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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05
Studying the Language.

CkuOyA41S lIAS> AN~~AAE =
We took our first lesson in the
Hawaiian language last night. Our
teacher is a native and an eN-memper
of the Hawaiian Legislature. HIS Eng
lish is good, so good. In tact, thal ne
often acts as an interpreter III tilies
Of political speakinss.
The Hawaiian alphabet proper, con-
tatns only twelve letters. They are a,
g. |, o, u. h, k, ]. m. n, p, w: Is saia
have our doubts. All the words END IN
novels and the word Hawai- is pro-
the language Is easy but as TO that we
nounced very nearly as If 1t We're spell
ed Hahyyee. Captain Cook in his book
spelled Hawaii "Ovyhee." and that Is
not far from Its correct pronunclation'
the ''h" being almost silent. 10
tween the whites and other inhabitants
Is called Pidgin English. 1t Is a
mixture of the English and Hawaiian
words, interspersed with gestures nods
vey the idea-"scraps'' as a Chinese
cook next door called 1t:
The true Pldgin English is that
spoken in the seacoast town sof CHINA.
1t is what Is known as business Eng
lish," and is regularly taught there. The
Chinaman in his effort to say Business
hence its name. This Pidgin English
means English with the elimination of
alr propositions. conjunctions. and all
Otner WORDS IlOL siUSululely ilSSSSouiS W
the idea. For Instance: A lady enters a
Chinese store. In America, the pro-
prictor would say, boy, take this lady
upstairs in the elevator and show her
the draperles." Tho same idea expressed
tho Pidgin English, would be: "John,
this lady. topslde house, draperies,"
Examples of English,
The following is a. good illustration
of what they call Pidgin English
here. Our neighhor had O. very idle
Japanese boy, and she said to him, III
YOU do not wiki wiki (hurry up) and
hama hama (work). I will get thu hu
(angry)." He laughed and replied.
"You know too much Kanaka QHaWai1-
an).'
The people of the Hawaiian Islands
are much disturbed over the failure
OF Congress to pass the ship subsidy
!. bill. Two American liners are now
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05

There are surgical instruments, In
Guiding pincers and forceps of steel,
beautifully made: knives of various
kinds. and needles of all sizes. There
are Roman lamps of bronze and of
clay. There are bronze handles OF
vases. and beautiful pieces and vessels
of iridescent glass. Altogether the col
lection is wonderful; but 1t Is shut
up here away off In the heart of North
Africa, twenty-five miles from the
nearest railroad. so that few people
ever behold 1t.
During my stay / have photographed
some of the ruins and have measured
many of the columns and buildings.
have also talked with the director of
the excavations. He tells me that the
work of uncovering the city is to go
steadily on, but that the present APP
preparation of only about $4,000 is
not enough to hurry the work Tho ex
cavatfon is carefully done, and in the
remaining two-thirds of the city. which
are yet to be uncovered. many treas
Ires must lie There must be more or
less gold and precious stones, and it
may be also the remains of beauti-
ful statues. mosaics and relics which
will throw a new light on Roman
North Africa
A Land of Roman Ruins.
There are relics of the Romans scat
tered all over this part of the world.
Nearly every town in Algeria of any
size has more or less of them. have
seen the hand of old Rome in nearly
every place have hcen. 1t has left
its marks about Algiers. Oran and
Tlemcen. The latter city was ancient
Pomaria. and it shows the remains
of a great Roman adueduct. 1 came
across the old Roman wall many times
while exploring Albiers. and not far
from here is Constantine. which was
named after Constantine, the Emperor
of Rome, which has more or less ruins
ABOUT it.
In Lambese.
Lambese. about twenty miles east
of here, was built by the Romans A.
d. 125. to form the headquarters OF
the Third Augustan Legion, and re-
cent explorations show that it was
a large Roman camp. The ruined
arches of the gates outside the city
show that it covered several miles.
and in It's centre is building of stone
ninety two feet long and seventy-two
feet wide, and as high as q four
story house. The facade of this struct-
ure has peristyle, with handsome
Corinthian columns.
Near it is temple which was built
during the reign of Marcus Aurelius,
and also a great afcn put up III nCnOr
of Septimus Severus. There are ruins
of baths at Lambese, from which have
been taken beautiful mosaics. The
town had two forums. one of which
measured more than half an acre, and
in one of the forums was a great tenn
pie surrounded by colonnade.
On the site of Lambese the French
have now built an enormous barracks
for such soldiers as they send to
Africa for correction, and as rode bv
I passed several companies of French
troops going through, their evolutions
on the site of the old camp, Just
as the Roman soldiers did in that
same place more than seventeen hun-
dred years ago.
Copyright, 1907, by Frank G. Carpen-
ter.)
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See Steamers Go Out.

