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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08

average was more than reasurring.
At present the Kahuku long distance
station is operating with a five kilo-
wat transformer borrowed from Mare
Island. With a new sparker and a ten
kilowat transformer to be installed as
soon as available, there can be no
doubt but that Honolulu, by way of
Kahuku. may depend on regular wire
less service.
AS a result of the tests made last
month, the Hawaiian Telegraph and
Telephone Company purposes very
soon issuing rates for night messages
in regular service, and while the cable
can beat the wireless for speed, the
charges by wireless will be very much
lower than those made by the cable
Within a month the wireless be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco and
other coast points will be in COMPETE
tion with the cable
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08

Best cup of coffee in the city at New
England Bakery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08

The Territorial Grand Jury will meet
tomorrow morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08
PLAGUE AT BEIRUT

January ships Virginia of the
Atlantic
port
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08

Fine Job Printing, Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08
NIGHT SHOCK
AT MESSINA
during the night resulting he
DRUNKEN SOLDIER
KILLS POLICEMAN

FRANCISCO January Sergeant Noting shot
who
when he he crime
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-08

Continued on Tage FiveJ
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19
WILL PRESENT A PLAY.
Local Dramatic Club Decide to Again Appear
Before Canyon City Audience as Stars.

The Dramatic Club of this city
met again last Tuesday night
and decided to put on a play in
the near future. They have Sc
cured the assistance of Mr.. Ed
ward G.. Horne in putting on the
play and it is expected that the
entertainment when presented
will be as good as any ever put
upon the local stage. The name
of the play which they have de-
cided to present is Out of the
Fold" a comedy-drama having a
large cast of characters, filled
with amusement intermingled
with pathos. The characters
were assigned on Tuesday night.
1t is now thought that the enter
tainment will be given on Friday
evening, February 26.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19
TO RE0RGANlZE THE BAND.
Meeting Of Persons Interested Held Last Friday
Night for That Purpose
Employ Director.

Pursuant to a call issued a
meeting was held last Friday
night for the purpose of reor-
ganizing the band for this cioy.
A large number of people inter
ested in the movement were
present and altogether the meet
ing was said to have been very
enthusiastic. George Hutchings
was elected chairman of the
organization and O. G. Davis was
elected secretary and treasurer.
1t was decided that a permanent
organization should be effected
and that the band should employ
an instructor for the coming
year. AS yet no arrangements
have been made for any certain
person to take charge of the band
though the boys have some two
or three different men in view.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19
BIG PANHANDLE RANCH SOLD.
Stock Of Famous Bar v Outfit 10000 Head,
Sold to Clarendon Firm.

Fort Worth, Feb. 15.-J. D.
Shuford, general livestock agent
of the Denver road, returned
yesterday from trip up the line
and reports that the entire herd
of the Bar V and X-Bar-X ranch,
approximating between $4,000
and 10000 head of cattle, have
been sold by their owners to the
firm of Lewis, Wordsworth g. Pyle
of Clarendon.
These two herds are among the
oldest in the Pecos country,
which section is rapidly filing up
with farmers from other states.
The Bar V herd was owned by
the Cass Land & Cattle company.
Terms private.
Another big sale made was that
of r. H. Muir of Clarendon to
IsaacS Brothers of Canadian,
l, 200 head head of yearlings F
d w brand steers. This bunch
is to be delivered in the spring
and are high grade white faces.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19
The Local Weather.

Say, we have had all kinds of
weather dished up to us this
week. Last Friday and Satur-
day started in with almost
spring tinge to the climate but
somebody lost their grip and
Saturday night the wind chang
ed to the North and what we got
Sunday and Monday was enough
to make the coal man smile
while the buyer stood around the
stove with one hand warming
while he handled the Scuttle with
the other. The thermometer
registered mighty close to zero,
some people reporting that it
did get down that far while 9th
ers claimed that it was four
above. Anyhow it was cold
enough for the News force.
Water pipes were frozen in a
number of places in the city but
there was no serious damage to
cattle or livestock. During Sun
day we had several small spits
of snow but not enough to make
much moisture. Tuesday the
weather moderated in the after
noon of that day and the remain
der Of the time up till yesterday
noon when this report was writ
ten the weather was simply fine
Wednesday night the man who
regulates the water supply tried
his hand and gave us quite {
good rain which fell slow enough
for it all to soak into the ground
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19

