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Ways Known to Science.

Several ways Of doing this are
known TO science. but which one Of
them the letter carrier has chosen, or
If any OF them, is his own secret, and
one which ne viii not divulge except
for a consideration. and a big one at
that. The desired end might be
reached by saturating the corpse with
one Of the metals. such as copper, or
some OF the silicates. Gases even
might be used to transform flesh and
blood into a metallic substance. and
would receive the plating. OF course.
how deep the treatment IS to pens-
trate through the flesh might largely
govern the methods and the materials
70 be used IN the preparatory stages.
There is nothing new under the sun.
and, strange as it may seem. Blocks
Idea has a precursor, albeit one not so
unique or occupying so high a plane
as his It is the eIectropIating. IL
might be called, Of hams, common, or
binary hams, such as have made Chi
cago great and with art pottery have
carried the name Of Cincinnati 10 the
uttermost parts Of the earth. The in
ventor of the ham process merely
wanted to find a better. cheaper. and
quicker way Of curing them and de-
vised the scheme OF driving the pickl-
Ing through the meat by an electric
current. Two or three Of these
schemes have been patented.
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Great Help to China.

The awakening Of China" he said
''y-iIl carry this climax OF twentieth
century ingenuity into the Far East
where It will flourish alongside OF the
remains OF the oldest civilization OF
mankind. The pious Chinaman wor-
ships at the tombs OF his ancestors
as often as he does in his temples
consecrated to Budda and ConfucIus.
What a boon II would be 10 revivi-
fed China 10 have its ancestors not
IN damp tombs. but standing glorious
and radiant by its firesides-like the
lares and penates OF bold. noble,
Rome which brought the whole world
into subsection, and gave unto the
erring school boy his Caesar aud his
pony
Considered from every side Blocks
is a blessing. What wouI0
Alexander or Augustus Caesar OF
Napoleon have not given to have
known that every line OF his features
would remain intact for a hundred,
five hundred. thousand years.
With great forethought and an eye
to the profits the inventor has arrang-
I'd for the commercial use OF his pro-
cess.
ct would never turn undertaken my
self" explained Block, 80 have ar
ranged with one OF the largest caslSet
companies to handle the process. I
can show anybody how to metallic
bodies so they will endure for hun
dreds. even thousands Of years, and
by careful instruction preclude the
slightest possibility OF a mistake
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Perpetuate Presidents.

And this leads up to one great use
Block has in mind for his discovery.
Would not a patriotic people be will
ing" he asks, TO spend half a mil
lion dollars every four years to nave
their presidents turned into beautiful
golden statues that would serve both
as a relic and an inspiration to mill
lions OF Americans yet unborn. Think
of It. Think what a satisfaction IL
would be TO the present generation
if they could gaze upon the features
OF the immortal George Washington.
Think what it would mean to the
democracy of our day II it could
point with pride 10 a statue of JEFF
ferson's flesh and bone standing in
the halls of the National Capitol.
Imagine the veneration with which
infant American industries OF today
would. when grown to adults. gaze
upon the vigorous lineaments ana Ro-
man brow Of Joseph G. Cannon, the
great standpatter. Think how the
people Of Danville, Ill, would pay
homage before those features en-
balmed in gilstening gold"
In monarchial Europe where the
images of its kings e carved in
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firm IN another city about It. I never
got dollar for it nor even the credit
OF the invention. This one is Lot
going to slip away 50 easily"
But to return. After a body has
been platel with copper according to
Blocks process II looks like rose
cOlored chalk And right here the in
ventor has one Of his most original
most brilliant idecs. one that viii appear
20 tho thousands who lave not the
means TO have the more expensive sill
yer or gold or care not to depart too
widely from traditional appearances.
This rose ColOTed base can be PAINTED.
or tinted II you Trefer. Block sug-
gests flesh color. with cheeks OF an
everlasting pink or marble or bronze
"r granite which would resemble a
figure craven in stone, but instead Of
the quivering OF the scul-tOrs hand or
the inaccuracies OF his hammer would
be the likeness of life itself preserved
apparently in stone for all the cen
turtles to come.
This likeness to stone may be re-
garded, and justly so, as one of the
greatest results Of the wonderful dis
CCvery Of this humble Chicago letter
carrier. As President Roosevelt him
self recently quoted at the dedication
of statue, one Of the disadvantages
OF becoming famous is the almost GER
tain chance OF being handed down 70
future generations in poor art. Right
here in washington we have an ex-
ample OF this IN the storm of criticism
and defense that has waged around
Greenough's washington which graces
the eastern approach 10 the Capitol.
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Hafnins Like FInMers-

