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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-21
A Good Test Of
Promotion Work

has voiced the that the
news Mauna outbreak will reach during the dull season
and that will make The reached the mainland
about they having earthquakes all Europe and
Asia and just before the disaster at
Kingston Whether this the dull everyone may
Judge for themselves.
However mainland newspapers had any time short OF
and volcano during the they could
fall back On the Island OF Savai the
group has lava flow going for the
which outbreak Nauna Loa incident In the first
OF its activity built up ridge OF lava feet high
long, wide The lava spread
square miles destroyed several native villages and plan
on though lives lost After number of months the lava
got the and has been flowing the since greatly
.1iodifying the coast line in places
AS in a flow considered spectacle in Samoa and
there from Apa twice month
broke There have been number of scientific
Ike outbreak scientists having been there from New Zealand
ard Australia and Germany Perhaps others
1t might be judged from this that the newspapers the mainland
guided in their publication of matters largely by the interest that
is felt in them AS comparatively little general interest felt in
The Samoan ow comparatively little has been published
the mainland If published about lava flow it
will be because there general interest Hawaii interest
which the Promotion Committee has been working for three
develop and The the mainland papers pub
h about flow the evidence they furnish that the Pro
motion Committee has been successful in its efforts and the
they publish the interest they will Hawaii which
what have been So is hard understand how
the mainland press can make too much of it,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-21

Henry Clews, who for forty
years and more has been a prom
inent figure in Wall street, and a
financial writer who has always
commanded a hearing, writes a
most interesting review OF the
year that has just closed, with
1,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-21
DYNAMITERs ARRpsTED

Officer Manuel Phillips OF Pearl City
yesterday morning captured two fish
dynamiters near Halawa.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-21

One of our Kamaainas is quoted as
saying that It was harder to smuggle
goods into Hawaii under the monarchy
than it is now. Those or us who have
come during the last fourteen years
have no basis of comparison.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-21

"Well gol darn We, drown then" Evil
IDENTIFY the Governor Of Jamaica insists:
I'VE win perish; nobody shall help u.s."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
MANY Editions Of Bible.

There are more than 900 different
editions of the Bible in the British
museum
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
Famous Illinois TaDern.
Where Lincoln, When Circuit Rid
ing Lawyer, Snapped Stories.

With the demolition of the old Kel-
ley tavern, torn down to make room
for a barn, there passed one of the
famous old hostelries of Illinois. Built
in 1889, the old tavern became the
stopping place of all west bound trav-
elers, it being the only hotel between
DanviIle and Urbana on the state
road.
For years it enjoyed great popular
ity, especially during its ownership by
Joseph Kelley, who operated it from
1910 until 1864. During the SOS it
was the regular stopping place of the
old time circuit riding lawyers, among
whom were Abraham Lincoln and
Judge David Davis. Both Lincoln
and Davis were warm friends of KEEL
ley, whose ready wit and great fund
of stories made him a favOrite with
both men Kelley was great story
teller, and during the months inter
vening between the April and Septem-
Der terms of court he searched assid-
uously for new stories to tell Abe"
Often Lincoln's coming, being her
aided about the surrounding country,
drew scores of farmers to the hotel,
and not infrequently residents of Ur-
bana drove down to enjoy the contest
between the two great story tellers.
However well equipped with new ma
terial was Mr.. Kelley he always found
himself vanquished by Mr.. Lincoln,
whose fund of anecdotes seemed in
exhaustible. Old residents say that
the two champions frequently told
stories almost all night, Lincoln sit
ting in an immense armchair. with
a I~r,ff FOL >1,or 1cT1-
ion, known to the household as sAbe's
chair The old chair is still in the
possession of the Kelley family, one
of it's most cherished heirlooms.
The old tavern played an important
part in the social life of the commun-
ity. Here during the winter months
assembled all the young people for
miles around to dance and enjoy
themselves. In the yard were held
the turkey shoots on Thanksgiving
and Christmas, when the pioneers as
sembled to prove their wonderful
skill with their old muzzle loading
firearms. Whisky on these occasions
flowed freely. and some famous fights
have occurred about the old building,
but for the most part the early settler
was good natured, even in his cups,
and no serious damage was done in
these encounters.
With the coming of the railroads
and the passing of the stage coach
the old tavern suffered a lamentable
falling OF in business, and after pre-
carious existence it was closed and
the building became the home of q
tenant farmer. Later it was used for
the storage of grain and farm nipple
ments. Falling into decay, it has at
last been torn down, after an exist
ence of rs years. many of its timbers
going into the new barn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

