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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
ADDED TO TOWNS BEAUTY.
Ono Man Supplied Trees to All Of
TonaWanda.

DR.. Heinrich c. Leonhardt of Ton
AMANDA recently supplied almost the
whole city with young trees. At din
ner which he attended he heard the
suggestion made that the city needed
shade trees. Immediately he bought
thousands of young elm, maple and
chestnut trees, and as soon as 1t was
possible had them shipped to Tona-
wanda and stored in q nursery there.
Then he announced that all who
would might have trees by applying
at the nursery. The effect was Won
derful. Streets that never would have
had trees were soon filled with -four
ishing young saplings that in twenty
years will be priceless-a magnificent
monument to one man. Two thousand
of the trees were distributed in an in
credibly short time. There was more
tree planting in Tonawanda than ever
before. The only condition attached
to the offer was that persons taking
trees should guarantee to plant them
for shade purposes and to plant them
in accordance with directions given at
the nursery.-Country Life in Amer
lea.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Birds That Do Not Care to FIy.

Many birds do not consciously de.
light in the use of their wings. In
Nigeria, where the bush is continuous,
pheasants do not fly at all. Partridges
in England move to and from their
feeding grounds; but they love to skim
the earth, to whose tint they are COL
ored, and use their higher flight only
for safety. Moorhens prefer not to fly
AZ all. The lnajority of our home birds
and many of the smaller migrants
move very small distances of them
selves, and we look in vain for any
sign that they fly as lambs skip, for
the fun of the thing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co. }

Little Miss Peters toiled up the
three flights of steps to her tiny hall
bedroom. She threw her bag on the
bed and walked deliberately to the
mirror, only stopping to throw open
the blind for more light. She sat
down deliberately before the hideous
little glass and began to take another
inventory of her good looks.
Not even one who loved her-she
smileH bitterly at that thought-could
call her pretty. She was homely. Not
with that piquant sort of plainness
that is almost as attractive as beauty,
but with sort of ugliness.
The forehead bulged, the eyes were
dull and sunken, the cheeks presented
no contours to speak of, and the whole
expression was owlishly pathetic.
She examined each feature as cal
lousy as if it were statue she were
appraising. The face was the same.
AS hateful to her as ever. She closed
her eyes YEARLY. She was plain, I'M
attractive-ugly. And if one ever
wants good looks it is when she is
twenty. Miss Peters was barely that,
but she looked almost any age, up to
forty.
She slipped the pins out of the tight
little knot at the back of her neck
an. shook her hair down over her
shoulders. 1t was not pretty hair. 1t
was thin and scraggly and mouse col
ored. In the hand mirror she raised
to get a glimpse of her profile she
could see her bent little shoulders
reflected. A bookkeeper who bends
over her work from eight in the mora
ing until six at night rarely has pref
ty shoulders.
And seventy-fve dollars is not much
to pay a girl who does the work OF
two men. Miss Peters sent fifty dol
lars of this amount home every month.
After her board was paid. little was
left to waste on feminine fnery.
II wouldn't care" (she had fallen
into the habit of talking to HERSELF,
Il wouldn't care if | were ugly and
poor if any of them liked me-" She
buried her face in the pillows and be-
gan to cry. Il never have any fun"
She lay staring at the ceiling, thinking
hard And her thoughts were even
more pathetic than her face. One by
one she took the girls in the boarding
house, and studied their faces from
memory-and their friends There
was only one of them who had ever
manifested the slightest friendliness
for her and that was Miss Mathis.
She did not wonder that people loved
Miss Mathis and thought her beauti-
ful-she was. She reminded Miss Pet
ers always Of queen who had stray
ed somehow into a cheap boarding
house incognito, that she might learn
to know and love the least of her sub
jects. Miss Mathis, with her gorgeous
hair and eyes was so beautiful and
magnetic no one could keep from low
ing her. But it was the others she
wondered about-the dozens of stem
ographers, book keepers and school
teachers. Very few of them were real
ly pretty, yet they had friends. The
landlady's daughter was no beauty
but all the men liked her.
II know" exclaimed Miss Peters,
with sudden energy, ''it's only the gay
girls that are popular. will make
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23

