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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15
THE DETECTIVE IN FICTION

further we go back the finer does the
stage machinery of the detective
story become and there are few bet
ter than that famous one Heredotus
tells of the treasure house of
Rhampsinitus, King of Egypt.
Several Of these old stories, of
which Mr.. Johnston tells, certainly ex-
hbit a nigh ucgree OF deductive skill
in solving fictitious enigmas. Here is
one of them, which comes from India,
and is more than a thousand years
old:
A treasure of gold which Brah-
man had gathered and hidden away
was found by him one day to have
vanished Lamenthing, he betook him
self to the Rajah, who asked where
he had concealed his hoard. Under
the roots of licorice tree, the Brah-
man told him.
The rest was as simple for the Ra-
jah as though it had been DR.. Wat
son laying the case before Holmes.
Whoever had found the treasure must
have been digging under the roots Of
the licorice tree! Now, for what pur-
pose would one dig under a licorice
tree? Obviously, to get licorice roots.
And for what could licorice be want
ed except for medicine! Medicine for
what malady? Why, for qualms.
Forthwith the Rajah had brought
before him all persons who were suf-
fering from qualms. He himself was
a sucerer from qualms, he said, and
he sought an effective cure. Each,
proud. of his remedy, responded to
the summons. One advised one thing
and one another, but one said licorice
root. Straigntway the Rajah ordered
him seized and searched. The treas
ure was recovered.
Here, it will be admitted, are all
the elements of the deductive reas-
oning which constitutes the detective
story of the present. The atmosphere
IS different, of course, for the stage
always must be set according to the
times and the people. But the art is
as perfect.
In fact, except for the progress due
to scientific discovery, and to inven-
ton, the old-time world knew almost
as many wrinkles in the game of life
as we do now.-S. F. Chronicle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15

laborer's broom, thrust the aged Ca
pulet into a tub of rice, where he
burrowed head first, waving his sky
blue legs in the air. No acting on
the ancient Chinese stage could have
been truer to life and nothing could
have done more to Stake the blood
lust Of the storming party. Laughter
gave way to battle rage, fun to fury,
and by the time the play was over
the town had been quietly taken by
the gendarmes, who had followed in,
and both the inhabitants and the
Thespians we're safe. Poor scared
actors! They had turned the face of
Momus toward the grinning skull;
they had tiddled farcically about
while the sword of Mars flashed in
their faces; they had danced and
joked by the crumbling edges of their
own graves, but they had saved
themselves and stopped a massacre.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15
AT nALEIWA.

Weekend parties are getting to be
popular at this well-known resort, and
the number of visitors is increasing
as time goes on. Tourists have
learned of the resort and nearly ev-
eryone arriving here from the coast
includes Haleiwa in his itinerary.
There is much to commend it. The
golf links are superior and some Of
TIE finest tennis players in the city
use the Haleiwa courts for tourna-
ments Guests play golf and tennis.
and spend their time in driving about
tho country or in swimming and boat
ing. 1t is a short distance away by
train or auto.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15
CIV. G. S. in S. F. Chronicle.)


Though not theatrical sharp, l
once attended the most remarkable
show ever put on the boards in mo-
dern times; performance where the
actors played for their lives, and
where stage fright might not be dar-
ed lest it be cut short by an incredu-
lous bullet
The scene was set in a Chinese city
into which a Japanese enemy was
pouring it's columns through a breach.
All Of the streets of the town were
narrow but one, and up that one to-
ward a kind of square where a temple
little brown men fought their bloody
way. Every house was, built of quartz
blocks, and from the barred windows
blazed the Chinese fire; and when, in
the end each cottage had been
forced the survivors, throwing red
banded tunics, cartridge belts and
guns away, scaled the backyard
walls and hid in the houses beyond,
claiming to be non-combatants, mer-
chants, BARRIERS, tradesmen and the
like. And so it came about that the
Japanese did not always weigh the
chances about the other men being
civilians. The invaders were seeing
red" as men do in battle, and
Chinese in any garb was shot first
and investigated afterward.
Hiding near the public square was
q company of Chinese actors. Down
the street came the fighting men and
their bullets struck the temple The
yells and screams, the cloth-tearing
sound of volleys. the boom and roar
of battle outside the walls, where
shells smashed their way into antique
forts, the smoke. the flames, the
shrieks of women and children near
at hand, the indescribable uproar of
it all. surely here was a strange set
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15

