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The Appeal., 1909-10-16
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themselves as the train tolls slowly along these
TWO INES OF steel leading through an endless
'expanse OF sand and rocks varied with an oc-
cos1ondl Volcanlc outcrop raising black-topped
hills.
At Tebuk, 430 M les from Damascus. is the
hrst oasis OF any size, and here a depot has
been formed, at which the railroad can re-
coup itself before another long strentch of
nearly Waterless desert is entered and the next
oepot at El aula reached. A group of buildings
tor the employees, small repairing shop, and a
hospital with 60 beds form the principal part
of the depot. -:
Iebuk consists of group of date palms
about half mile square, deriving water from
large spring and watched over by. another
OF the masonry forts which mark pilgrim sta
tion. Altogether there were about 60 mud
houses, with few walled gardens belonging
TO the permanent inhabitants of Tebuk All
tnat were seen were of distinctly negroid
type, dlHerent from the nomad Bedou1n The
surrounding country is but sparsely inhabited
by Arabs.
Besides date palms, there are in the gardens
few lemon trees and pomegranates and out
slde are some few fields of wheat cultivated
principally as green fodder. The Italian en-
glneer in charge of this section had managed
TO make garden in the sand, where by means
OF irrigation he grew most kinds of European
vegetables, but none of the Inhabitants seemed
inclined to copy his example
% 1t seems certain that Mohammed visited Te-
Duk IN his earlier wanderings, and tradition
refers to Jebel Sher0ra as the Pulpit of the
Prophet, probably from it's commanding posi-
ton overlooking all the surrounding country.
The rainfall in this country is extremely ca
PRECIOUS, and perhaps two or even three years
may elapse before there is any appreciable fall
here, although at Maan there appears to be
always some rain in the spring
OF animal life there appears to lie very lit
tie. An antelope, which the Turks call a wild
COW, but which looks to be oryx beatrix, is to
be found in this district, but only in small
numbers. The large troops OF gazelle seen
north of Maan do not roam here It is said that
the ostrich is occasionally found, and the skin
OF one specimen is preserved in Maan station.
The desert air is extremely dry and clear.
always invigorating, and even the great heat
IN summer is not as insupportable as in
damper climate, where the thermometer is
probably lower. Climate has without doubt q
great effect on the human character and In
tellect, and the nervous. high-strung tempera-
ment OF the Arab Is to great extent the Gre
alton OF his environment Of desert with Its
splendid mirages to fire the Imagination and
sparkling air to keep the nerves always alert.
South OF Tebuk want Of water Is again !
great diniculty. and the small posts have to bs
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presently, when he got into the streets
and "smelt the fish and pitch, and
oakum, and tallow, and saw the sail
ors walking about and the carts ling
ing up and down over the stones" J."
Young Copperfeld admitted that he
aad done Yarmouth an injustice.
The remains of Peggotty's hut may
SILL be seen, sad and forlorn, alas!
out suggestive nevertheless of the
quaint home where David was so
aappy, of Peggotty's jokes, of little
Emlly>s pretty ways and of the dole
ulness of Mrs. Gummidge. There are
many ancient buildings that have
stood the test of time better than the
queer boat-home of Peggotty. For
merly Yarmouth was one of the prin-
clpal ports of England, and it's mer-
chant adventurers enjoyed the pat
ronage of Queen Elizabeth. It's Tol-
house claims to be the Oldest munich
pal building in the kingdom.
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ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. OCTOBER
'PEGG0TTYD HUT. A SAD RUIN
Yarmouth Scenes Which Dickens De-
scrIbed in His Story of "David
Copperfield."

London.-A Yarmouth hundred of
herring really counts 1872, and in many
ways the inhabitants of the old town
are credited with an open-handed gen
eros1ty. Peggotty told David Copper
1eld, you remember, that it was the
1nest place in the universe, to which
ne boy replied that "a mound or two
night have improved it, and also
hat If the land had been a little more
separated from the sea and the town
and the tide had not been quite so
much mixed up, like toast and water,
1t would have been much nicer" But
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Deadheads Must Be Coaxed.