ing, she ran lightly down to the din
ing room. She did not see. fortunate
Iy, the elevated brows behind her
back, or hear any of the whispered
comments on her appearance. 1t was
pity she did not know that one man,
Mr.. Hughes, the kindly-faced new
boarder, was disappointed in her. Be-
fore this he had felt a certain shy
friendliness for the modest little book
keeper, who reminded him somehow
of fragrant clover blossom in a
he was thinking, as he watched her
flippant and painted. that she was like
the others, after all. He felt a mild
sort of pity that he could not have ex-
planned to himself, but all the time
he knew that the others were making
fun of Miss Peters behind her back.
But the little bookkeeper, with an
almost fierce gaiety, was chattering
away to a commercial student who sat
next to her. After dinner she followed
the others in the parlor, still deter.
mined to be one of them. Her com.
panion at dinner was at her heels, en-
couraging her. Later she went to sit
on the steps to the side gallery with
him while he smoked cigarette.
Have one?" he invited, companion.
ably. Daisy smoked one with me
last night" For an instant Miss Pc
ters' face went white under the paint
with anger. Then she remembered
she must be like the others if she
wanted to be popular No one coulc be
popular and be a prig.
She reached out for the cigarette
and the young man offered her light
from the one he was smoking-and
moved up nearer. Two whiffs of the
cigarette turned her deathly faint.
81 think I'll go up to my ROOM" she
faltered, throwing it aside with a lit.
tie forced laugh.
Don't co." he begged. Amt you
game enough to finish it? Must be
your first one
her disgust for her companion. Good
night"
Aren't you going to kiss me good
night?" he whispered, rising. Daisy
always"
How dare" But Miss Peters
| did not finish. She stumbled blindly
| through the dining room and on VI
the three flights of stairs to her own
room. She slammed the door and
| dropped on her knees beside the tiny
white bed.
20 God" she sobbed. what have
done? Why did you let me do it.
| What did it matter If | were
ugly! That l had no friends. Nothins
| matters any more! ] have lost every
thing now. My self respect is go-ono
| forever"
And she was on her knees, still sob
bing and praying in the dark when the
last boarder came in for the nigh
and passed whistling to his room at
o'clock.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
In the Catechism.

The late Rev. Walpole Warren was
hearing the Sunday school repeat the
catechism one Sunday preceding con
firmation, when boy from the class
of small children ventured to ask a
question of the minister.
MIR. Warren" he inquired in an
anxious tone. why does the multi
plication table make people wicked?'
why do you ask that question
Ohm? I never knew it to do So" he
aid
John turned to his catechism and
'ead from it the question:
Ibid man grow worse as he be-
gan to multiply And the accompany.
ing answer, He did New York
World.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Fish With Queer Name.

There is a fish in Hawaiian waters
which is known by the native name of
humuhumunukunuku which
means literally sewing up the nose"
The Hawaiian method of killing q pig
to be roasted is to smother it, not cut
its throat, and it is smothered by sew.
ing up the pigs mouth and nose. This
fish with the long name has spines
which in ancient times were used as
needles to sew up the pigs mouth.
Hence, the name more fully means
".he fish that provides the needles
or sewing up the nose of the pig"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23

other girls. She would even make up"
like Daisy, the landlady's daughter
To do this she had to improvise cos
hat put color into her cheeks and lips
She darkened her brows and lashes
She almost fancied that she saw in the
face reflected a likeness to Mrs. Live
ly, the wife of a drummer further
down the hall. Then she began to
comb her hair. Not in the usual knot,
but in an elaborate and much tangled
pompadour.
By the time she had her dress but.
toned, the dinner bell rang and. with
out taking time to consider her dar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Not Wholly Crazv.

directed one of the half-witted inmates
TO whitewash the walls. The lunatic
did as directed and really performed a
very creditable job, but for some I'M
foreseen reason he had reelected to
whitewash a space over the clock.
THAT is very well DONE" said the
supervisor as he returned to inspect,
but catching himself up short he de-
mandec:
But why did you leave that space
over the clock?"
"Oh, | don't believe in working
overtime" was the response.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Johnny Knew.

