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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-28

Incorporated Under the Laws Of the
Territory Of Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-28
Claus Spreclels. VIM. o. Twill
CIauSSDTGGkGlS
BANKERS
HONOLULU, Il. l.
BANKERS

San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
National Bank OF San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
gAN FRANCISCO-Tbe Nevada Ma
tional Ba k Of San Francisco.
: ONDON-Union Of London & smith
Bank, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Corn Exchange National
Bank.
PARIs-Credit Lyonnais.
8ERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-rhe
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation. ,
Bank OF New Zei. md, and Bank OF
Australasia.
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER-Bah
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GEi-ERAL BANklNG
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS
Deposits Received. Loans dade OF,
Approved Security. Commercial ana
jewellers Credits issued. Bits OF Elk
charge Bought and Sold.
COLLECTION PROMPTLY AZ
COUNTED FOR.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
BIG FAMILIES OF ENGLISH.
North Of Britain Is Rooseveltian Par
adise as Far as Race Suicide
Is Concerned.

The north of England seems to
be a fertile soil for large families,
for in 1897 we read of a Cumber-
land man and his wife, accom-
panied by 80 of their children, all
attending the. christening of the
31st child; and in earlier years
another north cOuntryman, Thorn.
as Greenhill, apple dtO the then
duke of Norfolk, earl marshal, for
an augmentation to his coat-of.
arms on the singular ground thar
he was "the seventh son and 39th
child of one father and mother"
In Conway churchyard there
was to be SCENT can scarcely be
there to-day-a tombstone bear
ing the following remarkable cpl.
taph: "Here lyeth the body of
Nicholas Hooker, of Conway, gen
tleman, who was the 41st child of
his father, William Hooker, by
Alice his wife, and the father of 27
children. 1887"
If a mans family be considered
as including all his descendants,
that of Peter Smith, who -four
ished in New Jersey in the seven.
teenth century, is entitled to o
high place of honor, for at recent
annual gathering of Peters pro
geny no fewer than 1000 met and
dined together under the apple
trees in the orchard attached tC
the ancestral homestead.
In families it is not an unknown
thing for one child to be ole
enough to have a sister or brothe.
young enough to be his or he
great-grandchild. Thus the ED
estsonofThOmas Beatty, of Drum
condra, had passed his I'D birth
day when his youngest brothe
qualified for the cradle. Whe
). William Frost, of Galphay, nea
; Ripon, died in 1889, his eldest chill
was a sturdy boy Of So summers
and his youngest was barely II
E. and the LadyPOwerscourt Of t.
F.. day is a half century older than be
latest brother.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
ASPHALT COMES FROM LAKE
Venezuela Bodies of Water Are Source
Of Chief Supply of Great Com
mercial Product.

Although the asphalt lakes of
Trinidad and Venezuela furnish
over so per cent. of the asphalt
used, small deposits are found in
the limestone of Val de Trivas, in
switzerland; Seyssel, on the
RhOne; Cuba and America, de.
clares a writer in the New York
Tribune. The largest South
American asphalt lake consists Of
a dark brOwnish deposit of a semi
fluid and semi-sOlid substance sur
rounded by banks from three to
six feet high. In the center of this
lake is a continual election of hot
fluid asphalt, accompanied by
large bubbles of gas.
The dark skinned workmen ex.
cavate it in pieces weighing in the
neighborhOOd of % pounds, sec
tons 40 feet in area and about four
feet deep being worked at one
time. AS quickly as freed from
its surroundings it is placed in
large tubs, resting upon small
fiat topped tramcars operated
upon a narrow gauge road. The
entire surface is constantly NOV
ing, thus necessitating a continual
relaying Of the tracks.
The freshly excavated asphalt Ii
conveyed to the shore, where the
tubs are lifted by hydraulic power
to an aerial %tramway, by which il
is conveyed to a large wharf sit
uated on the GuanOcO river, abou.
five miles distant from the lake
Here it is weighed and dumpe,
into the vessels which convey it t,
the foreign lands.
Upon its arrival at a factory /
is heated until the water is ex
PEELED and the earthly material
cast to the bottom of the larg
!, watts, and it is poured through
, sieve into barrels, where it solid.
ies. 1t is then ready for con
merce.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
ALLIoAToRs IN VENEZUELA.
There Are Thousands Of Them There,
But as Yet They Are Of No
Practical Use.

