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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-22
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First Quarter Of the Moon Mar 21st.
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WORTH MORE
THAN ITS COSTS
LOS ANGELES EXCURSIONISTS
LEAVE MORE THAN AMOUNT
ASKED FOR PROMOTION.

The following is the weekly report
of H. p. Wood, Secretary of the Pro-
motion Committee to that body yester-
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TIME TABLE
TOR SAN FRANCISCO.

this line will arrive at and leave this por
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
HOW FREE IS ARR

Baliooning and other forms of
aerial navigation have been the means
OF bringing before the congress on
international law, which met lately
at Client, and before the similar con-
ference at Berlin. under the patron
age OF the kaiser, the interesting legal
question. How free is the air? For
some time there has been discussion
Of possible ways by which a nation
could exercise some sort of control
over It's own air. as all nations con-
troll their territorial waters. Not only
has ~baIlooning raised this question.
but wireless ~telegraphy has helped
to make 1t pertinent. The opinion
was entertained at both the congress-
and the conference that 1t Is imprac-
ticable to establish limits of SOW
erelgnty over the afr, and that tho
only rights which governments have
In the premises are such as 'are rem
dered necessary To their preservation
In peace or In time Of war. This -
10 say, explains tho Youths Com
panjoh. no balloonist may hover aver
the territory of nv nation and poI
lutte III water supply Or d0sothars6 n5s
~. nor nay ~ phetpcxsp f9gd
IGa1x6gp ! hAlIooo 0{69f9
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
BANNER YEAR lNDUSTRiALLY
Total Value Of Exported Manufac-
lures $7OO, 600, 900.

: Washington, That the year just
brought to a close was a banner one in
the history Of the United States indus
trial activity, far understanding any
previous record, is the deduction Of
statistical experts.
Experts Of the bureau Of statistics Of
the department OF commerce and labor
say the value Of manufacturers rail-
road materials imported in the eleven
months Of the past year was Si02, 00o,-
600, against $780, 00, 900 in the CORE
spending months Of 1905, and the value
of manufactures imported for further
use in manufacturing wa 1928 ,000, 900,
against $3.50, 000, 900 in the same months
of the preceding year.
The total value Of manufactures *
ported in the eleven months of the year
Just closed was, Of manufactures for
further use in manufacturing, $780,
600, 900, against 1894 900, 900 in a like
period in the preceding year, and OF
manufactures ready for consumption,
SASS, 900, 900, against 1891, 900 900 in the
corresponding period Of 1905, indicat-
ing that the total value of manufactures
of oil kinds exported during the year
will exceed S700, 000, 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
1,2--FaIse steel eartrIdse tor shoot.

10.
Ing new bullets.
3--BuIiets Of wax and suet, call.
Der "A.
Affirming device.
has that spice OF realism In II that
tends TO make any sport popular.
The new bullet is an ingenious de.
vice and required a great deal OF ex-
pertinent before being perfected. The
situation was thus; A heavy projec.
tile must necessarily have a wound.
ing force, a light one loses its pre-.
cision and a soft bullet will be
changed In shape and describe an ir.
regular trajectory; therefore a harm.
less p~rojectile to be effective must
differ from all these. The French.
man's product Is a spherical ball OF
wax and fat, with a small charge, and
in tests "a balls were lodged In sue
cesslon In a rectangle 4 by 1--WE inches
at 20 yards. At o six-day tourna-
ment held In the TuiIeries the EN-
cheney Of the wax bnlIct was demons
trated.
The combatants wear thick screens
TOR masks. with heavy glass over the
eyes, and wear thick clothing Ia pre-
vent bruising from the impact 81 the
balIs. The distance u zs PAGES ana
fbe weapons are revolyerX, held al
,~>n& ~ -. " 4 1ytsA x1&&lAA3& ~.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

in an actual duel, "Are yon ready?s
and when they reply "Yesl" the d.
rector, timing his words exactly to
the beats Of the pendulum, crics,
"Ffre-one--two-three."
AT the command "Fire!" the adj
v~ersaries raise their weapons and
shoot. The two shots must be made
before the command "Three!" AS
the participants In these trials were
experts they made q good average,
hitting their man six or seven times
out Of eight shots. Although more
than 1900 balls we're fred there was
not the slightest accident.
The wax bullets can be used in
apartments as well as In the open
air, without the Inconvenience of the
lead ball Of small caliber. says La
Nature, which will probably lead to
its Introduction into the armies Of
the various nations for practice shoot
ing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
LYNCHING PROBABLE.
Negro Murderers Being Hunted Down
in the Territory.

