The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-20

seeress made famous by the younger
Dumas In her almanac for 1906 which
has just appeared, she says
"As I predicted a year ago that 1905
would be a bloody year. 1 now predict
that 1906 will be a mad year.
"The civilized world, or rather, the
world which likes to call itself civilized,
is in a stage transformation. What
will emerge from the chrysalis? A
monster 1t will take a long time and
many bloody dramas before the wars
between the classes and nations will be
followed by peace and friendship and
the establishing of a new social order.
1 once more predict that the small
country of Belgium is destined to play
strange and important part in this
transformation, which is to come and
which will change the whole political
situation in Europe in a most remark
able manner.
1.-THE disturbances which are now
threatening the Russian empire will
spread to Germany, and before the end
of 1906 the German colossus, built as
1t is on a foundation of clay will be-
gin to crumble into dust The days of
more than one prince are counted, and
am not afraid to say that altogether
the year 1906 will bring the most as
tonishing events.
I'm France the political situation will
continue to be as unsettled as ever and
to a certain extent more dangerous,
though the danger will be more ima-
ginary than real, and, in spite of vio-
lent financial crises and struggles be-
will emerge unframed.
Il am not able to say whether we
shall have any great war; that depends
on too many different circumstances
and the book of destiny reveals moth
ing, but neither does it reveal that Eu.
rope will remain in peace"
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The Duchess of Somerset has order
ed the teacher of her village school no
longer to read fairy tales to the chill
dren. She explains her adherence to
myth and legends in these peremptory
words: Il protest against filing chill
dren's minds with such impractical
ideas. They should be taught of the
lives of Caesar, Dante, Napoleon, Mil
ton" etc. lie seems strange that the
names, for Napoleon is credited with
the statement that history is a fable
agreed upon" while Messrs Dante and
Milton are the authors of great works
of imagination. AS for Julius Caesar,
he was no novice at fairy tales. The
Duchess has no children of her own.
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She was standing on a street corner
waiting for a car when he stopped to
chat with her. The subject of engage
ments came up. "a girl friend of mine
once had an awful experience" she
said. Kate had been receiving the at
tentions of a young man, whom I'll call
Tom, for several years. Two or three
times he had asked her to marry him,
but she had withheld her answer
zone day he was appointed to a posi-
ton in an Eastern city. That night
to marry him.
"I need a little time to think it
over she said.
ct leave tomorrow said Tom.
We'll, tomorrow night I'll mail you
a letter giving you my answer said
Kate. Tom went away and the next
day left the city. Kate thought the
matter over until late in the night
Then she decided upon a plan. She
would write two letters to Tom, seal
them, address and stamp them. They
would look exactly alike.
zone would accept his proposal and
the other would reject it, She would
place them in the pocket of her coat, go
to a train and, just as it started, she
would throw one letter aboard the mail
car without trying to see which it was.
Kate carried out her plan. She went
to the Union depot and just as an east
bound train started threw one letter
aboard. Then she rushed back into the
depot and opened the other letter to
see how fate had decided it for her
With a scream she dropped into a seat
and almost tainted
| At this point the car stopped and the
girl stepped aboard. Did she accept
him?" asked the man on the corner as
the car started.
The girl replied, but her words were
drowned by the rumble of the car.
Which was it?
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A lady complained to her milkman
of the quality of milk he sold her
"Well, num-" said the milSman, "the
cows don't get enough grass feed this
time of the year Why, them COWS are
just as sorry about it as I am. often
seen 'em crying-regular crying, mum
because they feel as how their milk
don't do 'em credit. Don't you believe
| it, mum?"
ooh, yes believe it," responded his
customer, "but l wish in future you'd
see that they don't drop their tears in
| our can"
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In planning a course of reading, it is
usually best to get hold of some strong
human interest. This lends a touch OF
verify to science, and forms a start
ing point in political economy, and in
| inventions and discoveries.
In reading of a man and his times
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