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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-29
WHERE no GET THE REA1. po11T1cA1. DOPE.

WHERE DOPE.
The big fight This perhaps yacht
wet Congress has tapped for all being
due for some months to come ~
Nothing months so far as can be
judged at writing politics That subject however
the half forgotten even
When Roosevelt and Taft and psvz AND oTt P i ,
we will all look Whos Who bearings
correctly
weary pull has and
Of the popularity of handsome gamblers
eadppe cnch that Charlie ustace and Jack
have for the mayora and Big Bill and Arthur Brown
into conversation with of Celestial friends
into political questions You will
of the nation is deuon
agaed solely for the
all; it has nothing in the world to do with it. Rebates Nv railroads is minor
insignificant proposition purely
question Publicity of Campaign Contributions
But ascertain the only party
backing Mty-smi Republican all
circumstances identify himself with the adopted political father
Link NIcCands Notify issues
of other things to which his less fortunate cnnten nav NOT make claim
And Willie Crawford Bourbon
intellect hath he not adopted the of Teddy Roosevelt and Bill Taft
and Cupid Chinese ancestry 50 therefore should all
whether born such such by choice.
Who permits ehefa game' Republican party
smoingH Republican party
which finally
Republican
Boss LOrn Andrews buys his helmets groceries Chinese
for chinese baseball teams - ''
coming campaign permit your worry
insurgency and land and immigration policies and such immateF matters
PRACTICE PRONUNCIATION
Are ngui9 Could the Hawaiian
Porto Rn Spanish
the
Lindsay all these things but perhaps gifted
If look for of the foreign
languages the negligible
of cultural
Chinese friends would
yllabes
friend question stOy SMILE if smile under circumstances
how
River and air knowledge
win be stohd but distinctly audible
the of the people with whom cOnveg and
marked
a
safely
pronounced
this
concerning which the doughty is ignorant
The
burning desire their with the JaPs but
that concerned will be without
of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
A Village With No Streets.

The town of Venice, CAL, has no
streets. Neither has it a canal sys-
tenn like that of the original Venice.
It is a seaside village, fifteen miles
from Los Angeles, and its founders
conceived an innovation which has
proved popular. Vehicular traffic is
confined to the alleys. There really
are no streets, such as are known in
other cities.
In the place of the street Venice
has the centre walk. All the short
streets leading from the ocean front
are constructed on this plan. They
are merely broad, concrete walkways.
As no wagons are allowed on them
there is no occasion for sidewalks.
Children may play on these centre
walks at will, and as long as they
please, without the fear of being in.
iured by passing vehicles or horses.
Twenty-foot alleys abut on the rear
of all lots fronting on the centre
walks. Delivery wagons, carriages,
automobiles, horseback riders and
what not must needs use the alleys.
The streets, or centre walks, are for
the use of pedestrians only.-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
EateS of Derby Winners.

St. Blaise, which Won the Derby in
1888 and has just died across the Al
lantic, has had a longer and more
peaceful life than most winners Of
the blue riband." Kisber end Lord
Lyon were also long livers, for they
both ended their days at the ripe
equine age of twenty-fve-the for
mer in Hungary and the latter at
home, with the help of a friendly
bullet. George Frederick's career
closed in blindness on a Canadian
farm in his twenty-fifth year; Favon-
Jus saw only nine years of life, and
Cremorne fourteen. Blue Gown,
winner of the 1868 Derby, died young
and tragically in mid-Atlantic, a fate
which was shared by Kingcraft. Sill
vic broke a leg in his sixteenth year,
and was shot; Hermit lived to a good
old age and his skeleton p~erpetuates
his fame: and Amato found an honor
able resting place in the grounds OF
Lord Rosebery's beautiful seat at Ep-
som.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
BanknotcS in q Book.

Every buyer of second hand books
dreams one day of finding between
me leaves or one of his acquisitions
banknote.
According to the Gaulois, a ce;e-
0rated London novelist has just had
a stroke of luck of this kind. He
vas porting over the boxes arranged
along by the walls by the side of the
Seine, and decided to buy for
a couple Of frances a "Henriade" in
quaint type published last century,
u which we're a number Of engrav-
;ngs. He went off with his prize,
and in the evening began reading it.
=ie found two of the pages of Scene
B stuck together, and or opening
them with a knife found three bank
aotes of 1000 francs (G40) each, and
:he following message:
Friend, whoever thou art. thou
$40 hast read this book to the end,
be leyatee without remorsC OF this
little fortune. t is all my pen has
brought me in fifty years. May the
muses. be more favorable to thee, for
thou art surely 4 man of letters.
III. e. 10 Jan, IS4S. Paris, 3
Rue Mazarine dundee Advertiser.
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His Complaint.

