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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04

There has been a big furry in the
cotton market, and enormous sums
have been won by a few spectators.
That such possibilities should occur is
against the true principles of trade,
and no doubt they are really democrat
izing, though they are brilliant NO
one ought to make eight or nine mil
lions on the turn of die 1t is really
pure gambling,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04

There is still a very strong anti
Christian feeling i'm China. Every
now and again it breaks out in a burst
of fanaticism. This is kept up largely
by the priests who circulate the most
outrageous libels upon Christianity,
and those who profess that religion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04

The fund appropriated by the last
Legislature to assist worthy young peo-
pie through the Normal school, will De
admirably administered by Mrs. Hall
and Mr., Won Holt. Both have a wide
knowledge of the people of the Ter
ritory, both are sympathetic in their
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04
WiChman & Co., Ltd
1O4S FORT STREET.
Optical Department
" Exclusively Optics"

views, and yet both are unlikely to be
led away by mere sentiment. They
will have quite a task before them in
adjusting the various claims which
will be laid before them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04

Passenger rates at 81 from San Fran
cisco TO the Orient mean a determined
attack and fight to the death between
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

A good bath room, with up-to-dato
furnishings, doesn't. cost much. I will
be pleased at any time to give you
facts and figures concerning the cost
of remodeling your bath room. Look
this up, you cannot afford to expert
ment, IL you are thinking of building,
or contemplate making any changes in
the plumbing line, you cannot afford to
experiment with cheap plumbing, SOON
er or later the work will have to he
done over again. I DO THE WORK
RIGHT, and it costs you no more, the
charges for good plumbing are the
same as for bad,
BATH, THE PLUMBER.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04
Found
Situation Wanted

Competent stenographer and type
writer desires permanent or temporary
employment. Address j. A. c., Star Of
fee.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04

Guaranteed Capital 5000, 10000
Subscribed Capital $4,000, 100000
Paid-Up Capital $780, 10000
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-04
To Rent
Furnished Rooms To Let

A nicely furnished front room. Mos
quito proof and electric light. 494 Bere-
tania near Punchbowl.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

stant's mistaking of port and star
board.
1t is difficult to imagine more ter
rible situation than the paradoxical
one of burning in the midst of vast
expanse Of water, but this condition
Is often presented, and, in fact, during
some Of the mighty naval, engage
meGts was deliberately created by the
fighters engaged.
This condition was strikingly pre-
scented in the destruction of the arma-
da OF philippe H., which went out
az 1t IN" English in 1888 and took
ref4sr in the port of Calais. The
English pushed huge floats of fire to-
ward the armada and in the same man
ner fire was hurled at the enemy in
the form of red hot cannon balls. The
ships of wood, catching fire, eventu-
ally blew up.
Such was the fate of the Orient at
Aboukir In 1898, when Admiral Nelson
defeated the French fleet that was
carrying Napoleon and his troops to
Egypt. On board the Orient the men
were making their last desperate
stand, the dead we're lying about in
heaps and the wounded we're more
numerous than the still uninjured
fighters. All around them was an in
ferno Of shot and shell. They heard
nothing saw nothing, they simply
fought on with the fury of insane des-
peration. The commander, Brueys,
mortally wounded, raised himself up
and cheered his men on to work. The
men had hardly responded when the
volcano let loose inside the Orient did
its work. There was an explosion
that shook the sea, and then the
flames went roaring up through the
sails and rigging of the doomed ship.
The whole battle scene was as light
as day, every detail being brought out
in the red glare of the burning vessel
The smoke tioated over the scene like
a huge vulture, and for the moment
the entire combat ceased, the guns
were. silenced aud the two fighting
forces paused in their work of slaugh.
ter. Then came the finale. There
was a deep, sullen roar, and the ORR
ent leaped into the air and fell back
into the water a mass OF wrecked
timbers. Black darkness shrouded
the scene that an instant before was
a glare Of light, and 900 men OF the
Orient were buried in an ocean grave.
Only 60 men escaped.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22
WROTE IN DESPERATION.
Fat Man Who Was Subjected to Many
Trying Questions.