In The course of the news present.
alton in the Chronicle the other day
of certain matters of recent local inn
port there was given, also, some his
tory to show the antiquity of cryptic
graphy. The art of writing in ciph-
Ter is, indeed, almost as old as the
art Of writing itself, for human be-
.mgs seem always to have had a more
or less pronounced fondness Tor mys-
terry.
The same act is seen in the vogue
which the detective story always has
has had. 1t is the system Of the
general reader nowadays to credit
Edgar Allan Poe with being the orig
inator of the. detective in fiction Ger
tainly his Monsieur Dupin was the or
final from which Conan Doyle drew
Sherlock Holmes, and may very well
also have furnished Gaboriau the
suggestion for his Monsieur Lecoq.
But the detective story, save only
for the difference of it's setting, is as
old as literature.
Writing in a recent publication,
Charles Johnston gives an interesting
account of the detective storys orig
in. According to this author, the de-
ductive detective story, usually con-
sidered the modern type of such tales,
was popular 1000 years ago. Detec-
tive stories based On as shrewd de-
ductive reasoning as that in the
stories of Poe and Doyle are to be
found in the folklore of India, China,
and Egypt. Those in the Arabian
Nights Entertainments" will imme-
diately occur to the minds of all.
Mr.. Johnston writes.
eve find that more than two thou
sand years ago the detective story
lourished just as vigorously as it
does today. The East has been de-
voted to the detective story for mill
leniums and We have not added a
single motive to the age old stock.
Such highly modern themes as knock
out drops and DISCUSSES are as old as
the Arabian Nights for do we not
find the Caliph Haroun-al-R aschid
himself putting Cretan bang into the
cup Of Abu Hasan and then SNUG
Cling him off to the palace, when he
sinks into insensibility? Indeed, the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15
MOST REALISTIC DRAMA

ting for comedy, which, soon after
the street fighting began, took form
upon the public stage.
The actors, it seems, feared might
lily for their lives. In street clothes
they might be mistaken for runaway
soldiers and shot AS actors they
would probably be let alone. And so,
to the metallic squeahng of their
painted singers, the taut throbblng of
their little drums, these bedecked
funmakers strutted and capered on
the mimic stage, doing fantastic
tricks before the awful majesty Of
death. The bearded father in bro
cades, a man in woman's clothes made
up with ochred eyebrows and car
mined lips, the shaven priest, the
comic ragman, the slit-eyed Romeo, all
mouthed their Welcomed lines,
while around them wrestled the ele-
mental passions of war, sweating
blood and smoke. They laughed and
fumed and jeered each other, while
fear lay cold upon their hearts and
their ewes grew CLASSY, for here came
running the Mikado's fierce little
warriors. But the show must go on
There was no safety in pause. Tom
toms ratified louder, the singing reach
ed the crescendo, when, with a shout
and rush, the modern samurai pour
ed into the square. Some of the sol
0iers sighted their guns, but harsh
words from the officers kept back the
firing, and then, with sheer amaze
mcrJ etched on their dark faces, they
huddled about the wooden stage.
Then the play went faster, and where
the paint was lacking on the actors
CHECKS, pallor as of fatal sickness
showed But the old father stormed
away. Romeo thrust Juliet of the
little feet into an invisible room,
closed and locked an invisible door
behind him and, then, selling a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15

HARMONY LODGE, No. 3, /. o. o. f.
Meets every Monday evening at 1880
in Odd Fellows Hall, Fort street. Wis.
iting brothers cordially invited TO at
tend
II. E. MCCOY, n. G.
E. r. HENDBY, Sec.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15
Its Like This !

No one will give you dollar and
quarters worth for dollar the diff
Guilty generally consists Of getting full
value for every dollar spent. When you
come to buy printing you will naturally
get different prices from different firms.
That's to be expected. If you get
cheap price you will get cheap printing.
The Star will give you as good value
and better work than can be had else
where. You try us when you wanc
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-15
Fraternal Meetings
HONOLULU LODGE No Cl3,
B. p. G. EaiKa.

