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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
ABOUT CHAPPED HANDS.
II . Little Care II Exercised, No Wen.
an Need Go Around with Un-
attractive Wrists.

This winters trouble with chapped
hands has renewed the interest OF
women, and men, too, in lotions ard
other things which help to keep them
soft, and many authorities are
quoted on the subject of the care al
the hands.
The chief reason of this common
but annoying complaint of cold
weather is that the skin, losing its
elasticity because of lack of natural
secretion at time that atmospheric
conditions do not induce perspira-
tion, becomes unduly dry and con-
tracted, and SO liable to crack. 1t
is a tender skin that will do this,
because tender skins are thin and
delicate, and cannot stand what
rougher ones will.
Another cause is carelessness in
drying the skin after washing it,
particularly if it is washed immc-
diately before going out into the
open air or directly after coming in.
Very many persons in cold wealth
er dare not wash their hands either
before going out or Immediately aft
er coming in, for if they do, even
though the water they use be warm
their skin will burn so as to be pain
full, and it will look red besides.
They may avoid such an annoy.
ance If they will rub ON the hands a
little cold cream or camphor ice, al
low it to remain on a moment or so
and then remove it with soft old
handkerchief, either of silk or cam
brio.
Another delightful emollient for
the hands, arms and neck is fine oat-
meal. Put it into flannel bag, boil
and then place it in the water intend.
ed for ablutions, or it may be kept
dry in jar on the toilet table and
some rubbed on the hands whenever
they are washed. Honey rubbed into
the skin, while still wet, drying it in
as the skin is dried, is also a preven.
tive of chapping.
If hands were dried more carefully
there would be less roughness of the
skin. A good plan is to dry the hands
well, after using the towel, with al
old, soft silk handkerchief.
Glyccrine is an old friend, but as
alone it is irritating to most skins
it should be Diluted with rose water
or pure water, one part of glycerine tc
three parts of rose water. If about one
dram of acetic acid is used to ore
ounce of glycerine, it helps to re.
move any stain from the hands.
If a woman is wise she will take
the precaution to wear gloves whe;
busting room or doing any KIND OF
work that will soil her hands.-Chi.
cago Record-Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

The precious pearl is produced, AT
least in many cases, by the presence of
minute parasite in the sheu-secret-
ing mantle of the pearl-oyster and
other mollusks from which pearls are
obtained. A spherical sac forms around
the parasite, which becomes a nucleus
about which the substance of the gem
is gradually built up in concentric lay
ers. Sometimes the parasite remains
at the center of the pearl, and some
times it migrates from the sac before
it has become hopelessly imprisoned.
Reasoning upon these facts, DR.. H..
Lyster Jameson, to whose efforts the
discovery of some of them is due, sug-
gests the possibility of the artificial
production of marketable pearls by in
fecting beds of pearl-oysters with the
particular species of parasites that
are known to attack such mollusks
with the effects above described
Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
THE DESERTED FARMHOUSE

The burdock crowds against the walls
Where clematis has been;
The catbird on the threshold calls,
The rabbit frisks within
The quail her brood of nestlinRs rearp
Beneath the sagging gate;
In all the countryside appears
No place more desolate
The sun. unchallenged. bold surveys
The bare and dusty floors;
The breeze through hall and chamber plays
As free as out-of-doors.
At night the bat ana ow, pursue
Their flight from side to side;
While sleet and rain and sun and dew
Seek entrance. undenied
The people come. the people 90.
Along the winding road:
Fair. golden fields stretch far below
With health and plenty sowed.
And, tho the old house stands aloof,
A ruin Ger the lea,
Still dwells beneath the tsttered roof
A goodly company.
when springtime weavex . mantle green
When summer lulls to sleep;
When fall strews bounty on the scene:
When winter SHOWS exo deep;
BY day, BY night. come guest on guest
The thoughts Of those who roam.
But fam again would know the ret
And peaoe Of this Oh home.
pTew1n = eeP!a. " ~ JeuraqA
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
BLUE GRASS BEAUTY.
Miss LouisIana Gibson Appointed
Chief Maid of Honor Of Next
COnfederate Reunion.

