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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02

Speaking of London reminds me of a
story published here of a fight he had
in Hilo. The account that got into
a local paper was very incorrect. One
who was among those present" tells
me that it wasn't London's fault at all.
He was seated at a table on the cool
and pleasant lanai of the Demosthenes
hotel, discussing the weather with a
Scotch friend, when German planta-
ton man began the butt-in act. He
was finally told to clear out and then
he called London name which is ia
nous for it's effectiveness in causing
immediate hostilities throughout the
west London sprang from his chair
and the offender got it good and
plenty" Captain Warren of the Shark
was there. A man connected with the
hotel started to interfere, and Warren
made his eye look like a prune. Peace
then reigned until an hour or so later,
when police officer came, and found
all hands, except the original offender.
quietly seated at the dinner table. The
officer had no warrant, and didn't make
any arrests, so that Jack London, who
has seen the inside of numerous jails
as seen from the wrong side of a cell
door, according to his "reminiscences,
lost the chance to occupy the nice new
jail of Hilo.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02

Somewhere far away in the South
Seas, Jack London and bride are bliss
fully cruising or gasolining, if such a
word may be allowed, while in Hilo
men afflicted with the crude and sordid
troubles of mere commercial existence
are wistfully examining checks bearing
the autograph of the famous socialist,
returned from a California bank with
notice that there are no funds to meet
them. London had evidently "lost
count" 1t is utterly incredible that he
would knowingly pay bills with bad
checks, but his real thoughts were bent
on roasting capital rather than figuring
out whether he had any of it himself
or not. 1t is too bad, but a fine chance
for the future. They say Shakespeare
got drunk and stole, that Washington
lied to avoid taxes and Lincoln told off
color stories. Perhaps some day in
the distant future, when the ]. r.
Morgan of another era starts collecting
relics, vast sums will be bid in auction
rooms for bum checks passed by Lon
don. His predicament is a surprise in
another way, for it indicates that the
author has by no means had such a
wave of prosperity as was generally
thought. The Call of the Wild had
and deserved a great sale, and London
has been busy since turning out more
or less bum copy" ever since, and it
was supposed that he had made a COM
Portable little fortune, on which to
tour the world. If the bank account
he is drawing on gave out so quickly
and needs replenishing already with
the earnings of what London is writing
now, l don't think the trip round the
world will last very long.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02

At the same time and place, there
will be sold at Public Auction, under
the Provisions of Part 5, Land Act
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02

The close confinement of the County
Jail is evidently too much for Lionel
Hart About nine o'clock the night OF
his sentence he called one of the Jail
ers and asked him if he could see the
High Sheriff. Thinking that something
was wrong the jailer did as he was
requested. When the Sheriff arrived
Hart asked him for an application
blank for position as trusty Il am
not going to try and get away, and
want to do something easy instead Of
building roads or cracking stone" he
said. His request was not granted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02

Wells, Fargo & Co. for years has been
known as a grasping corporation; their
methods are such that when they get
a hold in any community, they never
let 60 The company is slowly, but
surely making inroads in this country,
and, when they have secured contracts
with all the local transportation COM
panies their gouging methods will
commence The Oahu Railway has a
contract with the company; in brief it
reads that all packages, with the ex-
ception of parcels for the big planta-
tions, must be shipped by express. For
merly, where the railroad would carry
a package for 25c, the express COM
pany eXacts 75c. In many cases eX-
press charges exceed the cost of the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
Thr Duty uf
Tamlt- Ttnntn9
By JEAN VICTOR BATES.

