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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
SMALL SALES ON
SLUGGISH MAKE

This has been another dull day in
stocks. Figures have remained about
the same, but selling orders of any
size would probably cause a cave-in
at almost any point. From all ac-
counts, the San Francisco market for
sugar stocks is also dull and little or
no improvement is anticipated before
September.
A sale of shares Hawaiian Com
mercial was reported this morning at
$1,000, after which S4O.375 was bid
and 1915 asked.
Five shares Olaa found a buyer at
$3.50, after which 80 and so shares
sold at $6375. At the close of the
session the latter figure was bid for
more, but holders were demanding
$3.50.
A sale of so Eva was made at $685.,
so, succeeding which the same was
bid and $33.625 asked.
Five shares Pioneer found a pur-
chaser at 1926, after which 1925 was
bid and 1927 asked.
Another sale of Waimanalo was
made, this time the block being Is
shares and the price 1920. The same
was bid for more, but no stock came
out.
Interesting quotations without sales
we're: Oahu, $31.75 bid and $32 ask
ed Waialua, $12S.5O bid and $13O ask
ed; McBryde, $6.125 bid and $3.50
asked; Honokaa, $1S bid and $1S.25
asked.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
UNHAPPY MONSTERS.

A woman passenger on a transat-
lantic liner bothered the officers and
captain increasingly about whales. A
hundred times a day she asked to be
called If one was sighted.
but madam" expostulated the cap.
tain finally, why are you so anxious
about this whale question:"
Because she replied, "all my life
I've wanted to see a whale blubber. -
Chicago News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
A sELF-APPo1NTED NEMESIS.

Pm afraid something is going to
happen that young man who is rock
ing the boat"
Young lady," replied Farmer Corn
tossel, you're a prophecies. I've been
sittin' here on the shore with this
fence picket in my strong right hand
to make sure something happens to
him just as soon as he lands. Wash
ington Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
WALLER ON MONGOLIA.

A cablegram has been received from
Gilbert ]. Waller stating that he will
be passenger on Mongolia, arriving
here August IS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
MYERS IN TOWN.

Zeno X Myers, manager Of the Hilo
Trust Company, arrived i'm the city
this morning by the Claudine. He
comes on several matters of business
and may not be able to return before
next Tuesday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
A RESEMBLANCE 10 GENIUS.

you remind me of Shakespeare"
said the manager, who was discussing
terms with successful playwright.
Well may have some of the quail
ity-although don't do much in
blank verse;"
What I refer to is the fact that
Shakespeare was not satisfied until
he bossed the entire troupe and own
ed the theater. Washing Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
TOUGH CASES.

Farmer Hayseed-Listen to this,
Elviry. This paper says that they
have found in Italian prisons the pet
rifed remains of some of the prison
ers.
His Wife-Do tell That must be
them hardened criminals we hear
about.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
DIVIDENDS TODAY.

The following dividends were paid
today: Paauhau, 20 cents a share, or
$4,000; Wailuku, 81 80 a share, or
$4,000; Hutchinson, 10 cents a share,
or $15 900.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
STOCK EXCHANGE
1870 A. NJ.

Dividends-August 10: Paauhau zoe
share; Wailuku $3.50 share; Hutchin.
son 15c share.
Between Boards-1O0 Honokaa Co.
$1S.25; so Honokaa SIS 25; $50 Olaa
$3.50; 500 Olaa Sc so; 80 o. R. & /.
Co., S142. 80; $1,000 lilo 1901 6s, 500;
$1,000 Hilo 1901 Is 800.
Session Sales-l0 Eva S33. so; 50
Olaa $3.50; Olaa So so; Olaa Sc SO
40 Olaa Sc. so; 5 Olaa Sc. so; 80 Olaa
$3.50; so Olaa SO 625; . Olaa So so;
90 Honokaa S1S.25.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
IN SOUTH AMERICA. 3

"Excellency, your colleague requires
re-enforcements."
Tell him l can spare him but forty
generals"
81 think he would prefer a couple
of privates, excellency He is hard
pressed kansas City Journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
MR.. PEcKs PLANS.

