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The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-26
THE ADVENTURES OF
JOSHER BLUFFEM
He interviews the Shepherd From Wyoming
''1,ittle BoPecp, she lost her sheep
"And didn't know where to find 'em.
''Let them alone and they II come home
Dragging their tails behind EN-.

heard somebody singing the classic
the
of bills payable and looked about
him almost Immediately
prafte
As and wasbu
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-26

engaged in sweeping off the postoffice
veranda. Something about him suggested
sheep, and, first making up my mind firmly
that he should not pull the wool over my
eyes, j accosted him.
"Beg PARDON I said politely, "but
are you the janitor7"
"No," he replied, absently, with, at
looking up, I'm sheep herder from
Wyoming.''
''Huhi" 1 calculated, impolitely.
"Oh,-er,-what did 1 sayi' he said,
with startled air''
You said something about fleeing
the public" l prevaricated.
Well, I didn It mean it quite that
way" he said alphabetically. "I'm the
postmaster. Can't you find your mailY,'
II don It want it, replied. eff /
got it, might have to pay my bills I'm
Josher Bluffem. 1 want to interview YOU.
Have you got the consent of the
wyoming delegation in congress7'' he in.
quired with an absent minded air.
"No. What fort" L returned in some
establishment.
Why, didn t you lnow," he said
this postoffice belongs to Wyoming. I'm
from Wyoming myself Sos Breckons.
Hawaii is sort of Wyoming preserve, you
know
| didn't, but took it for what it was
worth. have since found out that he was
right.
GLOW do you like postmasteringa, I
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-26

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-26

The In letter
from JAIL attempting
japanese slnhe leaders he
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

praying for and dying for. Exactly
as no sOutherner now regrets that the
union was maintained, so no patriotic
northerner denies the sincerity Of tho
southerners in fighting so bravely fog
a cause they believed altogether right
eous.
Reused North and Thus Saved Union.
The evening bells of life are tollin9
for the survivors of that fierce con-
fiict, and one by one they are being
laid to rest in their last camping
ground. The animosities of other
years have subsidized in the soft twi-
light of time and the deeds of those
who wore the gray as well as those
who wore the blue are the common
glory Of a united country. Jackson
believed and taught that Gods will is
best, and so all see it was in the end
ing of that contest. 1t was this man
of iron and of faith that was raised
up through his mighty victories to
arouse the nation, and thus preserve
this federated republic that is the
hope of the oppressed Of every land.
Faith in God, faith in his fellow
men, faith in himself, these are the
ways by which Jackson won a fame
that will become brighter and bright
er as time flies through the ages.
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and independent states confederated
under a constitution guaranteeing
those rights; the north fought to es-
tablish the indissolubility of the union
of those states. 1t is plain now that
armed conflict over this question was
inevitable from the time the states
came together to form more per-
feet union" and adopted a constitu-
ton without settling the question of
the right Of state to withdraw from
that compact. The future was certain
to bring either disunion or the sealing
of the union in blood. If the differ
ence as to the dissolubility of the
union had not arisen out of slavery,
it would have come over some other
problem The south was deeply i'm
pressed with the righteousness Of its
cause, and Lee and Jackson and the
other great leaders believed in it as
they did in their religion. They were
fighting for the freedom Of their
states-not for the slavery of men
and women.
These disputes are all forever
settled now, and no patriotic
American wishes they had terminated
other than as they did. Nevertheless,
the southern cause was to millions of
good people sacred cause, worth
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

"You may talk about the difficult
ties you encounter with the customs
inspectors on arriving in New York, "
said an English woman in New York
the other day, "but you will find that
worse troubles of the kind accumulate
for you in certain parts of Europe. Es-
pecially is this apt to be true on the
Austrian border.
'I was coming up from Turkey on
my way to Paris few months ago.
Owing to the fact that my cousin, who
had been travelling with me, could
not get away from Constantinople,
had to make the journey alone.
"The train on which / Travelled
is supposed to be one of the finest IN
Europe, but most of the way to Wen
ma it stops every few minutes. They
told me the reason was that they had
been unable to get enough coal to
start with and that these stops were
necessary to get fuel. Apparently
they took on about a shovelful at each
station
I'VE reached the Austrian frontier
about two o'clock in the morning, and
then uniformed customs officials went
through the train routing out every
body. They wouldn't let the women
dress, and I had to hurry out with
nothing on but a dressing gown, and
the night was cold, too. We were
huddled in a room in the station anc
our hand luggage was brought out,
while every compartment in the train
was searched. Then they made US
open our bags and satchels.
1.-THE man who attended to my lug
gage was very disagreeable sort OF
person. He insisted upon my opening
every parcel | had.
Nov, in my effects was large box
Of Turkish delight, which, as you may
know, is a sort of sweet paste or gum
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

