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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-31
APPOINTMENTS

OYSTER
Superintendent of the Mint wili am Cutter. Coiner
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-31

Fine Job Printing. Star ONCE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-31

FRANCISCO graft that
TREY L. Attorney United
Attorney bribery
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-31
BAY COLIN WON

sHEEPsHEAD Futuity
IS
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
BOYS BATTLE WITH OCTOPUS
Desperate Fight of Two Young Japs
With Biu DeviIfish


Two Japanese boys have had n ter
rifying experience at Hiroshima, noted
for Its floating park, writes London
Telegraph correspondent In Jnpnn.
About 800 yards TO the west OF the
park is great rock. In shape like n
rudder, which tradition makes the
haunt or giant devilnsh The rock
is accessible on foot from the beach.
and thither came two local urchins
Kurakichi and YRsukichi. on mn nfter-
noon excursion. ~ 4
Kurakichi espied what nppenred TO
be the tip OF an arm OF good sized
octopus holding on to the rock iust
above the water. Approaching stealth
lily, the boy made a quick grab at the
tcntacle. but no sooner had he touch
cd IL than up shot from the water an
other, which seized him by the shouI.
ders, Then n third appeared and
wound itself tightly round his body.
md shrieks and struggle for free
dom followed The boy was already
helpless when Yasuklchl came TO the
rescue. but the fate Of the second lad
threatened To be no bcttor than that
OF the first. for the monster lifted an.
other tentacle and grasped him by the
arms. Yasukichl. however. made as
brave a fight OF II ms boy Of twelve
could do, md for some reason unex-
plained the octopus presently loOsenod
Its hold on both the boys and with
splash withdrew It's arms under the
water.
Kurakichi. who IL Of the snme age
az his rescucr, had to bc cnrried home
by his friend, and when his body was
examined afterward Il was covered
with spots OF purple md blue. The
boys declare TINT the thickcgt part OF
the creatures tentaclos visible out OF
the water was about tho size OF their
thigh
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
SAVED BY A CIRCUS TRICK.
Failing Man Turns In Air and Catches
Hold Of n GIrdor

Hold Of n Glrder.
A gust OF wind swept Carl Jensen, an
Iron worker, from the Blackwelrs is
land bridge over tho East river, New
YORK city, which he IL helping to
butld. Certain hideous death seemed
to await him on the pavement OF Vcr-
non avenue, Long Island City, 2TB feet
below. But the cool headed Jensen
kept his nerve and snved himself I'm
midalr.
He was working far up, where the
heavy steel plates OF the structure are
being put I'm place. Below him was a
network OF girders; below that--death
on the pavement
Before the sudden blast of wind Jen-
sen fell backward face up. In a
twlnkllng he turned, unintontionally, a
somersault ana kept on falllng-thats
the only way to express it-faco up.
In that position It was impossible for
MIN 10 grab n girder, which he knew
was the only thing between him and
his destruction.
Jensen never has worked ana never
Will work harder than no did I'm tho
next instant OF time. BY sheer mus.
culnr force, by desperate foot thrusts,"
he turned, got head up, feet down. Az
ne shot through the girders ho grabbed
one. Drowning man never 40 grasped
straw. The tremendous impetus of
his body's weight almost yanked his
arms from their shoulder sockets, ana
The Impetus so suddenly arrested made
him swing like the circus trapezist no
was Initiating.
Soon Jensen twisted himself ana
clung to the glrder with arms and
legs. Then his fellows swarmed
around him and congratulated him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
LIah,nlna Remove. al,rs Garter

Miss Hllda Clark Of Columbus. Ga,
Is mourning n costly jcwoled garter,
one silk stocking md one slipper be-
cause Of n prank played recently by
bolt Of lightning. Miss Clark was
swinging IN II hammock on the veran.
dn OF her home when the bolt came
Her left Lex wss hanging over the
hammock. and her dress was n bit
elevated. The fash Of lightning came
and with II scream from Miss Clark.
She was found sitting in the hammock
dazed. The bolt had struck the garter
clasp. torn OF the garter. ripped on
the stocking and shattered her slipper.
The bolt then passed into the floor.
making hole. hiss CLARK soon recov-
cred from tho shock. The only mark
on her is n blue strenk On her left leg
where the garter was worn.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
How "a p.st,ov Moth MiIl.,.

