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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
SOME FAMOUS NAMES.
"Old Grog," ''Hobson's Choice' and
Other Applications

From the London I. P's Weekly
One hardly realizes how transient and
evanescent fame is, and how many names.
illustrious and otherwise. are sometimes
rescued from oblivion by comparatively
trivial circumstances. while others are al
most totally forgotten in a few genera
tons. story runs that Brougham on be-
ing rallied by the Iron Duke as a man
whose name would go down to posterity as
a great lawyer, statesman ETC., but who
would be best known by the name of the
carriage which had been christened after
him. retorted that the dukes name would
no doubt go down to posterity as that of
great general and the hero of a hundred
fights, but that he would be best remem-
bered by having particular kind of boot
named after him. The present writer can
vouch for the fact that the bootmaker who.
after the Wellington boot appeared. seize
upon the happy idea of launching Butcher
boot. made large fortune and died
wealthy man.
Sailors will never let die Admiral YER
mons nickname of "Old Grog'' (from his
brooches, made of grogram. a mixture Of
silk and mohair). in the name given by
them to the rum which he ordered to be
diluted with water. The name of another
drink-negus-has survived from the time
or good Queen Anne" when it was the
favorite beverage of one Col. Negus. More
common than either however. is the name
sandwich, which commentaries the Lord
Sandwich. who invented it as a means of
taking a hasty lunch while engaged in his
duties at the admiralty.
Hobson, the Cambridge carrier on whom
Milton wrote two short poems, will prob
ably always be better remembered through
the expression. ''Hobson's choice" Accord
ing to Steele, in the Spectator, the carrier
a in ic 10.
BILE, which were arranged that each
ing the horse standing next the stable door
at the time, that or none" Certain towns
and districts, too, such as Xeres Oporto
Champagne and Burgundy, are probably
best known through the productions named
after them; in fact. the two latter provinces
ceased to exist after the substitution of de-
partments for the old provinces at the
French revolution, now more than hun
dred years ago. Cayenne is probably better
known outside France for the red pepper it
produces than for being the locality to
which French convicts are transported;
while the town of Cognac. in France owes
it's celebrity solely to the brandy distilled
from its grapes. Cologne is perhaps more
famous through its manufacture of eau de
cologne than for its splendid cathedral
Spa, in Belgium, has provided a common
name applicable to most inland watering
places; while probably Guingamp, a small
town of Brittany. Is totally unknown to
the large number of English people who
carry a Bingham Tor CAMP, the coarser
material of which umbrellas other than silk
are made, having been first produced there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
beads made later by the Egyptians. from
which modern! artificial cylindrical glass
beads are descended.

beads made later by the Egyptians, from
which modern! artificial cylindrical glass
beads are descended.
The beryl a natural hexagonal prism, lent
itself still more readily to the same form.
e. e., the cylindrical beryl beads found in
Rhodian tombs. The Babylonian cylinders
found without any engraving on them on
the wrists of the dead in early Babylonian
graves had similar origin. 1t has 5een
universally Held that Babylonian cylinders.
Egyptian scarabs and Mycenean gems were
primarily sgnets; but as the cylinders are
found unengraved, and as many as 800
scarabs are. found on one mummy, and as
Mycenean stones are often found without
any engraving, II, is clear that the primary
use was not for signets. but for amulets.
The Orphic Lithica gives a clear account
of the special virtue of each stone, and 1t
is plain that they acted chiefly by sympa-
thetic magic, e. g., green Jasper and the
tree agates make the vegetation grow, etc.
The Greeks[ band Asiatics used stones pri-
marily as amulets. e. g.. MithrtdateS had
3 whole cabinet of gems as antidotes to
poison To enhance the natural power of
the stone a device was cut on 1t, C. g., the
Arabian cuaon assgreen jasper. the special
amulet of the Gnostics. The use of the
stone for sealing was simply secondary,
and may ayeSarisen first for sacred pur-
poses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Modern Way.

From the Chicago News
"Shall we notify the counts relatives
that he is being held for ransom?" asked
the trusty lieutenant.
II should say not" replied the bandit
chief. Advertise him for sale in one o8
those American journals devoted to the in
terests of title-seeking heiresses. Seer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
New River Operators Maintain Wages.