INE STACEY sat with
her back to the light of
her existence and the
chandelier. But the re-
spective luminarieS re-
manned equally indiffer-
emit, the one obscured by
his evening paper and
the other by a pink-tissue
shade. So she lifted her
pretty foot to the glow
of the fire-the only glow
4L& in ouidonno
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
Slab to Memory of Brave American

in the ensuing month she captured
10 sail, extending her depredations up
to st. Georges channel.
At daybreak on August IA the Brit
ish brig of war Pelican, which had
been sent to find the audacious Yam
kee came upon the Argus just quitting
another prize. The advantage in size
and armament was on the British
side. After short pursuit the battle
opened at six a. M, about Is miles
off ST. David's, on the west coast of
Wales. The vessels ran side by side
within range of grapeshot and musket-
nv. Within five minutes Captain Allen
received the wound which cost him
his first leg and in a few days his
life. He refused to be taken below,
but loss of blood socn SO reduced him
that he was unable to continue in
command
The Pelican tried to pass under the
stern of the Argus, but was baked
in the attempt The Argus then
crossed her enemy's path, giving a
raking broadside, the poor aim of
which seems to have lost the Ameri-
cans their last chance of victory, for
by this time most of their rigging
was shot away and the vessel soon
became unmanageable, the Pelican
working around her at will In that
helpless situation the Argus surrend-
cred, after an engagement of little
over three-quarters of an hour. THE
British loss was two killed and five
wounded; the American loss was six
killed and IL wounded, of wi om
five afterward died. Naval author
tiles ascribe the American defeat
to the disparity of force and poor
craftsmanship. The latter is partly
to be accounted for by the previous
busy month of prize taking, which
had closed with the capture of one
the night before and another near
morning, leaving the crew fatigued
and unfit for spirited defense
Captain Allen was brought to Plym-
outh and survived only four days
His late foeman buried him with mill
tary llonors The name of mildly
who fell in the same fight was added
to his grayestone, but is now partly
obliterated, and the rest of the record
will ultimately be blotted out IL the
stone is not restored or replaced, per-
haps some day making the location of
this grave almost as difficult to find
as that Of Paul Jones was in Paris
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
Man for Whom Allen Street Was
Named Is Buried in England.
CAPTAIN ALIENS GRAVE

Probably none of the foreign born
population swarming in Allen street,
New York city, and few other. New
Workers, for that matter, are aware
that the almost forgotten naval officer
for whom the thoroughfare was
named lies in a neglected grave three
thousand miles across the Atlantic
A dirty slab, fixed against a house on
the south side of ST. Andrews church
yard, in Plymouth, England, is the
monument of the courageous young
commander who gave a painful twist
to the British lions tail before his
daring raid in it's home waters was
checked.
William Henry Allen, young
Rhode Islander, entered the navy as
a MILDLY in 1900. He was third lieu
tenant on the Chesapeake when she
struck her co1ors to the British frig-
ate Leopard in. 1907, and he drew up
the letter of the officers to the secre-
tary of the navy, urging the trial of
Captain James Barron for neglect of
duty AS first lieutenant of the frig-
ate United States he gained distinc-
ton in the action with the Macedonia
in October, 1872.
The following year he was made
master commandant, and put in
charge of the brig Argus, which sailed
from New York on June IS, 1913, hav-
ing on board William Crawford, newly
appointed minister to France. By
June IL the distinguished passenger
had been conveyed across the Allan
tic, after a passage of % days,
in which one prize was taken.
Three days later the Argus proceeded
to cruise in the English channel, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

