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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-05

The proposed tariff board is out
lined by President Taft in his mes
sage as follows:
The inquiries which the members
of the tariff board made during the
last summer into the methods pur-
sued by other governments with ref
erence to TIA fying of tariffs and the
determination OF their effect upon
trade, show that each government
maintains an Office or bureau, the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-05

You can interest people in you by
being interested in them.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-05

The beginner at advertising should
seek a proper introduction to the
right people-the home people. Try
the BULLETIN for a starter.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
Qrioin of Bridge.

A great many people play bridge
and a few fortunate ones occasionally
make grand and little slam, but a very
small minority have any IDEA OF the
origin of the name of this pleasant
but uncommon score, says writer ID
an English magazine. Close to bos-
ton, in the United States, Is the out
living town and harbor of Salem. Ger
tain prisoners kept here in confine'
ment amused their WEAKNESS by IN
venting and playing card game into
which they introduced terms borrowed
from the place names in the neighbor-
hood. In. the bay are two ISLANDS
called respectively Great and Little
Misery. These names We're adopted
for their game and have found their
way into ours. We even have a game
called misery bridge. 1t is rather GU
rious to think of these Boston prison.
ers inventing these terms, which We're
destined to come into use again after
all these days intervening. ISLAM Is
simply Salem abbreviated to a mono
| SYLLABLE.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
- - --<1r-
THE WORD "BUNGAL0 W."
II Comes From the Hindi Bangla,
Mean;nn a Thatched Hut.

II Comes From the Hindi Bangla,
Meaning a Thatched Hut.
The word bungalow is an Anglo-ln-
dian version of the Hindi bangla,
which primarily means Bengah, OF
of Bengal, and is also applied to
matched hut, says Country Life In
America. 1t may be worth while to
explain how this trivial and merely To-
cal name came to be fixed on the Eng
lishman's house in India.
Early residents there engaged IN MIL
itary, administrative or trading dutles
lived a nomadic life for the greater
part of the year in tents. And since
there was nothing in the indigenous
buildings of Bengal suited to their re-
uuirements their first dwelling houses
designed by themselves and built Oh
materials at site, were naturally plan
ned on the model of the Indian serV'
ice tents to which they were accus
| tomed-that is, large and lofty room
surrounded by double walls OF canvas
inclosing space between them, VIII
nartitions at two or more corners 10
bath or store rooms.
1t is probably, indeed, that IN III
beginning the tent itself was occasion
allv covered with the sun proof thatcl
or bangla. The name and the thaic
wore all that were taken, ana nov
the origin of the name is forgotte
even by most Indians. who accept Tn
resonant, trisyllabic bungalow as I'd
Enplishman's own name for his ow
peculiar house.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
NAPOLE0N's POLICE.
An Incident That Shows How Closely
They Were Watched.

An Incident That Shows How Closely
They Were Watched.
During the reign of Emperor Napo
leon l. at a dinner in Paris the CONVEX
sation turned upon the emperor and
his government. One Of the company
remarked that he was great man.
but was too fond of war. When the
party broke up gentleman who was
present requested to speak in private
to the person who had made that OBJ
seryation. 'Sir," said he, Il am sorry
for it, but l must request you TO 60
with me to the police"
"Whyy' said the other in the great
est apparent alarm. II have said notn
ing against the emperor but what ev
ery one must acknowledge, that ne
TOO fond of war. There can be NJ
harm in that"
"With that 1 have nothing to do
You must go with me to the ponce.
The other now began to show tn
strongest symptoms of fear. He en-
treated the police agent in the mos
pathetic language to have compasslo
on him. The other, however. stoo
unmoved by all his solicitation, Whe
suddenly the man lose from his knee
and burst into a laugh, to the UTE
establishment of the police agent.
"You think you have caught me-
said he. "You are spy of the pollc
So am 1, and was put over you TO st
whether you would do your duty"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
ImbeciIes' Marvellous Memory.

