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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-30
lEE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
Limited,
41Ao OFFICE. YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies:

bI"Hches aHd ABehCIes'
Toxic, Kobe, Osaka, Nagasah, Lon
don, Lyons. New York, San Francisco,
Bombay, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Han
kow, Chefoo. Tientsin, Picking, New
chang, Dalny, Port Arthur, Antung
Hsien, Liaoyang, Mukden, Tienling,
ChunRchun.
The bank buys and receives for col
lection bills Of exchanges, issues Drafts
and Letters Of Credit, and transacts a
general banking business.
Honolulu Branch o. King Street
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-30
j. A. THOMPSON.

CLERK.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be
full true and correct copy Of the
original summons Herein issued and
on file I'm this Court
Dated December goth, 1907
], A, THOMPSON. Clerk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-30
MORE CHUNpS.

Count B0ni should remomD.. that
there are more where Anna Gould
came lrom.-Clcveland Leader
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-30
AN EXPENSIVE AGE.

This Is such an expensive age that
a man can't even try suicide without
being fined for it.-New York Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
John wcaIex,s Prescription.

"Here is a rare little book" said a
Methodist local preacher. ut is John
Wesley's Primitive Physick.' Wesley
dabbled in medicine, setting a fashion
that has not yet died out. Did you
ever know a Methodist minister who
didn't dabble in medicine"
The full title Of the volume was
Primitive Physick; or, An Easy and
Natural Method OF Curing Most Dis
cases." The local preacher said that
he had paid $40 for the book, but that
as a medical work It was not really
worth 40 cents To show the weak
ness Of John Wesley's doctoring he
quoted the following consumption cure
every morning cut up little turt
Of fresh earth and, lying down, breathe
into the hole for a quarter Of an hour.
1 have known deep consumptive cured
thus. New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
FOR THE CHILDREN
Rews 1 Of Kindness.

A pretty German story relates how
one day a little girl named Jeanette
witnessed a great army review. Thou.
sanfI of spectators crowded around
the stand before which the emperor
was to watch the passing regiment.
While jeanette was seated on the
stand she saw feeble old woman try
ing very hard to get where she could
see. The little German girl felt very
uncomfortable to think that she should
have such a nice position while the
poor, feeble old lady must stand in the
crowd The child's conscience gave her
no rest until she changed places with
the elderly person. But while Jeanette
was standing upon her tiptoes, trying
in vain to see, a courtier of the en-
peror, covered with gold lace, elbowed
his way to her side and said, ''Little
girl, her majesty would be glad to see
you in the royal box" When the
abashed child stood before the empress
she graciously said: "Come here, my
daughter, and sit with me. l saw you
give up your place to the old woman,
and now you must sit by my side"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03

A white horse, tired Of having to be
around every time a red headed girl
was seen and filed with deep disgust
when a policeman fired at him with
out hitting him, committed suicide,
according to story told in north st.
Louis.
The white horse was found wander
ing at Eleventh and Howard streets.
Nobody claimed it. and the police of
the North Market street police station
didn't know what to do with it until
John BlOemecke, a teamster. at Ninth
and North Market streets. came to the
rescue.
''I'H feed the nag and put meat on
its bones if you'll let Inc use it until
you find the owner" he said.
His offer was accepted. For two
weeks he kept the horse. but he
couldn't make it feel its oats. The
more he fed it the thinner it got. 1t
was too weak to work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Character Game.

ALI the players sit around in cir
Gle. The player who first thinks of an
interesting character in one of Grimm's
fairy tales or in "Alice In Wonder
land" or any other book that is quite
familiar to all the players sits on the
floor within the circle and begins to
describe the character. The other
children listen carefully, and the first
one who thinks he has guessed the
character sits on the floor beside the
other and continues to describe the
character. If he has guessed rightly
and is correct in his description the
first player allows him to go on de-
Scribing, but if he is mistaken the
first player Shoes him out Of the game.
As soon as a child thinks he has
guessed the character he sits ON the
door and tells what he knows of the
character, and so it goes on till all
the children are sitting on the floor
except those who have guessed wrong,
and they are all driven out of the
game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
ADJUSTED HIS CANE.
Then the Man From Berlin Explains :
Why He Did 1t.

