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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-04

The Matson steamer Hilonian, Cap
tain Frederickson, bringing twenty
eight passengers and one days mail
from the Coast, should arrive this aft
ernoon shortly after 2 o'clock. This
will be her last trip to Honolulu for
six weeks, her next trip being cancell-
ed as she is in need of a thorough
overhauling. For the past year she
has been running in fine shape, a fact
which reflects great credit on her I'll
ficers, particularly in the engine room,
for she has done a great amount of
work in the past twelve months.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-04

the most popular officers coming to
Honolulu.
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THE HONEST PROPRIETARY NED
ICINE

has saved thousands of dollars to
families who could i'll afford the ex-
pense necessary to maintain the SER
vices of a physician, and have an
swered the purpose equally as well
and often succeeded after our best
physicians have failed. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is one of
this kind.
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DIE TOMORROW

DUE TOMORROW.
Str. Claudine, Nelson, from Maui and
Hawaii ports a. m.
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DUE TODAY.

DUE TODAY.
NJ. N. Co. S. S. Hilonian, Frederick
son, from San Francisco, 2 p. m.
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DEPARTED.
Tuesday, August 3.
Str Kinau, Gregory, for Kauai ports
p. Ill.
Str. Mikahala, Tullett, for Maui and
Molokai ports, p. m.
U. $. Kukui, for Molokai, 10 a. m.
U. A. A. T. Logan, Stinson, for San
Francisco, p. m.
Wednesday, August 4.
NJ. N. Co. S. S. Lurline, Weeden, for
San Francisco, 10 a. m.
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ARRIVED,

Wednesday, August 4.
Str. w. G.. Hall, Thompson, from
Kauai ports, a. m.
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TIDES, SUN AND MOON.

LAST Quarter of the Moon August Sth.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Togo Kisen Kaisha, S. S. Co

Companies will Call at HONOLULU and Leave
or about the Dates mentioned below:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
Beriberi and Harakiri.

The busy man, who only has time to
read the headlines of newspaper,
hustled up to a bunch of his friends
the other day with the remark: Ere
markable case, that. Very seldom you
ever hear of a Chinaman committing
suicide" Il should say it is" said
one of the friends. did a Chinaman
commit suicide?" Eyes, indeed; fell
low committed beriberi down at Point
Breeze. He was a sailor" Indeed
l was always under the impression
that beriberi was a disease and not a
method of self destruction" Not on
your life," said the busy one; "beriberi
is one of the most horrible forms of
suicide known" At this juncture an
other In the group remarked: Don't
get beriberl confused with harakiri.
Harakiri Is a way to commit suicide,
but beriberi is a tropical disease"
NOW. there's Just where you're
wrong" said the wise one. "HarakiriI
is the Japanese word for suicide, butt
beriberi is the Chinese name" 1t wasl
several hours before they finally con-
vinced him OF his mistake.-P hiladel-
thia Record.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

the torrent in the caldron below Is
hushed, and suddenly the birds break
into song, thousands and thousands of
them, so that the very air pulsates In
unison, and the soul is lifted far above
the little things OF this earth, and then
the wind dies down to let the water
form again into one column. which
strikes again in its hollow with a re-
verberation like thunder and trem-
bling of the ground like an earth
quake. Thus it goes on forever. this
great organ in Gods own temple, the
tree trimmed valley. All. child. 1t has
made me a better man to live here
alone so close to nature and natures
God and Creatorr
Uncle grandpa. you were good
enough before But would you not be
willing to leave it all if. for instance,
you could be manager of your own
company-in Shakespeare. you know?
could be Imogene or Cordeiia OF
something else after you had taught
me-"
"My child,' II has always been the
dream of my life to do just what you
say. but with my hating steps I can
never play, and | should never survive
to have it said 'superfiuous lags the
veteran on the stage Why speak of
thatT'
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