Fat Man Who Was Subjected to Many
Trying Questions.
The fat man is subjected to various
annoyances, which multiply and make
life a burden to him IL he becomes
very stout.
In country town, an immensely fat
man, who keeps a restaurant, was
asked so many uequestions about his
stoutness that. to obtain partial rest,
he published the following statement:
81 weigh 345 pounds.
IL am fat
IL know am fat
81 am growing fatter every day.
II cannot tell you how much longer !
am going TO get fat.
yes, | have a good appetite.
'Eo, do not eat all the time,
Il do not remember when | was as
thin As you are"
There were forty-five more answrs
to questions that were put, or might be
put, to the stout man every day. His
last statement read as follows:
III there Ia any question that you can
think OF that Is not answered here,
don't be at all bashful. Ask me, and
will try and answer it IL possible
Cassell's Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22
In a New Role.

Mr.. Chamberlain "Brummagen
joe" as Owen Seaman likes to call
him-has reached South Africa and
begun his work of Cancellation. The
role of great paci1cator is new TO
him, and perforce. in view of recent
occurrences, he plays 1t little awk-
wardiy, but he has made a good be-
ginning. and there is happily little
reason to doubt his sincerity.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

The number of soldiers slain in bat
tie depends a great deal on the color
of their uniform. The more conspicu.
GUS the helmet and Jacket the better
the target, and consequently the great
er the mortality. Red attracts the eye
most readily, and twelve men wearing
that color are killed to seven in rifle
green, or six in blue. or five in either
brown, blue-grey, or grey.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

Miss Nenard cured after doc
tors failed to help her. ...s
Lydia Il. PinIlham's We're
table Compound cured me after
doctors hal failed, and / want
other girls TO know about it. Dur
ing monstr"ation | suffered most
intense pain low in the abdomen
and in my limbs. At other times |
had a heavy, depressed feeling
which made my work seem twice
as hard, and | grew pale and thin.
The medicine the doctor gave me
did not do me one bit of good, and
was thoroughly discouraged. The
doctor wanted me to stop work, but,
of course, | could not do that. /
finally began to take Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and felt better after taking the first
bottle, and after taking six bottles
was entirely cured, and am nov
in perfect health, and ] am so CRATE
full for it."-MIss GEoRGIE MENARD,
537 Z. 152nd ST., New York City. -
$1,000 forfeit If original Of sboVS letter proving
gsnHiasness cannot reproduced.
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cures female ills when
all other means have failed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

The man who is trying to live
double life Is generally q man who
can't live one decently.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

All sorts OF useless things are to be
found in the upper stories Of men and
old houses.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

Oh, no, Cousin John! South Ameri-
ca is not South Africa.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

In the less of the Bourgogne the
death list was immense, but in the
loss Of the France il was, in proper
ticn, even greater. The France went
down in 1900 because of an instant of
hesitation and the wrong interpreta-
ton of an order.
The French Mediterranean squad
ron under Admiral Fourier, who was
on board the Brennus, was heading
for Gibraltar on the night of the 10th
IF August. The night was clear and
the moon was shining brightly, so that
as in daytime. Admiral Fournier
wanted to give an order to the tor.
pedo destroyer France to convey to
the cruiser Foudre.
The France was signalled, and,
leaving its place in the line, APP
preached the Brennus to get the or
der 1t laid a course almost parallel
to the big warship at a distance of
scarcely 100 yards. The France was
heading in toward the Brennus and
at the same instant the officers on
both ships saw the danger of col
lision. The commander Of the Fra
NEE rushed to his post and cried the
order, Twenty points to port"
The order was so distinct that those
ON the Brennus heard it plainly and
were satisfied that It's execution would
avert all danger The commander of
the France awaited the immediate
execution OF his command and even
heard the tiller ropes responding, but
to his amazement the man at the
wheel had by some alteration of mind
misunderstood the order--the France
was headed up twenty points to star.
board. The officers acted Instantly
and there was still one chance of es-
cape. BY going full speed ahead the
destroyer might clear the bows of the
Brennus and escape. II was tried
The Brennus was reversed and then
there was an instant OF hope, which
faded as the huge prov of the war
ship tore tho side out OF the little
gunboat
The whole tragedy was enacted in
the space Of three minutes and all
the officers and fourtyfour men OF the
France were lost because of an in
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

