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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-11

Saturday, August II.
S. S. Progress, Schervick, for Ocean
Island at 1890 p. m.
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Classified Advertising
Wanted Immediately

Five hundred pick and shovel men
daily to pick themselves up, march
down to the foot of Merchant stseef
and shovel down one Of those dinners
and any kind of liquor they may pre-
fer. Only the hungry and thirsty
need apply. For further particulars
see Scotty at his Royal Annex, corner
Merchant and Nuuanu.
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FOR RENT.
FURNISHED.

Beretania Street. $50 ~
Matlock Avenue .................,z "a
Cor. Hackfeld and Prospect SITS. $500
Furnished Cottage at Peninsula. two
weeks from August 49,
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Fine Job Printing, Star ONCE.
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Fine Job Printing, Star omice.
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FIFTH INNING.

Soares flew out to second, Gleason
went out at first on assist by third.
En- Sue flew out to short.
j. Woods went out at first on assist
by second. j. Desha flew out to CEN
ter. George Clarke walked to first.
Marcalino struck out, retiring the side.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-31
INTERESTING SITUATION ;.
OVER IN TERRELL COUNT ="

Moure Daily Observer =, 11
The political opponents of Hon, Clark how
ell over in Terrell county insist on ruDolng II 'D'
Terrell is the home of Congressman Grlggs'
close personal friend and warm poii'lodi 1'f
porter of Howells. 1t is also the nome u A4o
ODE Stephens, former commissioner oi "s'N
ture and present member OF the rallrodu 49,
mission, the leading political genius OF 'ne
rell ad administration, sometimes re1erleu ~
the "political ring" 1t is furthermore tne no~
of Hon. NJ J. Yeomans, son-ln-ia" VI oouAN-
sioner Stevens, chairman of the state Demo0i az
t. executive COMMITTEES. 1t IS also the honie -
Hon T. r Rainev, editor of the Dawson NEWS
.ad commemorative in the legislature, VINO IS
er,,orter of Mr.. Howell. With this array OF
nromnent supporters, all in one county
= was to be expected that Mr.. Howell woulo
take off Terrell, especially as Terrell IS very
small county.
But somehow Hoke Smith got the bulge on
them His friends controlled the county mass
meeting and named a new county executive
committee His opponents declared II was uh
fairly done and a second mass meeting was
held. This, too, was etormed and soma noAe
Smith committee was elected.
The state Democratic committee haVisg
n.sseA certain resolutions that put structures
on the coming primary the chairman OF tnat
committee is now put IN the very EN- oaffaSslDH
situation of having his home county commute
hold meeting and denounce the acton u 'ne
state committee.
From this distance it would seem that inc
Hoke Smith people have the county in SWING
and will probably send delegates to the next
state convention. It remains to be seen' II TINS
shall be the case, whether Mr. Yeomans Will De
a member of the state sconventioa or not 1t IS
hardly likely that he will, by the action OF MS
own committee he has placed it in the power OF
the candidate for governor..carrying county to
name the representatives to the convention
Mr.. Smith would hardly name a close friend TO
Mr.. Howell.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-31
The Railroads Big Stick.

Tn "The Way of Railroad with Town"
in the June McCluree, Mr.. Stannard BAKER
shows how a common carrier holds up an entlre
section of a country and says whether TINS IN
dustrv or that shall prosper, or whether THIS
class mr. the other shall be utterly driven out OF
business. Mr.. Baker spent long time study
;ro hs material for this article Ia DanVllle, V1r'
eina. which is tapped by only one Railroad the
Southern, and which on this account IS quite a.
the mercy of the rate makers comparison
is forcefully drawn between the conltlons mere
and those in the city of Lynchbufg. slxty's1x
miles away, which has plenty OF railroad compeS
tition. Mr. Baker states facts which unless
backed bv statistics might we'll arouse incred"
ulitv. For instance, fertilizer is shipped IRON
Chicago to Danville at $3.50 ton, whereas II 1t
went sixty-six miles futher to LynehbHrgs the
rate would be only $4.46. Horses shipped from
the West can be delivered at Richmond, III
miles futher at so much less freight that Dan
vile shippers have been known to BOOK their
stock all the way through and then remoVeit by
stealth from the cars as they stood IN the Dan
Vile freight yard. The tragedy OF all tn1s hes,
in the fact that Danvjlle has contributed hund-
reds of thousands of dollars to railrod eoapa-
MES for competition and is still paying interest
on a part of this money. Mr., Baker tells how
the tobacco-growers are fairly aole 20 struggle
along while certain favored exporters are giveH
rates which are like finding money. The story
of the contest between the railroad and the anti
railroad parties in the town is OF absorbing IN
terest Everyone who wants to understand the
Big Stick powers of the railroad should read this
sane and forcible article,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-31
WATCH THIEF.