While an incoming steamer is an at
,ractlve sight. an outgoing one. when
friends say farewell, is far prettier
and more impressive. Dozens OF
Hawaiian vendors are there with arm
fuls OF beautiful leIs. The departing
friend ID fairly bedight with them. They
are around his neck and his hat. and
lunches OF flowers are in his hands.
The Hawaiian band is employed by
the city to play at each outgoing
steamer, and those who heard the band
boys while on their tour through the
states, know how they can do IT. Their
Liliuokalani herself. aer weird, plain
tive and full of poetic melody AS the
ship slows out, and they play
Aloha oe," their song Of farewell. those
on board toss back the leis to the
friends on shore, and it looks like Il
battle of the flowers. The "Star Span
gled Banner Is always played last
1t Is said that there are about $50, 900
inhabitants on the islands. about forty
five per cent. of which are Japanese.
cent natives. Portuguese. Polynesians,
etc, and five per cent. are American
population, yet such is the spirit of the
American. he dominates and controls
tho other nine;y-five per cent.
The Hawaians are superior to the
negroes in both intellect and appear
ance, and can be easily distinguished
from them. They are as dark as a dark
mulatto. Their hair is long. black and
straight, and they possess an innate
dignity Of bearing that compels respect.
They mingle on terms of equality with
tho whites, some of the best families
on the islands having Hawaiian blood
In their veins and showing it in their
faces.
The dress Of the Hawaiian women of
the lower class Is almost a uniform.
They wear loose flowing wrappers.
usuaiiy made of calico. but often of
white and are sometimes deliberately
trimmed.
1t is said that the first missionaries
coming. to these shores had calico sleep
ing ropes OF this style of make, and
as they came into the Honolulu port.
they were so ashamed TO see the naked
Hawaiian women that they threw them
their own robes to put on. the ma
tives liked them so much that ever
since they have adopted that style OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05
Well Preserved.

A description of tho centenarian bride
groom elects physical condition appears
in this excerpt from the letter:
II have the pleasure to forward undor
separate cover n photograph of myself
taken on my l0lst birthday, April l. 1907,
which Is q very fair portrait of myself;
at least that is the verdict OF my
friends. In all this long chain of happy
birthdays, the last was. 1t seems. the most
pleasing. Some friends had arranged a
great feast and the entire day was q
continual round of glory and pleasantries.
Tho afternoon was very beautiful. and
and n number of us walked to Forest
Park and back. making distance or
about eight miles, and though l was the
Methuseai, of the crowd by many years
yet tho walk, l dare say. was most pleas
ing to me.
"Walking has always been one OF my
favorte means of recreation, and though
/ have past the 1O1st mark, yet keep
up my daily walking when circumstances
and the weather permit---my usual walk
is from three to six miles. and has been
for many years l have never taken a
dose Of medicine since l can remember;
have suffered with no disease, and am
to-day as active and feel IS young as
did half a century ago My hair Is snow
white at present, although it did not be-
gin to turn gray until was about eighty
years old: My teeth are sound: hearing
excellent; vision perfect having never
worn spectacles; and heve not been
angry within the last seventy-five years.
In fact ! feel like a young man, and
enjoy the brightest hopes of living many
vat
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NHWtzIIHW fZOIE5Y GIIZ 81
Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands.

" sands of the beautiful Wal
NM XXI tWikeke beach,. ont
Wv beyond. is the broad Pacific;
behind grove OF palms,
bananas and tropical shrubs white
above Is a canopy or cocoanut leaves
to ward off the warm rays OF this tropi-
cal Southern SUM-
six days after leaving San Fran
cisco the mountans on tho islands OF
Molokai and Oahu. of the Hawaiian
group. were sighted in the distance. As
our destination was Honolulu, Molokai
soon sank away 10 the left. and Dia-
mond Head, punchbowl and Tantalus,
the dead craters of three extinct vol
canoes on the island OF oahu. came into
view. These extinct volcanoes belong
TO chain OF mountains that form
dark background for the beautiful city
of Honolulu and on their sides are
lovely summer homes, where dis
tinct change of climate can be mad
within an hours time. These noun
tins make an cver-changins picture.
At one time they are aglow with light;
at another they are so dark as 70 re-
semblc the Black Mountains OF North
Carolina
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Wants a Big Crowd.