why TIC Liz tls
A man stood before a shop window
with his cane sticking out from under
his arm. A stout, blond gentleman il
passing struck the cane smartly with
his own, restoring it from it's oostr2:c
tive horizontal position to the props.
vertical one.
''Say, what's the matter with YOU
You're the freshest guy l ever saw
Are you looking for trouble?"
Thus said the man whose cane baO
been tapped But he who had tappet
it, speaking with German accent. an
swered gently:
''Why. sir. did nothing but restore
your cane to it's right inclination. All
sently you were holding it under you.
arm. 1t was jabbing people in til"
breast. the back. even the eye. aud We
you meant no harm.
swell. stopped that nuisance which
you were unconsciously committing II
Berlin it is the custom always to ste
it so. And no one takes offense. Ca
the contrary. in Berlin the correction is
received with smile and a word OF
thanks. Isn't it so here?"
''No, it isn't" said the other. ''but i,
should be- thank you, sir, myself, and
apologize New York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Names of Flowers.

It is Interesting to know how certain
flowers got their names. Many were
named after individuals. For instance,
fuchsias were so called because they
were discovered by Leonard Fuchs
Dahlias were named for Andre Dahl,
who brought them from Peru. The
camellia was so called for a missionary
named Kamel, who brought some mag
nifcent specimens of the flower to
France from japan. He called it the
rose Of Japan, but his friends changed
it to cameIlia. Maglolias were named
in honor of Professor Magnol de Mont
pellier, who first brought the beautiful
tree to France from America and Asia
Because they trembled with the wind
is the meaning Of anemones. The Lat
in word to wash is lavare, and laven~
der received its name because the Ro
mans put the flowers into the water
when they washed to perfume their
hands.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03

While Mrs. Alice Thaxton slept with
her babe cuddled in her arms a big
black cat which has long been regard
ed as an i'll omen by superstitiously in
clIned persons in the neighborhood
sucked away the life's breath of the
infant
Mrs. Thaxton's slumber WIS broken
by the purring of the cat. which stood
in the coverlet with one paw on the
tender throat of the baby. The moth
er, almost frantic. grabbed tho cat and
Jung it to the floor.
Surprised that it had not awakened
her tiny daughter, she turned on the
light to investigate She found the
child dead The cat had sucked away
the baby's breath until Il expired It
is believed that the baby had Just
breathed its last when Mrs. Tbaxtcn
awOlle.
The singular tragedy occurred recent
" III the ThaxtOn home, 500 Morning.
side avenue. PsttsbUrg. Mrs. Thaxton
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03

between the United states ana cana
da at the Germantown Pa.) Cricket
club recently one of the players who
were numbered among the visitors wore
q large brimmed straw hat. Bat In
hand, he sauntered from the club
h0use, preparing to go on the field
ready to try for gOod stand before
the wfckets. One of the spectators,
around whom was gathered bevy Of
young girls who were discussing ev-
erything but cricket, espied the noble
figure walking out to the crease and
thought he would perpetrate a little
joke for the amusement of his giCl
friends. "Ah, here he comes" he
said, ''to take his innings! See nae
call him down, girls" Shouting at the
top Of his voice. the would be joker
said, 81 say, you, haven't you stolen
the donkey's bedding?" ''Yes," came
back the prompt reply in still louder
voice. "But don't worry, my lad. Yen
can have it back when I'm Out!'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
White Horse Ends His Life.
He Got Tired Being around Every Time Fed Headed Girl APP
peared, According to Story Told In North st. Louis.

I'm tired of paying for a dead
horse" said Bbemecke to Captain
PickeI. Come around and take him
off my hands"
Captain Pickel had no use for the
tanned, unfiery steed.
''Go over and shoot him." he said to
Patrolman Crow.
The horse stood in Bloemecke's yard
anC listlessly looked at the policeman
as he drew his revolver Crow ad.
vanced, held the weapon foot from
the horses neck and pulled the trigger.
The doomed nag dropped, and the
bullet went whizzing over its head.
1t turned and looked at Crow with a
sneer. 1t reared. jumped straight up
in the air, dived and struck the ground
on its head.
It's neck was broken. Bloemecke is
quite sure that the. horse committed
suicide rather than stand around and
let Crow empty his revolver at ii.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03