III moth millers be found In the
house be sure and kill them II pos
sible, and look carefully for the eggs
or worms. In every case where there
is the slightest suspicion Of their ex-
istenco pour naphtha all along the un-
der edge OF the carpet, having the win
dows open and no light or fire In the
room, says the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune DO this with any stuffed
furniture which may have traces Of
the moth about II. Nothing Is cleaner
or more effective than naphtba. but
great care must be taken 10 have the
windows open, that the gas may es-
cape, and there must bo neither a fire
nor a light in the room for several
houra
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

Dared 10 show his nerve. Albert ".
Peverette OF South Bend. Ind. serving
term for the Rlchau1 Mlchl bank
robbery In the Marquette prison. pick
ed up piece of glass aud cut on his
left hand. This fact eamo out IN an
investigation conducted at Marquette
for the purpose Of learning the truth Of
the alleged crueltes practlccd In the
prison. According 20 Pcyercttc. he
could no longer stand the abuse. and
when he was told 20 prepare himself
for another beating he replied that he
would cut OF ono OF his hands before
he would submit TO further ~ treat
ment Jeered az by the keeper. he
promptly carried HIS threat into eK-
ecution.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
FA|NTS UNDER LASH.
Wife Beater Whipped at Post In
Portland, Ore.
WITH A CAT o. NINE TAILS.

Deputy Sheriff Wislds Weapon LustiIy
on Brutal Husbands Barred Back
Until Victims Howls Are Heard
Throughout the Jail.
Fifteen lashes across the back with
a cat O. nine tails at the whipping
post was the punishment inflicted on
Henry shaefer OF Portland. Ore. for
beating his wife on the streets.
Shaefer fell In faint when the
handouts were taken of. but revived
soon after and shook hands with Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Beatty, who had
welded the whip.
Shaefer was arrested and soon after
ward pleaded not guilty 60 the charge
OF assault and battery. Before Judge
Cleland I'm the district court he changed
his plea 10 guilty and asked the lenien-
cy OF the court. Deputy District At
torney Moser In recommending the
whipping post as Shaefer's punish
ment said:
This man has been guilty OF re-
peatcd assaults upon his wife. On one
occasion he stripped her. tied her fast
TO chair and beat her with n strap.
When the wife's sister interceded on
her behalf he beat the sister also"
II have never inflicted this sentence
before" said the Judge. but In this
case l feel II to be just. The judg-
ment OF the court IL that you receive
fifteen lashes Mt the hands of the sher-
In or his deputy"
Shaefer was led from the courtroom
TO the jail, and the preparation for the
execution OF the sentence was carried
oh without returning Shaefer TO the
cell. Before he went up to the court
room Shaefer told his cell mates that
II lie were whipped he would not
finch.
The wife beatcr was stripped TO the
waist and his hands fastened by hand
cuffs to the bars OF the cell The whip,
rnwhide about two feet long with
six lashes about eighteen inches long
ct the end, had not fallen the third
time before Shaefcr's determination
not to finch was forgotten, and his
cries could be heard all over the jail.
The whipping took place I'm the pres
eDce OF Sheriff Stevens. Deputy Sheriff
Bulger and Deputy District Attorneys
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
CAUGHT ON A TRESTLE
Father Throws Two Daughters
into Valley Below.
THEN HANGS BY HIS FINGERS

Train Rumbles Over Hlm-AI Three
Escape With Their Lives as by
Miraele--one Girls Arm Broken, tho
Other but Little injured.
Caught on a trestlc with his two llt.
tlc daughters by II fast passenger train
and too far from either end 20 save
himself or his children, Il. IL. Yehling
OF Edwardsville, No. tossed the girls
into the valley and dropping over tho
ends OF tho ties. clung there while the
train thundered past.
iehliug and his daughters, Marga-
rot, twelve years old. and Elsie May.
aged eight, had takon n long walk into
tho country, and as hazelnuts aro
ripcning the young folks insisted that
they take along some baskets.
Returning with well filled baskets
shortly before noon, they chose to
cross tho Mooney valley just east OF
the town, 10y means OF the Glover Leaf
railway trcstlo instead Of tho moro
circuitous route the highway offered
A little To the east OF the trcstlc is
curve I'm the track which shuts off the
view sharply and conconls trains until
they have almost reached the bridge.
The Yehllngs were halfway across
tho 800 foot structure when they
heard the rumbling OF train. They
looked back and saw nothing. but
fastened their steps.
Almost In moment fast passenger
train No, Z. from Toledo To St Louis,
roared out on the bridge. The en-
ginoer saw the trio fleeing along tho
ties and. with n warning shrek of tho
whistle, sent the air brake lever 10 the
emergency notch. He know that he
could not stop In time and forebore 10
whistle again for fear the three would
lose their self possession aud become
hopelcSsly entangled In the track.
Ichling fed toward town with n girl
by either arm untll backward glance
showed that the train was almost up
on them. Then he showed Margaret Off
To one side and. grasplng Elsie by the
arm. swung her FREQ of the track and
dropped her into the valley.
lie did not know how deep It was at
that point and had no time To pick out
n spot for her TO light on, but merely
threw her from the bridge with the
Idea that one fate was not so terrible
ns the other.
Almost with the same movement
Iehling threw himself over the edge
of the trestle and gripping the ends OF
the ties with his fingers. clung there
while the train rumblcd by Then
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
How TO Tint Photoarsphs.
'A"d this 10 what the maiden said
Her words were choice and few
y certainly do appreciate II,
certainly do"

