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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

when the party meets any man by cnance
during it's progress 1t proceeds graveiy
to Dump that individual; but If the
person met should be a lady she is given
the choice as to whether she win be
bumped" or kissed.
Nor is England the only one with sucn
compulsory kissing ceremonies. Hahn
agen, in Austria, has an annual fair on
st. Theodore's day, at which every man
present has the right to claim one lady
and to kiss her without her having any
right to object. This strange custom Is
the outcome of a raid which was once
made on the town by Turkish brigands.
tives. but band, OF men travelling In the
district chanced to meet the captors and
forced them to give UP their victims,
who were then kindly escorted to their
homes and friends. In grateful reIneru-
brance of the day. the maidens of Hahn
agen annually offer their lips modestly
and freely to the strangers who frequent
the town during the fair OF st. Theodore.
Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
W '1@1-' VT IFt~I
HOW TO MAKE a SIMPLE
TOY BACING AUTO

for standing room was too cheap.
"A mile further on started the straight
vel stretch OF road. with a fine board
fence on either side. along the top RAN
OF which, like sparrows on a wire, were
STRUNG all manner OF people. elbows on
knees and chin in hand. This was va
ried further ~on by q new condition, for
between tile fence and road were auto
mobiles by the hundreds. parked for the
day. Many OF the occupants had been
out all night, and it was no uncommon
sight any time OF day to see people
ssieep IN tonneau or seat while the
youngsters and smaller chaps were
spread out on the grass. All they were
seeing OF the race was what they dreaInt
about
Just think. They had come out and
spent all night getting there to sec the
automobile race. and then, when it did
start. they went to sleep and slept all
day-at least. SO It seemed. because at
any time OF the day there were dozens
IN view from almost any place,
''Car conaingI Clear the course, Car
conaingr' and one Of the colored breth-
rem waved his red nag and shouted
through his megaphone. Il was funny
to note his pomposity. as he strutted
around with his chest out. having the
time Of his life. bossing at will million
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
GEOGRAPHY IN SPAIN.
school in Granada Conducted Upon
an Original Plan.

DuriDg q visit to Granada Leonard
a most original plan. where spelling be-
comes gymnastics and geography yeri-
table passime. He describes 1t as fol-
We were conducted across the rustic
bridge into kind OF playground 1 say a
kind OF playground, because II proved to
be school room, with stone benches
some fifty or sixty little people learning
to count by means Of ninepins and blocks
lof wood.
The middle OF the space before the
Irregular hollows. and raised in slight en-
.inences.
Here exclaimed {. the padre. we have
and all it's valleys." So saying he ap-
preached the seated rows upon the bench
es and called. Antonio Torres!"
Up darted an eager looking little boy
Another summons from the padre. This
time Alberto Vega rose.
You. Antopio. go to Bsreelonia,"
was somewhere in the mountains Of Leon.
|darted acroSs country, planted his foot
upon the haushty city Of the Berenguers
Antonio, .whsre are you nswf~
TN Barcelona"
Where is Barceionay
"What ic there a. BarcsionaYs
Hon inhabitants"
s'What else?'
1T e q seaport and sends out woosens
and olives"
Now 60 to Madrid--
The scamperiDg was repeated
Where are you nows"
In New CASTLE. the capital OF the
kingdom"
What does II producer"
Nothing" sharp. II not unrerited.
rebuxe to tie court OF the Hapsburgs
and Bourbons.
''Noy. both az you 20 70 Portugal"
on went the bold excursionists. hand
sn hand
"You have gone too far. You are
standing IN the sea-" and the padre re-
deemed the drowning youngsters from
the ocean,
xsxf was . snAllins IAaxon For th,e
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KISSING IS COMPULSORY.
Grateful Austrian Maidens Who Of
fer Lips Once a Year.