Miss Bess Haney entertained a
number of her friends last Fri
day evening at the home of her
father and mother. Judge and
Mrs. Jasper N. Haney in this
city. The evening was pleasantly
spent in games together with
music, the crowd leaving at a
late hour, wishing for a speedy
return of the event.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19
ODD FELLOWS LODGE INSTITUTED.
Local Three unkers Organize Good Lodge
With Good Membership at Town Of Happy

About twenty-five or thirty
members of the Odd Fellows
lodge of this city hied themselves
away to Happy last Wednesday
night for the purpose of institut-
ing a lodge of that order at that
place. From their appearance
yesterday morning they must
have spent the greater part of
the night showing the novices
the dark and devious ways of the
order but they are unanimous in
saying that they had a great
time.
Preparations were made in ad-
vance for the entertainment of
those who went there from this
place and other towns, a banquet
was served during the wee small
hours of the night, the candi-
dates rode the goat with all the
energy in them, and everything
went off smoothly. The Happy
people proved themselves to be
natural entertainers and true to
the name of the town, everyone
who were connected with the
entertainment, either as candi-
date, hose or guest were truly
Happy"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19

Mr.. f. H. Barrows, of Kansas,
has come to Canyon City for the
purpose of conducting classes in
Penmanship, S hor h and and
Bookkeeping. He has had many
years successful experience in
this line, and our young people
should take advantage of this
opportunity to get this training.
We are glad to report that
Mrs. D. NJ. Hawthorne, who has
been in the Briggs Sanitarium
at Dallas for about five week, is
gradually improving.
Nudge and Mrs. c. I. Word
have returned from Chico where
they were called to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Words father,
Rev. w. J. Gregory, who was
burned to death in his residence
at that place.
Ladies, the Canyon Tailoring
Company will make you a better
skirt for $500 than you can pur
chase ready-made for 5000
Phone 2l6.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19

w. II. Williams, editor of the
Herald, a paper published at
Stanberry, Mo-, was a pleasant
caller at this Office this week.
He was well pleased with the
Panhandle and Randall county
and thinks that there is great
future before the country.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19

Miss Reta Albitz, who was
here last season with the Canyon
Mercantile Company in their
millinery department, has re-
turned to Canyon and will be
the same firm again.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19

M. d. Cummings who was call
ed to Memphis, Tennessee, to
attend the bedside of his sick
son has returned home, his son
having recovered so that there is
no immediate danger of his
death.
Roy Cullum left last Saturday
night for a short visit with his
father and mother at Mineral
Wells.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19

George l.. Abbott and his fam
lily have returned from a three
weeks visit at Mineral Wells.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-02-19
No. 523S.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank

AT Canyon, in the State Of Texas at
the close of business, Feb. ), 1909.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27

Simeon Ford Is one OF the ablest
after dinner speakers in this country.
II you don't believe IT, listen to his
opening remarks as toastmaster at the
annual dinner OF the Hotel association:
"The last time i made my last ap-
pearance was in Boston, about a year
ago. William Howard Taft appeared
at the same time. We made fine
cross matched team. He weighed more
on the hoof than / did, but what
lacked in avoirdupois / made up in
mental poise. We both did swimming
Iy, but discovered that Mr.. Taft drew
more water than / did, due possibly to
the depth of his centerboard Indeed,
when the dinner was over I was able
owing to my light draft, to sail into
my hotel quite easily, while Mr. Tafs
was unable to cross the bar, and had
TO anchor outside the lightship over
night.
II believe that my speech was the
more scholarly OF the two. but / must
admit that Mr.. Tafts carried more
weight than mine did. During my little
talk on that occasion I took a few
cracks at President Roosevelt, and the
audience, with one exception, seemed
pleased. The exception was our friend,
Mr. Taft, and when his turn came he:
sat down on me-350 pounds OF prcsi-
Dental timber resting on you Is an,
awful thing
TT is terrible to have a steam roller
pass over you, and / have not uttered
a peep since; but truth crushed to
earth will rise again, and here / am,
my punctures healed, comparat'- rly
reinflated, and as full OF hot air as t CT.
But heaped Goals OF fire on our new
presidents head. | voted for him and
got others to go and do the same. I
like Big Bill All hotel men like big
bills'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
Ksntueky's Natural Wonders.