In the last issue of the Enterprise, we had
something to say about umbrella thieves
While the paper was being printed watch
thief swooped down and robbed us OF
splendid gold watch. He lifted it from the
pocket of our vest hanging in the Office. OF
course we do not advocate hanging for the
watch thief, but we would like the privilege OF
kicking him until he coughs up our timepiece.
It was heavy gold watch with the representa-
ton of a locomotive in bold relief on the back
lid, The front lid is decorated with vine, the
leaves of which are vari-coored different shades
of gold. We will pay liberal reward tor any
information that may lead to the recovery of
the property.
When Mr.. farmer gets to fighting grass al
ter all these rains the gubernatorlal candidate
will have more difficult time getting his ear
than his vote.-Macon News
And when the gubernatorial candidate has
the votes assured. it doesn't matter SO much
= ,,,,,4s uraftinp TIE ears.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-05-31
Don't Order

A book on the San francisco
calamity until you see a large
complete one, with nearly 800
pages-best paper aud fine IL
Illustrations by M. T. Kibby,
agent.
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published three times week and

IA published three times week ana
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rs credit price. .o,.or
sr notice subscriptions will be taken
&. 2<T.TAR PR ANNUM, WHEN FAID
${JE. We have no choice in the maj.
ia it entirely with the subscriber as
he waits and pays So. 5O, or a9Van-
Lar. The amounts are small anu ga
collect. is why we allow the enor-
snnnt for cash subscriptions paid in ad-
q entitled, under the law, to continue al
fgnns until full settlement is made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

of taking the spring off and turning
it end for end. what does he do but
take the whole screen off and turn the
outside in. It wouldn't fit that way
and 1 told him that 1t wouldn't, and
then he let go of his temper and shout
4 told you right at the start that
it was q conspiracy When Mrs.
Rowsers comes home
II can put that door on in five min
utes'
You can't in five thousand years .
With that he picked it up and sent
it flying over the fence into a neigh
boris yard, but in stepping back his
foot struck something and hewent over
backward and hit his head against one
of the clothes-line posts. I ran out
to him with a scream. and in five min
utes there was a policeman, a tramp
and three or four boys around him,
and [ was pouring water on him by the
pail full.
Then it was that Mrs. Bowser ar
rived and quietly took charge. we
got him into the house and uDon the
sitting room lounge, while some one
turned in a f1re-alarm and some one
else called an ambulance. I can't tell
how long Mr. Bowser lay unconscious.
but his speech was plain when he sud
denly opened his eyes. scrambled off
the sofa and yelled out:
Have I been going over Niagara
Falls or has Mrs. Bowser been trying
to murder me aEafn 7''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

She Tells H0gU lie Put Up
HV-ycreenS.
(cOpyrlght. 1906. 81 g. q. sutcliffe.l

jiffy. He felt ashamed of his display
of temper. and started IN to tell me
that he didn't believe was in the
conspiracy to saw his leg off. but I
did not stop to listen to the whole of
it. few minutes later I heard him
going upstairs, putting each foot down
as if stamping off snow, and then all
was quiet for ten minutes. I then felt
it a duty I owed to Mrs. Bowser to go
up and rescue him. He had torn down
curtains and pole from one of the
front windows and moved both bed and
bureau in his efforts to fit the kitchen
door to a window not half its size He
was looking around for some living
thing to pour out the phials of his
wrath on when he caught sight of me
and burst out with:
It was just about to call you. Do
you deny that you have gone and tack
ed an extra piece on to this screen IN
order to spite me2"
Haven't you got eyes in your
head? % I asked. ''If had a brother
ten years old who couldn't tell the
difference between a screen door and a
window screen I'd get a pair of glass
eyes for him"
care you claiming that that is a
screen door," he whooped.
"Of course it is. Isn't it two feet
too long for the window? Isn't there
panels to it? Isn't there a handle on
it? I'm only a poor girl. sir. with a
red-headed mother and a fellow with a
glass eye for a beau. but I can tell an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

