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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
SANTA CLAUS AND NEwsBoYs

The officers and soldiers of the local
corps of the Salvation Army are ar
ranging for a Christmas tree and en-
tertainment for the newsboys of Ho-
nolulu, Monday December 26, at Sal
walton Army hall, corner of Nuuanu
and King streets. They are calling
upon the good people of the city to con-
tribute the necessary funds and mate
rial for this purpose. Donations of
money toys, candy, or fruit win be
gladly received. Those sending checks
should make them payable to Ensign
Haynes, p. O. Box SIS, or 1900 Punch
bowl street. Or if a notice is sent to
her some authorized person from the
army will call.
The Salvation Army Santa Claus is on
the streets daily, and contributions
given him will be devoted to this pur-
pose. An urgent appeal is made for
this purpose which is one
that touches not only the associations
of the season, but the best instincts
of the race.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
Section Director. U. S. Weather Burea,

whitney x Marsh are open this even
ing
A sheriT's sale notice appears in this
issue.
Whitney & Marsh call your attention
| to their many suggestions i'm their new
ad. today
Christmas slippers are ready i'm great
! assortment at Manufacturers Shoe Co.
| for men and women.
The Kinau was sighted 20 miles off at
o'clock this morning.
Wing Sing 10y, Nuuanu St, received
by the Alameda a large shipment of
Dry Goods and Shoes.
The three performances of "The
House That Jack Built" drew $685.
one half goes to Miss Martin
The schooner Defiance began dis
charging lumber for the new immigra-
ton station building yesterday.
Judge Matthewman is sitting in the
Rulia rape case, in which Judge Par
sons is disqualifed.-Hil Tribune.
Miss Florence Hill goes to Honolulu
after the Christmas holidays to take a
course in the Normal School.-TIilo
Tribune.
b. F. Ehlers and Co. will keep open
this evening December Il, and the
evenings of Thursday Friday and Sat
urday, December %, % and "a
See Sachs big announcement today.
This evening will be the last chance
to buy art goods, Chnaware, etc, at
auction at the Oriental Bazaar
Green Christmas trees fresh from the
mountains of California at Lewis &
Co., Ltd, 1859 King street. telephones
24O. Never too busy to take your or
! der
The joint and several bond for 800, 900
as trustees of the Bishop Estate, was
filed this morning by J. o. Carter, w.
| o. Smith, S. NJ. Damon. A. w. Garter
and f. Faxon Bishop.
Kealoha NJ. Kealilhooluh was this
morning granted a divorce from her
husband Kealiihooluhi by Judge De
| Bolt on the ground of non-suprort. The
man did not contest the action.
/ Allan Herbert who returned recently
with Mrs. Herbert to Honolulu has or
dered a new 15-horse. power car of the
| 1905 model This will be the most pow
] Ell VI lllbIOI car Oll TIE lSldHua.
An order of foreclosure was entered
this morning by Judge Robinson in the
case of Allen & Robinson against Ma
kookoo. The land i'm question is situat-
ed in Kalihi, the mortgage being for
1868.
News was received yesterday that f.
b. McClanahan, formerly with the law
! firm of Kinney, Ballou & Mechanism,
is a very sick man in Chicago, and
that fears are entertained that he will
not recover.
The case of J. e. Fullerton against
the Kohala & Hilo Railway a suit for
the recovery of 81, 400 and interest on a
promissOry note, was heard by Judge
Robinson today. Judgment for the
plaintiff with costs was entered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News Of the DRy,7
WEATHER.. REPORT,

U. S. Weather Bureau Office, Young
Building.
Temperatures a. m, SO; S a. m, Il;
10 a. m, "a; Noon, 70. Morning mini
mum, g.
Barometer, a. M, 3O.O5; Absolute
humidity, "a. m, 4367 grains per cubic
foot; Relative humidity, a. m, SO per
cent; Dew point, s a. M, 3d.
Wind-Velocity a. m, s, NE; s a.
M, 70, NE; 10 a. M, s, NE; Noon, 10,
NE.
Rainfall during "a hours ended a.
m, 0 inches.
Total wind movement during "A
hours ended at Noon, $50 miles.
ALEX. McC. ASHLEY,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
PASSENGERS.
Arriving.