In a certain town in South Caro-
lima, before the Civil War, there was
an old Scotch Covenanter church, the
pulpit of which bore a strong resem-
blance to a flour barrel. It was fast
ened to the wall, and reached by a
fight of narrow, winding Stairs.
Among the preachers who occupied
the pulpit at different times was one
who was noted for the vigor and en-.
thusiasm of his delivery and the ex.
IRENE energy of his gesticulations.
The congregation had often trem.
bled for his safety as he stamped and
pounded in the old pulpit, but no ca.
tastrophe occurred until one day
when he bent forward over the edge.
and shaking the unstable structure.
shouted, The righteous shall stand,
but the wicked shall fall"
Before the words were fairly ut.
tered there was a crash, and the old
pulpit and its occupant came to the
floor, together with much dust.
The minister picked himself up,
and waving off the members of the
congregation. said, dryly, Brethren.
I am not injured. and l don't mind
the fall much, but ! do hate the COZ.
nection youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
She Was 4 Bird.

Captain Pritchard on his last voy
age was made much Of by the passen
gers Of the Mauritania. This veteran
has given up the sea after a career
that he began as a cabin boy of ter
no less than fifty-three years ago.
Discussing the Mauretania's pow
er. one night at dinner, Captain
Pritchard said:
Her powers would seem incredible
if prophesied in my youth. They
would have seemed as incredible az
the story about the dandy four-mast
ed schooner Yankee Bird.
Yankee Birds crew, you know
awoke one morning and found thai
there was a round turn in the lanyard
of every blessed hammock.
The mystery. after a long debate
was solved by the second officer, who
discovered that the crack boat hac
rolled SO heavily to the swell that sne
had capsized, but, owing to her mar
Velous lines, had at once come III
smiling on the other side. "--Wash
ington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
The Grateful Sailor.

"No, no; I have nothing more 20
say about the Cook-Peary matter.
will, though, tell you q ~seasonable
story"
The speaker was Rear-Admiral c
M. Chester. His interlocutor was a
Washington correspondent. Rear.
Admiral Chester resumed:
'fTt is a story about Christmas. II
shows that there is such a thing as
giving too appropriate presents.
'The sailors at a navy yard during
the Civil War were discussing the
boxes they had received from theil
friends.
land you. BILL they said to :
glum looking tar. you must have got
cigars, fruit cake, pies and turkeys
your box was such a large one.
"No, no." said Bill bitterly. My
box was more appropriate. 1t was
full of splints and bandages and lini'
ment, and there were also severa'
booklets on every man his own sur
geon and first aid to the wounded
Gee, I'm grateful"
And he gritted his teeth anc
swore."-Washingtoa Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
What Every Woman Knows.

Women know this, but we venture
the opinion that not Il mai In fifty
knows it. When 4 woman first makes
up a bed she puts Gu two clean sheets
which are used a week. Then the
lower sheet is taken off and replaced
by the upper sheet, the upper shee'
being replaced with a clean one. This
is kept up week after week, each bee
getting n clean sheet 4 week. We
always thought that when you go
clean sheets on your bed you got two
clean: but you don't; you get but one
When company comes two clear
sheets are placed on the company bed
When the company goes the sheets
are taken off and washed, whether
used one night or AtchiSOl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
A MEXICAN CHURCH.
That Of saato Domingo One of the
Largest in Existence.