aud me, John. Goodby"
She flung him a mocking farewell
from the tips of her fingers and sped
homeward alone through the leafy
aisles of the forest.
He stood like man who has re.
ceived his deathblow in battle. All
the sweetness had gone out of the
air. all the light out of the sunny
day. He flung out his hands with a
gesture of despair
She had never loved him or she could
not have condemned hin unheard.
How easy to convict her of error if
it had been worth whilel
It was then that he retired TO the
Cross Bayou place and took up the life
of a hermit crab. all because he was
coward, you see.
Only one human being accepted him
unquestioningly believed in him abso-
lutely That was Black Prince, and
when Johnsic went into retirement on
the Cross Bayou place Black Prince
went with him.
Prince was his foster brother and
his chattel Nanny Ann had nursed
them both from her full maternal foun-
tains. There was nothing princely
about the chattel save his loyalty and
chivalric devotion that found all the
reward it asked in obliterating self for
the object 1t adored
'Me and Marse Johnsie" comprised
the universe for Black Prince.
From Black Princes point of view
life as it was lived at Cross Bayou by
''me and Marse Johnsie" was simply
perfect A little labor and a great deal
of resting-what more could heart of
man ask?
If the white man had his periods of
self disgust and bitter retrospection,
the black one was never the wiser for
it. If there came to the master mo-
ments of passionate longing, when a
shadowy girl face looked at him from
out the memory land with a cruel
smile of negation on her sweet face,
the chattel was never the sadder for
It, If Prince was conscious of any de-
fined longings. it was to have things
go on just as they were forever and
forever unless, indeed, 1t might be for
the glorious annual excitement of a
barbecue.
There was an unwritten law which
impelled the people about Cross Bayou
to rally once a year and "ketch up
with local affairs"
No man assuming to be considered a
good citizen dared absent himself from
the general rally. Even Johnsie felt
the obligation laid upon him. The
gloom lifted temporarily from his
handsome face as he took the reins
from his hostler and gave rein to his
spirited bays and-to his fancy.
OF course Katie Vernon would be
there. He had stayed away from two
annual barbecues now for that very
reason. But he believed he had found
The words in which he could make her
repent of her cruel charge without
having to blacken another mans char
lcter.
Perhaps she had already repented.
Aunt Martha had given him a friendly
Message from her the last time he had
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

you will have the care Of it. and it is
over a hundred thousand dollars.
Now. will you be good and say that we
will start out in the Shakespearean
drama? You know I'll never go back
to school again"
"This staggers me, Snipsy, and
don't know what to say. OF course.
and | will not deny II, | feel that |
should like to be a manager and start
sudden. 1t has come upon me too late
in life, as Dickens said. 1t is a mat
ter for careful consideration"
Even as he said these words the old
man stood up and began to stride
about. the limp almost disappearing
from his walk, while his features took
on new and tragic air. The old spir-
it was not dead.
"Well, then, since it is all settled,
we will so up the valley and see your
temple and hear the choristers and
then go to the village What will we
do with your friendsl Take them, I
say-anyhow the dog"
AS she said this Friend, the dog, got
up deliberately and went and stood up
beside. the cat in a protecting attitude
Il understand. doggie, and We'll all
go. But, uncle grandpa, we can come
back here summers, can't WEI"
eve can and we will, Snipsy, but
we must have better accommodations.
We can arrange to bring the whole
company here for a rest"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