The United States consul al
Maracaibo, Venezuela, in a recent
report to the state department
comments interestingly on the
great number of alligatOrs in that
country. He viewed these hideous
amphibians through a business
eye and wrote:
Though but few alligator skins
are sent abroad from here, it is not
on account of scarcity of alliga-
tors. 1t is strange that nobody has
taken up the limiting of these rep.
tiles. They are here in the lakes
and lagOOns and rivers in untold
numbers and all sizes. The skins
are well worth securing and alliga-
tor oil brings a high price, being
used for medical purposes. In the
Rio de Orc and the Rio Tara |
have seen thousands of large ALI.
gators which came up to deposit
their eggs on the sand banks dur.
ing the dry season. It is the same
in all the hundreds of streams
which flow into the lake of Mara.
caibo. Alligator hunting is fine
sport, and in my opinion would be
a paying business"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
HoLBEIN AND TITAN.
10 the Former Genius the World Was
a Toilsome Pilgrimage, to the
Other a Pageant

The genius of HOlbein blOssOmed
early, says st. Nicholas. In 1915,
when he was Is years old, he
moved from Augsburg, where he
was born, to Basel, the center Of
learning, whose boast was thar
every house in it contained at least
one learned man. In 1920 he was
admitted to citizenship at Basel
and to membership in the paint
ers' guild, good proof, as he was
only %, of his unusual ability.
But the times were lean ones for
the painter. HOlbein found him
self in need of money, and accord
ingly set out for London with a
letter of Introduction to Sir Thorn
as More, the kings chancellor.
master Haunce," as the Eng
lish called him, arriyedin England
toward the close Of 1926. During
this first visit to England he paint.
ed portraits of many of the lead
ing men Of the day. But two years
later, in consequence of an out.
break of the plague, he returned to
Basel, only to be driven back to
England in 1881 by poverty and
the death of his old friends.
In 1887 HOlbein came to the no.
tice of Henry Will, and was estab-
lished as court painter, a position
which he held until his death. This
seems to have occurred during an,
other visitation of the plague in
1913; for at this date knowledge OF
the great artist ceases. When he
died or where he was buried is not
known.
What a contrast between his
life and Titian's! One the favor
lite, and the other the sport of for
. tune. For though the greatness OF
both was recognized by the men o,
their time, Titan lived a life o.
sumptuous ease in the beautiful
surroundings of Venice, while Hol
/ bein, often straitened for money
never wealthy, experienced thu
rigOr of poverty; forced by neet
and circumstances to become al
alien in a strange land, dying IN
noticed and unhonored.
The world to Titan was a pa
geant, to Holbein a scene Of tot
and pilgrimage.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
Oil on u b Land.

Oil is not only poured on the
troubled waters but also on agi-
tated terra frma. Some 5000
miles of the roadways of Califor.
mia are now treated with oil for
the purpose of laying dust. The
results are said to be most promis.
ing, partly because of the peculiar
climatic conditions in southern
California. The climate is so dry
that the difficulty has always been
to prevent the road surface from
loosening, since there is not suf.
ficient moisture to bind the road
materials. The oil used has an as.
phalt base and differs in this re.
gard from the crude oil available
elsewhere.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
GREAT PROFIT FROM DOGS
Most Important Branch Of Manehu-
rian Trade Is Selling Of Canine
and Goat Skins.