Concert giyers in Germany find Il
more and more difficult to get an au-
dience. Free tickets by no means in.
sures one. A Berlin journal tells how
audiences at recitals (Berlin often has
more than so of them in one week.
are apt to be made up.
Miss NJ, who plays or sings, sends
out about 200 tickets, some of them
to prominent persons. One of these ia
the wife Of Prof. K. She kindly ac-
cepts the ticket, but has no intention
of attending the. concert, 80 she gives
them to her dressmaker, who in turn
bestows them upon her assistants.
who probably may go to the concert.
In one case it was found that of 200
free tickets only AZ were used.-Mu.
sical America.
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House Supposed to Be on Site of
Peary's Birthplace and to Include
Part of the Old Home.

Part of the Old Home.
land ports, the coming and going OF
clipper ships, laden with Maine lum.
Der and many other products, by sug-
gestion and appeal aroused in the
youth love Of the sea and it's adven.
lures. Lieut.. Pearys distinct ambi.
ton to discover the pole is known to
have been born in him as a result of
the Greeley expedition and it's relief.
He was then young officer In the
navy, as were number of those
prominent in the work of exploration
at that time, and hence the glory
which now shines upon the water arm
Of Uncle Sans military service by
reflection.
1t is strange how soon we are for.
gotten. People who knew Lieut..
Peary's father are not now certain Of
his Christian name Charles H.
Peary of Chest Springs, a cousin of
the explorer and who spells his name
Perry, calls the Heutenant's father
Charles Peary. Ex-Judge A. v. Bark.
er of Ebensburg is certain his name
was George. It has been suggested
that perhaps his name was George
Charles Peary. However that NAV
be, Mr.. and Mrs. Peary on coming into
this county located in the woods near
what is now Cresson, where Peary
established a shook shop. A house
standing on the turn of the road from
Cresson to Loretto, about 100 yards
from the town, is now generally &C.
cepted by the people of the county AZ
occupying part of the site of the orix.
inal Peary home, and is said to actu.
ally include a fragment of the old
building.
1t was in that house that Robert e.
Peary was born, and there, two or
three years later, his father died.
Frank O'Hara, an old farmer living in
Munster township, recalls Peary's
birth clearly and tells a story of the
elder Peary sending a messenger in a
conveyance to a point some distance
away to fetch physician. "Kin the
horse It you have to-" Mr.. Peary is al.
legged to have said to the driver, "but
get the doctor here in hurry" And
it's another reminiscence of O'Hara
that the elder Peary, who died at Gal.
litizfn, was buried amid a blizzard.
THAT was like the north pole itseH."
says the aged Munster man. Pearv
was buried at Cape Elizabeth, Me.
The only basis for the claim that
Peary was born at Chest Snrinua :.
the residence there of his cousin.
Charles H. Peary's father, James
Peary, came from Maine about tha
same time as George Peary did. bnt
instead Of locating at Cresson. settled
at Chest Springs and there his chill.
dren have resided ever since.
George Peary, fortunately, left
enough Of an estate to make it possi.
BILE for Mrs. Peary to educate her son
thoroughly and he finally found his.
way to the Naval academy.
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Many Unknown ReoIon.

On any map Of the entire world Il
is impossible to indicate All the IN.
known regions. since many OF them
are comparatively small. 4 man
Allowing every section Of the earthis
surface o yet unmapped would 10
hottsd with thousands Of such aIeaa. !,
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supplied daily from the train.
At Medain-Salih the valley widens
a little, and here are found some
rock-cut tombs similar to those at Pc
ira, but far fewer and less ornate.
Traces of town exist, but there is
nothing now visible except the usual
fort of the pilgrim. Here again, as
we'll as at Tebuk, the site would seem
a favorable one for trying artesian
wells, but no attempts have been
made to prove their success or other
WISE 5s s': ri r..e.
: The permanent way has been laid
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ZRH//y LEAVING DHfzAS Gus