The pseudo scientist found himself
seated at dinner with a stone pillar on
one side of him and a red-faced COM
mercial traveller on the other. Finding
the pillar unresponsive, and laboring
under the necessity Of human inter
course, he chose the lesser of two evils
and addressed himself to the red-faced
drummer.
"You-er-travel a great deal, pre-
slme," said the pseudo-scientist.
yep; on the go pretty much all the
time," replied the red-faced drum
mer.
Where have you been recently, may
I ask?"
Just back from Kentucky"
"Ah, Kentucky. Charming section OF
the country. Rich in historic inter-
est"
II s-pose so''
And equally rich in natures handi-
work"
"Come again?"
81 mean to say It is most interesting
as regards its natural phenomena"
"Ill take your word for it,"
1.-THE Mammoth cave, for instance.
You have visited the Mammoth cave?"
'Nope. Always too busy sellin' goods.
I only hit the high places like Louis
vile, Newport, Lexington, an the like.
No business at Mammoth cave"
81 presume not. But at the same
time, my dear sir, It is the greatest nat
urai wonder of Kentucky
Back up"
"Sir?'
"Come out OF your trance. On my
last trip / stacked up against two nat
ural wonders that made the Mammoth
cave resemble hole in the wall"
You astonish me. May / inquire
what they were?"
you may. One was a colonel who
had actually served in the army and
the other was a judge who at one time
had really been on the bench"
And the red-faced drummer retired to
his place OF terrapin "A la Refine while
the pseudo-scientist returned to his
contemplation of the stone pillar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
Abandon Largest Oil WeII.


From Mexico City comes the news Of
the abandonment of the famous well Of
Pearson & Sons, on the Mexico gulf, the
burning of which for weeks has made 1t
world famous. The blaze is out at last, 1t
having been extlnguished by literally
smothering it with torrents of mud, sand
and water, using four great centrifugal
pumps. Cortland Lawrence, who was EN-
ployed by the Pearsons until recently in
an official capacity, is in the city and con-
firms the report of the abandonment, 1t
is impossible to control II.
The WELL or rather lake, as it may now
be called, is the largest ever opened in the
world It has flowed 1900 900 barrels of
hot sulphur water daily of 160 degrees tenn
perature, carrying with it some 1000 bar
rels of oil. The fire started at the drilling
into the oil sand, and the heavy gas pres
sure started the flow, opened great fis-
sures in the ground, and the blaze was
lighted from the boiler. The depth was
about 1,SOO feet.
The flames shot up hundreds of feet in
the air, and the nights were as light as
day. An engineer of the Mexican Central
in a report to his superors, said that he
wrote by night by the light of the burning
well while IT miles away.
The water and oil has run off into the
Mexican gulf. Now earthen reservoirs
have been thrown up, ana as much OF the
oil as possible Is caught in these.
The fire was followed by the caving Of
the earth around the hole, until there is
now n lake as large as six Los Angeles
city blocks. -Four acres fell in at one
time. Soundings were taken at the edge
in a boat. and they showed a depth of 800
feet. The phenomenon is one never be-
fore seen, freak of nature that, were it
located in a more accessible region, would
be a nine days wonder, visited by thous-
ands from everywhere far and near. The
site Is nine miles south of Tampico and is
reached by a steam launch.
There are two other wells in the immed-
late vicinity that yield between 1900 and
1900 barrels a day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27