Miss Louisiana Gibson, of Lexing.
ton. KY, recently appointed by Gen.
j. B. Gordon as chief maid of honor
for the next confederate reunion to be
held in New Orleans, received her name
Louisiana" in honor of the famous
Louisiana purchase.
She is the daughter of Col. Tobias
Gibson and niece of Col. Hart Gibson,
both confederate officers and infiuen-
tial Kentuckians. She is also niece
of Gen. Randall Gibson. late United
States senator from Louisiana.
The Gibsons, the McKinleys, the
Prestons, the Breckenridge, Harts
and Shelbys are closely related Amer
lean families, members of which have
been conspicuous not only on the bat
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Successful experiments have been
made for obtaining alcohol and sugar
from pine and brich sawdust.
In Canton there are IL German firms
which do so per cent. of the total i'm
port trade of that port, and rs per cent.
of the export traffic.
That the gas engine, large or small,
is now developed to an efficiency at
which it can rival the steam engine in
reliability is admitted.
French cabinet makers have learned
. way of preparing sawdust and max
ing it into articles of ornament that
resemble carved woodwork.
The Geographical society of London
has awarded the Gill memorial medal
TO Ellsworth Huntingdon, the Ameri-
can. explorer of the Euphrates region.
On the Gath of February last just 100
years had expired since the first side
walks, as we know them, were built in
Paris, the first city in the world that
had them.
An island off the Russian coast at
Cape Ruszkij Saworot recently left its
moorings and drifted northward. The
government had TO send steamer to
rescue the inhabitants.
France has an excess of firewood,
which sells with difficulty, and an in
sufficiency of wood for manufacture.
Her bill for imported wood amounts to
$2,000,0 600 year. England'si so times
that sum.
The cause of dizziness or vertigo in
looking from the top of high tour or
building is that in looking about the
eye must adjust itself SO rapidly to diff
ferent horizons that one gets the sensa-
tion of a lack of equilibrium.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
The Mock Trial
BY PHILIP MANILA.

II ARRISON was hunting all over the
ii the chip to get some pieces of old
rope to tear into strands and out OF
which to manufacture q beautiful
blond wig of long, wavy tresses.
The ship was three days out OF Homo
lulu and still eight days from Japan,
and, according to all time honored GUS
toms and traditions the psychological
moment had arrived for the mock trial
in the salon after dinner that night.
Harrison had worked all day fixing up
a case. He had picked La Verne as the
proper victim for the defendant. La
Verne was tall and dark, with black
eyes and mustache, and Harrison
thought he would make a fine defend
ant for either breach of promise case
or wife desertion. He was popular
with the women on board, considered
the prince of good fellows in the smok-
ing room. and altogether what Har-
rison termed Q bright and shining
mark" DR.. Martin, a young dentist
going out to Shanghai, was to be the
lady in the case whose deepest, truest
and sincerest affections had been torn
into tatters by the designing La Verne.
DR.. Martin was slight in figure, with a
smooth, girlish face, and Harrison de-
cided that If he were dressed in one
of the stewardess' dresses and adorned
with the blond wig he would make an
extremely dashing and lovely plaintiff,
calculated to arouse the tears of the
sternest juries.
That night after dinner the Japan
ese sailors and the Chinese walters
ceased glaring at each other long
enough to move the tables around and
arrange the salon to look like court
Then the passengers who were not to
take part in the trial except as audi
ence came trailing in and took their
seats, whispering excitedly as to what
a good joke this was on dear Mr.. La
Verne and how much fun il would all
be, and who in the world was to be the
plaintiff.
Old Mrs. Muttsford, who was the
newsiest and busiest little woman on
the ship, whispered to everybody with
in reach that the case against Mr.. La
Verne was to be for desertion and nom
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