L. Tenney PECK, cashier of the
First National Bank, writes that he
will return to Honolulu the first week
in December.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
MEETING POSTPONED

The meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce originally set for this after
noon has been postponed to tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10
SUGAR WAY UP.

Sugar struck high mark today, raws
selling in New York at 4.99, Beets
sold at las, lid.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-10

NEW YORK, July 25.-The state
ment made in this city by Rudolph
Spreckels the reformer who backed
Francis j. Heney in cleaning up San
FranciGco and who is now on his way
home from BRIEF tour abroad, that
"there are three financiers of this
country who are seeking to control
the entire United States" is today
causing widespread comment. Mr..
Spreckels would not divulge their
names.
Il know what it is to have financial
power said Mr.. Spreckels 81 aJn a
corporation man, a financier, and l am
thoroughly able to understand how the
thirst for power may grow upon a
man with money. have made a
study of the whole financial problem
of this country, and 1 can say without
hesitation, as a corporation man, that
the people of the United States give
more and do more for the corpora
tions than the corporations 40 for
them.
Every man high up in the financial
affairs of this nation should have the
country itself at heart. The country
should be his first consideration. We
owe something very large to posterity.
We should not bring children into the
world and then create for them a
state of affairs akin to revolution.
This is what three men are doing in
this nation today History is full of
the names of men of wealth who have
done great things for the people in
their time, and their names have not
been handed down to posterity by the
| erection of libraries.
"Twenty years ago I could name %
men who practically represented the
| financial interests of this country. To-
day we have only three It is this
dangerous concentration of wealth
that has frightened European inves-
tors. They know over on the other
side that three men can do anything
they want with the securities of this
country, and they are afraid of this
concentration of power.
Financial conditions have gotten
now to such a state that panic can
be made by these three men any time
they choose to make it, and this is
very conveniently done on the eve of a
general election. It is done to inti-
midate the public and give the men
who represent the people in Congress
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
were sold for $1,OSO,241.S2, followed
closely by Waialua, of which 1921
shares changed hand for $1,O59, 256.9O.
81 believe a larger percentage of
sales made by the members has been
reported than in any previous years
AMI I urge, as all former presi-
dents have done, that all sales if pos
sible be recorded on the books of the
exchange.
I'VE are operating in a community
that is growing rapidly. The prospect
is that the 1911 crop will market at
an average price equivalent to that of
this year and believe that the
amount of trading during 1911 will ex-
coed that done during the banner year
Of the exchange just ended.
Respectfully submitted
I"(S) WILLIAM WILLIAMSON,
president"
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
FIDDLER'S BRIDGE

In New Castle County the State
road vending its way below the village
Of St. Georges, passes over 9 running
stream of water, spaDned by an ancient
bridge. The legendary story has come
down 10 us from other gsnerstions, that
upon this bridge belatsd peddler well
known tothe countryside, many years
ago was Waylaid in the night, cruelty
murdered and his wares we're stolen from
him. It has been said of this peddler,
that hetwas an excellent violinist, and IL
was his custom when driving up TO
farm house to play his fiddle to announce
his coming. So fond was be OF music,
without recOmpense, he would play his
fiddle for country dances, where he
might as the time happen to be, A long
time after bis murder upon this bridge,
travellers in the night time avoided this
haunted spot, coming and going by other
roads, as It was said that the ghost Of this
murdered peddIer, with throat cut from
ear to ear, any night could be seen stand.
ing upon the bridge and she strains of his
phantom fiddle be was playing could be
heard far away.-Ex.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
IS ALL WRONG

The system Of endorsing is all wrong,
and should be utterly abolished. It has
been the financial ruin Of more men, than
perhaps, all other causes. Bookkeeping,
journal devoted to merchant, clerks and
business men, advises our young men es-
pecially to study the matter carefully in
its bearings, and adopts some settled pol
icy to govern their conduct SO as to be
ready to answer the man who asks them
to eign bis note. What responsibility
does one assume when he endorses note2
Simply this: He is held for the payment
OF the amount in full, principal and in
terested, if the maker of the note through
mistortunes mismanagement, or rascaIity
fails to pay it. Notice, the endorser as
sumes all this responsibility, with no
voice in the management Of the business
and no share in the profits of the transac-
ton, If it proves profitable; but with a
certainty Of loss il for any OF the reasons
stated, the principal fails to pay the note.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
THE EDITORS PRAYER

