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The Conservative, 1901-07-25
Che Conservative.
London music hall. His height was,
perhaps, eight feet, six inches. He did
not live to see his twenty second birth
day.
The Biggest of them All.

The Biggest of them All.
The biggest living man Tin stature) is
Lewis Wilkins, who is now in Europe.
He was born on a farm near St. Paul,
Mimi, in 1874. When only ten years
old, he measured six feet in height, and
now has grown to the tremendous
height of 1914 inches-three-fourths of
an inch less than nine feet-and weighs
364 pounds.
Female giants are not common, and
the only authentic information at my
disposal concerns Pauline Wedde, "the
Queen of the Amazons. She was a
well-proportioned German girl, who
measured eight feet and four inches
when she played in "Babil and Bijou,"
some thirty years ago.
The health of men of abnormal size is
very seldom good; their muscles are
flabby, and their voices are often weak.
AS might be expected, they are good
tempered, indolent, and lack force of
character
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Conservative, 1901-07-25

and his height was probably eight feet,
six inches. He was full of natural wit;
but the fortune he rapidly gained by the
exhibition Of himself led him into habits
Of intemperance, and he died at the early
age Of twenty-five, leaving instructions
that his body should be buried at sea.
Nevertheless, the College Of Surgeons
of England managed to obtain it at
cost, it is said, of eight hundred pounds,
and the skeleton was set up in their mu-
scum by William Hunter, the celebrated
anatomist. 1t measures eight feet, four
inches. The actual body, with the soft
parts attached, could not, in my opinion,
have been more than three inches taller
than the skeleton.
Shortly after Byrne's death, another
Irish giant exhibited himself in London.
His name was Patrick Cotter, but he
took the name of O'Brien. He died in
1906, at the age of forty-five. His cor
rect height was over eight feet, al
though he appeared taller in conse-
quence of being exceptionally thin.
Being feeble and debilitated in health,
he could only walk by supporting him
self on the shoulders Of two tall men.
who walked in front of him, while he
rested hand upon the shoulder of each.
This giant appears to have been an
amusing person, and he is said to have
astonished his friends, more than once,
by producing from his coat-pocket the
Polish dwarf, Count Borulauski, and by
other playful tricks which no ordinary
man could accomplish.
Frederick William I, of Prussia, had
regiment of giants, the tallest of whom
was Of Scottish birth, his height being
eight feet, three inches. 1t is not i'm
probable that the skeleton in the mu-
scum at Bonn Germany, which meas
ures eight feet, is what remains of this
once famous giant
There is on record an account of
Bishop Berkeleys attempt to manu-
facture an abnormally large man out of
an ordinary boy named Magrath. In
his family history, can find nothing of
Importance. He died, however, at the
age of twenty, perhaps as a result of
being fed upon "selected articles of
diet" furnished by the worthy bishop.
Magrath's height is given as seven feet,
eight inches at the time of his decease.
Giants are of rarer occurrence than
dwarfs, and less than half dozen of any
great size seem to have been exhibited
since O'Brien. Tollers appeared in 1919;
his height was eight feet, six inches.
Chang, the Chinaman, who claimed to
have grown from seven feet, eight inches
to eight feet between 1865 and 1880, has
been shown almost all over the world
In 1880, when the writer saw him in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
MINISTRIES TOMORROW
HEALANIS WILL GIVE FAMOUS
SHOW.
Director Pivers German Band viii
be a Winner-Grand Amazon March
of Blonde Beauties.