support. "Idon't know" she said, "but
one of the boys is to be the plaintiff,
and, goodness me, the sailors have been
fixing him up big blond wig all the
afternoon. o, it will be such fun. Mr..
La Verne is the one, too, for defend
ant. It's so absurd thinking of him
as wife deserter and all that. o, lido
hope they will begin right away"
But down in the smoking cabin there
was trouble. Harrison had been alb
ruptly told by DIR. Martin that he
could not and would not play the part
of the plaintiff in the case. Harrison
fairly shieked. "Why, Martini" he
said, 'you were the one that suggested
the whole thing, and now you're 60
ing to quit after I've fixed everything
up. Pretty hole you've got me into"
Martin waited awhile, and then said,
as if sudden idea had seized him:
NJ say, Harrison, you know my cousin
who came on board at Honolulu and
has been sick in her cabin ever since
would go ahead and take the part.
That is, If you will promise to say
nothing about it. She is fully as tall
as am and she has real golden hair,
so she won't need the rope wig, and
she can wear her own clothes much
better than l can wear those of that
big, fat stewardess. Then she'll daub
on the red paint pretty strong, so that
1t will look as though she is made up
and as no one knows her. who can say
that it isn't me made up for the part?
Harrison made a jump for Martin
and shook both his hands convulsive-
ly. "Quick, of course, all right. 20
ahead and have her get ready at once" /"
The august court, who was south
ern politician going out to Singapore
as consul, had appeared in the salon
and seated himself on his throne.
Then the lawyers had appeared and
indulged in few preliminary wran-
giles, and the jury had taken its place
and was Immediately accepted without
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

We sisters of the stage are in advance
that is, we lead the wayne picture
what is to be rather than portray what
has been. And am not sure but that
the chief exploitation is that of health.
Surely there is no harder worked
creature than the modern actress; and,
to be able to perform her work, health
is the one great essential. The actress
is literal slave. She can go nowhere,
see no one; she must be careful of her
diet and of her nerves. The routine of
her life must be carried on with alb
solute military precision. She must
sacrifice all that a woman most loves
in order that she may be physically able
to carry on her work. 1t is the prep
aration of this work, the physical prep
aration, that is SO vital to the modern
actress.
This preparation means time and
money; it means, in a sense, a life of
luxury, but it is an expensive luxury;
but, after all, this luxury, se-called, is
an extreme necessity. While it is true
the leading actresses of the country
make money in large quantities, little
of it is being saved. Their income
must be spent with a lavish hand.
Itis the accessories of ones Iife-the
life of an actress that are so essential
the masseuse, the manicure, the hair
dresser and the maids-and oftentimes
so many of them-all of the necessary
helpers in the great battle for health.
There is the cold plunge in the morn
ing that must be taken in the proper
temperature; the drives and other out
of-door exercises--thec constant, cease
less care of the body that takes up
the necessary routine. 1t is q never
ending struggle; therefore 1 repeat
again that the actress, if she be true to
her profession, is indeed slave.
The stage of to-day maynot deal with
philosophical religious thought in the
same earnest manner in which it has
done in the past, nor delight in the de.
piction of abstract phases of charac-
ter, but it does present living men and
women of to-day. To portray the
women the actress is obliged to sum-
mon every art and to perfect herself
in every physical charm that she may
serve as q model for personal attract
iveness.-Virginia Harmed, in Boston
Globe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
American Women Lead the World
by MRS. CAROLINE p. WALLACE
lecturer the Women Of India.

f1E HE American girl the beautiful Her fulness
of health and vgor and spirit command the admiration of both
all ovet the world while Indian girls shved
led, and ready to die at I8.
These splendid girls the mothers of the naon and their
6uence affairs is immeasurabe
Now think of this beautiful American girl having been wife
the threshold of young
Think of this and you will have picture of the Indian
But of the Indian child do not live be 8 Many
wrined old grandmoths At those who
survived their long of agonzd wood have
of beauty symmetry of figure left.
The Indian widow social outcast She is blamed for the death
of husband She evebody slave To marry her would be
lose your They think motnaw bad enough here
but India the child wife is the the slave of the moen
law The Indian wife is her husbands slave the American wife her
husbands peer things his superior other things The Indian
husband worshpd by his wife her god the american wife =
often called divine" BY her devoted husband
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