everything is not perfect in an imperfect world, undoubtedly possess a
proper desire for excellence. They have set the Ideal before them, and are
striving to attain to it. Now IdeaIty is divine. From it springs discon-
tent with the actual, dissatisfaction with present attanments, possessions,
and with our own and other mems actions II thoughts. But this same
disease, acting all the more subly from its alliance with what is noblest
in u.s..
of uneaines to all with whom they come in contract. They are exachng,
discontented, unhappy, and they spread this discomfort and unhappnes
around them. They make no allowances, either for themselves or others
they never miss an opportunity to correct and loudly dephe all they see
wrong; and so, after awhile, their great virtue of being dissatisfied with
imperfection turns into nothing more nr less than a vice.
There is also a time not to frd fault, and in the right perception Of
that time lies no small part of the art of managing" Others. Again, the
reproof which has most sympathy in it will always be the most efectual,
just IS any sign of anger or temper on the fault-fnders part will tend
to bring about the opposite result. Only by an impartial survey of our
own characters can our disappointment in our friends be moderated, and
our affections, far from declining, gain additional strength from the con-
seriousness that there is room for improvement and forbearance on both
sides.
"Nagging," or faut-fnding with the desire to annoy, has its origin
in self and sefshness. Self darkens the lives of those who nag. Unlike
the fussng IdeaHsts, naggers ire bessed-or cursed-with an unfaiing
good opinion of themselves. They never find fault except when other peo-
pies failings "get OF their nerves." or otherwise interfere with their
personal and private comforts and interests; but so high an idea have
they of what these should be, they are scldom-indeed, never-slent.
Occupied with plans for their own benefit, furious when these fall
ton? They glover on all alike, do their utmost to and disturb
.every place and character they come across, and forget-if they ever
knew-that Smiling in a brothers face is charity"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

signed for the maiden of 20, slender
of outline? When will the matron of
60 allow us to forget that she once
had a waist? My regret that she will
not ignore it this season was made
specially poignant by an interview
with a very handsome dowager, white
of hair. and pleasantly rubicund of
face, who was wearing a Wedgwood
blue wolfe, made with Japanese
sleeves over a white lace blouse with
a skirt cut plain in the front, and full
at the back, encircled with a belt of
blue glace, whilst upon her gray hair
she had perched a large mushroom
hat with a big ruche of blue ribbon in
it, and round her neck she wore a
large white feather boa, and or her
stout hands white kid gloves, which
extended to the elbow. 1t would have
given me the greatest possible pleas
ure to have taken her as an example
on to a platform and lectured to the
assembled multitude on how she could
have improved her appearance with
out sacrificing her obvious desire to
be smart.
A black chiffon gown mounted over
white, l would have chosen for her,
hanging in long lines just above her
waist, with a broad hem of black
glace, and black glace ribbon forming
a sort of pelerine at her shoulders to
outline a vest of white which should
terminate at the bust, and a large
black hat tf she must wear a hat,
though | should have much preferred
her in a b~onnet) draped with a flow
ing veil of black. l would have insist
ed on sleeves with a graceful drapery
falling from the elbow at the back,
held tightly above the wrist to dimin-
ish the too broad contours. Had she
had any special objection to black
chiffon, l would have suggested black
lace or net, and velvet ribbons instead
of the taffeta, and I have the remem-
brance of a small bonnet made of
black crinoline in bow form, outlined
with jet, which, with a black lace para
sol lined with white chiffon, might
have been called into service to best
complete the effect.
Some of the newest veilings are
cream-whfte tulle dotted all over with
pin points of black, and this veil is, as
1 have frequently mentioned, the most
becoming a woman can adopt, ire
spective of age. For those whose com
plexions have lost their first bloom
this veil can be lined with palest shell
pink tufIe or with the same material
in male hIlIe the latter haipp SDpcia11y
| flattering to dark skins.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