Per stmr. Kinau, December II, from
Hilo and way ports: James X. Berl.
ger and wife, c. r. Shaw, G. c. Baily
j. Lightfoot. Kin Cunk Kui, d. Billa-
conachi, d. Conway. e. j. Walker, F
j. Lindeman, II. II. Scovel, ]. Killar
Mrs. G. H. Swain, Alex McBain, Sen
ator John r. Brown. T. Wolff, George
F. Renton, Miss Ida G. Macdonald
Miss w. Sharp, James Sakai, Master
*. Blake, NJ. Avon, w. A. Chu Akaka,
Eli Snyder Miss Helen Ross, c. V,
Sturtevant, A. V. Peters, Mrs. S. M
Kanakanui, son and servant NJ. Poe
poe. Oxmbs, VIM. Green, w. A. Ram
say. George Miranda, w. Sans. r.
Layard.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
BORN.

SISSON-At Hilo Hawaii, Tuesday,
December 6, 1904, to the wife of ].
Sisson, a daughter.
ALDEN-At Hilo Hawaii Sunday. De-
cember II, 1904 to the wife of Charles
w. Alden. son.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
ARRIVING.
Saturday. Dec

Saturday, December 7.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman, from Hilo and
way ports at 1912 a. m, with 255 sheep.
Am. bktn Archer, Lancaster, II days
from San Francisco, At s am.
Stmr Likelike, Naopala, from Lanai,
Maui and Molokai ports, due.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
COLoRED CALENDARS.

Send your friend one of the views of
Hawaii handsomely colored. We have
the grandest scenery, public buildings,
Hawaiians, etc, mounted ON handsome
cards with calendar pad. At Hobron's.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
Christmas CuriOs

The most acceptable Christmas pre-
SCENTS 60 send away 20 friends are Ha-
Waiian curios We have a large line
pf cat eyes leis and Hawaiian jewelry.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-17
DEPARTING.

Saturday, December Il.
Stmr. Iwalani, Piltz for Midway at
4 p. m.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Old Time Carving Terms.

In an old number Of a magazine is
sued more than century ago we light
ed upon list Of different terms used
at tables of elegance" in the days
when Queen Charlotte came as the
bride Of the young and handsome king.
From this list it would appear that
nothing in the way of game was to be
carved. The correct phrase was to
"cut up turkey, to rear" a goose,
to "unlace" hare or rabbit, to wing"
a partridge or a quail, to "allay" a
pheasant, to "dismember" a heron, to
thigh" woodcock, to display" a
crane and to "lift" q swan. Beef and
mutton were Carved" Of course, and
the sporting men prlded themselves by
using appropriate sporting terms when
the spoil of their mornings work made
its final appearance ON the table.-Mod-
ern Society.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
GRINNING MATCHES.
An Accepted Form of Sport In Early
English Days.

An Accepted Form of Sport In Early
English Days.
That grinning matches were an ac-
cepted form of sport in early English
days is shown by an advertisement an
nOuncing a gold ring to be grinned for
by men on Oct. at the Swan, Coleshill
heath, in Warwickshire, which appear
ed in the Post-Boy of Sept. II and II,
I'LL, supplemented by the suggestion
that all the country fellows within ten
miles of the Swan should grin an hour
or two in their glasses every morning
in order to qualify themselves for this
extraordinary competition.
Addison gives a detailed account of
one Of these Controversies of faces, -
telling us that the audience unanimous
ly bestowed the ring on a cobbler, who
produced several new grins of his own
invention, having been used to cut
faces for many years together over his
last"
His performance was something like
this: "At the very first grin he cast ev-
cry human feature out of his counte-
nance; at the second he simulated the
face Of spout, at the third that of a
baboon, at the fourth the head of a
bass viol and at the fifth pair of nut
crackers" Addison adds that comely
wench, whom he had wooed in vain for
more than five years, was so charmed
with his grins that she married him the
following week, the cobbler using the
prize as his wedding ring.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
GETTING IN THE WALNUTs.
An Industry That Closes California
Country Schools.

