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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
TALL ONES.

The Yankee in England had been
talking ever since entering the train
two stops back about the speed with
which buildings were erected in his
home across the water. Finally to cap
the climax ne told of a twenty-five
story building which was started and
finished in one month.
His fellow passengers had given up
all hope that he would ever stop, when
diminutive Yorkshire man turned to
him saying
why, mon, that's new At some
have seen them laying the founda-
lions for a row of houses in the
morning when 1 am going to work,
and at night when l come back they
are turning the people out for back
rent
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
lie SET A DATE.

A merchant in a Wisconsin town
who had a Swedish clerk sent him out
to do some collecting. When he re-
turned from an unsuccessful trip he
reported:
"Yim Yoneon say he will play ven he
sells his hogs. Vim Oleson, he will pay
ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack
say he will pay in january"
well" said the bass, that's the first
time Bill ever set a date to pay. Did
he really say he would pay in Jan
uary?"
well, aye tank So said the clerk
He say it ban a dam cold day ven you
get that money. I thank that ban in
january. Harper Weekly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
Captain Lawless OF the Marlposa,

by his report published elsewhere
regarding the long sought shoals
near Tahiti, has probably solved a
long standing ocean mystery and
killed one of the most romantic
snn-dreams ever conceived. The
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
Conviction
Of Glass

Calhoun. In these
other comments there is the absolutely of guilt
as has been published in the San Francisco papers long time
about of the asCaoun class Responsible papers are repeat
ing almost day accusations OF guilt which grossly beous
unless true The conclusion the big railroad
man and several others will follow Schmtz Glass to San
Quentin The Calhoun trial will be great trial. trial
IN which Demas and Heny fought their berest but the
man who got disagreement for Harry Thaw failed of the
conclusive testimony that Glass brber jurors agreed
on their first ballot "Ihere verdict that will ring
through America the paper already quoted continuing with the
following dramatic of climbing I'D the social lad
der years OF grubbg for money years debauchd methods
years OF ccndoned dishonesty made Louis Glass criminal Ten
utes' session of jury made him convict
ut didn't pay It won't pay future The end of that sort
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS

Still VT fail to see why the tele-
graphers strike should interfere with
the Jingo-Jap war .service.-Portland
Telegram.
Peanuts have great food value Pea
nut politics are the sort that one can
live off of.-New York Commercial.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
: Solves An
; Ocean Mystery

mystery was island shoa several times reported OIl new
definitely located charted the dream is that OF James u hague
IS New York who conceived that the island had probably
been the scene Of wreck the wahp Levant which disappeared
forever after sailing Io 1860 Hague dreamed OF colony
survivors the unknown island and Captain DE eaVe now
an unfortunate ward the Territory Kaaupapa, told OF an lSau
which he declared rich in guano Hague was able to- make
enough showing of pausb for his theory to cause the Navy
Department cruiser Tacoma visit the locality and make
some search she had not coal enough to cover
the space anything did net convince Hague ne
Creaves Honolulu capital in expedition to the ISL
and but island failure had taken about all the money
there was schemes. Now LaWe who once before re-
ported seeing looked like hOa he examined and found
that great school OF playing bonita which gave exactly
appearance when viewed from distance He admits
probably what he before when he reported DE aVes
island
Strange the theory of Hague by no
impossible. He gave while here four five years
and still going the rounds of the big possibly true
which would match Robinson CrusOe Pitcairn island AS
sumn that there island in the unraveed locality where De
Greaves and Law thought there would have been the line
of the Levan voyage from Ho Panama and if she wrecked
the island might have lived the half century
known the world But Lawess have disposed of the ISL
and and made certain than that all that will be
again of the Levan the spar that returned Fio long after
she sailed away
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11

The verdict in the Glass case is
an augury of what the verdict will
be in Calhoun's case" says the San
Francisco Bulletin in comment on
the conviction of the millionaire
telephone man. Nothing, now, can
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11

Trade of the United States with
Cuba in the fiscal year just ended
aggregated almost $50 million dol
lars. The imports from the island
were nearly 100 million dollars in
value and the exports thereto near
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-03-19

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-03-19

nir, Dab i6 ie nift slei6 nadb Dem
3obe ibrer Wutter 81 Sbnen eebra6i
babe. .2aiien Gle bod enbli6 Sbre
Speifel an mir fallen unb ieien tie
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berte Die 2abb. Die Dor BEN Oebdnfen
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-03-19

Ibfabrt bereit baiteben fat. glis
idnea mar ibr gntiGIlb fertis.
"8omm raid, 8retdenl" rief iic
leiie unb elite auf bas DefGbrt an.
loite, obne iid MIR einen Iusenblid
gu beiinnen. Die 3iisel Der Yferse bonn
9borpfeiler unb ih!pans fidJ duf ben
8asen. pobin baS alte Dretden, 5ifs
ternb am san5en 2eibe ibr folete, =
i'm ielben I%usenbIid, ba Die Sarbis
unb Die Yortusieiin mad bergebIiber
Ibilhlrns Der Selsflippen ieuieits bes
9horipeees eridienen uno duf einen
Bid Die Situation erfennenb, nun uns
ter Den fiirdterIihiten @ertpanifuns
gen tpie Die 0iloen auf ben Basen
nit ben SIiihtIineen 5uitir5ten..
2 -ars .aa.
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
BAD ROADS IN ILLINOIS.
To Better Them state VIII Make Use
OF It's Convicts.

