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The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

company and lines U0 Newark have bowed to the will of the people and are putting back the good old-fashioned the passengers corns-
 Women are responsible for the re- version to the old type in Yonkerc They convinced their husbands that to negotiate three bundles, a bird cage and several children into a car of the pay-as-you-enter variety required a mathematic training far beyond them. One of the women was the wife of Mrs. Leslie Sutherland, receiver for the Yonkers Railroad Company.
 In Newark they adopted business methods to oust the pay-as-you-elter outfit. There a few hundred patrons of the lines agreed to always pay their fares in dollar bills. The result was that the conductors were soon deluged with the bills and unable to carry suf- ficient change. Besides this, schedules were upset by the delay in making change for so many.
 MT. Sutherland told the public serv- ice commissioner all about the trou- bles experienced in trying to intro duce the trolley innovation. He said he went to Van Cortlandt Park, where passengers change from the subway to the surface lines. and tried to persuade them it would be all right as soon as they got used to the new system.
 T went up there," said he, until the people made fun of me and called
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
TraDped.

The man was neither neatly nor vel dressed. He was plainly a tramp, beg ging, and had just turned away from one passer-by when he saw a youne man walking briskly toward him Please, mister" said the tramp, "can you give us a dime to get something to eat with?"
 The young man stopped. What's the matter?" he asked.
 Cant get work, said the other, glibly. T haven't had a bite to eat since yesterday morning. Pawned all my clothes, 'cepting these Slept under wharf for a week, and I don't know anybody in the whole city-honest, I don't"
 The young man looked at the tramps smooth face, over which a ra- zor had evidently passed very recent ly.
 "Who shaved you this morning?" he asked, and as the beggar faded away the young man grinned. and walked on down the street.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
EGGS AS oMENs.
Curious DivinntiOn Custom Among HiII Tribes in Farthest India.

Curious DivinntiOn Custom Among
 HiII Tribes fin Farthest India.
 The egg enters in a peculiar way Into the lives of the people of the Khasi Hills. in Assam, Farther India
 No event of any importance in the life of Khasi takes place without divina- .ion by egg-breaking. The number of by the resources of the owner. Groups of Khasis may be seen arguing and wrangling for hours. and accompany ing their calculations by furiously banging an egg on the ground. until in time they are standing in a disgusting mess of egg shells, yolks and the blood-red saliva caused by betel-chew- Ing. When the success or failure of some prospective event is in question, the custom is to drop an egg on a pc cullarly shaped board. and then. from the configuration of the splashed yolk, and the position of the bits of shell. draw an augury concerning what is likely to happen. When it is desired to discover the cause of some sickness or misfortune, the man addresses the egg after this fashion: "Oh, egg, am only a man, and ignorant, and I can divine nothing. You can communicate with spirits, and between them and US have intercourse. Now, say, who has done this-who has caused this man to fall sick? If the spirit is in
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

me politician. I stood near the stairs and tried to persuade the people to get their change ready, and even of fered to provide them with change But they would not listen and set themselves against it. just as they did in Newark, where they formed the dol lar committees
 Because of this it was necessary to put back old cars without wheel guards and lenders.
 Commissioner Maltbie decided the company had been negligent in provid- ing proper wheel guards on the old cars which have come from premature retirement and served notice that if the commissions orders are not car ried out soon the company will have more trouble on it's hands than that experienced at the hands of the irrec. oncilable suburbanite
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

Emil Seidel was born Dec. 13, 1864 at Schuylkill, Pa. of German parents
 Went to Milwaukee with parents iu 1862
 Educated in Milwaukee public schools until his 18th year.
 Left school in 1877 and for three years worked in a spice mill.
 Apprenticed in 1880 to a woodcarv- CT, for whom he worked until 1885.
 Left United States in 1886 for Ger many to perfect himself in wood -carv ing, modelling in clay and designing.
 Remained in Berlin six years, work ing at his trade and attending night school.
 Returned to this country in 1892 as employe in the German exhibit at Chi cago Worlds Fair.
 Returned in autumn of 1893 to MIL waukee and accepted a position as de- signer for the Fuller Warren Manu- featuring Company
 Organized in 1900 the Milwaukee Pattern Manufacturing Company, of which he now is a member.
 Nominated in November, 1909, as mayoralty candidate by Social Demo- cratic party in referendum vote.
 Elected Mayor of Milwaukee April 5 1910
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
In Al Dilemma