The Healani Minstrels will give their
first performance tomorrow night at
the Grand Opera House. The sale of
seats for this show has been exceptional
and some of the reserved seats are SELL
ing at a premium. Seats in the bal
cony Will be on sale tomorrow night at
the box office at the opera house at
1880 o'clock. There may also be some
room down stairs which will be sold
for the accommodation of the public.
Director John Piver has trained his
corps hard and faithfully and a rattling
good performance is expected. Interlo-
cutor j. II. Harrison has his end men
in line and will aid them to spring some
new gags that will be local in tone
The selection of songs is without doubt
one of the best which has ever been
given at any performance in Honolulu.
The burlesque on Sapho in which
( PiVer, Albert Cunha and Frank Wood
bridge take part is startling in char
acter and mirth- provoking throughout
/ The German Band is considered by
many to be the gem of the program,
which Is claiming a great deal, however
for that particular stunt.
Raymond as "Padewhiskey' will give
| the audience a real musical treat Liv-
| ingstone and Mariner will essay lit
tie nonsense which will be a credit to
the program Mariner has a mandolin
orchestra which is to open the seconc
/ part of the show.
! Near the last but not the least by any
means is Ralph o. Yardley the well
known desciple of Thomas Mast. Yard
/ lay who has already gained fame and is
rapidly acquiring a fortune in Homo
! lulu at somewhat princely salary, has
with characteristic generosity consent
ed to contribute his mite to the success
of the show by drawing some cartoons
| of we'll known local characters. The
Grand march will be a hummer. A
stageful of dizzy blondes will bewtch
the Johnnies in the audience and temp
them into wanting to leave their res
| pective happy homes. A special fea-
ture of the show will be the rag time
singing by Soldier Hawkins of Camp
! Mckinley. Albert Cunha has composed
a beautiful march entitled my Healan
I Girl" for the performance.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
THEY ARE TRYING TO LAND LUAUS AND HORSE RACES
RUN UP AGAINST
THE LAWS.
Came Here 10 Work for Give Davies
And Were Stopped-Returns Filed.
Cases Will be Threshed Wednesday.

Julius GreatoreX, Charles Young and
George Lee, the three Englishmen
brought here by the Moana and re-
fused a landing by the collector of Gus
toms on the contention that they were
under contract to work here. secured
a writ of habeas corpus from Judge
Gear on Saturday returnable this morn
ing. Today, however. Hatch and Sill-
man, attorneys for petitioners, discou-
tinucd the matter and transferred the
petition 10 the United States detiict
court, the cause being a FederaI one
and properly belonging to that court
GreatoreN claims to be the private
secretary Young the groom and Lee
the Coachman of Il. Give Davies at
Tumbridge Wells, England. Mr.. Da-
vies supports this statement and says
that when leaving Hawaii for England
he Will take the men away with him.
The case was called in Judge Es-
tees court At II o'clock this morning
British Consul Hoare and Mr.. Davies
were among those present. Adjourn
ment was taken for a short time to
enable the collector of customs to COM
plete his return.
Upon the court reassembling, the re-
turn was filed and subsequently read
by Judge Silliman, attorney for petit
tioners. Silliman then asked for a
continuance of the case to enable him
to prepare, he having had it only
short time.
Stackable consenting the case went
over to 10 a. m. Wednesday, the pc
titioners being in the meanwhile, re-
manded to the custody of the colec-
tor The court instructed Stackable to
be as lenient with the men as possible
but to be sure and have them on hand
on Wednesday.
A request for bail was denied, the
court stating that the law forbade it,
As Judge Estee has thrice decided
that there is no appeal in a matter of
this kind from the decision of the col
lector, save to the secretary of the
treasury, it is not unlikely that the
men will have to depart.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
THE GREAT KAMEHAMEHA DAY
PROGRAM
Events at Kapiolani at 10 O'clock.
Central Union and Methodist-Pic-
mics at Punahou and Waikiki.

