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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
HAWAIIAN SHARK GODS.
Fish Deities Set Up by the Natives q
the Fishing Communities
Along the Coast.

Not long ago the Hawaiian fisher
men had many strange fish gods. and
falr proportion of the natives in the
outlying islands believe in them to this
day, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
of all fish, the greatest was the
shark, and almost every fishing To-
CAVITY along the coast had its own
shark god, whose name, history, hid
Ing place and appearance were well
known to every fisherman. They app
pointed pahu, or keeper, for it, who
was responsible for it's care and vor-
ship, and who had to carry pig or
FOWL to it at certain periods. The
kahu would talk to the shark when
it arose from the deep to get the food,
and sometimes, according to the Ha-
waiian stories. these shark gods be-
came so amiable that they would let
the keepers pat them.
In return for the keepers care, il
was confidently believed that the
shark god would protect him if lie
fell into the water, and even carry him
to shore if he was capsized.
The largest and most famous of the
Hawaiian shark gods was Kuhaimoana,
huge fish whose mouth was de-
scrlbed as being as large as a grass
hut. He was probably one of the inn
mense Pacific ocean sharks known as
pasklng sharks, for the stories that
are told of him describe him as be-
ing able to swallow an ordinary
shark. The channels around the is
lands of Maui and Oahu were too shall
low for his mighty body. and most of
the time he remained in the deep wa
ter of kaula. The keeper used to go
out far to sea in canoe to offer him
the sacrifice of the people.
Almost as famous was the shark
god kamohoalii. who used to assume
the human form. When he was a
man he lived near the crater of the
volcano of Mauna Loa. and even the
great goddess Pele herself did not
dare to let the smoke of her immense
volcanic fires blow near the abode of
the shark god. Many Hawaiian fish
ermen still believe that Kamohoalii
swims to-day in the deep water off
Maui. and some worship him as their
god, and offer him gifts.
pretty shark god legend is that
of Kaahupahau and Kahiuka, sister
and brother who wandered away one
day and disappeared. At last their
relatives learned that they had been
transformed into sharks. and they be-
came the gods of the district.
These two shark gods lived on
terms of great friendship with the
people, and did them all sorts of kind
nesses. Such Hawaiians as still be-
lieve in shark gods believe that the
sister is dead now, but that Kahiuga
still lives in cave near the Eva
lagoon, where he often does good
deeds, such as saving the fishermen's
nets in storms.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
elias. That will Not Crack.

A new kind of glass that resists
great heat as well as sudden changes
of temperature is made from Brazilian
quartz pebbles. The pebbles are
heated red-hot and then thrown into
distilled water. The purest pieces are
next selected and welded with the oxy
hydrogen blow pipe into long stems
like knitting needles, from which glass
vessels of any shape can be made, At
present the quartz glass is. chiefly en-
lloyed for making laboratory appara-
tus. Into test-tube made in this way
white-hot coal can be dropped with
out breaking it. Vessels of other forms
can be heated white-hot and then
plunged into cold water without crack
ing.-Youth's Companion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
REPUBLICS VERSUS WOMAN.
Where She Has a Chance to
Become Ruler.

Our country, according to NJ. LIE
Roux, is in danger from the prece-
dence given to women. Minerva, ac-
cording to him, sprang from the head
of Jove, not from the head of Juno.
He is afraid of too many grass eggs
in America. Now along comes one
Mrs. Woolsey, with a book to prove
the exact opposite. The book is shrill
and innocent, but the fact that it
found publisher perhaps proves that
the woman's rights spouters are not
all dead. This volume called "Repub-
lies VS.. Woman demonstrates that it
is better for women to live in mon
arches, for, in England or China, a
woman has chance to become a
queen, whereas with us she cannot be
president. She is not in the directory,
her face on the currency is impersonal,
there are no streets named after her,
and no battleships, the funeral of even
a presidents wife is private, and there
is no place for women in masculine
clubs. According to the authors notes,
her hits against the tyrant sex were
received by her woman audiences with
"shreks of laughter The same re-
spouse might have been elected had the
audience been composed of men. The
work deserves the serious considera-
ton of Lavinia, queen of the Holland
Danes. of Sorosis, and of Carrie Ma
ton. 1t proves that the United States
is the most intoxicated, hypocritical,
licentious and condemned country on
the face of the earth, because its gov
errors are men, writes Norman Hap
good, in Golfers Weekly.
During the time 1 kept tab" says
the author. whose English is remark
able. 81 found that over three-fourths
| of the victims of murder were women
the majority of their murderers be-
ing their husbands" Russia ought to
address a note TO "that masculine oil
garchy, the American republic, espe-
cialy as the murderers are. in the vast
lean men,"
| Royal women CAP propose marriage
and ask for dances; but no woman in
| this country, according to Mrs. Wool
sey. has either of these privileges. Sane
ia simplicitas. There is something holy
in such ignorance. About her we
would ask, as she asks about all worthy
women: where are its public monu.
ments to such?"
| In America, when a man becomes
drunk he uses an AK to beat his wife's
brains out. In monarchies, the liquor
| only makes him happy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
WHERE CITY GETS FISH.
Four Quarters of the Country Arc
Thoroughly Raked to supply
ChicaEO's Demand.