now. Why should he not ask Katie
little wife? Then and there he would
do it.
She had hidden him lift her into q
grapevine swing that looped itself
from branch to branch of two wild
plum trees. They were white with the
fullness of their blossom tide.
She was but light armful. He
could easily have put her in the covet-
ed seat with one hand. but he trembled
under the pressure of her sweet young
body. and his great heart thumped vio-
lently against his ribs all because he
was such coward Ralston, you secl
The swaying of the swing set the
delicate plum blossoms a-falling. They
gemmed her brown hair and fell upon
her lap. She filed her little hands
with them and laughed gayly:
"Such pretty, gauzy petalsl They
look like fairy lace. Titania's wedding
veil might well have been woven of
just such stuff"
He had thrown himself on the ground
at her feet. His great brown eyes were
full of the dumb alteration of a slave.
"When l get married. he heard her
say, 'I'll have a wedding bell made
of the wild plum blossoms-so much
daintier thar the stiff, conventional
things one always sees"
He laughed nervously. 9TH have a
whole wagon load of them gathered as
soon as you say the word"
She stared at him insolently. what
word ?"
"Such little word. Katie-yes."
She still held him mercilessly with
the blue eyes that had taken on the
chill of polished steel
what are you talking about, John
sic Ralston?"
He rose from his crouching posture
to tower over her commandingly.
Don't you know that l love you,
Katie? You will have to answer Yes
swer."
She flung her answer at him defiant
ly: Eyes. What then?"
"And don't you know that want to
marry you? Haven't you known it
these half dozen years, Katie?"
Eyes. What then?"
'Then"-he held out pleading hands
to her-"oh, my little girl. will you
not come to me while the sweet wild
plums are blossoming for you and for
me? l will try so hard to make you
glad all the days of your life"
From under her crown Of wild flow
ers she looked at him with cruel
smile of negation. She vaulted lightly |
earthward and stood before him with
her small hands clasped behind her.
Standing thus. she dealt him his death
blow.
"Never, never, never, John Ralstonl
I'll marry no coward an it please you,
sir. Why didn't you kill Dave Sturms
the other day instead of turning the
other cheek? All, you thought would
never hear of it, but you see l have-I
lavew Her pretty face was dark with
passion. "No man shall ever point the
niger of scorn at my husband. Wed
ling ben will never hang over you
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

had slain hope In him by a word o.
negation-he was given to declaring
that he might have attempted some
thing worth the doing if his whole
family connection had not drilled il
into him that he must follow Ia the
footsteps Of his fathers. Now. as his
fathers had never done anything but
light at the drop of a hat" or ''bully
rag their neighbors into attitudes OF
deferential respect, there was some
thing in the more refined fiber Of the
last of the Ralstons which made him
shrink from following in their footsteps.
His mother, gentle monitress, i'm
proved her opportunities while comb
ing the tangles out of his wiry. curly
hair to pour into his boyish ears sto-
ries of his fathers splendid dash dur
ing the Mexican muddle." She could
never insure attention save when she
had her fingers closely intwined in his
black locks, and as her reminiscent
pride waxed warmer she would bring
her comb charging through the serried
ranks OF his tangles in a fashion to
make him wish he had been born with
out father
In burst Of chagrin his aunt Mar
tina communicated her Disappointment
to his aunt Jane soon after he had
completed his short term Of schooling:
"I'm afraid we've got a milksop In
the Ralston family at last, Jane. Not
that / want the boy to drink or race
horses or do a lot of things the old set
did, but his father warn't afraid of his
toddy. and he was man that was a
man when it came to a pinch"
In response his aunt Jane mourn
fully admitted that she was afraid the
boy had "kinks in his BRAIN" which,
being a species of disorder no previous
Ralston had ever been afflicted with,
caused Miss Martha to ask tartly:
what sort of kinks, Jane?'
"Oh, scruples-scruples about not
lighting, about its being more manly
to dwell together in amity with every
body and all that sort of impractical
nonsense. Pm afraid he is tame, Sis
ter Martha, dreadfully tame, and he
could whip any man in the parish with
one hand tied behind him. He's flavor
less utterly
His sense Of having disappointed To-
cal expectation was sharply empha-
sized by the cruel directness Of a girls
tongue. OF course he loved her; 9th
erwise her scorn would have fallen
harmless
Such a small creature, a dimpling,
laughing child to the eye, an imperi-
Gus despot when the mood was upon
her. a girl with the cooling voice Of a
wood pigeon, and yet under the blow
she dealt him the great fellow went |
down as If heavens own bolts had |
struck him. All the sunshine all the |
of his life went out in an hour
If exquisite pain.
One short hour out of the long,
sweet May morning he and she had
consumed searching for the pale wild
yiolets she loved and she wanted. The
loft spring air was perfumed by the
acelike blossoms Of the wild plums.
He had come of age that very week.
rhe Cross Bayou place was his own
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
More Than One WAY.

