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The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
THE DEATH OF A CAR.
Dramatic Story of the Way Nicholas I.
Committed Suicide,

There are various stories of the death
or the Gar Nicholas 1. Here is one
which the great singer Mario heard
from a doctor Of the court and which
is told in '@The Romance of a Great
Singer"
when the Russian army was meet
ing with reverse after reverse in the
Crtmean war the czar sent for his doc
tor and demanded to know which was
the quickest and most painless poison
that he knew OF, bIuntly telling the
startled physician that he had re-
solved to commit suicide. He further
warned the doctor in the stern manner
which was his characteristic that If he
were not Obeyed the doctors life would
be worthless. He sharply siIenced the
mans nervous remOnstrances and COM
manded him to bring the poison. The
doctor did not dare to refuse and a few
minutes later brought a small vial
containing the poison. which he as
sured the czar would deprive any one
Of existence in a few minutes. To be
sure that he had been Obeyed and that
the doctor was speaking the truth the
ear obliged him to remain in the room
warning him that If the poison failed
his life should answer for 1t. The czar
took the poison without the least tre-
NOR or the movement of a muscle, and,
although twice told by the doctor, who
held his watch in his hand, that there
was time to save him by an antidote
should he alter his mind, the czar re-
fused, answering the second entreaty
by simply waving the man away, he by
that time being unable to speak. 1t
was given out that the czar had died
from the effects Of a severe chill, but
those who knew the facts also knew
that he had committed suicide rather
than face the defeat of his army"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
SLEEPING SICKNESS.
The Grip This Dreadful Disease Takes
Upon It's Victims.

The course of the dreadful disease,
sleeping sickness, is an extremely slow
one The first stage is said to last a
year or more, and the cause of the dis
ease may be in the blood long before
any symptoms whatever present them
selves. The patient has occasional
fever; indeed a disease hitherto called
Gambia fever has recently been recOg-
niZed as the first stage of sleeping
sickness. 1t is said that the swelling
of the lymphatic glands Of the neck Is
characteristic early symptom. This
was known in 1903 to DR.. Winterbot-
tom, who states that slave traders,
recognizing the symptom Of a fatal
disease, would not buy slaves who had
this glandular enlargement. The pa
uent feels well and strong and is able
to go about his usual occupations.
The second stage is indicated by a
distinct change in the appearance of
the patient. His expression grows
heavy and dull; he becomes apathettc,
lies around a great deal and cannot
exert himself. With the progress Of
the disease these symptoms become
more marked; walking and speech be-
come difficult and finally impossible.
During the last week the sufferer lies
in a state of complete coma, from
which the Illness derives it's name
Often during the second stage Of the
disease the brain becomes affected,
and some of the patients try to run
away into the forests or swamps,
where they die of exposure or staTva-
ton. To prevent this the relatives of
a sufferer frequently chain him down
until the time comes when he can no
longer mOve.-McCIure's Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
HIS DOLLAR BILL.
His Charitable EndeaVor Was Not Ap-
preciated, and the Bill Was
Pocketed by Another.

Diplomacy doesn't always work, as a
certain kinL hearted business man In
West Philadelphia has just found out.
He says that the lesson was cheap at
the price, but at the same time he will
employ more direct methods next time
he wishes to play the philanthropist-
It happened on the subway the 9TH
er night He had just closed a real
estate deal at considerable profit and
was feeling very generous, so when he
saw a poor woman in a threadbare
dress carefully count out five pennies
for her ticket and saw that it was the
last money in her worn pocketbook
he determined to help her. OF course
it wasn't easy, but the man prides him
self upon being a diplomat. So, crum-
pling a dollar bill up in his hand, he
stopped over as if picking something
up and then, holding 1t out TO the wO-
man, said:
Madam, here is some money you
dropped" He tried TO smile signtfi-
cantly as he said it, but she didn't
seem to understand and said simply:
'Tain't mine"
You'd better take it, he said. 1T
isn't mine, and it was lying right by
you"
The woman shook her mead at first,
then took it slowly out Of his hand and
looked at it glOatingly. The man
smiled, well pleased with himself, but
an instant later the woman, seeing a
man looking down at the platform,
rushed up and cried, WAS you look
ing for a dollar billT
Il sure was" answered the man
promptly.
"WelI, here it is" said the woman,
and the man with a delighted "Oh,
thanks!' calmly pOcketed the sum and
walked away.-Philadelphia Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
NOT A GAME OF CHANCE.
After a Test the Jury Decided That
Seven-up Was Decided
Iy Scientific.