A class of boys were given lesson
in geography, each having book con.
tanning a description of the earth, be-
fore him.
Suddenly the teacher called on one
Of the youngsters (who. evidently. had
been paying little attention to what
vas being said) to answer the follow
ng question:
Johnny. where Is Europe?" Page
jS," was the boys reply.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23

old who lived in the heart of the
mountains, and of the sprites and COB
Inns who dwelt beneath the ice Of the
brooks and in the dim recesses of the
forest.
One frequently puts up at the
"skydsstations." The people of Nor
way pay very few taxes, but each man
along road will have so many yards
of the road assigned to his care; own
ers Of land and stock must, within the
district allotted to them, provide shell
ter and conveyance within a fixed
time, at low rate of pay fixed by the
government. A "skydsstatiOn" is
therefore kind of relay station or
hostelry, where fresh horses will be
supplied and refreshment provided for
man and beast.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Roads HeWn Through Rock.

Some of the roads over the noun
tains are amongst the finest in the
world, hewn out and in some places
tunneled through solid rock; through
PERCEPTIONS gorges where pent-up cat
aracts form In ceaseless fury, or along
cliffs that descend abruptly into the
calm waters of lake or ford. At
other times they glide, snake-like,
down some broad-breasted slope, or
climb from the narrowing valley up to
the tableland that spreads itself
above.
But leaving the highways and the
beaten tracks, one can taste the joys
of roaming with map and compass for
sole guides; straying. far from hotel
and skydsstation, and leaving the
mountain cabins in their Businesses,
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23

'em like me, tool" Her face had
emerged from the pillow. A new light
was in her eyes, the light of one who
determined to conquer. "A girl who
goes along, tending to her own bust
ness and living up to her ideas of
what a lady should be. What's COM
ing to her? Unconsciously she fell
into the slang of the other girls.
She rose with fresh determination
and began to dress for dinner. She
pulled out her best frock, the one Kept
religiously for Sundays. and her good
sinners. She would dress up like the
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
Germany,s Population.

The Imperial Bureau of Statistics
estimates the population of the Ger
man empire for 1905 at 60.164000
compared with 59,364.000 In 1904.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23

Some mems idea of the pursuit of
happiness is to sprinkle salt on its
tail.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-09-23
LiffIe Things

Only little shriveled seed
1t might be a flower grass weed;
Only box of earth on the edge
OF narrow dusty window ledge:
Only few scant summer showers;
Only a few clear, shining hours;
That was all. Yet God could make
Out of these. for a sick chids sake,
Blossom wonder as fair and sweet
AS ever broke at an angels feet.
Only life of barren pain,
Wet with sorrowful tears for rain:
warmed sometimes by wandering
CLEAN
or JOY that seemed but n happy dream.
A life as common and brown and bare
As the box of earth In the window there;
OF perfect soul in a narrow room
Pure as the snowy leaves that fold
Over the flowers heart OF gold.
Henry Van Dyke.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
JUSTICE HATcHs SUCCESSOR.

The nomination of Arthur Wilder TOT
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
ia acceptable to the bar and the COM
munity. An honor man at the 1aie
Law School Mr.. Wilder brought to the
local bar fixed habits of industry and
learning of sound kind. He Is
young man, but older, we believe than
was Chief Justice Frear when he be-
came an Associate Justice and older
than was Judge Hartwell when he
came to the Supreme bench of the
Kingdom in 1868.
Justice Wilder brings the Hawaiian
element into our highest judiciary for
the second time in it's annals, Judge
IFS incumbency being the first instance.
There flows in Mr., Wilder's veins some
good Hawaiian blood.
Usually citizen of this Territory
who Is nominated for a judicial post
has to run the gauntlet of adverse
criticism; but We have every reason
to believe that, in Mr.. Wilder's case,
there will be no protest to stand be-
tween nomination and confirmation. 1t
Is case where everybody seems to
feel that a perfectly fit selection has
been made. Not only is Justice Wilder
to be congratulated but also Governor
| Carter, who sent his name to the Presi-
dent, thus giving evidence once more
that the establishment and preserva-
! ton Of a sound judiciary is near the
Executive heart.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
A sp0ILsMEN's BILL.

Delegate Kuhio's bill giving authori-
ty to counties. districts and munich
palities to elect public boards is de-
signed to remove one Of the few safe
guards against the excesses which
would come of wide open county and
municipal government.
The measure has for its object the
election Of county boards which, as the
Organic Law is supposed to stand,
would come under the rule Of executive
appointment With the Governor to
choose these boards, honest admins
tration could be presumed; but with
the voters to elect them, everybody
knows, considering our mixed VOTING
element that all of thescounties would
be bound and gagged for the benefit d
the predatory classes and some OF then
robbed according to the forms OF law
In a few years more their choice woul'
largely be dictated by Asiatics.
This is good time for the CONNER
cial bodies to make their influence fel
at Washington against the Kuhio bill
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
TIE REVIVAL IN WALES.

