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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

A special meeting of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce will be held at
it's room in the Hackfeld Building, on
Thursday, Jan. ed 1903, at 10 a. m,
to receive reports of committees on
Memorials to Congress.
JAMES GORDON SPENCER,
Secretary.
Honolulu, Jan. 81, 1903.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
MANY SACRIFICES.

In his capacity as high priest the
Chinese emperor has to offer at least 46
sacrifices to different gods in the course
of year. AS to each sacrifice is dedi-
Gated one or more holidays, which must
be passed by him in complete solitude,
his time is pretty well taken up. These
sacrifices are made by the emperor
either by night or about dawn, and
the houses along the route taken by
him as he is carried in his closed pal
anquin through the deserted streets of
the city, are hung with black.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
BALFOUR.

A story is told of Arthur Balfours
experience as secretary for Ireland
which illustrates both his unpopularity
and the wit Of the celebrated Father
Healey. Balfour asked the priest on
one occasion do the Irish really hate
me as much as the newspapers say?"
my dear sir. was Father Healeys am
swer "if they only he ted the devil half
as much as they hate you my occupa-
ton would be gone"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
READING CIRCLE.

Mrs Richmond-Wha is your read
ing circle going to take up this WIN
ter? Mrs Bronxborough-We'r going
to read the letters our husbands used to
write us before we were married.-New
York JOURNAL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
YUKON RIVER.

When free from ice, the Yukon river
is navigable for large steamers 1854
miles, a distance more than twice as
great as that from Chicago to New Or
leans.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
BYAUTHORITY
NOTICE.

Nuuanu Street Bridge zone Mile
Bridge will be closed to traffic from
and after the END day of January,
1908, during the moving of the tenn
porary Bridge to the Eva Side of the
Street.
c. b. DWIGHT,
Road Supervisor, Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21

Twenty-Five cents pays for a Want
ad in the Star. A bargain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
MUTUAL TELEPHONE co., LTD.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Mutual Telephone Co. will
be held at their Office on Wednesday,
January the 2Sth, 1903, at 10 o'clock a.
m.
CHAS. II. ATHERTON,
Secretary.
Honolulu, January 21st, 1908.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
ANNUAL MEETING.
HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURAL COM
PANY.

The annual meeting of the Sharehold-
ers of the Hawaiian Agricultural Com
pany will be held at the Offices of the
c. Brewer & Company, Ltd, in Homo
lulu, on Saturday, January 31st, 1908,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
f. f. BISHOP,
Secretary.
Dated Honolulu, January 21st 1908.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21

Twenty-Five cents pays for a Want
ad in the Star. bargain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Pacific LODGE NO, 822, A, F, & A, N,

There will be a special meeting OF
Pacific Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, at Ma
sonic Temple, this Wednesday evening,
January q, at 1880 O'Clock.
WORK IN THIRD DEGREE.
Members of Hawaiian Lodge, Lodge
lie Progress and all sojourning brethren
are fraternally invited to attend.
CHAS. F. MURRAY,
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21

Fine Job Printing, Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-21

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
SHE ESCAPES HAREM
Mime. DlenIafoy Travels in Per-
sia In Male Attire.

Nine. Jane Dieulafoy, the well known
French playwright and wife of the
government civil engineer, NJ. Marcel
Dieulafoy, has just returned to Paris
from Persia, where the couple was on
an exploring mission for the Academic
Franchise under the auspices of the
French government,
The friends of Nine. Dieulafoy were
surprised to see her alight from the
railway carriage In male attire, looking
so completely masculine that stran-
gers could never have recognized her.
In explanation she said that on her
arrival in Teheran she was counseled
to assume male dress If on her tour
through the country she desired to re-
main unmolested by the harem keepers.
Accordingly French tailor was SNUG
gled into her room in the hotel and in
quick time furnished her with a mas
culine wardrobe. Her dresses and fin
cry were left in the hotel in Teheran to
be shipped to France. Then the couple
began their tour through Persia, and
no one suspected in the fashiOnably
attired pair husband and wife. The
Academic Franchise had charged them
to make thorough archaeological re-
search to determine the origin of the
ancient Moslem arts and to report on
certain ruins in the Persian desert.
When the shah heard Of the plan he
warned the French government OF the
dangers connected with the trip
through these weird regions from BAN
dts and fanatics, and announced that
he would not be responsible for the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