An autograph letter of Abraham
Lincoln, writer more than half CEN
tury ago to his lifelong friend,
Thomas J Turner, of Freeport, ILL.,,
afterward a colonel in an Illinois regi-
nent, is here reproduced as an object
Of national interest.
The value of this letter to the fam
lies to whom it has descended-like an
apostolic succession-may be estimat-
ed from the fact that it has passed
from deathbed to deathbed as sacred
charge in the Turner generations, the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

man to whom it was written treasur-
ing the series of Lincoln's correspond
ence in order to bequeath to members
of his family souvenirs whose value he
foresaw with prophetic eye.
Any letter of Abraham Lincoln S
would be of interest to the people OF
Illinois, especially one written before
the period of war and turmoil, when
the Springfield lawyer was engaged
in the vocations of peace. The owner
of the letter-a Freeport mans now
living in Chicago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

well. of course" said Stacey, that
is harder to bear. Know who wrote
it?''
Mrs Stacey shook her head. mo.
But it is beautiful. She will always
remember it."
"WilI, Ell? Can't get 1t out of her
head, suppose. Something like that
Blue trip eight-cent-fare'
business
Mrs Stacey gave wifely fnattention
to his Joke Her mind seemed fixed
on other subjects. Finally: "A wo-
man always remembers such things.
And sometimes they make dangerous
food for hungry hearts,
The man behind the paper became
conscious of a meaning in his wife's
tone. He looked over the top of the
sheet, to see that her gaze was fixed
upon a bowl of violets on the stand
before the fire. She went on:
you never sent me a valentine,
Dick. But some one else has. wasn't
going to tell you-when you were
asleep"
well, I'm glad you didn't then
But what about it now"
There isn't anything more about it.
At least 1 only know that I received
and 1 don't know who sent them. I
wish I did, because 1 am tired of be-
ing left alone and neglected and
so there!"
why, mammal Why"
"You needn't Why mel" The
pitcher of patience indeed had been
broken at the fountain. Mrs. Stacey
was royalty angry and in tears. What
do you men think women want in this
life? Do you think we are satisfied
with food and fire and clothes? 1 tell
you we want love and attention as
much as we do when we were young
girlsi''
She stopped, with shamed sobbing.
Stacey had risen and now stood be-
side her chair. What did he say,
Amer" he questioned quietly.
But she shook her head miserably.
What did he say?" He reached
down and took her slender hand in
his broad PALM
81 can't tell you. You-never would
understand-or appreciate-such ten
derness. You-you never have-tme
What did he say, dear?"
sOh. Dick. If only you had made
love to me-if you ever-ever had"
Tell me what he said. You can't?
Then let me tell you
He knelt down beside her and her
wondering eyes saw tears upon his
bearded cheeks. But he reached over
and took the bowl of vfolets in his
hand as he said:
These tender flowers are sent to you by
To whom you are the starlight and the
Dick. You? Your" She threw
her arms around his neck. Her cheek
was upon his cheek, her eyes seeking
his eyes, as he continued:
Their fragrance bears message fond
and true
From out a heart which beats alone for
you
Then there was silence in the little
room where a man knelt with his wife
in his arms and the Quick-pulsed clock
called blithely the Quarter-hours as
they ran away with the eve of St VAL
entine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

A laughing-stock his figure when we
knew him,
A shrine for all that's best in US since
then,
Revering cen the blessed soil that grew
him
"A model he for all his fellow men.
Baltimore American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
"soLDIER" BORE A CHILD.
Romance of AndersonviIle Prison
Brought to Light.

Discussion of the action about to be
taken by the Georgia division, Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, toward erect
ing monument to Capt Henry Wfrz,
who was commandant of the Ander-
sonville prison, has brought a hither-
to unpublished story to light, says the
New York World.
The relator of the story, a resident
of Americas, often visited the prison.
where her husband was doing duty for
the confederate government. Upon
one of her visits Capt. Birz said that
he needed her assistance.
He conducted her to a small tent
just outside the prison stockade. With
in was a woman-a federal prisoner.
with day-old babe in her arms, while
by her side sat her husband, also
prisoner.
The woman, in male attire, had
been brought to the prison pen few
days before. The captured party, in
Guiding her husband, were Ohioans.
and when surprised by the confeder-
ates she hastily donned suit of her
husbands clothes in order that they
might not be separated
When the real situation had been
discovered the day previous. through
statements made by her husband,
Capt. Wirz had the couple hastily re-
moved to the tent, outside the prison,
and there the babe was born
In the visitor the poor woman found
a friend. She quickly returned to
Americas and secured for the mother
and babe necessary clothing and medi-
cine. and such food and comforts as
her then limited means allowed Soon
thereafter the Ohioan, his wife and
babe we're sent away from the prison
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
The Armies Of Europe.