An Industry That Closes California
Country Schools.
The first English walnut orchard in
California was planted with seed from
he Los Angeles mission gardens, where
the padres had started few trees with
nuts brought with them from Spain.
The undertaking was success from
the first, and the acreage of walnuts
has steadily increased The walnut
trees early age of bearing, its long life
and the steady demand for its product
tend to make the enterprise deservedly
popular.
The walnut tree begins to bear when
six or seven years old, and nothing is
known definitely of its age limit of
bearing. Fabulous stories are told of
trees in Spain one or two centuries old
bearing enormous crops. The Oldest
trees in California are still bearing. but
deductions from the short history al
ready made show that the tree is in its
prime from its twenty-fifth to it's thir-
deth year. Fifteen hundred pounds of
nuts to the acre is good average yield,
making seventy-five pounds the average
weight from one tree.
The harvest time begins about the
middle of September and lasts nearly
six weeks. The nuts begin to fall with
the leaves, and the perfect cultivation
under the trees leaves no chance for
them to lose themselves among clods
or weeds. The brown dead leaves
alone hide the nuts. Under normal con-
ditions they drop free from the outer
husk, or hull, through its irregular
bursting, and getting the nuts picked
up is simple matter. Sometimes the
trees are well irrigated just before har-
vest time to insure the clean dropping
of the nuts.
Boys and girls, men and women, jap
anese and Chinese, are all pressed into
service, and on hands and knees the
great orchards are gone over, not once,
but several times, on account of the ir-
regular ripening of the nuts. The trees
are occasionally shaken during the sea-
son to loosen the nuts, and before the
last cleaning they are 'poled" to start
the very tardy ones. This is done by
long, coarse bamboo poles, whose light
weight makes them easily handled.
In certain rural districts the public
schools close regularly for a walnut
vacation" The help of the children is
needed, and the children are nothing
loath to replenish their diminished
purses. Pals, cans and gunnysacks are
scattered among the pickers, and when
the bags are full they are carried to
the drying grounds, where they are
spread out on slat trays to dry.-Re-
view of Reviews.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
THE WINTER OF 1861.
eDIdest of the Nineteenth Century In
New England.

New England.
The winter OF 1861 was noted for be-
ing one of the COldest, and, in fact, it
was the coolest one, in the century.
The coolest day of the winter was Fri
day, Feb. 25, and is known as cold
Friday. There had been a heavy
storm of light, fine snow. 1t cleared
off cold, and the wind blew a perfect
gale. thus making the cold more fear
full. The air was filed with snow so
thick one could see only rod or two
In any direction. Men who were oblig-
ed to be on the road perished and were
found frozen as hard as marble statues.
A very few travellers survived the or
deal. But few had thermometers in
those days to tell how cold it really
was, but what few there were regis
tered 40 to so below zero in Androscog-
gin, and in Aroostook county it was
even lower. Penobscot bay was frozen
over SO solid that Sam Randall of
Vanalhaven took a horse and sleigh
and, together with the Hon. Martin
Kiff, who was the representative to the
legislature from Vinalhaven. cruised
from Vinalhaven to North Haven, then
to Saddle island, then to Camden and
thence across country to Augusta.
where he left Kiff and returned to vi
aalhaven again safely. Portland harbor
and Boston harbor were frozen over
solid. Thousands of the Boston people
availed themselves of the fact, and the
ice on the harbor was covered with
skaters.-Lewiston Journal
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
UNDER THE ROSE.
The Term Which Stands as the SYM
boil of Closed Lips.


Sir 7. Browne, in his Enquiries Into
Vulgar Errors" dated 1916, says of the
old phrase sub rosa, "The expression is
commendable, if the rose from any
NATURAL properte may be the symbolic
Of silence" and goes on to quote some
Latin lines which represent the rose
bud folded in its sheath as an emblem
of closed lips.
He also speaks of the secrecy to be
observed Gin society and compotation.
from the ancient custome in Symposi-
acke meetings to wear chaplets of roses
about their heads'
Others derive the expression from the
fable that Cupid gave a rose to Har-
pocrates, the god of silence. as a bribe
to prevent the disclosure of the amours
Of Venus.
There are many records of roses
carved upon ceilings in early and II
more modern times as reminders to
guests that words spoken in convivial
moments should not be repeated.
1t is said that in 1926 roses conse-
Grated by the pope were placed over
the confessionals in Rome to denote Sc
crecy.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
GLOVES IN EARLY DAYS.
They Were Often Made to Represer
the Man Win Wore Them

