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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17

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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
The Leisurely Past.
From the New York

From the New York Globe.
Mrs Frederic Harrison's plea in the Corn
hill for old-time leisure and simplicity is in
a well-thrummed key The theme is a
stock one for essayists and verse makers
How many, indeed. have been the lamehts,
in tone of tender melancholy over the
decay of the diary. the loss of the art Of
letter writing, the passing of the time
when life's unruff1ed stream serenely flowed
between velvet meadows of quietude Tru-
ly, so recurrent is this familiar sentimental
ism concerning the past that it is strange
Campbell did not make his lines read:
Remembrance springs eternal in the breast,
Man never is but always has been blest
1t is favorite preoccupation of each sue
ceeding generation to regard itself as time
worn and jaded-the power of agreeable
sensation exhausted; the store of primitive
simplicity spent. The glory of Solomon's
court was disturbed by the voice of the
preacher saying all things had become van
ity; on Dante's page fell the morning beams
OF the Renaissance, yet his spirit is that
life in his day had lost it's SAVIOR and was
an ordeal to be endured rather than priv
ilege to be enjoyed; Shakespeare wrote In
the jocund day Of the great Elizabeth, yet
when his soul speaks through Hamlet 1t is
to complain that the times are out of joint
An age is seldom simple and leisurely to
Itself. 1t is ungracious TO break in upon
self-solacing musings, reflections which do
no harm even though born of fancy rather
than of fact. Nevertheless. the modern
historical spirit is stern and insists that the
truth Is always its own justification. If
the latter is a correct principle, then wit
ness must be borne that the data collectors
have fairly established that today is the
age of leisure rather than fifty or one hun
dred or any other known number of years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
THE PEANUT.
Cotton is Slowly Crowding It Out in
the South.

Cotton is Slowly Crowding It Out in
the South.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
We are told that the great doctrine of
the solidarity Of mankind is being enforced
as never before by the discoveries of mod
ern science Medicine, economics. biology,
physics in their latest Developments teach
US with hitherto unapproached force that
all men and all things are so bound to-
gether that what affects one affects all.
It is an impressive truth. Consider the case
of man, the cotton crop and the peanut.
Within the last few years the consump-
ton of the peanut has vastly increased.
This interesting legume has fought it's way
over prejudice and contempt to a place of
unchallenged pre-eminence in popular es-
TEEN. sneers have not prevailed against it.
Contumely in the presence of the unparal-
leled popularity of the peanut hides at last
Its diminished front Last year we broke
the wrinkled shells of 100000 bushels Of
pindars, and ate some billions of arachian
nuts" If essentially the choice of a
plebeian taste, II the rich and fastidious
prefer daintier delicacy, the peanut is
without rival in the favor of the multitude
But now observe. The plant arachis
hypogaea demands an early spring, a hot
and moist summer and a sandy, friable
loan. But these are conditions required by
another plant of great usefulness and value
namely, cotton: With this staple at a
Georgia and Tennessee have found it adj
vantageOus to devote part of their acre
age to the edible, at the expense of the
sartorial crop. But lately cotton has been
going up, and the south is naturally plant
ing it to the neglect of other crops; I'M
happily, almost to the exclusion of the pea
nut. Thus we see that such an unimportant
fact the value per bale of cotton vitality
affects human happiness in remote par
ticular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
MENELEK II AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF SKINNER.