A revival comparable in its sweep
and power to those of Whitefelc, Fin
ney and Earle in the United States, Is
now spreading over Wales. Its begin
ming was in a modest rural pulpit
where Evan Roberts, youth OF 20, feit
irsspired to preach. Young Roberts had
peen a miner and had lately begun to
study for the ministry. Last summer
ne had some deep spiritual experiences
which he calls his "baptisms OF hre'
a circumstance which led him 10 re-
turn home and await whatever reVeia-
lion might come to him. In week
tine he had received what he DeileVeu
TO be q clear call. Gathering ABOUT
him some women singers he went from
church 20 church, holding meetings
which have had a marvellous response
His magnetism. his earnestness ana ms
faith. have carried all before them and
with apostolic potency.
BEGINNING among the poor the re-
v;val has spread among the rich ana
the powerful. Even Anglican priests
and communicates, members or fariia-
ment and the aristocracy, mine owners
and magistrates, have been brought 10
their knees. Many go to scoH ana re-
main TO pray. The population OF wales
as a whole has been worked up INTO
state OF frenzy and the sales OF liquor
in the most Incorporate towns nave
decreased 80 per cent. Politics, the
theater. even the ordinary Vocatiohs
of life. have ceased to charm. In the
rough mining districts like Penrhyn'
former scenes of bloodshed and de-
struction of property, miiiehnial
peace prevails. Lawsuits have all out
ended, owing to a community oil re-
ligious sentiment among litigants, ana
on every hand private quarrels are pc
ing satisfied by a shake or the mana
and a union in prayer. Wales Is now
a land of brotherly love, with the Zen
commandments and the Golden Rule
as common law.
In almost all instances such revivais
are the issue of hard times, but II Is
not reported that Wales Is subject 10
any financial stringency. This seems
to be one of those rare cases where
a population is ready to take hre,
whether over patriotism, religion or
speculation depends upon circum-
stances; and the moment match is
lighted the tow blazes UP. At present
there is a chance that the revival may
extend to England, where Moody and
Sankey made such an impression years
ago.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
United States Geological Survey,
Washington, d. c., Jan. II, 1905.
Hon. George r. Carter, Governor of the
Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu, Hawaii:
My Dear Sir: The Lewis and Clarke
Exposition have elected me Honorary
Commissioner of Mining for that Ex-
position, and in that connection / am
extremely anxious to develop the latent
mineral resources of the Hawaiian Is
lands. SO far efforts to develop min
eral industries in HAWAII have not met
with success, and certainly the first
preliminary in that direction must be
a clear exhibition of what can be offer
ed from the Hawaiian Islands in the
way of mineral resources The general
idea is that these islands are about as
barren of mineral resources as any spot
that can be mentioned on earth, and if
we limited our idea of mineral resources
to our principal products, such as gold
and silver, copper, coal, etc, this would
undoubtedly be true, but the islands
contain many mineral resources which
are capable of developing means of rail
transportation and supporting other
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03

Labor has won an unexpected victory
In Russia where the Gear has sane
toned the proposals for the establish
ment of Senate to stand between his
ministers and the people. No one could
have anticipated such a step year
ago, but the leaven OF democracy has
been working since the Sth day of last
February when Russia's naval prestige
in the Far East was stricken at a
blow, and the Car has become gloomy
over the outlook. What he has yielded
means that he must yield more. AS for
his autocracy it has evidently gone for
good.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
EXPENDITURES.
Total receipts .....$3,713!93
Total expenditures S,232.e2

Balance on hand. -. i..$ 4s1. II
The following, most of which were
Christmas presents have been received;
Mrs. Chas. NJ. Cooke-two hams, 100
bon-bon boxes, 10 l-2 lbs. of nuts, one
bucket of candy.
Henry May & Co.-51 lbs. of nuts.
Lewis g. Company l-a lbs. of nuts.
The Miller Candy Company-12 lbs.
of candy.
Mr.. Ed. Dekum-half dozen dolls, 20
toys, 100 pictures.
X. Isoshima-2 dozen handkerchiefs,
4 leather bags.
Holuoloa School, 1-2 lbs candy,
comforters, a necktie and two articles
of fancy work.
Mrs. S. NJ. Castle-2 boxes of apples
c. J. Day & Company box oranges
box of apples.
Kaakapua School-277 garments, 2.
books, 10 lbs. candy, "a toys, 8 games
IL dolls, hats, IL pairs shoes, i
pairs stockings, l can peas, and rib
bons
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
WANTS TO DEVELOP
MINERALS IN HAWAII