Some imbeciles are endowed WIN
excellent memories and thus are en-
abled to acquire great wealth OF ex-
perience. But, the intelligence OF the
imbecile being defective, the memory
is all Iopsided 1t works mechanically
without judgment or selection. Inc
most insignificant trifies are treasured
inst like the most important facts
Owing to their marvellous memory
manv superior idiots are not recog-
nized as such in school, but. on the
contrary, are considered to be very
gifted pupils. The mistake occurs es-
pecially when they are good natureo
and agreeable. A close examination
shows that such talented IDIOTS nave
learned everything like phonograph
and reproduce other peoples thougnts'
opinions and judgments. Where such
imbeciles are living in simple, priml-
tive. idyllic surroundings their sort
spots may pass unnoticed, but IN tne
severe mental strains Of life in MOD
ern great cities they may become the
most dangerous elements of society
London Globe.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
Ferocious Knives Welded by the Ma
tives of Hindustan.

Ferocious Knives Welded by the Ma
tives of Hindustan.
The weapon common to every part
of Hindustan, so as to deserve Tue
name of the national arm. is the ska
far" This is a broad, two edged dag
ger, the hilt of which is formed some
thing like an 81, the hand grasplng tne
crossbar, which is generally double,
while the side bars extend on eacn
side of the wrist.
Some katars are made with i've
blades which unite into one, but by
squeezing together the crossbars OIL
verge like the fingers OF hand wnen
the thrust has been given. Other ka-
tars are made in sets Of two or even
three. of diminishing sizes, the blades
of the larger being hollow and form
ing sheaths for the smaller.
Some of the southern Indian katars
known as death givers," are immense
weapons, nearly two feet long IN tn
blade, and the hits are a mass O.
fantastic scrollwork and mytholog1ca
holsters, the cobra with expande'
hood figuring largely.
There Is also the ''bich'hwa," o
scorpions sting, a doubly curved dag
ger; the "khanjar," larger form Q
the same. and the ''peshkabz," Q
hunting knife. But none Of these elat
crate weapons has about it the teri
bly, "businesslike" look of the khyoe
knife (ch'hura). with its ponderous sll
gle edged, tapering blade and plal
ivory hilt.-Chambers Journal.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
miscellaneous MARKETS

Chicago, May "a. - Special-Hay
market steady; receipts $40 tons; ship
ments so tons; choice timothy 22.Ooa
23.OO; No. timothy 20. 5Oa21. 50; No. :
timothy and No. l mixed, 19.OOa2O.0o
low grade timothy 9.0Oa130O.
Baltimore, May 24.--Special - Egg
market steady, Maryland, Virginia
West Virginia, Western 151Aa;Southern
141aa15.
Live poultry market unchanged
fowls, old hens, IA; chickens, sprinE
" lbs. and over 2Sa30; Ia slbs. an6
under 25; Id and under %.
Ducks, white Pekings II; Muscov!
and Mongrel II; Puddle II; Spring
lib and over zoe.
Baltimore, Md, May 24.-Wheat-
Dull; spot contract, SO; spot No. 2 re-
western, SO; May, SO; June, 81; July
9Os4; August, 9OA asked; steamer NC
2 red, SO. Receipts, 96,27S bushels
Southern on grade, 9214.
Corn-Dull. Spot contract, 591
May, 591S;June, 5S11s;July, $50; steam
er II liked, 81. Receipts, 9,724 bushes
| Oats-Firmer; No. 2 white, 391a
39s1; standard white, 3914a3911a; No.
white, 80. Receipts, 1928 bushels.
i Rye-Unsettled and lower; No.
western domestic, 1.OOa1.O5. Receipt
607 bushels.
Hay-Firm, unchanged.
Grain frelghts-Steady, unchanged
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26

On the same date there appeared In
Golfers, under the caption, "Com-
ment on Congress-" by Mark Sullivan
the following:
President Edwin A. Alderman OF
the University of Virginia, in his well
come to Woodrow Wilson, said: "No
American state has been quite so I'M
selfish in material things as Virgin
it-and none more tenacious in her
spiritual claims" There is much his
toric truth in this sentence; but there
has not been in recent times a more
gross example of materialism than
Senator Martins reputation of the
Democratic platform in order to vote
for tariff on lumber. Virginia ought
to have pride enough to refuse to re-
elect him.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
Mo Black on Natures Palette.

