by Albert Edward.
 "Mr. Sullivan's speech at that period had extreme limitations, and when in- troduced to a distinguished person he invariably used the same set phrase. To the present King of England, after shaking hands, he observed with dig nifty and cheerfulness, Prince, Pm glad to meet you. I've often heard of you "-Ainslee's.