The error oi a clerk involved in a decidedly confusing situation the Ger man gentleman referred to in a story in the New York Times. He may be pardoned If his testimony under the investigation which was ordered proved somewhat incoherent,
 On a jury day in the First District Court stolid-looking German present. ed to the Justice a certificate from the Commissioner of Jurors. After rap i'd glance at the document, the Justice ordered the man to raise his right hand, and administered the oath.
 Your name is Herman Kaufman?"
 "Yes, your honor
 This paper" continued the court, requests me to excuse Herman Kauf- man from jury duty on the ground that he is dead Now, remember that you have sworn to tell the truth, and think well before you answer. Are you dead?"
 Moo, your honor" was the bewil- dered reply, "I don't think I am."
 You claim that you are alive?"
 Wees, your honor"
 That will do. Now take this pa per back to the Commissioner of Jurors"
 The man did so. When the com missioner examined the certificate, 1t bore the following indorsement in the Justices handwriting:
 ''The deceased, appearing before me in open court, insists, under oath, that he is not dead. Please investigate, and if his testimony be false, have him indicted for perjury"
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
LIVED ON 50 CENTS A WEEK.
London MiSer Who I- Worth a Quarter of . Million Dollars.

London MiSer who Is Worth n
 Quarter of . Million Dollars.
 A miser who had lived for years in squalor on 50 cents a week while he was in receipt of an income of $3.C00 a year and had. it is believed, .$250.0O0 worth of property, has just forsaken his solitary life and sought better shel- ter in a Stafford hospital. a New York Suns London correspondent says. His name is John Clarence Hudson. He was found by the hospital officials lying on a bedstead covered with a dirty rag, with a stick by his side to keep the rats from his food.
 He told the officials that he could live we'll on 50 cents week. A cents worth of milk had to last him four days and loaf of bread for week. His meat allowance was half pound week. and he bought half pound Of sugar every three months. Yet he admitted that he had 17.500 of rail way stock and house property. and it is stated that he received legacy of si50.O00 from his parents.
 He also declared that he had not been bathed for twenty years, and it took two nurses two hours and a half to make up the arrears in that respect. But amid all the squalor of his home the officials found touch of long dead romance.
 table was laid in one room for two people to dine. It had always been kept like that. they were informed by the woman who attended the miser Hudson. who practiced years ago as a solicitor. is said to have been crossed in love.
 Another feature of the case was the discovery of picture of Spanish beg gar girls. which. Hudson declares. Is Murillo.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
Gifts to Diplomats.

Had the framers of the federal con stitution realized how much heart burning would follow as a result of their adoption of the clause forbid ding any officer of the army, the navy or the civil service of the government to receive decorations or gifts from any foreign ruler without permission from Congress 1t is possible that they would have reversed themselves, the New York Mail and Express says. That provision has been a cause of hardness of heart and bitterness of spirit ever since 1t was ratified, for. while Congress has in many cases au- thorized officers to accept gifts offered by old world sovereigns, it has with held permission in instances far more numerous.
 The situation, apart from the per sonal side, has become, really serious. The offices of the State Department are all cluttered up with presents be- slowed by royal highnesses upon American officers who are not permit ted to receive them. These articles include loving cups, golden swords. ribbons and jewels of various foreign orders, photographs and other trin- kets, more or less gaudy. The per sons for whom these baubles were in tended have repeatedly asked Con gress for permission to accept them, but have been heartlessly repulsed every time. More than 200 requests of that character are now before the Senate committee on foreign relations, but only the other day the chairman of that body, Uncle Shelby Cullom, an unmitigated exemplar of Jeffersonian simplicity, made 1t known that noth- ing or less was doing.
 All of which Is distressing. Some thing must be done to rid the State Department of these accumulated baubles or business will have to stop. It might work out all right to dis pose of them by rafle.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
PLAG1AR1sMs IN THE DRAMA.
Some Classic Instances of Nppropri.
 atinE Other Mems IdAa.