a day or two before closing the shop
for the last time and retiring as an
old age pensioner. A big white apron
enveloped his bent form and he
peered suspiciously at the questioner
who asked him how he Jared.
Gradually, however, he thawed and
admitted that he was eighty-four years
old. Certainly, / have had a good
business. This used to be good
street for trade. Lawyers used to use
it as route to the courts, but all
these changes are taking the life out
of London. Folks now get under
ground like moles when they want to
move about the city. And every mes
senger boy who wants to, sports a
cheap tall hat.
What sort of customers? Most re-
spectacle customers l have always
had. If silk hat was wanted for
some special occasion I would supply
a good one for shilling a day-a hat
no man could fail to be proud to go
out in.
"a shilling a day, mark you" (the
old man lovingly polished a shining
specimen of his head gear with his
sleeve), 'and the hat to be returned
to me in the condition in which it left
the shop. Should a client require
hat for more than a day a reduction
would be made. There was no fixed
charge. There were times when a
man positively had to have silk hat,
and-well, I was not too hard on the,
man whose fortune was small"
mo, trade latterly has not been al
ways brisk. 1t has sometimes hap
pened that more than a month has
passed before a client has come in
here to hire a hat, though sometimes
l might have as many as four in day.
1t used to be very different. Not even
a funeral is conducted decently now
adays. Everything is rush and tear
And the old man sighed as he thought
of the former days, when times were
good and Londoners logged comfor-
tably along, with the silk hat as their
badge of responsibility on special oc-
casionS.
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outbreak of hostilities between the
states he responded to the call of the
governor Of Virginia, and placed his
cadets and himself under Gen. Rob-
ert e. Lees command He was ap-
pointed colonel Of the Virginia Vol
unteers. After the battle of Harp
er's Ferry he was promoted to the
rank Of brigadier general in recogni-
ton of his eminent ability.
A ThunderboIt in War.
He then began those marvellous
military operations that have won the
plaudits of all mankind. Military
experts have pronounced his ma
neuvers greater in some respects
than Napoleon's and surprising In
details those of Julius Caesar.
He was thunderbolt of war-energy.
He would strike at one point and in
an incredibly short time attack at
some distant place, and hurl his forces
against the weakest line of his op-
ponent. He was never routed in bat
tie and never had an organized por-
ton of his army captured. The
battling strategy which he brought to
bear upon the opposing forces, his
furious attacks, and his remarkable
marches made his name and fame as
leader Of armies undying. While
the battle ragged he would be in the
very front of danger, and when the
crisis was passed he would retire to
his tent for prayer. His trust in the
Almighty made him fearless Of all
things else. He united qualities that
seemed incompatible, by combining
military genius of the highest order
with intense religious fervor. He would
never tell his plans of war even to
his closest associates, and those
around him would not know what he
intended to do until the orders were
given. He made rapid marches, adj
vancing and retreating with a swift
ness unheard of before in the annals
of war. His sudden onslaughts usual
ly swept all before him, and when the
opposition brought against him over
whelming numbers he would suddenly
disappear to crash like lightning in
new and unexpected place. His tao
tics were to advance and fight and
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go on fighting until victorious.
Through 1t all he prayed and prayed.
More than once as his brigade was
passing into action, he could be seen
sitting motionless upon his horse with
right hand uplifted, and while the
war columns swept by him in solemn
silence, into the fiery storm Of shot,
his lips would move in earnest prayer
as the earth trembled beneath the
thunder of cannon, and the very air
Of the heavens seemed agonized with
the shrek of shell.
Slain by His Own Men.
you may be whatever you resolve
to be-" and so he resolved and so he
won. He believed that his marvellous
victories would go on to the end of the
war, and that the southern cause
would triumph, but God willed other
wise. His victory at Charlottesville
was followed soon after by his death
from the injuries inflicted by the
fire of his own soldiers, who In
the darkness of night mistook him and
his escort for the enemy. He &C
cepted the Divine VIII with that same
satisfaction he did His favors, know
ing it to be best. AS he lay on his
deathbed conscious that his earthly
aircastles were in ruins, and that his
life was ebbing fast, he was thorough
ly resigned to his fate. When the
shadows came closer, and he realized
that the end was at hand, he said as
his last words: Let us cross over
the river and rest under the shade OF
the trees" So he died courageous
and trustful, a noble example of the
winning of life's battle by simple faith
and devotion to duty.
Fought for States Rights.
Was he sincere? His critics ques-
ton. How, it has been asked, could a
man pray for the continuation of hui
man slavery? The civil war was not
waged for or against slavery. 1t is
true the agitation of the slavery ques-
ton brought about the issues out Of
which the war came; but the south
did not fight to keep negroes slaves,
nor did the north fight to make ne
groes free. The south battled for what
it conceived to be the rights of free
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
The Worlds. Coal Output.