A statistician has calculated that
there are in Europe at this moment
9. 500. 900 men under sarms. II they
were all lined up the line would be
500 miles long
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
MODEL OF LLNcOLN,S ONLY PATENT

like bellows, worked from sides of
boat by upright poles When vessel
so equipped strikes shoal water the
bellows are inflated by pressure ON
the poles, which is supposed to raise
the boat clear of the bottom When
the bellows are to be debated . wind
lass raises the poles.-E- r World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

Anywhere-and engaged In ner long
practised game Of making the best of
things. But the play went DULY this
night, although the Goals arranged the
usual pictures for her to gaze into
and the castle-building materials were
all at hand. Now and then she
glanced at a big bowl of violets
which stood on the table near her.
and in her expression was a curious
blending of indignation and triumph.
There was silence in the room, except
for a slow-pulsed clock, which struck
the quarter-hours reluctantly, and the
occasional rust1ing of the turning
pages of the newspaper.
She felt strangely lonely. The girls
had gone out, wearing their violets
pinned in the fur and 1aces at their
bonnie throats. The fragrance of the
flowers at her side swept up with the
memory of the lines which had come
as a valentine to little Jeanne:
This thing I know. my dear.
Ny iG Iast for sor y ave- my DEAR
But it doesn't, Jeanne, child" she
whispered sadly. 1T does not last any
longer than the dew lasts on the
roses. But it is so sweet to be de-
ceived," She sighed. And again her
eyes fell on the violets.
WHO in the world could have sent
them to me?" she murmured. and
the verses! Impairment, of course.
But rather dear. The writing looks a
little familiar, too; but 1 can't place
it. She drew a little note from the
dainty little rose-colored bag which
swung from the ribbons at her waist,
and scanned it by the freight. A
half-pleased smile crept up to her
eyes, as she read:
These tender flowers are sent to you by
one
To whom you are the starlight and the
sun
From out heart that beats alone for
How dreadful" murmured Anne
Stacey, but with commendable for
bearance. ct must show it to Dick"
She rose determinedly, just as there
was a sound of a sliding paper and
snore. She turned back and sat down,
and the little foot on the fender tap
ped impatiently.
ASLEEP again." she said, land it is
only half-past eight. Another tire
some evening ahead of me. Oh, dear
don't see why / ever married him!
"A man SO absorbed in business has no
right to marry. He is so tired and dull
when he comes home that he never
talks. / believe I am getting so I dis
like Dick, anyway. 1 just won't try to
tell him about the flowers and note
He doesn't take the trouble to tell me
anything. 1 wish / knew who sent it
that's what 1 wish" Her cheeks
were flushed now, and she looked re-
ssentfully at the form in the big leather
chair. Il won't tell him a word" she
repeated - then called sharply:
-..Dickt''
Stacey started up. dazedly- ''Eh?
Yes All right. What is it, mann
MAJ
It's St. Valentines eve."
THE deuce it is! 1 thought it was
morning What's up?"
THE girls have each received love
Nv big punches of violets-"
Bully for the girls. Who sent
seme"
I'VE don't know Jeanne's came
~ith valentine-poetry. you know"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

One of the most valuable of the gov
ernment's unique collection of patent
models, the finest in the world. is No.
6.469. granted May p. 1S49 to Abra-
ham Lincoln for method of lifting yes
sells over shoals The device consists
OF the application to q river steamer,
or two or more colinpsible noats made
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16
As Wallace Sap Lincoln.
Famous Author Wrote EntertainingIy
OF First Meeting.