STOP THAT RACKIEG COUGH
nd avoid danger Of consumption and pneumonia by
promptly taking Coles Cough Cure. it tastes gooi
nd is good. Every bottle guaranteed. Is and 30
,entS, by all good druggists.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

steamer evidently close at hand, and
the Bourgogne replied with a single
fierce shrek Of its foghorn, and then
before the briefest order could be put
into execution a huge prov, seeming
doubly large in the envelope OF mist
bore down within hailing distance
upon the helpless Bourgogne.
The two ships were made aware Of
each others presence in the same In
slant, but then it was too late. The
other ship, the Cromartyshire, crashed
into the Bourgogne, tearing hole OF
enormous size in her side. The Gro
martyshire was desperately hurt, but
the Bourgogne was mortaliy wounded'
Like huge beast in torture the fog
horn beloved and roared, and every
human being on the ship rushed about
in a perfect panic. 1t was a scene OF
wild tumult and confusion on every
side, and the narratives of what hap
pened vary widely. In any event a
French admiralty board has said the
sailors were heroes, so the case as to
that is closed.
The captain sought to reassure the
passengers and ordered the ship
headed northeast with full steam
ahead, in the faint hope OF reaching
Sable Island and grounding his ship
there before 1t sank
1t was sixty miles to the island, in
a dense fog, with water pouring into
the huge hole in the vessels side. The
water conquered and by degrees it
penetrated to the stoEeholes OF the big
vessel. and then the race for Sable
Island came to an end. The panic
was renewed in all its hideousness,
and out of all on board only a few
were saved.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

Ashland
nothing
.agic, re.
tgisa-
'ttations
Coles
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

ne dat
by my
a Ger.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

s found
lnadian
wheat
are in
ST. sub
Winni-
paper
a mass
|, to the
varied
llations
Sub
: copies
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

.Hks
'aid, of
girl and
ire you,
'istfuny,
,ject.':
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

hid the
rophet,
lplain.
,t. you
IMPLY,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

Week 10
J., MInn.,
FraEee,
ley, Du.
Fabian,
William
railway
Aiinn.,
nneapo-
neys. Oil
AiHn-
h That
sense OF
g system
surfaces
kept on
rs, asthe
,ood you
ICatarrh
Y & Co,
II NAnfA
ilood and
buying
genuine
do, Ohio,
Do Sold
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22

Bits
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
WE HAVE NOTIONS

Good ones too. Our stock is the latest and
most complete. The Belts, Purses, Jewelry
Novelties, Hose Supporters, Ribbons, Etc, are
a delight to purchasers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
c. E. VERM[LYEA
GOOD, DRESSY GLOVES

We have a special line, provided to meet
the demand for gloves for all dressy occasions.
They are the very best values we nave been
able to offer you. Your choice of all the new
shades in all sizes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
Jnnauschck Got Even,

The following incident, which oc-
Cured in Washington some years ago,
illustrates Nine. JanauseisA's dcsep-
mination Of character and minute sense
of Justice.
afe was staying at hotel whose
management was noted for Its small
ness. She CHANGED to break wash
bowl and when her Aill came found
that she was charged with an entire
toilet set.
) II only broke a wasSbowi," she said
to the manager.
"But it was portion Of the set, was
the answer.
She made no further protest. Pres
emily the occupants of rooms looking
on an inner court were startled BY a
crash. 1t was followed by another.
The manager rushed to Jananseh.k' $
room, from whose windows chinay5are
was being thrown.
whats all thisY' he asked.
ct is my toilet set she answered as
she poised the last piece on the win
dow sill. Il purchased it, and l am
disposing of it according to my own
IDEAS"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22