Mr.. Bundren escaped from st. Louis
without being interviewed, Your corr
respondent, however, talked with his
namesnke, an employee of the Govern
ment, occupying a responsible position
in tho u. s, Medical Supply Depot,
20i South Eighth strtet.
The reunion will not be limited to
100 persons" he said, My uncle wants
at least that many guests, but would
be better pleased with 1000. Ho on
poets to pay all expenses, railroad
fare ETC., OF those persons unable to
pay their own. TO attend the re-
union you must be nonogenarian,
matters not whether you he worth a
million dollars or not a cent, All will
be treated exactly alike
"Ny uncle remembers exactly whore
he and Miss Mcclure used to meet
secretly after her parents forbade her
to have anything to do with him.
The marriage ceremony Will be- Her.
formed In o tent OH that spot. which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05
Believes in Doing Good.


II have striven to prolong my life be-
cause, of the usefulness. pleasure. JOY and
blessedness incident to the performance of
good deeds and the continual and active
search for the truth and varied beauty
which bountifuly obtains In this good old
world
"And although l have never believed
In nor allied myself to any orthodox creed
OF religion; yet should each unfortunate
being for whom l have done uplifting
kindness come and pull one single snowy
hair from the luxurious growth which now
obtains on my head, as you Will observe
from the photo. l would then, perhaps
become bald headed-an unsightly condi-
ton common to men at the early ago of
forty at this present fast age. My luXuri-
Gus growth OF hair Is the tails and wonder
of my transient acquaintnnces. who arc
unaware of the exemplary habits which
have characterized my long past: how
ever. see no more reason why any ono
should lose their hair than their finger
nails, II their habits comply with COM
mon sense and physiological laws"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05
Did Missionaries Loot?

Which brings me to the point much
mooted, and certain to arise when
Chinese missions are being criticized,
Did the missionaries loot2 That is n
sore point. and it has been the center
of more heat than4light. Sweeping ass
sertions are made in both directonss
and so far as 1 can discover, neither
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05


"she assures me of her perfect
health, and, of course, we are both
more pleased and delighted than the
most eloquent or poetic words may
express at our prospective marriage,
which for so many years has been a
cherished, though apparently a hope
less dream, born and succored by an
ideal and perfect love.
II leave here for England for her
in the twilight of May or the rosy
dawn of June, there being five others
from Europe, over ninety years old,
who will accompany us on our re-
turn to this country and attend our
reunion"
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-06-27
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-06-27

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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-11

record, no fear need be entertained
that he will give a good account of
himself while at Oxford.
The white American students and
their friends are not going to be al
lowed to innoculate Oxford with their
senseless prejudice, if there is any
thing in Secretary Boyd's reply to the
silly protests sent him.
The disease of fear of the Negro ac-
complishing something creditable that
will nail the old tale that he is incapa-
bic by nature is so chronic in parts of
this country that it makes a class of
people make presumptuous Stiles of
themselves wherever they go. For in
stance, few students, handful, from
this country want to go to England
and change the time-honored customs
prevalent there to accommodate their
prejudice (rather their fear) of one
colored student. Their protests have
gone to pieces, and nothing remains
for them to do, but to get up and
dust" They must outruR young
Locke because Of being more fleet Of
IOOI' NV l1lClO UOCSOL VI 10y
over him on account Of color, without
superior and merited results, will be
very reassuring to their friends or
comfortable to the feelings of the dis
gruntled quota of white American
students.
When young Locke, high Harvard
man, was awarded a Rhodes scholar
ship, then began Matching Of schemes
by the successful white applicants to
defeat his entrance into the great Eng
lish university on the same terms with
themselves. They know there must be
old hustling on their part to eclipse
the record Locke is going to make, and
thereby hangs a tale. Young Locke
will enter the stretch with the leaders
and finish with the foremost:
JADECEE.
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rs IT OOMMEROIALIsMY