Meets in their hall ON Ming Street
near Fort, every FridGy evening sit.
ing Brothers are cordially invitGA to
attend.
e. A. DOUTHITT, 3. r.
H. c. EAsTON, Secretary.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
North Dakota Political Gossip

WalhaHa Mountaineer: Gratitude
in politics, and consistency also, is not
one of the most prominent features,
During his incumbency of the senator
ial chair Senator McCumber has per-
sistently fought for the passage of a
federal grain inspection bill. That
this bill is pre- eminently in the inter-
ests of the farmers. there can be no
question while it might work to the
advantages of the merchants and
bankers and professional men, Incl
dentally, it would only be because it
would be easier for the farmer to pay
his bills on account of his receiving
more money-getting more for the
product of his honest toll and invest
ment. In spite of this sacrifice, in
spite of the fact that he has also
been instrumental in securing the
passage of many other bills that have
worked for the good of the residents
of his state, the so-called society of
equity, backed up by an arrogant and
domineering insurgent press (witness
the Grand Forks Herald), are just as
persistently working to defeat the SEN
ator in his campaign for reelection.
One of their hobbies is the effort to
make it appear that Mr.. McCumber
wants the support of the society, as
a society, to endorse him, and that he
is using the society name to further
push his own cause while the society
has repudiated him. The Mountaineer,
as one of the 800 newspapers in the
state, presumably gets the same copy
weekly, that these muck makers are
attempting to get so much out of, and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
WONDERFUL GREEN WOMEN.

Great surprise Will doubtless be
caused by the announcement from
New York that Mrs. Hetty Green has
trained her daughter in the ways of
finance-and will place the young
woman in charge Of her immense af-
fairs.
1t is estimated that Mrs Green's
fortune approximates $4,000, 600. She
inherited much Of IT, but through wise
manipulation and good business sense
she has added greatly to the amount
left her by her father. Edward H
Green, the son OF Mrs Green, has been
prominent in railway circles in Texas,
1t was generally supposed he woul1
become the head of the fortune when
his mother turned over her affairs 10
her children. He has evidently shown
less business shrewdness than his sis
ter, Mrs. Matthew Aston Wilkes-upon
whose shoulders the mothers burden
will descend.
Mrs. Hetty Green's husband never
showed the business judgment neces-
sary for the management of her great
estate. Her managers whom she en-
ployed to look after the fortune were
also lacking in judgment. She frankly
stated that she was forced into finance
because of the inability of men to man
age her great affairs wisely. And In
her own son she has also found a
man who does not measure up to her
standards Of business acumen.
This is the age of woman. With
Mrs. Wilkes and Mrs Hartman man
aging two of the worlds greatest
fortunes, Wall street must take off its
hat to the business ability of woman
kind
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28

so in position to know whereof it
speaks. The copy referred to is sent
out by the North Dakota news bureau
and is edited by H, Bachelor Of Fargo.
The matter is of timely interest to the
people of the state, while Mr.. Nc
Cumber's name frequently appears
therein, 1t is also true that the names
of many other public men. of acknowl-
edged intelligence on many subjects.
also appears, and they appear so that
the matter under consideration will
be understood as of weIghty enough
importance for the men of such in
telligence to notice and comment on
favorably, But that is not where the
SHIN the eyes OF these "goody
goodies" comes in; that lies in the
fact that the envelopes used to send
items were formerly used by the So
ciety of Equity, when Mr.. Bachelor
was connected with that organization.
as secretary and therefore che is
charged with attempting to mislead
the people and to travel under false
pretenses." But again we are forced
to acknowledge that their claim is
the rankest hypocrisy, because we
have seen those envelopes every week
for long time and every one of
them has been cancelled in red and
the name of the North Dakota News
Bureau is plainly shown thereon. It
is not in the nature of the larger pub
locations that oppose Mr.. McCumber to
deal fairly with him. The little fell
lows bark like the big ones because
they want to make the same kind of
a noise.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
Trains Going West
ALLEGED LAND FRAUDS.

