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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08
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FORT STREET

parallel the sappers are greatly ex
posed to the enemy's fire and by using
these bagiOns they can throw up cover
more quickly. When the second paral-
lei is finished and occupied, a further
advance is made, and a third parallel
is opened. In the old days three paral-
lels sufficed. But with the present long
range guns more are required. At Bel
fort the Germans opened their third
parallel 1000 yards from the fortress,
and they would have had to open more
only that the French surrendered. At
Fort Wagner, in the American Civil
War, five parallels were required. At
Port Arthur perhaps more than this
will be necessary.
OF course the nearer the besiegers get
to the fortress, the harder their work.
They have to construct bomb-prOofs
and splinter-proofs, and to work be-
hind shields. At amy stage, of course,
the fortress may surrender, worn out
by the bombardment which never
ceases But over half a million shells
were thrown into Belfort, nearly every
house iii the place was struck and yet
1t did not surrender until orders were
sent from Paris. What effect the high
Is impossible to say. But, granting
that they hold out till the last, and
that the Japanese arrive at their last
parallel, the following series of events
will ensue: From this position will be
made the final attack and, in military
language this part of the operation con-
sists of: 1. The capture and cross
ing of the conversed way. 2. Breach
ing the scarp and counterscarp. g.
Passing the ditch. 4. Capturing and
GROWING the breaches of the outer
works and the main work in succession.
S, The final reduction of the interior en-
trenchment or keep.
Some of the latest limitations regard
ing Port Arthur have been to the et-
feet that the Japanese have found 1t
impossible to take the place by storm
and have settled down to starve it out.
Certainly there has been no recent news
of continued attack. Assault after as
scault has been made, at no one knows
what cost of life and General Stoessel
still holds out. 1t seems not unlikely
that the japanese, feeling that surren-
der must come in time, have decided
not to suffer the terrible slaughter that
would take place in continued assaults.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

no means the only remarkable utter
ance to be found in the Cars news
papers. One paper s-vs that the Mi
kado is Antichrist, and must therefore
be fought to the end. Another enlarges
on Russia's duty to spread Christianity
among the Chinese, so that they will
not remain in Japanese darkness"
Still another says that it is the will of
God that Russia exterminate the Jap
panese: HE ordered the Jews to eXter-.
inmate the Canaanites, and the Japa-
nese are the Canaanites of the Twen-
tieth century" According to some of
these papers Russia is proceeding to
fulfill the predictions of the prophets
by establishing the Kingdom of God
upon earth. These religious notions
are odd enough, but they are matched
H., a suggestion that, to prevent re-
petitions Of such incidents are that OF
the Knight Commander and the dan
gers to the Korea and other vessels,
the powers should undertake to search
vessels for contraband, 80 that the
Russian navy need not bothen such
vessels any more. 1t Is next in order
for the brilliant author of this sugges-
tion to propose that the powers lend
Russia their navies. -:,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

The story of the wreck of the bark
Yosemite in Chilean waters is as thrill
ling as any romance of the sea. The
unfortunate captain, swimming with
broken leg and sustaining his wife and
baby in the stormy water, leaving the
mother clinging to wreckage and safe
ly carrying the child to shore, then re
turning, only to find that his wife had
become exhausted and been washed
away, and finally losing the baby
through exposure, is as heartrending
narrative as ever novelist wOve. How
many men are there who could last
through such exertions with one leg
broken?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08
The Siege
Of Fortress


and high all
military circles regular SIEGE" they which that
After besieging position the
wide will the work being night this is wha
night
the There kinds
trenches each suited particular
used-"apprOaches" and parallels"
parallel
bOmbardment this called first artillery position
distance
approaches they straight they would
the The which the parallel
esting At dusk number officers, accompanied
lines which the parallel will follow. The drive the ck
ground asen the them lie await the working
with all its
feet wide
which
At daylight this
wide the bottom wider
steps in 'front.' and protected by which
4 = feet high
seeing that of earth probably
The artillery
second" artillery position whence with
possible and
approaches parallel
than the
although
"gabOns which wicker baskets without bottoms In
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08
America At War
With Disaster


which
killed railroad accidents alone than has
single battle of the RuOJapane In the
following the figures
which available the
marine disasters
greatly appalling
tendency going be well
naturally beginning
their sustaining
greatb
strange European
complications the
The the continent of
American death
recognition affairs named America
o
probably effective government
Europe in the excursion steamers nspec-
This will probably in time America If the
will public demand for
decisive action though takes eec pubs
America Public attention drifts rapidly from thing
another national tragedy sight Of Who
investigation the IrOquO
which children the awful death
failure guard their safety? the SOcum
causing the and
children the fighfu circumstances passing of the
public features the the
might
time ibe of
sample of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