1t is impossible to write a letter OF
the subject of fashions without speak
ing of the popularity of gray mate
rails, for they are with us, on every
side. Some of the most effective sum-
mer gowns, of a simple order, which 1
have yet seen this year were made Of
cool gray linen, with fine tandem
broideries, on the skirt and bolero,
carried out in silk-finished thread.
These frocks, when worn with gray
linen shoes and gray suede gloves,
are quite enchanting in their Quaker
like simplicity, and they invite the
collaboration of cloche hats in deli
cate ivory straw, with pulled net
forming the full crown and, at one
side, neal the front, a cluster of beau
tiful roses or Of waxen water lilies.
Some of the newest models in wolfe
de sole show perfectly shaped skirts
decorated with a number of tucks on
the hem of the skirt. Needless to say,
these tucks are always stitched by
hand, and they are arranged in grad
uated widths. At the extreme hem
they measure about five inches, and
then they are reduced each one-half
an inch as they run up towards the
knees. For linen dresses a ~favorite
style of trimming is a combination of
deep tucks and hand-embroidery, three
tucks, a band of embroidery, and so
on. For afternoon gowns, wolfe de
sole is exceedingly fashionable, but
the material for costumes of this or
der is Indian gauze, which can be OBJ
tanned in all the pastel shades, and
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
A Clear Claim.

An official Of the pension Office at
Washington offers the following ex-
cerpt from an especially amusing let
ter received from a claimant for PEN
sion:
1.-THE way l got my war ingery was
a-ketchin of a hog. The hog we're a
SOW hog aud our Capten wanted her
for forage. He was chasin the SOW
and she crawIed threw a hoal in a
rale fense-it we're a big hoal and I
thot / were about the size Of the
hog and tried to crawl threw, bnt ]
stuck and trying to wigle out / throde
the rales on and n hit me on my
he'd and nocked my senseless. I dc
not think the SOW had nothing to dc
with my line for duty for I did moi
ketch the hog. Witch she " were
caught."-Lppincott's. Magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
Eat Tight at1h
Dnn't Ttr Ahph
By THOMAS A. EDISON.

light eater, and / fully appreciate the fact that the sole purpose of food
is to preserve the chemical energies and keep the human machine going
When there is no drain On the system the minimum amount of food
will do. Even the Italian laborers are able to preserve their muscular
tissue OF a small amount of bread and cheese, and they certainly work
hard.
Then why is it necessary for the business man to eat great quanttiet
of food when there is no drain on his system? Elaborate dinners are a
curse. Many business lei eat enough food to supply a regiment. They
are clogging up their boilers by doing $50 and will live to regret it.
Another important rule to observeis this: Get out of bed as soon
as you open your eyes in the morning. Don't lie in bed end wait to see
if YOU cannot go to sleep again. That is a foolish thing to do. Jump
ont Of bed and do something, anything. Be active and alert get yu
blood in circulation sT
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
II Makes a Difference.

.Who is that large, fat, overdresseo
pudgy woman in the box" asked the
stranger at the theater.
THAT? Why, that is Mrs. Gottalot
You know she is worth about fifty
millions, and"
But the stranger had turned to the
friend he had brought along and waa
whispering:
do you see that PLUMB lady In the
box--the m with the beautiful
clothes and the diamonds? That II
the famous Mrs. Gottalot Judge.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
PIumbago.

Plumbago, popularity black lead,
scientifically graphite, got it's name,
says the Ironmonger, from the as
sumption that 1t contained lead; and,
indeed, certain lead ores and oxides
have at times been called plumbago;
but Enkel found in 1897 that what we
now call graphite yielded no lead. and
he called it sterile plumbago. Scheele
in 1883, proved that 1t was an allo
tropic form of carbon.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter Of great i'm
%portance. Defiance Starch, being free
only M which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a ~stiffener
makes half the usual quantity of Starch
necessary, with the result of perfect
finish, equal to that when the goods
were new
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