There is a hearing at Bismarck to-
day of the charges filed by D. B, Col
Inns of Fargo alleging irregular prac-
tees in the sale of certain school lands
in Towner county.
The charges were first made two or
three years ago by Mr.. Collins but
were withdrawn. He alleges he was
threatened at the time into doing so.
Later he renewed the allegations. He
has affidavits from Amos w. Blanch-
ard, a we'll known farmer of Towner
county, and from Joseph N. Kelly.
superintendent of the city schools at
Grand Forks. which verify the state
ments he had made. Mr. Blanchard
is man of integrity. There are none
who will attack the reputation of Mr..
Kelly.
In addition Mr.. Collins has some
facts which indicate that H. IL.
Thompson bought a quarter of a sec
ton of land at $12.75 in October OF
1901. This stub was marked void"
and in January 1902 he was issued
another receipt for the same quarter
section at $40 per acre.
Fl. H. Thompson is the son of form
err Senator Thompson. He is also the
man who signed the complaints against
Plumley and Brewer of The Forum
charging criminal libel
Tine school land matters are at
I acting lot of attention over the
4 rte. There are many cases being
Investigated which promise most in
teresting disclosures.
The school land funds are the proud
est heritage of the children of North
Dakota. The people of the state have
the right to expect the officials will
see they are safeguarded.
The little red schoolhouse must be
perpetuated.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
BUSINESS men
Endorse the Plan of Northwestern
Mutual Investment Co.--say
It's Right.

Every business man who has looked
carefully into the plans of the North
Weste~a Mutual Investment Co. has
unqualifiedly stated that the company
is bound to produce big results for it's
certificate holders.
The character of its investments
the splendid new buildings that are
being erected In the fast growing cities
Of this section; the manner in which
the buildings are easily filled with de-
sirable tenants; all goes to show that
there will be big dividends divided be-
side the regular guaranteed per cent
interest paid to certificate holders.
Certificate holders in this company
have every protection against loss by
lapsing of their certificates; an addi-
tionsl feature that has added to the
popularity of the plan Is The fact that
each certificate holder participates In
the profits earned over and above the
guaranteed interest of s per cent. The
home office of the company is in Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
TALENTED PARTNER.

In a current magazine there was an
advertisement by a man-established
in business-who wanted a partner
His ad read like this:
MY partner must be able to make
Laws, and to enforce them. must be
able to carry out complicated chemical
work. must be skilled mechanic, must
know something of economics, must be
able to buy wares of all kinds with
due consideration to my finances, must
be able to do tailoring, Of kind, if
necessary"
Is there anyone who has an idea he
could fill the bin, and that he would
find the position a desirable one?
And yet the man described in the
magazine article was not joking. He
was in search of Just such an indi-
vidual as he described, and while the
writer of the article does not say So
it may be surmised that the seeker
has found. before now, just what he
wanted.
The situation js explained by the
slight addition that the man In ques-
ton wanted wife
Yet do not all the requirements. or
a majority OF them. still hold?
Despite this there are those who
believe woman's sphere is limited
that she is compelled to eat the bread
Of idleness-that she cannot be happy
until she becomes a suffragette
The average woman is about twice
as busy as the average man. In most
instances her work Is as important as
that of her husband Her duties are
largely detail--but none the less ne
cessary and dignifed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
Daddy sBedtirne
\AO~y A Pony That Didn't
A/SOA Go to War
She Hid the Pony


ACK and Evelyn waiting when daddy
de said his had with accident
- This prompted Evelyn that she hoped
riding habit Theupon he
How long before
Tell daddyr
daddy OF smoking be
This
civil
they
family in the town where had which
be
tired
talked When
mother of
of
night the kind very
wanted horses nobody they
could find All soldiers
the pony heard about the soldiers and she much alarmed She
Mrs MFudge and asked her
would him
hid
thought much of him grandmother"
Il see said Jack
But If had been little
have thought of taking the
Well said daddy Its time for everybody and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
The Theatres
FARGO opsrahouss.