The Charming country town OF Hunger
ford, in BERKSHIRE. has an annual kissing
day each April. when 1t celebrates its
Hoclktide festival. Then certain duly ap-
pointed officials hold a court. collect the
tithes and claim a kiss from the woman
Of each house they have to visit during
the ceremony. The two fortunate offi-
cials thus appointed are known as "tutty
men," or 1.-THE men, and usually there
is no small competition for the honor
among the eligibles Of Hungerford. The
custom is hundreds OF years OLD, ana
neither husband nor wife, as rule, on-
poets to the advent or the tutty men win
the Inevitable result.
once every ave years the good town OF
Newcastle-on-Tyne has been In the haoit
of holding a festival known as barge
day." on which day the mayor and cor
poration go down to the river In q nne
state barge TO claim the rights OF tns
town to certain dues at an appointed
the river to a well known stone where
the mayor selects airy woman ne likes
from the large crowd generally there.
and kisses her before the essempaed col,.. IN
RnaJ. the GOOD mayoress herself. His worship
then gives the favored woman q sovereign
as a present. willis the mayoress, 70 2
show that there = 70 ,ch " seen satcheI. c1sS
rurse Sc or other appropriate article.
g Not cnly is II the duty Of. the mayor
to dn tia kissing IN this fashion. ouf the
snpoinfed sheriff. not willing 70 be left
o,,t in the cold on such occasions, also
duly carries out . similar privilege; 4; He
her sravelv--or otherwise--he also hands
to her useful present This curious
Ceremony which IL supposed to take place
ouinquennialiy. was last performed IN
the year 1901. but. OF course, II always
rests with the mayor for the time being
whether It shall be performed
When the pretty Thames town OF Maid
enhead takes IL into its head to have q
sbeating Of the bounds the steward ap-
pointed for that purpose is always accom-
panied by q large crowd OF curious peo-
ple These help him, or think they. do,
stand in his path. or to get through win
dnEs under which the bounds pass. Also
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
REFORMATION OF THE RUBE.
Farmer Now Not the Clumsy Bump
kin Of Comic Supplement.

Our comic papers viii continue for a
time 70 represent the countrymen as 2
person with hay ia his hair. double
handful OF beard on his chin clothing
with many patches and boots of cow
hide This blithcring buraplin is de-
picted as buying green goods OF city
men. whose wickedness is supposed 10
count a. wisdom. But the truth is that
the countryman OF today has cut his
eve 1eeth upon experience and Keeps
them sliarpened on books and newspa-
pera, for which he has more use and
reverence than those who hsye hourly
editions thrust upon them.
The rustic can no longer remain the
clodhoppor OF comedy, even II he would.
Those material changes that we fond,y
count IS progress are as inescapable
among the hills as they arc in the tene-
inent.. The village now has Its telephone.
lis electric: lent-sometimes as many ae
tNo-its free library. its high school. its
Improvement association, its health Of
flref and its occasional lecturer on cows
END agriculture; whereas the sole center
OF authority. intellectual endeavor ana
social activity was formerly the church.
Nor Is the farmer distinguishable BY his
recent acquisition OF hand-ne-doWn
clothes. for they are shaped after recent
gsstsrns sno are made o. az gooo ma.
he lives near one OF those New Eng
land mills where they weave wooden
cloth that is three-fourths shoddy the
chances are that he knows better than
the city man what 10 avoid and gets
better clothes for less money. He drives
q shiny carriage, has q melodeon-4f moi
Q piano-in the house. takes q daily pa
pUf rs well aE a country weekly, and
has been &c Boston or New York OF Chi
cago
1inerences between the farmer and
the CITY man are even less In respect OF
ways Of life and modes OF thought than
IN these matters OF clothing and custom
The farmer has broadened out Of late
He has a concern IN the business OF the
nation, although he does not view prob
ienls and complexities at close range
having IN bis farm enough for his needs
-except q iessening OF the tarin-anl
fewer expenses than the person who fs
ceep IN society and whose station or
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
DOWN THE LADDER OF LIFE
Miserable Condition of a Man as
Compared With Early Ambitions

Compared With Early Ambitions
1. first met Freddy when he was years
Freddy" I said. what ara you goins
to be when you grow up"
II guess replied Freddy. "at me'D
be a D'liceman."
Freddy was a manly little chap OF u
years when I saw him again.
My young friend I inquired. does
your ambition stilI lean toward the Do-
lice force?'
mo. sir" replied the youngster: I'm
going to be an artist and paint pictures.
An artist gets a lot Of money.
met Freddy when he was 20 years
just graduated from high school
Fred" I asked. what road have you
chosen for life's iourney?'
Il have selected the road TO literary
fame. he replied. II shall write poems
and essays and the world shall palpitata
with eagerness to read my productions.
shall become rich and famous"
left Freddy 10 struggle with his am
bitions and slowly followed Father Time
TO the evening Of my life One day a.
walked feebly along the street voice
hailed me and an automobile stopped
at the curb
''Vhy, bless my SOUL I exclaimed. s'ie
It isn't Frederick
Yep. replied a portly man OF forty
odd years. I'm just trying my new
No, thank you. Frederick. replied
BY the by. you are looking exceedingly
prosperous Are you a policeman, an
artist or an author
oh. exclaimed Frederick. laughing
heartily. 7 gave up al those youthful
Haven't YOU heard? Why. I'm 2 plumb
err-Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
DO you KNOW WHY
The Following Things Happen as
They Doe