BY far the most important
branch of the skin and fur trade OF
Manchuria consists of the skins oil
the domesticated animals-the
dog and the goat, says Hosie's
"Manchuria." Many thousands OF
these skins are annually exported
from Niuchwang and Tientsin and
ultimately find their way princi'
pally to the United States.
There are thousands Of small
dog and goat farms scattered over
the northern districts Of Man
churia and Mongolia where from
ten to hundreds of animals are
reared yearly. When a girl is mar
ried she receives perhaps six dogs
a~sherdOwry, anditcanbeeasilyun-
derstoOd that this comparatively
small beginning may be the foun'
dation of a large fortune, seeing
that the reproduction Of ten per
annum would in a few years give
an enormous total. A dog natures
in from six to eight months, and
the fur is at its best during the
winter; so that the animal must
be destroyed before the thaw sets
in. Nature has provided a magnif.
cent protection to withstand the
cold of these northern ATTITUDES
whore the thermometer Fahren
heit) goes down to % degrees be.
low zero. e., 81 degrees of frOst
and it is doubtful if dog skins in
any other part of the world are tC
be compared with those that come
from Manchuria or Mongolia
either in size, length of hair OIL
quality. The question of food fol
so many animals naturally pre-
sents itself. fthey had to be KEEP
entirely by their masters the in
dustry would not be a paying one
The cOarsest grain-millet that /
not good enough for the horses
mixed with ordure and rubbish o
the farm is always ready for then
when by foraging outside they ar
unable to satisfy the pangs of hur
ger.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
POST ROUTE ON A RIVER.
Boats in the Service on the Thames
Receive Mail from the End
Of a Boat Hook.

1t is probable that London has
the distinction of being the only
port where the ships lying at an
Choir are privileged to have their
letters delivered to them by river
postmen, it being customary at
other ports for sailors to apply
personally for their letters unless
the ship is in dock. The Thames is
divided into two postal districts,
each under the control of a river
pOstman, who delivers letters and
parcels every morning in a craft
(which resembles a fishing boat
more than anythingelse. OF these
districts the first extends from
the custom house to LinqhOuse and
the second from Linehouse to
Blackwell. The river pOstmen
start on their rounds punctually
at eight o'clock every morning,
and, needless to say, there is only
one delivery a day. The mail bag
may include as many as 500 let
tiers, but this number is largely
increased about Christmas time
As he glides from ship to ship, the
pOstman calls out: "Ahoy, therep
and hands up the letters attached
to a bOathOOk TO the waiting crew
1t only takes from four to fvI
hours TO deliver the mail, so tina
the postman does not waste nue.
time. In foggy weather, however
1t takes considerably longer, oW
ing TO the difficulties Of finding tn
various ships, and of steering be
tween the large vessels as they Ii
at anchor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
PARIS FOOD PRICES HIGH.
Cost of Provisions in the French Cap
ital Greater Than Here, Says
a Writer.

Fish and poultry are sold by the
piece, most fruit by the pound,
also nearly all vegetables like
peas, beans, potatoes and spinach,
but salads, caulihowers and cab
bages are sold by the head, says
Jeanne Constentin, in Good
Housekeeping.
Many varieties of food are more
expensive in France than in Amer
lea. Meat is precisely double the
price, poultry a third more, cook,
ing butter varies from &c to 40
cents a pound in Americanmoney
strictly fresh eggs 60 cents dozen,
coffee GO cents a pound. But veg
etables and fruits in season are in.
expensive.
Ice is a great luxury; you can
buy it at the cremerie, a store deal
ing in milk, butter and cheese;
it costs three cents a pound. The
cook goes down and brings up this
luxurious commodity in a salad
bowl. You could not get an ice
man to bring ice to you; besides ar
ice box is an unknown comfort il
the average French household.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
NARHoRsE NEVER FoRoETs
30 Matter How Long Equines Hay
Live They Always Answer the
Calls Of the Cornet.

These old horses never forget
tie calls, no matter how long it
has been since they last heard
them.
One day some years ago, when
was passing an open lot in the
outskirts of Chicago, l found a
boy trying to play an old cornet,
says a writer in Forest and
Stream. While the boy and were
a work on the cornet, an old negro
ash hauler came along driving an
animal that had once been a good
horse, but was now only a cOllec-
ton Of skin and bones. The horse
Stopped when he heard us and
stuck up his ears. l came to the
conclusion that he had once been
a cavalry horse and asked the old
AegrO where he had got him.
SFrOm a farmer he said. IcOuld
not find a "U. S." on the horse; he
had probably been discharged to
long ago that his brand had been
worn Of. But taking the cOrnet |
BOUNDED the stable call, and the
horse began TO dance.
"Hold fast to your lines, now,
uncle l warned the old negro. 81
am going to make the old horse do
some Of the astestrunning he has
ever done since he left the eayal,
e." Then, beginning with the call
for the gallOp, l next sounded the
@arge, and the old plug went
plunging up the road at his fast
@t gait, dragging his wagon after
him. l gave him the recall next
and he came down to a walk, mucl
TO the relief Of the old negro. HI
said that this was the first time HI
had ever been able to get him Il
20 faster than q slow walk before
GYOu don't feed him we'll enough
to get him to do much running"
told him. ''That horse when he di,
have to run got his - pounds 0
corn and all the hay he could ca
every day"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
GIRLS WEAR TROUSERS.
cireassian Maids and Damsels Enjoy
Unique Schedule Of Mems APP
parel-Have Three oolOrs.

