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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-25

A Japanese from Maui who was, Wis
iting the city, tumbled of a Rapid
Transit car at the corner of Pensn
cola street last Sunday, his coat catch
ing some passengers foot as he was
trying to alight He received a cut on
his head and was taken to the hos
pital, but his injury was not serious,
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Cairo Named For a Crow.

Cairo received it's name from the &C.
cidental settling of a crow upon a GER
tain string. The naming of the place
dates from the year 969, when Goher,
a Tunis general, invaded Egypt and
prepared TO found a new city there.
1.-THE architect. having made arrange
ments for laying the first stone of the
new wall, waited for the fortunate
moment, which was to be shown by
the astrologers pulling a cord extend
ing to a considerable distance from the
spot. A certain crow, however. who
had not been taken into the council Of
the wise men. perched upon the cord.
which was shaken by his weight, and
the architect, s%upposing that the ap-
pointed signal had been given, COM
menced his work accordingly. From
this unlucky omen and the vexation
felt by those concerned the epithet of
Kahira (the vexatious or unlucky) was
added to the name of the city. Masr
ell Kahira, meaning the unlucky city
Of Egypt" Kahira in the Italian pro.
nunciation has been softened into Cal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-07
Submarine Cables.

The very first suggestion that was
over made about a submarine cable
was that made in the year 1895 by the
Spaniard Saliva before the Academy of
Sciences at Barcelona. Two years later
Saliva proposed to connect Barcelona
and the island Of Majorca by a sub
marine telegraph line. In 1903 Aldinf.
nephew of the celebrated Calvin, made
some interesting experiments In the
transmission of electric signals under
the sea near Calais. France. In 1872
schilling ignited powder by electricity
transmitted through a submarine wire
under the Neva. neal st. Petersburg.
John Sharpe in 1918 transmitted cleo
tric signals through seven miles of In
sulated subaqueous wire. It was not
till 1888 that it was demonstrated that
submarine telegraphy was practicable.
In 1843 Samuel Colt was operating sub
marine. cables between New York city.
Coney Island and Fire island. In 1851.
the first important submarine telegraph
was opened for business by a company
Of French and English capitalism
New York American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-07
Because Washington Dead.

One of the most impressive of the
ceremonies prescribed i'll the chapter
on "Honors and Distinctions" Of the
United States navy regulations is that
to be followed when a vessel of the
navy, on its way up or down the Po-
tomac river, passes Washington's tomb
at Mount Vernon. Unfortunately the
observance of this ceremonial is limit.
ed to smaller ships, as for such only
is the Potomac at this point navigabJe.
The smaller cruisers and gunboats that
occasionally visit Washington for pres
idential Inauguration or similar events
observe the ceremonial SO strictly that
1t would seem through in%frequent oc-
currence 1t gains in interest. When
any naval vessel approaches Mount
Vernon the marine guard and the band
are paraded, the ships bell is tolled
and the colors half masted. When OPP
posite Washington's tomb the bugles
sound ''taps," the marine guard pre-
sents arms, and all officers and men
stand at attention and salute.-Har.
pers Weekly
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-07
TITS NOTHING SHORT OF B1AcKMA11."

that Rhoda would never marry with
out his permission. and Dick had just
come from the library. still smarting
under the injustice Of his dismissal.
Rand did not linger long with Rhoda.
he was afraid that he might be led
into some injudicious speech. and pres
emily he left the house and made his
way downtown. He dropped into the
Frivolity, the vaudeville theater. Ben
Graham, the manager, was an old
chum, and Dick frequently dropped
in to carry him off to supper after the
performance.
Tonight he found Graham busy ut a
typewriter. "Just a minute" called
the manager as he looked up from
his work. ''I'm writing the home Of
fee. Go inside and look at the pic
lures"
'1'm tired of pictures," declared
Dick, but he stepped through the door
leading to the auditorium and leaned
against the rail at the rear of the seats
watching the motion pictures.
He became so engrossed that he did
not realize Graham's approach until
the lights went up and the audience
began to stream up the aisles. Ora
ham waited for the house to be closed
and then led the way cross the street
to their favorite haunt.
Dicks gloominess had disappeared,
and for an hour or more he sat at the
table laughing and Joking in a manner
far from suggestive Of a lover who
has Just been told that he must not
wed the girl Of his heart.
Horace Hartsell was far more
ried than was Rand. When business
took him to New York he sent Rhoda
to VISIT relatives until his return and
then hurried home because q friend
wrote him that Dick had left town.
But Rhoda was safe at her aunt's.
and Dick did not return for ten days.
When he did come. he was nor jaunty
than ever. and there was something
positively gleeful in his manner when
he dropped into Horace Hartselrs law
Office the day following his arrival.
He found the lawyer just about to
leave for home, and together they de-
scended to the street in the tiny ele-
yator.
"Come over to the Frivolity," plead
~ DIT "e f',"v reached the sidewalk.
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How He Kept Faith.