Why DO the winds always travel from
LEFT to right OF from east to south and
west like the hands Of a watch?
Why do the winds always blow In a
spiral or like the threads OF a right
hand screwl
Why do whirIwinds always travel In
the shape OF funnel from left to right
Why does water flow In rotary mo-
ton?
Why are the sandbars on stream al
ways on the left bank?
When clouds form and are blown away
the moisture which formed the clouds
When two et-eams flow together and
form third. why does the water from
that OF the right hand, or vice versa the
water from ths right stream now un-
der7
Why does floating object. such as 4
log or tree as II travels down stream
always turn over from left to right!--
Atlanta Georgian.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

getting myself and my companion. I
rushed wildly across the field between
and Up to an open space yelling. as I
ran. MY companion beat me TO the
fence.
we were Just in time. The crowd at
Krugs was shouting again, and. as We
Looked. some hundred yards to the left
something shot out from behind the
fsnce corner, whirled wildly around.
swlrling I'D a crowd OF dust, and three
seconds later Christy. in his long. low.
pirzticsl-iooking craft. the only freak
machine Of the race. shot by at hfty
miles On hour. taking the jump over the
railroad track at full speed I cay
3unlp. for his machine cleared the ground
by six inches It was just beyond this
that Sheppard. later In the day, struck
and killed one OF the spectators.
''rhe peculiar thing about Christy's
machine was that his engine was cross
wsse on the front axle. and drove direct
on the front wheel. by which he steered.
as well. He had the advantage. then.
IN turning curves. since the front wheels
were pulling and the back wheels were
idle. so all he had to DO was 70 steer
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

runs rubber band to a nail (rO driven
in K at the front.
Put the wheels on now and fasten
them tight on the back shaft. fixing pins
Cd to keep this shaft from slipping side
ways too much. and the same way at
each wheel in front. These wheels being
loose on the axle win need pin on either
side.
THE seat at the back Is small block
OF wood as IN Fig. 3. and may be notched
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Bought Site Of Ancient City.

Mr.. Whitaker. who lived many years IN
Sicily. has bought the whole island Of st.
Pantaleon. the site OF an ancient Phoeni-
clan city. OF which only few towers re-
main, Explorations have been begun un-
der the direction Of Professor Salinas, of
ready part OF the walls Of the primitive
city are beginning to reappear. and arch
geological discoveries OF Importance are
expacfed-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

IN. scb,,ars utilized kind of bib. ex-
tending both before and behind their
bodies with q hole for the head. letter
on the chest. and a numeral in the small
srranva and disarrange and rearrange
Themselves with winged alacrity. Each
letter and each number wears a smiling
ana expectant face.-Youth's companion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
The Point Upheld.

the doctor said that the illness OF his
distinguished patient had bean greatly
exaegera ted.
Just then the patient died.
doctor, your accounts OF this illness
were exaggerated. Otherwise death
would have occurred week ago
philadelphia Press
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
senator Elkina, visitor.

Senator stephen Il. Ellzins. Of West vir-
ginia. had a distinguished visitor a few
days ago in Washington The caller was
Meh-rne-qUa-c e. ma -cle -rna-ver. a full
blood or the kickapoo tribe who ordinari-
ly answers tc the name Of John Mines.
The chief Is a linguist Of rare ability.
speaking half a dozen languages fiuently
among them Spanish. in which he held
q lonT conversation with the senatcr-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
KRUG'S
CORNER
A CUP RACE AND A TOY AUTO.

A CUP RACE AND A TOF AUTO.
.AIl right boys. III tel you about Il.
you see 7 Just happened to be in
New York about the time OF the Wander
bit Cup races. and. OF course. when
was SO near couldn't miss a chance
Ike that. 60 Q o'clock that morning found
me sleeplly headed for a subway en-
trance away out by the ball park. while
half an hour later I was running
through the rain TO catch the ferry for
Long Island city.
'As I ran into the ferry waiting room
and I'd 20 the ticket <1ndow. heard
ths toot Of the whistle BY this time all
sleepiness had vanished and IN its place
came q new excitement as Joining the
crowd I was carried along through the
door and out on the platform with
scarcely any work OF my own
II had time. I'd like TO tell you
about the rush there at the ferry. the
Jam OF people In the dim Light OF the
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

a little underneath If 1t gets In the
way OF the machinery.
''Rut TO finish the machinery,
''Irirst wind a string around the small
part lsl. then string it through the pull
ley and back to the large part OF
the spool at s.
''Fasten the string to both sides on a
little tack or brad, or to wire staple,
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
The annual Test.