If there students of mineaogy in this Territory
any friends of Hawaii who something for the de-
yeopmen of local if there merchants
builders who think that the islands clay sand
that would valuable builders anywhere that would
abroad the of the they find
chance show their friendship and their public spirit by making
themselves known by name to Governor Carter
The Governor yesterday received letter asking for this nfor
aton from David Day. of the United States Geological Survey who
Honorary Commissioner for Mining the Lewis
and Clarke Exposition and who great desire to have
exhibit made from this Territory to the end that something
the of the development of awai mineral
resources if the Territory any The letter follows:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03

Tickets for Miss Marks concert at
the Opera House, February IL. are now
on sale at Wall, Nichols Co.. Ltd. The
box plan will be opened on Monday
next.
-
The supervisors of the Free Kinder
garten and Children's Aid Association
will hold their regular monthly meeting
on Friday morning. February 8. at $3.50
In the Y. w. c. A. rooms.
DR.. Wile's Taro Food company Is
sending to all customers a panorama
picture of Waikiki Beach. The COM
pany expects to distribute 100000 OF
these pictures during the year.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
RAILWAY STATISTICS.

Somewhere between one-third and
one-half the railroads of the world are
in the United states. The aggregate
length OF all railroad lines in this coun-
tween the earth and the moon. Ac-
cording to a statstician they carry in
the course of year fourteen times
more people than there are in the whole
world IL we estimate the passenger
traffic by the number Of people carried
one mile. Their employees are more
numerous than the combined regular
armies of any two nations, and they
kill and wound in their operations each
Japan lost in the capture of Port Ar
thur. Their receipts and disbursements
surpass those of the richest nation In
time of war. Using the last annual
report Of the interstate commerce COM
mission as a basis for calculation, we
find that the aggregate single track
railroad mileage in the United States
is 207,977 but If we take all tracks
into consideration 1t is 1885, 21. The
rolling stock comprises 1851 locomo-
tives and 1,75s,3ss cars, Of which SS,14o
are used in passenger service. This
trackage and property are owned by
about 1000 different roads, capitalized
for s12, 599, 99O,25 and burdened with
SO, 444, 431 ,226 of funded debts. They keep
on their payrolls 1925 employees. or
$50 to every lineal mile, who receive
in the aggregate s775, 321,4l5 annually
in wages.
During the year these roads carried
694. 1891, 535 passengers 425,142,2O4 miles
for s421 4592; and 63s, ssO,65s tons Of
freight 1921, 27s,993 miles for $685.
020,O26. The total receipts, If We in
clude income from various sources with
gross earnings, were s21O6, 534, 1887, out
of which were paid among other sums
1856, 176,5S6 in dividends and $1,257, 53S,
$50 for operating expenses. The gross
earnings average about s9,25S per mile.
The aggregate number of persons re-
ported as killed was 9S40, and the ag-
gregate number of persons reported as
injured was 1868.
or the fatal casualties, 1906 were sus-
tanned by employees, 355 by passengers,
$40 by persons unclassified, and 500 by
persons trespassing on the property of
the companies. The number OF inju-
ries sustained by employees during the
year was 90,4Sl, by passengers 1921, and
by other persons 7S41. The fact that over
half OF the persons killed, exclusive OF
employees and unclassified persons, were
trespassers is point Of great signif-
= icance to the credit Of the railroads
and shows one of the causes for the
long list of accidents. The American
people in general are more careless
and reckless than the managers OF
the railroads. They are impatient OF
delays, and by habit and temperament
they try to reach their destinations
with the least possible loss of time
They take big risks of life, limb ant
property. They are exacting in thei
demands as to speed, and hence the!
often force railroad managers to trans
gress those rules for safety which ar
patiently submitted to by the trNveiini
pablo in other countries,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
BE QUICK.

Not minute should be lost when a
child shows symptoms of Group. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy given as soon
as the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the croupy cough appears, will
prevent the attack. 1t never fails, and
is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by all dealers. Benson. Smith & Co.
Ltd, Agents for Hawaii.