For coloring photographs use water
color paints and either red sable or
camers hair brushes, says corre-
spondent OF the New York Globe. The
former are more expensive, and the
camel's hair makes an excellent substi-
tute. For platinum prints one can
use paints that are semitransparcnt.
One cOlorist whom know has had ex-
cellent success with the Newton coiors.
For smooth finish photographs 1t Is
desirable to use transparent paints.
such, for example. as the Acme water
colors These do not fade readily.
They are cake colors. The least cx-
pensive water colors are the Japanese
that come in paper sheets a small
piece of the sheet put In water lmme-
diately liquefics. These cost only Is
cents n book, and book will last for
months unless one does n large amount
of coloring.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
Tattooed snakss on Girls, Arms.

Nearly score OF young children
nave had all kinds OF designs tattooed
on their arms by an old man who has
been lettering around Payne park,
Camden, N. J. The designs are all
the way from anaconda snakes TO a
ferryboat and executed I'm india ink.
The man did not conhne his operations
TO tho boys, and more than one young
woman Will carry 20 the grave a snake
decoration on her arm. While the do
signs were in many instances very
pretty, the words OF denunciation used
by some or tho parents were pretty
strong when holf dozen OF them
called 60 see Chief Of Police Gravenor
about the matter The man VIII DO
arrested on sight
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
LOCKED IN A BOILER.
Man Almost Cooked Alive In an
Arkansas SawmiIl.
HAIR TURNS SNOW WHITE.

Man Of Twenty-four Leaves Hospital
an Old Man as Result Of Hours Of
Mental Agony-Fire Built Under His
- Peisen Of Iron.
Arthur Mcdonald. boilermaker,
aged twenty-four, recently left the hos
pital at Pine Bluff. Ark. nervous
wreck. His hair. which at one time
was coal black, now hangs over his
forehead soft, glistening white. He
VIII never again be able TO return to
his calling and, in Sact. viii not be
able to do work OF any kind for sew
eral years. He went to Colorado, where
he hopes In measure To rebuild his
shattered nervous system.
At the hospital Mcdonald told the
following remarkable story OF the cir
cumstances which brought about his
present condition:
II am twenty-four years of age and
for the past three years have been en-
ployed as boilermaker, principally
In railroad shops. l learned my trade
when quite young, and, although fully
aware OF the dangers OF boilermak-
er's life, / never once dreamed OF the
awful experience l would go through
or l should never have attempted to
drive rivet
''The experience to which l refer oc-
Cured three months ago at little
sawmill below Hope, Ark. A new set
OF boilers had been put In, and negro
firemen were relied upon TO attend to
them. They soon got out OF order, and
the foreman sent all the way TO Pine
Bluff TO get boilermaker. There
were none available then except those
in the railway shops there. AS n pret-
ty good sum was offered, / laid Off
from my regular work and decided TO
make few extra dollars. This try
came near being the end of me.
"When / reached the sawmill found
the boilers in n bad fix. The fues
were choked and needed roaming bad
ly. In addition they We're caked on
the inside, and as there was not
enough help present / decided TO go
into the boiler myself and chisel or
some OF the caked matter while the
negroes were roaming out the fues.
This worked all right on the first
boiler. and 1 soon had it in good shape.
i then went to the second boiler and
told the negroes as soon as they had
finished roaming out the second boiler
to replace the manhole on the first, fill
1t up with water and fire up for test.
II went down on the inside and
found the second boilers fues In an
especially bad condition. / must have
worked for an hour. and so intent was
j that did not notice the noise OF the
roaming cease until was nearly
through. My first intlmation that any
thing was wrong came when the can
die began to burn dim and the boiler
seemed full of candle gas and smoke.
turned around to see what was the
matter and TO my horror saw that the
manhole cover had been replaced.
Il crawled along the fiues as fast as
could until reached the spot and
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
HOW TO RELIEVE PAIN.
Hints on Applying Remedies TO DIFF.
ferent Parts Of the Body.