march from the imperial palace. At this
suburb of Addis-Ababa Commissioner Skin
ner was visited by NJ. Leon Chefneux,
Frenchnan acting as counselor of state
and one of the foreign advisers of the en-
peror. Two hours later, headed by NJ.
Chefneux. who wore full evening dress and
a silk hat, the mission set out for the Alder
mach, seat of government, accompanied
by an Ethiopian escort of 5000 men. The
hills and plains en- route were covered with
thousands of warriors, Enthusiastically dressed
in lion or leopard skins and decorated with
armed with shield OF rhinoceros hide. e
spear and rife. They formed in crude
alignment without any uniformity as to the
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might be some chaps of the sort who did
not receive cards to the Spencer-Jones af-
fairs. but who knew about pretty western
girls whose fathers put up near Washing
ton Square.
He found the smoking room at the club
deserted. In the dining room farewell
banquet was under way, in honor of man
who looked distinctly western. Bancroft
caught sentences about boat to sail early
In the morning and a long stay abroad
then, with a shrug. he walked into the
writing room. Drawing a chair into the
window recess, he threw himself into Its
leather depths to watch the cabs fash
through the storm, and to think of Miss
Divinity.
OF course, there had been other divinities.
He almost laughed aloud when he recalled
the first one, whose insipid pink nd white
ness had been the power to draw him to
the dancing class, clad all in velvet and dis
gustingly girlish lace ruffies. There had
been demure girls. girls whose blush had
been that of the wild rose, girls with coils
Of satiny hair, girls with tender mouths and
deep brown eyes, but never had there been
one who could combine all these graces as
did the Lady OF the Stage.
In her delicate treatment of the faded
nervous old teacher he had read exquisite
womanly sympathy: In her bearing. dig
nifty and the art of repression: in her eyes.
when she laughed that latent sense Of
humor which Is the heaven of marital life.
The club rooms were very quiet when at
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sance by the marines and blue-jackets no
new attack was threatened
Wild beasts howled about the camps az
night, and on one occasion an enlisted man
was so badly poisoned by some animal
while he slept that he could not be moved
next morning Capt. Thorpe and the hos
pital steward, with one camel, one tent
and a few commissary stores, remained
behind with their comrade and moved him
to the next camp the following evening.
To guard the mules against wild beasts
a sentinel had to be posted over them
throughout each night. A guard had to
watch the stores and the chameliers slept
with their charges. Guard duty fell heavily
after the fatigues of each days march.
Governors Send Gifts En- Route.
The governor or ras of each province
through which the caravan passed would
often send to camp a steer or sheep, and
In addition to this the camp kitchen was
plentifully supplied with antelope, guinea
fowl, "dig-dig" and other native game.
With one shot Capt. Thorpe on one occa-
sion brought down enough guinea-fowl for
the whole command.
AS Meneleks capital was neared each
camp would be the scene of long pro-
cession of blacks carrying upon their heads
baskets of food, sent as presents "by COM
mand of the emperor"
The escort shifted into special full dress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26

on the trail of the hat. Then he sent down
to the steamship offices and engaged a
room on the next outgoing boat The City
of Chicago had sailed at o'clock Thurs
day morning. The Teutonic would sail at
10 on Saturday. This would give Stroud
only a little more than two days start
And with Swinton's men on his heels, the