Larger than Westminster, larger
ever than St. Paul's, is the Church of
Santo Domingo. This great edifice,
renowned in many countries, is known
not only for its size, but for the
beauty and magnificence of its dec
orations and the many historic events
entwined in it's history. The church
was built on consecrated ground, hay
ing been the site Of the martyrdom
Of two Dominican priests, who were
killed by Indians in the time Of
Cortez.
BY 1850 there were a number of
Dominican friars in OaXaca, and the
question of erecting a church and con
vent for the use Of the order was agi-
tated. The exact date of the begin
ming is not known, but it must have
been shortly after the middle of the
sixteenth century they began the
work with a few laborers, who gave
their services, and every member Of
the order worked hard collecting
more funds. A petition was sent to
the King of Spain for assistance, to
which he responded generously.
From time to time the King sent
other contributions, and there was no
halt in the work.
st. Paul's Cathedral in London
measures SO feet by $50 feet. and
cost s3,751,770, or 7~,497,540 pesos,
or some 100000 pesos less than
Santo Domingo. Some idea of the
size of the structure al bt obtained
when it is considered that four build
ings the size of Westminster Abbey
could be set on the ground covered
by the Dominican Temple. At the
present time, however, only a small
part of the church is used for wor-
ship, the other portions having been
converted into barracks by the gov
eminent.
Owing to the great height and
thickness of the walls OF the church,
it has been used for a fort or any
and every occasion when necessary.
No wars, however, marred the seren-
ty of the early Dominican, and each
year saw the church increasing in
wealth. The library was ranked
among the greatest in the republic.
The interior was decorated in many
places with pure gold.-New York
American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
To be Continued.
Editorial Candor.

In Everybody's straight Talk" was
printed the following from an Iowa
correspondent:
II read yer the jokes in Under
the Spreading Chestnut Tree every
month. This month I found n
which seemed very funny to me-"
THAT was bad enough" say the
editors. But when a member of
you own family, soto speak-Well,
here's what happened:
Here's a peach of a story said
the Chestnut Tree" man the other
day, but I have a feeling that we've
printed it before
is it really very funry?'
Yes, it really is
Then l don't believe we have"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
City Families Die Out.

Ammon, in his studies of the PEG.
ole of the small cities of Carlsruhe
and Freiburg, proves that city-born
people diminish in the course Of one
and two generations from 100 per
cent. to twenty-nine per cent. and
fifteen per cent. He believes that
families that move from the country
TO the cities on an average almost die
out in the course Of two generations.
1t is asserted that one-half OF the in
habitants Of the German cities are i'm
migrants from the country, and the
conclusion from this fact is that The
cities must renew themselves COM
pletely in the course Of two genera"
tions.-NeW York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
HEALTH OF CHILD
A NATIONAL CARE.
Dr.. Thomas Darlington Tells
Infant Mortality COME rence1hat
Masses Must Be Educated.

Speaking before the Conference on
the Prevention of Infant Mortality, in
New Haven, Conn, DR.. Thomas Darl-
ington, Commissioner Of Health of
New York City, said:
"A declining birth rate threatens
the very stability of a nation and
causes the utmost concern among all
who have at heart the progress and
welfare of the State. An abnormal
or increasing infantile death rate
tends to the same end, but that which
may cause an W greater anxiety is
the propagation of, a race of weak
lings, physically Unfit to bear their
share of the brunt of the worlds SER
vice and economically a burden to the
community.
1.-The world is awake as never be-
fore to the import of this danger that
threatens. Saving the babies and
keeping the children healthy is not
merely humanitarian impulse. 1t is
civic and national service and the
highest type Of patriotic duty.
1T is an economic truism that the
saving of life and the preservation Of
health offer greater value to the State
than can be gained in any other way.
Governments must conserve the
health of the babies and children if
they are to assure the future virility
of their citizens, and money, time and
effort can be expended in no more
worthy purpose.
ut is not a question of race sui
eide The birth rate Of New York
City is steadily increasing, but Of
what avail if we do not assure the
child the right not only to live, but to
possess that degree of continued
physical health which will enable
him to meet the world on equal terms
and gain and maintain his position as
a worthy unit in the scheme Of adj
vancing civilization"
AS a result of the conference a So
ciety for the study and prevention Of
infant mortality will be formally Or
ganized.
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BY ANNIE
the Times, Rose one morning with a
lighting of the ~stepmaternal bosom,
came upon the following:

the Times, Rose one morning with a
lighting of the s~tepmaternal bosom,
came upon the following:
RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AREN'T N
GUARDIANS.
A LADY, of literary ~attainments, socially
~uncncumbered and entertaining advanced
ideas as to the higher culture and destinles
of her sex, offers her society and influence
to any young girl of good birth, for whom
Improvement by continual travel may be
desired. Terms moderate, and paid inyd-
riably in advance. References exchanged.
BY the next post Mrs. O'Shea and
the lady holding advanced ideas were
in communication. They interviewed
each other, they exchanged opinions
on the destiny Of sex, they exchanged
references. After some battling, the
commercial part of the. transaction
was brought to a satisfactory close,
and Belinda, sullenly submissive to
anything that divided her from Rose,
Brompton and Uncle Robert, made
her next great step in life.
The name of her new preceptress
(of whom more herafter) was Burke,
Miss Lydia Burke-a name not un-
known to fame either in the speech
making or bookmaking world. And
under, or oftener without this lady's
care, Belinda's culture" had been
progressing up to the present time;
no material change occurring mean
while at Brompton save Uncle Rob-
ert's death, which took place about
three months before the date at
which this history opens.
Some smatterings of languages
the girl, drifting hither and thither
over Europe, has picked up; some
music and dancing, of a vagrant
kind; a good deal of premature ac-
Quaintance with human nature; life,
opened, I fear, at somewhat tattered
pages, for her class-book; neglect,
not invariably the worst educator,
for her master.
A socially unencumbered lady,
bent on correcting the mistakes made
by her sex during the past six thou
sand years, and with the higher des-
TIMES of the future on her soul,
could scarcely have time to waste on
the training CT the one unimportant
unit Immediately beneath her eyes.
In few minds are broadness of vision
and capacity for small detail coexist-
ent. The mind of Miss Lydia Burke
was of the visionary or far-embrac-
ing order-an order quite beyond the
wretched details of lawn dresses and
darning needles. Newton forgot his
dinner hour; could a Miss Lydia
Burke be expected to notice the
holes
But this brings me back exactly to
the point at which a certain pride. in
my poor little heroine forced me into
restrospection-the holes in Belin-
da's stockings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
PLAY CANARY IS r
FISH. AND HOOK r..
The Moving Tale Of Whe Being
q Bird in a GiIded Cage is7't
Ala Bed Of Roses.

Mrs. Harry Abrams opened a front
window in her fiat on the third floor
at No. 1876 East 114th street and on a
nail outside the window she hung a
gilded cage on which was TIED a nice
bow of baby blue ribbon. IN the cage
was a canary.
Mrs. Abrams then placed near the
window the most comfortable rocking
chair in the room and with a pound
of candy within reach she opened a
book. Ever and anon she glanced up
from the pages of the best seller to
watch the canary-gay, light hearted
Observation-Disclosures in the cage
and to listen to the little lay the gold
en- throated songstcr trilled.
Just as the hero announced that he
was willing, aye, eager, to sacrifce
his fortune for the girl he loved Mrs.
Abrams CHANGED to look Il of the
window.
She saw a piece of cord drop from
the realms above. TO the end Of the
cord was attached a hook. Unseen
hands above moved the hook till it
caught in the top of the bird cage.
Then the cord scared. Also the hook.
Also the bird cage. Also the canary.
The human mind works fast in
crises, and to this psychological fact
is due the other fact that Mrs.
Abrams dropped her book, tipped over
the chair and hurried to the roof, rea-
soning that the abductors Of the can
airy were working from there.
Those forehanded individuals had
nailed down the skylight and Mrs.
Abrams could not force it open. To
add to her distress she could hear the
rattle Of feet on the tin roof as per-
sons ran away and the last despairing
notes Of a song from the canary bid
ding farewell to his happy little home.
New York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
H..
smbroSiaI Cash.