/ would flee from the city's rule and
Iaw-from its fashions and forms cut
loose-and 20 where the strawberry
grows on it's straw, and the goossberry
grows on its goose; where the catnip tree
Is climbed BY the cat as she clutches for
her prey the guileless and unsuepecting
rattan bush at play will watch at ease
the suffron COW and the coWlet in their
giee, as they peal in joy from bough to
bough on top Of coWslip tree; and list
while the partridge drums bis drum, and
the woodchuck chucks bis wood, and the
dog devours the dogwood plum in the
primitive solitude. o, let me drink from
the moss grown pump that was heWn
pumpkin tree Eat much and milk
from q rural stump, from form and fash
ion free-new gaFneied mush from the
MUSHROOM vine and milk from the milk.
weed sWeet-with luscious pineapples
from the wine Such food as the gods
mighteat And then to the whitewashed
dairy I'll turn, where the dairy maid
Fastening hies her ruddy and golden
butter TO churn from the milk of her
butterflies; and I'll rise at morn with the
earliest bird, to the fragrant farm.yard
pass, and watch while the farmer turns
herd Of grasshoppers out to grass.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
Farmers RookkaAninn

Ask any farmer how much each dollar
be has received in returus cost him to
produce. Ask him whether the expendi.
ture Of one dollar in capital and labor
returned him $t.1O or 80 cents. He
can't answer. The debit side Of the ledger is
void 50 far as be is concerned, and the
part played in the production of an acre
of corn by such items as rent of land,
interest and depreciation Of machinery,
man laborand horse lab,r, has never en-.
tered into his calculations. If he should
cit down and figure out bis business in
all the minutia Of detail that is necessary
fer the proper conduct Of other business
undertakings mercbantils or manufactu.
ing, be might find that be was actually
producing crops at loss. A large per.
centage of American farmers, probably the
msiority Of them, actually are producing
food.stuff, at aloss, on the basis Of the
science of modern business.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
COMMITTEE WILL MEET

A meeting of the Republican State
Committee has been called for Saturday
afternoon in Wilmington to consider the
selection of date for the State conven.
tion that is to nominate candidates for
Representatives In Congress, State Trea.
surer and State Auditor.
The Republican County Committee has
applied for the registration books on
August "a, when primary will be held
to select delegates to the State convention.
It is probable that the convention will
be held on August 80 or thereabouts ID
Dover.
General T. Coleman dupont, chairman
Of the Republican State Committee, is
away on cruise on his yacht Tech, and
is is doubtful whether be will take any
active part in the campaign, Since hip
illness Of year ago, when he underwent
asurgical operation, General dupont has
reIinquished active leadership of the
committee, and Horace Wilson, vice
chairman, bas been at the bead of the
committee.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
HE GAVE ONLY A NIcKLE

Sunday he went to church, wore rose
10 the lapel of bis coat, placed bis hat,
gloves and cane beneath the seat, had in
bis pocket roll of bank notes and sundry
change amounting perhaps to two dollars,
and when the plate passed he gave the
Lord nickle-a whole nickle. On the
previous evening at lunch he gave the
waiter q ten-cent tip-a nickle for the
Lord and dime for the waiter.
The Lord to whom the man gaye the
nickle is He whom the man Worships as
Creator Of the universe; who puts the
stars in order and by whose decree the
heavens stand. He knew that he him.
self was but an atom in space and that
the Almighty was without Limitations,
and picked out the nickle and gave it to
the Lord, who ia gracious and slow to
anger, and knowing our frame, did not
slay the man for the meanness of bis offer.
ing, but gives him his daily bread. But
the nickle was ashamed and hid beneath
quarter given by a poor woman who
washes for living.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
Only Wanted His Consent

