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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02

forms OF government in the various
countries they visit Will not fill as
large book as the volume that will
be required to register what they dc
not learn" And as reports came back
telling about the entertaining to
which the high commissioners were
being treated, WI was unable to bri-
die his sarcastic tongue. Especially
was he cynical when the commission
ers cabled for more expense money,
as they did from almost every city
they visited Chorus girls and old
Vintages come high" he remarked,
but they all have their proper place
in governments"
RECEIVED BY EMPRESS DOWAGER
When the commissioners returned
the Empress Dowager received them
In audience. They submitted their re-
ports but very little has ever been
siVen out as to the deal contents
OF those reports, though from time
TO time the newspaper men in Picking
nave been given to understand that
the high commissioners learned all
about the management of other gov
ernments. They probably did, for, as
the cynical WI pointed out one of
the commissioners informed certain
mighty officials in Picking that after
an exhaustive study of the British
and French forms Of government,
covering a period of nearly three
weeks automobiling in Paris and Lon
don, he had learned that there were
many things in the British system
that could be used in China, and that
the French system of government was
quite different from that of England.
About this time an edict was issu-
ed from the throne informing the
Chinese people that they were to-
have a constitutional form of govern
ment when, as WI put it at the time,
they were educated up to a standard
that would enable them to under
stand that a constitution was not
to eat. About this time he
left Picking.
BRAINEST MAN IN CHINA.
1t is safe to say that WI Ting Fang
IS the brainiest man in China today,
md if the Empress Dowager really
intended to reform China's present
system of government, she would lis
EN- to him. But her dislike for WI |
ONES from his fearlessness in telling
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02
AMERICAN MAN-O-NAR
70 EQUAL ANY AFLOAT
MONSTER SEA FIGHTER-SEN--r T.
OR HALE PRESENTS PLANS OF
PROPOSED BIG BATTLESHIP.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senator
Hale yesterday afternoon presented
to the Senate the detailed plans for
the big battleship which it is propos-
ed shall be built as the equal of any
lighting vessel now afloat OF planned.
The general information as to the
dimensions of the proposed ship were
made public several months ago, but
little has been known as to the
strength of the batteries. This In
formation now will be given to the
public, including all foreign powers ii
they desire it, in the form of a pub
lie document.
The plans call for battleship
SIS ga feet long, with beam of IS feet
and 5-S inches and draft of 20 feet
8 inches, with everything on board
The armament will consist of main
first; two aft on the main deck on
loading rifles, mounted on five cleo
trically controlled turrets on the CEN
ter lines; two forward above the fore
castle deck, the second firing over the
battery of ten twelVe-inch breech-load-
the same level and one amidships fir
ing over the two after t1,rrets. There
are to be two submerged torpedo
tubes. The secondary battery will
consist of fourteen five inch rapid
firing guns, four three-pe under salut-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02

It's in their beautiful home. The wife
is being neglected in the battle for the
dollar, with the logical sequence. If
the husband is too busy to love his
wife, should he wonder that other men
can find time Laura loves Jadwin, but
she is Jealous of his infatuation for the
pit. She is almost forgotten. Cort-
hell, former suitor, returns and
pleads his cause.
Act four is in three scenes. The first
is the Office of Grotry, Converse & Co,
where Jadwin makes his headquarters.
He wins back the fortune of Old Hat
gus-bit of driftwood that the mael-
strom of the pit has thrown up-and
refuses Crookers offer to sell out his
friends. The panic begins and Jad-
wins madness reaches a climax as
wheat falls from $1.2O to $50 in a few
minutes. Grotry writes an order of
suspension, but Jadwin, himself rush
es to the floor Of the pit
The second scene shows the pit as it
is, wild with excitement mad with an
xiety, furious with the lust for gain. A
marvellous piece of theatrical enter
prise but very real and exciting. Gro
try, Converse & CO., are read out by
the secretary and Jadwin is ruined; his
corner is broken.
The last scene is in another room Of
the Jadwin home. 1t is Laura's birth
day, she is waiting for her husband.
The hours go by and he does not come.
Corthell does, and then the tension
breaks the girls heart; her husband
has forgotten her. Corthelps clever
.self-interested sympathy wins. They
will elope, she will be loved and cher
lshed and never be neglected again.
She leaves to get her hat and cloak.
While she is out Of the room, the voices
of the newsboys crying an extra are
heard: "All about the big smash-up in
the wheat pit-the failure of Curtis
Jadwin." Biggs, the butler, in great
distress rushes into the rom to break
the news of her husbands ruin to Lau-
ra. Carthell undertakes to do this and
hurries the butler away. Then Laura
enters ready to leave with Carthell.
She hesitates for a moment, and then
hears the cry of the newsboys. Fate
sends Jadwin staggering into the room.
Something has happened" he says,
ITS dark, I can't remember" and he
sinks into a chair. It's little worries
that break hearts and big ones that
mend them. Something has happen
ed" she tells Corthell, something 1
must not remember
But your promise" he says, Il love
you" But he needs me and 1 love
HIM" she says and goes to Jadwin.
And then i'm the distance the newsboys
can be heard again still calling ex-
tras "All about the failure of Curtis
Jadwin." But it isn't failure it is sue
cess; the love of the wife has returned.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02
A NEGATIVE ENJOYMENT.

