The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-06-09

foolish thing of posting plaCdru IN
its window saying that the sensational
announcement in the extra edition of
the Seattle star that San Francisco had
been destroyed by an earthquake, was
fake.
The next day the Seattle star had a
reproduction of photograph of its con-
temporary's window with this placard
i'm full view The Post-Intelligencer
could say nothing, and the Seattle Star
didn't need to say anything. The en-
terprising journalism which gets the
news to the people and gets it to them
quick had been unanswerably vindi-
Gated.
Here comes a Mark Twain story back
from England. 1t is told by John Nor
gan Richards in his book of Teminis-
cences entitled with John Bull and
Jonathan" published by d. Appleton &
Company. In writing of a lecture tour
made by Mark Twain in England, Mr..
Richards says
THE audience could not quite realize
whether he were serious or joking. l
can only remember one story now
which he told This was a description
OF a thunder storm at Honolulu. He
said that the clouds assumed the
blacklist appearance in the east. He
was at the time driving in a Sandwich
Island cart. The cart was divided into
two parts by planking, the rear half
being usually devoted to the transport
of luggage. The seat was on the CEN
trail division. PerceivinS by the black
cloud that the rain was about to fall
heavily, seeing the flashes of lightning
and hearing the roll of thunder, he
reused the pony, and managed to keep
exactly i'm front of the storm, although
when he got to the end of the journey
he found the rear portion of his seat
was filled with water. After telling
the story he kept perfectly still for a
moment; but no one laughed
G G G G
\ singular coincidence i'm connection
with the Marks tragedy is the half jok-
! ing prediction made to Marks by a
friend the day before he died that some
day he would break his neck with his
auto. Marks had been greatly interest
ed i'm his auto for some time, and spent
much of his spare hours fixing up the
machine. He was an expert chauffeur
and prided himself on his ability to
handle the machines.
! "How's the machine?" said friend
that day on meeting the well known
stevedore manager
Fine" said Marks. Il can do any
( thing | want with it,
You'll break your d neck with it
some day." was the reply. This was
only few hours before Marks did so
handle the machine that it caused his
death.
9 G G G
l read an account yesterday i'm the
Star of an alligator having been seen
by two women up Nuuanu Valley
stream. The article was not quite
explicit enough. 1t failed to state whe-
Their the alligator had yellow body
with green spots, or just a white body
with sky blue stripes. l trust that
some more active contemporary will
make a point to clear up this matter.
And be thorough about it too; not take
the statement of only one of the ladies
who says she saw it but get the impress
sion that the other one had of the color
of the brute.
. q . .
A delegation one day called on Pre-
sident Lincoln to ask the appointment
of a certain gentleman as commissioner
to the Sandwich Islands. They present
ed their case as earnestly as possible,
and, besides his fitness for the place,
they urged that he was broken i'm
health and a residence i'm that balmy
climate would be of great benefit tC
him.
The President closed the interview
with the discouraging remark, Gentle
men, l am sorry to say that there are
! eight other applicants for that place
: and they are all sicker than your man.
G G Q Q
At a meeting of the Promotion Com
mittee the other day ornamental tire,
planting was discussed at some length
Il one of the suggestions made was tina
more kukui trees and fewer Roya
palms., particularly in small yards
" would greatly improve appearances.
thought the suggestion a good one a
the time, and began to wonder VIII,
il was that so few kukui trees are T.
be found in town. The tree is sight
" one i'm shape; its leaves are of
striking design; their color is pleasing
and altogether it strikes one as tire
IS that would be much sought as an or
namental tree.
: l kept on the lookout for the tree a
4 | wondered why l did not see more q
them, and one of the first | saw was
large and handsome one that was be
J ing cut down on the spacious ground
9 of handsome residence, l was SUI
3 prised.
have found out since that the ma
tives have a superstitution that kukr
= tree planted in ones yard is a ba
3 thing, especially if it is on the left han
q side of your front entrance. The one
saw being cut down was ON this siniste
side-which by the way isn't ba