He was we'll dressed and breezy and
when he entered the private Office Of the
great tea merchant be looked capable ol
doing anything from selling books to
writing up insurance,
81 have come sir" he announced
without hesitation, ''to get your con.
sent"
Consent for whaf2' demanded the old
man without looking up.
"Weli-er-you see, your daughter
"0h, / understand now. So you like
my daughter, eh2''
IT think she is the finest young woman
I have met in many moons. As 1 was
saying, ii you give your consent she will
have the handsomest-''
"COme Come Don't get vain and say
she'll have the finest. husband if she
accepts you"
I'm married, sir. I'm trying to tell
you she'll have the handsomest auto
runabout in town. She's dead stuck on it
and If you'll consent and put up one
thousand cash We will"
But the great tea merchant had col
lspsed. Chicago Neocs.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
NoTIcETo TAXPAYERS
OF
St. Georges Hundred !


The taxable residents Of Sc. Georges
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred, are hereby notified
that the Taxes for the year 1910 are now
due, and the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred, will be at
A. G. cox's OFFICE. MIDDLETowN
SATURDAY, JULY goth, 1910
From / to P. n.
MAssEY's HOTEL, IN ODESSA,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th, 1910
From to P. M.
AT HENRY CLEAvER's STORE, IN FORT PENN,
SATURDAY, JULY 23d, 1910
From to P. M.
EXTRACT FROM THE Lawson DELAWARE,
THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 8, CHAPTER
so, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE As
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
the first day of October there shall be an
abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day OF Decem-
Der there shall be an abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January five
per centum thereof shall be added
thereto.
JOHN {. DENNY,
Collector Of Taxes for st. Georges Hun.
dred.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
BIackbird Hundred |

The taxable residents OF Blackbird
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred, are hereby notified
that the Taxes for the year 1910 are now
due, and the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred, will be
AT BLAcKBIRD, wATsoN's STORE,
JULY 30th, 1910
From ! to P. NJ.
AT FLEMING's g LANDING,
JULY 25th, 1910
From to P. M
AT DELANEY's, DAVIS STORE,
JULY 23d, 1910
From to o'clock P. NJ.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid be-
fore the fret day Of October there shall be
an abatement Of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day of Decsm.
Der there shall be an abatement Of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during
the month Of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January FIVE
per centum thereof shall be added thereto.
JOHN BETH,
Collector OfTaXes for BIaekbird Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBoRs

II would be well for persons TO adOpI
as motto the three questions: Is It true
/ Il 1t kindf Is il necessary Which
soms great son has suggested our asking
before telling tales Of human errors.
There are.s SO many things told and said
By all Of as which would not be spoken il
we first asked ourselves these three ques-
tions'and answered them honestly. Many
things are true which are neither kind
nor necessary for us to say. Other things
are true and unkind, yet necessary. It
may be true that your friend has chosen
q wrong comrads for intimate association;
and Il may be unkind to tell what you
know in order TO prove this fact; and yet
it may be necessary TO save your friend
from misfortune. But il is the sxcep.
tiOnaI case when such combinations arise;
and the majority of occasions when un.
kind speech is indnlgsd. and disagreeable
truths are told, would not stand the test
Of the third query.
Aside from the vicious, vulgar and
coarse language which spoils so much of
human companionship there is the idle,
the ssnseIess, the silly and the slovsnly
speech used 60 commonly by many intel
ligent and educated peOpls-educated, ct
least, in the sense in which that word is
generally used. Graduates from the high
schools and business colleges, and many
college girls aud youths, employ language
which is incorrect, ineiegant and discoFd-
ant, says a writer. A man in Indiana is
superintendent Of an organization for the
purifying Of human speech. To suppress
everything that is base, vulgar, unkind or
thoughtlsss in the way Of speech. in the
home first and afterWard in social and
business life, and to supplant it by that
which is noble, gracious, courteous and
eonsiderate, will do much toward making
she earth a better and dsWeessF place for uss
ofmortals. The superintendent suggests
that many people desire to do good in the
world. but see no way to direct their of.
forts, and says this opens an avenue of
usefulness, with small outlay and large
resnlts and any one can do it.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
What Must / Do

