The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-20
EDITORIAL SNAP SHOTS.

To the gray and weary elders there
| is solace in the thought. that the young
poets are forever renewing the race.
Faithfully the peach tree blossoms
and the birds come back and shake the
boughts with song; spring is green
with hope, amid the dead leaves of a
lingering winter; and not till these fall
at their appointed season need we fear
that poetry will perish in the hearts of
men.-New orleans Times Democrat.
When inclined to howl because our
naval budget for the next fiscal year is
$50, 100000, it may be worth while to re-
member that the budget of Great Brit
| ain for the same purpose and for the
same time is $lS0,000 UUO.-Syracuse
Post-Standard. s's
Germany not only approprates liber-
ally for the St Louis Fair but will
take her exhibitors goods to the coast
at half price. Some of us may yet be
proposing a protective tariff on foreign
examples of business energy-New
York World.
A st. Louis judge has ruled that
hereafter children will not be allowed
to hear the testimony of their parents
in divorce trials. Thus one by one are
innocent and ennobling pleasures of
childhood being MISUNDERSTANDING Post
1t is simply wonderful, all the things
that can. be done with cottonseed oil.
In December we shipped 2,9O9 tons of
cottonseed oil to Marseilles, France
and it will soon come back to us as
pureo live oil.-Atlanta Constitutions
1t has taken some time to determine
that there is a beef trust, but that de-
cision which has been reached by the
Supreme Court of Missouri will add
$685. 900 to the State Treasurys funds
Kansas City Times.
Admiral Dewey, asked to explain his
remark that the German Navy had
been overestimated, declares that he
meant just what he said. The Ger
man Government estimates that the
explanation is entirely satisfactory. The
Kaiser evidently is not feeling up to his
usual form.-Philadelphi North Anne
rican.
Lo, the poor Indian, having been de-
prived of lands and hunting grounds,
and made to cut his hair, must now
give up his native cognomen. As ruled
by the Indian Bureau, Young Horse
Afraid of His-Oats will become plain
John Smith.-Pittsburg Post.
A daily paper for women, Owned and
managed by women, is to be established
in Chicago. 1t promises that it will
dare to print everything and anything
exactly as 1T really is" The ladies
ought to be ashamed of themselves
Kansas City Star
"Who wants to live in the Mississippi
lowlands, anyway" cries a Georgia ed
itor A good many people do; at least,
so it would seem from the way they
are climbing to the roofs of their
houses, up trees and things,-Atlanta
Constitution.
An egg is a wonderful thing When
it is fresh it may be Jpoached, and
when it isn't it may be used for the
purpose of theatrical criticism. And
the older it is the more potent it is as
an expression of opinion.-New York
Sun.
A New York man 101 years of age Is
boasting that he has chewed tobacco
ever since he was a small boy. His
long life does not confirm the theory
that people get their deserts in this
world-Louisville Courier- journal.
The Buffalo detectives developed the
fact that the late Mr. Pennell had his
trousers pressed at home by the maid.
Now the sartOrial experts win be sure
that he was not in society,-Washlng
ton Post.