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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17

Speaking before the French Senate
on April 7, Foreign Minister Pinchon
announced that France was supporting
the proposals for Macedonian reform
advanced by Russia, considering them
preferable to those made by Great Bril-
tain. The Minister said further that
France had Joined Russia and Italy
in supporting the Servian demand for
a railroad concession from the Danube
to the Adriatic
Suit for divorce was entered in Es-
sex county Probate Court at Salem,
Mass, April 7, by Mrs. Clara Louise
Won Hermann of Hamilton against her
husband Karl, in which Julia Marlowe,
the actress, is named as the principal
correspondent. The second co-respon-
dent mentioned is Mrs. Maud Thorburn
Backus of Brooklyn.
The British Admiralty is consider
ing the purchase of the two big bat
tleships now being built in England
for Brazil. 1t is certain that Treat
Britain will buy these vessels should
this be the only wey of preventing
their falling into the hands of another
European power.
Troops with which Lisbon swarm
ed since the election rioting on Sun
lace from making fresh demonstra-
tons the following Tuesday evening.
Two hundred arrests were made in ad-
dition to 900 the two previous days.
The prisoners were transferred to a
fortress.
.-s-,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17

1t is holiday today in the Judiciary
building except in the Federal Court,
where Judge Dole is keeping busy list
ening to the reading of testimony in
the libel suit against the schooner A.
j. West.
w. F. Drake, jeremiah w. Doyle and
T. Harding left for Kona on the Mauna
Loa this noon on business of me in
ternal revenue office. Doyle was in
new uniform, with new khaki coat,
leather hat band and boots.
There was an interesting talking
match in the District Court this morn
ing between Attorneys R. w. Breckons
and G. w. Ashford over the C. Winan
case.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17
WHAT WE MAY COME TO.

While talking batehps anticipating that
Oahu will day be impgnabe Gibraltar comes from
London of the invention of which it is claimed will fire shot
from London Paris and do without either smoke noise
Scotcman said be the inventor and according the Washington
Star the report of the invention ustanated by reliable authority
How far this march of warke invention go? Before the
Japanese with Russia remark that modern
engines of destruction becoming deang make
impossible. The showed that this idea falacy but how
which explosive shell three hundred
miles? How far will armies have to keep apart when this invention
further developed? Bateps fight such distances that
the targets small the horizon Possibly mpgnb Oahu
will day bre with guns that destroy approaching fleets
when they far below the rim of the globe be and only
"fe wireless 1t only few steps from this and wireless
deadly long distance power of Buwr
Lytons Coming Race Are going reach stage of domna
ton of the mysterious power of electricity that will equal his dream
and make possible nation declare and in few hours
miles away? Shall begin to substitute
dynamos for armies and fleets?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17

A circular letter to all members of
the clearing house section of the Bank
ers' Association was sent cut from
New York on the 7th by the president
of the clearinghouse section of the as
citation, urging opposition to the Aid
rich bill.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17

This paper not particularly anxious to disturb the dead
and has only made slight the alleged wire
less from the Settlement which intended to cnch things
for the late lamneted.-Adveiser.
Why alleged wireless when the message ITSELF The Star
yesterday, is inspection in the office of the governor?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17

than billion dollars a very prodigious debt for the
United States which long ago passed the billion dollar mark in its
nual budget 1t billion gross but there cash balance in
treasury United States bonds useful
of the country that much smaller than the
present Indebtedness might not be unmxed advantage
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-17

Japan exhibits remarkable recuperatve national nan
the fact that the collection of direct has fifty million
dollars the estimates This result produced by the prompt
with which the people large, practically without delinquent
list paid their personal 1t exhibition of patriotism
of thrift N the part of the Japanese.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
No NAed to Worry.