Some Classic Instances of NDuroDri-
 atinE Other Mems Ideas. It woul6 seem that while literature
 continues to be producedy charges oi
 plagiarism will from time to time
 make themselves heard. Ut is a nice and difficult point to deciS1e what is
 legitimate assimilation and what is in. defensible appropriation of another's
 thought or even of another's Ian guage.
 It is subject, too. on which opin ion has varied considerably. \In the days of Chaucer, when the proudest ap pellation of poet was that of tlearn ed,' no scruples existed in annexing from a foreign writer and literally translating his ideas, words and tropes In fact, the more acquisitive power in that way a poet showed the greater his reputation was likely to be.
 Every one knows how much Shake speare was indebted to chroniclers, his. torians. and tale writers not only for his plots, but also for his verbiage, even for some of his happiest turns of phrase. The defense usually put 0P IOA AAAIs ILO " OoI tO marks, is conveyed in the high-sound- ing metaphor that he took other mems base metal and transmitted it into his own fine gold. This is in a great many. cases undoubtedly true; but some times the transmutation is not very obvious. Very often he contents him, self with turning whole passages ot Holinshed or of North's English yer. sion of Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's Lives" into blank verse. not giving himself much trouble even to paraphrase.
 If a present-day dramatist wanted to show that he was in good company in being accused of plagiarizing, to Shakespeare and Rostand he might also have added Corneille and Ben Jonson. Corneille took some of the most powerful pieces direct from the Spanish For example, his "Menteur" is founded on La Verdad Suspechosa" of Ruiz de Alarcon; indeed, CorneiIle only a copy of an excellent original Similarly he borrowed the plot of the Cid from a Spanish dramatist, but that did not prevent it from being | overwhelmingly successful, despite its violation of the unities.
 But Ben Jonson was the archoffend- CT. Dryden says of him in one place that "he was not only professed imi- | tator of Horace, but a learned plagiary | of all the others; you track him every where in their snow; if Horace, Lu- can, Petronius Arbiter, Seneca and Ju- venal had their own from him there are few serious thoughts which are new to him.
 Elsewhere Dryden says of Jonson by way of defense:
 He was deeply conversant in the ancients, both Greek and Latin, and he borrowed bodily from them; there | is scarce a poet or historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in 'Seja- nus and 'Catiline.' But he has done his robberies so openly that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any law He invades authors like a mon arch and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him."
 Are modern audiences more, squeam- ish, or modern playwrights more hon. est? Or have they simply learned bet ter the art of concealing their indebt- edness?
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
Thief Proof.

Some years ago a well known Lon don solicitor. recently deceased, sue cessfully defended man charged with burglary, and a few days later there came by post valuable gold hunter watch. with an inscription to the effect that it was gift from a certain Lon- don society, presumably of doubtful practices. Years afterward the so- licitor had the watch stolen from his waistcoat pocket, but it came back to him by post with a letter of apology, stating that we never rob one of our pals"-I-ondon Answers.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
What Accountancy Mean.

Accountancy is not and never can be a matter of abstract knowledge to be transferred by means of lectures, but is the art of knowing how to sup ply that knowledge to the require ments of business under very varying conditions. It is essentially something that cannot be taught in lectures or classes, but can only be acquired as a result of careful individual study and reasonable amount of actual practice ce+Bookkeeping
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

the house, let the signs be on the left; If out of the house, on the right" Then he spits on the egg. and. taking some clay in his hands, smears it over. so that the outside of the shell may be quite unmistakable when it Is smash ed. Apology is made to the egg by the man saying. I don't spit on you to insult you, but to clean you and give you a color" and then it is hurled upon the board.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
CONVERSATION BY YARDsr1cx