notwithstanding to an English
parliamentary report the output OF
coal in Germany and in France in
1909 was greater than in any previous
year. In the United Kingdom, Bel
gium and the United States the pro
duction in 1909, though greater thar
in 1908, fell short of the year 1907
The whole output in 1909 of the i've
countries named was S6O,000,OO0 tons,
or an increase of 23OO0,0OO tons or
the output of 1908, but less by Sc.
600 600 tons than that OF 1907. The
total known coal output of the world
in 1908 was 950,00O000 tons, of which
the United Kingdom produced more
than one-fourth In 1908 the number
of persons employed in coal mining
in Great Britain was 966.S00.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
At the Austrian Border

and is considered great delicacy out
at home. The box was solidly con-
structed; in fact, there were two out
er cases of wood, and the candy was
in sealed tin box.
"'You must open this box said the
official in gruff German.
"I certainly shall not I replied,
and | explained what it contained,
"But it must be opened he in
sisted. He refused to believe me.
"'Then open it yourself l said:
but you must fasten, it up again.
"He growled and started in. The
outer case was securely nailed and
it took some time to get the top off.
When he had removed that and re-
vealed another wooden box the official
swOre. Then when he had got the
top off the second box there was the
tin. He spoiled the blade of his knife
cutting that open and then when he
came to the Turkish delight he was
disguised.
"Of course l laughed in his face.
Then he refused to pack the boxes
again, but l insisted, threatening him
with all sorts of things about appeal
ing to the British ambassador, and so
on. so he finally turned in and did as
ordered him, while my fellow pas
sengers chaffed him at being ordered
about by woman.
st learned afterward that a woman
travelling alone had been smuggling
a lot of Turkish tobacco into Aus
tria and that the officials had lately
been keeping sharp lookout for her.
My being unaccompanied had aroused
suspicion
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Iatest Vice in France.

Paris.-Compared to the new vice
which has broken out in France, that
of taking ether, drinking absinthe and,
injecting morphine are virtues. This
most modern vice has already as
sumed abnormal proportions, probably
because the sale of ether is free.
Consumers of ether begin by breath
ing it's vapor Soon this pleasing eff
feet wears off, then they drink it. The
consumption of ether is not confined
to any special class of society 1t is
asserted that 40 per cent. of the poor
er classes who go to the dispensary of
the project of police are ether fiends.
Physicians say that pint and three
quarters is as much as anyone can
safely take in day. However, drug
gists say that they have customers
who use about four times that amount.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
New Workers. on the Move.

New York.-In the year ended June
80, 1909, the steam railways of the
United States carried not quite 900,-
100000 passengers, an increase over
the preceding year of almost a million
and half.
In New York city in the same period
the number of five-cent fare passen-
gers carried-not including transfer
passengers-wa over 1,400,000,000,
an increase over the preceding year
of 100000.
The New York traction lines there
fore carried more than one and
half times as many paid passengers
as all the railways of the country, and
the number of traction passengers in
creased 20 times as rapidly as the
number of railway passengers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

30 young people living in the space of
two city blocks for three months, with
the one constant gre ting, oh you
Bessie 'Oh you kid and its novelty
pals on one.
Needless to say this particular
crowd of young folks devoted many of
its rightful sleeping hours as well as
it's waking ones to larks and escapades
of all sorts, and an ancient body like
myself never appreciated being
wakened at any and all hours of the
night by the tuneful cry, oh you
Mary Paul Jane from the next door
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
Wore on Visitors Nerves

mo, I'm not particularly enthusi-
astic over my vacation said the lady
with the young face and the beauti'
full gray hair, in answer to her friends
question. 81 fear I'm growing old
old in mind and impulses, I mean. I've
been losing one of my pet fancies-
delusion perhaps it was-and that is
always disconcerting.
"The chiefest charm of youth, to
me. has aver been its originality. Per
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

The Mayor of Boston says that the
eg0men of that intellectual center are
Brighter and better educated than the
Ugsn, which is the reason so many Of
the girls do not marry. Boston ought
ers come down to the level Of other
esswns where little Cupid doesn't care
e. rap about the intellectually in the
atmosphere if girl happens to be
uvetty and lovable and young man
Mrows how to tell her so in way tc
Do appreciated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

piazza. They went nightly in body
to the post ofice-a small towns
most popular meeting place-and on
their return left their several mem
bers at their respective homes with
the never-omitted parting salute from
all-'Oh you
"In the morning neither cockcrow
nor dashing waves, not even your
neighbor's cook nor fish peddler dis
turbed our morning maps, but some
up and coming youngster up the
street, or perhaps nearer by, began
waking the various members of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

haps this was an ''off" summer for the
youth who gathered at the little shore
place Where l spent the summer; any
way it was bit disappointing to find
them all members of the 'Oh you
family.
'Tll admit the first two or three
times one hears q gay youngster hail
another with a jovial oh you Harry,
or Polly as the case may be, it
sounds rather smart. but given 20 or
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