Chickasha, T.. 1.-TWO negro men
murdered a white man and his wife in
their tent in their grading camp, fifteen
miles north Of here, this afternoon,
They we're discovered by neighbors at
tempting to kill the couples babe and
fed.
The people of this city are UP in arms
and have secured a special train on the
Rock Island road to take a posse to the
scene Of the crime, which Is near the
scene Of the lynching last July. There
is no doubt that the negro murder
ers will be lynchedi if captured. A nttni-
Der Of people hereabouts Witnessed the
burning Of a negro at Paris, Tex,
about ten years ago. The business see
ton Of this city at 10 o'clock tonight
was full Of excitement awaiting the
special train.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

that Grow In such places are crowded
together In dense and tangled masses:
wherefore 1t Is TO the advantage OF a
given species that It's seeds shall be
carried to a 'drS W or creek-plain
where the chances Of life are more IA.
yorable.''
To show how these conditions might
develop wings on q Seeding, the
writer supposes an ancestor OF the
trees bearing such seeds TO be grow
ing In an Isolated draw amid vast
barren hills. Its fruits. while wing.
less, may be supposed to produce occa-
sionally a minute winglike appendage
on the end or margin. as do many
plants. The winds carry a few OF the
nascent key-fruits far away to the fer
tile soil of another food-plain, as yet
unpeopied by trees. Other seed.yes.
sells. unable to fly far with the winds,
perish IN the t~ree-orowded coulee or
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

%AsGSss,Sss Alv asI
WINGED SEEDS.
How They Came to Be and the Reason
for II.

We all know that seeds with
wings" such as those of the maple,
are borne far by the wind and may
thus take root in distant soil. In an
article In The Plant World, we are
told by MIR. II. Tullsen that this form
tage to the trees at present, but was
doubtless developed In some long-dis-
tant ase when IL was necessary for
the propagation of the species that the
seed should be carried over wide in'
fertile spaces OF some kind, He says:
"There are about 100 species Of
naples tAcer) and 10 species of ash
(Fraxinus). All have winged fruits,
We may be certain that this peculiar
form of fruit was not developed indie
~pendently In each of these numerous
species.
1.-THE direct action of the environ
ment can have done nothing toward
the development of the ~foliaceous
fruits of the. trees under consideration.
1t would be hard to conceive Of any
other factor than natural selection as
having wrought to produce them.
Natural selection, We know, can oper-
ate only where there prevails q fierce
and keen struggle for existence, So,
in some great struggle of the past, we
may conclude that the production Of
winged s~eed.yessels, by lnsuring the
wider territorial distribution of tho
trees that bore them, saved the ances'
tors Of the naples, and those OF the
ash. from extinction.
THAT this is true, 1t may at first be
somewhat difficult to %apprehend. Tho
ashes and naples, 1t may be said,
grow peacefully. and in their tranquil
shade there is nothing that smacks Of
struggle. But he who argues
thus is thinking OF present and local
conditions only. Now let us look at
one OF these trees under another and a
different environment. Upon the great
Pine Ridge Indian Indian reservation
In South Dakota, for example, are MI
merous streams and draws or coulees
(Which are nothing more or less than
rayines or gullies free OF water except
In time Of flood and RAIN which, as a
rule. are far below the general surface
of the adjacent country, and often
miles from one another. Upon the
flood,plains Of such streams, and In
the draws grow ash trees and box.
elders in company with trees OF a few
other species. Nowhere on the high,
dry hills do they or any other trees,
except pines, grow; although | have
often found their wind.tossed samlaras
there; and II termination takes place,
the seedlings are doomed to perish.
Along the draws end other water
courses all the various kinds OF trees
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
GRoWs RIcB IN ASYLUM.