rest would be easy.
Ten days later Bancroft stood on the
landing stage at Liverpool The first per-
son he encountered was Swinton himself.
ITS all right, Mr. Bancroft" said the
detective. Your man is stopping at the
Carlton. We can nab him this afternoon.
and have him extradited in time for Satur-
days boat. / presume it's an extradition
offense?'
Bancroft looked At him In amazement.
Good Lord, nor he answered carelessly.
THE mans just got my hat by mistake"
Swinton sat down suddenly. 1t cost thir-
ty shillings a day and expenses to trail a
man. good hat might be purchased for
forty. He had received many strange or
ders from America, but this certainly was
the oldest ever.
In the carriage en- route for London the
detective strove to secure enlightenment,
but Bancroft had turned suddenly uncom-
municative. The man. trained at cross-ex-
animation, was for once baffied
Arrived, In town. they drove at once to
the hotel. AS the four-wheeier rolled up
the Pail Mall to the entrance Of the Carl
ton man who looked as Ii he might be
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10. the thirty Americans turned their faces
southwestward toward the black heart OF
Africa and began their adventurous journey
to Addis-Ababa. more than 800 miles inland.
The first stage of the trip was made over
an uncomple,ed railway to Dire-Douah,
distance of about It's miles. Arriving at
this point at in the evening. the party
went into camp for one day. while camels
were procured for baggage and supplies.
and mules for mounts. The mules were
assigned to the men according to the
weight OF the latter and some hours were
spent in accustoming the animals to white
riders.
Slept in Palace.
The following morning, the camp outfit
being packed upon the camels. the expedi-
ton set out at 8 o'clock, upon preliminary
journey of forty miles to Harrar, the chief
commercial city Of Ethiopia. which was
reached before night. The escort made an
excellent appearance riding into this great
town, on the outskirts of which they were
met by the distinguished governor, the Rae
Makonnen-a nephew of Emperor Menelek-
at the head of thousands of his warriors.
The camels of the caravan not arriving
until the next day with the supplies, the
Ras Makonnen quartered the officers and
men in his own palace and trea ted them
with great hospitality. The next day
camp was made a mile outside the gate of
Harrar
The Ras Makonnen was about to set out
upon an expedition against Mad Mullah at
the time of Commissioner SINNERS visit.
He had collected at Harrar large force of
native warriors which the Americans view
ed with great interest. On November %
the Ras, with large military escort, visit
ed and inspected Mr.. SINNERS camp and
was thrilled with delight at having the
guard paraded in his honor Breaking camp
at o'clock next morning, the expedition
returned to Dire-Douah One private of the
escort fell Ill on this return trip and was
sent back to Djibouti unable to endure
the more taxing journey to the capital
Bound the "Habau" Hand and Foot.
The caravan. including now forty six
camels and forty-fve mules, finally left
Dire-Douah for Addis-Abal on November
20, Lieut.. Hussey having been sore beset
by difficulties with the camelmen of the
desert, with whom he had been endeavoring
TO arrange for the convoy. The plan of
march mapped out included a march from
one watering place to another each day.
The caravan moved in three sections, one
of Arabs, another of Abyssinans and the
other of Dankah camelmen, whose tribe are
the most savage and re5ellious people Of
Ethiopia. The first camp was supplied with
a small amount of water by shallow water
holes,' the second by a running stream
Upon breaking camp after this second stop
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Bogus Antiquities From italy.