He is q very small boy. but he has
a very much smaller sister. a wee
baby. who arrived only a few weeks
ago. The small boy was delighted.
Never had he seen anything 10 little
or so interesting.
Could the baby see, could she hear.
could she eat. did she have teeth, and
why didn't she talk and walk? Those
were a few of the questions he asked.
Answers not being altogether salts
factory, he began a personal investiga-
ton. He opened the baby's eyes when
she was asleep to see where her eyes
had gone to anyway; he opened her
mouth In search of teeth. and it was
here that the family came to the res
cue, and the small boy vas told that
he could visit his baby sister
without clasping his hands closely be-
hind him.
"He loves the baby SO that he stands
by the half hour just looking at her."
said the proud mother of both young
sters to a visitor. "And he is SO hon
orable that he never thinks of taking
his hands from behind his back. Just
come and see him now" But as the
two entered the nursery mamma gave
a wild scream as she rushed for her
baby.
There was the small boy, his hands
clasped tightly behind his back. to be
sure. but the baby not having respond
ed to his challenge to play he had
taken her silence for consent and was
humping heads with her.-New York
Times. /.
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A FELONY.
BY Colin s. Collins.
Copyrighted. 1905. by Homer sprague.

W
Il don't see why your father objects
to me-" cried Dick Rand. I'm sure he
cannot object to my character, my
business position or my social stand
ing, and he admits that he liked me un
til l asked his permission to marry
you"
"He still likes you" explained Rho
da earnestly. Its simply that he
does not want me to get married, Dick
You see, he wants me home with him.
"That's just what l want" said Dick
v%iciously. 1--WE some rights in this
matter. OF course l don't blame him
for wanting you, too. but you can't be
expected to become an old maid just
because your father wants you to re.
main single"
Il should not marry without his con.
sent" she said softly.
you'll marry and with his full con
sent if | have to waylay him with a
gun some dark night and cry Your
daughter or your life at him." de.
clared Dick. with a chuckle.
Rhoda did not share his mirth. Hor.
ace Hartsell, her father. was a stub,
born man. not easily moved from a de.
| cision. When she was seventeen. he
had declared that Rhoda was far toe
young to marry, and to that declara.
ton he had chung. though khoda was
now twenty-five.
More than n aspiring sutton had
been warned off by the gruff old man,
whose tenderness exhibited itself only
In an engrossing affection for his
daughter.
Long before an interest had really
developed into love other eligible
young men had been scared off, but
with Richard Rand these tactics were
unavailing. He loved Rhoda, and he
was as determined to win her as was
her father that she should not be won.
Mr.. Hartsell had exhausted all OF
his customary expedients long since,
and for the first time a young man had
been able to gain Rhoda's love and
her consent to marriage.
Hartsell had taken a grim satisfac-
ton i'll refusing his sanction. He knew
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THANK GOD YOU ARE sAFE!" up CRIED

