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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-13
CARLOS LONG SPRINGS
TUE Race ISSUE

Carlos Long has written the following
circular letter, which is printed in
native paper:
Honolulu September 9Th, 1906.
Dear Sir: To the bone of my bone,
the blood of my blood, and the flesh
Of my flesh. I, native born of our
native land, humbly ask your kind
ness as true Hawaiian to assist and
support me among the members of
your delegation in selecting me as
candidate for the office of County At
torney for the Island of Oahu. If you
will observe the number of positions
that are now being held by our white
fellow citizens, you will note that the
majority of these offices are not held
by those of our side. How can you
put me aside, as I have had a legal
education at Georgetown University,
Washington, d. c., and 1 am of the
opinion that I have the qualification
and the ability to perform the duties
pertaining to the office of County At
torney for the County of Oahu.
1 call upon you fellow-citizens. true
Hawaiian born of my beloved land, to
carefully consider my request. 1t may
be that with your assistance I shall
be successful. My success may be the
means of helping some worthy young
Hawaiian to secure work and thus en-
able him to support his family in these
days of distress.
With the hope that I will receive
your support and also those of your
fellow delegates.
1 am, yours respectfully.
CARLOS A. LONG.
Candidate County Attorney County
of Oahu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-13

the information you seek is in behalf
of the Civic Federation.
If such is So I would kindly refer
you to the published accounts of the
affair as they appear in the Evening
Bulletin of June 18th. 1905, $3.50 edition;
but if it is for yourself personally, I
would be pleased to give the names AID
facts at a personal interview at any
time convenient to you.
Very truly yours
HENRY G. VIDA
The Bulletin statement is as follows:
I'm the 1905 campaign High Sheriff
Henry. with others, called at Vida's
house at II o'clock at night and urged
him to run as Deputy Sheriff with w.
T. Rawlins for County Sheriff, on
ticket to defeat Brown. Vida refused"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-13

being recorded. The meeting was held
to hear the report of their delegates to
the joint caucus held yesterday after
noon, the report being ADOPTED and the
action of their delegates approved of.
This Endorsement will be reported at
the reconvened caucus to be held this
afternoon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-13
NOTHING IN Tue
CLAIM OF VIDA

The following correspondence has
passed between d. l.. Wilmington of
the Civic Federation and Assistant
Sheriff H. c. Vida:
Honolulu, Sept. IL.
Mr.. Henry C. Vida.
/ saw in the Star a letter from you
in which you state that in the last
County election you were offered by
the Civic Federation the nomination of
Deputy Sheriff.
I have inquired from a number of
gentlemen connected with that cam
paign, and who are either members or
acted in harmony with the Civic
Federation, and have not been able
to find anyone who had any communi-
cation with You on the matter. Per
sonally l was unaware that any such
had been had, and have been twice to
your office to ascertain the names of
such persons. Would you kindly in
form me who it was representing or
purporting to represent the Civic Fed
GRAFTON, who rendered you such a nom
nation or who requested you to run
for the office?
Very truly yours,
D. L. WILMINGTON.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-13

Honolulu, T. H, Sept. 18th, 1906.
D. L. Wilmington, Esq, City.
Dear Sir: In reply to your communi-
cation of September 18th, 1 would state
that / desire to know whether or not
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
The Origin of Yankee.

Most people, If they were asked to
give the derivation of the word
Yankee, would say that 1t comes
from the Red Indians mispronuncia-
ton of English. And to the best of
my belief they would be right. But
was interested to read recently in
an American paper a proud claim
that however it may be with the
plain Yankee, the immortal song of
Yankee Doodle gets its name direct
from the land of Omar Khayyam.
The Persian phrase for Inhabitants
of the New World is, in fact, Yanki-
Dooniah, which is near enough for
all practical purposes.
In this connection 1t may be noted
that Layard, In his Ninevah and It's
Remains, gives Yanghidunia as be-
ing the modern Persian name for
America.-T. P.'s Weekly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Carlyle ON Musicians.