Nature uses no black in any part OF
her work. 1 will not except the black
berry and the so called black pansy'
On a bright, clear day shadows on the
snow are pale ultramarine blue; under
a blue sky in midsummer the color OF
the placid lake is cobalt blue and the
shadows on the grass are lilac; on a
weathered gray boardwalk they are
nearly as blue as the sky itself. The
FACILITATING atmosphere OF a warm
July day lifts the coloring OF the Land
scape to a higher but softer key IN
stead of reducing it with gray, and ID
the autumn, when the sugar naples
leaves are turned to gold, the shad'
ows on the trunk and every gray rock
in the vicinity are tinged with STRONG
lilac. In fine, when the sun shlnes
everything, even the shadow whlcf
we are prone to believe is gray, IS re
plete with color.-F. Schuyler MAIN
| awS
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
Eishinn Without Bait.

On the Nadoo creek, at Hukow, we
saw a novel way of fishing. Two
small boats were moving parallel with
each other about thirty feet apart.
The ends of a line about sixty feet
long to which small Undated hooks
were attached about four inches apart
to two sticks were held respectively
by a man in each boat. AS the boats
moved slowly along first one man anu
then the other would give his stick
Jerk. Immediately that the hooks
struck anything the line was gradu
allv hauled in and invariably with
success. We saw fish struck four on,
of five times. many of them running
apparently from half pound to tive
or more pounds. 1t may be that Chi
ma is the only place in the woric
where fish are caught with unbaitee
hooks.-North China News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
What Is Electricity?

Many persons young and old OFTEN
wonder how the modern electric cars,
trains and locomotives are operated
and what electricity is. No one knows
what electricity is. We know some OF
the things that it will do. We have
to a certain extent learned how to con-
troll it and for want of better name
call it a fluid. We have discovered,
too, thai it is one of the most impor-
tant forces, if not the most important
force, of which we have any knowi
edge. We are almost as ignorant OF
many other great forces of nature
for example, the attraction of grav1ta
ton. For the present we must be con
tent to observe such forces in actor
and to devise the best methods to con
troll them. In this knowledge mankind
has progressed wonderfully within
| few years.-St. Nicholas.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
N REASON FOR II
When Staunton Citizens Show
the Way

Their ecan be no just reason why any
reader of this will continue to suffer
the tor!ures of an aching back, the
annoyance of urinary disorders the
dangers of serious kidney ills when
relief is SO near at hand and the most
positive proof given that these ills can
be cured. Read what Staunton cit
izen says:
Mrs. J. f. Parrish, 356 Halle ST.,
Staunton, Va, says: 81 suffered for
many years from lumbago. / had Sc
we're such pains across the small OF
my back that L could hardly gel
around and if 1 were on my feet fol
any length of time or made sudden
movement sharp twinges dartee
through my body. 1 became tiret
easily and felt miserable in every wa!
I finally began taking Doan's Kidne.
Pills and contents of several boxes eft
fected complete cure. At no tim
since then have L had a return attacl
Of kidney trouble and therefore | al
pleased to tell ether sufferers of Doan'
Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price soc
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, Me-
York, sole agents for the United State
Remember the name---Doan's---a
take no other.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
What II Taught Her.

To top off an expensive educauon
Young married woman of no particular
ability in any one line took course al
q dramatic school. She never attempt
cd to secure an engagement, so one
day close and candid friend OF her
husband asked what good all that
training had done, anyhow.
$50 far as I can see," the 1rlend
said. that $500 you spent on Ethefs
education has been practically thrown
away"
ooh, no, it hasn't" returned the hus-
band mildly. "Oh, no, it hasn't. her
stage experience has taught her 10
dress in a hurry Nowadays when
ask her to go to any place with me she
can change her clothes in ten minutes
1t used to take over an hour. Ne"
York Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
A Miqhty Man.