Mrs. Smith, on retiring to rest
the other night, heard her husband
pacing up and down his dressing
room in an evidently perturbed state
of mind.
"Jack," she called out, "aren't
you coming to bed"
NO." was the curt reply.
Awaking after her first sleep to
find Mr.. Smith still pacing up and
down like Gagged animal, she call
ed out, "Jack, what is the matter "
Matter enough" replied her hus-
band in q Respondent voice. GIVE
got that bill Of Tom Jones' coming
due tomorrow for f500, and I have
not farthing toward itp'
"You stupid fellow! Come to bed
at once! It's Jones who ought to be
walking up and down, not you"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29

fact, he has been their worst en-
emy. Instead of pleading with
them to reconcile themselves; to
new conditions and trust to the
American spirit Of good faith to
moke them Independent just as
soon as they fit themselves for it,
he has sought to convince them
that the Americans are heir enc
mics and oppressors, from whom
they must exact liberty by force.
Bryan has tricke1 and fooled the
islanders. He has never given
them a word of wise counsel nor
performed a friendly service Tor
them. His attitude toward the
Philippines. like his attitude here
in the United States, is that of
the preacher of unrest, suspicion
and discord the enemy of peace
and the obstructor of progress.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
Wor1lan'sWor ord
MISS ANNIE S. PECK.


Fearless Woman aountain Climber
and Some of Her Remarkable Feats.
The new champion mountain climber
Of the world is Miss Annie s. Peck.
formerly professor of Latin at Smith
college and known the world over as a
fearless conqueror of dangerous alti-
tudes.
This daring American, to whom the
most Inaccessible heights are as play
grounds. recently completed the ascen.
sion of Mount Hauscaran. the highest
peak Of the Peruvian Andes. attaining
an estimated altitude of 25,0O0 feet.
The only other peaks in all the world
higher than this are IN the Himalayas
and have never been scaled
There several years ago W. w. Ora.
ham established mountain climbing
record which stood until this feat by
Miss Peck. He registered height of
23,sOO feet.
Climbing such a mountain is no par.
lor amusement No other sport re-
QuireS such an abundance of courage
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
Professional Interest.

A one legged. beggar for years had
his station against certain lamp
post 4in New York. Supported by
crptches, he offered to the passersby
such trifes as shoe laces, pencils and
collar buttons. Benevolent Mr..
White was among his regular pa
irons, many of whom frequently
gave without asking for his ware in
return. - .
One evening about II o'clock Mr..
White was walking back from din
ner party and, coming up behind
the mendicant, was considerably
startled to see him unstrapping his
supposedly missing leg, preparatory
to going home: "
"Well, my friend" said the gen.
tleman, '1 should think you would
get very stiff indeed being bound up
like that all day."
The rascal looked at him keenly
for a moment. Then he said,
EsWhat's your line, partner ?" ~:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
The Types of Cats.

There are number of classes of
Persian cats, the division between
them being purely arbitrary and
based on the color of the fur. The
most beautiful of all the Persians is
the pure white. They are, however,
very hard to keep clean, and a dirty
white cat is certainly anything but
an ornament about ones rooms. 1t
is unfortunate that many white cats
are deaf, so when one is making a
purchase of a cat that color it is a
wise precaution to test the hearing.
Another failing which white cats
have, in common with all light col
ored cats, is that their constitutions
are not SO vigorous as those of the
dark haired cats.-Suburban Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
THE 1cAMP RoBBER."
A Bird With Latin Name That Likes
Fresh Meat

Frssh Meat.
The first living thing to welcome
the camper to the wilderness, says
Il writer. in Forest and Stream, is
this bird-ssmoose bird" because
found within the moose's range, or
'.taliow bird" on account of its de-
cided partiality for grease. Others
contend that it is a jay-"Canada
Jay" or "gray jay"-though it is
neither boisterous nor does it disap-
pear on Friday. 1t is always handy
and very dignifed and reserved in
it's vocal efforts, confning its cry to
short smothered monotone. 'Meat
hawk" only half fits, for, though
pronouncedly carnivorous; it is any
thing but hawk.
Fear it has no knowledge of.
Tricks it has never been known to
practice, and if there is any attrac-
tive dainty in camp suiting its taste
Lit flies straight down, quietly takes
possession and industriously graft
fes its appetite just without the
reach of the incensed owners fist.
A loafer and a thief, some say;
hence, perhaps, the t'whisky jack"
OF whisky john" and, scamp rob
Der" in the vulgar tongue. Classic
ally it lis known: as Perisoreus cana
densia. -. ..<.s~.
Fresh meat is its obsession. Be-
fore the lucky hunter has time to
gralloch the stag which he has bag
ged this, bird, crow OF jay, quietly
announces its arrival, from the deer
slayer knows not where, and, with
out words, almost says:
sHelfo! Good shot. Glad to see
you. Nice stag we have. Let's see. -
And down it comes. "1t's good and
fat too. I am very fond Of fat. They
sometimes call me the tallow bird.
Phew! That's a nice sack Of tallow
about that kidney. You're awful
slow, and I'm hungry as a vol" "
And the irrepressible jay proceeds to
help himself at the rump of the car
cass while the hunter is busy faying
the neck. -
The impudence is more than the
temper Of the man will stand, and
he makes vicious whack at the vo-
racious bird with his skinning knife,
forcing it to retreat to a safer dis
tance. .-...... -
ssPhew! What temper!'. the in
different bird chirps gently from an
oyerhanging limb. 'Your ugly dis
position will spoil your shooting. I
would not make such to-do over a
little fat if I were a big, strong
man like you"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
Ereakish Wills.