Thai terrible poison, antimony, known
most familiarly In the compound called
tartar emetic, has very interesting
history. 1t was iztEpduced into medi-
cine some centuries ago by Parcel
sus. Its name signifies that it is
against monks" as sos3e on whom 1t
was tried displayed the Row familiar
symptoms. Its use in modern medicine
has been reduced to the vanishing point
with other depressing measures, such
as bleeding. In the table which ar.
ranges the elements ih series, and
shows their ectioGsf-iso that all are.
probably notifications of,spne universal
substance--therer is a sequence nitro
gen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bis
muth. Sir Lauder Brunton has shown
that these possess many common prop.
critics in their action upon wan and
that these properties vary in relation
to the place of each in the scale. In
the days before chloroform anthony
and tobacco were used to produce the
partial Inconsistencies which attends
their action. .s,.4s ea,eat g"i i
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
How Vest work.

The growth Of the yeast plant il SO
rapid that it's Individual cells can be
seen under the microscope to Gpning up
as buds upon the parent cell and to
grow to full siza These presently give
off buds themselves that expand" in
like manner. In the case Of the yeast
plant the cells remain attached to each
other and thus form branches Of elon-
gated cells fixed end to end. In other
cases the buds drop off, so that the
plant never takes any definite shape,
but remains as a mass Of free cells.
II new cell be formed every minute
by each of the cells present you may
calculate the number that will be pro-
duced in an hour. Thus at the end Of
the first minute there will be two, in
two minutes four, in three minutes
eight, and so on. In five minutes there
will be thirty-two, in ten minutes the
number will have increased to 1,024,
and in fifteen minutes there win be
80, 76S cells.-Hospital. eV'.~a, =.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
An Unavailing Rain PENANG


No country subject to drought is
without its own peculiar method Of
supplicating for rain. That in Kumaon,
northern India, is not the least curious
Of them.
In a country where the population
Is almost entirely dependent upon grain
as a means of subsistence drought
means famine and starvation. During
a drought in Kumaon a Hindoo fakir
imposed penance on himself and was
suspended by his feet from a wooden
beam. In this position he was swung
back and forth for a considerable time
by means of a rope attached to his
body and pulled by fellow fakir.
Both men were besprinkled with ashes
aud mud and were minus all clothing
except for a small cloth around the
waist.
1t is to be regretted that such pious
zeal should have gone without the ex.
pected reward. for the chronicler sadly
related that no rain fell until weeks
after. 49,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
Tickling the nehfars.

John Barrett was only twenty-seven
years old when President Cleveland
appointed him minister to Siam. The
first important task which confronted
the youthful envoy was to press a
claim against the Siamese government
for $1,0O0,0OO. Experienced ambassa-
doris warned him against using threats
in obtaining the money. "Be cunning:
avoid arrogance" they said.
"That is" responded Mr.. Barrett,
s'you favor tickling with a straw to
pricking with a bayonet."
The statesmen nodded assent.
When the young minister had finally
succeeded in collecting the claim the
ambassadors asked in establishment,
"How did you accomplish it?"
"By tickling" explained Barrett. 81
had to tickle them almost to death,
though, before they agreed to pay it."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
A HosfOf RepSrfers.

1t is said that d reporter whot had
been assigned to talk; with an >Anferi-
can millionaire on an<importanf qHes-
ton was repeatedly refused ,admittance
to his house. Then he sought OUT a
senator who was a personal friend Of
the. millionaire and petiioned for his
aid. Armed with the senator's card,
ne returned to the millionaires Mouse
and sent IN his talisman. This,time he
was admitted. .-.
Young man." said the millionaire,
do you Know that sixteen reporters
have called upon ,me today about this
very question and that have refused
10 see them alp" a... Il n -
. Il ought to know it,A sirH'1 responded
the visitor, for T am \the Awhole six
eenr' '%a,-s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
HOW to Warm Gold Plates.