When Joseph Joachim, the famous
violinist, visited this country In the
'70s he was takenby friend to Car
lyle's house in Chelsea and intro
troduced to a well-known musician.
Pleading an engagement elsewhere,
the friend then left, and Carlyle,
who was just then starting for his
morning constitutional, begged the
violinist to accompany him, which he
did.
During our long walk in Hyde
Park" said Joachim, when relating
the story to his biographer, Andreas
Moser, the Sage of Chelsea poured
forth a stream of conversation about
Germany, the King of Prussia, Bis
marck, Moltke, the war, etc. At last
| thought l ought to say something,
and innocently asked the irascible
gentleman II he knew Sterndale
Bennett, the famous English com
poser.
:" No. he answered, abruptly, and
added, after pause: I can't bear
musicians, as rule; they are such
an empty-headed, wind-baggy set of
people!' london Tit-Bits.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

where the following e,enlng he felt
the first attack OF severe pneumonia.
"The archives of medical reports"
says DR.. Axel Emil Gibson, "are
heavy with cases of similar char
acter, which have either received no
explanation at all or else have been
explained away entirely"
DIR. Gibson calls attention to the
fact that dreams depend on some
other media than those known as
the five senses. A conclusive evil
dence In favor of this view is found
in the circumstances that even the
blind are able to see In dreams-as
witness experiences recorded by
Helen Keller, Blind Tom" the poet
Milton and others. Hence the con-
clusion seems to be unavoidable that
II Is only as far as physical vision is
concerned that the optic nerve
guides and limits the field of vision.
This same author arrives at the
deduction that dreaming and waking
differ In degree and form of manifes-
tation only, not in principle and es-
sence. Like waking consciousness"
he AYERS. ''the dream reveals, but
does not create. The same world that
surrounds the waking individual
surrounds the dreaming, only the
viewpoints and media of observa-
ton are changed.-Exchange.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
China the Land of Silk.

China is SO well suited by natural
conditions for the production of silk
that even the most antiquated and
unscientific methods cannot deprive
her of the first rank in that industry.
In Japan everything connected with
the silk business is scientifically reg
ulated. No silkworm is allowed to
hatch unless the egg has passed a
scientific inspection. The mulberry
trees are cultivated on scientific prin-
ciples. Similar methods are pur-
sued In other countries where silk is
produced.
But in China these things are al
most entirely disregarded, and yet
China keeps near the head In pro-
duction. Her undeveloped resources
in this industry are so enormous that
Mr.. Anderson, our consul at Annoy,
predicts that when China adopts
modern methods, she will give new
turn to the silk business of the
world.-Exchange
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Minor Miracles of Nature.

There are certain Arctic animals,
dark-coated In the short summer,
that in winter turn pure white, thus
matching the snow-covered land
scape and escaping notice and harm.
This change of color, this protec-
ton, effected no one knows how, is
wonderful, as wonderful as a mira
Gle, and kept a kindred change Of
color, kindred protection, happens
among mankind every summer and
nobody ever notices it.
When the pale city people go out
in the summer sun of the seashore
or the mountains the light attacks
them fiercely, first reddening their
skin, then swelling, blistering and
scorching 1t. II they kept in the sun
enough and II no miracle occurred
the light would kill them finally,
burning off the skin first and after
ward attacking the raw flesh.
But a miracle does occur. The
sun may beat on tan-colored skin for
days and weeks, but such skin re-
mains always sound, unblistered,
whole, says the Chicago Chronicle.
To prove the miracle---to prove
that 1t is not the darkening of the
skin, but the change in it's color
which protects 1t from sunburn-is
an easy matter.
Let pale person, unused to the
sun, stain one side of his face yell
low, and leaving the other side I'M
touched, go out in the bright sun for
a couple Of hours. The one side of
his face is no tougher. no more hard
ened. than the other, yet the un-
stained side will be inflamed, blis-
tered, while the tan colored one will
be quite cool and unhurt.
Sunburn. is a miracle. protection
to mankind, as inexplicable and as
wonderful as the miracle of the Arc
tic animals change in the winter
from dark coats to snow-white ones.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Slams King a scorcher.