Everything is now is readiness for
the great llth of June program. a
general holiday will be observed by the
Government and business will, as a
rule, be suspended.
Racing will begin at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon and will have continuance all
day. The officers at the track will be-
w. G. Wilder, Jr., W. 5. Withers and
c. II. Durfee, judges, J. J. Hogan,
starter; II. Cummings. clerk.
The picnics at Punahou and Waikiki
are supposed To commence at 10 o'clock,
but it will likely IL o'clock before they
will have actually begun.
The events ana entries for the races
are as follows:
1. Union Feed Company's Cup, half
mile dash, free for ALL purse $lOO. En-
tries: Mollie Connors, Venus. Racery,
Nioris, Gaiety Girl, Amethyst.
2. 2:4O class, trutting and pacing,
best two heats in three; purse $3.50.
Entries: Edna G., Artie w, Steam
plough, Nettie II.
g. Five furlongs dash, Hawaiian
bred; purse 800. Entries; Gaiety Girl,
Amarino, Albert H., Eileen, Lady
Amanda, Defender.
4. California Feed Company Cup,
trotting AMI pacing, Hawaiian bred,
free for ALL best two in three; purse
$780, to be won twice by same stable.
Entries: Leahi, Edith r., Harry B.
5. Wailuku cup, six furlongs dash, free
for ALL purse $3.50. Winner of cup to
beat Venus record of 1:16. Entries:
Watossa, Gartalene, Amaranth.
6. Rainier Cup, trotting and pacing,
free for all, best two heats in three;
purse 5000, to be won twice by same
stable. Entries: Violin, Waldo j., Wait
a-Little.
Z. Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
Cup one mile dash, Hawaiian lred;
purse $3.50. Entries: Albert H., Gaiety
Girl, Amarno, Defender.
8. 2:24 class, trOtting and pacing,
best two heats in three, purse $3.50. En-
tries; Albert NJ, Wayboy, Steam
plough Los Angeles.
9. Four and one-half furlongs dash,
free for all; purse 800. Entries: Mer-
ril's Force, Vioris, Virgie A, Gartalene,
Racery.
10. Rosita Challenge Cup, one mile
free for ALL purse $500; $50 added if
Vioris record of 1:45 be beaten. En-
tries: Billy McCluskey, Aggravation,
Weller Aamaranth.
II. Three-eighths miles dash free for
all; purse $75. Entries: Mollie Con-
nors, Venus, Vioris, Abbey. Gaiety
, Girl.
! IL. Three -eighths mile dash, polo
ponies, cup value $50. Entries -.
! 49, Mule race; purse $50; no entrance
/ fee; one mile. Entries Kickapoo, Alma
Nui
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
WILL NOT TRY FOR ANNAPOLIS
JUST YET.
Misleading Dispatch from Maryland
Creates Impression he had Failed-Is
Not to be Examined Until September.

Under date of May %, a very mis-
leading dispatch was sent out from
Annapolis Md, regarding the eXamin-
ations for admissions to the Naval
Academy. The dispatch in question
reads:
ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 2S-The ex-
aminations for admission to the Naval
Academy were terminated today, when
the medical board finished the physical
examinations about 1890 p. IN. Nine
ty-seVen candidates came up for eX-
animation, siXty-two of whom passed
mentally and physically. Twenty
failed mentally and six physically
Among those not on the successful list
was the candidate from Hawaii"
At first glance this dispatch creates
the impression that the candidate from
Hawaii, John T.. Pond who is son of
Lieutenant Commander Pond of the To-
cal naval station had failed to secure
admission. AS a matter of fact young
Pond has not as yet taken the examin-
alton, nor Will he have to face the ex-
animation music until next September
The dispatch is so carefully worded
that had there been a desire to create
the impression that young Pond had
failed to secure admission, it could not
have been more artfully done. The dis
patch does not state that the Hawaiian
candidate had failed but says that his
name was not among the list of sue
Cessful candidates.
Captain Pond was much annoyed to-
day to read the dispatch reproduced
with headlines stating that his son had
rallied. Indeed quite an injustice was
done young Pond. He wrote his father
several weeks ago that he would be toe
late to take the examination in June
so would wait until the September
term, when he would try for admission
There are two periods when the appli.
cants can take the examination and
young Pond found that it would be
more convenient for him to take the
later one.
The friends of the young man and
Captain Pond are very sanguine ovel
the chances for Hawaifs candidate be.
ing admitted. He is a very studious
youth and is a good leyel headed boy
who will certainly give an excellent ac.
count of himself in the severe examin
alton which the Annapolis curriculum
preScribes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
ASK GOV. DOLE IQ OUT

The committee appointed by the
House to inquire into the status and
right of Henry e. Cooper to act as gov
ernor of the Territory made a report
this afternoon. The report stated that
the committee found his position in
doubt which could only be determined
by tne Supreme Court. Governor Dole
was requested to either resume the ex-
ecutive function or else resign or leave
the territory for a sufficient length of
time to allow Secretary Cooper to quail
ify in order that he might approve the
appropriation bill.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
MAUI IQ have A BANK