From the Jewellers Circular Weekly.
In reciting the different articles exported
to the United States. in his annual report
dated October %, 1903, United States Con-
sui F. B. keene of Florence, Italy, says:
Next in value are antiquities of every
kind. description and alleged epoch, but
most of them such clever limitations as to
require experts to detect the deception The
only competent judges in the matter are
the officials of the government galleries.
whose duty it is to inspect and seal all
cases of works of art intended for exporta-
ton. Should they. however. find any pre-
cious ancient pieces, they, ex officio hinder
the expectation, yet thousands of cases are
classified as ancient art works and dis
patched to all countries
''The question of prices for antiquities Is
most difficult to ascertain. for 1t is one or
individual taste and means"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
waiting for /. friend, slipped up to the de-

waiting for . friend. slipped up to the de-
tective.
"Johnson.s got the man, SIR" he said
softly. 'T think they're In the cafe"
Down to the cafe went Bancroft and
Swfnton. The formers heart gave great
leap as he recognised the man he had seen
at the club. And there on the rack above
him was the hat. Stroud had not noticed
their entrance He was glowering at g
man across the way who was dallytng over
a lemon squash. For four hours the man
the latter remembered having seen the
same person around the day before. He
had the unpleasant feeling that he was be-
ing Swallowed.
Bancroft stepped up to his compatriot.
II beg your pardon" he said. extending
penciied card from Banson, but believe
you have my hat and yours Is In my lug
gage"
II the detective had been astonished.
Stroud was dumfounded. Throughout his
years Of toll, trip to Europe had been his
ambition. And here was man who mad
taken the trip merely to recover nat
When he had recovered sufhciently TO
act he reached for the hat above his head
and handed 1t silently to Bancroft. Harry
turned down the band with hands that al
most trembled. There on the silk the name
was still legible, alicia Bronson"
Stroud accepted his own hat from the
hands of BancrOft's man with supreme In
difference. but he seemed loath to part
'I am glad there is some one here to
vouch for me- he explained, "for I may
have to send for you. Some fool detective
has been watching me ever since landed.
don't know what they want me for, but
didn't do 1t, no matter what 1t is. He is
sitting over there now.
And Stroud pointed to the unfortunate
shadow" who was still trying to look as
II he enjoyed a lemon squash when his
thirst cried aloud for Scotch and Soda Ban
croft looked inquiringly at Swinton, who
nodded. Swinton in turn looked inQuiringiy
at Bancroft, who also nodded. A moment
later the detective was free to indulge his
thirst, Bancrofts man was standing at
attention with his masters luggage In
hand ready for the next move, and the
bewildered Swinton, at word from Ban
croft. was threading his way among the
tables.
Stroud put on his hat, then jerked it OF
again, and spoke with gentleness and
hesitation which would have astonished
the men who had worked with him and for
him in Montana.
London may be all right when you've
been here before and know folks, but it,
darned lonesome when you haven't. If you
wouldn't mind meeting my daughter and
having dinner with us, ibid be ID
glad"
Bancroft murmured something about the
pleasure of meeting American girls SO Tar
from home. Everything seemed joyous
now that he had that name and address
under his thumb. He sent his man down
to register and followed Stroud to the lift.
They paused before the latter's apart
ments, which Stroud had dubbed the Eng
lish hotel edition de luxe, and the man
who had made his money in copper said to
the man whose father had made his money
In lead:
81 forgot to tell you her names not
Stroud. She's my stepdaughter and don
mind adding that her mother was a belle
out in good old Montana. Her names Bron-
son, Alicia Bronson. Walk right in!'
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Lieut. Hussey advanced with the Arab and
Abyssinia-: camels, leaving the savage Dam
kalimen and their thirty camels with Capt.
Thorpe commandant of the Marine Guard.
The leaders of the Dankalimen, who had
ben troublesome from the beginning, on
reaching a fork in the trail refused to take
the route to the left, on which Lieut. Hus-
sey was leading the way, and persisted in
starting upon the trail t, tie right When
Capt. Thorpe halted the camels the .habau"
or chief Councilman entered into an excited
discussion through Waldo Mikael, inter-
prefer of the expedition. During this com
motion Capt. Thorpe, with the aid of his
command, headed the camels in the right
direction, but all of tie leaders of the
camelmen, including two Dankali women,
gave notice that they would desert
Capt. Thorpe Immediately seized me
leader and bound him hand and foot When
his fellow Dankalimen saw his predicament
they made a rush upon the Americans with
their spears. Capt. Thorpe commanded the
four marines left with him to load and aim
over their saddles While the Dankalimen
stood looking into lie muzzles of these
Yankee weapons leveled at them their chief
was given his choice OF leading the caravan
to- Addis-Ababa peacefully or of being
dragged thither.i He finally consented to
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Capt Thorpes demand and from this time
on the DankaIimen were gentle and oae-
dent. Lieut.. Hussey. in reporting this
aesair to the Navy Lepar .mc-t. commends
the young captain of marines for his firm
ness and good Judgment in dealing with
savage and treacherous DanEali camelmen.
which prevented annoying II not enbar-
RAISING delays 20 the wi-ele expedition.
A King Demands Tribute.
The king of the savage Dankllis after
This visited Comm ss.oEsr S inners camp
ali demanded 100 taiers CAD When
was rcfr.ed some of his followers threat
eiied an attack. Preparations for this were
made The following night. during which
there was an alarm, but after q reconnais-
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The Answer of the Night.

W. d. Nesbit, In Chicago Tribune
The armament showeth His handiwork "-Psalu
xix:1.
When night her sable veil has flung
Far out. until Ii shrouds the world.
w. marvel how each mesh Is hung
With stars and how each fold is pearleH
With strands of living fire whose glow
Comes family through the outer mist
Where subtle colors ebb and dow
From ebony to amethyst.
Then man looks in the jeweled sky
Where patiently the planets climb
And there Is held before his eye
The unsolved mystery of time.
He traces all the wanderings
OF restless universe and world
But where the hand that onward hines
The stars with such precision huriedf
What is the ali-explaining word
Writ with the stars for man to heedf
Why is II In its grandeur blurred
That straining eyes may yeedf
Why, when SIGHT has found the place
Wherein the farthcst star Is set
Do unknown fingers swiftly trace
A constellation farther yeti
Each str that sends its laughing light
Has that deep secret long posseased;
The knowledge hidden In her breast.
Yet repeats bis What and Why,
Ard f-sts sei that be never sees
How thar tie stsrs have made reply
TiarsEsr Gods unnumbered centur1sa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
Jumped the Bill.