Will making often affords a man
an opportunity of paying off old
scores. The Duke Of Marlborough
could not resist. the temptation of
a farewell slap at his duchess when
he left her, 100000 ($50,000)
wherewith to spoil Blenheim in her
own way and 915,o0O ($75,0oO to
keep clean and to gosto law with. :"
A Mr.. Kerr, after declaring that he
would probably have left his widow
100000 if she had allowed him to
read his evening paper in peace,
adds: !eFBut you must remember, my
dear, that whenever I commenced
reading you started playing and
singing. You must, therefore, take
the consequences. l leave you f1,-
900 I$5, ,OO0)."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29

results and command respect. Il
inspires hope. wins confidence
and stands for honor and pro
gress. Moreover. it discloses
those attributes of integrity.
courage, self-respect and justice
which the upright young Amer
lean casting his first vote will
naturally demand as essential
qualities of his ideal candidate
for President.
At the age of fifty-one Mr..
Taft has standing to his credit a
record of definite results which
distinguishes him as one of the
most accomplished of American
statesmen, living or dead. 1t Is
without an error or a flaw, an
epitome of the new Americanism
which believes in doing things.
And in behalf of the man who
made it the record gives a dis
tinct affirmative of the historic
test for candidates for official
favor: rs he honest, is he
capable. is be faithful to the
Constitution"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
PROVING HIMSELF.
Feat Of q Pioneer Who Was Hale !n
@ His Old Age. { ~ Hss

Feat Of Pioneer Who Was Hale !n
His Old Age. { a NEt
IL is a wise man who proves his
words before he speaks them. A
story of an old Pennsylvania settler
shows shrewdness in this direction
as well as { pardonable pride in
prowess. The hero of the anecdote
was Gabriel Schuler, a pioneer who
was hale in his old age. 1t
One day Schuler broke in upon a
company of farmers who were gath
cred in a workshop. The old man
carried an az on his shoulder.
'Iet some one turn the grind
stone for me-" he said. ~
For long time he sharpened the
instrument, with the greatest So
lemnity. Some present thought he
had lost his senses. Finally he shoul-
dered the ak and said: p st.. +
'Iet each one follow me-"
The farmers thought that this
summons might mean that an at
tack was to be made on the Indians,
and they asked: ~
"Shall we take arms ?"
'Do as you please. replied Schu-
ler. ~.r 49, +
Each man seized his rife and fol-
lowed the old settler. He led them
to an open place in the woods.
"Now," said Schuler,. stopping,
"let each go into the woods and Sc
lect a fine, large tree. When you
hear my trumpet, return"
The men, wondering, did as they
were bid. When the trumpet blew
they gathered once more about
Schuler. The sage, led by the farm
ers, examined each tree selected.
sMany of them are very fne," he
pronounced, "but none equals this
oak" -.
:. So it was. He had picked out the
finest. He threw off his jacket and
began to cut. When he had hewed
halfway through he changed his ak
from his right hand to his left and
went on without changing position
or saying a word. In an hour he had
cut way through, and the tree fell.
Mounting the stump, Schuler ad-
dressed the farmers:
"Today I am hundred years
old, and I would bear evidence of
my strength. I would like to have
your promise that the tree shall
stay as it fell" .s~-t~ s+.
The old mans request was grant
ed, and the PROSTATE oak remained
for many years to be a monument to
the strength Of the century old
Pennsylvanian.
Schuler lived nearly ten years aft
er this incident.-Youth's Compan-
ion
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29