him, went home. Only the gravedig-
ger remained, and he hurried to fill
up the grave before nightfall. Sud-
denly he was Mortified to hear a dull
sound come from the earth he had
Just thrown in. 1t stopped, and. think
ing his nerves were getting the better
of his reason, he went on with his
work. Again the noise began. and this
time he felt sure that 1t sounded as if
the dead mans soul were trying to get
out of the coffin.
Instead of uncovering the earth and
opening the coffin. he gave n shrek of
fear. threw down his space an ran to
the head of the village 81 ,:c!i what he
was to do. Unhappiiy. the head of
the village-a man named Kusek-was
as stupid as the graEedigger All the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
THE HALL OF FAME.

Judge Levine of Cleveland, O., has
ruled that a wife Is entitled to ice
cream occasionally if she wants it.
John Duncan of the Manchester
On. H. fire department recently picked
up a copper coin dated 1706 on the
river bank on land once a part Of the
General Stark farm.
The grandfather Of Israel TuttIe Of
Rochester, n. H., was Revolutionary
soldier, and his father fought in the
second war with Great Britain. Mr..
futile himself is ninety-one years Old.
One of the most skiIlful pianists in
western Massachusetts is Warren B.
Russell of Sunderland, who for fifty
years has given lessons in pianoforte.
organ in his church.
Daniel Peters, known as the only
thoroughbred Indian In Grafton Mass,
passed his ninety third birthday recent
ly. He is in good health and is able to
be about every day. He has lived in
Grafton nearly fifty years:
Perhaps society will follow the lead
Of Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer, Cruger, who
in the formal announcement Of her
marriage to young Wade Chance. for
merly of Canton, o., and now of Lon
don, reversed the usual order and pat
the brides name first.
After waiting thirty-two years ex-
Sergeant Alexander Goodall of Dun
bar England, late Of the Royal artil-
lery, has received intimation that his
pension is to be increased by 10 cents
a day for gallantry in the Crimea and
that he is to get an annuity of $50.
Professor E. D. Campbell, director Of
the chemical laboratories in the Uni
versity of Michigan, lost his sight
eighteen years ago through an acct
dent In spite of his aff1iction he has
taken a high place in education and
has made original researches of much
value, especially in the chemistry of
iron and cement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
The Letters He Dictated.

"Well, goodby, dear said Mr.. True
boy to his beloved spouse. II must go
and dictate those letters-twenty-s OF
them-so you mustn't expect me home
very early"
Gail right" was the response. Bur
] wish you wouldn't work so hard"
Half an hour later Mr.. Trueboy en-
tered his club and sat down, WITH
three others, at a card table.
"Just a moment, you fellows, before
the first hand is dealt I've got to
keep my word with my wife. One o.
you just take down what / dictate: \
c d g h j k m n p q 81
tuvw xyz.' There. those letters are
off nv minC"'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Sucks Away Life's Breath.
Mother Finds Infant Dead From Deadly Trick of Ca-Anma Tried
Same Thing Before on TwO-year-od Boy.

retired with her daughter, when she
was aroused by the whining Of the cat.
After she had made the awful dis
covery Mrs. ThaXton summoned her
husband, John Thaxton, from an adj
joining room Thaxton threw the cat
out the window. 1t has not been seen
in the neighborhood since.
Two weeks ago the same cat was
discovered sucking the breath Of Ar
thur Thaxton. aged two, and the boy
was revived with difficulty.
The death of the Thaxton baby is
one of the only two cases on record in
this country which support the old
German nursery legend. The other
case occurred in GAINESVILLE, Allegheny
county. last January, when Bennenita
NJ. Dein was found in dying condi-
ton with a big cat crouching on her
breast. The coroner's jury at that
time rendered a verdict of ''sufocation
due to a cat sucking breath fEorR the
child"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
NURSERY In A CHURCH.
Fathers and Mothers of Congregation
Delighted With Innovation.