the landscape.
The an i e n t
fortress of Pc
ira and now
Maan owe their
Importance as
standing at the
gate of Arabia,
and forming the
last outpost of
Syria and west
ern civilization
before the long,
dreary stages of
the mort b e rn
Arabian Jour-
ney.
For countless
ages-long be-
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became minister to Belgium in 1905.
Before entering the diplomatic service
Mr.. Wilson was successfully editor,
lawyer and banker. He is graduate
Of Wabash college.
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W IAlC IL a.
dltional parting
place of the great
pilgrimage, the Ba-
Waubet Allah, or
Cate Of Allah, in
Damascus. For the
first few miles the
line traverses the
hauran, running
parallel to the
French Hauran
railroad. From an
cient times this
district has been
an extremely rich
one, and the Ro-
mans used it as a
granary.
The deep, narrow
raVines of the Var
muk, the ancient
ffieroymax, which
the line follows in
its descent to the
Jordan, present
several difficulties
Of engineering sue
'cessfully overcome.
Large numbers of
Italian, Montene-
grin, Gro t i an,
Greek, and other
European work
men had to be en-
ployed on the diff
cult rock cuttings,
tunnels, and via
ducts Of this Sec
ton.
The Jordan val
ley, where the line
crosses it, is 800
feet below Mediter.
ranean level; but
the difficulties of
construction ceasa
when the Yarmuk
valley has been
successfully tra-
versed, and the as
cent to the sea is
made by easy gra-
dlents.
South of Deraa
the main line soon
leaves the richer
corn land and on
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wells can be
found. Towards
the Red sea the
district is said to
contain a few
villages, and a
sufficient supply
of water from
small springs.
An endless Sc
ries of beautiful
mirages unfold
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HE Damascus to Mecca railroad has
many remarkable features which distin-
tinguish it from other lines. Its prin.
cipal object is to provide means for
faithful Moslems to perform their pill
grimage to the holy places of Mecca and
Medina with greater degree of COM
fort than formerly.
Its inception is due to the initiative Of
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ldah5paR,|

osea'ea Dy us hrst announcement brought subscr1p
lions from the faithful in parts of the Isamc world
necal sampax forms solid annual contribution to
expenses somewhat less than other conribu
ions may to be.
geographically, tho line has provided means of travel
country win fascination of scenery quite peculiar to
sen ana unlike any other part world Instead of
,ns popuous countries and great Cities it to
aehght in passing through immense soudes-through a
S,ht peoplea mainly by the spirits of the Arabian
where little surprise occasioned in find
10 foes egg IN some nhospitable rocky valley or in
seeing genie floating stream of thin vapor ont of
magic bottle - 'f Nv "
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
FORTUNES WOOERS
ARE GATHERED IN

Police officer Apana S ability to climb
anything less smooth than plate glass
window, resulted in the capture about
ten o clock Friday night, eight Chinese
gamblers who were wooing the goddess
of fortune in building on Pauahi
street.
The Chinese were conducting their
little game behind two double barred
doors with an empty room between. But
Apana, Kellett and Kamauoha spoiled
the game, caught eight of them, six get
ing away, and gathered in enough evil
dence to convict regiment However,
in view of the fact that the Chinese
were playing behind barred doors, no
other evidence was necessary. The
money and dominoes are merely cor
roborative.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
CHILE WILL ADD SIX
BOATS TO HER NAVY
(By Associated Press.)

SANTIAGO, Chile, November r.
The Chilean government has decided to
add to its navy and keep its place as
being the most modern among South
American governments in navy policies.
She already has the largest navy of
any of her sister republics below the
lsthmus and has now appropriated
fourteen million dollars to construct one
battleship of the most modern type,
four destroyers and one submarine.
This increased armament forces Peru
out of any hope that she might enter.
tain of ever recovering the two prov.
inees she lost to Chile in the war of
the Pacific, thirty years ago, for which
she has been continually negotiating.
Peru's navy is practically nil, having
been destroyed by Chile.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
IS
FOUND GUILTY
Will Be Sentenced on Twentieth
of This Month for Mailing
Obscene Matter.
(From saturday . AdvertIser.l