Hints on Applying Remedies TO DIFF.
ferent Parts Of the Body.
For pain in the chest or side use heat,
either poultices or counterlrritants,
such as mustard paste or mustard
leaves or turpentlne and vasellne. For
pain In the back an alcohol rubbing
with the palm OF the hand is most
soothing TO the nerves and equallzes
the circulation, says the New York
Journal
A pain I'm the throat Is often relieved
by a gorgle OF peroxide OF hydrogen,
one tablespoonful TO half glass OF
warm water and used every hour or
soak a large handkerchief In alcohol,
put this around the throat and cover
1t with dry handkerchief to prevent
the alcohol from drying and evaporat-
ing too quickly.
Pain In the feet can be relieved al.
most instantly by warm applications OF
witch hazel or alcohol, but first soak
the feet In warm water for fifteen
minutes. This opens the pores and let's
out the dryNaclds and so absorbs easily
any remedy applied.
painful toothachc should be taken
TO the dentist Immediately. OF course.
but where this must be delayed heat
also Will help this pain. Use hot
water bag against the face or soak n
piece OF cotton In whisky or brandy
and apply II TO the spot of pain.
For n pain I'm the heart apply cold
clothes rather than warm, as cold
quiets the cardiac disturbance, while
heat stimulates.
For the pain Of indigestion take n
pinch Of soda In glass Of water. For
severe intestinal paln-that Is. I'm the
abdomen-take tablespoonful OF
brandy with n little water and exter.
nally apply the hot water bag.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

Mrs. james Lawrence recently met
death at her home near Waynesneld,
o., IN n most unusual manner. She
went 90 the yard whore the bell hung
to ring the call for dinner for her hus-
band and son working I'm the fields,
and while she was ringing II the bell
broke loose from its fastenings, fell
on her head and killed her instantly.
The husband and son found her dead
form in the yard when they answered
the bell In about ten minutes, and II
was discovered that her neck was
broken.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

a gIdcd crucihx. emblematic OF the
most sacred event in Christian history,
stands untouched on the spire OF ST
james church at Waverly, a town
about two miles from sayre. Pa, while
beneath the woodwork Is splintered By
the destructive hand OF nature. A boit
or lightning during a recent thunder
storm struck the cross, but left II unin-
Jured The woodwork beneath Is torn
70 shFeds and looks as though II had
been gripped in the clutches OF colos-
sal giant. The stairway leading to
the belfry Is demolished, and the sides
Of the church are damaged, but the
crucibx stu CLEANS In the MONDAY
sun unt0rnishsd.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24
Grnan kiftan..

II may all sound like fairy tale or
m echo OF the nature faklr discus
sions, but the fact II that Mrs. Rachel
Carter OF Baltimore is the proud pos
SCISSOR OF five three-day-old green kit
tens. not yellow nor brown nor tor
toise shell. These kittens are really
green. OF such a shade ~ the inside OF
half ripe cantalOupe or the plumag9
OF many canary birds when instead Of
yellow their coats take on delicate
tint OF green. That the cats are purely
a freak OF nature seems certain. as the
mother Of the litter OF Ave kittens is
coal black
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

BBANDIsHISo A RsIFR AND YELLING.
OF Cleveland started 10 de the job OF
pairing down Mrs. Lukes fat hips with
n big knife. Brnndishing knife and
yelling TO his fioeing wife to halt, he
ran full tilt into n policeman. lie was
borne TO the police station. but his
ndipose wife's fearful entrcatlcs won
him freedom st the hands OF Judge
Whetan.
When John e~ortcd the now corpu.
ient wife OF hN sosorh back IN south
srn Europe she was slim. Now she IL
rat aespite his bquandcring of count
less dollars for treatment. He suspect
ed her OF failure TO obey Instructions.
and when he read In Sunday news
paper that slim figures now were the
rage he started on his would be cutting
expedition.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

