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The Washington times., 1907-12-08

~ EW YORK women play their
M part in Wall Street today
even as the. men. And when
the evil days come and the
bieat OF the lamb is drowned In the
believing cf the bulls and the erowl-
ing Of the bears, women take hand.
where once they were only spectators.
AnI Hctty Green is the leader OF
them all-genius of finance who finds
her equal only in Morgan or Har-
riman OF a Rogers or a Rockefeller.
There is Miss Katherine Giles. 10
wnom every cotton broker in New
York looks for information. There is
Miss Katn9ripe ]. Harrison, Cerberus
Tor n. II. Rogers and the Standard
OH. Then comes Miss Mabel McComn.
VINO has mastered all the details of
foreign exchange, till now New York
loons upon her as a premiere author
ity. Miss Anna J.. Amendt once held
a $1,000 position I'm the Equitable Lifo
and was It's agency expert. Now she
Is a real estate expert with equal sue
cess. Last. but not least, comes Miss
Harriet Long. cashier for one Of the
biggest brokerage houses in the city
OF New York.
Ard or Hetty Green. what?
Wen. when Wall Street wanted her
MONEY. wall Street had 20 pay fPr a..
Mrs. Green always has pIentb OF
ready cash slowed away In th9 bis
burglar proof. fireprOof vaults p the
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

kkCN AY to Mr. Morgan, if he
wants my money now,
he'll have to pay for it.
- A lot of people down in
Wall Street have been dancing and
now they've got to pay the piper"
New York'S foremost woman of
finance sat back in her chair-she
had given her fiat to the emiSsary
from J. Pierpont Morgan. Hetty
Green, the richest business woman
in America, had saved up her mil
lions against a rainy day, and ii
was raining hard.
The panic was on
Every time the licked buzzed it
meant more millions gone. Frantic
men were begging for money ev-
erywhere-to Uncle Sam, to the
clearing house, to the banks, TO
Morgan, to Rockefeller, to Harri-
man, TO every one, even to women.
And first Of all they had to 60 to
Mrs. Hetty Green at her head
quarters in the Chemical National
Bank, in New York, one of the
Soundest Institutions in the world,
which she largely owns.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

welfare OF The family. and has a pref
~ fortune laid away besides.
And how old Is Miss Harrison2 Well.
she has been with Mr.. Rogers for
eighteen years She may be thirty
fvei she may be more.
All OF Wall Street isn't france
Some men deal IN cotton and they
have ID look 70 a woman for their
best Information A cotton queen
rules ic over King Cotton
-Four years ago there was a terrific
rise in cotton on the New York mar
ket- Scenes OF the widest excitcmeHt
were taking place on Change. The
bulls were believing for all the cotton
futures they could get
II had gone all over the country
that Giles report showed a short crop.
who IS Giles?" came in on the
wires from every place in the countTy
where they deal in cotton.
Giles IS a woman" clicked back
over the telegraph. .'She knows her
joh."
she certainly did. Those who toi-
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

unless the Standard OH has some use
f,r you, It Is dollars To doughnuts
you get one OF these two answers:
Miss Harrison is too busy 10 see
now, If you call her up on the tele-
phone, perhaps you may be able 90 let
her know what you require"
Or.
Miss Harrison IS TOO busy. she can
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

Page Five
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
IN TULARE BASIN

'Iulure lake, "a prominent feature
Of an old map of California, and once
the largest body of fresh water west
Of the Mississippi river. is located in
the extreme southern part of San
Joaquin county at an altitude Of
about 200 feet above tidcwater." is
the way i'm which writer begins a
novel account of recent interesting
developments there. "ln the '49s its
superficial area it is said, exceeded
l.2OO square miles. but in 1868 its
dimensions had shrunk to 76O square
miles, and twenty years later to less
than POO Occasional floods have
raised the level of the lake. but the
general tendency has been toward OBJ
liberation. Originally the lake. by a
Wcll-dctincd outlet, emptied into the
san joaquin river. but sedimentarv
deposits have gradually built up a
dixie which obstructed the flow of
waters and made of the Tulare basin
an independent system OF its own.
The lake receives the waters from
many rivers, each draining large sec
tions Of country and i'm periods of
flood carrying immense volumes of
water. The lake is extremely shall
low, the deepest part being only thir-
ty feet i'm depth, while evaporation
exceeds eight feet annually. Within
the last ten years Tulare lake has
been visibly growing less in dimen-
sions, and the belief in it's permanent
disappearance became settled in the
minds Of those who were Interested
in the land.
Several reclamation districts were
organized appropriatiug 100000 acres
of the old lake bed, and a large area
put under cultivation. Immense
crops We're raised the land being
protected by levees and carefully
drained at an expense of several mil
lions. Faith in the future was sti-
INFLATED by absence of floods. The
past year opened with less than the
usual rainfall and more land was
put under cultivation i'm Tularc bas-
in than ever before. Thousands Of
acres which no pillow haA over touched
were planted to grain and fruit, and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