THANK GOD YOU ARE SAFE!" HE CRIED
| cheer warmed his heart as he ap-
| preached it in the winter evenings.
And the Porter house was at the very
top of the hill, where it could be seen
for miles around.
Tonight the brilliant lights brought
no suggestion of warmth and cheer to
| Harvey. Indeed be did not notice the
lights save to wonder in which room
Amy might be.
The chances were that she was in the
music room, from which shone the
softer lights of shaded lamps. She
might be sitting there playing softly to
herself the old airs that she loved SO
we'll. He, too, loved to sit quietly,
listening to the old melodies and en-
joying the CLINT of lamplight on the
brown hair and the soft warmth of
flesh tones.
But that was all over now. Never
again would he sit there in the music
room. The old songs that she loved tc
Groom would no longer bring him pleas.
ure. They could only serve now to re-
call the happy days of the past. for he
and Amy had quarreled and parted
with the vow that the other must be
the first to ask pardon.
He was certain that he would v
| acknowledge a fault Of which he was
not conscious, and he knew equally
| we'll that it would he idle to expect her
to speak first.
He looked out across the fields and
vaguely planned to go on a trip. He
| did not know where he wanted to go,
but it should be where he would never
even hear of Brookfeld again. He
could never live on there, passing Amy
every day and never speaking.
In a sudden frame of anger he de.
clared he was glad it was all over. He
was glad that he was free to go width.
er he might. But his eyes turned long
ingly toward the house on the hill
even as he mentally recited his decla.
ration Of independence.
And as he looked there came a fash
Of binding light, followed by a rosy
glare, and presently a cloud of smoke
drifted above the house, cleaning
white as it scared into the moonlight
above the shadow Of the roof. A fire
had been started, probably by the ex-
plost5a of a lamp.
With no thought Of the quarrel, Har-
vey caught up his hat and coat and
| dashed out of the house. There was a
| short cut across the fields, and he
made for the gap in the hedge through
which he wa accustomed to slip. It
cut half a mile off the trip to the
house, and he could cover the distance
in five minutes, though it was a steep
climb in places.
As he ran he thought Of a thousand
possible accidents. but always Amy
was the central figure in the tableau
Of horror. He could see her wrapped
in flaming oil soaked garments. He
could see the whole house ablaze
through the explosion Of the boiler
that fed the heating system, with
Amy covering at the top of the blaz
ing stairway.
His active brain devised a hundred
horrors as he rushed blindly on. A
clump of frs cut of his view Of the
house. and he could see nothing above
| the dark shadows of the grove.
The crust was hard and slippery.
More than once he went crashing to his
knees, only to pick himself up and hur-
ny onward. He had almost gained the
thicket Of frs and was climbing
through the last tangle Of brush against
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-07
A WOMAN'S
WAY.
BY Gertrude james.
Copyrighted, 1908. by E. G. PARCEL.

The Jim Crow mine had been shut
down. for repairs. and it's engineer.
Frank Burton, was free to take q va
cation. His sister, Olive, had come on
from New York to join him in the out
ing, and young Taylor and Williams
were to make up the quartet for a
mountain camp.
When supper had been eaten one
night at Andy's stage house, halfway
on the journey to the site selected, and
while the night grew blacker and the
rain fell steadily, all sat in the room
which was Office, bar and smoking
room combined.
BY and by the girl was asked to
sing. There were the grim mountains
shutting them in. There were the black
night and the falling rain. There was
the feeling, at least on her part, that
she was shut out from the world.
These things sobered her. She felt the
awe of them, and after q bit she softly
sang:
Nearer, my God. to thee, nearer to thee,
Fen though it be a cross that raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer. my God. to thee;
Nearer. my God, to thee;
Nearer to. thee"
No one sang with her. The hymn
was a surprise to all, aver to herself.
The last words were dying away when
from the veranda in front and through
the open door and window came the
second verse, in. a rich, deep voice, of
that hymn which has made more wom-
en- weep and more men reflect than
any other written by human hand.
Every one looked up, but no one
moved hand or foot.
When the singer had finished, they
heard a light step on the veranda, the
creak Of a saddle, and there was no
longer any m outside. There were
only the darkness and the pouring
rain.
MY poor house is honcred tonight"
said the landlord. with a laugh. First,
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Harvey Fire
By Lula JobnSon.
Gonurinhtod 1NOa nv C II Sufcliffa.
BY Lulu Johnson.
Copyrighted, 1908, by c. H. sutcline.