John, dear" purred his wife, what
do you think | ought to wear to Mrs.
Highmore's party week after nextf"
"Oh, wear anything you likeP' impa-
tlently answered John.
''That's awfully good of you, dear.
shall like to wear a new silk gown
trimmed with old PGint lace, and 1
thank you ever so uch."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

why? I'll tell you why. You
know that mean old real uncle, moth
ers brother, who wouldn't take me. a
little orphan, because his sister had
gone on the stage? Well, he died, and
1 have all his money and as you are
my guardian and adopted father, why,
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

of old Daniel Ralston, who, having
opened a plantation in the swamp
lands of Louisiana before 1900 had
been calendered, had fought Indians
and malaria with even handed impair
TALLY, vanquishing the first until van
pushed by the last.
In the bitter moods which came to
him later in life-that is, after a girl
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
When Wild
PiuIlS Blossom i
By JEANETTE H.
WALWORTH.
Copyright. 1909, by American Press
Association.
.ts+S3+S14+s+s+s4st+szs
: the ceremony of baptism had ever
been performed for the benefit of


figured in the parish register as
John O. Calhoun Ralston, but neither
parish register nor baptismal font could
have been found within twenty miles
of the lonely plantation where he first
saw the light
Given locality and environment and
the corruption of the boys name was
inevitable. In bestowing the name of
the illustrious states Fighter on his
only son bluff Bruce Ralston had ap
parently trusted to his achieving great
ness from association of ideas evident
ly for other aids to progress were con-
spicuously absent.
He was the last direct Ralston.
There were collaterals, nephews and
cousins, but no straightout descendant
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-04

tain the high sign. The 'P-I."
says that you want squad of 20
or 25 men to drive out the bad
women; if you do that you'll sim
ply get rid of the old sports for
a while and make room for new
ones. Seattle has too many
places of inlet and outlet; if you
drive them out by the Sound
route they will come in again by
Lake Washington or vice versa.
In ninety-five cases out of ahun-
bred the first blow that drove
these women to an unfortunate
life came from a man. Why
should you undertake to unceas-
ingly prosecute them and drive
them out of their homes? They
have as much right to live as you
and |. Because a committee of
women called to see you, you
closed up the district at 9th and
Plummer streets. How any in
telligent or refined person would
want to live in the neighborhood
of 9th avenue and Plummer
street is a mystery to me, as it
has never been anything else but
a dirty hole in the winter time
and not very much better in the
summer time and not a desirable
place for any one to bring
children up. Those who are
agitating this matter are ov-
overlooking the fact that there are
just as many girls, young women,
married women and grass wild
ows who do not live in the dead
line district that are doing wrong
every day or are willing to do it
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-04
Seattle Cleaning Up

The mayor and council of the
city of Seattle are wrestling with
the problem of regulating the So
cial evil, and as a result a de-
termined crusade will be made
by the police under direction of
Mayor Miller to drive vice from
the city limits. This action is
made necessary because it has
been found impossible to settle
upon any section of the city to
become a restricted district, ow-
ing to the protests of the citizens
and property owners.
The city council favored seq
regation of vice as did a number
of representative citizens with
whom the Mayor conferred, but
the matter of selecting a district
proved an insuportable obstacle
and it was decided that the only
thing to do is to suppress immor-
atty in every form so far as the
police department is able to cope
with the evil.
This action is a significant one
as showing the growth of public
Sentiment towards the suppress
sion of vice and immortality. The
day is passing when the open ex-
istence of houses of ill-repute
will be tolerated by any commun-
ity and like the saloon, will even
tually be driven from decent To-
calities. Seattle has long been
known as a wide open" town,
but her people have begun to
realize that it is an unenviable
reputation and that they would
attract people who wish to make
homes and raise their families
amid favorable surroundings,
the old order of things must be
abolished and the reign of vice
curtailed. May her efforts prove
and her example be
followed by every municipality
in the state. Willapa Harbor
Pilot.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-04
MAYOR John F. MILLER CATECHISED