IF Mrs. Bowser has been fooling
with this door she'll hear from me in
way to make her tired"
You've got it wrong side up, sir, .
yentured to say.
ssAh, yes. S'more of my absent
mindedness. 1 was thinking about
those chickens again. If Mrs. Bowser
tries to pump you, switch her off. The
door is right side up now and fits like
a glove"
He soon had the hinges screwed fast
and the door swinging back and forth,
but I was holding out for what came
Eext. Most any sort of a bald-headed
man can rehang a screen door, because
there are all the marks of last year.
but when you come TO put on shs
spring to keep it closed-that's differ
ent. Mr.. Bowser went ahead with the
greatest confidence in himself, whist
ling as he worked, but when the spring
was on and he stood aside the door few
open.
More of Mrs. Bowsers' Z heard him
growl as he tried to make the door
stay shut. but I didn't tell him where
In he had made his mistake. Instead
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this summer is to have fy-screens look
as ancient as possible. Mrs Bowser
out, Ell? Wei, I'll hustel the screens
up and give her a surprise
He was into his old clothes and
bringing the screens down ten min
utes. If each screen had ever been
marked for a certain window the
marks had been painted out, and Mr..
Bowser had to go by guess work. He
began with the parlor windows first. 1
heard hun knocking and banging ana
pounding away for long time, ana
then he called from the head of the
basement stairs.
ssSarab [ want YOU for a moment. =
When 1 got up, there he stood in l
dramatic attitude pointing to one OF
the windows with outstretched arm,
and the red was coming and going IN
his face and neck.
do you see it he hoafSely WIS
pered, as he stin pointed.
Il see that the screen is short for
the window. sir.
Eyes. YOU see it is all of six inches
too short. Why? Answer me why
Because you've got the wrong
screen for the window
ssRecause either you or Mrs. Bow
ser has sawed six inches off the top 10
baff1e me! Don't tell me that a fly
screen can shrink six inches in a sea-
son. or that window frames can length
en- the same distance By John, but
I pulled the screen out of the win
dow and after a moment found the
right one and replaced it and returned
to nv work without q word. He looked
after me. and I heard him mumbling
under his breath. He got the other
screen in after a good deal of banging,
and then he started to fit those in the
back parlor. I knew that the screens
he had down would never fit, but 1t
wasn't my business to butt in. He
moved the chairs around and banged
at the sashes, and all of a sudden the
house shook. I ran up stairs to find
him on the floor with one of his feet
through the wire screen He was that
dazed that he let me help him up, bur
no sooner was he on his feet that he
shouted out:
by the seventeen pipers. but III
have gore for this. Woman"
Il am not Mrs BoWser, sir" said,
as l 2 tried to kick the screen of his
leg.
but you helped her to put up this
Job to assassinate mel
mo one has tried to assassinate you.
You must have stumbled and went
down. Can't you tell that those screens
are for the back bedrooms upstairs %
He sat down, breathing hard ana
glowering at me. and I ran UP and got
the right screens and fitted them in a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09
7 WAS POURING WATER ON HIN ~ THE PAIL FULL

elephant from mouse"
I'll be hanged if you amt right .
he said. with q smile. after taking a
long look at the door. q suppose 1
must have been thinking about trad
ing the house and lot for a chicken
farm. You needn't mention the incl-
dent to Mrs. Bowser. Thanks for COM
ing IN. am sure can manage
the Others
As I went down stairs I left him
whistl1ng away and feeling better. He
got the screens into the windows ar
ter half an hours work. strung out by
his trying to make them fit bottom-side
UP, AID then he came down to the
kitchen with the screen door. He ha '
recovered all his pomposity and con-
ceit. and he didn't mind upsetting the
clothes-hcrse as he dragged the screen
through. I watched him as he stood
the door up. It was top-side down.
He stood back and surveyed it ana
shook his head and muttered:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