that's honoat reckon that's all the
speech / need to make just now. By
Jimminy," turning his back on the
squire and changing his tone COM
pletely, I'm glad to hear that dinner
bell. / could eat a burnt boot" The
big farm bell on the kitchen roof was
changing merrily.
"AlI right, suh" The squire's jaw
sprung lige a rat trap" I'VE under
stand each other. Now, you remember
what / told yeh. Don't you forget 1t,
sun. You've tackled hard clan to
beat-a man, suh." He wheeled and
strode stormily toward his horse and
buggy.
Coin to stay to dinner, amt you
squire?" called out Dan anxiously.
mo. / don't want no dinner" He
sprang into his buggy and a moment
later was driving furiously down the
road.
kitchen in silence. They seemed awed
and frightened. Only Farthing and his
boys were self possessed, and they
speedily became the life and soul Of
the dinner hour, joking and chatting
and telling stories till the others Joined
in perforce.
The mood of the company, however,
did not delay the meal. The brown
turkeys disappeared in a twinkling;
the stewed chicken ebbed low in the
milk pan; and the potatoes and vege-
tables were shOveled into hungry
mouths as fast as iron knives could
be made to work with safety. Great
slices Of bread were spread thick with
apple butter and slowed away like
coal into "A stoke hole. There were five
spreads" on the table, headed by the
Pennsylvania salve," without which
no meal is complete; there was a gal
lon Of cold slaw and peck of krout.
Then came the cider, great glasses Of
pure juice made late in October and
fit for king. In 20 minutes 1t was
all over. and the women were alone
with the wreck.
There was but one theme for con-
versation on the homeward ride that
evening. AL Farthing had defied the
squire. Men and women discussed II
in awed voices. Not one of all those
at the butchering thought much of any
other topic, save, perhaps, young Jim
Farthing, who had seen pair Of black
eyes.
Continued Next WeekJ
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
PRIZE FOOD.

falatable, Economical, NourishinE.
A Neb. woman has outlined the
prize food in few words, and that
from personal experience. She writes
after our long experience with
Grape Nuts, / cannot say enough in its
favor. We have used this food almost
continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other advertised
breakfast foods, but We invariably re-
turned to Grape Nuts as the most pala-
table, economical ana nourishing OF
ALL
"When quit tea and coffee and be-
gan to use Postum and Grape Nuts, l
was a nervous wreck. was so irrita-
BILE could not sleep nights, had no In
terest in life.
"After using Grape Nuts short time
I began to improve and all these all
ments have disappeared and now l am
a well woman. My two children have
been almost raised on Grape-Nuts,
which they eat three times a day.
"They are pictures Of health and
have never had the least symptom Of
stomach trouble, even through the most
severe siege Of whooplng cough. they
could retain Grape-Nuts when all else
failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, most
economical food for u.s."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 'The Road to Well
VILE" In pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever resd the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full Of
human interest
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
Warmth Of Distant Worlds.

1t is usually assumed that on the
more distant planets intense cold
reigns, the amount of heat received
from the sun being exceedingly small.
yIt IS pointed out, however, by Professor
f. W. Very, that in case the atmos-
pheric conditions on such a planet
Neptune, for instance,) are favorable
high surface temperature might be
kept up, the blanket Of vapor holding
the heat as the glass of a greenhouse
does.
A greenhouse keeps warmer than the
outer air even when not artifiicially
heated, because the luminous rays Of
the sun pass easily through the glass,
while the dark heat rays emitted by
the warmed ground cannot get out.
The heat is thus. as it were, caught
like "a rat in a trap. The earth's at
mosphere acts in the same way. With
out it we should have roasting days
and freezing nights, as they probably
do on the moon. IL the planets contain
unknown gases in their atmospheres,
which are highly absorbent of heat
rays while allowing light rays to pass
easily still more efficient heat trap"
may exist there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
NEW GIANT is FOUND;
BIG MEASUREMENTS