Il metalIzed these two years ago."
he said Smell them. Ny wife has
worn them constantly in rain and
shine, fOggy days and clear"
The three hat pins that Block held
out looked like newly cut flowers. and
gave forth as much odor as the day
they were pulled. Mrs. Block is the
envy OF all her neighbOrs, and to a
few intimate friends she has given
hat pins Of everlasting. ever-fragrant
roses, but these friends are few, in
deed.
Right here in the rose business Block
has a fortune within his grasp. Girls
need never lack for flowers. and by
little judicious arranging hostesses
have at their command great variety
Of decorations at no cost after the
initial outlay. Here again the com
merciaiism OF the city of the Beef
trust and the habitat OF aItitudinous
fines pTotTudes itself into the sanctum
Of the man Of science, and offers have
been made to the letter carrier in
yentor to buy the exclusive right to
manufacture and sell metallzed
flowers.
His processes of making corpses
over into statues and turning flowers
into fragrant stones Block keeps to
himself He is not telling his secrets.
Ihis Is not his first invention. and he
mas found that inventors are like sin
ners; their paths are hard His ex-
perience is interesting.
taking up the camera cra;e he mas
not content with paying some one 10
develop his plates and print his pic
lures He did it himself. Then he he
gan 10 think and next he vas experi-
i1cntiag. Next he haG perfected a de-
vice that in its day ranked with the
color photography that is setting skill-
full amateurs wild and coming money
for profess!C-, ais.
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pany that at least 90. . aid De
treated each year by this process in
this country. and then there is the
demand from abroad which is bound
10 become great when once the process
is introd need and its great merits
fully Understood and appreciated by
European pOtentates and princes.
Kings and Queens alone would not be
preserved thus but powerful mobiles of
every land who traced their descent
alla)st as FAR back as their s0vereIgus
would patronize It,
las soon as the thing Is fairly well
established IN this country 1 intend
either to sell the foreign rights or
establish agencies abroad, one in Lon
don and perhaps another in Paris or
Berlin
But on this side OF the water alone
there are thousands - rich people 10
whom the idea or disintegration is
abhorent. They do not like cremation
either, for that smacks Of naTbaTism
and my process Is she only. the best
solution Of the problem that we all
viii have some day to face. It fills a
long felt want"
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given the world.

IT. o TURN the body Of a man into
gold viii cost S5l5.oo0 by the
Block method. while for 500
600 YOU can hand yourself down
20 posterity in silver, and your pro-
geny can enjoy both looking at YOU
and the fruits Of your frugaIitv.
Bronze at 5000 per turn is. however,
the cheapest, and is likely to prove
the most popular. In fact. so within
the range of the average pocketbook
Is the bronze process that il is report
Ell upon good authority that one OF
the Chicago mail order houses is
thinking of incorporating this in its
catalogue. and giving Cross Corners
and Shank's PostofiCe the benefit OF
this latest invention.
My bronze process" says Block
who intends 10 make il his leader,
'permeates the flesh TO "A depth Of
one-eiEhth of an inch. and I can guar
antee IL 10 preserve a corpse intact
for hundreds of years"
One advantage OF Blocks metalizing
prOcess-it has been pointed QUITS
that 1t viii remove much of the doubt
and difficulty that now surrounds the
tracing Of ones ancestry. II il had
only prevailed during colonial times
what a great saving of tlme and mon
ey and worry il would be TO those
who wish 10 join some Of the patri-
otto societies Of today.
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DINING IN PARIS