SEATTLE, Wash, May Fl, 1909
Hon. John F. Miller,
Mayor City of Seattle.
DEAR SIR:-As a citizen of Seat
tie | should like to make a few
suggestions to you relative to
vice and especially that part of
it which relates to the sporting
fraternity. For years your
Chamber of Commerce and the
press of this city have invited
people to come to Seattle. No
distinction has ever been made
as to only whether the good
should be received and the bad
rejected, consequently as our
dyors are thrown open for all,
the question that you have to
meet is like the reference to the
wheat and the chaff in the Bible.
There has always been some
good and some bad, and it is use
less to think that you can purify
Seattle or that you can drive out
vice. Christ tried to redeem and
reform the world and he was
crucified as we all know. Peo-
pie are no better today than they
were in the days of Christ.
You have closed up the dead
line district with the result that
you have driven sporting women
all over the city of Seattle into
hotels, lodging houses and apart
ment houses, and you now have
matters in such a shape that at
any hour of the night between 8
O'Clock and II o'clock a man can
go along First, Second and Third
avenues or Pike street and OBJ
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-04

mary and individual capacity to
make laws. They do this by
their representatives.
The recent decisions of the
courts bearing directly or indi-
reetly on the subject of the initi-
ative and referendum hold that
the principles involved is entirely
agreeable to a republican form
of government; and so far as our
investigation has extended, there
is no decision to the contrary.
Some of the wisest publicists of
of the age approve this tendency
towards direct form of legisla-
ton which is manifesting itself
in modern times.
In 1901, an amendment to the
constitution of the state of Colo
RADIO was adopted, creating the
city and county of Denver. One
of the provisions of the amend
ment is that the city council shall
Continued Next Week.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-04

broad minded people of this city
and;the majority of the people of
the citysknow that a district for
the sporting women and the
sporting element is absolutely
necessary, therefore, do one of
two things: Select district, put
it under: police protection and
let it'll remain, or do away with
some of the weak vessels that
are now in the city council and
get a council that will stand by
you and then under proper ordin-
ance condemn enough property
in Seattle for a deadline district,
put a stockade around it and put
it under police protection and
then have the matter ended for
once and all.
Very truly yours,
A. J. SPECKERT.
429-430 Epler Blk, Seattle.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-06-04

for the sake of a new waist, a
new hat, a new pair Of shoes, or
a five dollar gold piece, and yet
nothing is said regarding these
women and no attempt is made
to stop them.
Your police are permitting a
number of blind pigs to do bust
ness; the police are permitting
club rooms and gambling houses
to run day after day and no at
tempt is made to stop them. For
years unlawful abortions in Sc
attic have been as thick as black
berries in the summer time, and
we have not had more than one
or two prosecutions. Why then
wage war on these unfortunate
creatures? Seven or eight years
ago people bought lots here with
a view of building little homes.
Along came the city council and
in order to make money for the
contractors passed ordinances
for streets, alleys, sidewalks,
sewers and other matters and if
the property owner could not
pay he lost his property and he
had to take his medicine. The
same is true of many people in
the re-grade district; the same is
true of many who could not pay
their taxes, they all had to take
their medicine. There is only
one thing that you can do, let
the narrow minded, the shallow
Drained, the near sighted and
the ignorant yell themselves
hoarse if they want to, they are
simply in the minority. The