They Were Often Made to Represent
the Man Who Wore Them.
In the early days everything was not
regulated for the people, as it is now,
by the government and the law courts.
Europe was still young then, and peo-
pie had rough and ready means of deal
ing with one another, of buying and
selling or giving goods and property
and settling disputes. A glove, as it
was very close indeed to q mans hand,
came In course of time to be looked
upon as taking the place of the hand it.
self, and sometimes took the mans
place and was made to represent him.
For example, to open a fair it was
necessary then to have the consent and
protection of the great lord in whose
country it was going to be held. Those
who wished to open the fair would
come to the nobleman and petition him
to be present. He might be very busy,
or bored at the idea of having to go, yet
he would know that it must be opened
or his people would be discontented.
So he would say to the leaders of the
people: mo, my trusty fellows, 1 can't
open the fair in person, but will send
my glove to do 1t. You all know my
glove. Nobody has one like it in the
country. 1t is the one my lady mother
embroidered for me in colored silks and
silver wire, and it has a deep violet
fringe. You can hang it above the en-
trance of your fair grounds as a sign
that you are acting with my permis-
sion. If any one disputes your right or
touches his masters glove will attend
to him; that's allT' So the glove would
travel in state to open the fair.-St
Nicholas
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
THE EVERGREENS.

White Pine.-Five needles in q bun
die; scales of cone thickened at the top.
Scotch Pine.-Two blush green, short
needles in bundle.
Fir.-Erect cone; fiat, spreading nee
dies scattered singly.
Austrian Pine.-Two long, dark green
needles in bundle.
Norway Spruce. = Large hanging
cones; scattered needles point all ways.
Hemlock.-Small hanging cones; fiat
spray.
Larch.-Many needles in a cluster;
fall off each year; erect cones.
Red Cedar.-Bluish berries; sharp
prickly spray.
Arbor Vite.-Flat branches; cones
few scaled, and only two seeds under
each.
White Cedar.-Cones roundish, with
four to eight seeds under each.
Pitch Pine.-Dark stiff needles ar
ranged in threes.-Boston Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Our Double Selves.

In form Of experience which is al
most as common as ordinary dreaming
we see that the semisomnolent self
possesses a faculty not always given
to the waking self. Compared with my
own waking self, for instance, my half
asleep self is almost a personality of
genius. He can create visions that the
waking self can remember but cannot
originate and cannot trace to any men,
ory Of waking impressions. These ap-
parently trivial things thus point to the
existence of almost wholly submerged
potentialities in a mind so everyday,
commonplace and, so to speak, super
fetal as mine.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Fnce Powder In Cuhn.

In Cuba there has never apparently
been any dearth of face powder even
among the lowliest. The Cuban WON
an, octogenarian as well as sweet sew.
enteen," considers powder a more necs
sary article of the toilet than soap and
water and utterly Indispensable to hel
attractiveness, which it is her absolute
duty to preserve. All classes of the
community are devoted to the powder
puff, from the little six-year-old orphan
In the asylum to the lady of high de-
gree. In any Cuban school teachers
and pupils are alike unsparingly pow
dered, and powder box is to be found
In every desk and as likely as not keep
Ing company with the chalk used fol
the blackboard.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
THIS WILL INTEREST YOU.

The Ledger has made rates with sew
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and no lover of good reading should fail
to take advantage of our offer. These
rates are payable in advance, and we
invite old subscribers as well as new ones
to interest themselves on this subject.
We have not forgotten the ladies, as
you can see by referring to the list our
offer on the Cosmopolitan Magazine,
also McCalPs Magazine, which you
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Take advantage of our offer, and keep
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Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
FREAK HOUSES.
Dwellings In Which Ladders Took
the Place of Stairvvays.