To Better Them state VIII Make Use
of Its COnvtcts.
Convicts Of Illinois are assisting in
the construction of hard roads by run
ming stone crushers that have recently
been installed at both the Joliet and
Chester penitentiaries, says a Bloom
ington special to the New York Even
ing World. At the former the output
is about 400 cubic yards per day, filing
eleven Of the largest cars. 1t is plan
ned to increase the output shortly to
twenty cars per day.
Any county or township that will un-
dertake to build hard roads will be
given all they want Of this crushed
rock free, the only expense being that
OF the freight from the penitentiary to
the destination. Illinois is said 10 pos
sess more miles Of poor highway than
any other state In the west.
The state highway commission has
now taken up the question Of con-
structing sample stretches Of roads In
various counties Of the state.
The first plan is to thoroughly tile
the road so as to drain or all water.
The dirt is then brought TO a cone in
the center and thoroughly rolled. Three
layers OF crushed stone Of varying size
follow. each being rolled IN turn. The
road Is then declared completed.
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
FOR THE CHILDREN
Old Chest eams.

Old Chest Cams.
The chest may be arranged in any
way that will hide one Of the players.
The game is based on the old poem,
'AIlstletoe Bough."
The mistletoe hung IN the castle hall,
The holly branch shone on the old oak
wall
The baron's retainers we're blithe and
gay,
A-keeplng the Christmas holiday.
The "retainers" all form a ring about
the clover" who is blindfolded. The
retainers sing:
Here we are so blithe and gay,
Keeping our Christmas holiday.
One viii hide in the chest hereby:
To guess who II is you must surely try.
With that one Of the retainers runs
and hides in the improvised chest. The
'lover" is led to it. and he may ask
questions Of the hidden one. who may
reply by "Yes" or NO" Disgusting the
voice. BY these answers the lover
must tell who the retainer is. II he
fails be must try again. When he sue
ceeds the hidden person becomes the
lover.
Evening journal., 1907-02-11

jerome Again Forces Delmas to Cover.
Jerome again launched into a spirited
contest with Delmas on the question
Of whether the line Of evidence-which
was along self defence lines-was ad-
missable at a time when the defence
was standing on an insanity plea.
Jerome's objection to the question
and answer was then ruled out
do you remember being at the the
atre IN 1904 with your husband and a
woman friends named Mrs. Gamer"
"I do"
DO you remember seeing Stanford
Whiteg
Il do"
"Do you remember the effect Of Sec
ing Mr.. White had on your fusband2"
The question was ruled out.
The question as TO the statement
Mrs. Thaw had made to Harry Thaw
when he and the young woman were
returning from Europe in 1904 relating
to relations OF Stanford White with
some young woman, was ruled out.
The question as TO what Mrs. Thaw had
told her husband i'm Paris in 1903 as to
Whites treatment Of another girl met
the samo fate
when was il that Mr. Thaw made
the proposal of marriage TO you which
you accepted?"
About April. 1905" answered Mrs.
Thaw. blushing ands hanging her head,
as a faint smile played about the cor
ners Of her mouth.
An attempt by Delmas to have her
repeat her husbands successful pro-
posal was ruled out.
Court adjourned at 1920 on the re-
quest OF Attorney Delmas in order that
he might have time 20 prepare some
of his expert testimony for lack OF
which most Of his questions 20 Wit
nesses this morning were ruled out.
Delmas to Change Tactics.
Thaw's attorneys we're later IN con-
ference. presumably concerning a new
line of testimony "a change in their
program having been forced on them
by the ruling out Of much of their testi-
mony this morning on aechnical objec-
tions by the prosecutions. It Is said
Delmas will put his insanity experts
on the stand this afternoon.
Continued on Fifth Page.
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
TENNESSEE IN LINE.
METHOD oFcoNsTRUcTloN ADOPTED
BY A GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION.