up to February 1 the outlook of the
lake dwellers was most alluring. A
vast amount had been laid out in
permanent Improvements and farm
ing machinery and appearance fiat
tered the most exalted hopes of abun
dant crops.
These would have been fulfilled
had not the early months of 1906
violated all precedent and proved the
most extraordinary i'm point of rain
fall in the history of the state. I'm
prccedcnted floods, having no outlet
covered the bed of Tulare lake to a
depth over its boundaries, swallow
ing up all crops and improvements
and utterly destroying the results of
ten years of unremitting work eN-
pended by the industrious colonists.
Where were once widC-spreading
tracts Of highly cultivated farms there
is now but a waste Of waters, above
which rise the ruins of great har-
ycsters and the wreck Of homes"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
RELICS VI nj PAST.

Near the Lucriuc Lake, to- the north
of beautifulBaiae, where the villas of
Romans of imperial times crowded
each other to the waters edge. and
where. ina consequence, to this dav
the ground is full of archaeological
treasures, very fine mosaic has Just
been discovered. In form it is par
lallclogram measuring about five and
a half yards by nearly ten yards.
The piece represents a hunting scene
i'm which there are many wild beasts
and several hunters. the favoritc sub
icct for large moSaics in those days.
II has been bought for $1,000 by the
ministry of public works for the de.
coration of the great monument to
Victor Emanuel in Rome, which is
slowly taking form, and will even
tually dominate all old Rome
\ skull, considered 10y a member Of
the British Archaeological associa-
ton TO he ancient British. and a pre-
Roman burial urn have just been dug
up i'm Kent street. Southwark. II
was buried at considerable depth.
other finds at the same spot during
the present excavations include coins
of Nero Tiberius and Nespasian. and.
nearer the surface abbey money
and coins and tokens of the Stuart
and commonwealth period.
Many pictures by Nalasquez
may stil be resting unrecognized in
South America. according TO an art
critic The rough people, says he,
who furnished the silver ignots.
would yearn for presentments of the
old country life and 50 early essays
at its portrayal by Nelasquez may
still be slumbering i'm remote hacien-
das under the shadow of the Andes.
- -. - -
~ - - - = - - - - - - - ~
much of snowstorm after all, ac-
curding to American standards, but
in the year 1914 that island had u
fall of snow that set record 1t
was recorded i'm the register of the
parish of Wotton Gilbert that snow
fell on the 18th day of January, and
from that time every day until March
12 The loss of human life and cattle
was immense
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
AGED man RELOCATED
THE OLD OREGON TRAIL
FOLLOWED MARKED COURSE WITH
MOMENTs-END A PECULIAR AMBITION-EZRA MEEKER OF
THE STATE WASHINGTON FINALLY COMPLETES LONG


been spent along the route, and
feel that my trip has been most
successful one.
"Of course, the OK team and covered
wagon. which is an exact reproduce
ton of the one [ originally used,
and which contains some of the iron
iron work taken from the old one
is matter of considerable interest to
people who are accustomed to seeing
the modern automobile shoot along
over the country, but for myself, the
interest is practical one. / have
carried with me my old long-range
rifle. which ! bought at Beckers
gunshop, in Washington street, just
a few doors east of the present corn
err of Meridian, over fifty years ago,
when indianapolis was only a country
town. The old gun saw some SER
vice on the plains in enforcing ar
guments with the Indians, though we
had no serious trouble, save with
detached parties of redskins, who
were interested in running off our
stock. the most valuable asset we
had
For hundreds of miles on the re-
turn journey ! followed the identical
trail trayersed years ago by myself
and the thousands of Americans who
have made the West. In some places
it is still beaten down and plainly
visible in spots $50 feet in width"
DISCUSSES LITERARY EFFORTS.
Mr. Meeker referred to the fact that
he had written two books on pioneer
life, and was asked if he had any Ii
terary training"
MY principal training" he said,
has been what | term a correct life.
That early life on the plains and the
struggles in the forest of the coun-
try West are still vivid in my mind.
And while | believe that every one
will be interested in reading of life
on the plains, and in the unsettled
territory in that early day, / feel that
| will interest more particularly the
men who iOurneyed West at that time,
and perhaps their descendants. There
were thousands of men who, as I
did, travelled to the West in search
of fortune. Some of them settled
perhaps they got to the extreme bord-
err of the United States, as did I
but nevertheless l feel that they will
all be interested.
COMING BACK TO PUYALLUP.
AT one time in my life I smoked
for short time, but 1 have used no
tobacco for the last twenty years. l
believe that freedom from the tobac-
co and liquor habit will do much
toward insuring good health and vi
gor for any man. l am rs years old,
but | feel perfectly strong today, and
hope to live for many more years
yet of usefulness.
81 have a good home at Puyallup,
and ! hope to go back there and
enjoy myself during my declining
years. Next May | well celebrate my
fifty-sixth wedding anniversary The
good woman who journeyed with me
across the plains is still enjoying
health and happiness, and We take
pleasure in everything our children
and grandchildren propose.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