One Of Mark Twain's old time sto-
ries concerned the game Of seyen-up,
or old sledge. Some Kentucky boys
were arrested for playing this game
under the usual charge Of playing a
game Of chance. When they were
brought before the judge their lawyer
claimed that this game was not q
game of chance but was a game Of
science. The court, puzzled, asked for
a suggestion, and the lawyer declared
that If jury Of six gamblers we'll ac-
quainted with the game in a scientific
way and six deacOns be impaneIed
with a pack of cards their decision
ought to be determinative So the sto-
~ goes:
There was no disputing the fairness
Of the proposition. Four deacOns and
the two dOminies were sworn in as
the chance jurymen, and six inveter-
ate old seven-up professors were
chosen to represent the science side
Of the issue. They retired to the jury
room.
'In about two hours Deacon Peters
sent into court to borrow So from a
friend. In about two hours more
Dominic Miggles sent into court to
borrow a stake from a friend. Dur
ing the next three or four hours the
dominic and the other deacOns sent
into court for small loans.
''The rest of the story can be told
briefly. About daylight the jury came
In, and Deacon Job, the foreman, read
the following verdict:
1--WE, the jury in the case Of the
commonwealth Of Kentucky versus
John Wheeler ct al, have carefully
considered the points of the case and
tested the merits Of the several theO-
ries advanced and do hereby unani-
mously decide that the game common
ly known as old sledge, or seven-up,
is eminently a game Of science and
not of chance. In demonstration
whereof it is hereby and herein stated,
iterated, reiterated, set forth and
made manifest that during the entire
night the chance men never won a
game or turned a jack, although both
feats were common and frequent to
the opposition. and Furthermore in
support of this our verdict we call at
tention to the significant fact that the
chance" men are ali broke and the
science" men have got the money.
II is the deliberate opinion Of this jury
that the chance" theory concerning
i Il
calculated to infict untold suffering
and peeuniary loss upon any cOmmu-
nifty that takes stock in it,"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
MIGHTY ARCTURUS.
" This star Were Our Sun II Would
Instantly Consume the
Earth.

The parallax of a star is its angular
displacement as seen from two Op-
pOstte points on the earths orbit. The
base line employed in this gigantic spe-
cies OF surveying is 1S6.OOOOOO miles
in length, but the calculation is re-
duced to the Semidiameter of the orbit.
The results are at the same time amaz-
ing and instructive.
Let Us take the famous star Arc
turus, often called the "star of Job"
because il the Old Testament the
Almighty is represented as saying to
the unfortunate patriarch, who main
tatns a certain dignity in spite of his
helplessness and his sufferings. "Canst
thou call forth Arcturus and his sOns?"
Many conflicting measures of the
paFallax Of ATcturuS have been made,
but the latest made at Yale seem more
probably correct than their predeces-
sOrs. They fix the parallax at 0.O66
seconds E., sixty-six One-thOUsandth
or second of arc From this it is
easy to calculate the distance Of the
star. 1t comes out at nearly 290,0O0,-
OOO,O0O,0O0 miles two hundred and
ninety trilliOn miles,. This is more
than 100000 times the distance of
the earth from the sun.
Having this distance, we can calcu-
late the actual amount of light shed by
Arcturus, or, in other words, it's ac-
tual brightness as compared with that
OF our sun, on the suppositiOn that
both were at the same distance from
Us. We thus find that Arcturus ex-
eeedS the sun as a light giver about
1880 times! 1t Is q sun $500 times
brighter than ours.
Put the earth as near to Arcturus
as it is TO the sun and all life would
disappear from it's surface as if swept
or by blast of inCOnceivable heat
The summer temperature would rise
TO tens of thousands of degrees. The
oceans would boil away. Vegetation
would be burned up in a twinkling.
The eyes of living beings would char
In their sockets. The plains and
mountains would burst into flame.
Minerals would run in molten streams.
There would be no comfort for a Iiv-
ing world nearer to Arcturus than
about 4,00O,OOO,OOO miles. If he has
planets he must keep them at a re-
spectful distance. And yet nearly
100000, 100000 miles from him we
can look into his blazing eye and see
only a bright star.
STILL DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace
maintains that this little earth, this
tiny attendant of a tiny sun. is the
only seat Of intelligent Hfe-outside Of
the misty midregion Of disembodied
spirits-that the universe contains,
and DR.. Wallace is a learned man. But
his learning is not that which astron-
Omy Offers.-Garrett P. Serviss in New
York American.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
London's Dramatic censor..