Dwellings In Which Ladders Took
the Place of Stairways.
Years ago story was told of a naval
officer who wanted house built to
please his own taste in every detail.
He drew the plans himself, placed them
in the hands of builder and instructed
him to see that they were carried out in
every detail. Then he went to sea for
years cruise. When he returned
home the house had been completed
with the utmost regard for the plans
and specifications left by the officer.
He was taken through the first floor
and expressed the utmost pleasure in
everything he saw.
"Now," he said, 1--WE will go upstairs
and see the second floor"
Come right out this way where we
have ladder" replied the builder.
The seafaring man was astonished.
He had planned the house with the
greatest care, but forgot to provide for
u stairway
The story of the naval officer has
never had 4 certificate of genuineness
dItdCheu ~ IL, DuI an actual case IN
which Il house has been built without
a stairway is on record in Washington.
1t finally became the home of the late
John Boyle, who was for many years
chief clerk of the navy department and
who died in 1854, leaving large es-
tate. The house in question stood on
the site now occupied by brewery be-
low the naval observatory. 1t was
pretentious old mansion, located in
what was very stylish section during
the days of the elder John Boyle, who
came to this country in the early years
of the nineteenth century. The record
Is not clear as to why the house was
constructed without a staircase, but
there is no doubt about the fact
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Discomfort With Work.

That there is much discomfort with
work among the so called middle
classes in America is due in large part
to the pampering of children, to the
supplying Of their natural and artificial
wants and to the sentimental idea that
their day of toll will come soon
enough" In general, work Is not q
curse, but blessing-a positive means
of grace. One can hardly begin too
early to impress upon children lessons
of self help by tasks appropriate to
their age and forces and to beget in
them scorn of idleness and of depend
ence on others. To do this is to make
them happy through the self respect
that comes with the realization of pow
er and thus to approximate Tennyson's
goal Of man, "Self reverence, self
knowledge, self control. Century
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Do It Now.

The following sentiment has been
variously attributed to Stephen Grel-
let, Sir Rowland Hill, Edward Courte-
nay and the Earl of Devon, and
is said to have been inscribed upon the
tombstone Of the latter: 'T expect to
pass through this world but once. If,
therefore, there be any kindness 1 can
show or any good thing can do to any
fellow being, let me do 1t now. Let me
not defer it nor neglect II, for 1 shall
not pass this way again."
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
All Gn the Exnressfon.

Hamfatte-When asked Brown how
he liked my Othello he said it was all
that one could wish.
Hamlette-Yes; he told me the same
thing, only he expressed it differently
Hamfatte-How's that?
Hamlette-Well, when l asked him
how he liked it he said he certainly got
all he wanted of it.-Indianapolis Sun.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
The Man In the Moon.

Probably even in prehistoric times
men have noticed the face Of the "man
in the moon" Plutarch noticed it and
even wrote a whole book about the face
In the moon. But, besides this, many
other objects are supposed to be visible.
The dark markings on the surface are
hkened by the Chinese to a monkey
pounding rice. In India they are said
to resemble rabbit. To the Persians
they seem like the earth's oceans and
continents reflected in mirror.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Must Go Abroad.

what makes you think they are rich
Americans?"
Because they know so much more
about other countries than their own"
Town Topics.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Prcmature Fntigre.

Wealthy American Father-in-law-
Look here, count! I'm getting tired Of
paying your debts. Count Boylon de
Bakkovtsnek-So soon? Sare, you haf
not paid re half Of re debts yetLChi-
cago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Her Exnerfanee

Professor-In China criminals are of.
tep sentenced to be kept awake until
Insanity and death result. Now, how
do you suppose they keep them from
falling asleepf Little Girl oldest in O
small family)-I expect they give 'em a
baby to take care of.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Addendum.

Kwoter-He thinks he's still youth
full. Well, you know the old saying,
There's no fool like an old fool"
New1tt-Yes, and when an old fool dyes
his whiskers there's nobody fooled but
the old dfool-Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25
Not In His Line.

Employer-You don't seem to be able
to do anything. New Clerk-Well, al
ways had political job until 1 struck
this one-Judge
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25

II 1t were not for bores it would be
very difficult for us to realize what
eternity is.-New Orleans Times-D Demo
crat.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 cents q month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuableS.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoffice or express. Money sent
to all parts OF the United States and also all
parts of the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from IS up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has q
financial standing. Don't bury your money
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25

There have undoubtedly been bad
great men, but inasmuch as they were
bad they were not great.-Hunt.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-25

He who thinks for himself and rarely
Initiates is free man.-Klopstock.