Maui is to have a bank located at
Wailuku and under the management of
Z. ID. Lufkin, former paying teller of
the First National Bank here. The en-
terprise appears to be well started and
citlzens of Maui are subscribing liber-
ally, 1t is stated, to start the bank.
LuflSin has been investigating the
pro- osition for some months, and, en-
coura9ed by the advice of Cecil Brown
ana other prominent bankers of Ho-
nolulu, will establish a bank at Wal
luku with a capital of stock of $25, 900.
Several of the wealthiest and most pro-
minent business men of Maui have al
ready stated that they will subscribe
to the capital stock and in other ways
help the enterprise along.
Parties in Honolulu have offered to
advance all the capital, but the offer
was refused as it is desired to interest
Maui men and capital exclusively in
the bank. No subscriptions will be
taken from any one party for more
than $2500, and it is desired to place the
stock in the hands of as many of the
leading business men of Maui as possi-
BILE. u
To incorporate under the laws of the
territory would require paid up capt.
tai stock of 800, 900, which is more than
will be needed, and to incorporate as
a national bank would preclude the
privilege of loaning money on real es-
tate, consequently, the bank will at
first simply operate as a private COM
pany.
Mr.. Lufkin, who will personally man
age the affairs of the Uank is a gen.
tleman of much experience in such mat
ters, and it is thought that the capital
stock of the Bank of Maui will prove to
be one of the safest and best interest
paying investments on the Island.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
PERMANENT AND PROSPEROUS.

During the year 1900 the Provident
Savings Life Assurance Society paid to
beneficiaries over a million, six hun.
dred thousand dollars, and, as an evil
dence of it's good management, reports
no death claims due and unpaid. Pre-
sidont Scott's administration, while ag-
81 ssive, is yet conservative. He poss-
~ IS happy combination of these fea-
lures, which results in growth of the
Provident Savings each year in the
essentials that make company per-
7 nent and prosperous. l. II. Burns,
sident manager; office in Magoon
building.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
GRAND JURY REPORTS.
Presents Five Indictments and Failure
of Six Bills

The Grand Jury appeared before
Judge Gear this morning and turned
over five bills in criminal matters. The
bills were placed on closed file for the
present. A supplemental report was to
the effect that failure to find true bills
had occurred in six cases. four larceny
in the second degree and two assault
and battery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
NEW SHIRTS

L. B. Kerr e. Company have Just IN.
packed 25 cases Of the most up to. date
goods in Mems White and Negligee
shirts. This lot comprise the very new
est ideas in New York. They are being
sold with the other goods at Fair Prices.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10

There is an official race program, is
sued under the auspices of the Hawai-
ian Jockey Club. This year it will be
enclosed in a green cover. This is the
only correct program and the public is
cautioned against purchasing bogus
programs,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
ICE HOI1SE nELICACIES.

Camarinos California Fruit Market is
the place for fee house delicacies
Everything the California market af-
fords at this season of the year can be
found at Camarinos'.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
KIDNAPERs AND J1TRIEs.

1t seems to be easier to catch a kid
naper than to get a decent jury in
Omaha, and the kidnapers don't go to
sleep on their beats either.-Chicagc
Record Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10

PACIFIC HEIGHTS RAILWAY.
No grander scenic view to be had
than Pacific Heights affords. Take the
Pacific Heights Electric Railway and
have a pleasant outing. Round trip
fare only 10 cents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
pIFFERRNCE or TEN DEGREES.

DIFFERENCE OF TEN DEGREES.
a The difference in temperature be-
tween Honolulu town and Pacific
Heights is now 10 degrees Fahrenheit
and the difference in humidity from 10
to 20 degrees. This makes Pacific
Heights the long looked for ideal site
for residence purposes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10

The Customs Tariff Act of 1897 with
alphabetical schedule, revised un TO
July 1st, 19O0-an indispensable book for
all importers, just received and for sale
by the Golden Rule Bazaar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
COLLEGE HILLS

The Electric Car line is being rapidly
constructed through College Hills and
is to be in operation by September 1st.
The private water supply will be laid
through every block by July 1st.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
SHAw,S RESIGNATION.

1t is the intention of Acting Governor
Cooper to accept the resignation of Tax
Assessor Shaw and to appoint Major
Pratt to the office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
HAWAIIAN
! TRUST and INVESTMENT
COMPANY, LTD

ACTS AS EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRA-
TOR, TRUSTEE, ASSIGNEE AND
RECEIVER.
FINANCIAL AGENT FOR INDIVI-
DUALS OR CORPORATIONS.
ACTS AS TRUSTEE OF CORPORA
TION MORTGAGES.
ASSUMES ENTIRE CHARGE OF
REAL ESTATE.
DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST COL
LECTED AND REMITTED.
BONDS, STOCKS AND SECURITIES
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM
MISSION AT THE STOCK EX-
CHANGE OR ELSEWHERE.
SAFE TO RENT IN BURGLAR
PROOF VAULTS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10