From the Philadelphia Public ledger
AT what hotel did you put up when you
were in that town. asked a casual ac-
quaintance.
None" replied the dead-beat.
Didn't stop at hotel, chr
''Oh. yes, ! stopped at one, but didn't
put up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26

Effe-"Sillyi Dolls don't eat anything!"
Bertie-.Don't Ell? WE'LL that old one OF
yours that / cut open was stuffed chock
full of breakfast food."--Woman's Home
Companion
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ors
o se no
if o a
of is untu
UAs Spring Medicine and Tonic Paw-Paw Has No Equal
Munyon's Paw-Paw Tonic for sale all druggists Paw-Paw
Pis-he Stomach and Liver Pills eah-25c
bottle
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~atarrh of Stomach Cured
With One Bottle
of PaW=PaW

1 was a severe sufferer with Catarrh OF
the Stomach, indigestion and grippe I
used numerous remedies with but peri
odical benefit. / tried Munyon's Paw
Paw ami before l had finished half bot
tie 1 felt as l had not felt before since
contracting the terrible i'll. By the time
the first bottle had been used i was per-
fectly cured. and, although II has been
more than a month since used that won-
derful tonic, have not had the least sign
of returning trouble. / can heartily recon-
mend Paw-Paw, feeling that it has per-
manently cured me.
(SgnedO VIM. BRAY,
419 Federal ST, Allegheny City, Pa.
Such startling cures have heretofore
been unknown in the history of medi-
cine DrnNQists md tl,.nt
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-06
Was Much Interviewed.

DIR. Mort returned from the Mainland
by the Manchuria. He had a very in
teresting visit, having spent three
months in the States. DR.. Mort was
approached by newspapermen in al
most every city. All wanted his views
about the war. His statements that he
was doctor and only from Honolulu
were hardly credited. japanese army
and navy men have often Travelled as
civilians and the reporters thought that
DR.. Mort was assuming a role in order
to avoid being interviewed. The doe
tor was the most eavorably Impressed
by the city of Boston, among all those
he visired.-Hawaii Shinpo.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
banana planters, reports that both in
dustries are progressing finely.
Announcement of the wedding of
Frank L. Stanley, late with Hoffschlae-
ger & Co., Hilo, to Miss Helena Kath-
leen Chambers, of Portobello, Dublin,
ireland, have been received. The we'd
ding took place on November and was
Il SOClal success.
Sealed tenders are asked for the con-
struction of one room school house
and teachers apartments at Kaauhuhu,
North Kohala.
Ben Kuhn bought one of the ten acre
tracts of government land near Wal
mea for $i4.O0 per acre. The other lot
brought $500 per acre.
The Portuguese clubs, Social Lusi-
tano and the Recreativo. united in
celebrating the 264th anniversary of the
restoration of the independence of Por-
tugal by dance at Serrao's Hall last
night.
w. S Terry purchased coffee in Kona
and had it shipped to Hilo via Homo
lulu and reshipped 1t to the coast on the
Enterprise so that it would reach its
destination in two weeks after leaving
Kona.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Stewart will
occupy the Nawahi cottage on School
street. Rev. Stewart held services in
the st. James Mission at the MOTEL on
Sunday.
The case against Frank Jose, charged
with larceny of money from Papaikou
store, was not presented TO the grand
jury owing to lack of evidence for the
prosecution.
Manuel Furtardo. the young Portu-
guese interpreter and clerk for LeBlond
and Smith Is seriously Ill with blood
poisoning. But Nttle hope is felt for
his recovery.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-06
.u|LO BOY WAS A
ScHOOLSH|P STUDENT

In the collapse of the schoolship en-
terprise in which the steamship Penn
sylvania played an important part re-
Gently at Newport, r. l., Richardson,
Hawaiian boy from Hilo, was more
or less of loser. The enterprise. which
had been extensively advertised in the
leading magazines for nearly a year,
was one which called for $3.50 as a fee
for student entering upon the course.
This was payable in advance. In many
cases those who paid the money over
stand to be losers, as the assets are
not large. Young Richardson was taxi
en- East by his sister, but has probably
entered some other school.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-06
LILIUOKALANl
EN- ROUTE

Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
was among the passengers on the
steamer Sonoma, which reached port
yesterday. With her secretary and
two companions, she is on her way to
Washington, d. c., and expects to de-
part for the national capital tomor-
row. In the meantime she is a guest
at the st. Francis Hotel. 1t has be-
come the custom of the former Queen
of Hawaii to reside in Washington
while Congress is in session and to
employ her time while there in fur
thering her claims against the Fed
eral Government for remuneration for
the loss of the crown lands of Hawaii
She is hopeful that Congress at its
coming session will make an appropri-
alton to settle her claim.-Chronicle.