A small negro boy was butting his
head against the marble steps of
the capitol. He would step back a
few feet and then run toward the
steps, striking them full force with
his head.
What on earth are you doing that
for, boy?" asked Senator Beveridge,
as he came by. 'Are you going to
fight a goat?"
NAV, sab. Use dom it cause it
feel so good when Idon't.-New York
World.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02

control of the reform movement are
handling it. ~.
Before he went to Washington WI
was like thousands of other educated
Chinese who know that their Govern
ment is far behind the times, but who
are willing to sit idle and let her
drift along. But his stay in the Unit
ed States taught him that this would
not do and when he returned to his
native soil he got busy. He talked
right out in meeting and lectured his
confreres in the Wei-Wu-Pu in the
most amazing manner over the way
they were handling China's relations
with the outside world. They smiled
and continued to pursue the even
tenor of their way.
WI DISLIKES JAPAN.
Now WI has no use for Japan. lie
is fully alive to the fact that Japan's
aggressiveness spells trouble in the
near future for China. When Japan
was sharpening her sword for Rus
STA Gin China's interests" it was WI
Ting Fang who wanted the Picking
Government to tell the powers that
China had not asked Japan to go to
war with any one in her behalf. He
said that it was all well enough for
Japan to use China's interests as
casus belli but those interests would
be forgotten when the guns began to
boom. Not that he was particularly
friendly toward Russia did WI take
this stand but he pointed out that
so long as Manchuria was already lost
TO China, she was just as well off
with the Bear controlling the destin-
les of that province as with Japan in
charge. The result has proved that
the old man was right Russia and
Japan are both in Manchuria now,
and will remain there. In talking
with a newspaper man at the time he
was trying to get his Government to
take his advice about the situation,
WI said:
ILLUSTRATES BY COMPARISON.
over a bone, but you never saw the
"You have seen two dogs fighting
bone fight back. Well, in this case.
China is the bone of contention, and
If 1 can make my people see it, the
bone will fight before the dogs are
ready" 81 a
When it came evident that the war
was bound to come, WI said that the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02
NOT PREPARED.

"How long do you suppose the trial
will last?" asked the defendants
wife anxiously of his lawyer.
Thirty days, at least"
Thirty days! L must see my dress
maker at once. I haven't that many
costumes. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02