The charm of Lew Wallace's Auto
biography consists not only in the
fact that the author was famous
general and famous novelist, but that
so many of his recollections are rem
iniscent of the great.
One of the most fascinating des-
criptions is that of his first sight of
Abraham Lincoln. 1t was in 1850, at
a tavern in Danville, Ill
Wallace writes as follows:
There was one of the contestants
who arrested my attention early, part
ly by his stories partly by his ap-
pearance. Out of the mist Of years
he comes to me now exactly as he ap-
peared then.
His hair was thick, coarse and de-
fiant; it stood out in every direction.
His features were massive, nose long,
eyebrows protrusive, mouth large.
cheeks hollow, eyes gray and always
responsive to the humor. He smiled
all the time, but never once did he
laugh outright His hands were large,
his arms slender and disproportion-
ately long. His legs were a wonder.
particularly when he was in nara
ton; he kept crossing and increasing
them, sometimes it actually seemed
he was trying to tie them into a bow
knot.
Altogether, I thought him the
gauntest, Quaintest and most positive
ly ugly man who had ever attracted
me enough to call for study. Still,
when he was in speech, my eyes did
not quit his face He held me in un-
consciousness.
about midnight his competitors
were disposed to give in; either their
stories were exhausted, or they were
tacitly conceding him the crown.
From answering them story for story,
he gave two or three to their one. At
last he took the floor and held it.
And, looking back, am now con-
WINGED that he frequently invented his
replications: which is saying he pos
sessed a marvellous gift of improvisa-
ton.
'Such was Abraham Lincoln And
to be perfectly candid, had one stood
at my elbow that night in the old
tavern and whispered: Look at him
closely. He will one day be president
and the savior of his country 1 had
laughed at the idea but little less
heartily than laughed at the man.
"Afterward 1 came to know him
better, and then 1 did not laugh"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-16

Lincoln Then and Now.
Tall, swart, ungainly, gaunt, he stood be-
fore US,
Chaffed by the mob for his unsightli-
ness
Now like very god he towers DER us,
Beloved for his tender knightliness.
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-12

the city parks and requested that
drunken men and other undesirable
citizens be kept out of the park.
Bonds Accepted.
The bonds of Policeman r. J. Pat
terson and Police Judge Hill were
approved and accepted.
\ special Fund
The 500 Just received from the
national government for the annual
rental of the city sewer to convey
water to the Indian school was or
dered placed to the credit of an es-
pecially created sewer fund.
MONTHLY REPORTS
The reports of the various officers
for the month of May were read and
filed. The police magistrate and the
city treasurers' report for the month
have been previously published by
the Sentinel.
The water superintendent re-
port showed that the general and fix
ed expenses of the plant for the
month of May was S220.39. The
pumping system cost S5SG.54. For
maintenance and repairs. $2665. A
total expenditure of SS3S.5S. A total
of cess for water rentals, taps. etc
was collected during the month OF
May.
The council adjourned shortly af.
ter ten o'clock.
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-12

Davies Makes hspbIhs
rb,irmau Davies of the special in-
s-,.,,oI water committee made a verb
~ 10 ra1ort -,,,, regarding his trip to Denver
- bfs conference with A. NJ. Stew
lnso1 80 me well known bond and II
-l-,'tia1 o+forneythe details OF this
- h.ipg given by the Sentinel two
- - In ago Mr.. Davies stated that
Mr. stevenson would come TO the CITY
as soon as possible and hold a con-
gorance with the council Alderman
DayTaz states that he is able to esti-
&c mat about $4,000 would be
-a1pirad to find the city's status as
~ rts water supply and water rights
~ acknowledges the Invitation
! nj ,It,. clerk was directed to ac-
|,.-l,-i.9aa with thanks the invita-
NJ l.I-. 30 tEa MAYOR Of DeBeque extend
ad 10 she council to participate in I Lhe
HE Fourth OF July celebration at Dc
Beque. ~, Allowed
/ tsr,,a number of bills were read
s,Droved and allowed.
Tbe Pool Room Ordinance Passes
GJ+y clerk Conley then gave the
- -.s5ipfr to ordinance No. l4o'
l,.,,1aftrp ..-,,-, the conduct Of billiard ana
- bsIIs IN Grand Junction, which
nr5inance introduced by Alderman ma
plank. has attracted so much atteh,
! tfon during the past two weeks anu
pIot - mas been so bitterly opposed oy
W. n-onrIetors Of the pool and Dill
Irf.rd halls