blizzard" is an American word.
The date and circumstances of its ORR
gin are obscure. Though it was first
commonly used by the American
newspapers as good wword for a
snow squall in the winter of $780,
1881, it is said to have been known
to the west in that sense nearly TWEEN
ty years earlier. From an English
writer of 1884 this sentence is quoted:
"A gentleman at dinner asked me for
a toast, and, supposing he meant TO
have some fun at my expense, l con
cluded to go ahead and, give him
and his likes a blizzard" Here "bliz-
card" might well mean a metaphors
cal voIley, which would square with
the evidence of n correspondent OF
an American paper. who recalled that
i'm the 4Os "bliZZard' was particu'
lar kind of volley-a rafting one fired
in quick succession, as opposed to a
simultaneous "broadside" - affected
by sportsmen on the Atlantic coast
who shot at fights of migratory birds
from behind screens.
To the word bore" when used to
tell the gauge of shotguns, there at.
taches an interesting bit of history
In the days when rifle balls were
spherical and long, cylindrical, con
ical-headed bullets and rifled barrels
were undreamed of, the gunsmith
adopted a curious but convenient me.
thod of designating the gauge or dia,
meter of the bore. He expressed il
by stating how many bullets, of the
size that would fit particular mus,
llet, would go to make a pound Thus
a ten-bore musket would be one OF
such a bore than ten of its bullets
would go to make a pound weight;
n 16-bore gun would be one whose
bullets would run sixteen to the
pound, and so on. Hence, the anon,
ally that the larger denomination,
musket has the smaller bore.
TO the modern world calendar
is merely a harmless necessary re
minder of weeks and days, to bt
hung on New Years day, and con
( suited in dating letters Throughout
the year. 1t has no such mournfu
sounds as "calendarium" had for tn,
ancient Romans. The original zeal
endar" of their times was the none.
lenders account book, so called be
cause interest was due from the del
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
Parallel CASES

Gershuny, the Russian revolution
list, recently escaped from Siberia by
hiding in a barrel of cabbage but
the escape of Prince Kropotkin from
fortress prison in St. Petersburg
long ago was fully as exciting. After
two years in the prison he had been
removed to the Jail hospital, where
plans were matured by his friends for
his flight. lie was allowed to walk
for an hour each afternoon. guarded
by armed sentries. in the grounds.
A line of spies outside maintained q
system of signals to notify the
prince when the adjoining streets
should be clear When all was well
a friend in a kiosk opposite the gates
played upon a violin. After one or
two false starts the violinist burst
into a mad melody and the prisoner
Ainging off an outer garment, leaped
for it. Scntries tried TO stab him
with their bayonets; others hesitated
to shoot, believing that they could
catch him. \ carriage with a racing
horse in the shafts was waiting. Into
it he sprang and they left at gal
lOp. His beard was cut off his
clothes changed and he spent the
first hours of his hiding i'm the best
cafe in ST. Petersburg
Prof. Clements in London is not
the only prophet who has attain
ed remarkably results a century
ago Francis Moore, physician" made
the following impressive prophecy in
his loyal almanack' for April 81
1907: Near this time the Turkish
emperor dies; or, it may be. hides
his head; his people are tumultuous;
if he can save his life let him
give him fair warning of it," And inI
May the Sultan Selim was deposed
by a mutiny of the ianizaries, who
put him to death about year laterI
when the opposition party was about
to restore him At the beginning of
1907 Russia backed by England, was
threatening the Turk and CONSTANT
nople was known to have internal
troubles; but even so. OR Moore'sI
shot was deemed a good one.
England's recent blizzard" was not
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