| is an area OIL serge embroidered with
narrow white silk soutache; and yet
above this trimming appears another
tuck. The whole effect is extremely
successful combining tailored smart
ness with touches of feminine CO.
quetry.
g g 6 g g
Poets help us to see beauty and sig
nificance. Where the ordinary eye finds
! only commonplaces the poetical vision
! discovers profoundest verities, teeming
truths and wealth of loneliness. They
write about the daisy which the plow-
man passes by. They write about the
man with the hoe And then, when
the rest of us look at the daisy or at
/ the man with the hoe again we can
perceive some of the wonders revealed
to us by the poet
This is one practical reason why it is
helpful habit to read a little poetry
every day of our lives. We learn,
then, every day to see more of the
beauty that is all around us ana to in
terpret with larger meanings the great
things that are happening every mo-
ment which We often regard as 2stty
Maeterlick tells a charming tale in an
gel who was absorbed in medijuting.
The man seeing him concluded he must
be engineering some momentous world
scheme. But, no; he was superinten l.
ing the making of a heas wing. And
it was the wing of this tidbit of an
animacule that plunged the heavenly
being in profound thought.
We all get more of this greatness
and significance of the everyday
things through our contact with poetry.
Life is invested with fresh charm. 1t
grows greater and sweeter and richer.
Ten minutes every day with some
poet is an excellent habit. And let us
put it in in the morning, when we can
profit by it all the day and attune the
thought of the day to its harmony.
g g g . g
Wright Huntington is now playing in
a fine production Of The Pit" This
play is the not altogether fictitious mar
rative of an attempt to corner the.I
worlds supply of wheat in the Chicago
wheat pit. The story is based on the
famous Letter deal of several years
ago. The play is a dramatization of
Frank Norris famous novel of the
same name; it is a story of Chicago, of
a womans' love and its ENHANCEMENT
in great wheat speculation.
The first act opens in the lobby of
the Auditorium in Chicago, on the last
night of the opera season. The pro-
gram is grand miscellanea," COM
posed of the quartet from "Rigoletto'
the "Habanera" from Carmen" and
the full prison scene from Faust"
There is no overture, but the quartet
is heard before the rise of the curtain.
The singing is heard in the distance as
the drama proceeds. Sheldon CortheI
proposes to Laura Dearborn and is re-
fused. Curtis Jadwin proposes, but re-
ceived no definite answer. He is later
accepted.
The second act is laid upon the lawn
Of the Cressler mansion on the Lake
shore drive. The amateur theatricals
are rehearsed and the comedy and love
elements are developed. Cressler is
hopelessly involved in a wheat specu-
lation and commits suicide.
The third act shows Laura and Cur
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02

BY the bare party majority the Republicans the New Jersey
Legislature the United States Senate succeed onn
Dryden Frank o. Briggs of Trenton present State Treasurer AT
the last and he said break the deadlock Senator Dry
den withdrew the but his political opponents hold that
his interests president of the Prudential Insurance Company would
have defeated him for reelection John W. Gggs formerly Attorney
General of the United States prominent applicant Office
but interests which said to be similar the objections entered
against Dryden the of his defeat fight which
bitterly contested and which watched with intense by the
entire country
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02
OF INTEREST TO
Women > and , Offers

is an area of serge embroidered with
narrow white silk soutache; and yet
above this trimming appears another
tuck. The whole effect is extremely
successful combining tailored smart
ness with touches of feminine CO.
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
ARE YOU INTERESTED

In their refusal (?) to hear appeals
over the pending fight on the "Bish-
op Law, Mt this session of our State
Legislature, the membership of the
minority party have assumed an I'M
fair position to sag the least.
Are the wishes of such large
number of citizens of New Jersey 10
thus be preemptorily denied their
inalienable right of appeal without
any word of rebuke?
1t cannot be possible that they are
even acting under instructions from
their constituents, or that such a
ruling was planned or pledged pre-
vious to their election.
Insist on your rights. free Ameri-
cans, and if further denial is adhered
to, make this "unfairness" kaOHa 10
Grey cfi.ea, and work for regulating
each and al "out of Office" and thus
prevent repetition of such infamous
work. Are servants elected to serve
or have conditions been changed?
FREE SPEECH
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
Lives After 80 Feet Fall,