Exaetitude May Take All the Savor Out of It.
 70 my prophetic soul." Marian ex- claimed, "here comes Miss Alma Briggsl"
 "Who is Miss Alma Briggs?" Beatrice asked, "I'm going to stay a month, Marian. Don't you think we can sustain Miss Alma even if it is our first day together in seven years?"
 Don't ask who she is," Marian re. torted. "It isn't wise to get me start ed. She is a very excellent and use full woman, my dear, but she can kill pleasant conversation sooner than anybody I ever saw. She kills it with her yardstick. She is a Poisoner of Fancy, Sworn Foe to Jest, a Hered- itary Enemy to Sportive Ease, she Oh, you just waitl"
 But surely you needn't fear rivalry, although she does talk by the yard" Beatrice protested, wickedly.
 ''I scorn your base insinuations, Miss Blanchard" her cousin retorted. "I merely point out your error. l said yardstick, not yard. Perhaps foot rule would be more accurate-foot rule, T square. spirit level-she is an expert in the use of them all. I hear her footstep upon the stair Kindly he conversing with your usual brilliancy and grace-and keep it up if you cani"
 Curious and mystified, Beatrice rose a moment later to meet the caller-a middle-aged lady with pleasant, ca- pablo face. She shook hands with Beatrice, whom Marian introduced as her cousin, but turned abruptly to Marian at the word
 But, my dear, thought you had no cousin in the world"
 "Beatrice's mother and mine are cousins" Marian replied, ''so we have always counted each other so."
 'Ah, I understand. Then you have at least one first cousin once removed, and you and she are second cousins"
 "But it would be so dreadful to have to feel second-cousinly," Marian protested, whimsically. Don't you think so, Miss Briggs? Cousin is a nice, warm, sunny word, like that west window; second cousin sounds so very northeasterly"
 "Why, Marian, that window doesn't face the west; it's only a trifle west of the south You can tell by Royal street, which runs directly east and west"
 "Yes'm, I suppose it is," Marian agreed, meekly. ''Only you see it would take so long to think sou'-sou'west ev- cry time"
 There is no excuse" Miss Briggs answered, firmly, flor not thinking of things as they are"
 The conversation, after this easy be- ginning, went on for an hour. When finally Miss Briggs left, Marian looked at her cousin.
 ''Do you understand now?" she asked.
 And yet" Beatrice said, thought fully, "she was right every time"
 'fRight?" Marian whirled about, her eyes flashing. "Of course she's right .as accurate as a government scale. The trouble is, spirit itsn't measurable and a real conversation is spirit, not feet and inches. It's humor and fancy and whim, and lovely fleeting glimpses of new country, not a problem in algc- bra. If there was any moral issue in- volved it would be another matter, but there isn't. It's merely exactitude grown into a mania Let's come out in the sunset I want to see some thing that can't be measured."- Youths Companion.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
GreatIy Over.timated.

Hewitt-Half the world doesn't know how the other half lives. Jew. itt-I think you overestimate the number of people who mind their own business.- Life.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
The Sane Way.

Mrs. Kicker-If you are going to another one of those banquets don't suppose you will know the number of the house when you get back.
 MT. Kicker-Oh, yes, I will. I un- screwed 1t from the door and am talk ing 1t with me.--Kansas City Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
The Menn ThinEl

'T see." remarked Mrs. Beemis, who was reading the evening paper aloud because her husbands eyes were tired. that boots and shoes are going up in price,
 T wonder" said MT. Beemis, thoughtfully, '1f all shoes will be af- fected. Do you suppose. for instance that low shoes will be higher?
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suppressed Sense of Humor.

Women have no sense of humor." said the cynic.
 "Oh, yes. they have" replied Miss Cayenne. They have to suppress 1t. If they didn't there would be no mar riaees. You have no Idea how laugh able a man is when he proposes."- Washington Star
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

We had hoped to finally settle the cost of the brides outfit, but so many people are complaining of being bored that we are compelled to give it up.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
BEAT PAY-As-YoU-ENTER CARS
Parcel Laden Suburban Travellers
 SuccesSfulIy Combine

They do. not care for new-fangled things on their trolley cars in the sub urban districts, the New York Herald says. Pay-as-you-enter cars may be all right in Broadway, but in Yonkers and New Jersey, where the suburbanite is known by the number of parcels he carries. that sort of modern equipment Is not wanted, thanks
 And. therefore, the Yonkers railroad
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
Trapped.

The perpetually clever man listened solemnly to the tramp's hard-luck story.
 That's the same old yarn you told me last week" he said. winking at his companion.
 Maybe it is.' admitted the weary one as he started on. I'd forgotten having met you. I was in the peniten- tiary last week k"-Success Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
For the Summer Guest.

"We just got big dictionary" said Uncle Henry.
 You don't need one in your busi. ness, do you?" asked the owner of the general store.
 Yep" said uncle. Its pretty near time for summer boarders. and I ain't goin' to have 'em aslkin' me how to spell words when they're wrftin' let. rs"-Buffalo Express.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

When you say a man refuses to listen to reason. it means that he fails to agree with you
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05
A Fearful Punfshment.