FAYETTEVILLE. w. Va, January %
At a meeting of more than twenty coal OPP
orators on New river. employing in the ag-
gregate 5000 miners, ii was unanimously
voted not to reduce the wages of miners
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
safely Occupied.

From the Detroit Free Press
Jerry-.sYou never try to manage other
peoples business.
Joe-ssNo; 1t keeps me jumping to get
enough business of my own to manage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
As Compared.
ago News.

From the Chicago News
Some of these professional reformers'
remarked the sarcastic person. remind me
of rain"
because why?" asked the unwise party
Because they fall alike on the just and
the unjust" replied the .. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
FATAL FIRE IN CHICAGO
STARTED BY CHEMICALS IN SKY
sCRAPER BUILDING.
Number Dangerously Burned - One
Girl Daad-Total Loss
$4,000

. CHICAGO January Notwithstanding
. recent experience with smoke and fame.
tenants of the Masonic Temple. "a twenty
story structure failed TO scare today when
n fire broke out in the Cosmopolitan build
ing adjoining The occupants Of the Cosmo-
roIitan made 4 hasty exit. On The upper
stories of the Cosmopolitan a number of wo-
men became hystericaI. and blinded by the
smoke made efforts to srr!ng from the win
dows. Cooler heads. however. prevented
this and the women were carried down the
fire escapes
Miss HERNIA Verba was severely burned
that it is believed she cannot live Chemi-
Gals she was mixing on the sixth floor eX-
NODDED and caused The FIRE. The woman IN
= diving condition was carried down a Hre
escape by c. W. Randolph. secretary ana
treasurer OF the Cosmopolitan Light COM
pany. , ,.
rot seriously. The fire was confined to the
fifth and sixth floors
Heroic Rescuer Fatally Burned
Edward Stokes. who assisted IN the rescue
of Miss verba. was probably fatally burned
and was taken TO tie county hospital. OF
the thirty-five people on the floor where
the fra started twenty-five were girls and
women.
The panic started with the explosion OF
the chemicals and the excitement was in
creased when Miss Verba ran from the
room with her clothing in flames. Dropping
everything the girls made a rush for the
door As they neared the center OF the
room. the foremost of them fell. and the
next moment nearly all of them lay IN
heap on the floor screaming.
Struggle to Avert a Panic.
In vain did E. Billows. president of the
Cosmopolitan Light Company. endeavor to
reassure them. and he was forced to drag
half their number to the front stairway
which had not yet been reached by the fire.
Meanwhile Mr.. Randolph with MISS Eerpa
in his arms had begun to descend the nre
escape amidst the cheers of thousands oi
psODe who stood in the street below.
At the fifth floor. almost overcome ~
smoke. Randolph gave his unconscious pur
der to Edward Stokes, who carried the Sifl
t, the street. This duty done. STOKES SUI
curnbed to his own injuries and was taken
II the hospital. While the rescue was
being performed the safety OF the other
girls was attended 10. The total loss Is
pUt at $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Something New!
SOC. Laurel Chocolates, 2OC. lib.

After much effort long searching and much expert
mentng our Candy Buyer has found what he waned-an
absolutely pure Chocolate They known Laurel
Chocolates and sole Washington and
vicinity Made filings with all kinds of tips
Sold only In original packages 1
each All other places where Laurel Chocolates TOr
soc h. Our price. .@>~'
If you don't Laure. Chocolates the finest most
candies you've tasted we'll
refund
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

Mems H a n d w e t
Shoes, of wax calf, box
calf. vici kid and patent
colt kid; drill and leather
lined; extension edges.
Shoes that have been
selling all season at
$500, now reduced to
So. 40 a pair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

Women's r e g u ! a r
81 9S Kid, Box Calf and
Patent Colt Kid Shoes;
almost every size in the
lot, but not every size of
each sort. The seasons
most approved lasts and
styles. Reduced to Sl-9
a pair.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
KlIoHANA ART LEAGUE.