Few men have escaped instant death
by so narrow margin as did Edward
Seryis, of Trenton, early Saturday
morning. Servis is employed by a
coal dealerln Trenton, and came to this
city late Friday evening to visit his
wife who lives on farm back of Goat
Hill. 1t was after midnight when he
started on his lonely trip over the
hill and when part way up he lost his
way and went directly toward the Del
aware river. He passed through the
thick woods to the edge of the quarry
of the Stanley Company. A watch
man at the quarry saw his lantern and
called to warn him.
He Immediately started to go around
to guide Seryis down, but before he
could reach him heard the man slip
and fall. The distance is about 80
feet aud the bottom is covered with
large rocks.
When the Waterman reached HIM
he found that he WAS alive hnt I'M
conscious and ut once telephoued for
DR.. Frank Larson whe hurried to
the q uarries. Although Servis' skull
was not fractured, his face and head
are terribly lacerated and his whole
body is mass OF bruises. He was
taken to the home of his hrother-in
law, James Mullineaux, where he lies
in semi-conseious condition. At
the present time his recovery is ex-
pected.
Servis is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Servis. of the Soldiers Home
at Nineland, and is about 40 years of
ace
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
.PENNSYL wanna RAILROAD
Bulletin
ATLANTIC cirY,s WINTER SEASON.

Atlantic City is the great perennial resort of America,
and of the year attractive than during
Lent and Easter time Its great beacront hotels the
of charming social life, which overows the small
but excellent hotels the Concerts the piers,
boardwalk promenades, the great rlos the Country
Club with its ideal golf course, automobng the boulevard
and other features afford variety of entertainment
alton suited to the personal inclination of the visitor
Strength and vgor impaired by short stay at this
famous resort and longer soourn the energy of the
overworked of business the convaescen and the tired
devotee of society.
Special excursion tickets Atlantic City with liberal
limits sale the Pennsylvania Railroad ticket
Offices.
Full information regarding rates and train service will
be furnished by Ticket Agents.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
Typhoid Germs in Upper Delaware.

The waters of the Delaware river
are reported to be polluted by the
drainage from Martins Creek, near
Easton, Pa, where twelve cases of
typhoid fever have developed within
the past few days according to the
journal of the American Medical As
ISOLATION. The State Board of Health
of Pennsylvania has been notified of
exists on the premises where foreign
ers rent shacks. Between thirty and
forty cases of typhoid fever are re-
ported in Huntington. Four deaths
have eccured there aud much alarm is
felt.
The water from Stone creek is
thought to be the cause of the cpl
demic, despite the fact that it is sup
posed to be filtered before it is sent
through the mains from the pumping
station.
There are three school buildings,
sad the journal, "al of which are
supplied with water from Stone
creek The water supply has been
shut off and 800 children are carry
ing boiled water, milk, coffee and
other beverages to school in bottles. "
1t il held that the waters of the
Delaware have II chance to free them
selves of pollution before arriving Mt
this city.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
Panama CanaI-Erie Canal.

Machinery is digging the Panama
Canal a thousand times quicker than
the shovel dug the Ere.
Machinery produces the l.. & M.
Paint at 50 times less cost for labor,
than if made by hand.
The l.. & NJ. gives the best job in
the world because j.. & N. Zinc
hardens l.. Il M. White Lead and
makes l.. Il M. Paint wear like iron
for 10 to u years.
1t only requires A gallons of this
celebrated paint and gallons of Lin
seed Oillat 60 cts per gallon, to paint
moderate sized house.
If any defect exists in l.. NJ.
Paint, will repaint house for nothing.
Sold by Est. A. II. lands, Ringoes.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

Most of the States are afflicted with
the tramp nuisance, and New Jersey
being the highway between New York
aud Philadelphia, has an undue share
of the shiftless horde. This is an
evil that calls loudly for II remedy,
aud a drastic one. When spring
opens they will lnhict themselves on
the community and, too lazy to work.
they live Gu the bounty of others,
committing depredations of greater
or Lesser magnitude, often serious
crimes. In the winter they flock 10
the cities or larger towns and easily
get into the jails or aims houses and
spend the lnclement season in we'll
fed idleness at the public expense.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

The only way to advertise, is to
give the public plain common sense
talk in the columns of bright and
newsy paper. OF course you must
tell them the truth. Do not get a
customer to come to your store and
find that you have faxed him, for
that is poor advertising Always
give your street and telephone num-
Der, as it is helpful to your business.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