vantage Of every opportunity that
comes her way. says the Delineator.
s. She must work with all her heart,
play with all her heart, above all
things avoiding Indifference and the
enemy to all progress-apathy.
She must select the pleasure that
will bring her the greatest joy and
choose the work she Is best fitted for.
Ordinary hard luck never ruins peo-
pie. 1t puts them in u mood to learn
a thing or two. Everybody makes
mistakes. With some it Is a regular
occupation. but to make a mistake and
wall about It is to make two.
Women often speak Of their talents
not being appreciated. A talent Is
next to worthless unless one has the
ability to get down to hard. plain. ev-
eryday grind.
Then, too. the woman who wins must
learn to talk, but not to tell. There is
an art-the most consummate art-in
appearing absolutely frank to the
butcher. the baker and the family cat
and yet not revealing any Of ones
business affairs.
The woman who wins must be able
to hold ell and hear all. yet betray 1t by
neither word nor look. by injudicious
defense no more than by overt treach-
cry. by anger at a malicious accusa-
ton no more than by a smile at an
egregious mistake. To be able to do
this requires a rare combination Of
tact and self respect. One cannot just
slide along In business and win promo
uous and more salasy. A knowledge Of
the busi0ess 10 necessary 70 show ~
suits.
To make good q woman needs that
fine balance, that accurate self meas,
urement. which goes by the name Of
common sense. 1t is the one thing ON
which success depends the most
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
When You Make Preserves.

See that the jars are in perfect Or
der, Immediately clean and supplied
with new rubbers. To use old rubbers
Is poor economy:
If the jars do not screw tight, get
new ones with glass tops. reserving
the old ones for pickles or jams. Safe
ty from fermentation in canned fruits
depends upon the absolute exclusion
of air.
Pint jars with wide mouths are more
convenient than quart jars for small
families.
Use porcelain lined or the best gran.
fte ware for kettles. the lightweight
granite being preferable.
Other essentials are a long handled
wooden or silver spoon, wooden pes
tie "a potato masher will answer, pans
for sugar. a dripping pan. accurate
scales, a grocer's funnel, a small milk
dipper, tumblers or jars for jelly and q
good supply Of coarse towels and jelly
bags.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
A Misunderstanding.

Mrs. Ats really extraordina-
ry! Ny nurse tells me that gentle
men are always stopping her in the
street to admire my little girl.
Mrs. blow lovely she must be!
Mrs. A.-Oh, I don't know. OF
course I think her pretty because
am her mother.
Mrs. Bob, 1 mean. the nurse,
dear.-Punch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
Needed Time.

seYou want me to tell you the
whole truth?" asked the witness.
Certainly" replied the judge.
ssThe whole truth about the plain
tiff ?". r.-
ssOf course"
sMight I ask how long this court
expects to sit"
"What difference does that
make? ?"
s1t makes a lot of difference. I
couldn't tell the whole truth about
that scoundrel inside of a week,
talking all the time"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29

The English suffragists have been
supplied with a war song.
The new song and march was first
sung by Edmund Cooper at an at home
given by Miss Janette Steer, actress
and dramatist, at her residence I'm
Sloane Gardens, London.
The following is the refrain:
Rise up, woman!
Stand UP for your right.
+ Rise up. woman! ..
You're bound to win the night.
Do not be Gisheartened.
Sound the warning note.
Strike blow for liberty
Till you vote. vote, vste!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
MR.. TAFT AT FIFTY-ONE.