From indianapolis comes story
of an odd ambition on the part of an
aged man. He wanted to follow the
old Oregon trail and, with an OK
team, did so marking the trail with
moments The account of his jour
ney is told in recent dispatch from
indianapolis, as follows:
Ezra Meeker, the aged Washington
ian who has been travelling from the
West for the past eleven months,
marking the Oregon trail which he
traversed fifty-fve years ago with an
OK team and covered wagon, reached
this city Saturday with his prairie
schooner, and was the interesting
center of thousands of people, who
gathered at Monument place to wit
ness the novel exhibition.
The old man stood at the head Of
his OK team and told the story of his
return over the old Oregon trail, and
of what the people along the route
had done to assist his in carrying
out his cherished ambition to mark
the trail with monuments, that its
memory would be forever preserved.
He said that he had been Hospitality
treated all along the route, and es-
pecially had the school children been
interested i nthe work.
MONUMENTS ERECTED.
Many handsome monuments, he
asid, had been erected, and he felt
as if his trip had been a decided
success Meeker said that he left his
E,... IF
city, i'm January, 1851. He had just
been married, and he and his bride
concluded that the country was get
ting too thicky settled for them to
make their way very rapidly, and they
concluded to go West. With yoke
of oxen and a covered wagon they
started on theiI journed, spending
the first winter in Iowa. and then
going forward to Washington, where
he permanently located.
81 am well satisfied with what
have accomplished" he said for the
work is going on, and it will not be
long until the old way which l ira
versed years ago will be bordered
with beautiful shafts of marble and
granite, properly inscribed.
ut was a long journey for an old
man, but l feel fully repaid Some
times while we were in the Rocky
mountains jolting along in our OK
wagon we never saw railroad for
days and days. Then again we came
out into fertile territory, dotted with
comfortable homes, which in the early
fftios was the hunting grounds of
the redskins.
Eyes, decided to make the trip
back to Indiana with an outfit exact
ly like the one / Travelled in fifty
five years ago, and attempt to arouse
sufficient interest along the route of
the original trail to provide for the
erection of monuments, marking the
old line of travel
my journey has occupied about
eleven months, as | have made fire.
quent stops on the way. My work
has been largely with school children
and I presume fully 10000 have con-
tributed toward the erection of stones
and monuments. About S1O60O have
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
HOUSE OF LORDS SAFE.

1--WE do not believe" remarked The
Daily Mail London), that the
country will support any agitation
against the House of Lords on the
ground that changes have been made
i'm the Education Bill. It is very
doubtful whether the great mass of
the voters and ratepayers were ever
eager for the bill The new bill. if
it becomes law. will in any case in
crease the rates and taxes and
swallow up fresh millions. But it
will not, in the form i'm which it has
passed the Lords, leave general
feeling of Indignation and injustice
among religious men"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
STORIES ABOUT NORDS'SONE CURIOUS STORIES

Here is a curious story about Sir
James Simpson, the man who intro
duced the use of choloroform into
surgery, and a peril which he escap-
ed, as recorded by Lyon Playfair.
Simpson, when busy with his re-
searches into the subject of anaes-
thetics, called one day on Playfair
and asked if he had anything new
likely to produce anaesthesia. Play
fair had just prepared a liquid which
seemed worthy of trial. Simpson,
who knew no fear, prepared instant
Nv to test it on himself. This Play
fair refused to allow until it had
first been tried on rabbits Two were
procured and placed under the effects
OF the anaesthetic. Next day Simp-
son proposed to try it on himself.
eve might as well see how the rab-
bits have fared," said Playfair. They
found both the animals dead.
From my pile of autographs l
take one of a statesman, well known
and lay it side by side with the au-
tographs of a great author and a
great ecclesiastic," writes a British
publicist. IAN three are very small
eXuuisitcly neat, very little slanteu'
absolutely legible. Well as 1 knew
the three writer's. 1 doubt If L coulu
tell which wrote which. They were
Cardinal Manning, Mr.. Froude ana
Lord Rosebery. viii the experts
tell me if, in this case similarity OF
writing bodied forth similarity oil
gifts or qualities"
In proof of the assertion made by
the German authorities that all is
well in Morocco, an officer OF the
recent German expedition to Fee
tells how in the rear of Morocco he
had met an English woman touring
alone. This fearless woman is Mrs.
Frances V. Campbell. She is reported
TO have Travelled all the way across
Morocco on horseback, with no oth-
CT escort than few servants.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTNIENT.
As the London Times sees him, Will
liam Randolph Hearst represents a
new phenomenon in the modern
world" And it might be added for
the Times enlightenment that dis
lance lends cnchantment to the view
of Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

1t is an exceptional week that does
not bring to notice an earthquake,
volcanic eruption or railway ulS
aster. -.,.
rscs9ooaoeo1o&ao oessoaorsoo
tor on the calends, or first day of
each month. Seneca speaks of Seal
endar" as a word invented outside
the course of nature on account of
human greed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

CHANGES IN NATIONAL LIFE.
Mr. James Bryce may find among
MS more wealth, but less common
wealth. It is punched too much
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23
1T IS A WANT
AND A
NECESSITY.