boiler with all my might and main.
was forced TO sit and know that under
me the negroes were building the fire
that would slowly roast me TO death.
IL cannot describe my feelings or
agony during the following moments.
i imagined l could feel the heat under
me already. The atmosphere was suf-
locating and cold beads OF perspira-
tion stood out upon my forehead and
trickled down my spine. To me every
minute was an hour.
''It was through sheer exhaustion
that 1 ceased beating and painting and
leaned back against the side OF my
iron tomb. i was not long spared this
rest, for / could now distinctly feel the
air growing warmer The flues upon
and as I reached down aud touched
one I started, with gasp. II was
warm, ever so slightly, but warm new
ertheless. Again I began pounding
and calling frantically until my lungs
felt as II they were lacerated.
THE close atmosphere and heat had
started raging headache. and my
temples tbrobbed as II they would
burst. l had torn my hands until they
were bleeding freely. and my eyes
seemed to bulge I'm their sockets. The
thing that stood out grim and gaunt
before me was the fire In the furnace
that would slowly roast me to death.
"In n moment of desperation I seized
my hammer and dealt myself n severe
blow upon the head to try and stun
myself In order that the last pangs
might not be so terrible. The blow
only burst the skin and caused me ad-
ditional pain. Hotter and hotter grew
the fiues. Strange and weird figures
appeared before my vision.
AT last, more dead than alive, with
every nerve racking with agony, /
threw myself down upon the burning
pipes to hasten the end. My teeth
ground together like wise as the
heated Iron burned my flesh. could
not have remained there over three
seconds, though to me II seemed life
time, before | heard. as plain as I
ever did during his life. the voice OF a
brother who died years ago. Somehow
the voice sounded perfectly natural. I
recognized Il in an instant and felt not
the slightest surprise. 1t said quickly,
Cut the fiue. Arthur
"In an instant | was on hands and
knees. The last ray OF hope had dawn
ed before me. now, ! knew. a dying
man, and with more strength than /
ever before commanded or ever shall
again l placed the point OF my chisel
on flue Just under the water and
dealt II terrific blow. I missed and
struck my little finger" lie held up
the stump. II pledge my word that /
did not feel the pain. The second
blow fell true and the third and fourth,
and with the fifth felt the chlsel give.
/ caught sight OF "A fiery fork Of fame
I'm the fiue and the next instant heard
the water Kissing and popping as II
rushed through the leak into the fur.
mace below.
"The negroes heard the water when
II struck the fire and knew there was
a leak somewhere. They OF course
opened the water plug and raked out
the Ere
"Reallzlng that I was fast losing con.
seriousness, I dragged myself under the
manhOle that ! might be found as soon
as the boiler was opened I have n
faint recollection Of seeing a round
patch Of daylight darkened by the
head Of n negro. and for the following
five days 7 knew nothing"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

ing In several minutes before 1 noticed
u. i could feel Il creeping up among
the hues. For moment l stopped and.
i am not ashamed 10 admit II, prayed
earnestly for deliverance from the aw-
ful fate that now confronted me.
After an agony OF suspense heard
the water shut Off with n gurgle that
10 me sounded like the voice OF some
demon bent upon devouring me. at
tempted to jump up, but struck nv
head severe blow upon the top OF
the boiler and cut cash I'm my scalp,
but hardly felt II, so alarmed was
at the thought OF the next step the
negroes would take-the fire!
Had i been fortunate enough to
have possessed n revolver or even n
pocket knife would have ended Il all
there. But was unable TO do a thing
except yell and beat the sides OF the
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-10-24

f'NW ~ S'NNW - NFFlke 0NFaW nat
The following materials are needed
for cleaning a white straw hat, SAYS
the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Wbite
soap, n quarter Of a pound, oxalic acid,
cents worth; hot water, sufficient to
entirely cover the hat A latber IS
made Of white soap. This Is put In n
6at bottomed utensll large enough TO
admit the shape without curling up the
brim. The hat is scrubbed the way Of
the straw until quite clean, rlnsed
first In clean water I'm order 10 free it
from the soap and second In n solution
Of Oxalid acid and boiling water to
bleach &C. The hat Is then put I'm the
air. but not In the sun, to dry. An
other method, especially good for
Panama, Tuscan and Java as well as
white straws, is TO make n solution OF
ono and a half teaspoonfuls OF am
monia to two quarts Of boiling water
DIP the hat I'm the solution. Sprinkle
sulphur over II. Soap we'll with nail
brush and scrub the hat, dipping the
brush very frequently into the water.
Rinse In tepid water and dry in the air.