Naw York.-Mrs. Margaret Winthrop
Folsom, probably the wcalthiest insane
woman in the world. is reported 10 be
dying in . sanitarium in Waverley,
Mass. There she has spent most OF the
thirty-eight years since she was de-
clarei incompetent to conduct an estate
which she inherited in 1877. II con-
sists almost entirely OF realty in this
city, and Is probably close to $4,000, 600
in actual value.
Her only relative and heir is her
brother, George Winthrop Folsom. He
collects an income Of $500 o . year
from the properties which she owns
and from the bonds, stocks and mort
cages, amounting to a quarter of a mil
lion dollars, included in her estate.
Two nurses nre in constant attend
ance, and everything that money can
buy Is given to her to add to her ON
fort o. CRAFTY her slightest wish. But
her wants are few. Last year the cost
Of her maintenance was only S4,532.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
Boy cauaht on Meat Hook.

A strange accident recently hap
pened In Cork, Ireland. The 11-year-
old son of a butcher, while In his UNI
cle's shop, made a jump from the
counter with the intention Of swing.
ing on to a meat bar. A large meat
hook swinging from the bar entered
his head near the base of the nose
and penetrated several inches. The
efforts made to release him by three
men were u~navailing, and finally the
hook was taken down and the poor
lad laid on the floor and a doctor
called. On his arrival chloroform was
administered, and then with the aid
of a hammer the hook was removed.
The boy lives In a dangerous state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

upon the barren hills. The trees that
spring from the seeds of appendaged
fruits viii tend to produce this kind Of
~seed-vessela themselves. Thus, in
time, first a samaroid and later a fully
winged fruit will be evolved. To
quote further;
Easy conditions Of life cannot have
impelled the ashes and naples to de.
velop key.fruits. Great difficulties
have In the past been encountered,
and tho trees that were enabled to es.
tablish means Of dissemination sur.
yiyed in the struggle for existence.
But the barriers TO be passed over
may not have been In all. or even most
cases hills. Sir John Lubbock finds
that the only trees that bear winged
fruits are forest trees, which facs
would seem to indicate that such
fruits In many instances have been
evolved In order to be carried aver
vast tracts Of dense woodland. But
the theory here set forth remains un.
shaken. and IL really thus supported,
for the principle Is the same.
ITO SUI up: II Is certain that key.
fruits were developed In a country
where they became of far greater
service TO the trees which bore them
than they appear to be to the ash
trees and NAPLES in many regions Of
our eastern United States and else
where, But | do not wish to insist
that the barriers to be surmounted
were necessarily hills. They may
have been broad dry plains, or forest
growths OF other kinds Of trees. or
ever bodies Of water--it NIL depends
upon the nature of the region where
tho changing form first grew
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
Military Pigeons.

In the British Indian army all caval.
ny regiments are supplied with carrier
pigeons. which are used for the trans.
mission Of information, during all
their military maDeuvers in camp.
Young cavalry officers so through a
course of instruction In the training
Of the pigeons for military purposes
at the Pigneral college. In each squad.
ron of cavalry there must be one
graduate who has studied for a fort.
night In a military pigeon establish.
ment, and each corps must see that
six men graduate yearly. Theoretical
care on the instruction Of pigeons, on
the method of preparing and fasten-
ing dispat ehes, and launching birds is
given to the cavalrymen,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
Running Upstairs.

English women have taken up as
pastlme running up and down stairs
the object being principally to see
who can get up the most rapidly and
make the most noise! In view Of the
fact that running upstairs has hith-
erto been considered as bad for the
heart, 1t is rather Q revolution to So
ciety, although, no doubt, the violent
exercise is good for the liver.
The question is: What next? VIII
sliding down the banister be adto-
Gated as a new method of utilizing the
parallel bars?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
sEHMoNETrE.