No Highway Begun Before Right OF
Way In Secured For Fully Forty
Feet In Width-what May BE Done
with $4,000.
After persistent work with the coun-
by officials for eight years past the East
Tennessee Good Roads association has
won its battle and the work Of con-
Ftructing highways in Greene county
has commenced, says Henry r. Brown.
chairman Of the county highway com
mission. writing in the Good Roads
Magazine.
As secretary Of the association pro-
posed to the court that I would donate
to the county my services as expert
road builder Qn the direction of the
construction of graded dirt roads, IL
they would purchase the necessary out
ft and allow me to employ a compe-
tent engineer and foremen. The court
granted this request and made direct
levy that gave US the expenditure OF
$4,000 for grading the roads and put
ting In. necessary culverts and bridges.
My first work was TO purchase twenty
good mules. twelve two wheeled scrap
ers, a rooter plow, a road plow, a road
machine, a road roller and necessary
equipment OF harness, small tools. sta
Bile and sleeping tents and camping
outfit.
We designated first a number OF
roads that we would construct, provid-
ed a forty foot right Of way were
granted over such route as the road
could be placed to best advantage, on
the easiest grades and at the least cost
of construction. The citizens along
these various lines formed their com
mittees. went to work In earnest and
soon we were invited to begin work
over three different routes.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have had more rain this season than in
any other Of the last fifty years. we
have constructed six miles Of a beauti-
fully graded road, nowhere exceeding
5 per cent grade. with ample tiling,
culverts and bridges for assuring Its
permanency. This road leads out from
the county site and will ultimately ex-
tend to Warrensburg, a distance of
seventeen miles, the extreme southern
edge of the county.
After the first six miles Of this road
was completed. the court ordered a like
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
Miniature Marvels.

Almost any commonplace object mac
uified under a good lens will reveal as
tonishns and unexpected form. struc
ture and life. For instance:
Insects Of various kinds may be seen
In the cavities Of a grain Of sand.
Mold Is forest Of beautiful roses
with branches. leaves and fruit
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are tubes filed with pith and
ornamented on the outside with scales
The surface Of the human body is
covered with scales Ike fish A sin
gle grain Of sand would cover 100 OF
these scales. and yet a scale covers
about 800 pores. Through these mar
row openings the perspiration forces
itself Ike water through sieve.
Each drop Of stagnant water con
tains a world OF creatures swimming
with as much freedom as whales II
the sea.-Circle
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
DEATHS.


S. Ferris Bracken.
Alexander u. Clair.
George w. Hewitt.
Thomas II. Hosken.
John w. Huxley.
Patrick Harmon.
James II. Keen.
Frank King.
CLAIR-In this city on February 3.
1907. Alexander z. Clair, aged A.
years.
Relatives and friends of the family
are invited TO attend the funeral SER
vices at the residence OF his father
in-law. A. ]. Toulson, No. 9l6 West
Seventh street. on Wednesday after
noon, February 18th. at 2.30 o'clock.
.Interment silverbrook cemetery.
HEWITT-In this city, on the 10th
inst, George w. Hewwitt, aged 60
years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from his
late residence near PENIS Grove. N
H., Wednesday February 18th. at 1880
o'clock Interment at Sharptown, ~
~. Carriages viii meet the $3.50 train
at PENIS Grove.
.HOSKEN-In this city, on February 3,
1907, Thomas H. Hosken, aged 90
years.
eRlaitves. friends and members Of
Corinthian Lodge. No. 20. A. f. A. NJ
Fairfax Lodge. No. 8. I. o. o. F.,
Lafayette Lodge No. ?, X. Of p. ami
Blue Rock Council. No. %, L. o. R, C.,
are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral services at the residence OF his
son-in-law, Edwin F. Denny No. $50
Maryland avenue, on Wednesday az
ternoon. February 18th, at 2 O'Clock.
Interment at Riverview cemetery.
KEEN-In this city on February 10,
1907. James II. Keen, aged "a years.
Relatives, friends and members Of
Wenonah Lodge No. g. S. OF H., Minqua
Tribe No. s, Improved Q. r. NJ VIM
ona Council No. 9, Jr. o. A. NJ, ana
Carpenters and Joiners' Union NO. 1875
ar respectfully invited 70 attend the
funeral services at his late residence,
No. $50 Pine street. on Thursday af-
ternoon. February ID, at 2 o'clock ln7
terment at Riverview cemetery.
KNIG-In this city, on February 8
1907. Frank. son of Frederick ana
Catherine King, aged 20 years.
Relatives and friends asre invited
to attend the funeral from the resi-
Idence OF his parents, 1106 Reed street
on Tuesday morning at . o'clock. High
mass at st. Pauls Church. lntermenu
at Cathedral cemetery
] KING-In this city, on February IL,
I 1907 John w, son Of John II. and
Maria. ]. King, in his sOth year.
/ Relatives and friends Of the family
are invited to attend the funeral SER
vices at his parents residence NO bOo
West Third street on WednesdaS
evening. February 18th at s O'Clock
Interment Odd Fellows cemetery
camden. DEL on arrival Of train leav-
ing Wilmington. Thursday $40 a. m''
without further notice.
John W. King.
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
THE "TAMPINe" SYSTEM.
New Process In Road building In
Southern California.