To the East the West is young and
hardly the place in which to seek for
antiquities in the way of old buildings
which should be preserved. Yet the
West has it's landmarks, it's hundred
year-old houses and its century lasting
churches, and every one of them
shrouded in history fully as romantic
as that which hangs about Plymouth
Rock or st. PauFs church.
In the East there has long been a cry
for the preservation of historic places.
The Fastener does not look for such a
spirit in the land to the westward of
the great river. Yet 1t is planted there
and growing, and each year sees the
marking of more rocks, another mis-
sion preserved.
No New England society ever under
took task like that of saving the
chain of Spanish missions along the
Pacific that were crumbling away I'M
der the neglect of the studious, vision
seeing friars. California is more than
a thousand miles long, and the twenty
one ancient missions form a line for
fully half that distance. Sadly did they
need conservation for tumbling walls,
missing tiled roofs, rotting corridors.
Indeed, if the work had not been I'M
dertaken when it was, the missions
would have been hopelessly lost by this
time.
1t is to the Landmarks club, of Los
Angeles, that the old missions owe their
renewed lease of life. The work was
begun as far back as 1896, when
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
FIN sMACOUL HELD
AS PLEDGE FOR DEBT

One of the most remarkable curios
ever exhibited by an enterprising
Snowman has lain for nearly thirty
years unclaimed in the charge of the
London and North Western Railway
company.
1t purports to be the petrified re-
mains of an Irish giant, twelve feet
high, which was dug up near the
giants causeway after lying there for
countless centuries.
1t was exhibited at Liverpool and
Manchester by two showmen named
Dyer and Kershaw. Dyer was the orig
inal owner He stated that he had
discovered the stone giant while pros
pecting for iron ore. He took Kershaw
into partnership, and they are said to
have made much money by exhibiting
the curio.
Then Dyer proposed to take the
giant to Australia, and had it sent from
Manchester to the London depot of the
London and North Western Railway
company at Broad street, where it was
to be shipped to board a ship in the
Thames
The Australians were never aston
tshed, however. Kershaw did not wish
the giant to be sent out of England
so he and Dyer went to law to decide
who was its legal parent, and, as SUCH
entitled to control its movements.
The railway company which had
transported the giant from Manchester
in huge coffin-shaped packing case
appealed to the court in order to Sc
cure their charges, but they were dis
missed from the case, and ordered not
to move the giant. He was now, in a
manner of speaking, sub JUDGE.
The outcome of the action between
Dyer and Kershaw was that the giant
was thrown into chancery-surely the
strangest ward in chancery on record.
What became of the two showmen is
not known, but 1t is believed they are
both dead. The railway company have
held the giant for all these years in
case Dyer or Kershaw or their heirs or
assigns walk into Broad street one day
and claim their property. It looks as
If the company will have to wait a
good while for that to happen. The
charges on the giant now amount to
about ESQ.
His precise height is IL feet 2 inches.
and he weighs tons 10 cwt He feels
ike soft gray stone. If he were what
he purports to be-the fossalized re-
mains of once living mamie would
be one of the marvels of the world, In
f1nitely more wonderful than the bis
muth man in the British museum.
Alas, he feels like soft gray stone,
because that is what he is-soft gray
stone with tendency to crunnble.
He was carved out of rock at Car
Tlchergus," says one of the few men
living who know the history of the
giant. He was exhibited as the cele-
brated Fin Macoul, who had been mar
veiously resurrected. Dyer, whe was
not an expert IN antiquities, NAV. of
course, have been misled by his en-
thusiasm into believing. that the figure
really was Fin Macouf'
1t is not quite certain that the great
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