There are two forms
Of faultfnding-fault-
finding with a view to
improve, and fault-fnd-
ing with a view to an
noy. AS to the first
form. Exacting persons
who fuss, fret and fume
because cveryone-them-
selves included - and
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

which gives lovely effects when inset
with old yellow lace and adorned with
ribbon-work embroideries.
The walking frocks of this season
are very charming, and delightfully."-
impractical! They r not long, in
the sense that they can be held up;
and they are not short, in the seAse
that they can be trusted not to assist
in keeping the streets clean! When
correctly cut and when worn over ex.
actly the right u~nderskirts, these new
skirts are altogether lovely, but it is
useless to deny that they are extrava'
CANT. All m know that 1t is quite
impossible to hold up a gown which
does not possess a train, W. a very
slight one. though something may bt
done by a judicious twitch at the back
But to TURF from the dress to thu
/ dressee, strange. is it not, that womer
OF the age Of go. with portiiness Il
match insist upon wearing models dc
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
Parental Advice.

Father, I am thinking Of getting
married."
All right, my son., but remember
that love is not everything. Take
care to select a wife who will support
you in the style TO which you have al
ways been accustomed, or you run the
risk of being very unhappy and may
be of having to go to work yourself
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

has become to modern industry organized. And it is in the corporation,
in this relation of intermediary between those seeking to own, and the
property to be owned. that the dcstnies of the future are the most deeply
bound up.
There is no need to keep up the impression that between the cor
poration and the people there is a great guf-that the corporation can
only prosper at the expense Of the people, and the people can only pros
per at the expense of the corporation. Between the corporation, when
it once reaches its best estate and the people, there need be no gulf; for,
in the last analysis, it is the people who are building up these industrial
triumphs, though in corporate form, that everywhere surround us-the
peoples accommodating wealth, the peoples thinking heads, the peoples
busy hands, the peoples throbbng, aspiring hearts, and the corporation,
when it reaches its best estate. will come to be recognized and trusted,
only as the organized form through which these heads, and these hands
and these hearts, and these accumulated savings accomplish their work,
And when the days of the corporations best estate have come, it will be
recognized, also, to be as wicked to strike at an enterprise, merely because
that enterprise is incorporated, as it is wicked now to incorporate crime
merely because by so doing it may be put beyond the reach of the law.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
Tl1p RrtHturHH matt atA
CIR Gnrpnrattnn prnt1lrna
By JUDGE PETER S. GROssCUP.
of u. S. Superior Court.

Not only is the corporation the legal instrument
through which is welded almost wholly the industrial
energy of this generation of Americans-it is the best
instrument yet discovered by which that energy can
be welded. Not only is the corporation the medium
through which the wealth Of the people works out this
ages industrial triumphs-it is the only medium
through which the people, while working out their tri-
umphs as a whole. can also work out, each for himself,
his separate individual instinct for a personal share in
the triumphs achieved. Indeed, what government
is to mankind politically organized. the Corporation
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

The Missus tcrossly)-0, I do wish
I could be alone for a while, now and
then!
The Mister (brutally)-Why don't
you play the piano when you feel that
way?-Cleveland Leader.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

Fully 80 per cent. Of
the illness of mankind
comes from eating i'm
proper food or too much
food. People are in
clined to over-indulge
themselves in this re-
spcct when they are
spending their holidays.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children %teething, softens the gums, reduces IN
~hainm8tion. allays pain, cures wind coliU. 25c q bottle
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
Garden Spot Of the World.
This Fifty Describes That Portion OF Texas Lyme
Between San Antonio and the Gulf.
You Can Buy a Truck and Fruit Farm Of from 10 Acres to $40 Acres anu
Two Choice Town Lots for $2l0. Terms $40 a Month
Without Interest. Read the Following:
Hutchinson, Kansas, March IL, 1907.