Hundreds OF young men now standing
on the threshold Of life are asking, "What
must do2' The sons Of fathers are look.
ing to the country. There never was q
time when she question was more impor-
tant than now. Living now means activ.
isy, intent and persistent. The young
man who chooses 9 profession without
being prepared Tor il and understanding
the measure Of his work and It's demands
simply enters on an uneven race and will
be left far behind. Our schools holds ont
70 yOu the golden opportunity where this
needed preparation can be bad. Seize il;
improve It and make life success.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
War on EnQlish SDarrows

N0A va AAASAASH SPoAEVWS
John Davey, of Kent, Ohio, lie heading
new society organized to kill all Eng
lish spsrrows in the United States. Mr..
Davey has been 9 hater of the sparrow
for good many years. He has talked
and written on the subject and has tried
to interest his friends in sending the
deathknell Of the noisy birds. The Y.
ID. G. A. organization promises to help
Mr.. Davey in bis work, according to his
statemsnt. Mr.. Davey insists that unit
ed movement must be started, or the
robins and blue birds will be thing OF
the best in this country in 9 very short
time. But, what is more Important,
Mr.. Davsy insists that the spsrrows are
the cause Of destroying thousand Of
trees and great damage TO crops. The
sparrow has the song birds sadly reduced
in number, Mr.. Davey says, and the song
birds are the enemies Of the insects and
bugs that infest trees.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
Hoe Your own Roe

Fight your own battles. Hoe yourown
roe. Ask no fayors Of anyone, and You'll
succeed thousand times better than one
who is always beseechinR some ones in
teTsst and patronage, No one will ever
help you as you help yoursslI. because no
one will be SO heartily interested in your
affairs, She first step will not be such .
long one, perhaps; by carving your own
waysup the mountain each step leads 10
another, and stand while you chop still
another out,
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
Make II Better

In q great measure the commercial
standing of town is reckoned according
70 the number and value Of its business
enterprises; its moral standing, according
to the number and power Of its institus
tiOns. exerting good influence as opposed
to those exertirg bad. These things
being true. it should be the intent Of the
citizens of place TO encourage such new
enterprises as tend in any way to make
the place better; for e town is greatly
what its citizens make II, nothing more
and nothing less.
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
Pencader HundredI

The taxable residents of PeucadeF Hun.
dred, and all persons liable to pay tax in
said Hundred, are hereby notified that
she Taxes for the year 1910 are now due,
and the undersigned Tax Collector for
said Hundred, will be at
GLASGOW
July 20th, August 24th, September 28th,
October 18th, November 30th,
From to o'clock, P. NJ.
SUMMIT BRIDGE
July 27th, August 18th, September 29th,
October 9Th, November 24th,
From 10 to l2so'elock, A. NJ.
KIRKWooD
July 9th, August 25ih, September 2oth,
October 9th. November 24th,
From to o'clock. P. NJ.
DAYETT's MILL
July 28th, Augnst 26th, September 3Oth,
October 18th, November 25th,
From 10 to IL o'clock, A. M.
BRYAN's STORE
July 18th, August 18th, September S0th,
October 18th. November 25th,
From TO 4o'clock, P. NJ.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector or
by sending written communication, en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FRlM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES on
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION s, CHAPTER
30, VOLUME 81. LAWS OF DELAWARE, Az
AMENDED
Section S-Thst on all taxes paid before
the 6Fst day of October there shall be an
abatement Of Eve per centnm. On all
taxes paid before the first day Of Decem.
Der there shall be an abatement Of three
per centnm. On all taxes paid during the
month Of December there shall be no
abatement Whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day OF January five
per centum thereof shall be added
thereto
JOHN r. WRIGHT,
Collector Of Taxes for Pencader Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
0nt of Fashion

HHow sayagsly that COW looks At me-
said young woman--a summer bOaFder
TO farmer. SITS your red paFasol,
maam, be answered. ''Dear me r. chs
exclaimed; II knew it waaa little out Of
fashion. but did not suppose d country
coR would notice il. !"