A matter. of considerable Importance
to which public attention has not so
far been called is the disposition of Ko-
rea after that country comes under the
protection of Japan. It seems almost
certain that the ] 0anese,. taking add
vantage of recent able editorials on the
subject, will cut the county up into
small farms. 1t is believed that the
Japa lese can raise sisal, honey, melons,
hogs, poultry eggs, lines, alligator
pears and also mortgages in profusion
when they have captured the country
and they will practically have control
of the Seoul market
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08
Classified Ads in Star.
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free nntli further notice.
Wanted
For Sale or Rent

House and lot at Kalihi good local
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96s Spencer Street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

Exposition authorities early the sensible
vanish and
instruction exhibits gathered together with much
be scattered assembled They therefore, the best
possible the the Fair the
drful enabling
broken recording
additions
striking photographs The
life
position the magnificent publication aPy styled "Ih
thirty weekly
fair ready Star
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

The star some time ago published a
quotation from the Moscow Gazette,
urging Russian commanders not to
give any quarter to the Japanese and
offering to the army as a motto mo
quarter and no prisoners" This is by
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08
CASTLE Z COOKE. LID
Commission Merchants,
Sugar Factors E.
AGENTS FOR

The Eva Pla- tation Company,
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Company.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. Louis, Mo.
The Standard Oil Company.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Westons Centrifugals
The New England Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of. Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company of
London.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08
W. G. Irwin & Go.

Western Sugar Refining Co., San
francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Newell Universal Mill Co., Manufac-
turers of National Cane Shredder,
New York. N. Y.
Parafine Paint Company, San Francis
CO., Cal.
Ohlandt & Co., San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

The investigation into the General
SIOcum disaster, with it's plain show
ing of criminal neglect, following
close upon a similar showing in the
case of the terrible IrOquOis fire, has
served to attract attention to the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-08

The Singapore Free Press has a milf
tary expert who has prepared an ex-
ceIlent description of the operations
of a military siege of a place like
Port Arthur, which gives an idea of
the difficulties the Japanese are en-
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
Miranda SOule Sawyer.

Miranda Soule was born In New Port
land, July Is, 1909. She was directly
descended from the Purtans, bearing
the same name, and her maternal ances-
tors were of the same stock, bearing the
name of Southworth. At the age of
nine years she removed with her parents
to Watervile and some seven years later
came to Skowhegan, which has been her
home the greater part of her life.
Aug. 10Th, 1895, she married Osgood
Sawyer and two sons were born Of this
union, Franklin r., who died In Cali
fornis, Sept. lljh, 1892. and Simeon NJ
a resident of this town with whom she
lived for many years. Mrs. Sawyer has
been woman Of remarkable vitality,
having made the trip to Colorado alone
when over eighty years old. A woman
whose unpretentious life has ever been
lived for her friends and even In the
later years she enjoyed conversng with
them and showed a readiness Of mind
notably clear and tenacious. Until
within few weeks she has been indus
trious, doing some light work about the
house. Some two months ago while
thus engaged, she fell to the fl lor, re-
ceiving an injury to her head, which,
though apparently not dangerous In
jury, proved too severe shock to the
system to be overcome. Though entire
ly free from any organic disease, she
was obliged to take her bed and has
gradually declined until the quiet going
out of the spirit on Tuesday last
Funeral services this, Thursday after
noon, from her late home on Mt. Pleas
ant Ave, Rev. Dwight A Ball of the
Universalst church fficiating.
Fold reyerently the weary hancs
That toiled so long and well;
And while your tears of sorrow fall
Let sweet Thanksgiving swell.
That life. work stretching Ger long years
varied web has been;
With silver strands OF sorrow wrought,
And sunny CLEANS between"
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
Salaries In Somerset.