The modest celebration by
William Howard Taft. September
Is, of the fifty-frst anniversary of
his birth is an event which ap-
peals with apecial force to the
young voters of the United States
whose bollots are destined to be
one of the determining influences
in the November elections. The
experiences through which the
nation has passed in the last
twelve years have greatly en-
larged the American spirit of
nationalism. They have devel-
oped conditions which stimulates
the national imagination, dis
close new ideals of national res
possibility and impose new obli-
cations upon American con-
science and craftsmanship.
The twelve year period under
review began with a desperate
assault upon the national credit
under the pretense of monetary
reform. That wicked conspiracy
was defeated, only to be followed
two years later by a foreign war,
in which the national honor was
vindicated by the valor of the
American arms. From that
conflict arose new problems
which have placed the United
States in the first rank of
world powers and compelled the
government to assume vast res
possibilities, territorial, racialand
administrative, in regions remote
from our continental boundaries.
The front of the world has un-
dergone change. and the inter-
national status of the United
States has changed with it.
The vexatious question which
have arisen at home and abroad
during these twelve years have
served as supreme tests of the
vitality of American institutions
and of the integrity of Republi-
can craftsmanship. Those tests
have been completely met in
every instance. American pres
tigesamong the nations of the
earth is greater and American
credit is higher than ever be-
fore. The Republican party has
been in control throughout this
whole period of American de-
velopment. It has kept the
faith. 1t has proved equal to
every emergency and it's policies
stand approved by the national
conscience.
Among the leaders and ex-
ponents of the new Americanism
has won for the Republic
an enlarged place in the conf
dence and esteem of mankind
none has borne a more envial
part than William Howard Taft.
The duties imposed upon him
have been varied and exacting in
equal degree, requiring the calm
judgment of the jurist, the fact
of the diplomat, the alertness of
an expert executive and the
creative genius of the con-
statesman. Combin-
ing those qualities ina higher de-
gree than any of his contempor-
aries. Mr.. Taft has placed before
the young men of America an ex-
ample of devoted, brilliant and
useful service in varied fields of
unsurpassed in the his
tory of our times.
The example of Mr.. Taft is an
appeal to the national pride and
the national msgination. 1t rep
resents the forces which produce
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-09-29
HOW BRYAN HELPED THE
@ PfifLlPiNOS.

PHfL1PlNOS.
In the course of a speech in
Camden. N. j., on September
Is, w. J. Bryan said: II said in
1898 that the FiIipinos ought to
have their independence"
In this, as in many of his public
utterances, Mr.. Bryan contents
himself with a statement of half
truth. The facts as to his rela-
tions with the so-called independ-
ence movement in the PHILIPPINES
in 1898 are extremely interesting.
The first duty of the United
States after destroying Spanish
power in the Philippines was to
establish American authority in
the islands. That was an essen
tial condition, to which all other
projects were subord:nated, for
the reason that until it was es-
tablished there could be no dura-
BILE basis for the erection of civil
government. Pea ce. based upon
an absolute recognition of Amer
lean control, was indispensable to
the restoration of civil rule, and
the United States government
devoted its entire energy to the
creation of that condition.
Mr.. Bryan, however. contended
thas having overthrown Spanish
authority, the e United States
should Immediately withdraw
from the islands, leaving the Fill
ipinos to work out their own
destiny-or their own de-
struction. He therefore gave his
hearty support to the agitation
for immediate independence for
the Philippines, and his reckless
utterances to excite and prolong
the futile insurrection against
American authority in which the
Filipinos subsequently engaged.
Bryan's emotional expressions Of
sympathy for the agitators for
independence gave aid and COM
fort to the instructors, and were
interpreted by Aguinaldo and his
followers as meaning that a large
proportion of the American peo-
pie opposed the policies instituted
by their government in the is
lands and favored the immediate
withdrawal of the United States
troops. Aguinaldo and his fellow
leaders in the insurrection assured
their ignorant followers that Bry-
an was their friend that if they
would keep on fighting he would
help them to gain their independ-
ence, and that the government in
authority in Washington did not
represent the purpose and desire
of the American people.
Mr.. Bryan's reckless talk in IA
vor of independence tor the Pill
ippines did more to prolong the
insurrection against American
authority than any other single
cause. It gave powerful moral
support to lawless movement,
which not only involved a costly
sacrifice of American life and
American treasure. but which
also subjected the misguided Fill
ipinos themselves to prolonged
and needless hardship. He de.
ceived them. His irresponsible
talk encouraged them to continue
a futile resistance to American
authority, when for humanity's
sake his whole influence should
have been exerted to persuade
them to accept it.
Brvan poses as the best friend
of the Filipinos, while, while, in