Under the winter moon the snow
cleaned as brilliantly as If some giant
hand had s%prinkled powdered dia-
monds upon the smooth, white crust.
Here and there gaunt, naked trees
spread black shadows, and the lines of
fence blocked the glittering expanse
into regular squares.
But the beauty of a perfect night was
lost on Harvey Grantley as he stood In
the library window peering through
the frosted glass.
Harvey saw only the big house on
the hill. with it's lights cleaning
through the great windows. The own
er of that house, Burden Porter, had a
fancy for leaving the curtains up SO
that the lights might stream out I'M
checked by holland shade or damasi
fabric.
He liked to see the place ablaze with
light at night, and the suggestion Of
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SION"
the lady from New York; second, Hap
py Harry. If I had champagne I'd
open a BOTTLE"
"Happy Harry, the road agent"
shouted all the men in chorus.
"The same. He meant to turn In
here, but the sight of the young lady
scared him. A modest and retiring
young man is Harry. l didn't know
before that he could sing. He'll have
to shelter in a gulch somewhere to-
night"
The notes seemed to be echoing
about the room yet and floating out of
door and window to lose themselves
among the crags and peaks and storm
clouds. and the girl sang in a voice
scarcely above a whisper:
"still all my song shall be.
Nearer, my God, to thee;
Nearer. my God. to thee;
Nearer to thee"
HE has held up more stagecoaches
than any other three men combined"
resumed the landlord as he looked
around with something like pride in
his face. "Reg'lar daredevil. but not
bad at heart. Got the birth and breed
ing Of u straight out tof. Guess he
amt In the business for money. but
out of recklessness. You can gamble
that he's got a history back in the
east somewhere"
Then you don't call him a real bad
man?" asked the girl somewhat anx-
lousy.
BLESS your heart, miss. but could a
real bad man sing that there hymn
with the feeling he did? There was
almost a sob in his throat as he fin
ished. and wild horses couldn't have
dragged him in here to show his feel
ings. They'll catch or kill him sooner
or later, and I for one shall be sorry
for it."
For an hour the talk ran on about
the man who had. come and gone SO
mysteriously, and the girl was a silent
and sober listener. The wind had
risen to a gale, and the door and win
dow had to be closed against the driv-
Ing rain.
She was thinking Of the loneliness
and discomfort Of him they talked Of
Of what he, was and what he might
have been. Then when some n re-
marked the lateness OF the hour MISS
Olive walked to the window q
..Ns Wsgtg WiEAntEF1 fAL ..tt/ -sr.h-FI
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23
raft's Daughter Hazed.

Philadelphia.-Helen Taft, daughter
of the Republican candidate, and
freshman at Bryn Mawr. was hazed
in great shape by the college sopho-
mores, Sunday evening, according to
revelations made later. Among the
things Miss Taft was forced to do and
to which she gamely submitted were
these: Had to eat supposed chocolate
creams, filled with lard; forced to
sweep the floor of her room. holding
the broom In her teeth; obliged to
mount table and make rip-roaring
speech for Bryan. her hearers all the
time crying ''louder! louder!," and
walked through the halls Of the dor.
mitory and made to give three cheers
for Bryan on penalty Of being thrown
into the campus pond.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23
sisters sanltarIum for Boulder.

Denver.-A Boulder special to the
Republicans Wednesday says: Father
Agatha OF the Sacred Heart church Of
Boulder today announced that the Sis
ters of Mercy would build large hos
pital at Boulder. Several Sisters Of
Mercy were here yesterday and were
taken about the city, and this morn
ing Father Agatha announced that 1t
had been decided to locate the hospital
in this city. He states that it will be
a large affair and will probably be pri-
marily intended for the treatment of
tuberculosis, though all cases will be
received.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
MAKES HALF MILLION
REDUCTION.
TAX FORTY COMPANIES
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF COR.
p. RATloNs OVER FIFTY MIL
LION DOLLARS.

Denver.-A reduction IN Valuation OF
half million dollars has been made by
the state board of equalization on the
corporate property returned to 1t for
purposes OF assessment. The board
made its total valuation last spring.
subject to such changes as 1t might de-
termine upon after hearing protests
from the various corporations on their
valuations.
Hearings on the protests filed have
been heard from time to time. begin
ming In August, and after listening to
all the complaints the board made its
changes. The total assessment for the
year 1908 as finally fixed and an
nounced is $52,07s,1s7.
The lucky companies were the I'm
ion Pacific. Midland, Denver & Rio
Grande. Colorado & Southern, Cripple
Creek Short Line and Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe railroads. and the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
companies. These companies based
their protests on high levies from a
comparative standpoint, duplication of
assessments on rolling stock on joint
lines, decrease In valuations in coun-
ties through which they operated, etc.,
etc.
The Denver & Rio Grande road re-
ceived a reduction close to 100000.
based mainly ON double assessments
and the fact that in certain counties
through which 1t operates valuations
had been considerably reduced. The
Union Pacific was allowed credit be-
tween $4,000 and $12, 900 on account of
a little branch road 1t operates near
Boulder. The Santa Fe did not fare
as well, proportionately. as other COM
panies, but 1t will not have to pay on
as much property as at first scheduled
by from 100000 to $4,000. The Mid
land and Rio Grande reductions came
about largely through an excess Of as
sessment on rolling stock on joint
line between Glenwood Springs and Ri
fle. The reduction in the valuation Of
the Short Line property was made for
the reason that valuations In Teller
county have been greatly reduced and
the earnings OF the road affected by .
decrease in business
Following are the railroad assess
ments on the forty railroad companies
listed:
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