The Legislative committee on salaries,
that is making the tour of the State of
Maine by authority of the Maine legslc-
ture, to ascertain all about the comper-
satloD of officials Of all grades, State and
County, paid Somerset visit yesterday
and held a session at the court house 10
the forenoon.
The committee consists OF Senator 8
Stetson of Penobscot and Morrison of
York /; RepresentstivesW Weeks of Fail field,
A lien of Sanford and Leavtt of Turner
of the House. The committee were all
present excepting Mr.. Allen.
The Clerk of Courts, Judge OF Probate,
Register of Probate, Register of Deeds,
County Attorney, County Treasurer and
County Commissioners appeared before
the committee, on invitation, and were
each asked to make written statement
setting forth in detail the nature and
amount OF work required in his { Slice
and the amount and sources Of income.
They were also questioned quite closely
along these lines.
The committee completed its investi-
CATION before adjournment for dinner
and left town on the early afternoon
train.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
Tough Rnuhfde story.

= u'ss.Hs mau ia an carly day re.
atr~ Thai most yeracions Of all Nilsson
Il newspapers. the Hopkins Journal
lauicd lots Of cord wood and used ragv
hide harness on bis teams. KswI,~Ie.
we all know. expands wien wet anl
contracts on drying out. Well. this man
was hauling an exceptionally big load
one day wien Il thunderstorm overlook
him just ~ he reached long bill lead
ing to his home He was walking be
side his team that he might pay close
attention to them and did not notice
what the rain was doing for his raw
hide harness until the Top Of the long
hill was reached. when 10 his utter
amazement the wagon stood at the bot
tom of the hill, the rawhle tugs being
fairly stretched into fiddle strings. lie
was puzzled for moment but Just
then the sun came ont, and q happy
idea found Judgment in his fertile
brain. lie unhitched the team, fas.
tened the tugs securely around a big
tree and went in to dinner When h.
returned the sun had caused the raw
hide to contract sufficiently to bring the
wagon up that steep hill with a mo
mentum that smashed both front
wheels when it came IN contact with
the tree around which tie tugs had
been fastened
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
Rev. Il n. Smith.

A Falmouth paper contains an item
relative to the death of a clergyman for
six years prior to 1873 pastor of the
Congregational church in Solon and
later pastor at Watervile for eleven
years. He had been pastor of the Con
gregational church in North Yarmouth
fourteen years. He died the l4'h instant.
We quote the item:
''This village has been shocked by the
sudden death of Rev. Ezra n Smith,
pastor of the Cong'l church for fourteen
years. Mr.. Smith went to the post, flee
on Thursday at about 30 p. M, will
some letters ard was vially chatting
with several there, when, on arising
from his seat, he suddenly dropped dead.
The cause was heart failure. Mr.. Smith
preached as usual last Sunday tut had,
of late, everal tainting spells, the last
terminating in the sad aud sudden end
ing
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

What promised to be serious fir
broke out in the new saw mil Of LsH-
renee, Ne~hall & Page at shawmut.
Wednesday afternoon about ; o'clock
The fire first started around the lsth n
chine, and had it not been for he prompt
and ready assistance Of the employees Of
the company much damage might have
resulted. As it was, it took al hour to
subdue tht fl tmes, which were coufned
to the new mill. The cause of the fire
is attributed to the friction from tHo
belts rubbing against pulley. bri-h
breeze was blowing a the time and bu,
for the early discovery and promp.
measures taken, the fire would have :
suited in great damage.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
Skow hogan Markets