London has had its absurd dramatic
censors even If it cannot quite come up
to Vienna. COlley Cibber in his auto
biography tells us Of one master Of the
revels who was responsible for the IL
censing of plays in those days expung-
Ing the whole first act of Richard III. ''
on the ground that the distresses Of
Henry VI. would remind weak people
Of King James, then living in France.
In fact, Shakespeare has more than
once been censored, for "King Lear"
was inhibited during the illness Of
George III. George COlman when
reader Of plays banned the use Of such
words as angel and heaven.-LOndon
Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Unavoidable DELAY,

A woman went before the magis-
hate and mOdestly inquired:
'Your honor, can I have a warrant
for the arrest Of my husband? he
boxed my ears yesterday"
Certainly, ma'am," replied the
judge. II will make out a warrant on
the ground of assault and personal In
juries."
''Can l fetch the warrant in about a
month";
"In a month? Why won't you take
1t at onceY'
please, your honor, when my hus-
band slapped my face I took my roll,
ing pin and hit him on the head so
that he had to be removed to the hos
pital. The doctors say, however, that
he will be on his legs again in a
month"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
piscreditina an AstroIonsr.

A certain king, says a tale from the
Persian, asked an astroIoger, How
many years of life remain to me?'' The
wise man replied, Ten" The king
became very despOndent and betook
himself, as one stricken with a sick
ness, to his bed. His vizier. who pos
sessed great wisdom, sent for the seer
and IN the kings presence asked him,
How many years have you to live?'
He replied, Twenty" The vizier or
dered that he should that very hour be
executed in the kings presence. The
king was satisfied and commended the
sagacity Of his minister and NO longer
attached any importance to the astrol-
Oger's saying.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
CARLYLE an Intemnsrats Smoker.

For about seventy of his eighty-six
years Carlyle smoked and made most
OF his contemporaries smoke. The
trouble with him was that be was too
fond Of smoking a rank pipe on an
empty stomach. That gave him pains
and his contemporaries particular
pains, for ''puir auld Carlyle" was as
savage as a meat house dog all the
time. He cared for but two men in
the world, Tennyson and Dickens.
All the rest were ''puir, feckless, reek-
less, Incorporate bladders and gas
bags" and all because Tom did not
know how to clean his pipe and keep
it clean and would smoke before break
fast.-Tobacco Leaves.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
To Make Him SIeen-

Unfit for duty because Of insOm-
MIA" was the record of a New York
policeman for several weeks.
Inspector Byrnes sent for the man
and gave him a little bit Of advice,
thus; Tonight, about midnight, put
on your uniform, belt, hat, revolver,
take night stick in hand and go to
some corner house. Lean against it, and
lean against it hard, as If you were
really on duty. You'll go to sleep, all
right. New York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Some Famous Men of Old.

The mine worthless were Joshua.
David, Judas Maccabeus, Hector Of
Troy, Alexander the Great, Julius
Caesar, King Arthur of Britain, Charlie
magne of France and Godfrey of Bou-
illon. The list varies somewhat, but
this is the most popular one. The
seven wise men of Greece" were So
lon, Thales, Pittacus. Bias, CleobOlus.
Myson and CheilOn Of Sparta. The
supposition is, Of course, that these
were not the only wise men in Greece.
but the wisest.--New York American.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Breaking the Sabbath.

Two Scots. one old and the other
young, set out one bright winter Sun
day morning to walk ten miles to kirk.
The sun shOne gloriOusly. The frozen
road rang under their feet. The cold,
pure air was as exhilarating as wine.
The younger Scot looked up at the
glittering blue sky and said:
tits fine day"
The older man frowned and an
swered:
AYE, it is a fine day, but is this a
day to be talking about days?"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Getting Into German.