London-Among those who embarked
for New York Is an Irish giant who has
been a conspicuous figure on the
Strand for year. His name is Peter
McCullaugh and he goes to New York
to stand in front of the new Maxine
Elliot theater and open carriage doors.
He is feet 10 inches tall, is only 29
years old, and weighs 276 pounds. He
Is quite big enough to open a carriage
door.
McCullaugh is member of the corps
of cOmmiSSiOnaireS, which is made up
entirely Of one-time noncommissioned
officers in the English army. They
number some 800 and are under the
supervision of lieutenant colonel in
the army, who is detailed by the war
office for that purpose. Each man puts
up a bond of $500, and none except
those with exemplary records are TAX
en-. They wear distinctive uniform
of dark blue, and retain their service
chevrons and decorations.
on account of their training and
trustworthiness they are eagerly sought
for by theaters, hotels and restaurants,
for doormen and linkmen, as they call
the carriage men here. McCullaugh
was formerly stationed in front of the
Gaiety theater. When the season op-
ened at the Aldwych theater this fall
Mr.. Levering, the manager, went to
the Commissionaire colonel and asked
to have boy detailed for the theater.
The boy turned up in the shape of
McCullagh, 6 feet 10 inches high. He
proved to be very valuable. II traffic
was blocked he would lift a truck out
of the way. Once he picked up an Of
fensive van driver who would not move
out for the carriages to approach the
theater entrance and threw him into
the van as II he had been a doll.
When the season at the Aldwych
closed McCullaugh was out of job.
George Appleton, Miss Elliott's man
ager, heard of McCullaugh's unusual
size and hired him to go to America
and ornament the front Of the new
theater. McCullaugh was formerly a
Cornoral in the guards.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
HE CHRONICLE
------
svsr.R SOUTH pAkoyy
svsr.R
JosEPM kUsLER puhIIsh..

Eggs six months old are said to re-
served by this process, adopted by a
firm in the north OF England: Acting
on the theory that an egg decomposes
owing to the entrance OF bacteria
through the shell. the eggs. by the new
process of preservation, are first disin-
fected and then Immersed In a vessel
OF hot paraffin wax In a vacuum. The
air In the shell Is extracted by the vac
uum, and atmospheric pressure Is then
allowed to enter the vessel when the
hot wax is pressed into the pores OF
the shell, which thus Theoretically seals
IL. Evaporation OF the contents OF the
egg, which has a harmful effect, Is
thereby prevented. and the egg is prac-
tically sterile.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27
Tn. Ao.lno Of n. Hand.

"Don't go IN for skilled manual labor
n you want to keep the advance Of old
age from your sight, said physician.
Tho hand gives the first muscular in
dication Of senility.
Nearly two o-thirds OF our human life,
you know. Is spent in dying We ma
ture at 20 or 80. From then on we
slowly die. Lines come. teeth go, we
get bald. we get gray, and gently and
quietly those ailments begin to take
possession OF US which, one day, will
carry us of.
I'VE forget these things to a degree.
though. II we are not skilled manual
iaborers-if our wages, from early
manhood don't dwindle In time with
the dwindling of our youth.
Take the button maker, working at
piece work.
AT 80 he is at his best; he gets s17
q week. At IS he is down to S11, at 40
to $40. at 45 to IS. and after so. no mat
ter how hard he tolls. he can't make
over IS or SO a week.
80 It is with numberless trades.
From rs or 80 onwards, the workers
envelope says to him every day:
"'Getting old! Getting old!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27

II is proposed to connect the chief
groups of the Pacific islands by means
OF wireless telegraphy. The plan is
proposed by capitalists interested in
some OF the islands OF the Gilbert
group, but government aid is expected
from all nations having possessions in
the South Pacific, including Great
Britain, France, Germany and the Unit
ed States. The French island OF Ia
hiti is particularly interested, the near
est available ocean cable station being
at present at Auckland, New Zealand,
2,250 miles distance. II is proposed to
install 10 or IL central stations, each
controlling a circular region, the larg-
est OF which will have a radius of
about 12b0 miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-27

Sydney Rosenfield once wrote COM
edy entitled, The Optimist," which
achieved success after the production,
but was a long time reaching the stage.
Manager after manager refused the
manuscript, and one day Mr.. Roscn-
field, whose patience was exhausted,
blurted out to his sole auditor: "Of
course. you don't appreciate the play!
You don't even know the meaning of
its name" Yes, do" protested the
impressario. We'll" insisted Rosen-
field, what's the difference between an
optimist and a pessimist?" The man
ager barely hesitated. AN optimist Is
an eye doctor" he said. "a pessimist is
a foot doctor"