W HE other night I heard Mrs
Bowser saying to Mr.. Bow
ser that it was time to put up
hy-screenss. and asking him if
he wouldn't send up a car
Denter to do the work.
mot on your lifel" he exclaimed In
reply. There are twelve windows ana
twelve fly-screens to fit them. A car
penter would be about six days, at an
expense of So a day, putting them up
While I can do the work in one hour. :
But when you put them up last
year you got mad and broke a clothes
horse at the back door"
Never. You are thinking of some
other man and some other house.
Never got mad and never broke a
clothes-h horse. In a day or two I shall
put the screens up myself and save
the eighteen dollars"
Mrs. RoWser said no more. think
she was intending to get a man to do
the work and pay him out of her own
pocket, but the next afternoon. while
she was out shopping, Mr.. Bowser
came home. It was at about O'CLOCK
and when I looked surprised he ex~
planned:
Its all right. Sarah. Business isn't
driving Just now. and I'm home to put
those screens up. They are up in the
store ROOM I suppose 2''
yes, sir. but they need to be busted
off. I am ironing today and can't help
you.
Never mind the busting. The style
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

A gentleman of color in North To-
peka is travelling in a particularly
straight and narrow path these days
for he has visions of government an~
thorities or police officials on his trail
and to certain extent he is the VIC
tim of a practical joker. His name
is the same, with the exception of b
middle initial, as that of a city en-
ploye. Not long ago this toiler for the
city received a letter properly address,
ed to him and postmarked Chicago.
on opening it he found inside thirty
dollars worth of lottery tickets, with
values ranging from fifty cents to 4
couple of dollars. These tickets were
for a lottery to be drawn in a couple
of months He knew they We're nov
meant for him and going to the d.
rectory found name the same as his
own. which investigation showed be-
longed to a colored man, who runs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

dehle of mock horses made of paper
with wheels under their feet by which
they could be drawn. and behind them
more paper horses with paper carts
behind them Following these was
crowd of men dressed in green with
blue favors, throwing clouds Of paper
money in the air as a largesse for
the dead. After these were carried
imitation necklaces, purses, tobacco
pouches, spectacle cases. etc. all Of
which were to be burned at the grave
together with the paper horses and
carts. All along the route little bon
fires of imitation paper money were
burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

straw hats. After them came a long
line of colored boards bearing the titles
Of the dead man with animals cut our
of gold or silver paper with long
weepers tied to their ears. Then came
a train of flags and red umbrellas with
men carrying plants in pots then pro-
fessiOnai mourners smoking cigarettes,
then a deputation of men in livery car
rying banners inscribed with the titles
OF the deceased and the various UNI
brellas, which had been presented to
him, then all sorts of fantastic con-
structicns in the forms of men and
animals wrought out of yellow and
green cloth. and behind this long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

They we're talking about the affairs
of a couple recently married whes.
the girl in the party expressed herself
in these tender terms:
worst of the bargain. She's a baby
and a great big pig and a kleptomaniac
and --' here she ran out Of breath.
Il hope she is not a drunkard as
WE'LL mildly suggested one Of the
men of the party.
sOh, mercy. no. replied the girl.
"She has not that or any other vir-
tue
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HEARD IND SEEN
By THE HAGRANT

a barber shop on the North Side.
He called this man UP n the phone
and after making sure he was the right
party said:
Were you expecting letter from
Chicago?'
Deed was. sab. ? came the reply.
T gets lots of letters from there,
We'll, this is the United States dis
trict attorneys Office said the city
employee, "and we have a letter here
for you with lot of lottery tickets
in it,
"Oh, sah." replied the colored man
in frightened tone. "Dere's some
mistake sure, sab Dat letter amt for
me. never was expeetin' no lottery
tickets I never have no use for dem
things, and then the speaker hung
up the receiver.
That afternoon the lottery tickets
were sent over to the barber with.
an explanation of the joke which had
been played on him, but joke or no
joke, he would have none of them.
He fairly scorned them and would NOT
even look at them or the enclosed let
ter which came with them and they
were brought back to the fellow who
opened the letter and he now has them
on his hands.
1t is certain that the colored man
and his friends are out thirty dollars.
for the tickets would never have been
sent unless they had been paid for
and worse than that the victim and
tai or any other prize in the approach
ing lottery.
Not long ago there was great ex-
element on the lower floor of the
Santa Fe office building. A young
clerk in one of the offices had suddenly
taken a fit and had been carried Il,
the hall and placed where he could
get the air while a physician was sent
for
It did not take long for the hall to
become blocked with employees from
the various Offices for excitement or
any kind is so rare in this staid place
it does not take much to draw a
crowd
What's the matter?'' asked one or
the late corners.
"Oh nothing much - was the reply.
Johnny -- was told little while
ago that his pay had been increased
five dollars a month. His surprise
was such that he threw a fit and it
will cost him half his first months
raise to pay the DOCTOR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