Spain or Chaplain? Raising her
self lazily from the sward-such
mixture of dust and lifeless stalk as
here in the south we dignity by the
name of sward-Belinda, after sew
eral more yawns, draws forth from
her ragged pocket a letter, written
on sea-green English note paper, that
must certainly have cost the sender
double postage, and in a ch~aracterless
little boarding school ladies' hand.
My dearest Belinda"
"Dearest--for her to call me dear
est when papa himself used to think
my dear little girl sufficient. But
Rose must be a hypocrite, even in
writing"
You will be surprised, and I hope
pleased to hear that ! am coming all
the way to the south of France to
see you. / am sure, when l look at
St. Jean de Luz on the map, it quite
takes my breath away. l have al
ways had a horror of the Bay of Bis
cay and can never sleep in the train
as most people do, and then I am
such a coward about strange beds!
But Of course Spencer will be with
me, and as there have been several
cases of smallpox close at hand, and
I am so frightened about it, Dr.. Pick
ney says the wisest thing l can do is
to pack up my boxes and run.
Il trust, dear, you will find me
looking pretty well. I am in mourn
ing still, but of course slight, for
poor Uncle Robert has been dead
three months; indeed, the milliners
scold me for wearing it any longer.
I wish l knew whether hats or bon
nets were lest style in foreign water
ing places. My dearest Belinda, I
shall have news to tell you when we
meet, of the most deeply interesting
nature, affecting the future of us
both. I am glad you have made &C
quaintance with Augustus Jones. He
is a prime favorite Of mine-indeed,
he will make me correspond with
him-young meE are so foolish-and
as ! tell them, an old like
me! What you say about his 'vul-
garity' is simply ridiculous. How
can it matter whether his father sold
patent stoves or not? Has q young
man money? not how vas his money
made? is the question the world
asks. I only hope he will be still at
st. Jean de Luz when | arrive, which
may be almost as soon as this letter.
Present my compliments to our eX-
cellent friend, Miss Burke. and be-
lieve me your W affectionate
mamma. ROSE.
"P. S.-Augustus Jones has q. villa
at Chaplain, elegantly furnished
everything in first stylei l have
often dined there in his fathers
time with poor dear Uncle Robert.
Augustus will be an excellent party,
I can assure you, Belinda, for any
girl who may be fortunate enough
to win him"
Belinda brushes the letter together
cortemptuously, filings it up twice or
thrice, ball fashion, into the air, then
thrusts it away, still in its crumplcd
state, out of sight, and lapses back
into castle-building.
Spain or Clapham.' Just as she
has for the third time asked herself
this fateful question, an Englishman
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
Johnnie's Bite.

johnnie, come in to dinner"
Mrs. Slater stood at the door of he1
cottage, looking e. toward a small
boy who was fishing with a bent pin
and a herring bone III the brim of a
puddle.
"John-nie-dinner,'
Still the boy went on fishing.
"Johnnie!7
No answer
IF you don't come in to dinner at
once, my son." threatened Mrs. Slater.
Il won't give you any at ALL"
Only a sudden tension of the small
boys frame as he gazed eagerly into
tho depths of the murky puddle.
Mrs. Slater's patience was at an
end. Silently, she crept up behind
the delinquent, and then, suddenly
Selling him by the shoulders, shook
him violently to and fro.
You brat!" she cried. Didn't you
hear ne CALI"
No, ma" replied the y%oungster,
stoutly. Il didn't hear you the first
three times, and the last time l had
a bite "-Dundee Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
Treasure For Some Man.

At the dinner of the Cab drivers
Benevolent Association Sir Squire
Bancroft told a story Of a young lady
who rendered the fare of a shilling
the end Of q journey, according to
London Tit-Bits.
Half a moment, MISS" said tho
driver. Are you married?"
mo. Why do you ask"
Because" was the rejoinder,
when you 60 marry, whoever gets
you will have a treasure. You makes
4 bob go further than any gal I
know"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26
The CoWardly Egg.

when I arose to speak," rclatcu 9
martyred statesman, some one
a base. cowardiY cgg at ME
and it struck me in the chest"
And what kind 0i I'LL egg might
that be-" asked a fresh young man.
"A base, cowardly egg" explained
the statesman. lis one that hits you
and then runs. "-Everybody's Maya
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Tho Elattering Tongue.

"I say. waiter, This SIT beefsteak;
it's leather"
oh! we thought we could offer
that to monsieur without causing
monsieur any inconvenience"
why select me?'
well, monsieur has such superb
tecth!"-Leslie's.
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Princes and Maids.

A prince espoused a beggar maid
In days when princes were supreme,
For which his fame will never fade,
His love is every poets theme.
Yet we should cease the deed to praise,
For things have strangely altered since.
This is the union nowadays u
a maiden weds a beggar prince. !
Chicago Record Herald.
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Very ANNOYING.

"This Polar controversy has stirred
I'D 4 lot of trouble"
That's what it has," assented In
Gle Goshall Hemlock. why, some of
these Plunkville people are now de-
handing aridavits On a story that I
have been t '1g for the past thirty