In the use of legal terms the Ger
man lawyers gain in a saving Of
number Of words over our equivalent
expressions seems to be lost In multi
plicGttOn Of syllables In the words used
by him. For example, he says "Zu-
ruckbehaltungsrecht'' for right Of
lien" and "gesammtgutsverbindlich-
keiten" for liabilities Of common prop
erty." What an awful word he must
have az an equivalent for our 'fmpre-
scripdbility. docket.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Runu In an AnIor

How did you enjoy the vaudeville
performance?
ut was good. They had performing
cats, baseball player, a champion pu-
g1lis< trained cOckatoO, and, l give
you my word, they even had an actor
doing a turn. n."-LouisviIIe CouF4er-
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
No Skill Required.

Lttigant-YOur fee is outrageous
Why, it's more than three-fourths Of
what l recovered. Lawyer-I furnish
Cd the skill and the legal learning for
your case. Litigant-But l furnished
the case. Lawyer-Oh, anybody can
fRll down coal hole!-Boston Tran
script
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
WaIfInn Enr liz

'Yes, num- said Poetic Pete as he
twined an autumn leaf through his
buttonhOle. Il am a great lover of the
romantic. l stopped at dis gate be-
cause l saw ue sign lakewood"
You did!' approved the housewife
well, there is lot of idle wood down
at the wood pile. Just take this ak and
split up half a cord. Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Doubtful Vocalism.

There is only one trouble about a
Chinese cook, said the man from the
west.
What is that?'
You can never tell whether he Is
singing at his work or whether be has
Durnt himself and is moaning with
pain Washington Star.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
A Create Attraction.

Herr Harden told of a meeting at
Gastein between William l. and Fran
els Joseph. The Austrian sovereign
commented impatiently on the too
pressing attentions of the crowd. 1T
won't last long" returned his ally
soothingly. Bismarck will be here di-
rectly, and then no one will look at
us."'-London Spectator.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
The Eanciest Ever

New Boarder-Haven't you got any
fancy dishes here? Rural Landlord
Sure thing. Name, bring the gentle
man that mustache cup your grand
father used to use.-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
Alarmed Har

SerVant-Heavens! have knocked
the big fowerpot of the window
ledge and it struck a man on the head.
Mistress-What! My beautiful ma
jolica 2-FTiegende Blatter.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
A Way They HaALe

People are forever striving to get
things for nothing and then failing to
appreciate them because they didn't
cost anything.-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
A Friendly SUGGESTION.

Baron Ito creditOrs)-I see no hopes
OF being able to pay Ehat 1 owe you.
why not organize a suicide club?-
Meggendorfer Blattar
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04

We may forgive those who bore Us.
We cannot forgive those whom we
bOre.-La RochefOucauld
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04

How easy it is for one to suggest 8
sure way for some one else to manage
q troublesome affair.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-04

A mere madness-tO live like a
wretch and die rich.-Burton.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
Morning Cable Report
Continued from Page One. }

riong by striking street men in
Brooklyn lines running
Island tied by the strike
with nonunon to accommodate
the rong that 1900
policemen unable violence
Brooklyn the strike and
the hands
YORK GA strike started yesterday during the
Saturday
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Aug. Captain Watson T. A.
recruiting
Private
the Austria and that his
information relative the
made the o military
WASHINGTON, Admiral
The President his
arbitration between the United
WASHINGTON 6The committee yesterday submitted its
the Department which
with Secretary
Michael Thomas Morrison dis
bursting Department
public the arbitration treaties
the treaties supposon that they limit
the powers o he
MEXICO CITY, Aug 6Provsio nal President De La Baa has amT
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

peace
of the
the sOcaed
revuionsts charges
generally
PHILADELPHIA 6Avator
yesterday
OF n tied
MONIES 6The stkebreakers expelled
and the striking will
the mandate which
he railways.
PRINCE, HaynAug revolutionary
prevails
the regime of President Nord Alexis
THE in
with
hundred miles Newt
where
George Washington.
SAETTLE 6Mrs
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conducted
the socaled Williams
KINGSTON Jamaica, Aug. 6Former
reached this his fight Port the
John
this
but rallied radical
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
NEW THINGS IN
THE NEPTUNE
BY J. A. RREcKoNs.