And here Is Lieut.-Gen. Josceline
Heneage Wodehouse, ex-governor of
Bermuda, frankly testifying that the
Bermudians are far behind US in the
culivation Of the onion. As for the
bermuda lily, 1t long since yielded
precedence to more beautiful Easter
decorations of home cultivation. What
n there left of the ancient glorY Of
Bermuda but its salubriousness IS a
winter resort?
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23
Rapid Sugar Making.

Denver.-A Longmont dispatch Wed.
nesday says: Last night the sugar fac.
tory sliced and worked up 800 tons OF
beets. This would be at the rate OF
1000 tons in twenty-four hours. The
beets are coming to the factory at the
rate of over 200 tons day and 1t is ex-
pected that the campaign will last as
long as last season, when 1t ended in
March.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

The women's citizen committee OF
Newport, Del. are renewing their ac-
tivities in behalf Of better sanitation
for their town. In 1899 and 1900 these
women raised fund to put the town
in sanitary condition. Now they
find that the men have failed to keep
the town in proper shape. so they
have started work again.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

Prince Henry, brother of the Ger
man emperor, has invented an auto
matte window-washer. 1t is not for
the relief of tired housewives. as one
might at first suppose, but is to keep
the rain wiped OF the glass wind
break on the front of automobiles, so
that the driver can see the road before
him in storm-a sort of royal win
dow-wAsher.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

Since the war the great Nitsui Trad
ing Company of Japan has done an
annual business of $100.000.000 with
Europe, America. Australia and Asia.
Scattered over the world the com
pany has rs Offices and 1900 en-
ployes. The company and its busi-
ness are to be reorganized to suit the
changed conditions.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

Aeronauts are making wonderful
flights these days. and expect mishaps
and even failures. That more of them
do not lose their lives seems wonder
In view of the big chances they take
with uncertain airships.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

This Is about the first summer that
we have not had worlds fair
somewhere, but we do not seem to
miss 1t. Nobody, so far as we know.
il rising up and shouting in a loud.
insistent voice: "Give us worlds
fair or give US DEATH" As people we
may not be easily satisfied, but we do
appear to know when we have had
enough worlds fairs.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

The first woman trained nurse for
the navy has been appointed. Hence
forth the naval hospital will lose half
Its terrors. while cases of heart trou-
BILE among the sailor boys are expect
ed to develop with alarming fire.
quency.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

A steamer has arrived at New York
with . cargo Of Christmas toys. Now
10 the time to begin to do your Christ
mas shopping.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

Consul Hunter Sharp of Kobe ad-
vises that the value of the raw cotton
imported into Japan during the first
three months Of 1908 was $1S.249, ,446.
against $18,312,576 during the same
period last year. Owing to trade de-
preston there is congestion in
stocks,
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

Many of the Japanese porcelain
factories are not paying expenses. and
production has been reduced by 80
to 40 per cent. In Tsu-maki-mura 2S
Of the 80 porcelain factories have sus-
pended. owing to the decrease In
American and Chinese imports.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

The editor of the Berkshire Eagle
Of Pittsfield. who said the other day
that 1t Is now as hard to lend money
as 1t was to get a loan last winter,
has probably already noticed re-
markable increase In his daily mail.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

New York is going to have the larg-
est apartment house in the United
States. with fats for 1913 families.
The janitor will be retired major
general of course.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-23

Now a prominent botanist comes
forward with the assertion that plants
have memories, form habits and can
respond to moods. Next. the oyster
and the clam will be discovered to be
susceptible Of mad passion.