CONTINUED to page five.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

which has the fur and shape of an otter, a tail like an eel and the habits of an aquatic insect feeder. Is only an extraordinary form of we'll known family. But creatures like the banda is very pretty, beautifully furred carniverous creatures found fin the forests of the Eastern Himalayas. It is sometimes called the bear cat" It's fur is rich red chestnut above and a jet black below, the tail long and ringed like a raccoon's, and its habits rather like those of a bear. It sucks up water instead of tapping it, and sits upon its launches to light. Another and larger banda, white in color, was found by that indefatigable naturalist. Pere David, in Thibet. The binturong is kind of Asiatic kinkajou, found in Sumatra and Java. It is the only prehensile- tailed animal in the Old World, a distinction which appears to have struck naturalists more than the detachment of the animal from all other forms. 1t has a short. blunt head, woolly. soft fur. and teeth adopted for getting an honest living by almost any means. Its color is black, It's gait slow, its tail very long and prehensile. it's ears tufted and frniged with white. It has been called racoon and civet, and other even less creditable names. and most cer- tainly should only be called by It's own
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
APOLOGY FOR THE BATH.
Claims That Much Water is Not
 Necessary to Cleanliness.


 Philadelphia Medical Journal:
 Florence Nightingale once said that a person could wash and be clean with only e quart of water. but she spoke probably from necessity. not choice. for she had been a nurse in the Crimea. where water, doubtless, was scarce. When she was in England, we suspect she took to her tub. Now comes Dr, c. W. Lyman in The New Voice and tries to make us believe that bathing 10 only a compromise of civilization. In real state of nature. according to some German professor whom he quotes man would require no bathing. His skin would be exposed constantly to the sun and wind and rain. and would be brushed by dewey branches and grasses." This sort of thing. ac- cording to pr. Lyman. and the German professor, would be sufficient to keep a man clean. They take no account of the fact that many primitive people are great swimmers and bathers in the rivers. lakes and sea. Where they And the "state of nature" about which they talk so giibly, we do not know. They think that i've need constantly to work back toward the superb skin cir culation of the savagc"-in order to do which they imply that we should all Ro naked and never bathe. The skin. they claim, when exposed to all the yiciasitudes of the weather. develops a vastly more extensive circulation than ia seen in the clothed men of civilization.
 From all which 1t appears that only wild men do not need to bathe. and that the hathtub Is docried and avoid- ed only by savages and theorists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01
BLOOD AND IRON.

You could not live an hour without iron tn your blood.
 You could not get the beneht of one breath of air without this same iron.
 The blood runs the circuit of the body every three minutes, and when lt reaches 4he iungs each atom of iron takes two atoms of oxygen back with it to keep che fires of life going. This. oxygen de- atroys waste matter and helps to restore your wasted tissues.
 If your blood lacks iron you lack that much of life; you fail that much to Keep up the needed repair of your bodles-that as. you get run down and sick. This ae- counts for the hfe-givtng properties o1 Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic. Ii supplies iron; and to do that is to restore the full Bodybuilding power to the blood. This iron has a peculiar nfe-auickenlns fbnc- tion; vitality goes down whenever any propoFtion of the iron is lacking. Ni6or and strength return just as surely when this element is restored.
 pr Harter's Iron Tonic helps sick or tatns the particular blood-making ana strength-giving form of iron that the syS' tenn needs. This remedy purifes sno en. riches the blood. tt increases the actiVlty of the stomach. liver and Monsys' Avercomes nervousnesS and builds up VI. taiity and strength. It agTeea win the most delicate and deserves your conh' aence because 1t has been dolng al these things for fOEty-nye years, ftepafea Dayton, Ohio Sold everywhere W s~uaaaS - ---~-@-~-w
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

whether Mir. .siiisstee Is te rrsseAs sn entirely original characterization of the melsneholy Dane will remain a mystery till he h ready Co invite the pubic te cr.ticise and satisfy its curfoaity on this point. The actor re- ceived a communication a short time ago from one of his admirers, which began by commenting the tragedian, saying that in the writer's opinion Mfr. Gillette was the only actor who could play Hamlet" in one act, the dialogue to consist of two passages. This is the idea Mfr. Gillette's friend suggest- ed.
 ACT I.
 Enter at rise of curtain, the Ghost and Hamlet.
 The Ghost-Know you. thou noble youth. the man that did take thy fathers life now wears his crown?
 Hamlet-Thcre needs no ghost come to tell me this, (puffs at his cigarette) for dost thou not know am Sherlock Holmesf
 , CQuick and final curtain).