New Process In Road building In
Southern California.
Two California companies have a
new system In road construction, and
the successful results of their new
method are greatly appreciated by all
motorists who journey to the beach,
A piece Of oiled road has recently been
completed from the Soldiers home to-
ward the Pacific ocean, north Of Santa
Monica, that has, in the judgment OF
experienced road builders, an impor-
tant bearing on road development in
California, says Will S. Little in Good
Roads Magazine. II differs from or
binary street OF road oiling in that 1t
is a veritable construction OF a street
out of natural soil with the use OF oil.
The resultant product is in fact very
like an asphalt lies as smooth and, it
is believed, will last nearly as long. 1t
is so Inexpensive as TO be practical for
use in cities and upon the main coun-
try thoroughfares
This new road is a 130 foot boule-
ward. with a width from curb to curb
Of sixty feet The road is a sandy
loan, with some admixture of blue and
red clay, slate and gravel; Is graded
and plowed six inches deep and is
pulverized with harrows. If it is very
dry a small amount of water is sprin-
kled on and mixed in so as to make
1t workable. Oil is then applied at the
rate OF one gallon to the square yard,
and cultivators mix 1t in to the depth
of four inches. A second gallon OF oil
TO the square yard is then applied and
cultivated down to six inches. The
oiled surface is then turned under -four
inches deep with a turning plow. Up
to this point the process does not ma
terially differ from that in general use
where careful work Is done in mixing
the oil with the soil. But the next
step IS a radical departure and marks
the beginning Of a new era in road
construction.
The process next succeeding this IN
the common practice Of road oiling is
the rolling of the road. which crushes
down a thin scum on the surface thai
later scales or and leaves the road ful
Of chuck holes. But with this new sys
TEN the next process is one Of tamping
A cylinder about ten feet long and si1
feet in diameter, Weighing about 500
pounds and furnished with rows O
fat headed teeth, is hauled back ans
! forth slowly. tamping the oiled eartl
up from the bottom 70 within tw'
| inches Of the top. When the tampe
/ first goes over the road it sinks thu
teeth, which are six inches long, thei
whole length in the soft, oily earth
but by each rolling or tamping a new
layer Of solid asphalt is plastered Of
I the bottom, and the cylinder rises
I little out Of the mass until, when th
tamping is completed. the mixture Is 8
solid that the teeth no longer sink IL
There is vast difference betweeI
merely crushing the surface OF an ole
road with a roller and tamplng si
inches Of oil from the bottom up. Tha
difference means greater endurance 70
the tamped road.
when the tamping Is brought 70 viii
Evening journal., 1907-02-11
Intelligent sparrows.


An eyewitness relates an incident
that shows how close instinct some.
times comes TO reason in birds. says
Chicago News. A bill poster had drop.
ped lot Of paste on the sidewalk near
a wall, and a hungry sparrow had got
himself so mixed up in it that he could
not get out His struggles attracted
the attention Of a score Of other spar
rows, and they were busy in their ef
forts 10 release him. One after an0th
er they would fly to a nearby fountain
and flutter In the water for minute
Then they would go to their paste i'm
prisoned companion and scatter on bin
the water from their feathers. In q
little while they had in this way dis
solved enough Of the paste TO free tn,
prisoner, and then they accompanied
him to the fountain, where he took /,
good bath, shook himself vigorously
and few of in high glee.
Evening journal., 1907-02-11

Road IN GNLINE COUNTY IENN.f BEfOhta
IMPROVEMENT.
amount for constructing a road from
Moshelm to Romeo, on the north side
OF the county. Our crew is now at
work on that section and expects to
finish It In a short time. We are con-
fident Of being able to grade thirty
five or forty miles Of road with the
$4,000.
This object lesson has converted the
people more readily than anything else
ever done, and the cry now is, Bond
the county for 100000; give us the
roads at once, and let the taxes we are
now paying meet the interest instead
OF building the roads"
We begin no road before the right Of
way is secured for fully forty feet in
width, and for another road, four miles
long. we have asked for sixty feet,
which is being rapidly obtained, and
will build a road not exceeding 2 per
cent grade at any point. Placing a
good road where it should be. cutting
down the steep hills and giving the
farmers an easy pull, is the best argu-
ment that can be put up, and when we
shall have completed the road in at
least five sections of the county lead
ing toward the county seat, there will
be no difficulty in carrying the bond
proposition with an overwhelming ma
jority.
We have found on one road consider
able gravel that will possibly be sufn-
clent to macadamIze the six miles now
graded, and we purpose to utilize dur
ing the winter months our twenty
mules and wagons by having the coun-
ty convicts haul the gravel and place
on the same