"And they asked not counsel
: at the mouth Of the Lord
: These words explain why Israel
!. failed to keep herself free from
unhcly alliances, and II is the
. explanation of every misssep Of
! the Christian today.
: The world Is able to BAN
! hoozle the children of God be-
) cause they lock on the evidence
|. which the world submits, rather
; than looking to God who giseth
! wisdom to all men for tbs ask
Ing.
! To Israel the case seemed SO
: plain, | suppose, that It seemed
! positively silly to ask God about
: 1t. Like the little boy who
! prayed for the protection OF
! God enIy at night, because dur
: ing the day he could take care
! of himself, SO the l~sraeiites
: thought that in the present stu
! alton they needed naught but
; their own judgment in deciding
! their course Of action.
And II was just when they
: felt the wlsest and most able to
take care of themselves that
; the enemy turned the trick upon
them.
; Life is full of mistakes and
|. tragedies because everybody
: else and everything else Is cor
. suited rather than the source
of all light and all wisdom.
But how is God to bs consult
ed about everything2
BY subordi.~ron of the per
sonal inclination and the CON
sclous recognition of a higher
will and higher purpose than our
: own.
: BY dilisent s Of u God
) given powers, while at the am
time there Is IN appreciation Of
the limitations Of human wis
. dom and Judgment.
BY the exercise of patience.
!. Take time to decide a point at
issue. A misstep is taken
/. through haste which prevents a
clear reading Of the sign-post at
the intersection Of the ways.
BY the spirit Of prayer per-
vading the life. Pray without
ceasing Is the scriptural admo-
!. milton. How? Surely not stay
ing on Bonded knee In the Sc
. cret chamber and audible repe-
tltion Of words and phrases.
. Surely not by going about with
. closed eyes and mind absorbed
!. In spiritual contemplations. SUR
~ not by any outward cloak Of
sanctimoniousness. No. What
then? Prayer Is communion with
God. And that communion con.
sists in the conscious and I'M
conscious domination Of God in
the life. 1t marks the perpet-
uai attitude Of the soul, so, that
whether immersed In business
for the time being, or what not,
Gods spirit Is operative In the
life. This is prayer without
ceasing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
4 STORY.

r. HERE seemed no way but for the
! Gibeonites to Joint forces with the
federated kings In the proposed wal
upon Joshua and the arrlras Of Israel.
before had the entire country
between Jordan and the great sea
'Dsen SO aroused as at the present
time, Tidings of the coming of the
hosts of Israel had reached the land
while yet the Israelites were in the
wilderness far to the south and west,
but since the miraculous crossing of
the Jordan and the destruction Of Jer.
icho and Al the vague fears which
had filed the minds Of the inhabIt-
ants had taken definite form in the
desperate resolve to unite and give
battle to Israel.
That very day a deputation from
the kings OF the Hittites, the Amor
ties, the ~Canaanites, the Perizzites,
the Jebusites, and others Of the less
or tribes of the country urged them
to make alliance in the common cause
against Israel.
1T is plain" the messengers said,
that these Hebrews seek war. They
arrogate unto themselves great i'm
~portance, and have openly declared
contempt for our gods. They have
destroyed Jericho and All with the In
habitants thereof, and they would do
so to us. And because Of this, oh,
men Of Gideon, the kings Of all the
country to the north and south and
along the coast of the great sea are
raising a great army to give battle to
Israel, and have sent us to urge that
your fighting men join them in this
war
This speech Of the messengers was
received with evident favor by the
chief men Of Gideon who had been
called together in council, and they
would at once have given assent to
the plan, had not old Second Thought,
as he was called-because Of his in
variable habit Of saying. Don't be In
haste! Think 1t over! Think 1t over!'
-counseled delay!
We will be better able to give
answer In the morning, after we have
considered well the matter" he urged,
and to this the rest had finally reluct-
antly agreed, and later, when they
had come together to talk the matter
over, old Second-Thought said:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