Nowhere in the world should the ar
+;stic instinct thai is of the best In
all men spring into more robust NE
than under the sunny skies of this IS
land land. The streets of Honolulu
are replete with quaint types that
would have delighted the soul OF
rembrandt. the hills have the eolors
of Corot and Turner himself would
have reveled in the gorgeousness OF
the Hawaiian seas and the Hawaiian
sunsets
That the appeal of nature and the
quaint in man has not been made IN
vain was shown at the opening of the
twenty-second semi-annuaI exhibition
of the KiIohana Art League last night
There were, it is true, some paintings
not of island subjects shown, and at
least one exhibitor was not an island
PAINTER, but for the most part the
landscapes were bits from our own
beautiful country; and the types were
emphatically island types. In treat
ment and coloring the local artists
seemed to have caught the very breath
of island life, with results highly
creditable not more to their skill in
handling than to their true artistic
instinct.
The Kilohana Art League has
shown. in this exhibition, that it is
continuing to labor for the art educa-
ton of the island people and for all,
therefore, that is best in the people.
Art is education and inspiration-and
a people inspired is people progress
ing toward its best development.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
WIRELESS vs.. CABLE.

1t is a pity considering the frequent
breakdowns in the wireless system
that the Msckey cable was not landed
On Hawaii and brought from island to
island to Kauai and continued from
there to Guam and Manila. BY this
plan the Territory would have had a
safe and certain local telegraph sys-
tenn and the cable company a fair is
land trade to begin with, carrying the
certainty of annual growth.
Would it not be. well for the COM
merciaI bodies to sound the Mackey
company as to an inter-island cable,
finding out what guarantee of bust
ness would be required to lay and
operate it? Something might come OF
the matter, for the length of the actu-
al cable needed would not exceed the
width OF the channels. the overland
lines being ordinary telegraph wlrs
strung on poles. Assuredly it would
be a great relief to the public to have
a certain means of electric inter-com-
munication, for the wireless. as it or
dinariiy works, is not much bette1
than carrier doves.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
WORK FOR Ex.pReslDtNrs

The problem of what to do with our
solved by Mr.. Roosevelt whom it is
proposed, at the. conclusion of his
term, to induct into the presidency of
Harvard such an office, dignifed,
honorable and executive. is one which
an ex-Chief Magistrate of the nation
could enter without STOPPING.
Of all our recent Presidents there
are several who would have made adj
mirab1e college chiefs. Had law and
custom permitted, General Grant
might have taken charge of the great
martial university at West Point. Mr..
Hayes would have adorned any cor
legiate station. Gen. Garfield was a
scholar and a ripe and good one, and
had he lived, might have gone bacA
to Williams as its head. Mr.. Cleve-
land would find himself embarrassed
among men of culture but after all, a
university needs business admins
in the Greek. AS for Icy Ben Harr.-
son, what an old-school college presi-
dent he would have made. to be sure!
Nor would Mr.. Mckinley have lost
prestige either in the unaccustored
work of teaching or the narrower
sphere of University administration.
Where would better man have been
found, if he had lived, for President
of the Ohio State University?
AS for Mr.. Roosevelt. a skilled exec
utive. man of letters and an athlete,
Harvard must even now be impatient
for his coming.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
ROOSEVELT MAY
DIRECT. HARVARD

RICHMOND. (Va.), November IL
1t is senli-oficially stated. according to
the most reliable authorities. that Pres
ident Roosevelt has decided to become
the head of Harvard University soon
after the expiration of his term in
March, 1909. This statement is vouched
for by a man who returned today from
New York, but who declined to allow
the use of his name in connection there
with, on account of the report having
come to him in somewhat confidential
way He states, however, there is every
reason to believe the statement is true
in every particular
Two weeks before election, he says,
President Roosevelt was called upon
and asked whether he would accept the
office if it were rendered him. He in
timated that he would, and it was I'M
derstood that if he was defeated it
would not be long before he would as
sumo the position. AS he won an over
whelming victory. his statement that he
would not be candidate for reelection,
is taken to mean that he will take
charge of the affairs of Harvard
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
WHERE NOAk'S
ARK WAS BUILT