Jusukichi Utchiyama was found
guilty yesterday afternoon by a jury
sitting in the United States district
court of sending scurrilous and obscene
matter through the mails. Sentence has
been postponed until the twentieth of
this month.
BrecSons rested the case for the pros.
ecution yesterday afternoon, and
Lightfoot, who, with his son, Bert
Lightfoot, and Negoro, are defending,
moved that the jury be directed to re-
turn n verdict of not guilty. This mo.
tion was denied by Judge Woodruff.
Lightfoot based his motion on the
grounds that the prosecution had failed
to prove their case, that the scurrilous
matter supposed to have been written
on the outside wrapper was not writ.
ten there, because there WASH t any out.
side wrapper, and also that the words
used were not scurrilous. Another rea.
son given was that the indictment said
that the bundle was sent to the Ha.
waii Shinpo Sha, which could not have
been done, because there is no such
newspaper as the Hawaii Shinpo Sha,
the proper name being Hawaii Shinpo
The jury chose to overlook these
technicalities, and after several hours
discussion returned a verdict as noted.
Lightfoot offered no defense, permit.
ting the case to 60 to the jury at once
after his motion for directed verdict
was refused Lightfoot objected siren.
uously during the trial to all the evi.
dence submitted, basing his principal
fights on the lack of the outside wrap.
per and the wrong address in the in.
dictment.
The proper and subtle distinctions
between japanese and English words
occupied n great deal of time. He
koku min one of the words objected
to, is supposed to mean traitor, but
Lightfoot wanted it read unpatriotic.
Another word was advanced by the de.
fense as meaning traitor, but as all the
witnesses state that both words con-
veyed the same meaning to their minds,
this objection lost n great deal of its
force. The case arose out Of the late
strike.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
FATE OF STEINHEIL
SOON TO BE DECIDED
Government Thought to Have a
Weak Case, and She
May Go Free.
(By Associated Press.)

PARIS, November 13.-The introduc-
tion of evidence in the famous Stein
he'll case is through and now nothing
but the argument of counsel is between
the accused murderess and the deciding
of her fate. i
The advocate general for the prosecul
tlon yesterday made an impassioned adj
dress to the court, summing up the
prosecution s theory of the case. The
deeds which Madame Steinheil is ae.
cused of committing were painted in
the blacklist colors by the advocate who
insisted that if she was not the prin-
cipal she was most certainly an acces-
sorry to the crimes.
Despite the oratory of the advocate
there is a general impression among
those who have followed the case close
ly, and this might be said to be all
Paris, if not all France, that the gov
ernment has put up weak case and
the address of the defense is eagerly
awaited.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
Estimates of Chief Engineer
Marshall Include S5O0,OOO
for Honolulu.
100000 FOR WORK AT HILo
Rivers and Harbors Work on the
Pacific Coast Estimated at
Nearly Four Million.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, November 1s,-I-l
the report of the chief army engineeD
Bri.- William L. Marshi
the estimates for rivers and harbl n.
work for the coming period give libe t'
amounts to the Pacific Coast and i
waii. The total amount asked for Il
the fiscal period amounts to $27, ,O3s on {
of which grand total $3,375,OO is as
ed for Pacific Coast work and 81 OO,Op9
for the two works to be further deytT
oped in the Hawaiian Islands. IA
For improving the Honolulu harboa
the engineer estimates that half a mif
lion dollars should be appropriated
For the further improvement of the
harbor of Hilo, the sum of six hundred
thousand dollars is recommended.
The estimates for the coming fiscal,
period are considerably IN excess O,
those of the present period. the approx
priation for rivers and harbors work foA
1909 being only $1s,o92,945. In 19OsS
however, the appropriation amounted to
over forty. three millions.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
H|LO AFRAID Of
LOSING CLAUD|NE
Kennedy Says HiIo Mail Contract
Must Be Boosted or HiIo Run
Will Be Cut Out.