Fargo OPerahouSes
April 29-Y. M. c. A. Gymnastic
Carnival.
May 2-St. Elmo
May 5-6-Roberr Mantell.
The eighth number of the Y. M. c..
A. gymnastic carnival at the Fargo
operahouse tomorrow evening pro-
misses the greatest excitement and is
really the climax Of the evenings
programme. In this number Mason
Spalding will break the record on the
high dive. At the same time will be
given reproduction of the Hildreth
famous high dive never seen on this
side of Chicago. Speiler Stambaugh
has promised to be at his best dur
ing this event and the audience cam
look forward to the greatest excite
ment of their life at this time. This
event is followed quickly by the Sec
ond appearance of the gymnastic
squad on the parallel bars. Their
rythmical movements and perfect CO.
ordination and simultaneous action
will appear as a perfect harmony from
the time they begin.
The clowns are: Chief spefler.
Lynn Stambaugh
Peanut squad: George Curtis. lead.
er; Mason Spalding, Fred Hagen.
Common clowns Herbert Knoop
Richard Refs. Clowns of boys de-
partment: Fred Wood Bruce Burritt
Eugene Louis, Morris Dial. Fritz
Laurence. Tom McEnroe, Dwight Da.-
Wis. Archie Melchoir, Paul eastman
Thomas Buxton, Dan McClaren, Roy
Wright, Lewis Duerner, Grant Web
ster, Henry Chapman.
Carl Schwarz, monkey; Roswell
Brown, Jap; Jake Van Els. hobo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
ARMoR SECRET SOLVED.
Agent Sent by krupps to Investigate
the American Process.


Philadelphia Ledger: The arrival in
New York of Baron Won Bodenhausen,
of the Krupp armor plate interests,
brought out in Pittsburg the fact that
al 1.-The big American makers of armor
plate are now using their own secret
process for hardening plate, thereby
cutting off the $3.50 per ton royalty
which they for wears have been pay
in gthe Krupps for using their patent
process of hardening. 1t has been
some time since the payment of roy
alties by American makers ceased en-
tirely, and 1t Is asserted by the arnnor-
making interests at Pittsburg that this
Is the real cause OF the visit OF Baron
Won Bodenhausen at this time.
The statement Is made here from a
high source that three separate proc
esses of hardening armor plate are
now I'm use by the three big arn1or-
making firms--the Midvale Of PhIla
delphia; the Bethlehem and the CAR
negie. No secret was made of the
fact that the Midvale had solved the
arnor hardening secret and was in
dependent Of the Krupps, but not uf1-
til tonight was 1T known that the
Bethlehem and the Carnegie had
each also invented processes of their
own.
1t Is understood that Germans want
to investigate and be satisfied that
there Ii no infringement
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28
THE MOON VINE.

One vine that grows quickly is the
Moon vine. botanically known as
Ipomoea Mexicana grandifora.
The flowers are four or more inches
across and open early In the evening
and remain open until the sun shines
upon them. They are most fragrant.
IT il interesting to watch the blos-
SONS open. If at the right time Won
turn your back upon them. closed.
when you turn again to face them they
will be open Literally, they open as
quickly as one could open an umbrel-
Ia
The three things nee sssary to make
them grow are sunshine, lots of fertil-
izer and lots of water Plant the vine
which may be cutting, in a slight
depression so the water may soak in.
and once or twice In two or threA
weeks give a liberal dressing Of fresh
COW manure or pulverized sheep
manure for the water to carry down.
1t Id not unusual for vine to grow !
foot a day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-28

Milwaukee. wis, April 26.--Every
chairman and every vice chairman OF
the twenty standing committees of the
council as announced last evening by
Pres. Edmund T. Melms, is a socialist.
The chairmen of two of the three spec
ial committees are socialists.
Alderman Frederick G. Bogk, demo-
crat, Is the only member Of the coun-
Gil not a socialist, who Is given a
craftsmanship. He will continue as
chairman of the special committee on
harbor. which viii have charge of the
important work of carrying through the
plans for a $7000,000 inner and outer
harbor. utilizing Jones island FOR mu-
nicipal docks and warehouses and
building municipal belt line.
1t is pointed cut that the socialists
are committed to certain policies and
must be depended upon for carrying
their plans through