I'm glad they didn't adopt spelling
REFORM said the man OF slow mentality.
Not FOR me. It would have kept me
worried for years. It's going to take
me three weeks merely to learn to write
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
NEXT WEEK.

Of
with rubber tires and all
touring delivery auto; truck
Jacks stunts for week.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
How to Make the Toy Auto Racer

..Fir. / here shows the car al done anu
sneeainr up. The driver Is a tin or paste
board man: the wheels are common
round rubber erasers. which make capi-
"a, wheels with rubber tires; the frame,
as In Fig. 2. Is only two sticks cut to
shape and connected in front by piece
OF thin board. K. and the driving ma
chinery--but, we'll come to that later.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE TER
RITORY OF HAWAII.
The President of the United States OF
America,
To the Marshal of the United States
of America for the Territory Of
Hawaii, Greeting:
Whereas. Libels were filed in the
district Court Of the United states,
for the Territory of Hawaii, on the
1sth and 18th days Of November, A.
n 1907. by G. KAMA, NJ. Takashita'
T Narutani, H. Iwasaki and G. Ujima
against the American schooner LuKa'
her tackle. apparel. furniture. boats
and other appurtenances, and against
all nersons whatsoever intervening Or
claiming any interest therein; ana
Arthur NJ. Brown against Theresa
Schlen1ner. owner of the American
schooner Lulza, her tackle. apparel
boats. furniture and appuTtenances'
and praying that the same may De
condemned and sold TO answer the
nraver of the said Iibelants; ana
whereas, The said American schoon-
er I,uka. her tackle. apparel, etc, has
been attached by the processes issued
o,1t Of the said District Court, in pur-
suance of the said libel Of G. kama
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
NOTICE
OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS OF KIHEI PLANTA-
TON COMPANY, LIMITED.

Notice is hereby given that spe-
ciaI meeting of the stockholders of XII
hei Plantation Company, Limited, Is
hereby called, at the request of MEM
bers of said company representing
more than one-tenth of the shares or
it's capital stock, said meeting to be
held in the directors room of Alexan-
der & Baldwin, Ltd, in the Stangen-
wald Building, on Merchant street, in
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, in the Ter
ritory of Hawaii on Monday, the thir-
tfeth day of December, 1907, at the
hour of 2 O'Clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of considering proposal for the
sale by the company of all Of its prop
erty and interests and the winding up
of its business and affairs under pro-
ceedings for corporate dissolution. and
for the transaction of such other bus
mess as may properly come before
said meeting.
Dated at said Honolulu this 18th day
of December, 1907.
ELMER r. PAXTON,
Secretary. Kihei Plantation Co, Ltd.
1912
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19

at sailing time. The dock was crowd
ed with friends of the Spalding base
ball nine, which left for San Francisco
on the Oceanic liner, and Captain Ber-
ger and his band were on hand to bid
the athletes farewell. Fully two-thirds
of those present were of the gentler
sex and the winnings which We're
made among the ladies of the city by
the ball players were evidently very
many.
Doc Frost, the mascot of the
Spaldings, was the first man on board
the Alameda and refused to leave the
vessel from the time he went aboard,
believing that it would bring bad
luck, and possibly bring bad weather
Each of the players was covered with
leis and the scene was very pretty
one.
Captain Freeman, formerly of the
Kinau, was a passenger on the Ala
media and will return in command of
the Mauna Kea, the new steamer
which is now in the yards of the
Union Iron Works. almost completed
Kendall Fellows, who has been with
the Orpheum company. was also on
board, on his way to Los Angeles,
where he has an engagement with
good company.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
MARINE