We eaze about the room and see that
svery one who is eating is beset by the
same swarm Of Waiters-or. rather. by
similar swarm. We wish We were well
out Of this, but the die is cast Through
the funereal stiffness Of the room We
can hear the steady scratch OF the
cashiers pen az he puts more or our
bill
Desperately We order. let # be said
to the glory Of our native land and the
honor Of the old hag that We make no
mistake, We do not even ask for our
deTni tasge Of coffee (chicory) until after
we have partaken Of the angry cheese
and the hard oak crackers.
But lookl The cashier has given &
waiter our check. BE Is transmitting Il
TO a companion, who puts r on = tray
and hands It to another, who Is psiay-
ing 1t BY easy stages TO the man with
the side-whiskers. On every faca there
is an air Of expectancy. Msieur has
dined: he viii not forget the duty OF
a gentleman toward those who are will
ing to lay down their lives IN the ser
vice OF his table
Out yonder CLEANS the dome Of Nap0-
Icons tomb; on the street gay throngs
are laughing and Chattering: we can
even hear the crack OF the whip OF the
cocher as he urges hiss unwilling steed
70 help him get one more fare ere the
steed goes 10 the abattOir.
But heTe-Ah, Welt The check has
COME. Let Us draw veil over tlle pain
ful scene. and study ti53 time card for
hone.-ChicagO Post.
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Not His Only Achievement.

Though this is Blocks latest and
most spectacular achievement, It IS
not his only one. His Photographic
plate is another and, all in all,
they make quite a formidable list from
things OF everyday convenience TO ap-
pRratus that appeals only TO the
scientist and the skilled engineer.
Though Block earns his bread and
supports an interesting family by de-
lvering letters day after day, his
merit and achievements as an cleo
trician and an inventor have not gone
unnoticed. He has been. given the sig
nal recognition OF an honorary mem
bership "a the American Institute Of
Electrical Engineers in New York.
Blocks idea OF preserving dead
bodies by coating or satUrating them
with metal was submitted TO trained
and experienced scientists, men whose
duty it is to keep abreast Of the times
and the inventions Of Just such things
as this. They have declared IT per
fectly feasible end practicable.
Though Block keeps HIS process a Sc
cret, it is perfectly apparent from
what he says that. In the last ar slysls,
ne does nothing more than electro
plate a corpse. The trouble his imi-
tators viii have, and where the great
secret OF hts invention lies. is IN the
preparation OF the body for the recep-
ton Of the silver or gold or bronze.
From an animal substance in which
the agencies Of disintegratlon have
already begun TO work. II must be
changed into a metallic substance that
will allow the hne particles Of the
metal chosen to be precipitated upon
1t from solution. and not only precipi-
tated, but welded, as it were, and be-
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Amazing Samples.

Block has some samples Of his work
that are al azing, to say the least.
Reaching into his closet he brought
forth a long, muCh-used box that had
evidently been sent from a florists.
Raising the lid he drew out a big
bunch Of American Beauty roses. The
scent was as strong and fresh as If
the buds had just been plucked from
the bushes Grasping lie bunch by
the stems, Block gently struck them
against an iron laboratory stand. and
10, there was a sharp clang as of the
meeting of two metals. Again and
again he struck them. each time
bringing out the metallic ring before
the unbelieving ears and wide-open
eve Of his spectator.
The roses, he explained. wer9 met
allied FIVE years ago by his secret
process. and today they are just as
fresh looking and just as fragrant as
the day they were first carried into
his laboratory.
But a surprise, after all, is only an
establishment, and, like vice in the old
proverb, after We have looked on II
a while in fear we finally grow IA
miliar and embrace. SO Block bowed
himself out. In a moment he returned
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Three Chemical Processes.