The King of Siam is an ardent au-
tomobilist, and his scorehing has
worried the ministers, who are anx-
ious about the safety of the royal
neck. They presented to their au-
gust master the following petition:
AT the service of your majesty
there are bearers, and when time
presses carriages. We therefore be-
seech you to give up the use of mo-
tor cars, or at least to go at more
moderate pace. This is expected by
the dynasty and your people. We
have been too much alarmed to re-
main silent"
To which bis majesty sententious-
ly replied In marginal note: Dan
ger lies not in the motors, but in the
hearts OF men,"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
OUR AMERICAN COLLEGES.

One of the curses of American edu-
eation has been sham and pretence,
says the New York Tribune. Colleges
which are not colleges, advertising
work which they do not do, have too
long imposed on philanthropists and
TOO long demoralized the educational
Ideas of the communities which they
pretend to serve. One of the best
things which the General Education
Board has Gone has been to set its
face against this sham and make it
difficult for institutions which are not
honest with themselves and the public
longer to impose upon the generous.
The board is working along these
lines, not in the spirit of earping
criticism, anxious to detect evil, but of
helpful cooperation. seeking good, en-
souragiDg it and assisting those who
are on the wrong track to get into
the right way and use their influences
for the greatest good of their commu-
mites. Such efforts continued are
hound to result in the vast improve
ment Of our collegiate education in ali
parts of the country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Bad weather Criminals.

Crime has more than a casual or
accidental relation to a falling ba-
rometer. A low pressure area on the
weather map ought to be good
signal for high pressure activity on
the part of the police in the region
affected. The normal brain Is con-
structed to bear with comfort and
convenience an atmospheric pressure
OF nearly 10 pounds to the square
inch. If one lives on the mountain
tops one may become accustomed to
little less, and II one dwells In the
valleys, to a little more; but any
considerable variation In either di-
rection from the accustomed mean Is
likely to seriously disturb ones mem
tai and moral, as well as physical.
equilibrium.
IN Is known that exhilaration
comes from ascending a mountsin-
provided one doesn't climb too high.
Il is known that a little relaxation az
the everlasting pressure exertcd BY
miles OF snperinaposed atmosphere is
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
THE YOUTH PLEAD GUILTY
More Particulars Concerning Arthur Babcock Who
Came to Grief in Canton After Jewelry
Store Robbery.

New Philadelphia, May 27.-Sheriff
NARROW returned Friday evening from
Canton with Arthur Babcock the
young man held on suspicion of hav-
ing robbed the Stonebrook & Jesse
jewelry store in Newcomerstown. Far
from being a stranger, Babcock Is a
Newcomerstown boy and cousin of
Mr.. Stonebrook of the jewelry firm.
The story that he is professional
crook following the show as publish
ed in Canton and other papers Is n
conclusion reached without investiga'
tion. Babcock, so the sheriff learned
when looking for evidence, went from,
Newcomerstown to Cambridge where
the Barnum & Bailey chow exhibited
on Tuesday; he followed the show
back stopping off at Neweomerstown
long enough to rob the jewelry store
with which he was thoroughly famil-
lar, having helped Mr.. Stonebrook
about the store many times. He went
on to Dover and there sold one of the
gold watches he had stolen for S.
At Akron ne pawned another watch
and chain for large revolver, 3S cal
iber, and an electric search light,
this, with the gun he already had,
made quite a formidable appearing
burglar of the 10 year old boy. With
his pockets bulging with the stolen
jewelry, which he wished to convert
into cash, Arthur, made suspicious
move when he offered the conductor
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Nests Which Weigh Five Tons.