AS Mrs. William Marlborough sat
corner of the new gallery of the Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal church in
Syracuse, n. Y, on a recent Sunday
morning listening to the sermon she
said, This is the first time ever had
any comfort in church" The remark
was prompted by the fact that her lit
tie Dorothy was reposing comfortably
on a soft couch in room adjoining,
aproned maid i'll attendance and plenty
of toys within reach in case she should
want them.
There were other babies, too, and
other mothers sat in the gallery with
in call in case of need, for the Cen
tenary church wants the mothers Of
the congregation to be able to come to
church in peace, and to that end a
nursery for the babies was opened re-
Gently.
The nursery is sound proof and has
accommodations at present for about
eight babies. There is a big couch
where half a dozen good sized infants
can sleep at once and crib where
two more can be slowed away. There
are a supply Of playthings and well
equipped medicine cabinet.
The idea originated with the pastor
of the church, the Rev. Ernest Lynn
Waldorf, and he invites all mothers
with small children to make use of
the nursery whether members Of the
congregation or not.
After service on the first Sunday Of
the new regime the fathers fairly bub-
bled over with enthusiasm. Hereto
fore they had to share with the moth
ers the responsibility Of taking care
Of the baby at church II they canoO to
church at all, and they declared that
it took more virtue out Of them than
any preacher could ever put beck.
They believe now that the fathers and
mothers Of little children will have q
chance to get some religion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
The RIua Whale.

The sulphur bottom, or blue whale,
as it is better called by the Norwe-
gians, is not only the largest living ami
NAL, but the largest that has ever
lived, reaching length of eighty feet
or very rarely little more. Whales
grow much larger than this in books
and newspapers, says the Museum
News, but in actual life not one III a
dozen, even of this species, attains a
length OF eighty feet. The popular
idea of whale is that it is a clumsy
animal; but, as shown by models, it
has the graceful lines of yacht. The
total weight of whale is about sixty
tons, and unusually large and fat in
dividuals must reach at least sixty-five
tons. The largest animal of the past
so far discovered is the great dinosaur
brontosaurus, and this big reptile
weighed about thirtyeight tons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
THE SECOND EMPIRE.
Two Picturesque Episodes In Perioe
CT Unrest.

Two Picturesque Episodes In Period
Ct Unrest.
Walking about the streets s4ding on
buses, junketing up and sown the
river in steamboats,, l was profoundly
struck by the unrest among the peop.a
their intense hatred of emperor and
empress. One day l caught glimpse
Of Rochefort, carried aloft on the
shoulders of mob Of students
thronging the Boulevard Saint Michel
l never saw a man looking SO help
lessly frightened as did the founder
of the Lanterne, then in its prime
Whether he feared the police or fall
l do not know, but his terror was all
ject
In the summer time the emperor
paid a visit to Beauvais. On tbs
chance Of getting material for an az
ticle acceptable in London l journeyed
thither with North Peat, who wen
down as representative of the Morning
Star. The prince imperial accompanie1
the emperor, who drove through living
lanes of people stretching from the
roadway to the open windows of the
topmost chamber. They came to see
but they would not remain to cheer.
The occasion was the presentation OF
prizes gained at the local Lycee. The
head prize was never delivered, the
winner, lad Of fourteen. declining to
accept it from the hand of the hated
emperor.-H. w. Lucy in Cornhill
Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
SURGERY BY ELECTRICITY.
NoiseIess Spark From Knife Point
Said to Excel ScaIpeI.


Surgery by electricity is what is al
legged to be possible with remarkable
electric knife just devised by firm
Of medical instrument manufacturers
in Berlin. The knife is now undergo
ing exhaustive trials at the hands Of
Professor Bier, the head Of the uni
versity surgical clinic, with the view
Of demonstrating its efficacy.
1t is claimed for it that operations
can be performed more quickly and
that the healing process is more rapid
than is the case where the ordinary
scalpel has been used.
To one end of a six or eight inch
glass rod, through the center of
which passes a conducting wire, is
fastened the blade without a cutting
edge of a form similar to that of the
commonly used surgical knives or like
the simple probe. A high frequency
current is employed, and when this is
turned on noiseless spark half an
inch long appears from the point Of
the knife Or probe. The spark incises
the soft tissues with the same ease as
a hot knife goes through butter with
out any apparent cauterization, but
Professor Bier's experiments have so
far shown that a more profuse hem
orrhage ensues than by the use of the
common knife.
1t is further claimed for the instru-
ment that it sterilizes as it cuts, re
quires no sharpening and can be east
lY cleaned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03

