The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-10

papaias, cutdown banana trunks,
empty bottles and the like are used
in place Of potatoes.
Scouting the sidewalk for weeds
This is a singularly attractive game,
possessing wonderful strategic posi-.
hilities The idea is first to locate the
weed and then to unroot II, at the
same time giving the patrol Yell
Weeds are cunning i'm the extreme in
hiding themselves from the gardener
or yard boy who may be detailed to
look after them. The use of scout
craft should, however, Offset the al
most human intelligence in the mat
ter of evasion, of the kuku-grass and
the deep-rooted mimosa.
Pointing the hosea remarkable
developer of craftsmanship. The play
ers taken an ordinary garden hose,
having first turned on the water. and
then, having selected a particular
bush, plan or flower, bring the nozzle
OF the hose directly to bear on the
object in view. Constant practice at
this sport is as good as a course in
the N. G. H. shooting gallery, and the
expense, as compared with the re-
suits obtained, is much less.
Burying the carcass-A game which
only requires to be known to become
popular. The only apparatus neces-
sary is a hole in the ground, which
must be dug by the competitors to a
depth of four feet, and dead dog,
cat, goat, rat, rabbit, mongoose, or
guinea-pig, the presence of which in
the neighborhood can be readily ascer-
tanned by the exercise of one of the
first rules of scout-craft. The prize
goes to the scout who fills in and COW
ers his hole in the, shortest time. This
game will assuredly become popular
in Hawaii on account of the opportun-
ity which it affords boy scouts to get
into direct touch with the fauna of
the Territory.
900
The chauffeur isn't the only one
who runs people down, though there's
no gainsaying that he does his share.
There's the chatterer!
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Did you notice, by the way, that the
saloons had their flags at half mast
this morning? And it wasn't because
tomorrow's Sunday and they have to
close, either.
There seems to have been a good
deal of kid" about the presentation
of those white gloves to Judge Cooper.
Carrie Nation is dead, but there's
still the coronation.
600
Mott Smith corrects the statement
that there will be a housewarming on
the completion of the new morgue-He
says it will be house-cooling.
900
Old Bill tells me:
That the coronation celebration
fund is growing.
That some, of whom it was not ex.
pected, are coming through hand.
somely.
That some, of whom much was ex-
pected, are not.
That there is much apprehension
among the board of health inspectors
as to what will happen on July 1.
That some of them are to be let out.
That a change in the salary SEIZED
ule is projected.
That mol presses and suspended
sentences work wonders in clearing a
court calendar.
That Messrs. Conkling and Hemen-
way are registered at the Hotel Bel
mont, New York.
That their action in selecting such
an unobtrusive hostelry is appreciated
by the taxpayers generally.
That Tom Skinner is going back to
Maui.
That he intends to engage in the
automobile accessory business.
That it's the pace that kills.
That II will continue to kill unless
the motorcycle officer measures off a
space, wherewith to prove the pace.
That unless this be done speed hogs
will continue to be practically. immune
from prosecution. ~
That the steamship people are get