The largest, heaviest, and most
peculiar nests are to be found in
Australia. The jungle fowl of that
land build their nests in the form of
great mounds, some having been
found 10 feet in height and $50 feet
in circumference. They were erected
in sheltered spots, and are skilfully
interviewer with leaves, grass, and
twigs. The bush turkey adopts a
similar system in constructing it's
nest, but 1t is more extensive, and
the shape is pyramidical. They build
In colonies, and the nests are so
large that it would require the SER
Vices of six or seven carts to remove
one. The material of a single nest
has been found to weigh upward of
five tons.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

State Auditor Gilbert has notified
the different county auditors through
out the state that social, fraternal or
other clubs selling or furnishing in
toxicating liquor are liable to the Ii
quor traffic tax provided by the All
kin law. Scores of inquiries have
been received by the auditor relative
TO the effect of the new law in these
organizations. A naw and potent rea-
son augments the brewers antipa-
thy for the act. 1t has been the GUS
tom for the brewers to pay the tax for
saloonists unable financially to do so
when applying for licenses and get
reimbursements out of the proceeds of
the business. Occasionally saloonists
so aided quit business after being IN
1t short time and then apply to the
county auditor for a rebate on the
tax which is paid in their name. I'm
der the law, they don't have to pay
for the time the saloon does not do
business and in many cases the amount
refunded is considerable. Under the
Akin law, the brewers must put up
$1,000 instead of $3.50, and they don't
like the risk they are compelled to
make. delegation of Columbus
brewers called on the auditor of state
few days ago and inquired of him
II he knew of any method by which
they could proceed against any such
loss. He told them that he knew of
none. 1t goes without saying that in
the future the brewers will be sure Of
their man before they will advance
him $1,000 to start up in business.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

of an Akron-Canton car ring for his
fare. The conductor refused it and
was offered another ring. AS a natu-
raj conclusion the conductor thought
something must be wrong with his
passenger and he left the car to
phone to the Canton police to watch
for Babcock and arrest him when the
car reached that city.
When searched the prisoner was
found to have 10 gold watches, So
rings, number of chains, pins and
numerous other small articles Of jew
elry,, all from the Newcomerstown
store.
suspicious directed towards this cou-
sin and did a little detective work for
himself. He found the boy had been
at Cambridge and traced his return
until there seemed no room for doubt
He came to this city and had war
the hands of Sheriff Marlow. Learn.
ing of the Canton arrest Mr.. Stone
brook went on to that city and when
Sheriff NARROW arrived with his war
rant he found Mr.. Stonebrook already
there and that he had identified the
prisoner and the jewelry taken from
him. Before Squire e. n. Fair Sat
urday morning Arthur Babcock plead
ed guilty to the burglary and was re,
turned to the county jail to await SEN
tence at the next term of court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

mo more will hear his footsteps
on yonder walk as the clock strikes
the hour of g."
Gracious, Jeanette!"
And the old parlor> light will
never burn low for him again"
You don't mean it?"
Il do, and. furthermore, he will
never sit on this sofa three times a
week and call me pet names as he
has been doing for the past two
years"
II am astonished."
And tonight | am going to burn
all the old love letters In my trunk"
"B-but why are you going to dis
card him?"
Discard him? Why. you goose, /
am going to marry him!"-Coium-
bus Dispatch.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
strenuous Life of Writers.

The strenuous life in literary cir
cles seems to have antedated the
present era. Bryant was only 10
when Thanatopsis won him undying
fame, Shelley was 1S when he wrote
Queen Nab, Voltaire's first tragedy
was published when he was but %.
Keats gave Endymion to the world
at the age of 22, while David is said
to have written the First Psalm at
the age of 18. and history has IT that
Homer wrotes- hisssfirst todes ist the
tender age of 23 &
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

Quite a mover suit was filed in the
common pleas court in Franklin coun-
ty on Saturday by City Solicitor Mar
shall, of Columbus, to test the con-
stitutionality of the Jones local option
law. The petition asks that the city
clerk, city auditor and city treasurer
be restrained from paying advertising
bills contracted in publishing a local
option petition. The petition cites five
grounds why the law is unconstitu-
tional: That it violates that section
of the constitution which prohibits
electors from suspending laws; that
1t delegates the legislative power to
the people; that it does not have un-
form operation throughout the state
and takes effect upon a petition being
presented; that 1t violates that section
of the constitution that all elections
shall be by ballot, and that it violates
the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution 1t will be remembered
that when the Jones bill was enacted
into a law that there was quite a
difference of opinion among attorneys
whether the measure was constitution
al, and now that action is brought to
test the measure in the courts, the
result will no doubt be looked for
with interest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Fishing for Sheen in Ra