was welcome to the accommodations if
I choose to accept them.
We'll, 1t was Hobson's choice, and
pretty soon we had a berth fixed up
and was fast asleep. Several times
during the night I awoke with feel
ing that the car was moving, but being
dead tired, paid no attention, simply
turning over and dropping to sleep
again. When I did awake for good
rosy dawn was breaking. jumped up
to enjoy the scene. But the first thing
I saw when reached the platform was
a graveyard, and it looked strangely
like the one at Eclipse. Other things.
too. looked familiar.
Then horrible suspicion seized me.
Could the car have been hauled down
from Alpine during the night? Great
heavens! Quaking with apprehension 1
stumbled to the other side of the car.
and then I made use of the major part
of a private vocabulary, for staring me
in the face was the station signboard
bearing the single word Eclipse
81 stood daZed for several minutes,
trying to figure it out, when I heard a
voice close by.
Morning, neighbor.' it said. Ny
back was toward the speaker, but as I
turned to face him he burst into loud
guffaw. Col durn iti' he cried. We'll,
swan, If it amt the drummer come
back fer his coffin, and clar forgot ter
order iti'"-New York Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
Saving the Old Mission
Churches of the Coast
Landmarks That Are to Be Preserved Through the
Efforts of CaIifornians

Charles F.. Lurnmis, who is still its
president, brought the subject to the
attention of a few interested persons
who were willing to undertake the
struggle. An earlier attempt to do
something to arrest the Spoliation and
decay of the missions had been made
under the leadership of Miss Tessa l..
Kelso, then city librarian of Los An
geles, and a small fund which she had
raised was turned over to the new club.
Since then something has been done
each year, and over stretch of 300
miles the principal buildings of each
mission have been put in as near their
original condition as possible.
AT first the old monks were not SO
sure whether they wanted the repairs.
Some of them were suspicious that 1t
might be some new scheme to get hold
of the mission lands.
I'VE belong to dead age" said one
old Spanish father Our day is past.
1t seems to be His will that the mis-
sions crurnble. No longer is there the
need. The Indian Is gone almost. Our
work is done. Let the ruins die with
u.s.
But the members of the Landmarks
club would not be dissuaded by the
arguments of the fathers. They per-
suaded the churchmen to give them
long leases Of the missions where the
most work was to be done, especially
San Juan Capistrano. San Fernando
Rey de Espana and Pala. At these
and at the mother mission at San Die
go the club made protective repairs,
costing more than $4,000. In all about
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

three acres OF roofs have been put In.
The buildings of the coast line OF the
Southern Pacific railway from Los
Angeles to San Francisco has brought
the chain Of missions very much IN
touch with the world, and they are
rapidly becoming popular places or
call for tourists. -,
The first work of the club was done
at Papfstrano, which is considered the
most beautiful of all the missions, and
one of the noblest ruins in the United
States. It was in a most critical con-
dition of decay, and in few years
more nothing would have been left
of it but a tumble of walls ruined be-
yond possibility of repair. All of the
important buildings have been repair
ed in such substantial fashion that
they will stand for another hundred
years. All the tile roofs were falling
in, and the storms were making short
work of the adobe walls thus left UNI
protected.
These rotted frames have been re-
placed with substantial structures of
Oregon pine, and the original tiles put
back In place. Thus repaired are the
monastery and the original church
BOUNDED in 1776 by the great apostle
of California, Fray Junipero Serra).
The breaking dome of the great stone
cHuTcn, winch was injured IN the
earthquake of 1872 and blown up with
gunpowder in the Sos, has been but
tressed and some $50 feet of twe1ve-
foot cIoisters have been reroofed with
timber and asphalt Gas originality.
Hundreds of tons of debris have been
removed. and the walls that were
about to fall were braced with steel
rods and turnbuckles.
The mission has been fenced in, a
q iT1d mil hox
ed, and flowers and trees are carefully
tended. A new roof {of old tiles) has
been put on the refectory, and the club
is now reroofing a 112-foot building to
the front and west of the monastery
In all some $4,000 has been expended
there. Under Judge Richard Egan's
personal supervision an extraordinary
amount of expert work has been done
for the money. Here, as at all other
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

genuineness. If he were a afak e.. they
say, his manufacturer would have been
accurate in such an elementary detail.
Possibly the manufacturer foresaw this
argument.
In the railway yard where he sleeps
the sleep of the stone age, the giant is
regarded with pride, and the railway
men have christened him Father Peter.
Till recently he inhabited the yard at
Broad street, but he and his packing
case were rather in the way there so
he was removed after twenty-seven
years to the Worship street depot,
where a huge crate has been stored on
top Of him lest he takes 1t into his head
to come to life.
A few night ago the night-duty man
who looks after the yard and the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
THE RIDDLE.

Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and
where is he?V-Job xiv, 10
With Bonded knee and womb ring eye
We search and ponder long and deep;
We wonder why we live and die
If at the end we wake or sleep.
If it shall be silence vast,
Or dulcet sounds shall come to cheer;
If it be first or it be last;
And whether we should fiout or fear,
That road beyond the End of Day
Does 1t to further toiling call?
Or is 1t then a happy way?
Or is there any road at all?
The stars laugh at us from the sky
When Night is grave and still and wide,
And we We, repeat our Whence" and
And seek to know what they may HIDE.
So, We will muse and wonder on,
And childishly our doubts recite;
rs it the coming Of the Dawn.
Or but the closing OF the Night?"
Comes Death one day TO make us see
To smooth the wrinlSled. broodlng brow;
Comes Death TO whisper Soothingly:
Poor SOUL you know the Answer now
w. D. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
The Coffnshaped Packngcase Containing the Alleged Petr-
fled Giant Lies in the Goods Yard With Great Crate
Top of Him Lest He Tries to Come Life.

look at the giant, and some have been
half inclined to believe that he really
was fossil man. In 1898, Mr.. Read,
the head of the British Medieval An
tiquities Section of the British museum,
was asked to go and see the giant and
give an expert opinion.
Il did not think it worth WHILE" he
told the writer, laughing. IT am afraid
I am a confirmed skeptic in these mat
tiers. Many years ago similar find
was made during some excavating in
Piccadilly. 1t was suggested that I
should go and see it. and If it was a
fraud expose it / am afraid that IL I
inspected every curio of this kind 1
should have rather a busy time Al re-
naarkable thing about the giant is that
he has six toes ON the right foot. This
has been held by some to prove his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
GETS A ROUND TRIP
EOR A SINGLE FARE
Drummer Bulks Out in Empty
Sleeper and wakes Up
at Graveyard.

I've worked aI Sorts of lodges to
save travelling expenses said the car
pet drummer, "iBdt -enly once did get
a round "trip ticket for a single fare.
And the funniest part of 1t is that 1
didn't want the round trip and didn't
know was getting It,"
How was that2" asked the drummer
sitting opposite, with a half-wool smile
on his face
Well, I'll tell you. Last June I was
down at Eclipse, and after dinner re-
ceived telegram from my house to cali
on BRUSSELS Brothers, who ran a car
pet store in Alpine, small town about
three hours distant from Eclipse. 1t
was nearly train time, and hurried to
the station, but no train was in sight.
An hour passed, but still no train. and
waiting around eventually became SO
monotonous that when somebody be-
sides the station porter happened along
/ tried to start a conversations He
wasn't very promising looking In
diytdual, little melancholy, thought,
but in the end he, turned out brighter
than he looked.
For such a small town. I began.
that's pretty big graveyard over yon-
DER You see, / tried to suit the CONVEX
sation to the fellows general appear
ance.
- yep, ne answered. SententiOuSly,
buried three more yesterday
Old residents?' | inquired.
Lor, no. he replied with broaden
ing smile; they wuz drummers what
died waiting fer this ere train
And grinning like an ape he sl1uffled
off, stopping only once to call back: 7
say, neighbor, how tall be you, fer I'm
going right up past the undertaker's,
and yer might as; wen hev box ter fit
Then he moved sson, stin laughing,
and until he turned corner at the
other end of the station could see him
slapping his knee and shaking with
huge delight"
..And the train never came?. insin-
uated the other drummer.
"Oh, yes; it did; about two hours
late. And little after midnight ]
reached Alpine, only to find that the
| hotel was more than a mile from the
station and no conveyance to be had.
Where in the world can I put UP
| for the night?' asked of the station
master when realized the predica-
| nsent was In. He thought for a mo-
ment, and then suddenly pointing. to a
sleeping ear ON side track, said he'd
| let me bunk there If wanted to for
the small sum of 81. This particular
ear had been dropped off by the morn
ing train, he explained, and probably
wouldn't be moved for a day or two.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