Compulsory sleeplessness, a Chinese punishment for murder. is fatal in nine or ten days.
The Holbrook news., 1910-08-05

Many a girl passes for a beauty b. cause her feet don't show.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-30
POLO GAME TODAY
At LE|LEHUA FIELD
Fighting FiitA and Oahu Will Try
Conclusions - Good Game for
Deciding Match.

This afternoon at Leilehua there
will be polo match between thu
Oahu team and the Fifth Cavalry,
and II promises to be the real thing
In the sporting line. This will be
the last preliminary game before the
regular inter-island series starts up,
and much interest is being taken in
the affiir
The oahu team will play the SAM
men es asst time, and as both teams
have won one game each, this de-
Gliding struggle will he a great ole
for sure. The Cavalry have bee n
practising hard and the players ave
in the best OF form. II would sur.
prise nobody II the gallant Fifth
were to hold their own with The Ho'
rolulu men today.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-30
big BATTLE
ON TONIGHT
C0RDELL AND C0RNYN WILL
BOX A FIFTEEN.ROUND 90
Both Men in Elk. client Condition and
Eager for Fray-Two Good Pre-.
liminaries Provided.

This evening at the Aloha Park.
the lovers OF the noble art will be
treated to some boxing that should
stir the red blood in their veins No
less than three bouts will be pulled
of. and the goods promised win be
delivered by Promoter Twoomey.
Jack Cordell and Pat Cornyn will
provide the main attraction. and an
Interesting hfteen-round eo is look
cd forward to. CordeIl has been seen
I'm action here several times and his
fights with Dick Sullivan will not be
forgotten by those who saw them.
Jack has nut I'm hard work In antici-
nation of the match with Cornvu.
and feels as chirpy as possible. He
has taken off n little weight and
looks very at Mt present.
Il il hard to sum up the chances
OF the contest. as Cornyn IL practi-
cally unknown here. and except for
an alleged fight with Nelson. has not
been seen in action. Pat. however,
has done some boxing with brother
Dick. and those who have seen the
pair at work consider that Pat Is a
good man with a WALTON and one who
can stand a lot of punishment
The men will tight from the first
tan Of the gong, and the 10 might
end In the first round. II is to be
hoped that II does not. as the fans
like to see something for their
money. but the way Cordell and
Cornyn will pass out the stoush to.
night might &C cunt for anything.
and fierce scrap is anticipated
right through.
Mike Patton will referee the main
event. and he is too well known to
need any introduction. Mike is con-
sidered to be one OF the best referees
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-30

A new guard at Sing Sing prison
answers to the name OF Drumm. Can
you beat Enthusiastically Union.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-30

Did you ever notice how the faint
gets of money when you lay your
own hands on II?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-30
DOTS AND DASHES.

The Wasedas have won six games
and lost. seven &c CIR. The record
up TO date is as follows:
Won--July 4. Wasedas =, Chinese
8: July 9. Wafedas g.. Marines l;
July 10. Wasodas 3. Portuguese 2
as innings) July ~. Wasedas /,
Navy o az innings): July Il. Wa
sedas /, Military 0; July "a. Vase
das 1, Portuguese 0.
Lost-July 3, All-oahu G. Wasedas
9; July l6, Oahu Alumni /. Wasedas
0 ca innlngs) July II. Chinese 8,
Wasedas 8; July 10. Navy l. Vase
das 0 rs irnings); July 81, Mill.
tary 6, Wasedas 9; July 23, Marines
8. Wasedas 3; July 81, All Military
4. Wasedao 0.
Ed. Madison, who will box Sar
:oni tonight. halls from San Fran
cisco and Is handy man with the
gloves.
An old Colma enthusiast will be
at the riEgside tonight. and Paddy
Ryan. who once ran training quar-
tiers there. will no doubt remember
Merrill. the man who used to han
Ole all the trains out or Gonna.
j The tennis psn lat oiaaAhave at
last got tennis court fIsd up, and
tit Was through the efforts OF pr.
Frsd irwin that the affair was car
tried out. A fine court has been built.
and from now on the employees OF
the plantation will have something
to do on Sundays besides loaf around
and read.