Here's a chance to get a New
Ornamental Parlor Alarm Clock
absolutely free. This is a STAR
premium and it beats anything
ever put out. Indeed, we've
spread ourselves to secure an
unusually attractive, durable
and Ornamental Parlor Alarm
Clock. They sell everywhere for
FIVE DOLLARS, but readers of
THE STAR can secure one abso-
lutely free.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

THIS ILLUSTRATION GIVE READER A GOOD
IDEA OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE NEW ORNAMENTAL PAR
LOR ALARM CLOCK, BUT THE ACTUAL SIZE THE, CLOCK
IS MUCH LARGER; IT STANDS ABOUT HIGH
MASSIVE IN APPEARANCE IS EBONIzED BAR
BUFF GUN METAL OF VERY ORNAMENTAL DESIGN AND IS
FITTED WITH AN EXTRA LOUD ENTIRELY HIDDEN
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-23

Guaranteed by Manufacturer
to be a perfect timepiece. The
clock can be seen at THE STAR
office. 1t is an attractive piece
of furniture and when you see it
you will want one to replace that
cheap nickel affair which is usu-
ally called an Alarm Clock. This
clock is made of Gun Metal and
the movement is guaranteed to
keep absolutely correct time.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-03-20
Sinocr-Yrbeit.

Gos 3nnoels- uno glrbcitS 8iircoli
miro oemn1d)it @%rbebungcn iibcr bic
aincer.a rbeit onlte1en loiien. Sn Der
leeten Gon9rcbiciiion bot iid) Sena-
tor 9eoerioge bon SSnoinna Die groBtc
Miibe gegeben. bieainoer-Ir6eit biird)
Elm 9lnoesgeiet 5u regeln. &er9eb-
lide "2iebesmilb! Der Gongreb bot
iogar iein 9eites getbon, cine griin0z
lid]e llnteriiid)ung iibcr Die ainOer.
Mrbeit I'M 9oilbe 81 bintertreibcn.
Wnrum2 Nun, meil mGhti9e sc.
idafts- Snterelien Dogegen maren.
llilo penii Dos grbeits lepartemcut
jest einen genoiten einblid IN sic
ainoer.Mrbeit tbun mill. 10 miro Is
oa. mo Die ainoer ipitematiid ous9e-
bciitct lperfcn, anf ollcrlci Mibcr
itano itoBen. Nan bat iid) bcrcits
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-03-20
GuiulanS'S tiirfiIde gGber,
sauitnble.@ ebanbe, @pftumt seseH. etets often,
fNIunOO-l
MUM Heainn MiQinGcr.

IS itarb AM IS. Mdr5 1907, nm 3.45 gia1s
mittags, gnua Sicaina Niatugcr, Deb, SebrGnf,
geIiebte Satin bon HontS !. gSillt1Ger, il 81,
Sabre ibreS Qebcns Sic @eerot9nn9 linoet
bon ibrer Iebiet 8obniRG, Dir. 1904. SitsGbuic'
Giraffe, aus itutt, nro bGuil nab Der Ct. Sdio'
bu5sairbe, no Inn o. llbr cine fcicrli6e Ste
ipiro. &erfpdtotc rnb Srcur.hc iino adtrtgss
pou cinaeIqben. %eifRtnnO prioatip1. aeine
N.ltiIclt.
CRobeitcr. 9ufialo, iEbiLnheEpbia unb 2aus
CATER SeiiuneCn iuouer cell. cbpirett)
lIS-21l IL. II.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-03-20
Gli5a Scrsinacr.

GS itarb an II. MIir5. sbeitos I'M S llbr,
~iticre eeliebte Wilitcr mo @rcbnluitcr eliza
ScrSingcr, SSitilpG Nes Srn. Safob Ser6iI9cr,
i'm altcr bon 10 Subren, ~9ebiirti9 aus Sa1tull
bel Srunfiurt am Main. Die 9eeroigun9 firs
bet W,ittupd,, NuhmittnaS nm . lbr, bonn
Truucrbnuie, 9tr. 1873, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fat.
Die traucrnoen 9intcrbIicbenen
pcinridi Z. Scr6inger,
Srau Gnacnc Nrng,
(7S-O Sran WiarH Wtugcc.