A lace smuggler, who had con-
cealed on his person $50 yards of lace,
was detected because the inspectors
xzoticed him perspiring, although it
vVas cool day. He should have fore
seen this natural consequence of ex-
<zessive raiment and packed few ice
gSags about him with the lace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Connecticut is having a banner
CROP of tobacco, and is rejoicing over
the big profit that will result. New
Bersey has more peaches than the
arket can absorb. There have been
dig yields OF other products. Any one
yrS1O has entertained the fancy that
tsae agricultural resources of the
United States were exhausted is at
xSberty to guess again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

seventy. The Mexican war was tnen
in progress, and Jackson was at once
made second lieutenant by virtue OF
his West Point commission. His serV-
ices were brilliant IN this campaign,
and he was promoted to the rank OF
major
Became Devout Christian.
So far Jackson had not given deep
study to religious subjects, and had
little knowledge Of creeds. When ne
returned to the United States at the
close of the Mexican war, he became
intensely concerned in Christianity,
and Joined the Episcopal churcn.
From that time forward his every act
was characterized by extreme p1ety.
He is quoted as having said that two
hours was as long as he could go
without cOmmuning with his Maker
in prayer. Conscientiousness was one
of his marked traits, and duty was to
him of first consideration. His rev.
erence of the Deity was that OF the
standard of perfection and Of the
source of authority. He believed In
special Providence, and was CHROME
ously called fatalist by some. His
abiding trust and simple faith were
those of child. He never questioned
the why's and wherefores Of Provt-
dence but fervently prayed for every
thing and was satisfied with what oc-
Cured 81 prefer Gods will to my
own" he said.
A few years after the close of the
Mexican war, he accepted the chair
of natural philosophy in the Virginia
Military institute at Lexington, and
took charge of the cadets at that
place. This connection opened up for
him his career in the war. At the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

A champion shorthand expert IN the
Apest has made record of 269 words
a. minute But it would be interesting
I'd know how this record would stand
s. matched against the capacity of a
thoroughly angry woman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

ri is proposed to build an ocean
steamship line to carry nobody but
rTaeh people It is good idea. Of late
ehe rich, hurrying home from Europe.
have been crowding the poor people
cat Of the steerage. ,e:ss,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

An Ohio man wants to wager that
Rse can drink pint of whisky without
gEatrsing to take breath. How'd you
E7Ae to pass your bottle to man like
Thate
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

nc is said to be dangerous to chew
glEZn while bathing in the surf. Aside
HrSsrn the danger, why should any one
vx7sh to chew gum while bathing in
the surface, anyhow?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

He is pretty poor press agent who
Is unable to work the smuggling SEN
station this fall
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Chicago is to have new theater
equipped with a smoking room for
vTomen. However, it won't be strictly
Fzy-to-date without an aeroplane land
ing on the roof
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

a telegram from MinocQua, Wis, says
IL big muskellunge pulled fisherman
from his boat. and had to be shot be-
fT3r it was captured. If it hadn't been
155r the bullets it is likely the fish
would have swallowed the fisherman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Pittsburg has decided that there
should be more than 100000 bacilli in
Sme drop of milk On thinking it over,
'pe are inclined to side with Pitts
burg.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

z a Chicago woman, while wearing a
'Ea3bble skirt, fell and suffered broken
Hag, but what woman wouldn't rather
have a fractured leg than be out of
style.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Tgy crocheting doilies. I'm! After
this, one can't see much left in wom-
ans sphere for us young fellows to
EaclzIe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

This country consumed $36,000,000
qvOrth of peanuts last year. To the
EGuntry's credit let it be said that
4ia5s quantity was not all used for po
EZ1lcRa purposes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

IF it is true, as a minister says,
chat there is baseball in heaven, then
there must be bush league angels
also.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

in considering extreme fashions
some moderation in criticism is to be
observed. One hobble skirt does not
convict all femininity of lunacy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Motion pictures are used to keep
2aop pickers from jumping contracts
and skipping out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Scarcity of chorus girls reported
from New York. That dread disease,
4seniIity, gets the better of them in
the long run.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

New York subway passengers now
fave fans, chewing gum and ice wa
Ger, and are looking forward to the
SGzne when they will have seats.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

How lucky the coal men are. Just
'Egs soon as they begin talking about
Ey0Osting the price of anthracite along
comes q cold wave.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

The ricksha coolies of Hong Kong
are out on strike Evidently it's hard
4D keep peace where there is prog
mess.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Those rich people who smuggle set
B bad example to those poor people
Vgho merely steal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03

Chile is unlucky about her presi-
dents To lose two in six weeks is
a record which other nations will be
merfectly willing to have stand.