When Chicago sets in to eat fish ae
1t is now doing, tons and tons are re-
quired to go around. The four sections
of the country are raked to geta varied
supply and queer specimens find their
way to this market. From Boston, New
York, Baltimore, the southern coast,
and Seattle d great supply is sent every
day, says the Chicago Tribune.
Last year the Illinois river failed in
producing it's average catch of carp.
This river is said to be the greatest
carp stream in this country, but the
river was so high last season that it did
not, so fish men say, produce more than
five per cent. of the great quantity it
generally sends to the east. 1t is not
known that Chicago eats carp by the
boatload. During Christmas week the
market in this city is said to demand
10000 pounds. This fish is largely con-
sumed by the Bohemians. While the
price usually ranges from two to seven
cents pound, last Christmas it ran up
to 20 cents pound for rough carp.
During the fall and winter months
six tons of carp were taken from the
Fox lake region in Illinois. The Illinois
fish commission contracted with C. w.
Iriggs, of Chicago, to take the fish out
on the condition that he should have
all the carp. dogish, gar and turtles
that he would take in his seine. the OBJ
Ject being to rid those waters of all the
species that destroy game fish. The
work was and is now being done under
the close scutiny of a game warden
whose duty it is to see that all bass and
other game fish are thrown back into
the water. Most of the carp so taken
have been shipped to the New York mar
ket, which does not require the fish to
be shipped alive, while Chicago does.
1T is claimed that the carp taken from
this region are the finest produced in
the state. The meat is said to be clear
of the muddy taste detected in the
catch of other sections of the state
Tons of halibut are brought to Chi
cago during the season. This big, fiat
fellow comes from Seattle. frozen stiff,
and in that condition is cut up into
steaks. Few people realize the extent
of the sales of this kind of fish alone
large amount of fish comes UP from
North Carolina trout streams: there
are thousands of pounds of lobster,
besides the great bulk of oysters that
come from Baltimore and other places
in the east.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
vice makes poverty despicable, and

vice makes poverty despicable, and
where poverty encourages vice.
Careful study of this problem of
systematic charity develops one sin
gular fact; and that is, that the Chris
tians who love their fellow men lin
prayer meetings) are buying and
renting houses in alleys. Their in
vestments yield ten per cent. or up
wards; and, as they grow rich out
of the hard earnings of the poor.
they thank God that they are not as
other men are.' There are alleys
which are respectable, but they are
all paths downward to poverty and
it's kindred, crime. 1t is to the alleys
that fuel and food are taken by tho
associated charities. Whole families
dwell in single rooms of alley houses,
and five families have been found
huddled in one alley house of three
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
AN EXCITING RACE.
When President Harrison Took After
Goat and Ran the Animal
Down.

81 saw an interesting race a few
years ago." said an employe of the
treasury department, as he looked
across the way to the white house
grounds the other day, says the Wash
ington Star.
The participants were Benjamin
Harrison, then president, and billy
goat that toted his little grandson,
Baby Mckee, shout the executive
grounds. 1t was an exciting race, too,
and it looked for time as if the goat
were to be victorious. 1t also demon
strated that the former president of
the United States was Splinter of no
mean ability.
''The afternoon refer to the goat
was hauling Baby Mckee about the
front yard and Gen. Harrison was
walking about so as to be near at hand
in case there was the possibility of any
harm coming to his grandson.
Finally, without warning, the goat
started down Executive avenue on q
brisk canter. At the foot of the de-
scent there was an excavation where
workmen had been repairing the
street. The president saw this and
started on walk behind the cart.
"The goat went faster and the presi.
dent quickened his steps. When he
heard footsteps behind him the goat
gave toss to his head and broke into
a genuine run. When half way down
the walk the president and goat were
each doing his level best. The presi-
dents coat tail shot straight out be-
hind and the patter of his feet on the
concrete pavement sounded for all the
world like Il woodpecker's attack on
a soft maple in the early spring.
For an instant they were neck and
neck, but finally President Harrison
made squirt, and by a brilliant coup
caught the bride of the feet-footed
billy goat just before the excavation
was reached. Baby Mckee was as I'M
concerned as could be, but his distin-
guished grandfather was pretty we'll
winded as he led the goat and cart
back to the white house.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
Largest Exporter.