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. f2.-K. "
Millard, who now resides lin this city
has been for several years studying
archaeology in Egypt. For the last year
until his recent return to this country,
he was engaged in making excavations
at various places on the Nile, especially
at Gizeh. in the neighborhood of the
great pyramid of Cheops.
4 have discovered" said Willard,
'iust where Noah lived, where the ark
was built and that Noah built the great
pyramid of Khufu, known as the pyra-
mid of Gizeh.
Noah was the greatest King this
world has ever seen. He was the great
est of the Egyptian Pharaohs, not ex-
cepting Rameses the Great.
.'Noah was millionaire. The biblical
account of the flood gives no clew as
to where he lived or where his ship car
penters were at work for 40 years con-
structing the ark
Noah was 600 years old when the
food came. 1t IS evident that he must
have been a millionaire and a man of
great authority. He built the ark az
his own expense. Such boat in those
times would have cost more than half
a million dollars"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
A PROPER SUNDAY LAW.

9Suppress Sunday nuisances and let
Sunday yrecreations alone
That seems to be the alpha ana
omega of a good Sunday law.
A Sunday nuisance comprises an
open saloon or theater. prize fight. a
noisy professional ball or football
game, militia sham battle. wide
open stores. shops and manufactures
which compel men to work against
their wills. horseraces, hulas and open
gaming houses. etc.
Acceptable Sunday recreations in
Slude attendance on band concerts,
athletics in the park
or anywhere in the suburbs, swim
ming, yachting, driving. mountain OF
| seashore cunning, visiting cafes
! libraries and aquariums, automoliling
picnicking and attending luaus.
A Sunday law along these genera
lines would work happy medium be-
tween a Bacchanalian and Puritan
Sunday and be in accord with the
modern American spirit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
THE MYSTERY DfEpENs.

The mystery of the Pinkham Com
mission is increased by this interview
In the Star:
The powers that be are so little ols-
+1rbed over an attack on the admins
tration made by T. j: Ryan of olaa III
tbk Advertiser that they will not trou-
bIe TO reply to it. Ryan asks for IN
formation as to the "Pinkham com
mission which he says drove from
F5ilo to the Volcano House and made
no enquiries or visits at any of the
fine farms on the way. He wants 70
know what the commission is for and
who nays its bills. The Advertiser
seems to encourage the belief that the
commission which was headed by l..
e. Pinkham was merely engaged IN
demonstrating that Hawaii is no place
for small farmers.
..There is nothing for me to say in
reply to the attack said Governor
Carter this morning; sin due time the
commissions. report will be made and
that will speak for itself
Pinkham would not even say this
much. He would not discuss the mat
ter of the commission at all.
This commission is supposed to De
dealing with subject in which all the
people of the group are deeply inter-
ested. 1t is headed by a public official
and has expended large sums OF
money which the Legislature may be
asked to reimburse Yet it acts on the
principle that its business is private
and it resents questions from those
who have the right to be heard on all
administrative matters affecting the
welfare of the Territory, now or here
after
If the object is to put a purely ex-|
parte plea before Congress and the
President it will surely fail, because
anv such attempt will be met, on the
floor of Congress, by q complete ex-
posure of the methods and intent of
the Commission and the one-sidedness
of it's findings. Assuming that the OBJ
iect is to discourage the hope that
Hawaii may yet have diversified in
dustries, and enable the baronial sys-
tenn to extend itself over the remain
der of the public domain, there is dan
ger that Congress. when a full hear
ing has been had, will conclude to put
our land administration under the
control Of the United States.
Open. sessions, fair play and public
ity are what should be demanded of
every commission which meets to
frame public policies. The County Act
commission holds its important meet
ings in public Is there any valid
reason why a Land and Labor COM
mission should not do the same?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

A negro .hack-driver in Washington
was driving along the street when he
encountered a funeral. A long line of
coaches was behind the hearse, which
was moving along at a lively rate The
negro was superstitious, and did not
want to cross between the carriages in
the funeral procession. He tried to
drive around in front of the hearse,
but could not make sufficient speed.
After driving alongside the hearse for
two blocks, the negro called out to the
driver: Say, boss. hold up an let me
go past My passenger is in a hurry,
and yours isn't,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