When sheep we're Srst introduced
into Cornwall a flock that had
strayed from the uplands on to
Gwithian Sands were caught there
by the tide and ultimately carried
into st. Ives Bay during the night.
There the floating flock was observed
from the st. Ives fishing boats,
whose crews, never having seen
sheep, took them for some new kind
OF fish and did their best to secure
them both by fish and hooks and
lines and by netting. Those they Sc
cured they brought home triumph
antly next morning as catch to
which even pilchards were as moth
ing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

life to men with weak lungs. put
death to those with weak hearts. The
effect on the mind and morals is just
as obvious. The mechanism that pre-
serves mans mental balance Is
delicately adjusted. A little variation
in pressure, or trifling excess or
deficiency in the amount of oxygen,
nitrogen, ozone, carbon dioxide, or
any other element or impurity in the
air that sustains life, may cause a
man to behave in manner that
would be quite impossible under
strictly normal conditions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
MEMS QUEER EYES.
Painters Found Some of

Painters Found Some of Them
Useful as Models.
Some men possess animal eyes,"
which defy disguise and which are
always liable to prejudice their own
ers chances throughout life. That
this, however, Is by no means invari-
ably the case is evidenced by a solici-
tor in the north of England, who as
cribes much of his prosperity to a
look of profound wisdom which has
gained for him many clients, but
which is lent to what would otherwise
be a somewhat commonplace coun-
tenance by a pair of ''owl eyes"
AT least three men who have come
under the writer's notice (and there
are possibly many more like them)
earl precarious livelihood by sitting
TO animal painters. All three have
come down in the world, and one is
unknown to the other two. The first
mentioned belonged once to a good
Cheshire family, but went wrong and
emigrated years ago to Canada, where
he found his level on the waterside
at Montreal
According to his own story, he was
on the verge of starvation, when, one
evening he was accosted by French
Canadian artist, who asked him
whether he cared to earn dollar
by coming to his studio and sitting
for him for half an hour. Only when
the painting, very large one, was
completed, did the unfortunate model
discover that the picture was study
In farm-yard life and that the hateful
and all too familiar expression in his
own eyes had been transferred faith
fully to the optics OF a pig on the can
vas.
The two other men with peculiar
eyes who earn living by sitting to
animal painters are also expatriated
Englishmen. The writer met both in
Paris in the winter of. 1897 h One of
them had dog eyes," while. the other
wore the expression of a cat. Both
are well known to Bohemian dwellers
In the Latin quarter. In Florence, ono
Boutempi got his living, by. posing to
Matarazzo. the well known animal
painter Dogs were his specially, He
had their expression, that doglike f.
deity OF eye which one admires so
much In the pictures by Landseer.
? In 1895 there was employed as hall
porter at Oporto a middle-aged indi-
vidual who claimed to have been a
Roman Catholic priest in the early
days OF his life. He was In the habit
OF sitting on occasions to Senior Joa,
quine do Costa. painter OF Wild
animals, OF rather more than local
Eepute. Stray Stories.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Quaint wedding Custom.

At Eglingham, Northumberland, a
quaint wedding custom, which has
been In existence for hundreds OF
years, still prevails. At a recent we'd
ding in the parish church after the
ceremony the newly married couple
found that bench had been drawn
across the doorway over this bench
the bride and bridegroom were COM
PEELED to jump before they could
leave the sacred building. London
Tit-Bits.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29
Dreams and Droamers.

Harvey, who discovered the circu-
Iation of the blood, is said to have
'ceorded dream In which bum
9lebee stung him In lis left thigh,
's place where couple of days
ater appeared an ugly ulcer, Male
3herbe. the renowned French author.
'ound himself In a dream attacked
by a rowdy who stabbed him In his
left breast with dagger in an area
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

Nothing serves better to indicate
the passing of the old order in the west
than the report that the Indian po-
lice are after the Indian outlaws OF
the Cherokee nation in the Indian ter
titory.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-29

Western train robberies will no
doubt from now on sound rather tame
after reading the testimony of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad officials.