PhlCAr PAID PEoDCC EKs.
0Ars--45 rts.
WOOL uwashed, Is % y ets.
HIDE AND SKISs-hIde-. - ets an skiHs 4
= 3 p CAT skins. y u - Ct. SCI
bsAS~-Hand-Ilckec yellow eyes. ss.: TO s. y
lee beans. So
BKEF-Ox teef r u -.ts
PorLTRY-FoW 10 L. l3 - per ID, chtcksz4
l. 10 rs cts.
RoCND Hoo Is
TALLow-RaaEb cts, pe. 10.
btrIkk-t lrst Ia my, stan ed Is 70 p per u
EGGs- 80 Is. Der dot fresh
PoTAToEs-4s - SC.
EETAIL hAkKET.
FL0UB-Sprng wheat Patent AS 20 Hu
Winter wheat PAT So 70 i5.H. Winter vheas
choice, $50
CORR 81 IS fer bag meal And cracked eorz
sl.5 per bag.
C.S MEAL-siee per tag
FEED-Middllngs, g. IS er cwt Chicago gluesz
sack lbs lbs. s2.6e
CHOICE BKAS-&l.2t ,eT cwt
MIXED FFEp-Si 81 }er cWt.
SALT foEK-iee Il, by the Dbl. ,2oelIbe., slsJ&
CHEEsE-ls per IL.
Br-TTkR-i. - 27cts per ID
EGGs-33 cts doz fresh.
TEAs-25 10 - CENTS per 70.
JoFFEE-lo to g cents Der IL.
LARD-Domestio, Y cts; Pure Z cts.. Goa
pound, 10 cts.
MoLAssEs-Pure Ponce. 20: pure ParbAdoeA
80, Maple, &c per q: Choice Cooking, 25c
SCGAR-(ira1ula HuEar. best quality
pounds for 500, Brown, p POUNDS for 81.
PoTAToEs-7Gc OF.
bryFIsH-Ced,s 10 Cts ler t. pollok, Sc
oSIuSs-'t. per h.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
A Great Old Man.

One Henry jenkins died i'll England
Dec. 6, 1910. at the alleged age of 1853
years He Is said TO have been fisher,
man for l4O years. Though he could
neither read nor write, his reach Of
memory was such that he would calm,
ly give evidence in court in matters on
which his memory went back 10 and
40 years. As hoy he is said to have
taken horse load Of arrows to North.
allerton 10 be forwarded north in time
for the battle of Flodden. AT the age
OF 100 years he used to swim wide
stream in Yorkshire with ease. lie
lived until four years after the great
fire of London, was poor all his life
but subsisted cheerfully by matching
and salmon fishing.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

Speaking of the great power the
Brahmans in India possess III localizing
thought, a prominent Brahman said
recently: we would consider a game
of chess as played in this country mere
child's play. An ordinary Brahman
chess player could carry on three or
four games at time without nconven-
fence. The usual game played by the
Brahmans consists In checkmating with
one pawn designated when the play be
gins. | have seen a man perform long
problem in multiplication and division,
at the same time noting the various
sounds and discussions going on about
him in the room. | have seen a man
compose Il triple acrostic In Sansltrit in
given meter at the same time having
three we'll versed men trying to over
throw him in his argument on reli-
zion"
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28
Death of Mary Church Hoxle.

Mrs. Mary Church Hoxie died at her
home in North Fairfield, after brief
illness, Monday Jan. 25,h. Mrs. Hoxie
had attained to a ripe old age, being in
her 90 h year. The deceased was born
in Dover, Me-, but after her marriage
made her home in North Fairfield. At
II years of age Mrs. Hoxie became a
Christian and was baptized and became
a member of Baptist church. Mrs.
Hoxie left three sons, Willis of Fairfield,
Horace of Skowhegan Silas of San Fran
cisco, Cal, also two daughters, Mrs.
Albert Goodwin of Fairfield and Miss
Lizzie Hoxie of Skowhegan. Funeral
services were conducted, Wednesday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock by Rev. II. F.
Huse, pastor of the First Baptist church.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

The 81. Louis WORLDS Fair managers
are getting II fl impatient at the tar
diness shown by exhibitors in getting
their exhibits shipped To the show
grounds. They say that adequate rail-
road facilities are ready, the warehouses
have all been erected and the buildings
are 10 such a state of completion that
installation OF exhibits can be CON-
menced Immediately. This urgent ac-
vice is doubtless timely. There are
always enough persons who delay such
things to the last moment to make a
grand am just before the fair, with
transportation facilities worked to the
limit and chaos triumphant. Probably
1t will be thus at st. Louis. But then
"World's Fairs" are luxuries, and II the
necessities of life are forthcoming, and
the legitimate everyday business affairs
OF the country are not blocked, 1t mat
tiers little about the fuss and feather
features of the procession.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