In one country, at least, woman's
iress is regulated entirely by the day
of the week. In Siam every woman is
living calendar. On Sunday red silk,
with parure of rubies, is worn; Mon
day brings silver and white dress and
q necklace of moonstones; Tuesday is
dedicated to light red, with coral orna-
ments; Wednesday is devoted to green,
with emeralds; Thursday sees dis.
play of variegated colors, with cats
eye; Friday the lady is arrayed in pale
blue, with flashing diamonds, and Sat-
urday in more somber, darker blue,
with sapphires to match.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

Senator Mason, of Illinois, sat in his
committee room looking out at the
sunshine and singing merrily, albeit
somewhat off the key.
"You seem happy, Billy" said a
friend who came in, "for man who has
just been beaten for reelection"
"Why not ?" asked Mason. 81 always
tried to look on the bright side of
things. Do you remember the story of
the Irish shoemaker out in Chicago
who had both legs cut off by train ?''
"'Cheer up said the surgeon, who
came in trim him up. 1T might have
been worse. You can still work at your
trade
"'Sure it might have been worse, :
answered the Irishman. Suppose /
had been a chorus girl -Pittsburg
Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

Its easy enough to make friends
said Spenders bitterly, "but pretty hard
to keep them"
"Oh, don't know" replied Lenders
i've got number of friends who seem
perfectly willing to let me keep them"
STRAY StorieA
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

Beryl-Such table manners! Wbv. I
hear that Jim eats the pie that his
wife bakes with knife.
Sibyl-If you saw the pies you'd i'm.
agine he'd have to eat them with saw
. chisel and a stone crusher.-Balti.
more Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

Mabel-I've been taking painting les
sons for six weeks, and now I'm going
to have an exhibition and invite all my
friends.
Jack-That's a good way to find out
who are your real friends.-Stray Sto-
ries.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30
Most Healthful STATE.

The most healthful state in the
union is Iowa. with mortality rate
of go per 1000; and the least health
full state is Louisiana, with a mortal
ity rate Of 2o.65 per 1,ooo.-washing.
ton Star,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

Ok tail soup, now regarded as a ma
tional English dish, was first made by
the very poor Huguenot refugees from
France after the revocation of the
edict of Nantes, because or tails then
had NO market value.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

Liverpool and Manchester, hitherto
deadly rivals in trade, have entered in
TO . partnershipi in order to bring about
cotton growing within the British en-
gre
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

1t is found that silk cocoons can be
given any color BY coloring the leaves
upon which the silkworm feeds,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30


Backache is q forerunner and
one of the most common symp-
toms Of kidney trouble ana
womb displacement.
READ MISS B0lLMARS EXPERIENCE.
"Some time ago was in a very
weak condition, my work made me
nervous and my back ached frightfully
all the time, and had terrible head
aches.
"My mother got bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for me, and it seemed to
strengthen my back and help me at
once, and I did not get SO tired as
before. / continued to take it, and 1t
brought health and strength to me,
and ] want to thank you for the
good it has done me."- MISS KATE
BoLLMAN, 142nd st. & Wales Ave-.
New York City. $4,000 forfeit ifovigfnaio Of
abous letter proving genuneness cannot be produced
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cures because it is
the greatest known remedy for
kidney and womb troubles.
Every woman who is puzzled
about her condition should write
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and tell her all.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

The men sat in the smoking room
that night for long time discussing
the mock trial.
La Verne isn't such bad actor.
either" one OF them was saying. "He
plays joke out to the end, too. Just
met one of the Chinese boys,a moment
ago carrying lot of legal looking pa
pers that La Verne had given him down
to Martins room, keeping up the joke,
You know. about the 5000 fortune. /"
Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-30

If he knows of any setter lax
alive and stomach remedy than
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-25
SOME FEW
SENSATIONS
Anything But Dull
About Courts
Yesterday.
Judge Robinson Throws
Up Club Stables
Rehearing.
Mandamus Against Judge Dickey'
Objections to Cummins
Trustee Accounts.