ever been to Cireassiar' said
the sailor.
mo, of course not" the drug
gist answered.
'Then I'll tell you about the
trousers of the Circassian girls
Gimme" said the temperate
sailor, "a mock cocktail. I'll tell
0 about them trousers while
you're mixin up the drink.
@In Circassia, Cad, the girls is
all beautiful. They have straight
noses, clear eyes, white teeth and
heavy hair. They are slim, and
they wear bright clOths-red
shoes, flown wells, sashes, trous'
ers. Their trousers is what l am
goin' to tell you about.
"Only three cOlors in trousers is
worn-red, white and blue.
"Supposin', in Circassia, you
saw a girl walkin' in front of you
in white trousers. If you was a
single man the thing for you to
do then would be to get ahead Of
her and, loOkin' back, size her up
/ If YOU liked her looks, you might
speak to her in a respectful way
ask her to take a sherbet, for
instance. She wouldn't be offend
ed. Why not2 Because, wearin'
white, she'd be asingle girl. White
trousers is only worn by the un.
married in Circassia.
eff you saw, glidin' along in RED
trousers, the most beautiful CIR
In the world, you'd have no righi
to speak to her, no matter how
much her loneliness might attrac.
you. Red trousers is a sign the
girl is married. Red-danger-
hands off.
"Blue trousers, again, is al
right. If your Circassian girl ha
blue trousers on, step up to her a
free as you please; tell her she i
lookin' well, and ask her if sh
won't take supper with you. She
not be offended if you are respec
= full and polite. Her blue trouser
shows she is a widow,
"Circassia, Cad, is the place fC
a single man to 90 that is fond {
the ladies. He can't make no mi
takes there, whereas here, jir
inyw
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
BIRDS SUFFER IN WINTER.
Scattering Of Bread Crumbs to Feath.
cry Tribe Is Always We'll
coined by Them.

When the ground is covered with
snow there are birds suffering for
want of food. All the birds here
abOuts do not 90 to a warmer eli
mate when winter comes. GointO
the woods nearly any winter after
noon and unless the cold is ex-
IRENE or the winds very strong
birds of many families may be
found. These reckless little fel.
lows do well so long as the ground
is not white. When a heavy snow
comes they are without food and
perish in drOyes because they
dared to spend the winter in their
summer home.
The next time it SHOWS scatter
bread crumbs and bits of meat il
your yard. The birds will find II
very soon and they will bring
others to the place where there il
food in time of snow. Sparrows'
Yes, there will be many sparrows
but even they must live, and a chat
tering few of them will add mucl
to a winter landscape as II is seel
through the window of a warn
room.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
MAY PUT BAN ON QUEUE.
Chinese Government Said to Be Con-
sidering the Adjustment of Old
Style Appendage.


Some time agOit was announced
that the members of a Chinese
revolutionary reform movement
had decided to abandon the Gus
tom of wearing the queue, and
that hundreds of the Chinese in
New York and California colonies
were cutting that hirsute append.
age. The Chronicle expressed its
incredibly of the revolutionary
source Of the reform at the time
the announcement was made on
the ground that the cutting Of the
queue would be a distinguishing
mark Of the dislOyalty to the i'm
perial dynasy Of the Chinese who
submitted to it, and be an absolute
bar to his return to his own cOun-
try.
According to the local Chinese
papers, the inspiration favoring
queue cutting comes from an i'm.
perial and not from a revolution,
airy source. These papers repre-
sent that a mandate directing the
cutting Of the queue is being seri.
Ously considered by the Chinese
government, and It's issuance at
an early date is anticipated. 1t is
expected that within the next six
months the custom of wearing
queues will disappear entirely in
the local colony.
If the Chinese government is
contemplating the issuance of
such a reformatory order it has
doubtless been Influenced in it's
course largely by the example sci
by Japan, which, before it's adOp
ton of western civilization, was a
queue-wearing nation. Whether
the wearing Of the queue by the
Chinese grew out of a condition Of
servility or possesses a special re
ligious significance, its abolition
will mark the abandonment of one
Of China's oldest and most per
siste ntly cherished traditions
But it will be accepted general,
as the initial step of the Chimes,
government toward the modern
ization of the nation. If the gov
eminent favors the change ther,
can be no doubt that the peopl,
will promptly comply with it
edict.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
world's Water Power