Hutchinson, Kansas, March II, 1907.
Dear m-I am in receipt Of Jour favor of the 7h inst, and in ANSWER
will saw that l listed the DR.. c. +. Simmons ranch in Atascosa County,
Texas OF February 9th 1907. l spent all day the 9th, ant stayed all night
at the Brown ranch, then rode all day the 10th over the ranch, making two
met Mr.. Franks at Peasanton: He has been t"emap on tins ms amen
the poorest land on the ranch, and he directed ne how. to 20, and after
Two dys hard ridng / wasf fully satisfied with the proposition.
saw three atesan wens, n vas within threeq quarters of a mile of
The outh one. l tasted the water ato one of these wells N found 1T to be
ali fright. 1t Vas very warm as i understand all Htesan water is when 1t
first Come from the well. | am satisfied this well is furnishing enough water
I found The soil to be, rom a heavy black to a dark red, n all tho
shades between black and red. In fact, the soil lookedg good to me- IN /
believe 1 know good land when / see it.
7 have read carefully The printed folders and examined the little book
"Nw Home Sweet Home" with regard to the pictures printed IN II, IN
will say they are all there tsta ASH natural as life, 49,
While l did not get to see all over the ranch, 1 saw enough TO saNsy 3
me that it is III right. / saw the counuy from San Antonio via Corpus
/ saw in Texas = 81
l have invested in this Simmons proposition and am now making prep.
araHons to move there this fall and I wish Ito say to my friends an all OF
their friends, take out at least me application. You can't go wrong. Hn
the garden spot of the United States N
Wishing you success, l remain, 4#nsI# III e
" B. @. MATHES.
This is the famous Simmons Ranch Of $4,000 acres SO miles south Of San
Antonio. For literature and full particulars write for nam OF neareat agent
DIR. CHAS. T. SIMMONS,
2iB Alamo Plaza, GAN ANTONIO. TExAa.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

Thrift and s~tinginess are as similar
as they are different.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

II is scarcity Of their remarks that
makes some women remarkable.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

Nest men are hopelessly bad or else
they are awfully lied about.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch we're used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, It is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and %fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou.
BILE. can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as 1t a be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-12
Full, Particulars Wanted.

When the nurse brought the cheer.
ing news to Toperton recently that he
had just become the father of triplets,
he betrayed no particular satisfaction.
"Boys?" he growlingly queried.
"Only boy, sir"
well" said Toperton, Ego on: don't
keep me in suspense. One boy-what
are the others ?"-Sketchy Bits.
The Jasper news., 1907-05-30
ron rLAr.sorroMED EELs.
Only Kind suitable for Rsver, Accord
Ing 10 HumorIst.

James Montgomery Bailey, the Dam
bury News man, in whose employ the
writer had the good fortune to be. was
the possessor of fund of ready wit,
which had way Of cropping out at
the most unexpected times in his daily
life as well as In his writings.
One day -ho received call at his
office in Danbury from stranger who
was contemplating buying some prop
erty in Newtown, eight miles from
Danbury, and sbutting, on a small
stream. This brook had been spoken
of by the owner Of the property Id
glowing terms to the prospective pur-
chaser, who asked Mr.. Bailey several
questions about it, particularly In re-
gard to its size.
How large river is it," asked the
stranger.
WELL" said Mr.. Bailey, contenpla-
lively, ito the best of my knowledge,
that river, from the comb factory to
the railroad bridge is easily navigable
for fiat-bottomed cells. "-Boston Her
aid.
The Jasper news., 1907-05-30
No HsIp for the pyinq.

The extreme cailousness Of the old
English gamblers, or gentlemen. as
they were then called. is illustrated
by tho following account which Hor-
see Walpole.e tho celebrated letter
writer. givesssf curious occurrence
at Whites coffee house in London.
In one of hiE epistles to Sir Horace
Mann. underr date Of September I.
1850. hs saysx "They have put into
the papers ~ good story, made at
Whites. "A man dropped down dead
ct the door, and was carried In. Tho
club immedisnazy made bets whether
he was dead or not: and when they
were going tdrbaeed him. the wager.
ers for his death interposed and said
n -->-ld afSectsttte fairness Of the bet,
and they stoppe~ 49, -yarts."-The
sunday MagasAe.