They tell a story down at Arkansas
Pass, Texas, that up to the time
Charles E. Holder, author of the Log
of q Sea Angler" (Houghton, Miff1in
& Coz, reached that place no one had
taken a gated tarpon into a skiff. The
men were afraid of being capsized in
water Astounding in sharks. Holder,
fresh from the field of the Leaping
Tuna, one of which had towed him
twelve miles, brought a big tarpon to
gaff in twenty minutes, and ordered
the boatman to take it in. The boat
man mutinied, but being forced ito
gam or be thrown overheard" he
gated it, and in a moment the boat
looked like a volcanO-everythin was
in the air Finally to save his life, the
boatman threw himself down on the
fish, and held it while the angler
rowed in. It would be impossible TO
crowd a more exciting series of true
fishing stories between two covers than
are found in Mr.. Holders Log
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

Mrs. Archibald Little, the author of
Round About My Picking Garden
had the privilege of Witnessing an inn
perial funeral during her stay in
China, and gives a most interesting de-
scription of it In her book
In China a funeral is looked upon
as one Of the festivities. and death is
not regarded at ali as the awe-fnspfr-
ing phantom that it is among Euro
pean nations. The pageant. as de-
scribed. would seem ridiculous IN the
eyes of any western nation. The lead
ers in the procession were soldiers
dressed In red and wearing European
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

w. A. L. Thompson, hardware mer-
chant, banker and, in fact, one OF the
captains of industry of this state, had
an experience on his recent trip to
New York city which he is not con-
fiding even to his intimate friends.
No one can blame him, for being mark
ed as a suspicious character IS not
anything to brag of, and that IS ex-
actly what happened to Mr.. Ihomp-
son.
on his arrival in New York. Mr..
Thompson registered at the Hotel Al
bert and about the first thing he did
was to go over to the Tenderloin po-
lice station to look up "Bill' Hodgins,
a former Topeka boy, who is now an
inspector on the New York police
force and is known as the Gear OF
the Tenderloin." Hodgins was not In
and Mr.. Thompson left his card
That evening Inspector Hodgins,
dressed in full regalia of his office, ana
a New York inspectors uniform has
as much gold lace on it as a major gen
erals returned the call. He stepped
up to the hotel desk and asked for
Mr. Thompson. Mr.. Thompson was
not in and the inspector said he would
call later. Now be it known THAI
when an inspector Of police goes to e
hotel IN New York with his uniform
on and asks for a man, who happens
to be a stranger, the hotel authorities
at once assume that a criminal case
of some proportions is being fnvesu-
gated, and they at once get little
busy on their own hook.
For two days succeeding H0dglns
call Mr.. ThompsOn's footsteps about
the hotel were logged by the house
detective Wherever he went in the
parlor, the reading ROOM cafe or any
other part Of the hotel the detective
was always at his heels and it did not
take Nj. Thompson long to realizS
that he was being Swallowed, or az
least he thought it rather peculiar that
this same fellow should be always bob
bling up at his elbow whenever he
turned around in the hotel. On the
second evening after Hodgins caii,
Mr.. Thompson went TO his room early
and rang for some ice water When
he opened the door to take it from the
bellboy he noticed the man who hac
been bothering him peeping through
the crack. This was the limit and Mr.
Thompson hurried to the office, grow
ing wrathier every minute.
What does this mean demanded
Mr.. Thompson of the clerk. For the
last two days a man has been following
me all over this hotel and he even
came up to see if 1 was in my room.
tonight. What does it mean?'
ut means" replied the clerk as po-
litely and suavely as he could, thar
the police inspector was inquiring
around here after you and the house
detective has been keeping you under
his eve so that he could turn you
over TO the police when they want
you"
Whether or not Mr. Thompson APP
preeiated the situation is not known
but he lost no time in calling up Hodg-
ms and establishing his Identity