HlLO, November eff the Hilo
people want the Claudine service to
continue they will have to be up and
doing in burry,' said Manager ]. A.
Kennedy of the 1nter-Island Steam
Navigation Company last week. Gas a
matter of fact they will have to take
action within the next four weeks, or
il will be too late.
''The mail contracts will soon be ad-
vertised, and they will soon be let.
Last year they were let ON November
l6, but this year it has been postponed
to a month later, but, you see, the con-
tract will be let in about a month
"The Inhter-Island company will not
continue the service to Hilo by the
Claudine, unless the mail contract fig
ure is raised. The people on Maui are
wanting to have the Claudine call there
twice n week, and l have been think
| ing over this Maui and Hilo PROPOSE
tion for some time past, but have as
yet come to no decision. If the people
| of Hilo want TO retain the service, it
would certainly go long ways towards
| doing so if they can manage to have
the figure paid for the mail service
raised, but, as l say, they have to act
immediately
The above interview was last week
submitted to the committee of the board
| of trade which was working on the mat
| ter. The committee held meeting last
Saturday afternoon, at which it was
| decided to take immediate steps in the
way of securing the continuance of the
Claudine mail service, as well as some
| Improvements thereon, namely, the
| placing of the hour for the Claudine s
departure from this port at five 'clock
on Monday afternoons, and TO have her
schedule so altered that she will reach
Honolulu on Wednesday morning, in
stead of Thursday morning as is the
case at present. BY arriving at Homo
lulu on Wednesday mornings the Clau
| dine mail will connect with the Ala
media and other steamers leaving Homo
| lulu on Wednesday, as "A number do, and
will thus greatly increase the mail con.
nections between this city and the main.
land, The committee decided that II
would be best TO pursue the course
which proved so effective when the
matter of getting the Claudine mail
was brought up in the first place, name
| ly TO have as many letters as possible
sent by firms aud individuals benefit.
ing from the service 10 Mr., Carr of the
mail service, who can then recommend
10 Washington that the service be con
iinued aud improved, and whose efforts
will be greatly assisted by the showing
made by the letters ho receives from
local people
Tho committee has already sent d
number " iequesis go people in lh,
various Districts, suggesting that surl
lrilefs he sent Hnd a number NJ lofn
merchants have written lrtifn tp hT
taff along ihe linet stated. such d lei
tar has already hren cent hy The hoafd
af trade heanna ihe signature ~ thRlf
m8u john A. Scott Tho matter vii
ir hfpufhi up ni The mnriing 0f 10,
iaatd M lladr Nhleh take place lhil
afternoon.
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AGE No BAR
Everybody in Honolulu is Eligible.

Old people stopped with suffering,
Middle age, courageously fighting,
Youth protesting impatiently;
Children, unable to explain;
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Many complications follow.
Urinary disorders, diabetes, Bright e
disease
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Cure every form of kidney ills.
b. II. White, Pearl City, Oahu, Homo.
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Doans Backache Kidney Pills are
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OF will be mailed on receipt of price b,
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sale agents for the Hawaiian Islands
Remember the name, Doan 5, ant
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-16
CHESTER DOYLE
A MAN OF LAW

For n good many years l have
been connected with the courts, but
always on the side of the prosecution.
Now ! am going to see what case
looks like from the other side," said
Chester Doyle, Esquire, yesterday.
1t is Chester Doyle, Esq, now, If
you please-Chester Doyle, attorney at
law, licensed to practise in the dis.
triet courts of the Territory, to clap
judges familiarly on the back and TO
speak in terms of unmeasurable scorn
of the ignorance and reprehensible
methods of "the lawyer for the other
side.n
For Doyle Is now fullAedged
lawyer, and If you don't believe
IT, he will show you the license
which he carries in his inside pocket
More than that, he is going 10 prac
tise his new profession, and with that
end In view he resigned his position
NJ deputy high shoritf aud is looking
about for nm office In which 10 estab
lish his copy of the Revised Statutes
int he NJ not proud and conceiici
lie says that bis fflends may sim ad
dress him as Chester as heretofore
Ito will visit lill0 for a short rest and
ihnn decide upon the place where b,
10 io hang ont bic shlngle.
Doyle has long ana varied cape
rlonfa in criminal prosecuilon as 40
irriiNei nn experience that Nlll stan,
him in good stead in bic practice he hl
attorney lir BE- man NJ ready wil
ana Win au 0iepiige aegupiplapes
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