kos soul. which had got out of the
coffin. By the inn he met an excise
man, Jan Wenger, and told him the
story. Wenger, without waiting to
hear the theory of Tymko's soul, pulled
him along and, hurrying to the ceme-
terry. began to uncover the grave as
fast as he could.
When they finally got the coffin up
and opened it terrible sight met their
eyes. The corpse now hay on one
side The left arm, instead of being
crossed with the right over the breast,
was under the head The face was
distorted with TIE agony of this terri
BILE death: tbc whole of the clothing
was torn into shreds, the flesh bruised
and cut from the unfortunate mans
efforts to get out of this living grave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Buried Alive In Coffin.
GaVedgger In Austrian Town Heard Noise Coming From the
CaSket Which He Was Covering, but Was Too
Frightened to Investigate.

Tymko Novak, a GaIician peasant
who owned a small farm I'm the village
of Mackowica, in Austria. lived
through the greatest tragedy of his
life after his funeral, thanks to the
criminal carelessness and stupidity of
three people.
TymkO, an elderly man. died in his
cottage home and was buried in the
neighbOring churchyard with all the
pOmp and ceremony so dear to the
Slavonic mind His family and
friends, having shed their tears over
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03

advice he could give was: Nobody is
allowed to open grave except by
special permission of the gendarmes.
You must go to the gendarmes and
ask them for their permission. But
our friend Tymko Novak must have
committed a great sin if his soul can
not rest quietly in that coffin"
The gravedigger took Kusek's adj
vice and set out to the gendarmes' sta
ton. By this time it was dark, and
the gravedigger hurried on, thinking
he was being pursued by poor lynn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Willie Has Such an Active Brain.

"Was Daniel really such a wise man..
mamma?'' asked Willie thoughtfully.
eyes. dear, as wise almost as Solo,
mon. Willie"
''Well, mother, | bet Solomon would
have done better than Daniel did,. any
way" continued Willie.
''Why. what do you mean, my SON."
''I'll betcher Solomon would have had
sense enough to charge admission
when he went into the lions denp'-
Ladies' Home Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Misuse of the Word "Don't."

A very common error is the use of
the contraction don't" in the singular
number. What would be thought Of a
person that said, "He do not care" 'It
do not make much difference?" And
yet those expressions contain precisely
the blunder that people make when
they say, "He don't care" "It don't
make mitch difference" for don't" as
every one knows without the telling,
is merely a contracted form of ''do
not" How easy it would be to drop
that bad habit and contract the good
one of saying He doesn't care" 81
doesn't make much difference"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
THUMB PRINTS ON PASSES.
Jacob Shubert's Scheme to Keep the
UnpriviIeged Out of Theaters.

J. ]. Shubert of Sam s. & Lee
Shubert has had an imprint Of his
right thumb made. Presently that
thumb mark will appear on the passes
to the Shubert productions, and du-
plicates will be posted in the firms
box oficesssof their theaters. Then
when anybody presents pass the box
Office man will compare the two por-
traits of Mr.. Shubert's thumb and
make sure they are alike.
Mr.. Shubert says New York city Is
overrun with men who forge passes
and sell them as genuine to trustful
theater goers. He expects that the
adoption of the thumb mark system
used by the police in identifying Grim
inals will help to kill the traffic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
RiddIes-New and Old.

Which country ought to be the rich
est in the world? Ireland, for it's cap
ital is always Dublin.
Which are the oldest knives and
forks? Fingers and teeth.
What two animals follow you every.
where? Your calves.
What always weighs the same, wheth-
er larger or smaller? Hole.
Why is mischievous boy like bot.
tie of patent medicine? When taken,
must be well shaken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
seasonabIe Advertisement.

This announcement was seen posted
in Flowerland: mime. Golden has Just
received a fine assortment of dainty
bonnets for fall wear which she offers
to the goldenrods at reasonable prices.
They are made Of the richest of yellow
velvets and shade from golden brown
to light yellow. Call at once at %
Hillside, F1owerland."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-03
Good Family.

"8Iy daughter appears to have mar.
ried very happily" remarked lady.
"Her husband has not wealth. it must
be admitted, but he has family"
"Yes. l heard he was a widower
wi@ six children a neighbor shifted
acridly.