The conservative Democracy of the
country was not delighted at the speech
made by Mr.. Bryan at his home, Lincoln,
Nebraska, when he returned there from
his European tour. The New York Post
gives vent to indignation thereat in
burning words among which are these :
"Mr. Bryan has again planted himself
sullenly athwart the path of Democratic
progress. His speech at Lincoln last
night was defiant challenge. The
whole Kansas City platform, silver mao
ness and all, is his ultimatum. It is a
'holdap' of his party which Mr.. Bryan
is attempting The result must be to
put an end to the efforts which some
leaders of his party have been making to
live and work with this man. 1t has
been said that Mr.. Bryan was growing
reasonable, that he was really willing
to subordinate personal vanity to the
success of the party; and that some work
ing basis could be arrived at with him.
That applicant he has now upset. He
makes no concealement of his purpose
to ruin his party If he cannot rule it,
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

An Investigator who lived during two
years in a tomb at Gizeh collected eyi-
dence to prove that the tools used In
working stone 1000 years ago had jew
eled cutting edges like modern tools,
He says that the builders of the pyra-
mids used solid and tubular tools.
straight and circular saws and many
other tools supposed to be modern. In
some specimens of granite a drill had
sunk one-tenth OF an inch at each rev
olution, indicating that the pressure
was at least two tons. Nothing bs
known of the material of the tools As
the diamond was scarce then. 1t is
probable that corundum was used.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

II one is disposed to find fault the
opportunity is never lacking. The edit
or of the Machias Union feels hurt b.
cause the State of Maine has a sum of
money left over ia the treasury that 1t
didn't spend. This" declares he, lis
money taken from the people, etc.
needlessly raised, hence upjustly robbing
the Machas Union subscribers" II ia
usually held that a moderate balance on
the right side is evidence of good finar-
cial management whether in the indi-
vldual cash account or in that of town,
county. State or nation and we are not
going to abandon this theory Just yet.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

The small son OF certain university
professor. whose parents are deserved
speech. appeared at the home of Il fel
low professor and hesitatingly asked
Mrs. -- If he might look at the parlor
rug. Permission was of course grant
ed, and Mrs. - felt some surprise To-
see the little fellow stoop over the rug
and stare silently for some half min
ute. He straightened himself up and
meeting her wondering expression, said
triumphantly
at doesn't mike me sick" Life
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

The New York Herald correspondent
at Washington has interviewed l04 DEM
ocratic Senators and Representative ard
finds GA of them opposed to the accept
ance of the leadership Of William j.
Bryan; are In favor of standing by him
while 80 do not care to commit them
selves just at this stage of the proceed
ing. In any event the Is to | silver
lunacy, which Bryan and the Dem0crai lie
party of the nation fo' years advocat-
ed so vehemeutly, is evidently dead.
Whatever the result Of this "a to lis Ell
feet upon the Democratic party, it is a
credit TO his country that free silver Is
no longer t ne OF political party If
any considerable size in this nation of
sound finances and grand business ap-
portunities.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

The grand jury at Chicago did the
right thing in holding the mayor of that
city, with others, for responsibility in
the Iroquois theatre fire horror il its
findings, that he was remiss in duty, are
correct. The mayor of that great city
was obliged to step up and secure bail.
This ought to have a healthy IF ct
upon mayors and officials generally, II
they can be brought up with round
turn by grand juries.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

To reduce the flesh ole must have
the fortitude 10 give Up a number of
the pleasant things of life, for a time
at least, and many of them for good
and all. one must, first Of all, become
an early riser and not sleep longer than
seven hours. Before finishing the
morning toilet exercise for twenty min
utes with Indian clubs, dumObells or
wands. For breakfast take no cereal.
coffee or milk. but ten. not too strong
fruit and toast Sugar is fat pro.
Queer SO also are bread and all fart
naceous dishes Not more than half .
glass of liquid should be taken at any
meal. For luncheon partake OF stewed
or raw fruit ii salad dressed with vine.
gar and oil, green vegetables and n
chop. For dinner the bill of fare can
comprise fish mutton, lamb, lean beef.
vegetables. especially tomatoes and
beans, stale bread and a light dessert
The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-28

twenty-five years ago the number of
inmates of the Insane Hospital of Au-
gusta was just a little rising 400, now it
has 664 patients and the Bangor hoe
pital contains PIG; aggregate for the
two, $50 Thus it will be observed that
the number of patients have more than
doubled in a quarter of century OF
the $50 patients 81 are classed as cura-
BILE and 500, incurabe. The trustees
say that further appropriations must be
made for buildings to house these un-
fortunate people and they will recon-
mend it to the next legislature. The
care of insane in any state ia a problem
of magnitude and difficulty.