The following list of the worlds
water-pOwer electricity plants
shows the aggregate power so OBJ.
tained in the respective countries:
United States Of America, 527 1857.
horsepower; Canada, 22S,225-
horsepower; Mexico, 1S,47Ohorse-
power; Venezuela, 1,2O0horse.
power; Brazil, SOO-hOrsepower;
Japan, 3,45O.hOrsepOwer Switzer
land, 133,3O2-hOrsepOwer; France.
161,343 horsepower; Germany
61,O77-horsepOwer; Austria, 16,
0O0-horsepower; Sweden, 1000
horsepower; Italy, 100000 horse
power; India, 7,O5O-horsepower
South Africa, 2, 1OO-horsepower
Great Britain, IL, 0 G-horsepower
total, 1,483,39O horsepower
don Engineer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
Joys of Matrimonv.

Fred after a long absence)-so
you and Agnes are now married
and happy, Ell?
Joe-Yes; er-that is, l am mar.
ried and she is happy.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
Not LOval to Her.

Mrs. Newbride-Yes, Pm deter.
mined to leave him. He has doubt.
ed my word
Her Mother-But surely you
won't leave him simply because he
doubted your wordi
"It's too hateful Of him. he
should know Pm always right,
even if Pm wrong."-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
stuRed Her Husband.

The body Of M. Markoff, the
great iberian raj waycontractor,
has been stuffed by his widow,
cited With glass eyes, and CARRIED
ipdrpss clothes, and it now inhab.
.i.s 1t fithly inlaid cabinet In a
4 amer af Nine. Markofcs draw.
iDg roam.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
Fana.

Half NelsOn-Why SO blue, old.
chap?
Solar Plexus-This jiu jitsu has
completely knocked my name out
Of the paperS.-N. Y. Sun.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
The oratesul NINA

He enjoys much who is thank
full for little; a grateful mind 10
both a great and happy mind
Seeker.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
Eclipsed.

Helen-Was your bitterest hour
the time you discovered that your
fiance was flirting with some one
else?
Elise-No, it was when he dis
covered that I'd been doing the
same thing.-Detroit Free Press.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28
Did She Mean Its

she-The Swellingtons called
on us last week, you know.
He-Yes.
"Don'tyOu think 1t is about time
we should retaliate? "-Tit.Bits
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-28

To the man looking ahead the Southwest
has an urrent invitation. The opportunity
Id todav when investment chances are good
and homes can be purchased OF from ~
tenth TO one-half the prices asked IN the
N,rth and East.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-04
Mrs. James Austin.

The subject of this sketch, Mrs.
Sarah Caruthers Austin, nee Med
ley, was born April 4, 1857, at
Union Town. KY, was married
May l6, 1875, to Mr.. James Austin,
and was the mother of nine chill
dren. Early after her marriage,
Mrs. Austin was converted, and
her sorrowing husband, who knew
her life and labors as none else
could know, is the authority for
the statement that she lived a true
Christian life.
She was diligent, worthy wife
and cared well for her children,
who will always feel the power
and influence of a fond mothers
love. May each of them seek and
find the ''pearl of great price" and
live in the service of God!
Mrs. Austin's illness was of short
duration, having been about her
work during the day, retired at
night somewhat disturbed by heart
disease, but fell to sleep and died
early in the morning of April 4,
1905, which was her forty-eighth
birthday. The funeral services
were conducted by the writer from
Fort Hill M. E. church, South.
Many friends join the family in
sorrow over her departure.
IRWIN B, MANLY.