In 1902 this country was the largest
exporter of domestic merchandise in
the world, while no longer ago than 1870
her exports were exceeded by three
countries, France, Germany and the
United Kingdom. In favorable bal
ance of trade" or excess of exports
over imports, the United States also
holds first rank among the nations
Chicago Post
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
Wanted Every Detail.

Pauline, aged six, was listening to
the story of the marriage at Cana and
the miracle of the water and the wine.
After her mother had finished her re-
cital the little girl inquired:
Mother, what did you say was the
name of the gentleman what gave the
party ?"--N, y. Tribune,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
Husband Learns.

Wederley-My wife is one of the
most affectionate women 1 ever saw.
Singleton-lndeed!
Yes; no matter at what hour of the
day or night happen to come home
she always meets me at the door with
kiss"
Pooh! That's not affec;iont it's
suspicion. STRAY Stories.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
English Good Enough,

When the emperor of China tele-
graphed his coincidence to the emperor
ofJapan on the death of Prince Komat-
su, he used the English language. The
reply was also in English.--Londop
News,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
Uncle Reuben Snxs;

Now and den in my life hev bin sur
prised al de willingness of men to lend
me money, but | hev allus found dat
aey was jist as anxious to git it back
wild seven per cent. interest added
Detroit Free Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
Cause OF DELAY.

Husband Gmpatiently) Where's
your mistress? She said she'd be ready
in a minute and I've waited half an
hour.
Maid-She''ll be down in second,
sir. She's changing her complexion to
match her new gown.-Chicago Daily
News
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-03
WALK. of Her rrouhles.

A woman with aches and pains sci
dom gossips; she prefers talking aboW
her ailments.-Atchison Globe,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14
KING EDWARD LEAVES PARIS
Boarded Royal Yacht at cheroours
For ENGLAND.

Paris. May king Edward left
Paris for home His departure was
delayed so that he might visit the
salons. President Loubet accompan-
led him TO the Station des lnyaIides
with the same ceremony that attended
the royal visitors arrival. Despite
the ugly rumors which we're circulated
in London that the king had been as
sassinated. he passed through the tes'
rvities arranged in his honor at the
French capital unhsrmed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14
Bone FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
lad feeding. Call the disease
tickets if you want to. The
rowing clfild must cat ths
'ight food for growth. Bones
nust have boL. food, blood
.ust have blood food and
L through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
reatment for soft bones in
hildren. Littledoses everyday
i've the stiffness and shape
at healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
DOSE joints grow stronger and
.rmness comes to the soft
lads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands of cases Scots
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT e. BOVINE. Chemists.
4O9-4I5 Pearl Street. New York
soc. and 81 90 all druggists.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14
Boarded ROYAL Yacht.

Cherbourg. May 5.-The royal train
arrived here last evening. A salute OF
l0l guns was fred from the fort in
honor OF the king. At all the places
through which the train passed on its
way from Paris crowds assembled and
cordially greeted his majesty with
cheers. \ second salute was hred
when his majesty entered the arsenal.
and when he descended from the train
military honors were paid him, and
the band played God Save the King.
The king embarked on launch OF
the maritime authorities and was con
yeyed to the Victoria and Albert. the
royal Yacht.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14

The unusual number of thunder
storms last summer should have been
accompanied by large amount ofsour
milk, if the old belief that thunder
storms sour milk is true, but there has
been no complaint on that score so far
as reports show, says Hoard's Dairy
man. Ii is certainly true that milk is
frequently found sour after a severe
thunderstorm, and 1t is natural that
there should be popular belief Of a
relation between the two facts, but as
soon as we endeayor to verify the
claim by the actual trial of sweet milk
by electrical discharges we find that
the electricity fails to work and the
milk remains sweet, for electricity in
the form Of sparks discharged ipdef-
nitely over the surface of milk fails to
show any effect in producing acid or
souring the milk.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14
Mrs. RurdIek 70 Get s2s, 900.

Buffalo, May By an order hand.
ell down by Justice KruSe in the Su-
preme Court Attorney Wallace Thayer
will get $4,000 insurance LEFT by Ar
thur X. Peunell. \ decision OF the
court some time ago gave Thayer sl5.'
900 OF insurance from another com
pany. The $4,000. is Is understood,
goes to Mrs. Burdick. Mr.. Thayer
sued for the money as trustee OF a
secret charge left by Pennell Oppo'
sition to the suit instituted by J. Fred
erick Pennell as administrator Of his
brothers es ate was dropped after the
document left In Thayer's hands had
been explained.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14
interchangeable Iooo.Mile Refund
Tickets.