There are three chemical processes
recurring one day each. These are
preparatory, and then comes the act
ual metalization. This takes two DAYS.
The copper or bronze or silver or gold,
as the case may be, is fed into the
body by a slow electric current OF
three ampereg. According TO the re-
ouirements OF the case. OF the wishes
arr funds of the parties interested.
the metalizatioH may be stopped at
the depth of one-eighth Of an inch or
it may be carried all the way through.
Il am informed by the casket com
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cal everyday solution Of the problem
such as this letter carrier has done.
Patents have been granted for air
tight caskets, for preserving coTpses
in a vacuum, which means that a
great case Of glass and iron must
lumber uD the house. and for various
other methods, but none OF them pre-
sent the ease. the moderate expense
when results are considered-5v the
esthetic and artistic value Of the in
vention OF this latter carrier. To him
belongs the palm. Let the laurel
wreath Of the race Of brains. not
Drawn, rest upon his brow.
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stone and painted in oil for posterity,
Block thinks he would find a ready
and profitable market for his process.
The kings OF Portugal he points out
are emhalmed and placed in glass
cases where. arrayed In all their regal
fine-y. they are forever laid in the
broad daylight where the subjects Of
their descendants may come and gaze
upon them. From the time Of the
ancient Egyptians 70 this once sIea,
kingdom tucked away IN a little corn
er Of southwestern Europe II has been
the custom 70 preserve the great dead.
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bringing his wife's hat from the hall
piece Now, just where the good
lady's hat should figure IN II at all was
not quite clear until Block fumbled
among the bows and ribbons and
aigrettes and plumes and drew forth
hat pin with an American Beauty rose
for a head. Another followed a second
fumbling. this time a pink tea rose,
and after more hunting presently
came out white one.
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Old rs the Hills.

Almost as far back as man has
shown an inclination to die just so far
back have means been devised with
varying success to preserve bis dead
body. The best method pet discovered
and put into use is mat OF nature. but
IN the great glaciers OF the North
she has only presern ed a few OF the
gigantic mammals that seons and
aeons ago trod this earth OF ours.
Men in every age have tried. but
none Of them have presented a practI-
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AIDED Photography.

7 invented the nonhaIation plate.
enabling photographers to take pic
tur6 against the light" he said, shak-
ing his head sagely, and ! told q
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'NIan and Superman better and be real gold statue
if he ybarc in his tastes Silver and bronze are open
to the modest and less wealthy for it costs good
sized fortune to hand down your shape to posery turned
into gold.
This boon to humanity and achievement of a people
that loves to spend its coin given the world by
Chicago letter carrier David Block As he tramped the
streets delivering letters and bordering upon the vanity
and changeableness of human afairs-for today man
fourishes and tomorrow he is notebook conceived the
idea that he wanted to do something for the generations
that viii come after him. As he walked block after block
Block pondered and pondered At night weak and weary,
he pondered Per many volume of forgotten lore until the
idea struck him.
Block is something of electrical engineer and once
he had the goal for which to strive he set to work To
not DEATH but the natural processes Of dsntegra-
ton, Blocks idea Embaming is not original besiG
it died with the PharaOhs and mummy has small $
thec value Indeed it apt to the children if left
standing around, so Block began lines He would
turn his corpse into a statue.
After eight years of patient research and experimental
ton Block has perfected his method announced it to the
world and rscass scientists say that his scheme prac
tcabe I'm a modest home made laboratory his dwelling
40 Plum street. Block worked the scheme which he has
given the world.
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come part and parcel Of the receiving
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Page Three
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he up-to-datetwentieth century corpse need
not go into ode cole, cole groun' " as
''massa' " did, nor if he wishes to stay
around the premises when this earth is
through with him, need he turn into an
old-fashioned haunt, and cause his heirs
great property loss. He can even go The
deputy assistant hero of Bernard Shaw's
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-15
THE METHODISTS
IN CONFERENCE
BISHOP MOORE OF PORTLAND,
ADDRESS THIS EVENING.

The conference of Methodists of the
islands will open at the local church
on Beretania street tomorrow morn
ing, at $50, with prayer by the Rev.
G. Motokawa, followed by an address
by Bishop David H. Moore, of Port
land, Oregon, who is here to preside
over the conference Representatives
from the forty-five or more Methodist
churches or other stations throughout
the islands are here to attend the ses-
sions. Bishop Moore was given a re-
ception last night at the parsonage
where he was received by the Rev. and
Mrs. Crane and many others. He will
deliver an address at the church this
evening.
The conference will last until Sun
day evening, when it will close with
union services in Central Union
church, Bishop Moore preaching. Or
Sunday the services will be begun will
an open air service at sunrise, OF
Punchbowl, J. H. Martin leading, ant
there will be open air meetings In thu
afternoon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-15
To JAIL To
AVOID SUICIDE
CHINESE TELLS POLICE HE IS
DESPONDENT AND MIGHT COM
NIT HARlKARI.