Certainly there was no COMPLAINT
coming from anyone in quest of the
mildly sensational about the judiciary
precincts yesterday. First there was
Judge Gears decision. making it
necessary for misdemeanants, down to
the ordinary drunk, to be indicted by
a grand jury before they can be pun
ished.
Next came the row in the secret
chamber of the grand jury in the fore
noon, only to be divulged on the house
tops of publicity in the afternoon.
Then there ensued the sudden coll
lapse of the Club Stables equity re-
hearing before Judge Robinson.
THE Chiffon CASE.
Finally, in minor details, were re-
peated outbreaks of argument over
the admissibility of evidence in the
Chiffon case of alleged harboring of a
stolen child. Mrs. Place, mother OF
the girl said to have been abducted
and concealed, was on the witness
stand most of the day. The jury had
frequent rests while the lawyers had
| it out on technicalities with much or
atory.
Besides the happenings in open court
some highly interesting matters drop.
| ped on the files in the clerks office.
TRIAL THROWN UP.
| Judge Robinson yesterday afternoon
broke off his hearing of the Clul
Stables equity suit, declining to hav.
more to do with it. The Supreme
Court had set aside a decision by Judg,
De Bolt in favor of the defendants
renting the case to the Circuit Cour
| for such further proceedings as tn,
overruling opinion required. Amongs
the declared views of the appellat,
court was one that sufficient testimon.
had not been taken below to show tina
the disputed salaries were not exces
sive as alleged in the complaint o
Bolte ct al.
The testimony at the former tria
was read now under stipulation, blu
this was not satisfactory to Judg
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JAS. F. MORGAN.
AuciOneof and br0kaf
S47-S57 KAAEIUMANU ST.
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Chances to Purchase
Real Estate
ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1908
AT12 O'CLOCK NOON,

AT u O'CLOCK NOON,
At the Judiciary Building, Honolulu,
there will be sold at Public Auction.
the following valuable properties:
BY F. II. Loucks, Commissioner,
foreclosure sale of Manuel G. Silva, a
valuable parcel of land at Kapaakea,
Honolulu, 51-100 acre. s0x270 feet. near
the Baseball grounds.
Valuable property on Wilder Avenue
and Makiki street, 1910 SO. IT., a very
valuable lot.
Lot of land on Kuakini street. area
3425 50. IT.
By Geo. Lucas, Commissioner, w. F.
Allen, Trustee, VS.. S. K. Kane and
Kealoha Kane:
LIST. Land at Kalia, Waikiki, 1924 so.
it,, more or less.
| End. Land at Kalia, Waikiki, 1891 so.
| it., more or less.
| 3rd. Land at Palikea, Nuuanu, Ca
hu, 1 61-10O acres. more or less.
4th. Lease of land with buildings on
King street, opposite the Honolulu
Stock Yards property. Brings in
good rental.
| BY w. o. Smith, Administrator o!
the Estate of Ethel P. N. Gay, deceas-
ed, one-seventh interest in lands a,
Waikiki, Maui.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-25
USEFUL DISCOVERIES
Are Not Always Startling, Neither Dc
They Create the Most Talk.

are Not Always Startling, Neither Do
They Create the Most Talk.
1t is not always the greatest, most
startling discoveries of science that
are most useful to the human race,
Comparatively few people were d.
rectly interested in HerscheFs finding
Of the new planet Uranus. but MANY
thousands have been benefited by Prof.
Unna's experiments, which proved be-
yond a question that Dandruff and
Badness are the results of the inroads
OF parasitic germ which invades the
roots of the hair
The discovery of the true cause of
badness made Newbro's Herpicfde pos
sible. Herpicide effectuaIly kills this
germ. Destroy the cause and you re-
move the effect.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c.
in stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co, Detroit. Mich.
Hollister & Co., Special Agents.
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bottle of "Wampole's Prepare
tion," and without it none is
genuine. It is palatable as honey
and contains the nutritive and
curative properties of Pure Cod
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fresh cod livers, combined with
the Compound Syrup of Hypo-
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Malt and Wild Cherry. Taken
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power, drives out disease germs,
makes the blood rich, red and
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gives back to the pleasures and
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Mccoy, of Canada, says: 81 tes-
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