"The lines say. you did not give her
4 chance to explain
why should II. said the man, II
saw her kiss him.
4 see by your hand said the girl
sharply, shat she was very unhappy
| and vent away. When YOU see her.
yoa win be much surprised but Won
must ask her To explain. She viii. tell
you who he was"
Il do not care to know" He was
very sarcastic.
There is great happiness for you.s
she went on, "and an engagement, an
embarrassment, and If you wish 1t 9
wedding Of you and the girl"
Don't you see yourself IN my fn-
ture?" he leased her.
Il am not reading my W fortune,
! am only reading yours
"You can not be a good fort une-tell-
er, II you do not see yourself. You
know YOU promised to be my partner
In the game for life. Let me read
your hand and 1 will tell you what
see"
Partners" she told him mtschiey-
ously, never show their hand and be-
sides il | take Off my red GLOW es. my
costume will be spoiled. After the
last dance, we are to unmask and then
you a read the future"
II know 1t without reading the
PALM" said the man, slipping pff his
mask to cool his face, the star 5 over
the water tell me that you and | are to
be together forever just as they are
I saw in your hand that you made
almost the same speech to the girl
With red hair, who used TO rely n as
queen"
The mar slipped on his mask to
hide his embarrassment. Your pow.
ers of reading are certainly very won
derful, but much more remarkable for
the past than the future. | can hard
" deny that | said It to the other
queen"
The Ace and Two Spot strolled BY
and the Milkmaid from Paris trailed
In leaning on the arm of the king
This set is for the cards alone and l
am out of that" said the milkrhaid
but as a special privilege" she spoke
to the king, "Tn let you dance this
with the queen"
II have promised, dear king" she
said famiIiarly, ito dance this with the
jack. Our costumes go SO we'll to-
gether."
II really would much prefer the
milkmaid. you know" said the Hing
with a languishing glance, but I sup
pose it a not be. Then the queen Is
to dance with the jack and the ace has
already spoken to the two spot and l."
he looked around the room, will ask
the three Of diamonds.
The music began. the ace and t wo
spot, the jack and the queen courtesied
to each other and loated away.
AS the last bar was played, th ley
lifted their masks and bowed low TO
their partners. The queen Of hearts
faced the jack. His queen, his queen
Of the Ocean House was also the
queen Of hearts. He still thought b
the kiss or he would have been very
glad. "By the lines that you had n
your hand, you should ask the quee
a question" She feared he had lost
all desire to play out the game.
The king of hearts stood BY and
while he was there he could not ask
the question. He was the nan he
had seen her kiss at the dance.
This" said the girl, happy that shb
saw the reason for his hesitancy, 'is
my brother, the king Of hearts. He "a
to marry, 30 he tails me. the milk
maid. IL Faris." .
The new king Of hearts was very
happy that night as was also THO
queen.
copyright. by Daily Story Pub. COD
INYeaMEN .NIt H
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CONFER WITH PRESIDENT.
Commissioners Clements and Gar
field at White House.

Westinghouse is announced that
Commissioner Judson G. Clements Of
The interstate commerce commission
and Corporation Commissioner James
II. Garfield were In conference with
President Roosevelt for two hours to.
night, None Of the parties present
would discuss the nature Of the confer
. nce. Commissioner Clements returned
yesterday from Chicago, where he and
other members Of the commission con
d cted the hearing relating to the
merging OF the Hartman lines.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

Eyes, young Westpoint expected to
get a commission In a cavalry regi.
ment. but they put him In the ma
rine corps"
is that what he's mad about?"
Eyes; he's blue, very blue"
"Ah! sort Of ultramarine. ehy"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18
No E{ence Of Authority

onel. Don't You men know enough
10 obey a superior oficer?y demanded
be, testify.
"Yes. SIR" respectfully answered
one OF the men. I'VE should have
obeycd you at once II you'd had shout
der straps on your voice"
\ Tribute 20 Temperance.
The grave digger of q little town IN
Scotland was induced to give up his
habit Of hard drinking and sign the
pledge.
In : public meeting he gave his
experience" II never thocht 70 tell
WI. hs I'D. "thst fcr l whole month
h4yenas tnuchsd I drip of anything.
~ 1870 enough "a buy ne i
IbrG6 ~ e0&n n bta6S handles nndE
tgn11zhnllS-as1 n IN teotoiaIleyI
1n6f meatA 7 x1asli y 6azt1it
VI 4 {e e@S4
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

Shooting at human targets merely
for the sport derived from II and as
a test Of craftsmanship; In other
words. bloodless dueling or fencing
with pistols, has been made possible
through the invention by a French
man Of a harmless wax projectile.
This new diversion il really no more
serious than fencing with swords, and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-18

II think" said the reporter, that
the public would like to know how
you managed to live to such a great
age" by perseverance, replied the
centenarian. Il jest kept on livin'."-
Philadelphia Ledger.