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The sue
cess attending the trial run of the
new collier Neptune at Rockland,
Me-, predicts a new type of construc-
ton for the future, in the belief of
naval authorities. The Neptune is
equipped with every modern device,
many of them entirely new in naval
maneuvers. One of the novel fea-
lures of her equipment is a device by
which her commander, while on the
bridge. may stop, start or revere the
engines without signaling to the en-
CINE room.
A new type of reduction gear, de-
signed to make the high economies
of turbine engines of use in a war
ship of moderate speed, is another Of
her exclusive mechanical features,
never before tried on a ship. The
device is used to bring the high speed
of the turbine down to an economical
rate of revolution of the propeller
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
ARRESTED ON
INSANITY CHARGE

]. Hilton was arrested Saturday as
a supposedly insane person.
He has been writing letters to
George Wells of the Hawaiian Garage
accusing him of concealing his daugh-
ter from him, said daughter being in
fatuated with said Hilton.
AS Wells has no daughter, he
thought that Hilton must be out of
his mind to write such letters, and
when he heard that he had been
frightening lady who resides in the
Hawaiian Hotel grounds by telling her
that she would be better off in the
long run if she brought Miss Wells to
light, he mentioned the matter to the
police.
Hilton, who is evidently what is
called in England "balmy on the crum-
pet" has probably been the victim of
some fiirtatious googoo-eyed damsel
who has told him that her father
owned the Hawaiian Garage, and has
been witless enough to take the tale
seriously.
Hilton recently advertised that he
had received no letters since coming
to Honolulu, his mail having been in,
tercepted, and rendered an apology to
anyone who had written to him and
received no answer.
He also inserted an advertisement
in the morning paper not long ago
that he was lonely and sought COM
panion of social nature and literary
tastes.
He has been working. in the local
garages since coming to Honolulu
some months ago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
OOWNEY TO SERVE
FORTY-FIVE DAYS

Thomas Downey, quartermaster Of
the All. steamer Arizonan, was sen.
fenced by U. S. Judge Clemens this
morning to Imprisonment for forty-fve
days and payment of costs, upon his
previously given plea Of guilty to in
dictment for smuggling opium.
Assistant District Attorney Rawlins
had informed the court that Downey
assisted in landing $50 tins of opium
by taking forty tins of it to dispose of.
Arthur Horner pleaded not guilty to
indictment for violation of a section
of the Penal Code relating to public
morals, and at the request of his coun-
sci, Frank E. Thompson, was released
on the bond of $500 already given
pending his trial
Charles G. Bartlett was sworn in as
grand juror and then excused for
the term. Bruce Cartwright, Jr., the
court announced, had been excused
from the grand jury for the term.
He has not been sworn in.
The grand jury came into court and,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
FRENCH Academic DE LA MODE.


To guard against the inroads of the
foreign modistes in their attempts to
replace the designs originating in
Paris, the fashion center of the world,
and to insure the perpetuity of the
predominance of the French creators
of feminine toilettes, it is now pro-
posed to form in Paris an organiza-
ton to be known as the Academic de
la Mode and to be composed of nota-
BILE representatives of the various
professions that have to do with the
preservation and adornment of the
human body. 1t is planned to invite
to this organization actresses of re-
nown, modistes, painters, leaders of
fashion and others interested, even
the physician, in order that hygienic
features be not eglected-Consular
Report.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

after it's roll was called, w. L. Hop,
per, foreman, presented a partial re.
port with eleven indictments. These
were placed on the secret file, at the
request of Mr.. Rawlins, pending the
arrest of the accused persons.
Recess was then taken by the court
until two o'clock, when some arraign-
ments would probably be made.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
ANrlsEPrlc IMMINENT.

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one-third the time required by
the usual treatment by applying Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. 1t is an antisep-
tic and causes such injuries to heal
without maturation. This liniment also
relieves soreness of the muscles and
rheumatic pains. For sale by all deal
ers, Benson, Smith & Co., agents for
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
Time SAVED.

If you are a working man, you will
appreciate the promptness with which
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhOea remedy acts. A severe attack of
diarrhoea or cramp collie is usually
cured by one or two doses and no loss
of time will be incurred; whereas
several days would be required to
overcome the effect of such an attack
under the ordinary method of treat.
ment. For sale by all dealers, Benson,
Smith & Co., agents for Hawaii.
Fine lob Printing Star Office
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

There is cleanliness about the mar
ket conducted by Hebron and Louis.
Persons who are willing to take their
peck of dirt at one sitting may deal
elsewhere than at the Metropolitan
Meat Market.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07

Hawaiian Lodge No. 81, F. & A. NJ,
will hold a stated meeting this evening
at 1880 o'clock for transactions Of
business.