Various departments of household
hints have unaccountably neglected to
tell how solid gold plates may be
warmed for the meat courses at din
ner.
This may be done in the right or
the wrong way. The right way is ex-
emplified at Castle Kilkenny. This is
one of the oldest inhabited dwellings
in the world, some of the rooms being
800 years old. Among its ancient treas
ures is a service. of gold plate.
Besides the ordinary plate service.
Castle Kilkenny has the whole series
of gold cups used at coronation ban
quets down to the time Of George Nv.
The gold Of the service plates is almost
without alloy, consequently very soft
and easily marred. Hence the plates
are warmed and presumably also
washed after use by being dipped into
hot water held by pair Of tongs
whose tips have been muffied in cham
OILS leather. .-.-,..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
Found q Parallel.

An English country vicar discovered
not long ago that one of his male
servants was in the habit OF stealing
his potatoes. He mentioned the fact
to his curate and asked advice.
well" replied the curate. "of course
you must remember what the Bible
says, If any man take away thy coat
let him have thy cloak Also"
81 see," unused the vicar. "WeH, in
this case, as the man takes my pota-
toes I'(R better give, him the sack!'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
Coffee For the Inebriate.

Aatraveler has made the observation
that coffee drinking people are very
seldom given to drunkenness. In Bra
Ill, for instance, where coffee is grown
extensively and all the inhabitants
drink it many times day, intoxication
is rarely seen. The effect is not only
noticeable among the natives, but the
foreigner who settles there, though
possessed of ever such apassion for
strong drink. gradually Loses his liking
for alcohol as he acquires the coffee
habit of the Brazilian.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22

: book on Nantucket contains uNsome
stories that are we'll knsewn. to lovers
OF the good old town, but haaylnot have
oeen widely repeated. One of Them
hangs on the Quaker custom of num-
srerlng the months and the days of afhe
week instead of using the profaEne
tsx-sas-s~ - ,...
neurological names !
A Quaker schoolmasterfs set this'copy
on the blackboard for'his'writing class:
Beauty fadethisoon.
Like a rose in sixth month.
It was probably the same man who
read to his scholars about Robinson
Crusoe and his good man Sixth Day."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
value OF the Kanyaroobs Tail.

So important is the kangaroo's tail in
his rapid progress that experienced
hunters with guns are accustomed to
fire at the point where this appendage
joins the body, when, the tail being dis
abled for it's Office of balancing, the
animal is as effectually stopped as if
hamstrung Hit elsewhere, except with
a rifle bullet or at point blank range,
the kangaroo is pretty likely to get off.
One popularity of the kangaroo is
that after being started up, he very
rarely swerves from his course, through
which popularity he is easily "potted'
by hrqters. who conceal themselves
while man, on horseback drives the
herd toward them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
superstitious Hungarian Peasant.

A queer case Of superstition which
resulted in the loss of two lives is re-
ported from Hungary. A peasant liv-
ing in Nosztany died of heart disease
while attending market in Kurd. His
relatives started to take the body home,
but were forcibly prevented from car
rying the body through the village Of
Iharos, whose inhabitants believed that
the passage Of strange corpse through
their town would bring endless misfor.
tune to it. The procession returned to
Kurd, and the next day it set out again,
this time with an escort Of gendarmes.
When it reached Iharos 1t was met by
the whole population of the village,
armed with scythes, pitchforks, axes
and anything that could be used as a
weapon. The gendarmes were forced
to fire three volleys before they could
get through the place. Two of the viii
layers were killed and many wounded.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-10-22
, The DevfI's KneIl.

Among the famous bells Of Dews-
bury, Yorkshire, England, is one known
as "Black Toms of Scothill," which was
presented to the" church in expiatisn Of
a murder. BLACK Tom" is always rung
on Christmas eve. Its solemn tolling
as it strikes the first tap att exactly
midnight is known all over Yorkshire
as the devils knell," it being the no
ton that when Christ was bonn the
devil died.