Scarcely a week passes but that
some man is murdered in this city,
yet it takes a person with an excel
lent memory to recall a legal execution
as punishment for the crime Some
thing is wrong. The juries, it seem,
are so tender-hearted that they find
more extenuating circumstances to
send man to the penitentiary than
could be found by a Philadelphia law
yer.
Are the men selected for jury serv-
ices culled from the whole country
for the especial reason that they have
tender hearts? Or is it possible that
commercialism is making itself felt
even in the enforcement of our Grim.
inal laws? 1t must be the one or the
other, for every rascal who takes the
life of fellow being, if found guilty
at all, it is usually with mitigating
circumstances" and he is sent to the
penitentiary
The mitigating circumstances
seem to mean that the felon is worth
more to the state-in money-as q
miner in the convict camps or as a
laborer in the factories at the peni
tertiary than the salutary effects of a
few legal executions upon the morals
of the city, Be it understood, how.
ever, that we refer to Negroes guilty
of killing Negroes or poor whites gull
ty of killing poor whites for the well
to do guilty of such crimes seldom
reach the penitentiary and are never
executed.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-11
IN HONOR OF THEIR DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Hill, of sol
Ewing avenue, entertained on Friday,
October 4, in honor of their daughter,
Miss frankie Hill, who is at home
few days from her school. Music,
dancing and games were the delightful
pleasures of the occasion. Later in
the evening ices and cake were served.
Those present ware Misses Florence
LaPrade, M. w. Stubs, Georgia Win
ston, w. S. Pace, Willie M. Andrews,
j. S. Mason, Mamie P. Stones, Beulah
Perkins, Mayme Allison, Beatrice U.
LaPrade, Velma Mosley, Sallie X.
Stones, Sable j. Perkins, frankie e.
Hill, Alberta Stubs, Sadie Winston,
Beatrice Hill, Lucille Dobson, Sadie
M. Alsup, Messrs. Samuel L. Houston,
DR.. Chas Watkins, Moses McKissack,
Samuel L. Carter, Chas. A. Greer, G.
l.. Jackson, A. N. Johnson, B. &.
Washington, Clarence LaPrade, Geo.
H, Upshaw, G. A. Tomlinson, J. B.
Brown, Richard o. Perkins, S. B. Cor
don, Jno, w. Franklin, Robb. ].
Brown and Ed Hill
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-11
MISS NELLY SURPRISED.

On Friday evening, September ~,
Miss Ruth Nicely entertained at a sur
prise party in honor of her sister,
Miss Fstella B. Nicely, who arrived
from Chicago Friday morning. The
guests arrived at an early hour and
listened to a beautiful musical pro-
gramme, after which they played "Pit.'
At eleven o'clock all were invited into
the dining room, where an elaborate
four-course menu was served. Mr..
Marshall Reynolds was POSTMASTER.
and all gave their best wishes for the
health and happiness of Miss Neeley.
who responded in an appropriate man
ner.
Those present were Misses Annie
Rucker, Wertie and Lottie Harris,
Charity Johnson, Ruth L. Jones. Ell.
nora M. Beaden, Estella B. Neeley.
and Cornelia S. Bailey, Mesdames T.
H. Elliott, Joseph Mckay and L. Lar.
kin, Messrs. Marshall Reynolds. ]. A.
Gregory Luther Johnson. w. w. Hob
son, r. b. Turner, ]. G. Kyles, and q.
H. Martin.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-11
BEAUTIFULLY ARRANGED
DANCE.

Miss Annie CrosthWaite, Of Kansas
City, was the honoree of a beautifully
arranged dance given by Mrs. S A.
Walker, OF 1912 Laurel street, Fri
day evening, September 20, The par
lors were thrown open to the guests
and the young ladies in their hand
some evening gowns made a pretty
scene. Mrs. Walker was assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Preston Taylor and
Miss Mamie P. Stone.
Frappe was served in the hall on
the arrival of the guests by Miss Hat
tie Hodgkins. At a late hour refresh
roorts were served Those present
besides the hostess and honoree were
Mesdanes F. G. Smith, Preston Tay-
lor d. N, Crosthwait, of Kansas City,
Mo-, G. II. White, ]. D, Ballentyhe,
w. S. Crosthwait, - Walker, Misses
Hazel T. Thompson, Tennie L. Hughes,
Sallie X. Stone, Clara Hodgl6ins, Lee
Stone, Edwina Smith, Mollie Berry,
Mamie P. Stone, Hattie Hodgkins,
Miss Walker, Messrs. Sam Carter,
Will Boyer, John M. Flemming, Will
Davis, George White, Robert A. Mich
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-11

needs immigrants. It will continue to
need them for years to come to develop
its vast resources. Its labor supply
does not equal the demand. But if
common sense would get in the saddle,
relegate the blab-mouthed politicians,
see that simple justice is done to in
habitants regardless of nationality
and thereby keep in the South many
capable and industrious men who seek
other and more congenial chimes. and
pay better wages, it would not care a
rap about what the Attorney General
might say about the immigration laws
And when the immigrants come, as
they assuredly will with improved con-
ditions, they can be assimilated with.
out the South being affected with the
anarchistic tendencies so patent in the
foreign element of the North.
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