Topham, the prince of English
strong men, had knots OF muscles
where the armpits are in the ordinary
man. He could take a bar Of iron one
and one-half inches in diameter ana
five feet long, place the middle OF II
over the back of his neck and then
force the ends forward until they met
before his face. On one occasion he
called upon village blacksmith and
made of him an everlasting enemy by
picking up number Of horseshoes
and swapping them in two as easily as
If they had been pine sticks.
Coming In Out Of the Wet.
There is an amusing story by Atne-
naeus which suggests the possible orr
gin of the phrase HE does NOT know
enough to come in out Of the wet" Ac'
cording to the entertaining grammarian
referred to, a town in Greece undei
stress of evil circumstances borrowed
| money from rich man, who took a:
security for the loan a mortgage on thu
| handsome porticO which surrounded
the market place. He was not an un
| generous creditor, for when 1t ralnet
!. he caused the town criers to Announce
that the citizens had permission t.
take refuge under the cOlonnade
Strangers visiting the town who fall
! ed to have the matter properly explain
ed to them were so impressed by tn
extraordinary circumstances that the
spread abroad the report that the pee
pie were so stupid that they had to b
told when to come in out Of the wet.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
H. /. Lang,
Optometrist
Masonic Temple
Staunton. Virginia
- ---.-.--"
MILITARY PUNISHMENIS.
Times When RebeIIous Soldiers Gam
bled For Their Lives.

Times When Rebellious Soldiers 1am'
bled For Their Lives.
In times past the military code III
England was no less stern and uncom-
promising than the civil. Sentence OF
death was readily decreed ana as
promptly executed. Where oHenseS
multiplied and wholesale executions
would have weakened the army nu-
merically decimatiOn-the slaughter OF
every tenth man-was the rule, or the
troops gambled for their lives by cast
ing dice upon a drumhead or drawing
lots under the gallows tree.
Lesser penalties-not capital put
physical, and causing pain with per-
manent degradation-were naming
branding the cheek or forehead, Dor
ing the tongue or cutting the nose ana
ears. These last named were retained
upon the military statute book untll
the reign Of Queen Anne. The trap
nado" was a fiendish device by which
a delinquent was hoisted on high by q
rome fastened to his arms and ther
dropped down by a sudden jerk tha'
| OFTEN U1SlOCdlcu LIS OAOoAN.1'
ing by the thumbs, sometimes callee
"picketing," was also practiced, whll'
the body was raised to such heigh
that its whole weight rested on on
toe. and that again on sharp polnte
spike.
To sride the wooden horse" was Z
be mounted on razor edge, VIII
weights fastened to the extremities.
Running the gantlet, or "gant'
! lope," was as old as the Cromwellla
army, and it is thus described IN a.
army order about 1919: The culprl'
3 (who had been guilty of blasphemy a
Y well as deer stealing) were to Q
!, stripped naked from the waist VI
e ward and lane made by half II
d lord generals regiment OF foot an
). half Colonel Pride's, with every ma
Y a cudgel in his hand. They were
: be run through in this posture SO III
e every soldier might have a stroke
Y their naked backs, breasts or arr
j. wherever it might alight. Pearson
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
His Iono Suit.

He had written essays critical ano
digests analytical. His articles pollt-
ical were very widely read. He'd pro-
duced some tales Of mystery, of travel
love and history; his scientific treatises
light DER the land had she'd. He wrote
about photography, geography, stenos
raphy; he'd finished a biography OF
some distinguished man. His views
upon geometry and mystic trigonometry
were everywhere declared to be OIL
the progressive plan. His tracts or
modern sciences, mechanical appl
ances, hydraulics, steam and railroads
were indulgently received. His writ
ings on morality were of superior quail
ity-were publicly commended, If the!
weren't quite believed. His verses 81
poetical, abstruse and theoretical, de
lighted those who patronize the poet
as fad, but the manuscript he though
the best, the one that money brough
the best, was just a simple, wisel.
worded, big newspaper ad.LNewspa
| DerdOm.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
pie In Art.