Judge Parker found little sympathy
in his defeat from people who had
thought well of him at the time of his
nomination. The change of feeling was
due to the defamatory attack he went
to New York to make on President
Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou
charging them with having used the
power of the Department of Com
merce and Labor to coerce capital into
contributing large sums for the Re
publican campaign fund Coming from
the late Chief Justice of the Appeals
Court of New York, and the sane
and safe" candidate. such roorbacn
petrified good citizens at first and
then turned them into enemies of the
Parker cause. So when the ex-Chief
Justice was beaten by tremendous
majorities few tears were shed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
\ SURE CURE FOR. GROUP

A SURE CURE FOR. CROUP-The
first indication of Group is hoarseness.
and in child subject to that disease
1t may be taken as sure sign of the
approach of an attack. Following this
hoarseness is a peculiar rough cough.
If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is CIV
en- as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
IT even after the croupy cough appears,
it viii prevent the ATTACK. II is used
In many thousands of homes in this
broad land and never disappoints the
anxious mothers. We have yet to learn
of a single instance in which it has
not proved effectua1. No other prepa ra-
ton can show such a record-over thirty
years constant use without a failure
For sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith
& Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

The Star fears that our japanese
friends will get wrong ideas of the
civilization of America from that
paroxysmal play. The Spy. No doubt
The Spy is an impossible tale of the
Civil War or of any war. but when /,
comes to that, the japanese war plays
now on the Honolulu stage. and the
japanese war-pictures. now in the
store-windows of the Asiatic quarter
also serve their turn. Allowances viii
be made for the fustian of the Amer
lean playwright by people who have
red and warm melodranas Of their
own.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

Ponce de Leon had discovered the
fountain of youth. "Ain't it simpler"
he exclaimed, as he dipped in his finger
and tasted the mixture; why, it's
nothing but rouge, and burnt matches,
and a little pink powder. Cleveland
Leader.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22
Pretty
NightgoWns
That Will Give
Good Service

Nightgowns that will appeal
to the practical women Of Ho-
no1u1u-women to whom price
appeals only when it is on a
good foundation of worth.
Women want muslins and
cambrics that will wear, gar
ments that have good shape
and sufficient width, where
width is necessary.
A few cents off the price,
when it is taken out of the gar
ment is poor econony-you
pay for more in the end.
We have now quantity in
stock with a dainty feminine
charm that gives them most
pleasing effect.
Prices from 65 cts. to $500.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-12
Where 9fripo' Sails Sing.

Some curious facts have been noted
With regard to the sound conducting
qualities of ships sails. When render
ed concaye by gentle breeze the
widespread sails Of ship are said
to be excellent conductors of sound.
A ship was once sailing along the
coast Of Brazil, far out Of sight OF
land. Suddenly several Of the crew,
while walking along the deck, noticed
that when passing and repassing
certain spot they always heard with
great distinctnes5 the sound OF bells
Ginning sweet music, as though being
rung but short distance away.
Dumbfounded by this phenomenon,
they quickly communicated the dis
covery to their shipmatas, but none
Of them were able to solve the enigma
as to the origin Of these seemingly
mysterious sounds which came to
them across the water. ..-... 80.
Months afterwards, upon returning
to Brazil, the crew determined to
satisfy their curiosity. Accordingly
they mentioned the circumstance to
their friends, and were informed that
Al the time when tie sounds were
heard the bells in the Cathedral of
San Salvador. on the coast, had been
ringing to celebrate feast teld in
honor Of one o. the saints.
Their sound, wonderful to relate,
favored by gentle, steady breeze,
had travelled a distance of upwards
Of one hundred miles over the smooth
water, and had been brought to a
focus by the sails at the particular 10;
cality in which the sweet sounds
were first heard.
This is but one of several instances
Of similar kind, trustworthy authori-
ties claiming that this same music is
often heard under somewhat identical
circumstances. and especially in a
moisture laden atmosphere.