Commencing June |, 1903, inter
changeable 1OOO-Mile Refund Tickets
will 5e placed on sale, limiteG to one
year from date of issue, good only for
transportation Of the owner, with usual
free allowance Of 80 pounds baggage,
over any of the following lines
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
ROAD. between all point. east Of
the Ohio River and het ween Pits
burg and Kane. Also to and from
points on Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway and Central Railroad
of New Jersey between PhIladel-
phia and New York
CHESAPEAKE ANDC% RAIL
WAY. Fast Of and including
Huntingdon
DELEW ARE, LACKAWANNA
AND WESTERN RAILROAD.
ERIE RAILROAD. East of and
including jamestown and Suspcn-
sion Bridge
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Theses tickets will be sold at rate OF
$1,000 each, subject to refund Of $1,000
surrender of cover to Trunk lines Mil
age Ticket Bureau, No. l43 Liberty
Street, New York, at any time within
eighteen months from date Of pur-
chase.
THIS form of ticket will be issued in
Difference to request Of numerous pat
rons of the lines IN interest desiring one
ticket good over several lines instead
of having to provide themselves a. al
present with a separate ticket for each
line they desire to use.
Agents at principal stations ot III,
railroads named above will have thes'
tickets on sale and give all further in
formation regarding them that may
be required.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers. they fiji
ter cut the waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or cut
Of order, they fail 10 DO
their work.
Pains, aches and rheu-
rnatlsrn come from eX-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due 10 neglected
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14

klUllCy NSGLlc.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used 10 be considered that only urinary
troubles were 10 be traced 10 the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
you are sick you can make no mistake
BY first doctcring your kidneys The mild
and the extraordinary effect OF Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-ROOt, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. Il stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits E
BY all druggists in fifty a
cent and one-dollar siz- - ~ -,
es. You may have sSs:E sS1@E
sample bottle BY mail Home Of swamp Roof
free. also pamphle, telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Menton This paper when writing Or. Klmes
& Co., Binghamton, N. ~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14
Oyer-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
FALLING AT MEMPHIS
Worst of the Mississippi River
Flood Thought to Be
Over.

Memphis. Tenn, March 22.-The river
continues slowly to fall at this point.
the gauge tonight registering 1876 feet
The flood conditions are becoming
brighter and il is generally accepted
that the worst is over Reports from
the leyees both north and south or
Memphis are that they are holding
spIendidly.
The railroads west Of the river viii
be open for traffic by Wednesday next.
il is believed. More refugees arrived to-
dav from the south and are being TAX
en- care OF by the authorities The
shipment of tents by the government
from Jenersonville. Ind, Is expected
tomorrow and q refuge camp VIII De
pitched with ample accommodations Tor
all flood sufferers.
Reports from Natchez state that
while the weather today has been most
favorable for effective leyee work, it
was found necessary TO send more men
to the Sycamore Ievee i'm Concordia
Parish la. it was expected that the
grade would be reached yesterday, but
when daylight broke this morning the
work was so far behind that the New
Orleans & Northwestern railroad sent
sixty men To the front. There has not
been enough sunshine to dry out the
earth with which the men have to
work. The fears of the people have
been increased by the continued rise
in the river. and though the levee men
and engineers contend that Sycamore
viii hold. oId-timers who have expert
enced high waters are skeptical, as a
heavy pressure is yet TO come.
The Natchez gauge tonight reads
1890 rise Of = i'm the past twenty
four hours and rising.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
CUTTING A WIDE SWATH
Ambassador ChOate Very Much
in Evidence in London
These Days.

London March 22.-No cabinet min
lister is taking a more active part in
English public life than Ambassador
Choate. There is scarcely a function
or an interesting dinner but that the
ambassador is present. one OF the
most remarkable Of these will be the
White Friars clubs annual ladies'
banquet on May ], when Mr. Choate
win propose a toast, TO which Sarah
Grand viii reply.
The White Friars' club. in a booklet
describing the guests on the occasion.
says. I'm periods scienullant with wit
Mr.. Choate has forged new and strong
cT links iu Luglish-AmeriCau unity
IN other ways the dinner will be an un-
usual event. FOR among those present
viii be the Countess OF Warwick. Mary
81, Leger Harrison, Mrs. w. *. Cliff
ford. Beatrice Harraden and Mrs. Al
ice MeyneII.
Mrs ChOate is almost as active as
the ambassador. At the opening of the
Royal Amateur Art sOciety's exhibition
today the wife of the ambassador made
a speech I'm which she said.
'In these days of uuseemly haste. in
which ones amusement is pursued in a
breathless hurry, 10 is refreshing and
edlt-iug 90 see groups Of cultivated
people producing such meritOriOus
works of art, which speak volumes for
their beneficial repOse and elevation not
usually gained IN this exciting life"
Mr. ChOate is constantly invited TO
be present at similar functions and en-
tertainments