An artist in Chicago tells of a lady
in that town who, with her maid, went
to purchase a still life picture for her
dining room. She selected a canvas
on which were painted bunch OF
flowers, a pit cut in two and roll
and was about to pay $25 for it when
her maid approached to whisper in her
ear
"Excuse me. ma'am," said the serv'
ant. but you are making bad bar
gain. I saw a picture very much ike
this sold the other day for $15.'
"And was it as good as this?'
"Better, ma'am. There was a gooe
| deal more pie in t."-Lippincotts.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
SENSE OF TASTE.
Curious SeIective Powers Exhibited ny
the Tongue.

Curious SeIective Powers Exhibited by
the Tongue.
Four classes-sweet, bitter, SAT- anu
acid-haye been assigned to the sense
Of "a ste in human beings. THESE Iour
classes witt, their combinations pro-
duce all the delicious sensations tna'
we ascribe to taste as well as all Tue
disa preeable Impressions of that sense.
The tongue, however, is not equaiy
sensitive in all parts to these sensa.
+,ons. Indeed, it has been shown thaI
different tastes result from the same
stimulus when applied to dlherent
n,aces on the tongue. The tip OF the
tonpue. for instance, is most sensitive
70 sweet and to acid tasteS while II Is
far less capable of rerceiv1ng a bitter
TO ste than any other part of the organ
Some persons are unable to perceive
any bitter taste when qulnlne Is ap'
nlied only to the tip of the tongue
At the back of the tongue the pltter
ness of the drug is perceived at once
An explanation of the curious selec
five mowers exhibited by the tongue
is that a variety Of nerve npers ar
present in that organ, each KIND penn
sensitive only to one Of the four prln
cipal classes of taste. These nerve q
hers are distributed in varying mum
hers over different parts OF the tongue
At the tip, for example, the nerves ina
t are sensitive to sweet and acid stlmu
r are most numerous, and accord1ngi
n in that locality those tastes are tn
d ones most readily perceived. At tn
Il hack of the tongue, on the contrar.
" the nerve fibers concerned in the pc
' ception of bitterness prevail over II
> others,-New York Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
Little Boy Grizzly.

Enos A. Mills, writing of his ad-
ventures with a pet bear known as
Little Boy Grizzly, says: HE ana
I had a few foot races. and usually IN
order to give me better chance, we
ran downhill. In a 200 yard dash ne
usually paused three or four times and
waited for me to catch up, and l was
not a slow biped either. The grizzly,
though apparently awkward and lum-
berly, is one of the most agile Of beasts.
I constantly marveled at Grizzly's
lightness of touch or the deftness OF
movement of his forepaws. With but
one claw touching it he could slide
coin back and forth on the floor more
rapidly and lightly than l could he
would slide an eggshell swiftly along
without breaking it Yet by using one
paw he would without effort overturr
rocks that were heavier than himself
Suburban Life
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
CLOTHES AND THE WOMAN.

a Glimpse of Feminine Human Nature
In Colonial Days.
That woman nature was much the
same in colonial days is Witnessed Dv
the following from the diary OF MISS
Winslow of Boston in Colonial don-
DAVIS" 81 was dressed in my yellow
coat. nv black bib & apron, my pompe-
dore shoes, the cap my Aunt Storer
sometime since presented me with
hlue ribbons on it, & a very handsome
loket in the shape of hart she gave
me-the past pin my Hon'd Papa pre-
sented me with in my cap, my new
cloak & bonnet on, my pompeuore
| gloves, ETC., etc. And l would tell you
that for the first time they all liked my
dress very much. My cloak and bon
nett are really very handsome, II SO
thew had need be. For they cost an
amasing sight of money. not quite t4s
tho' Aunt Sukey said that she sup
posed Aunt Deming would be fright
| ened out of her wits at the money II
cost.
81 had my Heddus roll on, Aunt Stor
er said it ought to be made less, Aun
Deming said it ought not to be made a
all. 1t makes my head itch u ach
burn like anything Mamma. Ihls Ia
mons roll is not made wholly O.. re-
Cow Tail, but is mixture of lat
horsehair (very course) & a Iii 'e nj
man hair of yellow hue, but ppos
that was taken out of the bat Z PAL
of an old wig."-Christian Silence mol
flor