A Chinese who has an interest in
the new Chinese restaurant on Bethel
and Hotel streets, in Kiley's old place,
went to the police station last night
and asked to be locked up.
Chief of Detectives Taylor was natu-
rally curious as to the reason of the
self-sought incarceration.
The Chinese said he was afraid
somebody would kill him. Later he
admitted that if he was not locked up
he would take his own life.
For a little while he was accom-
modated with a cell and some consola-
ton, being turned loose with bright
er prospect.
He has been worrying over money
matters and regrets putting his money
into the restaurant, now having a
inconsistencies and desiring to go home
to China.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT or THE
First Circuit, Territory OF Hawaii
At Chambers.-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Fred
erick Wundenberg, Deceased.
Order OF Notice of Hearing Petition
for Probate Of VIII.
A Document purporting to be the
Last Will and Testament OF Frederick
Wundenberg, deceased, having on the
18th day OF January, A. d. 1908, been
presented to said Probate Court, and
a Petition for Probate thereof, praying
for the issuance of Letters Testa-
mentary to Elsie NJ Wundenberg, hay
ing been filed by her.
1t is Ordered, that Monday, the oath
day of February, A. d. 1908, at 3
o'clock a. N. OF said day, at the Court
Room OF said Court at Honolulu, be
and the same is hereby appointed the
time and place for proving said Will
and hearing said application.
1t is Further Ordered, That notice
thereof be given, by publication, once
week for three successive weeks, in
the Hawaiian Star newspaper, the
last publication to be not less thar
ten days previous to the time therein
| appointed for hearing.
| Dated at Honolulu, January 10, 1908
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, JR.,
Second Judge of the Circuit Court O
the First Circuit.
Attest:
JOHN MARCALLINO, Clerk
Kinney d Marx, Attorneys for Peti
toner.
4ts-Iau. IS. %, 20, Feb. ;.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-15
TAKE 0ATHS AGAIN

Governor Frcar and Secretary Mott
Smith this morning tor q second time
since their incumbency i'm office, took
the prescribed oaths of such positions.
This was for The reason that they nave
heretofore been acting on vacation
commissions which are good only UNI
III the Senate has had a chance u APP
prove them When this has been done
a new commission is issued for four
years from the time of the approval
In the case Of the Governor and Sec
rotary this date is December 18th, and
their terms will continue four years
from that time. The oaJhs We're ad-
ministered by Chief Justice Hdrtwed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-15

PAYMENT
sPBECKELs FAMILY PUT ur 3COl25
INTEREST ON THE COMPANY
BONDS.

SAN FRANCISCO. January at
The last minute on saturday John ID.
Spreckels and the other members of
his family who own the Oceanic Steam
ship Company paid the S9O125 of semi
annual interest ON the S2,IOj.OOO oil
bonds of the company, for which they
have been i'm default since July /, 1907
But for the payment the bondnolders
would have ON next Monday taken
charge of the five steamers and other
property of the company for the pro
lection of their interests
At the minute the Spreckels people
paid the six months delaulJing bond
interest they also went into default
fer the semi-anuual interest due yes
terday They nave six months in
which to pay this sum before the bond
holders can act.
The SpreckeIs people hope that Con
gress will at this session, ON account
of President Roosevelts favorable re-
commentator in his message, adopt
a HIlll SuInlhN bAll WHICH, Will NAdbaN
them to rehabilitate their Australian
service. They abandoned the latter
service about a year ago. but still
maintain a service to Honolulu and
Tahiti.
In addition to the bonds the Oceanic
Company has outstanding 26,353 shares
of stock, which have no market quota
ton All of this stock is held by the
Spreckels family now, hundreds OF
people on this coast having parted
with their shares because of the as.
sessments before the big fire. The
Oceanic Company lost over $4,000 600
Many owners of stock paid some OF
the assessments and then had to part
with their stock through sheer neces-
sity. Their stock was bought in at de-
linCuent sale by the Spreckels people