The American Hawaiian steamship
Nevadan, Captain Greene, arrived in
port early last evening, bringing A
sacks of Christmas mail for this city
and a large cargo of freight. The
cargo consists of miscellaneous mer-
chandise, 1400 tons coming here from
San Francisco direct, and 1900 tons
coming here from New York, via Salina
Cruz, being transshipped from the
Alaskan.
On board the Nevadan are % head
of mules, l horse, l jack, 10 COWS, L
bull and calves, two of which were
born on the way over from San Fran
cisco. The jack is an unusually fine
animal and is said to have cost $l40O.
1t is consigned to Alexander & Bald
win. There are also some finely bred
chickens on board, which viii be ex-
hibited at the coming poultry show.
For the first three days out, the
Nevadan had rough weather, but the
rest of the way it was calm and pleas
ant The Nevadan viii remain in this
port for about four days and will be
inspected while here by Messrs. Heeney
and. Walton, the inspectors Of hulls
and boilers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
A GREAT cR1M1NoLoeIsT.

Prof. Cesare Lombroso, known to the
earth as the leading expert on Grimm
ais and their ways. is as wonderful
man as repute has made him. He is
of a very excitable temperament. very
dogmatic in everything he says, is al
ways emphat tic, and likes controversy.
But he is quite immune from crltlclsIh
CT public opinion.
Besides enjoying a large practice in
Turin. he holds the appointment OF
professor of psychological medicine at
the university there. One of his duties
is to examine the candidates for the
doctor of medicine degree of that uni
versity, and they have strange tales to
fell of the ordeals which those exami-
nations imply.
II see.'' said the professor to one
student, ST see by the formation OF
vour head that you have come of
line of thieves. and will probably m
herit that propensity" And so the
nrofessor goes on. AS each succeed
ing student presents himself Lom-
broso speaks r,ut the students charac-
ter at once. But he is a very kind
hearted man and when he comes
across student who is born for the
profession he gives him every assist
ance he can. His laboratory, whlch Is
the most interesting / know OF, IS DEC
GRATED with the skulls of celebrated
criminals: and he has a machine de-
vised nv himself, / believe. for meas
,,rinr the head of every person ne
comes across.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
By Authority.
SEALED TENDERS.

SEALED TENDERS will be received
by the superintendent of Public Works
until u m. of Tuesday. December 31st,
1907. for furnishing all material and
labor and constructing two room
schoolhouse at waipahu, Oahu. T. H.
Plans and specifications on file in
office of superintendent of Public
Works.
Each tender must be accompanied
by a certified check for Fifty Dollars
(s50.0o) made payable to Marston
Campbell, Superintendent of Public
Works.
MARSTON CAMPBELL,
Superintendent of Public Works.
Department of Public Works,
December IS, 1907. 1914
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
THE FAREWELL HABIT.

Sarah Bernhard will play her fare
well tour in America this winter. =
News Item.
When 1 was but little tad.
Some thirty years ago,
I once was taken by my dad
To see her farewell show.
The rich. the poor, the beau, the belle
All sat and wept a sad farewell.
When I was grown, my dad took
Farewell to her to say;
And we with strong emotion shook
Throughout a fearful play.
She still could cast magic spell
The while we wept a sad farewell.
NV dad is now a poor recluse.
His weary eyes are dim;
But they will brighten at the news
/ have today for him.
Well go, if / my shoes must sell.
To bid our queen a sad farewell.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-19
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT, TERRITORY OF
HAWAII
AT CHAMBERs-IN PROBATE.


AT CHAMBERS-IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the Estate of Alex
ander Thomas Adam Garvie.
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Probate of VIII.
A document purporting to be the
last will ard testament of Alexander
Thomas Adam CARVE. deceased. fav~
ing on the 18th day Of December A.
d. 1907 been presented to said Probate
Court, and a petition for probate
thereof. praying for the issuance Of
Letters Testamentary to Annie CARVE
and Allen W. r. BottomIey having
been filed by Allen w. r. Bottomley
It is ordered. that Thursday, the
18th day of January A. D. 1908, at
o clock a. m. of said day. at the Court
Room of said Court at Honolulu be
and the same is hereby appointed the
time and place for proving said VIII
and hearing said application.
It is Further Ordered. That notice
thereof be given. by publication once
a week for three successive weeks in
the P c. Advertiser newspaper. the
last publication to be not less than
ten days previous to the time therein
appointed for hearing.
Dated at Honolulu Dec. nth. 1907.
]. r. DE BOLT.
First Judge of the Circuit Court of
the First Circuit.
Attest:
JOB BACHELOR,
Clerk
Holmes & Stanley for petitioner.
79Os-Dec. I2-Ie-26. Jan 2