couples safety But the tour was I'M
dertaken and accomplished successful
ly.
Since her return to Paris Nine.
Dieulafoy, by special permission Of the
government, lectured nightly in male
attire on the result of her explorations
in Persia. During her stay in the ORR
ent she wrote a play, THE Rose of
Hatra," which depicts Persian life in
the eleventh century, and which Will
be produced in Paris soon.-Cincinnatj
Enquirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

horses asked to be relieved from night
duty in that yard. Alone amid the piles
of goods looming weirdly under the
Pickering gas lamps, he was haunted
with fear that the stone man might
wake from his sleep of centuries and
burst forth from the packing case like
a second Frankenstein monster.
Even though the "petrified Irish
giant" is fake" he is pre- eminent
among fakes" and can boast a history
stranger than fiction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

What will be the total vote for Goyerno
States combined on the Sd day Of Novemh
ure II out and send in your estimates
10000 In cash to you.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

Fin Macoul ever existed outside Irish
legends. If he were myth, to discover
his remains would have been mag
nificent find.
The twelve-foot fossilized remains of
a man who never existed would be the
most extraordinary thing the world has
ever seen. 1t could only have been dis
covered in Ireland.
Various Scientific gents" have WIS.,
tied the goods yard at different times to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
Too hastx,

Zones has new addition to his fam
n.y."
Hold on-it's a son-in-lawi"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
What,s the useY

You can always tell an Englishmaln, y
said the Briton, proudly.
OF course you ean' replied the Yam
kee, but it doesn't do any good, because
ne thinks he knows it an."-Phiiadelphia
Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
AIRING HER KNOWLEDGE.

Upon the farm the city-bred
Young girl sat down 10 tea,
And, noticing the honey, said:
II see. you keep a bee.
-Phila delphia Press.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12
HERO WORSHIP.

At mass convention In honor
Of the anniversary Of Henry Ward
Beechsr In Brooklyn Sunday night
former president Grover Cleveland
was one Of the speakers and said
In parts
1T has been wisely said that
hero.worship will endure while
man endures. Let us accept this
as q pleasant truth-upon the con,
dition that the man of qualities
worshiped and the manner Of their
worship are Of the:very essence OF
the matter. Let US believe that
there is no sadder symptom Of a
generations bad moral health than
its lack of faith In its great men
and It's loss Of reverence for it's
heroes; but LET this belief be
coupled with the reservation that
those called great shall be truly
great aud that!the heroes challeng.
ing our reverence shall be truly
heroic, measured by standards sd.
justed TO The highest moral condi.
tion Of man's civilization. We can
not have the least misgiving con.
oerning the completeness Of the
hero whose name is on our lips TO.
night and whose memory is in our
hearts. He devoted bis life 10
teaching The love Of God and
pointing out to bis fellow-men the
way of their SOULS salvation. Our
hero, In the days Of his oountry's
danger and trial, challenged all
comers In defense of our national
safety and unity. He stood like
a rock against doubters at home
and be confronted angry, threaten.
ing throngs abroad with 3 steady,
unyielding courage which wrought
triumphs for bis country and for
ils conservation TO manhood
ifeed0m-not less important than
those OF an army with banners.
Our hero, when Affections came
from heaven. eubmissively con.
linued TO praise God; and when he
felt the cruel stinga Of mans In.
gratitude aud malice be serenely
looked toward his heavenly faith.
ef's face and kept within The com.
iorting light Of pure conscience. -
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12

II is extremely unfortunate that
the railroads cannot agree upon
building a commodious union
station in vinita. The present
arrangement, or rather lack OF ar
rangement for depot accommoda.
tions block progress and Is a posi-
tive injury to the city and to the
railroad companies. Az the pres.
ent juncture when railroad travel
in this country Is large and con
stantly on the increase, II would
seem to be imperative that better
station facilities be had very soon.