Last Thursday was Valentines
Day, and as in the past, the comics
were used by some people. 1t is an
Insult to public intelligence to sup
pose that these atrocities OF vivid ink
and ribald rhymes are produced in re-
Spouse to demand. If the produc-
ton of these denominations were cut
off they would never be missed,
they supply no legitimate want, and
their sale tends to injure the feelings
Of people and demoralize the tastes
of the young and impressionable.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

The greatest enemy of the school
is the cigarette. 1t is doubtful if the
general public realizes the extent to
which cigarettes are being used by
the boyhood of the state. 1t is also a
question if the public understands
the extreme baleful influence of this
habit on those addicted to it, 1t is a
noticeable fact that the safeguards
thrown around the boys are almost
entirely useless
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

Alice, the small daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Corrigan, fell and
broke an arm Tuesday afternoon.
Another meeting will be held for
men only in the Centenary NJ. F..
Church next Sunday afternoon, at 4
o'clock, at which time the pastor, the
Rev. E. J. Kulp. will address the
assemblage on the subject, George
Washington.
The Post Office is being remodel
ed by contractor George W. Arnett.
The safe used in the Lambertville
National Bank before it was rebuilt
has been removed to the postoffice to
be used in place of the one injured
some months ago by burglars.
Mrs. John B. Bratton will open a
millinery store in Wilmington, Del.
in the spring, and Miss Ethel Massey
is to be associated with her. Mr..
Brattou will continue the hardware
business and he and his son Lloyd
VIII board Ill this city.
An entertainment and sociable
will be given by the Young Peoples
Society Christian Endeavor of the
First Presbyterian church, in the
lecture room on Thursday evening,
February 81, at 8 o'clock, under the
auspices of the Missionary Fund.
! "Jerusha BOWS Family Album will
be presented by a number of young
ladies aud gentlemen. Admission,
| 10 cents.
Miss Lille A. Williams, of this
city, for many years teacher in the
State Normal school, was master OF
toasts at the Valentine banquet given
Thursday evening ut the Trenton
| Country club, in honor of Professor
Apgar and Miss Sara Y. Ely, former
resident of this city. who have com
pleted 40 years service as instructors
at the State schools. Professor SEQ
hey was among the number who re-
sponded to toasts, as was also Miss 5.
A. Reilly, of this city.
Seryis Sheppard died at his HON e
in West Amwell township at 80
O'Clock Monday morning, aged IS
years and q months. He had been
confined to his bed with an attack of
grip, but had no physician to care fer
HIM. Early Monday morning he be-
came seriously i'll aud sent for a
physician, but before he arrived Mr.
Sheppard had expired. Coroner
| Stockton was notified and he viewed
the remains and gave his decision that
| death WAS due to heart failure. Fun
eral services will be held from his
| late residence Mt 80 O'Clock Friday
morning aud at the Amwell M. +.
Church, at - o'clock, noon. Inter
ment in the cemetery adjoining
the church, under the direction of j.
X. LaBaw. Deceased is survived by
a wife and several children.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

Twenty horses were sold by
Edward B. Allen at his sale at Stony
Brook, Thursday. The average price
was 1924. 30, while the highest single
pair were bought for 1905. Four pairs
Of horses brought $4,000. The sale
was largely attended.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

A number from this city enjoyed a
sleigh ride last Wednesday evening.
The party included John II. Folkner
and wife, James Masten and wife,
Mrs. Edmund J. Kulp, Misses Elsie
Smith, Bessie Windolph, Mabel
Hoagland, Irene Sheath, Jessie Hol-
combe and Araminta Hoagland;
Messrs. Fred Cummings, Albert Reg
an. Harry Petrie and Byron Wallas-
ton. The party took supper at a
hotel up the river, and arrived home
in fine spirits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

You wouldn't plant sapling in the
spring and expect your entire house
shaded the following summer. Meth
or does wise merchant insert two.
inch sd. for one week and expect to
sell out his entire stock the following
twenty four hours.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

A man in neighborIng town, who
took city paper in preference to n
country paper because he got more
paper for the money, was attracted by
the advertisement of fire escape
which would be forwarded on receipt
of 81. He sent the cash and in few
days received n copy of the New Tcs-
lament.